Placing Blame By Serena Janeway Disclaimer: all characters are owned by Paramount but the story is all mine! Synopsis: Chakotay and Paris are in an accident and it doesn?t look good. ?Chakotay...Chakotay...no...no...you can?t leave me! Doctor do something! Please don?t let him die!? ?I?m doing all I can Captain, but neither of them are looking too well.? ?God what have I done!? ************** The door to Janeway?s quarters beeped, ?Come in!? the doors swished open, and her love walked through the doors. ?Hello love.? ?Hello handsome.? They took each other in their arms and kissed deeply, then Janeway broke the kiss. ?Don?t you have a shuttle to catch?? ?Yes love I do, why don?t you come with?? ?Because I have to be on the ship when all of this takes place, you know that, and you and Paris are the best ones for the job you know!? ?Yeah but I wish you would be by my side.? ?Me too, me too? *************** ?Oh Chakotay...if only I would?ve taken the shuttle mission part, then you wouldn?t be lying here...and neither would Paris...oh if I could trade places with you I would! Just please don?t leave me! I love you...I love you...? she wept by his side as the doctor used another hypospray on this neck.. ************** ?Okay people, look alive...yellow alert!? ?Captain the aliens are hailing us!? ensign Kim stated. ?On screen.? With a chirp an alien appeared they looked very much like the kazon but they also had a hirogen look to them, they were the lazari species and they had captured Seven and Naomi Wildman and as always Janeway was determined to get them back, if diplomacy didn?t work she was going to use force. ?Release my people, we have not done anything to provoke these hostilities.? ?Oh yes you have you have destroyed the great races of our ancestors, the kazon and the hirogen, and you must pay for that! Once again give us the vessel or we will take it by force.? ?I will not give you this vessel, you?ll have to kill me first!? ?Very well captain...? And with this the alien ended transmission and began to fire on Voyager. ?Red alert! Ready phasers!? ?Phasers are ready Captain waiting your command.? Tuvok stated. ?Fire!? The phasers were fired but they had no effect on the lazari?s shields, Voyager was taking heavy damage and then she knew what she had to do. ?Chakotay are you ready?? ?Standing by Captain awaiting your orders.? ?Get ready to launch the Flyer...is the malton torpedo ready?? ?Yes it is Captain.? ?Good, launch the flyer!? With that the flyer was launched it?s mission was to disrupt their shields long enough so that they could beam the two hostages out. The malton torpedo was a little bit of borg technology, it was a weapon of mass destruction but they had to get the hostages back and she had to protect her ship and crew from letting Voyager once again getting into the wrong hands as the kazon had done before. ?Kim get ready to beam the hostages directly to sickbay, ensign Richards get ready to go to warp! the flyer will follow us when we go to warp...let?s do it!? With that her plan set in motion Voyager covered the Delta Flyer which was moving into position, then without an once of hesitation Janeway gave the order. ?Chakotay launch the malton torpedo!? ?Yes Captain!? And with that the torpedo was launched Voyager maneuvered out of the way their shields went down and they were able to get a lock on both hostages when they got them they took off to warp, getting clear of the blast thinking that the Delta Flyer had followed them. ?Status!? ?We?ve taken heavy shield damage they?re down to 55%, we?ve had an energy drain on decks 9-12, we barely went to warp Captain.? Torres stated. ?And the Delta Flyer...did it follow us?? ?There are no signs of the Flyer Captain.? Tuvok said. ?Janeway to Chakotay, Janeway to Paris, Janeway to the Delta Flyer please come in! Please respond! Ensign, turn this ship around, we?re going back for the Flyer!? ?Captain are you sure that?s logical that we go back at this time...the lazari could still be in that area.? ?I don?t care Tuvok we have to go back for our crew, engage.? ***************** ?3 units triplazine now!? ?He?s going into shock...we?re losing him! Pulse is still weak...body temperature is dropping. Triplazine is having no effect!? Kim stated. ?Okay we need the cordical stimulator now! I need 4 units caranalazine!? ?Oh Chakotay I love you please don?t leave me alone!? **************** When they got back to where they had came from there was debris all over...the lazari vessel was blown to bits...and then Janeway caught sight of something that would haunt her for the rest of her life. The Delta Flyer was among the debris floating motionless in space, no lights we?re on, not even flashing, then she had to assess the rest of the situation. ?Lifesigns?? ?Yes, but they are very weak.? ?Can you get a lock?? ?Yes.? ?Beam them directly to sickbay! I?ll be down there!? ?Doctor status!? ?Well they?re both badly injured, several broken bones and they both have internal bleeding, neither of them aren?t breathing very well both have a collapsed lung, Chakotay has very little brain activity, he doesn?t look very good, his chances are very slim. Paris I think may make it...but don?t bet the farm on it. What was that torpedo made of?? *It was...oh God...the Flyer didn?t make it out of there...the molton torpedo...it?s all my fault...I had to protect my ship...but I may have killed my best pilot and my one true love!* ?Captain what?s the torpedo compiled of!? ?Um photon particles, borg nanoprobes, and it releases a strong neuron charge to cause an explosion of mass proportions.? ?And we were using this weapon because?? ?Seven was devising this weapon because of the lazari?s attacks on our vessel and the damage that they have already done to the ship, they gave me no choice Doctor.? ?Well I?ll see what I can do.? ************** ?Chakotay you can?t die...we have too much yet to do! We just found each other...I can?t lose you now!? ?We?re losing him again...he?s going into shock again...he?s going into cardiac arrest Doctor!? ?Cordical stimulator now! 3 units tyranazine!? ?I?ve got a pulse...brain activity has returned...he?s stabilizing.? Janeway looked over at Torres over by the other biobed, Paris had stabilized a long time ago, however he had not regained consciousness, but he was going to be all right and the Doctor expected him to make a full recovery...she then looked over at her dearest Chakotay...yes he was stable for now, but anything could happen...and it was all her fault they were following her orders. ?He?s stable Captain, and it looks as if both patients will make a full recovery.? ?That?s wonderful Doctor, thank you so much!? Janeway had fallen asleep besides Chakotay?s biobed she hadn?t left his side since the fateful day that had brought him there three days earlier, and he still hadn?t regained consciousness. Paris had regained consciousness yesterday and was now in his quarters resting with Torres playing nursemaid. Janeway was suddenly wakened by a voice she hadn?t heard for days. ?Kathryn...what happened...where...?? ?Chakotay! You?re awake! Oh God I thought you we?re going to leave me!? ?Kathryn...the mission...? ?Was a success...we got them back but it nearly cost you your life...it?s my fault you almost died...I almost lost you after I just found you...I love you...? ?And I love you...and it?s not your fault, you had to save your crew and protect your ship...after all you are the Captain.? and a smile came across his face. ?What would I do without you...you are everything to me...and I almost lost you! God Chakotay I almost killed you!? ?No you didn?t...don?t blame yourself...I love you nothing else matters, and hey, I?m not dead now am I?? he raised his hand to wipe a tear from Janeway?s cheek, and she smiled. ?No...you?re not...but you almost...? ?Yeah, almost...Kathryn, will you marry me?? ?What...marry you...I don?t know what to say?? ?Yes or no will suffice.? ?Well...I...I almost killed you and now you?re asking me to marry you!? ?I never want to be without again...marry me!? ?I love you so much but I don?t deserve you...not after this...I can?t marry you...oh Chakotay!? And with that she ran out of sickbay, and Chakotay just looked at her stunned and started to cry...he would get her...resistance was futile...he would find the woman that was Kathryn Janeway again. End To Be Continued See The Marriage Lament |