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Kathryn blinked surprised as she found herself on an ancient looking trainstation.One moment she was in her quarters getting ready for bed, next thing she knew she was sitting somewhere on a station! Confused she stood and tried to figure out what had happened to her. She looked around and discovered a sign which read "Koln-Wien-Munchen". Dimly she remembered the names..Oh yes, they were citynames..on earth! She must be in the past ..around 20^th or 21^st century! As she looked down herself she saw that she wasn’t wearing her uniform anymore.She was now wearing blue trousers, a white shirt and a black jacket. But what shocked her most was seeing her hands..that weren’her hands!!! Anxious she went looking for something like a mirror . As she found one she couldn’t believe her eyes...she didn’t look in the face of Kathryn Janeway . No ,staring back at her was the face of a young girl or young woman...maybe 18-20 years old with a similar haircut as herself, brown eyes and freckels all over her face.After her initial shock Kathryn decided to find out whose body she occupied. She looked in the backpack she found by her side and discovered what looked like a portemonnaie. She recognised it only because Tom had told her about it.Sometimes Tom’s preoccupation with the 20^th century was helpful after all...She found an identity card stating that she was indeed a young woman of 20 years named Lisa Katharina Mirjam.Kathryn smiled as she read the name, thinking of maestro daVinci.It seemed like the girl was on her way home from wherever she had been, waiting for her train to...Krefeld? The card stated the location as "Germany". In the 24^th century there weren’t any countries..they had a world government. Kathryn was in 1999,in the body of a girl , not knowing how she got here...

`okay calm down Kathryn...what do i do now?`she thought. First she would try to get `home`

...at least to the home of the young woman. So she waited for the train, thinking about Voyager and what might have happened to her body. Maybe the mind of the girl and hers had somehow switched bodies. Anyway while she waited for the train to arrive she could as well search for more clues as to why she was here and how she got here. Best to start with this girl. She took the portemonnaie again and searched through it. She found a couple of photographs, mostly from a pony with somebody on its back but the picture was cut so you could only see the horse. Others were from two cute little girls and two of a baby. Kathryn didn’t believe them to be the children of the young Lisa whose body she occupied.So they had to be relatives. She also found an ancient drivers license. The photo of the girl in it was about 2 years old..Kathryn was somewhat surprised to see long red hair.She searched for more information and found some more official looking papers and a few cards.She remembered the tradition to get money from automatons in the 20^th century...Tom wasn’t the only one who knew something about this century..She found out why the girl was on the road ... it appeared she studied veterinary science in a country named Belgium and was on her way back home. In the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of something white sticking out of the big bag at her feet.She opened the sidepocket and fetched the paper from it. Her eyes widened in surprise as she read the handwriting there. It was some kind of letter , apparently written by the girl Lisa . It said: `Hi sis..my e-mail is [email protected] ...so write me next time you get dad’s pc ,OK? Bye Lisa.` Kathryn knew what an e-mail was so she couldn’t believe her eyes as she read her own name. She speculated that the receiver of this letter was somebody close to Lisa so she decided to try and find out who that someone was and get a hold on her to ask her about it. Maybe if she could explain her situation somebody would help her..At that moment the train arrived and Kathryn stepped into it..

MEANWHILE ON VOYAGER....

Lisa first felt very disoriented as she opened her eyes and blinked a few times...

Looking around her everything seemed kind of familiar..slowly she remembered why she knew these surroundings. But that couldn't be...or could it? She identified without a doubt the Captain's quarters on the Voyager..but she was in them and they weren't wings , they were real!!!She had to sit down..Lisa walked over to the desk and sat behind it.Staring ahead she became aware of her image on the computerscreen. She did a double-take. Oh god..she was Kathryn Janeway!! At least it was her body . To confirm her suspicions she tapped her combadge and asked "Computer locate Captain Janeway" " You are in your quarters" the well-known computer voice replied.'Hmm, looks like I'm actually aboard Voyager in the body of Janeway herself...Ok I have to get help..Who would she go to??Of course..Chakotay!!'

"Janeway to Chakotay"

"Chakotay here..what can I do for you at this late hour Captain?"

" Could you please come over here?I have to talk to you imediately!!"

Chakotay frowned at her urgent tone and got up from his desk.

"I'm on my way Captain.Chakotay out."

Three minutes later Lisa's,no..Kathryn's, door chimed.

"Come in"

The doors slid open to admit Chakotay.He stood in the entrance with a worried look on his face.

"Kathryn?What is it? You sounded kind of strange.."

"Chakotay please sit down..You want something to drink?"

Chakotay declined the offer and sat down on the couch.

Lisa walked to the couch and sat down beside him facing him with uncertain eyes.

"I don't know where to start...I..." She looked up at him and proceeded without much hesitation.

"I'm not Kathryn Janeway..my name is Lisa and I'm from earth in the 20^th century..I seem to have switched bodies with Kathryn..I also think I'm from an alternative reality.."

While she spoke Chakotays eyes had grown wide and his mouth was hanging open in a terribly dumb expression.

"Chakotay? You okay? I know it sounds crazy but I think that's what happened.."

"I...I...what?"Chakotay failed to pick his jaw up off the floor , disbelieve and surprise written in his eyes.

"Ok let's start again..I'm not who I appear to be..Hmm maybe we should go to sickbay and let Doc analyze my brain pattern and determine that I'm indeed not Kathryn Janeway although I occupy her body."

Finally Chakotay began to think straight again , so he nodded and they started towards sickbay.

As the doors to sickbay openend and Chakotay and Lisa came through them it was a slightly surprised Doctor who greeted them.

"Captain,Commander what can I do for you at this late hour? Anything wrong?"

"Ah , well you know actually this is not the Captain..."

"What do you mean?" The Doctor now wore a puzzled expression.

Lisa sighed. "No , I'm not Kathryn Janeway...my name is Lisa and I'm from the 20^th century..can't you analyze my brain patterns or something?" she asked now getting annoyed.

"Of course" the normally unflappable Doctor replied."Please sit on this biobed over there , I have to perform some tests..."

Now back in his element the Doc was again the efficient know-everything-physician he loved to be.

After the tests were done and Lisa's story confirmed there was a crisis staff meeting called in.

The senior staff reacted in different ways to this news.Tuvok merely raised an eyebrow and said "Fascinating" to which Lisa's prompt reply was "Yeah Tuvok 'Live long and prosper' , right?!" She made the Vulcan handgreeting.Everyone except Chakotay stared at her.

"I thought you were from the 20^th century? How do you know the Vulcan greeting?"asked Harry. "Well I know you all..and this ship..I think I'm also from another dimension.We have a tv-show named 'StarTrek:Voyager' and it's exactly you guys.."

Again stunned silence ensued.Tom's face was lit with a definite glint , happy to have someone to talk with about his favourite timeperiod – the 20^th century. B'elanna wasn't sure she liked this , Seven sat there looking at the newcomer in the Captains body , Neelix had a worried look on his face and Harry was the one who finally broke the silence.

"So , what'll we do? I mean we have to find out what happened to the Captain..and bring her back and our visitor in her body.."

Determined Kathryn stepped off the train. Now she would have to find a way to 'her' home.

"Hmm, how to start? Isn't here some communicationsdevice around somewhere?"

As she looked about she saw a telephone hanging in one corner.She remembered it from her last ordeal in the past of earth where she met Braxton... but thats another story. Fumbling in her pockets she finally found some money to make a call. Next problem was..how the heck was she supposed to know which number to call??After some searching she found an official paper with the girl's homeadress and phonenumber.Picking up the receiver she dialed the number. Only after hearing a girl answering the rings in a foreign language did she remember that she didn't have her universal translater!! So she tried speaking in English hoping the other would understand. "Hello, this is ....Lisa! I'm here , can you pick me up?"

A short silence on the other end was the only sign of wonder. "Sure sis...say, why are we talking in English?? I mean ...I'm not due to go to America for the next three month!!"

Kathryn had to think fast. "Ohh you know...you can never start too late practicing your skills..." Apparently that was the right answer for the girl just answered "OOOK! We'll be there in a minute..bye!" Relieved Kathryn gathered her things and stood to wait for them.

After maybe 15 minutes a big darkred car stopped in front of her and out stepped a girl of maybe 16, waving for her to come over. Gingerly she scooped up her things and walked towards her. "Do I still have to talk English?" Yep, definitely the girl from the phone.."Of course..we're doing this because of you..aren't we?"

"Ok,Ok...I'm beat! Welcome home sis! Daddy, can you help us here?"

Kathryn turned to see an attractive man of around 40 climbing out of the car and smiling at her. "Hey Dad!" "Hey.." He packed the bags into the trunk and moved to get into the drivers seat again. The ride home was only a short one. Once there Kathryn turned to her 'sister' and grabbed her arm. "Let's go upstairs...I have to talk to you.."

" Uuuh..conspiracies , conspiracies!!" They ran upstairs and Kathryn closed the door behind them. " There's a reason I'm just talking English...I'm not your sister..my name is Kathryn Janeway!!" The girl just burst out laughing.."yeah right!! And I'm Seven of Nine!!"

While she was still laughing Kathryn had a dreading feeling in her stomach..well not HER stomach ,but still. "You know Seven??But..damn, that means I'm in a different dimension as well!!" The girl had stopped laughing, looking at her with still unbelieving eyes..

"Ok, now I'm confused....you don't mean to tell me...oh wait! I know...you wouldn't let yourself be thrown from Orlando just to pull a prank on me , now would you??"

Kathryn just looked at her with a puzzled expression." What? Who's Orlando?"

Lena tilted her head slightly , furrowing her brows. "Let's go!! Dad will be delighted that you ride him..come on , dress up!" Storming off dragging Kathryn behind her she went into the adjoining room thrusting clothes made for horseriding at her.Relunctantly she put them on not wanting to find another way to make Lena believe her.After all this was the quickest way of doing it...

Less than 40 minutes later a very dirty Kathryn and a very awed Lena went back upstairs.