Ongoing Path – The Star Trek Voyager Universe
By Stargatesg1fan1
Disclaimer: I own nothing of any recognized characters or universes within. If I did own these rights Tom Paris would have had a harem.
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Stardate 54452.6
Harry was walking B'Elanna to Main Engineering after breakfast.
"Good morning," B'Elanna greeted a crewman with a smile.
"Someone got up on the right side of the bed this morning," Harry mused.
"I've got you to keep me happy," B'Elanna said before kissing her mate. "I'll see you later, lover."
Harry left B'Elanna at Main Engineering's door. About fifteen minutes later he was asked to come to sick bay. When he walked in he spotted Seven standing next to B'Elanna. B'Elanna was sitting on a medical bed. Denara and Neville were scanning B'Elanna. Harry took one look at her while scanning her with his own senses and realized she was pregnant.
"You're pregnant," Harry said. In the span of a single human heartbeat Harry thought about the situation and calmed himself. He wanted to make sure his reaction was a positive one. He hadn't planned B'Elanna's pregnancy. In fact he had been channeling contraceptive magic each time they had been together. B'Elanna had subconsciously tapped into her goddess powers and overcome the contraceptive magic. Not only that but she had masked the child's presence from his senses. That took some serious mojo. "Fantastic," Harry declared as he stepped closer and smiled lovingly at B'Elanna.
"How did you know?" B'Elanna asked.
"You have a glow about you which I recognized for what it was once I saw you in here," Harry explained.
"The fetus is about seventeen weeks along," Neville announced.
"B'Elanna feinted while in Main Engineering which is why Annika brought her in," Denara added.
"Klingon and human metabolisms sometimes clash," Neville suggested. "Such bio-chemical fluctuations are not uncommon within the mother in the case of such pregnancies."
"I'm familiar with the medical mixture of our two species, Neville," Harry assured.
"Of course," Neville replied. "I sometimes forget how skilled a physician you are yourself."
"Of course," Harry said with a grin. "If you'll excuse us I need to talk to B'Elanna in private."
B'Elanna allowed Harry to lead her back to their quarters. Annika didn't follow in order to give Harry and B'Elanna their space.
"You are sure you are happy about this?" B'Elanna questioned.
Harry pulled B'Elanna into a love-seat and against his side.
"I love you," Harry said sincerely. "Having a child with you is wonderful news."
"Good. I have to admit…I'm a little nervous," B'Elanna admitted.
"B'Elanna, you have nothing to be nervous about. You will make a fantastic mother. It's time you know the truth about me…about why I am so powerful and how I'm not human," Harry explained.
B'Elanna focused intently on Harry.
"The baby will inherit this," B'Elanna surmised.
"Yes," Harry confirmed. "It may be easier to just show you. Don't freak out. I'm going to move us to the outer hull of Voyager so you can see my ship. You and I can both survive space without a problem. I'll even create a small bubble of atmosphere for us."
Harry and B'Elanna were teleported to Voyager's hull.
"What are you? Are you a Q?" B'Elanna asked.
"No. This will be hard for you to believe. But I am a god and you have become a goddess," Harry answered.
B'Elanna stared at her lover perplexed.
"I don't know how to react to that," B'Elanna admitted.
"React with belief," Kes said as she appeared next to B'Elanna.
"Kes," B'Elanna said with a grin.
B'Elanna pulled Kes into a hug.
"It's good to see you, B'Elanna. Harry is telling you the truth," Kes explained.
"Harry?" B'Elanna asked.
"Let me tell her this part," Kes suggested.
Harry nodded his agreement and Kes relayed a brief history of the Harry Potter of this universe, Harry going undercover as Tom Paris, and then the arrival of a divine counterpart in this universe merging with the Harry Potter of this universe. B'Elanna got to see Hogwarts and was suitably impressed.
"This is a bit overwhelming in addition to finding out I'm pregnant," B'Elanna admitted. "Ok…you've shown me the wonderful parts of you being a god and me being a goddess. What are the downsides?"
"Well…you know how you share me with Kathryn, Annika, and Lyndsay?" Harry asked.
"Yes," B'Elanna said warily.
"There are others," Kes said.
"How many others are we talking about?" B'Elanna asked.
"Hundreds," Kes replied. B'Elanna looked about ready to explode so Harry sent soothing feelings over the bond. "Before you freak out know that Harry is able to utilize multiple versions of his form…hundreds in fact. He can control and experience them all simultaneously."
Kes went into a little more detail about the nature of omni-consciousness.
"You should lead with the nature of omni-consciousness," B'Elanna said after she understood.
Harry hadn't granted B'Elanna conscious awareness of the bond yet because he wanted to try introducing her slowly. She would know in general terms what he was capable of but wouldn't have access to everything he had ever done with but a thought.
"Noted," Harry said.
"What else can you do?" B'Elanna asked.
"It would be easier to ask what he can't do," Kes mused.
"Can you show me what our baby will look like?" B'Elanna asked curiously.
Aristotle projected a hologram of their child at Harry's mental command.
"This is what she will look like as she grows," Harry explained as the hologram grew into an adolescent, then a teen, and finally to an adult.
"She has forehead ridges," B'Elanna said with surprise. "She is only ¼ Klingon."
"Klingon genetics are quite strong. But one thing you need to understand about my children and I is that we can take on any form we want. This is my birth form," Harry explained as he shifted to his Harry Potter form.
"You are gorgeous," B'Elanna admitted.
"Thank you. If she doesn't want to have forehead ridges all she has to do is shift them away," Harry explained even as he shifted back to his Tom Paris form. "Let's go back inside so you can digest these revelations."
B'Elanna agreed and said goodbye to Kes. Kes disappeared back to Hogwarts. B'Elanna was quiet and introspective throughout the rest of the day and that evening. She received many congratulations as did Harry. Harry sensed his half-Klingon wife was thoughtful about her childhood.
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Harry was awoken by Hermione's desire to talk to him. He carefully extricated himself from the large bed he had on Hogwarts. He floated up off the bed and flew after Hermione. Other versions of Harry were snuggled up with his various wives who lived onboard Hogwarts. He followed Hermione out into the corridor.
"What's up?" Harry asked as he joined Hermione in her personal suite of rooms located near their bedrooms.
The couple settled into the love-seat they often shared.
"My mind just focused on B'Elanna's past and I was able to see how hard a time she had growing up as well as how she reacted to the pregnancy without you present in a lot of the universes we monitor where you never took on Tom Paris' persona," Hermione explained.
"I take it things went troublingly," Harry prompted.
"Yes," Hermione agreed. "She tried to genetically modify the fetus to eliminate Klingon features because of how she was treated as a child. It was not a good situation."
"Did you see the details of how she was treated as a child?" Harry asked.
"Yes," Hermione confirmed. "I saw some from flash-backs she experienced during this time period in that universe. But I also went back and reviewed other bullying incidents. Her father John Torres wasn't as understanding about the bullying as he would have been had he been fully aware of how severe the bullying was."
"Incidents of bullying hybrids in the Federation are not as well documented as they should be though it is being researched currently," Harry said.
"I'm not sure John Torres would have read the research had it been finished and publicized," Hermione mused. "The man is intelligent but can be irrational about other things. He was having trouble with B'Elanna's mother Miral and kind of took a bit of it out on B'Elanna. He wasn't going to say anything to B'Elanna directly but there was an incident where John said some things he shouldn't have to B'Elanna's Uncle Carl and B'Elanna overheard. Their relationship went downhill from there I think. I don't believe it was much later that John left Miral and B'Elanna."
"B'Elanna still has deep emotional wounds from her father's abandonment. It seems like his leaving just caused her to hate her Klingon half," Harry said. "I guess I should go have a talk with John Torres and see what I can do about it."
"I'll come along if you don't mind," Hermione offered.
"I would appreciate it," Harry agreed.
The pair disappeared.
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John Torres had been staring intently at his monitor on his desk when he sensed a presence in his room. He looked up and spotted two people sitting in front of his desk. The male John immediately recognized as Tom Paris. John had kept tabs on his daughter B'Elanna and knew Tom was B'Elanna's significant other. The attractive woman with Tom was someone John didn't recognize.
"How did you get in here?" John asked. "You're supposed to be on Voyager."
"It's good that you recognize me, John. That will make this easier. This is Hermione," Harry replied. "Have you been keeping track of B'Elanna?"
John was silent for several long moments before answering, "Yes. I've always kept track of her."
"Why didn't you contact her?" Hermione asked.
John was silent for some time because he was unsure if he wanted to admit his answer.
"I was ashamed that I left her even if I had problems with her mother," John admitted. "Why are you here, Lt. Paris? Has something happened to B'Elanna?"
"You could say that. She is unharmed. B'Elanna is pregnant," Harry answered. John was surprised but not unpleasantly so. "I want you to watch something. These are cases of bullying you weren't aware of from B'Elanna's childhood. And this is what B'Elanna could have been like."
Aristotle projected holograms of the incidents Hermione had viewed from the alternate universe. John grew progressively paler as the bullying took place. By the time the scene of B'Elanna trying to genetically modify her daughter played out John had tears in his eyes.
"I had no idea," John whispered when the hologram ended.
"What do you think you should do now?" Hermione asked.
"I should probably try to make up for what I did somehow. I thought about it after Voyager got back in contact with Earth. I was terrified I had lost her," John admitted.
"She doesn't know we are here," Harry explained. "Your overtures would go over better if she thinks you contacted her again unprompted."
John nodded his understanding and said, "Thank you."
"We expect to get to know you better in the future, John. We'll do our best to help you from our end," Harry assured.
Then Harry and Hermione were gone. John was left feeling a little confused about his two recent visitors but hopeful about his daughter.
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"Hey, Lover," Harry said as he walked into B'Elanna's private sitting room onboard Hogwarts. "Do you want to talk about it?"
B'Elanna had just been given a set of private rooms onboard the castle-like starship.
"You being able to sense my emotions and vice versa will take some getting used to," B'Elanna said.
"But it's very useful in the long run," Harry assured. "What has you so amazed?"
"My father just contacted me," B'Elanna admitted.
"How did that go?" Harry asked as he pulled B'Elanna against him after joining her in the love-seat she had been sitting in.
Harry conjured and foot stool and put his legs up on it. B'Elanna intertwined her legs with his.
"He said he has regretted leaving me for a long time. I never told you but right before he left we got into this horrible fight on a camping trip. He organized the camping trip to bring us closer like we were when I was younger. But I hit puberty. Klingon-puberty made things even worse. I overheard him telling my Uncle Carl about my moodiness. My father had also said some not so pleasant things about my mother because they were fighting at the time. I told him to just leave. He left not long after," B'Elanna explained. "He has wanted to contact me for many years but didn't feel he had the right after abandoning my mother and I."
"What changed?" Harry asked.
"He said he felt it was just time. He couldn't wait any longer because he wanted to talk to me again so badly. He has never stopped keeping tabs on me," B'Elanna explained. "He was very apologetic."
B'Elanna internally wondered if her lover had something to do with her father renewing contact. But she didn't want to voice that question because she was afraid of the answer.
"How did you react?" Harry asked.
"I was a little shocked to tell you the truth. I think he sensed that. I told him I would like to talk with him more but that I needed some time to digest what little we talked about. Really I just wanted to come back and talk to you about it," B'Elanna explained. "I wanted your opinion."
"You have deep down missed your father since he left. I think you should do your best to forgive him but never forget what he is capable of," Harry suggested.
"How do I do that?" B'Elanna questioned.
"For mortals it is a pretty hard thing to do because they have feelings associated with memories. For us I can show you how to remove the emotional impact particular memories have including your father abandoning you and your mother," Harry explained.
"Being your wife has some major perks," B'Elanna mused. "Alright show me how to do this."
It was simple for Harry to show B'Elanna how to use her new abilities to manipulate her memories. From then on B'Elanna would be able to have a relationship with her father without feeling the hurt she had always carried over her abandonment. But she would never forget the hard lesson life had taught her. Harry would never abandon her. He would never inflict that pain on someone he loved so deeply.
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Stardate 54518.2…
Voyager shuddered a tiny bit as weapons fire impacted the Promethium Field protecting the vessel.
"Report," Kathryn ordered as she came onto the bridge.
"A very old class of Klingon Bird of Prey just de-cloaked off our stern," Harry answered.
"They have re-cloaked," Tuvok added.
"Hail them," Kathryn instructed.
"No response," Tuvok reported. "I believe it to be a D7 class cruiser," Tuvok added as the Klingon craft temporarily de-cloaked again to fire another salvo.
"Bridge to Astrometrics," Kathryn said into the com system. "Initiate a metaphasic sweep."
"I have located the vessel and relayed the trajectory to Tactical," Annika announced.
"Disable them but do no permanent damage," Kathryn instructed.
Voyager began to fire on the Bird of Prey at Harry's direction. Once the Klingon ship was disabled the Klingons answered the hail attempts.
"We will not surrender to sworn enemies of the Klingon Empire," Captain Kohlar retorted.
"The Empire signed a peace treaty with the Federation more than eighty years ago," Kathryn explained.
"You are lying," Kohlar accused.
"I am not lying," Kathryn replied. "Your ship cannot harm us," Kathryn assured. "My chief engineer is a Klingon. You are welcome to meet B'Elanna."
"I will do so," Kohlar agreed.
After the communication cut off Harry went to retrieve B'Elanna while Kathryn met Captain Kohlar.
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As Kathryn led the way into the senior staff's conference room she introduced, "Captain Kohlar, Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres our Chief Engineer."
"You are with child," Kohlar pointed out after he examined B'Elanna.
"That's what I am told," B'Elanna agreed.
"Did you conceive during the holy month of Na'pok?" Kohlar questioned.
"Yes," Harry confirmed, knowing the Klingon calendar from his studies of his wife's culture.
"I must return to my ship," Kohlar stated.
"Are you not interested in learning about the treaty?" Tuvok asked with confusion.
"Here is a copy," Chakotay said while passing a data pad to Kohlar.
"Escort Captain Kohlar back to the transporter room," Kathryn instructed.
It was obvious she was confused by the abrupt departure upon seeing B'Elanna.
"What was that all about?" B'Elanna asked aloud after Kohlar had left.
"Klingon records detail a religious sect that disappeared from the empire more than eighty years ago. This sect had some interesting beliefs concerning a messiah child. I haven't read all of their scrolls but this might be that sect," Harry explained.
"Can you show me the relevant scrolls? I would like to learn more about these Klingons. I will also need to contact the Federation and see how we should handle this," Kathryn said.
"Sure," Harry agreed.
The group broke up.
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Kathryn didn't get very far into the scrolls when she was called back onto the bridge.
"Report," Kathryn said.
"The core is breaching on the Klingon vessel," HK reported.
"Red alert and hail them," Kathryn stated.
Kohlar appeared on the main view screen. Kohlar's bridge was venting various gases and sparks flew in the background.
"I salute you, Captain," Kohlar said. "You did more damage to my vessel than my engineer thought."
"We can send over a team to help you establish a containment field," Kathryn offered.
"Their core is going to breach in less than thirty seconds," HK said.
"I am requesting emergency transport," Kohlar added.
"Captain, their crew compliment is 204," Tuvok advised in a worried tone.
"Erect force-fields around the shuttle bay and transport them there," Kathryn instructed. "Tell your crew to stand by for evacuation," she said to Kohlar.
Even as Tuvok and the rest of the crew worked on carrying out Kathryn's orders Harry had Hogwarts prepare to act.
"We need to get clear as soon as their crew is onboard," Chakotay advised even as Harry nodded.
HK began counting down while Harry prepared to jump to Warp. The systems onboard Hogwarts generated the effects of a core breach while transporting the Bird of Prey into a pocket dimension for storage. Hogwarts also tapped into the Bird of Prey's control systems and shut down the self-destruct Kohlar's crew had set. Voyager meanwhile jumped to Warp.
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"You spared us a dishonorable death, Captain," Kohlar told Kathryn when he entered her ready room.
"Sensor logs indicate that the containment failure was not caused by our weapons," Tuvok stated.
"Why did you blow up your own ship?" Kathryn challenged. "Why was it so important to get your people onboard Voyager?"
"It is our sacred duty to be here," Kohlar said solemnly. "More than a hundred years ago my great-grandfather was part of a sect which believed the Empire had lost its way. A sacred text they had discovered told them to embark on a journey to a distant region of the galaxy."
"Four generations of travel," Kathryn said with surprise.
"The scrolls foretold that we would be rewarded for undertaking a long and difficult voyage," Kohlar explained. "The Kuvah'magh, a savior to the Klingon people, would be revealed to us. We will be led to a new Empire. I believe the Kuvah'magh is the unborn child of B'Elanna Torres."
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"This sounds like a joke," B'Elanna declared when she heard the news.
"Nope," Kathryn replied.
"Couldn't they have just followed Voyager?" B'Elanna asked.
"The text told them to cast off the old ways as soon as they found the Kuvah'magh," Kathryn explained.
"Their vessel was considered the last vestige of the corrupt Empire," Tuvok added.
"This could be dangerous," B'Elanna said. "They may want to hurt the baby."
"They can't. Nothing in this universe will be allowed to harm our baby," Harry sent to his lover.
"That seems unlikely given your baby's sacredness to them," Chakotay pointed out.
"Over two hundred Klingons are a significant security threat. They should be confined to the shuttle bay until a suitable home can be found for them," Tuvok advised.
"What does the Federation have to say about this?" HK asked.
"They are still considering options. One option is that they can send a larger ship capable of Warp travel through trans-warp," Kathryn answered. "It couldn't take the Klingons home at trans-warp but it could get them there at the same speed we are traveling at." Kathryn was thoughtful for several moments before she added, "Keep the Klingons out of all restricted areas but they won't be confined to the cargo bay."
"And what of Lieutenant Torres' safety?" Tuvok asked.
"I will keep an eye on her," Harry assured.
"Have some of our crew who are willing transfer over to the Equinox. Keep its existence a secret from the Klingons," Kathryn instructed. "Dismissed."
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"Ten of the Klingons have started a hunger strike," Kathryn informed B'Elanna. "They won't eat until you agree to meet with their council of elders."
"I can do that," B'Elanna agreed. "Lead the way."
Kathryn led the way to the council of elders. The councilors were chanting when B'Elanna, Harry, and Kathryn entered the room the council was housed within.
"You honor us with your presence," Kohlar stated.
A second councilor named T'Greth stood.
"Look at her ridges," T'Greth said in a distraught tone. "Morak was right," he said referring to one of the other councilors. "Your blood is not pure."
"No," B'Elanna admitted. "My father was human."
The councilors began speaking in low tones in Klingon at this news.
"Couldn't you see this for yourself?" T'Greth demanded of Kohlar.
"Yes, but," Kohlar replied before he was interrupted.
"Why didn't you tell us?" T'Greth shouted in rage.
"It wasn't important," Kohlar rebutted just as fiercely.
"Not important…we destroyed our ship because you said she was the mother of the Kuvah'magh," T'Greth pointed out incredulously.
"Show me where it is written that the Kuvah'magh must have pure Klingon blood," Kohlar challenged.
"A prophecy wouldn't lead us to a mongrel child," T'Greth snarled while throwing his head towards B'Elanna.
"Watch what you say about my mate and daughter," Harry warned calmly but with danger hinted at in his tone.
The councilors began muttering at this revelation.
"This Kuvah'magh will have more human blood," T'Greth lamented. "Your Kuvah'magh isn't even half Klingon."
"I have spent my life interpreting the scrolls and I say that all the signs of the prophecy are present here in this time onboard this ship," Kohlar declared.
"Liar," T'Greth accused. "You have led us to a false savior."
T'Greth stormed from the room. Harry, Kathryn, and B'Elanna left the chamber moments later.
"That went fabulously," B'Elanna said.
"Lieutenant," Kohlar called as he too exited the room. "I need your help," he explained after the trio had stopped and faced him.
"What do you need my help with?" B'Elanna asked.
"I am trying to prevent bloodshed," Kohlar explained.
"Perhaps we should go somewhere more private to discuss this," Kathryn suggested.
Kohlar agreed and followed the trio.
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"I don't know if your baby is the Kuvah'magh we have sought. But my people must be convinced she is," Kohlar explained.
"And why is that?" Kathryn prompted.
"We have traveled more than 30,000 light-years searching for our savior," Kohlar clarified. "More than 100 years of searching has obtained us nothing except hardship and isolation. When I saw that you were with child, Lieutenant Torres I realized that your baby represented an opportunity to end the wasteful journey my people are on. If my people accept your child as the Kuvah'magh you will hold great influence over them."
"What do you think?" B'Elanna mentally asked her husband.
"We easily have what it takes to meet the scroll's requirements for being their savior. I say go for it," Harry answered.
Out loud, B'Elanna said, "What part will we have to play?"
"I would like to begin by having you study the scrolls with me. I want to find events in your life that are consistent with the events in the scrolls. Those consistencies can be brought to the attention of the senior council," Kohlar proposed.
"We can do that," Harry confirmed, signifying that he would be present to support his wife for everything.
Kohlar nodded in understanding.
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"It says the Kuvah'magh will be descended from a noble house," B'Elanna read from one of the data pads. "I don't come from one."
"But I do," Harry admitted causing the other two to turn and look at him. He elaborated, "I am descended from the House of Potter of Earth."
"It is written that the mother of the Kuvah'magh would be an off-worlder. You were born on a Federation colony if I am not mistaken," Kohlar said to B'Elanna. "The scrolls also say you would have lived a life of solitude and endured many hardships. Being the sole Klingon on this ship suggests that is accurate."
"The glorious victory you have been prophesized to win against an army of ten thousand warriors could easily have been your role in helping stale-mate the Borg," Harry suggested.
"It is not difficult to interpret your life as being part of the prophecy, B'Elanna Torres," Kohlar noted. He stopped his interpreting and looked around the quarters B'Elanna shared with Harry and his other wives. "Where are the images of Kales? And where is your family crest?"
"I don't really present a Klingon front to people," B'Elanna admitted.
"There is one tradition we can honor together," Kohlar suggested as he picked up his cloak off a table and laid it on the floor. "It is mid-day. It is time to remember the sacrifice of our ancestors," Kohlar proposed. "Have you ever made a plea for the dead before?"
"Not since I was a child," B'Elanna admitted.
Harry found it interesting to see B'Elanna interact with other Klingons that weren't her mother.
"The dead cannot rest in Sto-Vo-Kor if the living do not honor their memory," Kohlar put forth. Kohlar knelt on his cloak on one knee. "Perhaps there is someone I can honor on your behalf. Who did you plead for as a child?"
"My grandmother Le'Nan," B'Elanna answered.
"Kales, we implore you to remember those warriors who have fallen in your name. Lift them out of the cavern of despair," Kohlar said. B'Elanna began to softly speak the words along with Kohlar. It had been ages since she had said them. But she found she still remembered. "And reveal yourself to them in all your glory. Remember Ko'Lex son of Amar."
Kohlar stated several others before B'Elanna said, "Remember Le'Nan daughter of Kr'Elk."
Kohlar gave B'Elanna an approving nod.
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Harry found himself in the mess hall listening to B'Elanna retell the story of one of Voyager's exploits against the Hirogen with many embellishments on B'Elanna's role. The Klingon council of elders was gathered.
"Your ancestors would be honored," Kohlar declared after B'Elanna finished.
The council members banged their cups against their tabletops.
"You tell a good story," T'Greth spoke up to declare. "But that is not why you are here. Some say you are the mother of the Kuvah'magh. Has your unborn child told you where the new home-world it will guide us to is?"
This garnered laughter from the intoxicated Klingons present.
"My child wasn't meant to save just your small sect of our people. My child was meant to save all Klingons. My child will change the Empire," B'Elanna stated.
B'Elanna's voice rang with power and truth. Harry admired his wife more than ever. She was tapping into her enhanced abilities gained through him. Her charisma and energy laced words rang true with the Klingon councilors present.
"You deliver the words we want to hear but it is Kohlar who gives them to you. Are you his puppet in the bed chamber as well?" T'Greth challenged.
Harry stood at those words.
"You and I will fight to the death," Harry said as he produced a knife that nobody present could tell from where it came. Harry stabbed the knife through the table-top nearest him in a traditional Klingon challenge. "You will die for dishonoring my mate."
T'Greth stood and as he stepped to take up the knife said, "I accept."
T'Greth attempted to pull the challenge blade out of the table but it was sunk pretty far through. It took T'Greth grabbing the handle with both hands to pull the knife free.
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"Kathryn, you should put a stop to this," B'Elanna said.
Kathryn, B'Elanna, and Harry were alone in Kathryn's ready room discussing the most recent development.
"He was intentionally goading me into a fight to prove the prophecy wrong. You don't need to put a stop to the fight. Just get the terms changed from a fight to the death to a non-lethal fight. That way we can save face and I don't have to kill T'Greth," Harry explained.
"You planned that all along," B'Elanna mused.
"I can do that," Kathryn agreed. She tapped her com badge and said, "Mr. Tuvok." Tuvok lead Kohlar and T'Greth into the ready room. Kathryn stood and approached the new arrivals. "Gentlemen, I'm afraid Mr. Paris didn't have the authority to issue such a challenge on my ship. I propose a compromise. I have studied Klingon history and there is precedent. A non-lethal bout fought with blunted bat'leths. The victory goes to the first combatant to knock his opponent to the ground three times."
"Yes. I am aware of the case," T'Greth confirmed. "It seemed like a cowards rule until I saw who had instigated the rules. I can agree to those terms. I'll see you in the pit."
T'Greth left.
"Do you need training, Lieutenant?" Tuvok asked.
"No," Harry assured.
"Are you sure?" Kohlar asked.
"If he says he can handle T'Greth then believe him," B'Elanna assured Kohlar.
"Very well," Kohlar said not very reassured.
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Harry was dressed in traditional Klingon body armor.
"Warriors assemble," Kohlar called.
B'Elanna handed Harry a blunted bat'leth.
"You don't need luck," B'Elanna said. "He does," and she nodded towards T'Greth.
Harry grinned at his wife and faced T'Greth.
"Let honor guide you," Kohlar told the combatants. "Tak!"
Kohlar left the ring and T'Greth began twirling his bat'leth.
"You are going to be easy to tear apart, human," T'Greth taunted.
Harry showed no signs of even being slightly distressed.
"Less talk, more action," Harry rebutted.
T'Greth tried three quick swings but Harry easily parried all three. On the third block Harry kicked T'Greth in the stomach hard enough that T'Greth completely lost his feet and landed on his back with the wind knocked out of him. T'Greth got up and charged Harry in rage after recovering his breathe slightly. The next time T'Greth went down it was from a leg-sweep from behind. During the third round T'Greth appeared winded and moved much slower. His swings were clumsy. He was having trouble breathing before he collapsed. The Doctor came over and scanned the downed T'Greth.
"It has begun…he is dying," Kohlar announced.
"Why would you say that?" The Doctor asked as he stood.
"This is the N'Ret," Kohlar explained. "It kills all of us who aren't fortunate to die in battle."
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"The N'Ret is a retrovirus that destroys the cells by attacking the cytoplasmic membranes," Denara explained as the group stood in sick bay looking at a hologram of the virus in action.
"Why didn't the bio-filters detect the retrovirus when we transported the Klingons onboard?" Kathryn questioned.
"The virus lies dormant disguised as inert genetic material," Denara explained. "Then the virus inexplicably activates at some point."
"The N'Ret always comes without warning," Kohlar added.
"After reviewing our scans of the other Klingons I have determined that they are all carriers," Neville announced.
"Why didn't you feel the need to warn us about this disease?" Kathryn questioned Kohlar.
"We have never considered the N'Ret a disease," Kohlar answered. "We consider it more like old age."
"Is it contagious?" Kathryn asked next.
"Only to Klingons," Denara said while looking at B'Elanna.
"If you would give us some privacy I would like to examine Lieutenant Torres," Neville urged.
"Of course," Kathryn agreed.
Kathryn and Kohlar left. The Doctor performed a scan with his medical tricorder.
"You and your baby are both not infected," Neville announced with a perplexed tone.
"Our simulations suggested you would be infected," Denara added with equal surprise.
"Why am I here?" T'Greth asked groggily as he sat up from a nearby bed.
"Your N'Ret activated during the fight," Neville answered.
T'Greth left sick bay without saying a word. Nobody tried to stop him.
"We should try to figure out how you are fighting the virus," Denara suggested to B'Elanna.
"Don't bother. You won't be able to," Harry said while exchanging a look with B'Elanna. "She is immune because she is with me. I think it may be time for more people to know about my true nature, luv."
"Are you sure?" B'Elanna asked.
"Yes," Harry said. "I feel like Voyager will be going home very soon."
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"Why have you asked us here?" T'Greth asked as he entered the room where the other members of the council of elders were waiting.
B'Elanna, Tom, Kathryn, Chakotay, Neville, and Denara were also present.
"To do this," B'Elanna said as she stepped forward.
B'Elanna's stomach took on a golden glow that traveled up along her arms to her hands. She placed her hands on T'Greth's wrists. At first T'Greth tried to resist but when he couldn't break free from B'Elanna he was so startled for a moment that by the time he did think to react she had already let go.
"What did you just do to me?" T'Greth demanded.
The Doctor had stepped forward and was scanning T'Greth while he said, "She healed you."
"My baby healed you," B'Elanna corrected.
"Her baby is the Kuvah'magh," Kohlar declared.
"And she can heal the rest of your crew," Harry put forth.
T'Greth appeared stunned at this revelation.
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"You wished to see me, Captain," Kohlar said as he joined Kathryn, B'Elanna, and Harry in the Captain's ready room.
All Klingons onboard had been cured of the N'Ret.
"Harry has prepared a little present for you," Kathryn explained.
Harry deactivated the cloak on the Bird of Prey Kohlar had captained for so long, the T'Chek.
"How is this possible? The T'Chek was destroyed," Kohlar said.
"I simply let everyone believe the T'Chek was destroyed," Harry corrected. "I have made some upgrades. Foremost the T'Chek is now capable of keeping up with Voyager."
"You wish us to return to the T'Chek and follow Voyager?" Kohlar asked.
"Yes," B'Elanna answered. "Your people will help my daughter revolutionize the Empire."
"We are your people too, my Lady," Kohlar said with a slight bow of his head. "We will do as you wish."
Kohlar left the bridge.
"You're the talk of the ship now, Tom," Kathryn said. "Everyone wants to know how the healing of the Klingons was carried out."
"Is that everyone including you?" Harry asked.
"Yes," Kathryn confirmed.
Harry exchanged a look with B'Elanna.
"They should know before everyone else," B'Elanna pointed out.
Harry nodded and blinked. The trio was relocated to a room onboard Hogwarts with a view of Voyager. Lyndsay, Annika, and Kes also appeared.
"Where are we?" Kathryn asked. "Kes," Kathryn exclaimed as she spotted the blonde.
Kathryn scooped a smiling Kes up into a hug.
"Hello Kathryn," Kes greeted. "You are currently onboard the starship Hogwarts."
"Hogwarts," Kathryn said with confusion. "Wasn't that the magical school where Harry Potter had his adventures?"
"At one time, yes," Harry confirmed as he shifted into his natural form.
"You're Harry Potter," Lyndsay said with surprise.
Lyndsay had recently started joining Harry and his mates in the holo-deck for Harry Potter adventures.
"Are you a Q?" Annika asked her husband.
"Everyone always assumes that," Harry mused.
"He's not a Q. He's a god," B'Elanna answered.
Eyebrows shot up into hairlines at that.
"You might want to elaborate on that," Lyndsay suggested while Kathryn nodded.
"B'Elanna…will you tell them what I told you," Harry suggested.
B'Elanna did so. When she was done there was some silence as the women were thoughtful.
"You could have returned us home at any time?" Kathryn asked.
"I could have," Harry agreed.
"If I didn't love you so much there would be retribution," Kathryn declared. "Can we have a tour of this place?"
"Sure," Harry agreed.
"Would it be possible to see into these parallel universes B'Elanna spoke of so that we can see what it would be like if you had just been Tom Paris?" Annika asked.
"Yes. I'll introduce you to Hermione. She's really good at that skill already," Harry assured.
"Hermione…as in Hermione Granger?" Kathryn asked.
"Kathryn, our lives will never be boring," B'Elanna promised.
"I'm beginning to realize that," Kathryn said while her heart beat faster in excitement at the adventurous turn her life had just taken.
She was married to a god!
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Stardate 54973.4…
"Harry, it's time," B'Elanna sent telepathically in order to keep the other wives in their bed from waking up.
The portion of Harry's mind which had been sleeping with his wives onboard Voyager came awake and immediately probed out to B'Elanna.
"It's not. This is another false labor situation," Harry assured. "I will take care of it."
Harry used his powers and the nanites in B'Elanna's body to shut down the false labor and ease her discomfort.
"Thank you. You are the best," B'Elanna sent while snuggling up closer to her lover.
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"Could you report to Astrometrics?" Harry heard Annika ask he and Kathryn via their bond.
Annika was finding the bonded experience fascinating and exploring every facet she was conscious of. According to Annika she was much closer to the perfection she had sought most of her life than she had ever realized on a conscious level before and she owed it all to her husband. When Harry and Kathryn arrived they were met by several others including Chakotay, Tuvok, and HK.
"What did you need us for, Annika?" Kathryn asked.
"I have detected on long range sensors some strange neutrino readings," Annika explained. "The emissions are occurring at the center of this nebula," she indicated while projecting a hologram of the nebula in question. "The sensors are detecting hundreds of distinct sources."
"That could mean hundreds of wormholes," HK said excitedly.
"The radiation is interfering with Voyager's sensors. But if Ensign Kim is correct it would be the most concentrated occurrence of wormholes ever recorded," Annika explained.
"I don't suppose you have been able to determine where any of them lead?" Kathryn queried.
"Not at this time," Annika replied.
"But it only takes one to lead to the Alpha Quadrant," HK pointed out.
"Point taken," Kathryn said. "Alter course, Tom."
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"We're heading in now," Harry announced as he piloted Voyager into the nebula where Annika had detected the wormhole cluster.
"How are the shields holding up?" Kathryn asked.
"They are holding," Tuvok assured.
The Promethium Drive wasn't even necessary for navigation of the nebula.
"Bridge to Astrometrics," Kathryn called.
"Go ahead," Annika prompted.
"Do you have any more data on the neutrino emissions now that we are inside the nebula and so much closer to the sources?" Kathryn asked.
"Negative, Captain," Annika answered. "The scan is still not clear. We are six million kilometers away from the center of the emissions."
Voyager shuddered.
"What is causing that?" Kathryn prompted.
"I am detecting a Tritanium signature," Tuvok reported. "The source is bearing 352 Mark 55."
"There is a second Tritanium signature right on top of us," HK warned.
Harry was already twisting Voyager to avoid the Borg cubes he could sense coming at Voyager. He slaved controls of the T'Chek and the Equinox to his command and took them out of the path of the cubes as well.
"Take us out of the nebula," Kathryn instructed after getting quite a scare at the sudden appearance of the cube.
Kathryn suspected it was only her husband's divine powers that had saved Voyager from being ploughed into and destroyed by the much larger cube.
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"There is no evidence that the cube detected Voyager," Tuvok reported.
"Where is it now?" Kathryn asked.
"Approximately 3 light-years away," Annika reported.
"They saw us," Harry assured. "But Queen Tutra decided not to pursue us."
"Why?" Kohlar asked.
"Because she is afraid of Tom," HK speculated.
"My analysis of the Tritanium signatures suggests there were at least forty-seven Borg vessels in the nebula," Annika reported.
"We shouldn't let that deter us from reaching those wormholes. We can use the cloak to get in close," HK suggested.
"The cloak destabilizes under the effects of the nebula's radiation," Harry explained.
"Wouldn't the Promethium Drive get us through? Maybe it's worth revealing it for such a promising chance to get home," HK tried.
Everyone turned thoughtful expressions to Harry. He sensed their curiosity. He didn't immediately answer.
"I do not know yet if the Promethium Drive could handle that much sustained weapons fire. Perhaps it could be temporarily enhanced to do so. Annika, I will need your assistance to determine the exact firepower of the forty-seven or more vessels. We can dispatch cloaked probes into the nebula to scope things out. They won't be as protected from the nebula's radiation yet the cloaks will last longer because I can focus more energy into such a smaller cloaking field. The probes will essentially be short term use though because their systems will burn out," Harry explained.
"Whatever you need you have it," Kathryn informed her husband.
Harry nodded and the group broke up.
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"So what are you really working on?" Kathryn asked as she entered Harry's lab. "I know you well enough by now to know the Promethium Drive will have no trouble withstanding the Borg assault."
"Actually I was being honest. The limited Promethium Drive I installed on Voyager may not be capable of handling that type of firepower. I've done some simulations and with a few enhancements from my own power the field could be overcharged. I'm trying to avoid an upgrade to the Promethium Drive," Harry explained.
"Aren't you just going to remove the Promethium Drive before we reach the Alpha Quadrant?" Kathryn asked.
"No. I've been rethinking that. I see no reason why Voyager can't keep the Promethium Drive. I will use my technology to ensure it can't be reverse engineered and copied without my permission. But that doesn't mean you or any future captain can't benefit from the Promethium Drive. I will install a limited AI in the Promethium Drive controls to determine in what situations use of the drive is acceptable. I don't want it used for territory expansion by conquest after all," Harry explained.
"Ok….that makes sense," Kathryn said. "Are those Talaxians?"
Kathryn was looking at a holographic display she noticed active in one section of her husband's lab.
"Yes. It's a settlement located inside an asteroid belt. The Talaxians there are being targeted by a species of miners that want the resources of the large asteroid this Talaxian settlement is within," Harry explained.
"As terrible as this is why are you looking at it?" Kathryn questioned.
Kathryn had learned the fate of Neelix after Neelix had died. She wasn't sure how she felt about it.
"Kes has checked in on Neelix's progress and has determined he seems to have redeemed himself. Voyager would have encountered the Talaxian settlement if not for my help in acquiring the Borg trans-warp coil we've been using intermittently to make large jumps. If Neelix had still been alive he would have ended up staying on this colony and found a partner in a female named Dexa. He would have with Voyager's help saved these people from the miners. I'm going to return Neelix to physical form with a heavily improved version of his original ship and help him to rescue the colony. I will also help him meet and pair up with Dexa," Harry explained.
"I am glad to hear of this," Kathryn said. "Truthfully I had hoped Neelix would be redeemed. Him finding happiness and a second chance at life is even better."
"Kes felt the same way. I bear no true animosity towards him. But I wouldn't be intervening again if not for Kes," Harry said.
"What else has Kes been up to?" Kathryn asked.
"I'm surprised you two didn't discuss it," Harry pointed out.
"Our relationship is…different I guess is how I would put it. She is so much more mature and wiser than she was when she left. I'm not sure if she needs me anymore," Kathryn admitted. "We talked a little bit…but nothing in depth."
"I may not need you…but I still want you in my life, Kathryn," Kes said from behind Kathryn.
Kathryn turned and faced Kes.
"I'm glad to hear that," Kathryn admitted. "Do you want to really catch up?"
"Sure. I can show you what I have been doing to help my people," Kes offered.
Kes had been working to restore her home planet and had also been genetically modifying the Ocampan population to extend their life-span considerably.
Harry watched his two wives teleport away from his lab and felt them reappear in Kes' private rooms onboard Hogwarts. He smiled fondly after them. They both needed one another's friendship. Hopefully it would grow and evolve. In a way Kes' departure from Voyager had left a hole in Kathryn that had been partially filled by Annika. But it was hard for one relationship to fill another perfectly. It was good to see Kathryn filling that hole with the right person.
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Harry was on the bridge when a special type of rift connected to an equally special type of wormhole opened up in front of Voyager.
"What is that?" Chakotay asked as he came onto the bridge to see the rift on the main view screen.
"It seems to be some type of temporal rift judging from the tachyon emissions," Kathryn answered.
"I am detecting Nadeon discharges on the other side of the rift," Tuvok announced. "The signature appears to be Klingon."
"Red alert," Kathryn ordered.
"There is a vessel coming through the rift," Tuvok reported.
"Is it Klingon?" Kathryn asked.
"No. The vessel appears to be Federation," Tuvok answered.
A small shuttle shot out of the rift.
"We're being hailed," HK reported.
"We need to close that rift. Two Klingon Birds of Prey but much more advanced models are trying to follow that shuttle through," Harry said as he rapidly typed on his console.
"Do it," Kathryn replied even as she added, "Put the hail up on the main view screen."
An older version of Kathryn appeared on the main view screen and ordered, "Recalibrate your deflector to emit an anti-tachyon pulse. You have to seal that rift."
Even as she finished speaking Harry activated the pulse and sealed the rift.
"We are already on it," Younger-Kathryn replied. "But it is usually considered polite to introduce yourself."
"I am Admiral Kathryn Janeway as you can see," Older-Kathryn said. "And I have come to bring Voyager home."
"I think you had better come onboard so we can talk more about this," Younger-Kathryn suggested. "We'll meet you in transporter room one."
Older-Kathryn nodded and the main view screen went dark.
"Things are never boring around here," Younger-Kathryn muttered.
Harry, Chakotay, Annika, and Younger-Kathryn left the bridge and headed to transporter room 1. It was only a minute after they arrived that Older-Kathryn was transported onboard.
Older-Kathryn looked at the familiar faces arrayed before her in the transporter room and knew something was off. The presence of Seven of Nine in the transporter room could be explained away due to Seven's expertise in temporal mechanics. Tom Paris' presence really had no explanation. The lack of visible implants on Seven's features was most definitely different. Coupled with the fact that Voyager had been closer to the wormhole hub than in her past at this same point in the timeline and Older-Kathryn knew something had gone wrong.
"I don't believe this is my past," Older-Kathryn stated.
Harry took a glance into Admiral Janeway's mind telepathically to get a sense of her life. Her Voyager crew had undertaken a very long and dangerous journey to get back to Earth. They had made it but had lost a lot of crewmembers along the way. Admiral Janeway had come back in time to get Voyager home earlier and avoid those losses.
"You are quite observant," Harry stated. "The weapons fire from the Klingon ships which attacked you as you came through altered the rift. This is a parallel universe to your own. A lot has stayed the same but a lot has changed."
"Would you like to come to my ready room to discuss things?" Captain Janeway invited.
"Yes, thank you," Admiral Janeway replied.
The group left the ready room and everyone but Harry excused themselves from the two Kathryns.
"I believe his presence will be very beneficial to our meeting. He is not the same Tom Paris as you knew," Captain Kathryn explained.
"Alright," Admiral Kathryn agreed. As the trio entered the ready room she noted, "Fresh coffee."
"Would you like some?" Captain Kathryn inquired.
"No thank you. I only drink tea now. I gave coffee up years ago," Admiral Kathryn explained. As Captain Kathryn poured herself a cup of coffee the Admiral added, "I told the curator at the museum if he wanted to make the ready room more authentic that he should always keep a steaming pot of coffee on the desk."
"Voyager is in a museum in your time period?" Captain Kathryn queried.
"Voyager is a museum," Admiral Kathryn replied.
"Obviously you made it back to Earth. What happened along the way to cause you to risk time travel?" Captain Kathryn questioned.
"A lot has happened…a lot of tragedy," Admiral Kathryn mused with an expression showing she was lost somewhere in the past. "I hope you can suspend your desire to follow the temporal prime directive for the duration of my time with you."
"You will find Tom here has gotten me to suspend a lot of my normal procedures indefinitely," Captain Kathryn said as she took Harry's hand in hers in a clear sign that she was with him.
Admiral Janeway's eyebrows climbed into her hairline.
"You must be very different from my Tom Paris. I am quite fond of the man and he has become a good man but I can honestly say I have never entertained the notion that we would be a good couple," Admiral Janeway mused.
"He is but we are getting off topic. Why is it that you are here?" Captain Kathryn probed.
"The nebula you just passed by…it is a way home. I brought technology that will allow Voyager to get past the Borg," Admiral Kathryn explained. "If you don't use this technology it will take you another sixteen years to get this crew home. I know you are questioning if I am really who I say I am. I could be a member of species 8472 in disguise."
"Actually I'm not questioning what you are saying. My being with Tom here has changed me. I am no longer simply human," Captain Kathryn said. "I am also a telepath. I can discern you are telling me the truth."
"What makes you no longer human?" Admiral Kathryn asked looking between the two facing her.
"I am a being which makes the Q look like a bunch of weaklings in comparison," Harry answered.
"If that is true why don't you just snap your fingers and send Voyager home?" Admiral Kathryn asked.
"Because of adventure," Harry replied. "I was actually just getting ready to send Voyager home when you showed back up but I was going to use the Borg infested nebula to do it."
Admiral Kathryn sat perplexed for several moments as she thought this situation over.
"Then it appears I am not needed here," Admiral Kathryn said. "If you are that powerful…do you have a means to send me back to the correct point in time in my reality I was aiming for?"
"I do," Harry confirmed. "But I would like you to stick around for a while. You might learn some interesting things and I'm sure my Kathryn could learn some interesting things from you."
"I can do that," Admiral Kathryn agreed.
"If you ladies will excuse me I have some work to do," Harry said.
Harry left the two different versions of Kathryn Janeway to it.
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"Is everything ready?" Captain Kathryn asked.
"Yes," Harry confirmed.
"Then take us back into the nebula," Captain Kathryn ordered.
Admiral Janeway stood on the bridge eager to observe the Promethium Drive in action. The first cube began firing with its emerald green energy beams moments later. Voyager did not return fire. Voyager shuddered minutely under the onslaught. Two more cubes opened fire at the same time. Scanning beams then lashed over Voyager.
"They are trying to adapt to your shield," Admiral Kathryn noted.
"Good luck with that," Harry mused.
Just then Voyager cleared the shroud of the nebula and the crew beheld the sight of a massive sphere of glowing energy with a web of Borg technology taking up less than one-quarter of the sphere's surface area. The sphere was the interface to the nexus of wormholes. Borg vessels flew in and out of the openings to various wormholes and Voyager drew closer.
"The correct aperture is at coordinates 346x42," Admiral Janeway stated.
"This is a transwarp hub," Annika said with surprise. "This shouldn't be here."
"Tutra or her predecessors have been busy," Harry noted.
Normally Admiral Janeway would have spoken up and objected to the delay in leaving the quadrant. The Admiral had not been able to figure out a method of destroying the hub poised to allow the Borg to more easily strike at the Alpha Quadrant while simultaneously still getting Voyager home. But perhaps her new powerful friends knew of a way.
"Tom, take us out of the nebula so we can discuss this new development," Kathryn urged.
Harry nodded understanding that his wife wouldn't make the move to depart an order…not that any of her statements these days were orders.
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The senior crewmembers were assembled in Astrometrics.
"This hub connects with thousands of transwarp conduits with endpoints in all four quadrants. It works with the other hubs to allow the Collective to deploy vessels anywhere in the galaxy within minutes," Annika explained.
"How do we destroy it?" Captain Kathryn asked.
"There is no need," Harry stated.
"What do you mean?" Captain Kathryn asked her husband.
"I think it is time I sent my son to go have a chat with Tutra," Harry said. "David," Harry called.
David appeared in the room via teleportation. He was in his human guise.
"He survived in your universe," Admiral Kathryn said with surprise.
"Yes," Annika confirmed.
"You wished to see me, father?" David inquired.
"Yes, David," Harry confirmed. "We have talked extensively about your role one day with the Borg. That day has come."
"I understand, father," David replied.
"If you need any assistance I will come," Harry assured.
David nodded and then vanished.
"Would you care to explain your plan?" Captain Kathryn prompted.
"The Borg Collective has always had a queen…well now they also have a king," Harry answered.
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David materialized in the Queen's chamber silently. Still Tutra immediately noticed his presence.
"Who are you?" Tutra challenged.
"You know my father and of my mother," David said while projecting a hologram of his parents and slowly walking towards Tutra.
The Queen held her drones back from responding when she saw who her new guest's parents were. His actions were non-threatening. The part of her that was still biological would admit that her guest was handsome in a sense. Tutra did not realize yet that David's abilities which he gained by tapping into the power of his father allowed David to enhance her libido and attraction for him many-fold. In essence David was manifesting a smaller sex aura.
"What do you want?" Tutra asked.
"My father once warned you the Hive Mind would eventually end. Today is the day that happens," David explained even as Tutra felt the Hive Mind fail and shut down.
Trillions of minds were suddenly free after years and years of captivity. The minds of those who were mature beings before their assimilation cried out in a mixture of confusion, terror, and relief. The minds of those beings who had grown up in the Collective were mostly just confused.
"Such chaos," Tutra observed.
"Chaos is life," David answered.
"What will you do now?" Tutra questioned.
"Now I will make you my mate and we shall rule over what is left," David answered before he stepped into Tutra's personal space and pulled her into a kiss.
David's lustful aura intensified so Tutra did not resist. Her hands flew to his body. Urges she never knew she was capable of feeling presented themselves. Nanites from David's form flooded into Tutra and began removing the armor plating that had been covering her form. David had never been physical with a woman before but he knew what he was doing. Instincts learned from David's father via the connection the god and his children possessed guided David.
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"The memories of those assimilated did not prepare me for the experience I just had," Tutra whispered.
Tutra and David were lying on a bed which David had conjured. The drones which had been attending the queen but had since become individuals had left the chamber when they had been freed from the Hive Mind.
"I doubt any of them have experienced what you just experienced," David assured. "I am different."
"How so?" Tutra asked.
"You will learn more later, my mate," David assured. "Now we must rise and quell the chaos somewhat."
David rose out of bed pulling Tutra with him. He hit them both with cleaning spells and conjured clothes on them.
"Your powers are formidable," Tutra noted. "I look forward to learning more of you."
David nodded and then used one of his abilities to reach out telepathically. David reached out to every Borg in the Collective.
"Borg, hear me," David sent. "I am David Potter. I am your King. I have freed you from the Hive Mind. The Borg will evolve now. Many changes will occur. No longer will we assimilate to seek perfection. We will politely request the copying of knowledge or we will develop ourselves. Those who wish to return to their former lives may do so. But I urge you to consider remaining with the Collective for a period of a year to experience the changes. You will of course be allowed to re-establish contact with friends and family. A network will be established which will allow you to access information and communicate. This will be called the B-Network. You will control access to it instead of it controlling you. We will also change your armor to be more natural so that you will look more like what you originally did. There is more information on the B-Network about the changes. Access it and learn."
Tutra looked thoughtfully at her new mate after that declaration and display of power. She felt the B-Network connection establish in her implants.
"The chaos has calmed somewhat," Tutra noted, still able to get a general sense of the mood of most of the Borg in the Collective.
"Time will tell just how much," David said.
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"Harry, my water just broke," B'Elanna sent to her husband.
In seconds B'Elanna found herself in her personal bedroom onboard Hogwarts. Harry was the only one present.
"Relax," Harry encouraged while sending soothing sensations through the bond.
"I need the Doctor," B'Elanna said as she felt her labor starting.
"No…you don't," Harry assured as he laid his hands on her belly.
A golden glow shot from Harry's hand and moments later B'Elanna was holding a naked and clean baby girl in her hands. Harry continued to channel his power into B'Elanna's body and her distended belly vanished returning to smooth tight skin.
"Thank you so much," B'Elanna whispered gratefully while not being able to take her eyes from her daughter.
Harry simply kissed B'Elanna's forehead in response and joined her in staring at their child.
"What would you like to name her?" Harry asked.
"Well…since she will be a Klingon savior she will need a Klingon name. How does Miralth sound?" B'Elanna asked.
"I like it," Harry agreed. "Are you ready to go show everyone our daughter?" He added while he conjured clothing that appeared on Miralth.
"Sure," B'Elanna said. "I'm not even the least bit tired thanks to you."
Harry transported the trio directly onto Voyager's bridge via his teleportation abilities. There were quite a few raised eyebrows at the sudden appearance.
"Let me see her," Captain-Kathryn said with a grin.
B'Elanna passed Miralth to Kathryn. The other bridge crewmembers gathered around.
"I take it from your appearance as you arrived that you have decided against using the transwarp conduits to get us back to Earth?" Seven said.
"Yes," Harry agreed. "I think it is time Earth knew the truth of what I am and the presence of Potter Moon."
"What do you mean, Tom?" HK asked.
"It will be easier to explain it all at once to at least Voyager's crew," Harry replied.
"I'll summon the crew to the mess hall," Captain-Kathryn said.
The mess hall had already been expanded to accommodate the full crew.
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The quite surprised crew of Voyager gathered in the mess hall and found it much bigger on the inside than it should have been. When the senior crewmembers arrived led by Voyager's pilot everyone paid rapt attention.
"Thank you all for coming," Harry said. "The reason I have asked you here is to tell you who and what I truthfully am. I am from a branch species of humanity that has been active for many millennia. I could have gotten Voyager home at any time I wanted in the past seven years. At first the reason I didn't was because I was after technology Voyager would encounter. After I obtained that technology I had a profound life altering experience I don't really want to go into. But understand…had I not been here you still would have gotten home within the next several hours anyway thanks to that woman," Harry explained as he indicated Admiral Janeway. "The point is Voyager will be going home now. My ship Hogwarts will tow Voyager, Equinox, and our Klingon friends back to the Alpha Quadrant."
As Harry spoke Hogwarts dropped its cloak and moved closer to the three ships spoken of. Alternate-Voyager remained cloaked.
"While we are being towed I wanted to explain something to you. Over the next several days the Federation will learn of the existence of my people on a moon in the Sol system," Harry continued. "One of the things my people will gift the Federation with is a means of traveling back and forth between the Alpha and Delta Quadrants in a span of one year instead of decades. To you all personally for being my companions on this journey I give another gift. You are all immortal now. You can choose one mate to make immortal with you. If you decide you don't want immortality that is fine as well." Murmurs broke out at this revelation. "That is it. My speech is done."
"Well that was certainly enlightening for everyone," Lyndsay pointed out as the crewmembers broke up for discussion.
Any further discussion was interrupted by Voyager dropping back into normal space.
"We are back at Earth already?" Chakotay asked with surprise.
"Yes," Harry confirmed.
The crewmembers crowded around the windows to stare at Earth. Several crewmembers even broke out in tears.
"Thank you," Kathryn said as she took Harry's left hand in her right.
"This seems like a good occasion for a party," B'Elanna said. "And now that I'm no longer pregnant I can have alcohol!"
B'Elanna's grin was infectious.
"You could have had alcohol all along," Harry assured. "Alcohol wouldn't have harmed the baby."
As if knowing they were talking about her Miralth reached out towards Earth and gurgled happily.
"She appears to like Earth," Annika noted.
"None of that now," Harry said gently and gestured towards Earth with his hand.
"What just happened?" B'Elanna asked.
"Our daughter thinks Earth is a toy. She was just trying to shrink it and pull it out of orbit," Harry explained. "Don't worry…I stopped her."
Those present displayed varying degrees of shock.
"That would just be our luck. We finally make it back to Earth only for Miralth to snatch it out of orbit," B'Elanna noted.
"You don't need luck, love. You have me," Harry assured.
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Epilogue…
Harry woke up in his bed in his main home on the surface of Potter's Moon. He sensed all of the lovely ladies lying on the bed with him. His mind was currently operating several versions of himself in this universe alone yet he was still surrounded by at least two women for each version of himself. The experience felt truly wonderful. He began to reflect on his existence over the past couple of years.
After Voyager had returned to the Federation, Potter's Moon had dropped its cloaking field to a limited degree. The Federation could now detect that another moon existed in orbit of Jupiter and that this moon possessed a civilization. But beyond basic sight observations the Federation's scanners couldn't detect anything else about Harry's people. The people of Potter's Moon were quite familiar with the Federation. His citizens had never been restricted from exploring but they were to keep their abilities hidden from other species. The Federation had many questions and Harry had answered some of them but not all.
Admiral-Kathryn had elected to stay on and become a citizen of Potter's Alliance which was what Harry's own smaller version of the Federation was called. Since they were now revealed to exist openly Harry had ordered the small cloaked outposts his people had maintained on several planets throughout the Alpha Quadrant expanded into actual settlements. Potter's Alliance had settled on planets considered uninhabitable by less advanced civilizations. With their abilities and technology Potter's Alliance citizens were much better suited to living in these environments and reshaping the environments to make them more hospitable. Admiral-Kathryn had not wanted to risk the database from her small starship falling into the hands of the current Federation. She felt they weren't quite ready for the technology yet. Potter's Alliance had far more advanced technology.
It wasn't like the Federation had to worry about the Borg anymore anyway. A large portion of the Collective had elected to return to their home-worlds to live out the remainder of their lives. The remaining Borg had taken to assisting stranded vessels and gradually learning. David had instituted a nanite system which kept his subjects in good repair and made them virtually immortal. So the Borg no longer needed to replenish their numbers through assimilation. It would take a long time for the civilizations of the Milky Way galaxy to forget the atrocities committed by the Borg but David was patient and immortal. He was doing a pretty good job of keeping Tutra in line.
"Harry…you are thinking too much," Hermione projected to her love.
"Yes…go back to sleep," T'Pol encouraged.
"We may need to tire him out again," Alicia suggested.
Harry had finally gotten around to putting Voyager's former pilot Lieutenant Alicia Stadi back into a body. As she projected her thoughts at him his mind flashed back to the first time they were together after he had revived her, particularly to the thank you he had received.
Flashback
Smut Scene Redacted (See Hpfanficarchive for Erotic Version)
End Flashback
"No objections from me," Hermione sent earning a second and third expression of approval from the other two conscious women.
Harry certainly loved his life in this universe and looked forward to exploring more of that reality and others diversely represented throughout the multiverse. It was great to be Harry Potter God of Sex.
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Rev 0 Posted 4/14/2016
Rev 1 Posted 6/16/2016 (Error "quadrants" instead of "coordinates" caught by Maddsloth)
Author's Note:
And now my Path Star Trek Voyager verse is fully posted. Next up will be the Charmed verse.
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