CHANGE OF COMMAND
Part 13: Complications
By: Lauren Taylor

Harry ran out the door of his apartment. He was running late for his physics
class, and it was never good for the teacher to be late. Usually, he stopped
to check in on B'Elanna before he left, but this time, he didn't. There was
no time to. He walked through the lobby, not noticing the person collapsed by
the door until he almost tripped over her. He stopped to see who it was, and
froze in shock.

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Tom strode into his quarters after his shift to get changed for dinner with
Illie. She was probably still in engineering, he guessed, when he found his
quarters empty. Before he went to change, he checked to see if there were any
messages. 

"You have one message from Harry Kim." the computer announced. 

*Probably to check on Illie* Tom thought, since subspace messages weren't a
regular thing on Voyager. He hit the button on the monitor to play the
message.

"Tom. Something's wrong with B'Elanna. I found her collapsed in the lobby.
She hasn't woken up yet, and Kes is in there with her. They're... they're not
too sure if she or the baby will make it." Harry's tired sounding voice said.
Tom fell back into his chair, in pure shock.

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"Got any plans tonight, Cadet Kim?" Quinn called out after her.

"Just dinner with Tom, why?" she asked when he got to her in the corridor.

"I was hoping you could join me in the holodeck." he told her.

"Maybe after-" Illie started to tell him when her comm badge sounded.

"Paris to Kim. Illie, B'Elanna's in the hospital." Tom said. Illie turned
pale and Quinn put his hand on her shoulder.

"I'll be there in a few minutes. Tom, are you OK?" she asked, with a scared
glance up at Quinn.

"I don't know. Just come here, I'll explain everything." he said, tears in
his voice.

"I'm on my way. Kim out." she said, a bit shaky. B'Elanna was almost like a
big sister to her, and she didn't know what she'd do if they lost her.

"You all right?" Quinn asked.

"I- I think so." she whispered. He hugged her, and she cried into his
shoulder. They both pulled away, and looked into each others eyes. They moved
towards each other, and their lips met. 

TO BE CONTINUED

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