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By: Amy Michelle Bitter

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

                                =/\= Chapter Six =/\=

        "How is he?"  Captain Janeway asked the Doctor as she entered Sickbay.
        "I'm sorry, Captain," the Doctor said grimly.  "There was nothing I could
do for him."
        Captain Janeway looked down at Chakotay's lifeless body.  He had taught
her so much, and now he was gone.
        "Captain," Kes said softly, "are you Okay?"
        "I'll be fine,"  Captain Janeway lied, as she forced back tears.  People
had died under her command before, but this time it was different.  Chakotay
was her friend.  Why didn't she ever tell him how much she cared about him?
It was too late now, he was gone.

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        "Captain's log, stardate 50935.2.  It is my sad duty to report that
Commander Chakotay was killed this afternoon by the Kazon who also
kidnapped B'Elanna.  In light of these events, I am promoting Lieutenant
Tuvok to first officer, and, it also appears that Neelix will be promoted
as well."

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        Harry walked from console to console stopping at each to press a few
buttons.  *B'Elanna made it look so easy,* he thought.  He'd been trying
unsuccessfully to get the shields back on line.
        "That should be it,"  Harry said.
        "Kim to Janeway," Harry said.  "Captain, the shields are back up to maximum."
        "Good work, Harry,"  The Captain said as she pressed her commbadge.

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        Captain Janeway walked onto the Bridge.
        "Mr. Paris, set a course," she commanded.  "Follow the Kazon."
        "Tuvok, may I speak with you in my ready room?"  Janeway asked.
        She walked into her ready room followed by Tuvok.
        "Tuvok," she began, "I'm sure you've heard about Chakotay."
        He nodded.
        "I'm promoting you," she said, "to first officer, but I think we need
more security after our last incident with the Kazon.  Since Neelix has
showed interest in becoming a security officer, I would like you to start
training him."
        "Yes, Captain," he said, and left her ready room.

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        "I'll ask you once more, where did you get the transwarp technology from?"
 MajCullah asked B'Elanna.  For the past twenty minutes, he had paced back
and forth in front of her, interrogating her.
        B'Elanna sat there in the chair, her hands manacled behind her, and said
nothing.  She had refused to speak.  Her silence was beginning to annoy
Cullah.  She wondered how much longer it would be before he got violent.
        MajCullah stopped his pacing and turned to B'Elanna.  He pulled his arm
back and gave B'Elanna a smack across the face.
        "Answer me!" He ordered.  Still, B'Elanna was silent.  The Maj walked to
the doors and returned with two other Kazon.
        "Take her to a holding cell," he instructed them.  "Give her nothing to
eat or drink.  Maybe that will get her to talk."
        The two Kazon grabbed B'Elanna and dragged her from the room.
        "Maj,"  another Kazon said, entering the room,  "a ship is approaching,
it's Voyager."

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        "Raise shields,"  Captain Janeway ordered, "and hail them."
        "All hailing frequencies are open," Tuvok said.
        "This is Captain Janeway," she said, "return my crew member now!"
        "We're being hailed," Tuvok said.
        "On screen," Janeway ordered.
        MajCullah appeared on the view screen. "Hello, Captain."
        "Cullah, return Lieutenant Torres, now!" She ordered.
        "Who?" Cullah asked. "Oh, your Chief Engineer.  I'm afraid she's dead."

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        B'Elanna sat in a dark holding cell.  All she could think about was what
was going on back on Voyager.  Tom was probably worried sick.  She wondered
about Chakotay.  She prayed he would be okay, but, she didn't have time to
worry about all of that right now.  She had to find a way out of there.
        B'Elanna looked around the cell.  Cullah would be back soon, she had to
find a way out before than.  She noticed a panel on the way and walked over
to it.

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        "He's lying," Harry said.  "He's got to be."  The senior staff was gathered
for a meeting in the briefing room.
        "I know he is, Harry,"  Captain Janeway said.  "He wouldn't kill B'Elanna
without getting all the information he could out of her, and I know
B'Elanna wouldn't give him any."
        "Cullah did not say that he killed B'Elanna," Tuvok pointed out.  "He said
that she was dead."
        "Captain,"  Tom said, "Give me a shuttle. I'll get within transporter
range and I'll beam aboard and find her."
        "I'm sorry, Tom,"  Janeway said, "but, you know I can't let you do that.
I won't put any more lives in danger."
        "I'm volunteering,"  Tom said.  "Please, Captain, let me do this for her."
        "I want more options than that," Janeway said. "Dismissed."

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        B'Elanna sat in the dark, tinkering with the control panel she had found
on the wall.
        "Come on, open," she said aloud.
        After pressing a few more buttons the doors opened.  B'Elanna ventured from
the holding cell.  She walked down the hall turning around often just to
make sure no one was behind her.  She heard steps approaching.  B'Elanna
quickly slipped into the shadows of the corridor.  A Kazon walked by.
B'Elanna jumped out behind him and hit him on the neck, knocking him
unconscious.  She quickly grabbed his phaser and continued walking.

                                =/\= TO BE CONTINUED =/\=