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By: Amy Michelle Bitter

Paramount, Inc. owns everything I don't own.

                                =/\= Chapter Five =/\=

        Voyager was in orbit above a space station.  This was one of their
several stops on their trip back to the Alpha Quadrant.
        "Mr. Paris, resume our current course,"  Captain Janeway ordered.
        "Do you wish to go to transwarp?"  Tom asked.
        "A little anxious to try it out?"  Janeway asked.
        "I guess you could say that."  Tom smiled.
        "Warp six will be fine for now,"  Janeway said.

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        "B'Elanna, may I speak with you?"  Chakotay asked her.  She was hard at
work at her console in Main Engineering, but stopped and agreed to talk
with him.
        "It's about you and Tom," Chakotay said. "Are you sure you're ready for
marriage?"
        "What's this all about, Chakotay?"  B'Elanna asked. "You're not really
worried about whether or not I'm ready for marriage, are you?"
        "OK, Torres," Chakotay said. "You've known me too long. Are you sure you
can really trust Tom?"
        B'Elanna looked at Chakotay.  He could tell that he had offended her by
asking if she could trust her fiancee, but, he was worried about her, and
Tom's motives.
        "I love him, Chakotay," she said, "and, I know he loves me.  I would
trust Tom with my life."
        Chakotay could see how happy B'Elanna was.  It was the happiest he had ever
seen her.
        "Then," Chakotay said, "you have my blessing."
        "Thank you, Chakotay," B'Elanna smiled.
        Just then, a great force shook Voyager.

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        "What the hell was that?"  Captain Janeway asked.
        "We're being fired on,"  Harry Kim reported.
        "By who?"  Janeway asked.
        "The Kazon," Harry said.
        "Why didn't we pick them up on sensors?"  Janeway asked.
        "I don't know, Captain.  Looks like they've got some kind of cloaking
device."
        Another force shook Voyager.
        "Captain,"  Tuvok said, "they've disabled our shields."

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        B'Elanna moved quickly from console to console trying to find a way to get
the shields back up to maximum.  Chakotay began to walk out of Engineering
to return to the Bridge.  He reached the door, and when it opened,
MajCullah and two other Kazon stood there, phasers in hand.
        "Chakotay to Security," he said, pressing his commbadge.  "Intruder alert
in Main Engineering."
        "Hello, Chakotay," MajCullah said.
        "What do you want Cullah?" Chakotay asked.
        "Your transwarp technology, of course,"  Cullah answered.
        "You can't have it," Chakotay said.
        "Really?"  Cullah asked.  He walked over to B'Elanna, grabbed her by the
arm, and held a phaser to her.
        "Looks like we've got your Chief Engineer,"  The Maj said.
        "You keep your hands off of her!" Chakotay yelled.  He ran and pushed
Cullah.  Cullah took his phaser and fired one shot at Chakotay knocking him
to the ground.
        "Chakotay!" B'Elanna screamed, trying to break free from MajCullah to go
help him, but, Cullah had a firm hold on her.  MajCullah, B'Elanna and the
other Kazon transported off of Voyager.
        Tuvok entered Main Engineering.
        "What's going on here?"  He asked.
        "Cullah,"  Lieutenant Carey reported, "he took B'Elanna and shot Chakotay."
        Chakotay laid on the floor, motionless, with a crowd gathered around him.
        Tuvok pressed his commbadge, "Medical emergency in Main Engineering."

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        "The Kazon are retreating,"  Harry announced.
        "We've got to go after them,"  Tom shouted. "they've got B'Elanna!"
        "We're not going anywhere without shields,"  Captain Janeway said.
        "But, Cap-"  Tom started.
        "We'll get her back, Tom,"  The Captain reassured him.

                                =/\= TO BE CONTINUED =/\=