LKNB 10 (wow, I'm up to ten already!) 'Life Goes On'

          lauren35@juno.com (Lauren E Taylor)


This one is dedicated to the almighty Erin, who guessed the stuff right!
Yay, Erin! You rock and other junk!

LIFE GOES ON

        Erica looked down at B'Elanna for a second, then looked up at
Harry. His dark eyes were filled with trepidation and fear. Erica let her
eyes stray to B'Elanna again, who had now grabbed the side of the chair,
and looked as if she was going to faint. She decided it was time to take
some action.
"Harry, go tell the bridge crew what happened! I'll take her to sickbay.
Johnson to sickbay!" she demanded as she hit her comm badge.
"Sickbay here." Kes' calm voice answered.
"B'Elanna's in labor. I'm taking her to you right now! Johnson out!" she
told the Ocampa as she helped B'Elanna to her feet.
"Come on, I'm going to help you." she whispered soothingly to her friend.
B'Elanna didn't say anything. She was having trouble walking, and felt
dizzy. She supported herself completely on Erica's side, and tried her
best to stay awake.
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        Harry ran to the bridge in a state of panic. He was afraid for
his friend; she seemed to be in excruciating pain, and he'd read how hard
Klingon preganacies were. He got into the turbolift, and took a breath
before telling the computer his destination. The doors whooshed open a
few moments later, to reveal the bridge. Captain Janeway, Chakotay and
Tuvok were in their usual places. There were a few officers all around
the bridge that Harry didn't recognize, and at the helm was Ensign
Hargow, a young, dark-haired woman, who was Tom's replacement. Everyone
looked towards the turbolift when they heard someone come in. Captain
Janeway noticed the look on the man's face, and jumped to her feet. 
"Ensign, is something wrong?" she asked him, fearing the worst.
"B'Elanna's in labor. Erica's taking her to sickbay." Harry announced to
the bridge crew.
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"Come on, B'Elanna. We're almost to the turbolift, and it's not much
further from there." she reasurred her friend. B'Elanna was barely paying
attention to anything except the pain. Erica felt bad for her, that they
had to walk so far to get to sickbay. She knew that it was too dangerous
to transport her directly there while she was in labor, so they had to
make the journey there on foot. She moved her hand to B'Elanna's side,
and squeezed her arm. 
        Tom was directly behind them, worried sick. B'Elanna looked as if
she would collapse to the floor any second, and there was nothing he
could do. He looked ahead of the two women, to see that they were near
his quarters. If only Erica would get the idea to bring B'Elanna in
there, and get Kes and the doc to come there. There was no way B'Elanna
could last much longer if they went all the way to sickbay. As if Erica
had read his mind, she turned and pressed a few buttons on the console
outside their quarters. She whispered something to B'Elanna, and helped
her inside. Tom ran in after them, and watched Erica lay B'Elanna on the
floor.
"Johnson to sickbay. B'Elanna's not doing good. We made it to her
quarters, and you need to come here."
Tom had to smile. He'd been so worried about B'Elanna, but could tell
that she was in good hands, the hands of Erica Johnson.
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TO BE CONTINUED
Please don't kill me!

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