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Part IV
By: AW Disclaimer: I don't own the people or the episodes but the story is mine. Chakotay watched as the woman he has come to know and love told him of her impending motherhood. The love of his life had found someone else. He looked up and realized Kathryn had been talking to him the whole time and he hadn't heard a word she'd said. "...Jaffin and I, it was a fling in the...Chakotay? Chakotay!" Chakotay awoke from his mind's games and stared at her. "I'm sorry, I didn't hear what you said. I wasn't listening. After the words, 'I'm pregnant' my mind seemed to wander." "This baby. It's Jaffin's." She held her breath while she waited for his response. "Jaffin?" He searched his mind and his memory for the name. Who was, "The man from Quarren?" Janeway nodded. "I didn't even know who I was. If I had, I never would have moved in with him, and I surely would have been more careful when it came to birth control…" She paused, "I don't remember much of it, I just remember I thought I was happy. And then I found out when I got back, after the ordeal with the Borg Queen here on Earth, and our last real mission as a 'Voyager Crew' that I was pregnant. I did a lot of soul searching and I can't terminate this life Chakotay. It's not her fault. It's not my fault, it's not anyone's fault: It just is." Chakotay drew her into a hug. "I'm so sorry Kathryn, I had no idea..." She shook her head. "Neither did I." She grasped on to him for dear life, then she backed up. "I do need to tell you one thing. Remember Unimatrix Zero, and the time we were all partially assimilated? This baby is swarming with Borg Nanoprobes. They don't know what's going on. It just began activating nanoprobes in my body, that's why they might check you closer than usual. This thing is acting in my body like a virus and we have no idea why...or if it's contagious, or if its remnants of the Virus we dealt with, with the Queen and thought we'd destroyed...we have no idea." Kathryn was crying at this point. Not sure what her life would be like with a half-borg baby, without a father to give her the support any new mother needs. "I don't know what to do Chakotay." Chakotay reached up and wiped the tears from her eyes. "Kathryn listen to me," he tilted her head up so she was looking right at him. "I will be here for you, no matter what and I just want you to know that." He pulled her to him, "You did what you had to do in the Delta Quadrant. No one could have known what the future would hold; no one could have guessed that this would happen. I love you Kathryn, I need you to know that you'll never be alone: As long as I walk this Earth." An intern interrupted their meeting. "Admiral, I need you to come back to your room. We need a list of all the people you've been in contact with since you came back from the Delta Quadrant, I'm sorry to bother you, but it is of the utmost importance." Janeway nodded. "I understand." She turned to Chakotay, "We'll talk later. I promise." She let a laugh escape, "Hell we could both be locked up here for a long time." Kathryn's mood quickly changed. "Well I'd better get to the other side of the medlab. Someone wants to look me over. That's all I need another doctor bothering me about caffeine intake..." Chakotay took her hand and squeezed it in a manner that was a little beyond best friends. "Hopefully everything will be okay and I'll see you and the little one in a little bit." Kathryn let her hand drop to her abdomen. "Yes, hopefully." With that thought she walked out of his room and back to her own captivity. TBC in part V |