Prompt: Lee "Apollo" Adama -"He shouldn't have been there. He- He was only doing it for you. Face it. You killed him." - 'Battlestar Galactica'
As he followed Chell and Henely through the jeffries tube to safety, Dalby could feel the guilt welling up inside of him. He shouldn't have given up so easily. So what if Tuvok had broken his arm, he never should have left Gerron back there.
Dalby kept seeing Gerron's unconscious form dangling over the rail. Truth was, for all he knew, Gerron had already been dead but they hadn't known that for sure. Leaving a man behind like that was unacceptable in his book and if it was acceptable in Starfleet's book then Janeway and her crew could take that book and shove it somewhere. He wasn't going to be following it.
Not that it would bring Gerron back. He'd already left the kid behind in the name of tactical strategy. Cause of death might get listed in his record as being from inhalation of the plasma gas, but Dalby knew the truth - he'd killed him. He was the one that had left him behind.
Finally reaching the end of the tube, Dalby crawled from it and joined Chell and Henely in the corridor. It was only then that he realized Tuvok wasn't behind them. Apparently, for all of his sound tactical strategy, Tuvok had gone back for Gerron.
So perhaps the three of them needed to attempt to help both Tuvok and Gerron out.
"Let's see if we can get the main door open from the outside," Dalby said, looking to Chell and Henely as he took charge of the situation.
Before today, he wouldn't have been willing to risk his life for Tuvok but Gerron was a different story. If Tuvok was willing to risk his life to help Gerron, then Dalby would more than willingly return the favor.