Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:06:11 +0000
From: James Leete <leeteey2063@hotmail.com>
Subject: My Maquis Lover: The Return - Chapter 4

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All other content or otherwise are works of my own imagination. All events
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Ok as well before we start this is based on the series Star Trek Voyager
but with a twist from the original story line and i hope you like it.

Chapter 4: De-Briefing and Death

I sat in the captain's chair on the bridge and everything felt totally
wrong. It had been less than 12 hours since Chakotay's death and our
encounter with the Sovereign and I wasn't sure what to expect when we
arrived back at Earth.  B'Elanna, with the help of my husband, had already
packed up and cleared Chakotay's quarters and the ready room. They were
both taking this the hardest with them both being very close to
Chakotay. For me the reality of the situation hadn't sunk in, as all I
could think of was the repair efforts and the fact that I had a de-briefing
heading my way. As I sat there staring at the viewscreen I could see the
other senior staff at their posts, all looking tired, the duty shifts were
meant to have finished hours ago but they all wanted to be at their posts
to wait for our arrival at Earth and wait on Kathryn who was beaming on
board soon. We were 5 minutes away when consoles started to
beep. "Commander, I'm detecting something" Said Harry. I looked at him
"What is it?" I asked. "An energy signature similar to that of the alien
ship we encountered, the signal is very weak but..." was all he said before
he worked his console. "But what Harry??" I asked. "Sir, the signal is
gone. It was there a second ago, it was 100,000 kilometres off our
starboard hull." He said. I went over to his console and looked at the
display and then a sudden realisation hit me. "Harry scan for any cloaked
ships." I said moving over to the railings above my chair looking out at
the viewscreen. "I'm detecting 3 ships." Harry reported. "Do they know we
have detected them?" I asked. "It doesn't look like it sir." He replied. I
moved over to B'Elanna, "Weapons status?" I asked. "Shields are at full
strength, phasers and torpedoes fully operational." She replied. "Mr Paris,
maintain our course don't make any sudden movements." I told him. He simply
nodded and I went back to Harry. "Mr Kim, can you get me Kathryn, without
them realising that we are communicating with Starfleet?" I asked. "I can
create a localised dampening field which will block their sensor reading
and feed them a continuous loop of the same sensor readings using our main
deflector." He told me. "Perfect, then they wouldn't see any ships coming
either. Do it." I told him. He worked his controls and then said "Field
established. Contacting Starfleet." "On screen." I ordered. A few seconds
later the viewscreen came to life and there sat Kathryn at her
desk. "Jack." She said looking at me. "Admiral, we have detected 3 ships
following us under cloak and they have the same power signatures as the one
that destroyed the sovereign." I explained. "Your sure." She said. "Yes
ma'am, I recommend that Earth go to red alert and you mobilise at least 5
ships to help me." I told her. "Understood." She said, she touched a
control on her desk and then spoke. "This is Admiral Kathryn Janeway to all
Starfleet personnel, Voyager has identified 3 ships following her all
hostile. Starfleet Emergency, Red Alert. Battlestations." She said and
closed the channel. She then worked her console and a split screen appeared
on the viewscreen showing Commander Data and Admiral
Janeway. "Admiral. Commander Carter." Said Data. "Data, wake the senior
staff and go to red alert. Then plot a course for Voyager, Jack will brief
you when Captain Picard is on the bridge, and inform the captain that Jack
is in charge of your efforts. Janeway out." She said and the viewscreen
went blank. I looked at everyone, "Well looks like we are going to have to
do this again. Red Alert, All hands to battlestations." I said. The bridge
lighting dimmed and the ship went into alert. "Raise shields, power
weapons." I said walking back down to the command seat. "Sir the enterprise
is approaching and they are hailing us." Harry said. "On Screen." I
said. The viewscreen came to life and captain Picard appeared on the
viewscreen, "We meet again commander." He said. "We do Captain." I
replied. "Admiral Janeway has ordered us to assist you, we await your
orders." He told me. "Okay captain, right now we have created a dampening
field, so that they can't see any ships coming or who we are speaking to,
but all that is going to change very soon, we are going to deactivate the
field, and begin firing. Target at your discretion." I told him. I nodded
to Harry, indicating he could send the information on the ships
locations. "Data received commander." Picard told me. "Good luck captain."
I said. He nodded and then said "Picard out." The viewscreen went dead, and
as it did a security guard stepped off the turbolift with a case followed
by another guard who was armed with a compression rifle. "What's this?" I
asked.  "Precautions, after what happened to Chakotay we can't take the
same risk.  Security is being put on standby and all personnel are being
armed." B'Elanna told me. A guard came to me and handed me a phaser, which
I charged before I attached it to my belt and then sat back in my seat.

"Ready commander." B'Elanna told me. "Let's do it. Harry deactivate that
field." I ordered. "Dampening field offline." He said. "Sir, the ships are
de-cloaking."  Harry then added. "Come about 143 mark 060." I
ordered. "Coming about." Paris said. "Voyager to Picard, go." I said over
the comm. "B'Elanna lock target on the lead ship and fire." I said before
she released a spread of photon torpedoes before she then fired multiple
phaser shots. They returned fire and hit us head on. "Direct hit, they are
trying to target our shield grid generator." B'Elanna told me. "Mr Paris
protect our starboard flank, maintain fire." I ordered. B'Elanna fired
multiple rounds of phaser shots followed by several photon and quantum
torpedoes. We exchanged fire for a few more minutes, and each time they
continued to target our shield grid generator. "Mr Paris, I don't call this
protecting our starboard flank." I barked. "Sir, they are much more
manuverable than we are." Paris replied. "Evasive pattern delta 5." I
said. They fired at us again but this one hit us hard. The torpedo impacted
and
 I was thrown from my seat. "Direct hit to the shield generator it's
offline." B'Elanna shouted. It was then that Harry reported something that
made my stomach turn. "I'm reading transporter signatures in transporter
room 1 and 2 and in the shuttle bay." He told me.  "Intruder alert, carter
to security seal off decks 6 through 10." I ordered.  "B'Elanna." I said
looking at her, and she entered the turbolift calling out to security. Troy
rose from his seat and went over to tactical. It was then that another
transporter signature appeared on board but this was right by the doors to
the ready room. I saw 5 figures appear and immediately dove down for the
helm withdrawing my phaser and firing hitting one target head on. The other
4 fired and hit the helm which is exploded catching Paris in the face
making him fall to the floor. I grabbed my phaser and targeted the
engineering console where Tom was sat and fired, blowing up the
console. "Tom." I screamed. He stood up and ran over to me as we jumped
over the railings and went over to the ops console. He then ran over the
other side of the bridge and dived under the tactical console. I then stood
and fired at one intruder and the other 3 fired at me and hit the console
behind me. I then stood and fired without taking aim and hit the intruder
head on. Reminded me of the day Kathryn was on the bridge firing at the
Klingons. Tom jumped up from his console and fired hitting one
intruder. Seven then took aim from her console and hit the last intruder. I
stood up from the console and ran down to the helm. "Medical team to the
bridge." I said. Despite the intruders we were in the middle of a
fight. "Commander, 3 more ships approaching, they are Starfleet Jack,
they're arming weapons and engaging the targets." Harry told me. Tom came
down to the helm and I released the console to him as medical teams came
onto the bridge and took the intruders bodies and Mr Paris away. "Troy,
lock any target and fire." I said. He did so hitting one of the ships and
destroying it. The fleet continued to engage the other two ships and it
wasn't long before they were both destroyed. "Bridge to Torres, what's your
status?" I asked. "Things are on the rise we have just taken out the last
intruder. We have 3 to go in the brig as well for questioning by
Starfleet." She told me. "Very good B'Elanna, get back up here as soon as
you can." I told her. "Aye sir." She replied and the comm. Clicked
off. "Commander, Admiral Janeway and Captain Picard for you." Harry told
me.  "On screen." I said. The viewscreen came to life and they both
appeared. "Good job Commander." Said Picard. "Yes well done Jack, any
casualties?" Janeway asked. "A few minor casualties, and 3 prisoners." I
told her. "Understood, get back to Earth and dock at the shipyards, there
is crew waiting to relieve your shifts and begin repairs. Get some rest and
I will beam on board at 08:00 tomorrow." Janeway told me. "Yes ma'am." I
said. "Very good, Janeway out." The screen went black.

After docking at the shipyards and then releasing the crew I returned to my
quarters with Tom to find Ensign Turner sat reading a padd. He had been
watching Matthew as it was late and needed sleep. "Sir I can take Matthew
for you overnight so that you can get some rest." He offered. "That's kind
of you to offer, but we will manage. Good night Ensign." I told him. "Good
night sir." He replied before leaving. I looked straight at Tom and said
"Bed?" he looked straight back and replied "Bed!" I smiled and climbed
straight into bed and feel straight to sleep. I woke the next morning at
05:30 to find Tom still out like a light and Matthew was giggling I could
hear. I got out of bed and put my dressing gown and I went into him to see
him watching the mobile spin around above him. I picked him up and grabbed
a bottle from the replicator before feeding him and burping him. I then
bathed him and got him dressed. Just as I was finished I carried him back
through and Tom appeared. "Morning." He said rubbing dust from his
eyes. "Morning." I replied. "2 Coffees black." Tom said and grabbed the
cups from the replicator. "Wow look at you." Tom said. "What?"  I
asked. "Well it's hard believe that your only 27 weeks pregnant and your
belly is getting bigger." He said. "I know, we only have another 9 weeks to
go." I said. "I know and Matthew is 7 months and looking so adorable." Tom
replied. "I know, this is when we really do have to raise our game. With
another one on the way and this ship without a captain, I don't know what
we are going to do." I explained. "Well Starfleet won't just leave Voyager
is drydock, I mean she's too valuable especially now, they will either
place a new captain on board or...." Tom said pausing and looking at
me. "Or what?" I asked. "Starfleet might offer you command." He
said. "There's a point I hadn't thought about." I replied. "Would you take
it?" Tom asked. "I don't know, I really don't." I replied. He smiled and
kissed me on the forehead. After finishing coffee and then having showers,
breakfast and dropping Matthew off, I finally walked down to transporter
room one with Tom Paris, as he was the second officer on board. As we
entered I looked up at Luke. "Admiral Janeway has signalled" he told
me. "Energise." I ordered. He worked the controls, and the Admiral
materialised on the platform. "Welcome aboard Admiral." I said. "It's good
to be back, although I wish it were under better circumstances." She
replied stepping down. "Shall we Jack." She said. I smiled and nodded and
led the way out of the transporter room and towards the bridge. It only
took a few moments for us to arrive on the bridge. As the turbolift doors
opened I stepped on to the bridge first and announced "Admiral on the
Bridge." Everyone stood and snapped to attention. Kathryn stepped off and
smiled looking at everyone.  "At ease." She finally said. She took a slow
walk around the bridge towards the Ops console before coming to the centre
of the bridge and looking at the captains chair. "Try it out, it's much
more comfier than the last one." I told her. She smiled and sat in the
chair. She remained there for a minute and then stood up, "I much prefer my
old chair." She said. I smiled. "Well know, Jack shall we get down to
business." She asked me. "Yes ma'am." I replied. She headed down to the
ready room as I said "Paris, the bridge is yours." I followed Kathryn into
the ready room and sat with her for over an hour as she read the reports
and drank coffee and asked me questions to do with the mission or the
attack that had occurred earlier. After she was done, I followed her out to
the bridge where she stood and looked around. "Senior staff meeting." She
said. Everyone stood and released their stations to other members of the
engineering crew who were on board and followed the Admiral down to the
conference room. As I walked in last I saw everyone sat in their seats and
noticed that the Admiral was sat in what would have been Chakotays chair. I
took my place in the next chair to her right and looked at the rest of the
senior staff, they all had a bleak look on their faces. "Okay ladies and
gentlemen let's get this meeting started. Firstly I want to say that I have
reviewed the away team reports and the overall mission report and I am
satisfied that there was nothing that could be done for the sovereign,
however even though I am satisfied people at Starfleet command will need to
make their own judgements. I have spoken with Admiral Carter and..." was
all Kathryn said before she got cut off. "With all due respect Admiral
shouldn't our priority right now be going back out there to find the people
who did this and get some revenge on the fact that our captain is dead." I
was genuinely shocked at hearing this and what shocked me more was that it
was Tom who said it. "Tom, now is not the time for vengeance missions, I'm
sure they will think twice about attacking us again, we have showed we have
force behind us and that we can and will defend ourselves." I replied. "I
agree, anyway as I was saying I have spoken with Admiral Carter at
Starfleet strategic operations and also Admiral Paris at Starfleet command
and they are in full agreement that the senior staff will not have to be
de-briefed, that is with one exception."  Kathryn said before turning to
me. "Jack it is agreed that seen as you are the ships first officer and now
acting captain it is your responsibility to face the de-briefing." She told
me. "I understand." I replied. "Now given this, a meeting has already been
arranged for 14:00 hours today to be held at Starfleet command." Kathryn
went on to explain. My god Starfleet really did move fast.  "And what is
going to happen to us and to the ship?" asked B'Elanna. I looked at Kathryn
as this was also a thought that I had. "You will all be off duty until
further notice, as for the ship, well Voyager is going to be repaired and
then kept in drydock until Starfleet can appoint a new captain for the
ship, hopefully it wont take too long and we can get you back out there on
missions."  She told us and everyone nodded. "Sir, as well what's going to
be happening with regards to a funeral arrangement for Captain Chakotay."
Asked Paris. "That is also a very good question and I have looked into
Chakotays will and he has specified that he wants to be buried in space so
therefore it has been decided that the service will take place on board the
Enterprise while Voyager is in for repair. I have notified his mother and
sister and they both agree that this is fitting and have given me full
authority to do so. The arrangement has been scheduled for tomorrow at
13:00 on board the enterprise." Kathryn told us. I nodded. "Ermm Admiral,
with your permission I would like to read the Eulogy at the funeral."
B'Elanna said. She smiled at her. "I can't think of anyone better suited."
Kathryn replied. "In the mean time your all off duty, if there is nothing
further then dismissed." Kathryn told us, before saying "Jack a moment." I
saw everyone file out of the room with Tom saying "I'll grab Matt and see
you at home." I smiled and nodded. The door closed and Kathryn turned to
me, "Jack I want you to know something, there has been a lot of talk at
Starfleet Command with regards to the incident surrounding Chakotay's death
and a few Admirals at command are not happy with your decision to allow
Chakotay to lead the away team. I'm going to be backing you in that
de-briefing and I have spoken to your mother and Admiral Paris and you have
their support as well, but people like Admiral Montgomery, Admiral Jellico
and Captain Shelby have other opinions and they will also be in the
de-briefing. But try not to be too worried and ill see you at 14:00." She
told me. "Yes ma'am." I replied before walking away and exiting the
conference room.

I arrived back in my quarters to find Tom sat on the sofa feeding
Matthew. I stopped and looked at them and smiled. "Like father, like
son. Always hungry."  I said smiling. "Very true." He replied. "Coffee
Black." I said to the replicator. A cup appeared, I took it and sat on the
sofa next to Tom. "So are you nervous about the de-briefing?" he asked
me. "A little, but Kathryn said I have her support and some others but
there are going to be a lot of tough questions for me to answer." I
explained. "Yeah but if I know you, which I think I do now after 8 years,
you will overcome it and do excellently. You never know they may even offer
you the captaincy." He said with excitement.  "Let's not get too far ahead
of ourselves." I replied. "Bridge to Commander Carter." Came a female voice
over the comm. "Go ahead." I replied. "Sir, incoming transmission for you,
it's on a private channel." She told me. "Patch it through to my quarters."
I told her. "Understood sir." She said and then ended the call. I walked
over to my desk and touched a button on the control panel and the screen
came to life. "Jack, it's so good to see you." My mother said. "Mum, it's
good to see you too." I replied. "Jack, I just wanted to check in before
the de-briefing session and see if you were alright." She said to me.
"Mum, I'm fine just tired and very nervous about the meeting." I told her.
"Jack I promise you that once this meeting is over your dad and I will take
Matt from you for the night and you and Tom can sleep and spend some time
together." She said. I smiled and rubbed my eyes. "That would be great mum
thank you, we just need some sleep more than anything else." I replied. She
smiled. "I'll see you at 14:00. Don't be late." Mum said to me. "Yes
ma'am." I replied with a grin on my face. "Carter out." Mum said and the
screen went black. "Computer time." I said aloud. "The time is 12:14" the
computer replied.  "Lunch?" I asked tom. "Sure." He replied as he lay Matt
in his carry case.  "While I'm on surface sort out Matt's overnight bag and
get stuff ready for when mum and dad come and get him." I said. "Of course,
where are we eating?"  he asked me. "Mess Hall, I think we need to show
that even in sad times we can be strong." I told him. He smiled and grabbed
the carry and we left the quarters and headed for the mess hall. We had a
light lunch and many of the crew who were there seemed glad to see
us. After eating and then heading back to the quarters I showered and
changed into a fresh uniform and got ready to head to the
surface. "Computer time." I said as I was putting my boots on. "The time is
13:35 hours." Came the reply. "Shit I gotta get going." I said. I grabbed
my padd and commbadge and attached it before kissing Matt and Tom and
leaving.

"This de-briefing is ready to begin. The time is 14:01 hours, and the
persons present are Admiral Kathryn Janeway, Admiral Edward Jellico,
Admiral Owen Paris, Admiral Kenneth Montgomery, Captain Elizabeth Shelby,
Myself – Admiral Julie Carter and Commander Jack Carter. This
de-briefing is being held for Commander Jack Carter first officer of the
starship voyager. We shall begin." My mother said. "Now Jack, we have read
your mission reports and the reports of those on the away team, but there
are certain areas that we need to ask you about that require more
explanation. Firstly, my question to you is can you explain in detail what
happened after you found the Sovereign." Said Kathryn. "Yes ma'am, after
finding the sovereign, Chakotay ordered long range scans and also requested
a report of the vessel's current condition. It was discovered that there
were no ships on long range scans and that the sovereign had multiple hull
breaches, their warp engines were down and the readings with regards to
lifesigns were erratic. Chakotay ordered us to be brought within
transporter range and selected members of the away team and said he was
going to be leading the team." I said pausing for a second. "I insisted
that he couldn't lead the team as it was against Starfleet regulations and
that I should be the one to lead the team however he over ruled me and told
me that there was little risk. The team transported over and began their
search for the crew. It was a at least 10 to 15 minutes after transport
that we heard from the team and they informed us that the only person left
on board was the captain however he was dead and that he had stayed to
launch the escape pods. I asked him if they knew what had happened to the
sovereign and he was about to tell me when the comm. Signal was jammed and
we lost communications, sensor contact and the transporter lock. It was at
this time that Lieutenant commander Paris informed me that a ship was on
approach with shields raised and weapons powered. I asked Mr Kim if he
could identify them and he was in the process of checking when they fired
on us. I took the ship to red alert and hailed them repeatedly and even
sent a general message to them. There was no answer to any of these and
they continued to fire at us. I ordered Seven of Nine to take over the
tactical station and also ordered Mr Kim to try to cut through the
interference. It was at this time we started to engage the attacking
ships. We exchanged fire for a few more minutes and it was then that we
realised that the attacking ship was taking us away from the
sovereign. They launched a smaller vessel from their hanger which began to
attack the sovereign, their structural integrity was at 15% and we knew
they couldn't survive many hits with no shields, however Mr Kim had managed
to break through the signal and was able to gain a transporter lock however
we could only transport one person at a time. We lowered shields and began
to transport them over, we knew that with shields down we would sustain
more damage so we had to do it quickly, the doctor, Lieutenant Walker and
Commander Torres were all beamed on board however before we could get
Chakotay we lost transporters.  I told him to head for the sovereigns
transporter room and we would wait. Mr Paris objected to this and said we
had to re-raise shields due to the damage we were taking. However I over
ruled that suggestion and ordered all remaining power be transferred to
weapons and structural integrity. It was a short time after that the
sovereign was destroyed with Chakotay still on board. Voyager re raised
shields and destroyed the smaller vessel, we then fired a tachyon burst at
the larger ships shields making them loose their shields before we
destroyed them." I told them. "And it was at this time that you then
contacted Admiral Janeway." Asked Admiral Paris. "Yes sir." I
replied. "Commander going back to what you said that Mr Paris objected to
you waiting with Voyagers shields down and waiting for Chakotay, why did
you instantly dismiss him and instead use what power you had left on the
weapons and on structural integrity, why not simply re-raise shields and
wait for Chakotay to tell you he was ready." Asked Shelby.  "With all due
respect captain I dismissed him as I thought it was a bad suggestion, we
had to get Chakotay back fast, the sovereigns hull was at 4% when we lost
transporters and we knew we were running out of time." I told her.  "I
see." She replied. "Commander, I have to ask, how do you think things would
have played out had Chakotay, the doctor and Ms Torres beamed back and Mr
Walker was left on board?" asked Admiral Montgomery. I sat there in
silence.  "The problem is commander, I believe that if this situation had
occurred you would have done more to try to get him back as he is your
husband am I right."  He asked. He was testing me. "Actually sir, had it
been Mr Walker on board the situation would have played out as it did with
Chakotay, the transporters would have taken 3 hours to repair and there was
no other way to get him off the ship, so had that been the case Chakotay
would be sat here answering your questions, and me and my son would be
burying my dead husband and my sons dead father." I explained. He simply
nodded and then came Admiral Jellico. He was a person I had heard a lot
about, an expert in war and had done many great things to help Starfleet
during the recent dominion war. "Commander Carter, I want to go back to
where you said that you told Chakotay he shouldn't lead the mission.
Explain to me why he still lead that away team." He asked me. "Sir?" I
asked.  "Why did Captain Chakotay still lead the away team even after you
told him he shouldn't?" he repeated. "I thought I made that clear." I
replied. "Not to me."  He said with a smirk on his face. "Well sir, the
captain told me that he saw a minimal risk and that things would be safe."
I explained. "Obviously not."  Jellico replied. "Obviously." I replied with
a bitter tone in my voice that I knew he had picked up on. "So commander,
you allowed the captain to lead an away team even when he said there was no
or minimal risk. Do you realise how stupid that is." Jellico told me. I
could feel the anger rising inside me.  "Admiral with all due respect you
were not there, Captain Chakotay had told me that wanted to lead the team
and that was final, he out ranks me and I chose to follow his orders." I
said. "Commander as the first officer it is your responsibility to inform
the captain that is against Starfleet policy for him to lead the away team,
so therefore I put it to you, that is in fact your fault that Captain
Chakotay died on that ship." He said to me with a harsh tone in his
voice. I sat there in shock as the anger inside me built up and then
exploded. I slammed my fists on the table and stood up "SIR, AS I ALREADY
SAID CHAKOTAY OVER RULED ME, BUT AS FAR YOUR CONCERNED IT SHOULD BE ME
THAT'S DEAD AND ALSO MY UNBORN CHILD, PART OF THE REASON CHAKOTAY WOULDN'T
LET ME GO IS BECAUSE IM PREGNANT AND HE DIDNT WANT TO RISK MY CHILD. BUT IN
YOUR EYES THAT DOESNT REALLY MATTER DOES IT!" I SCREAMED. Jellico also
slammed his fists on the table and stood up "IN WHICH CASE THEN COMMANDER
YOU SHOULDN'T BE A FIRST OFFICER AND CLEARLY ARE NOT DOING THE JOB RIGHT!"
He screamed back at me. "I DID THE JOB I WAS TRAINED FOR, AND IF I WAS
ASKED TO DO IT AGAIN I WOULD. I MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE AND AS A RESULT MY
CAPTAIN AND FRIEND LOST HIS LIFE.  NOTHING CAN EXCUSE THAT AND I ALREADY
FEEL BAD ABOUT IT SO I DONT NEED SOME HIGH RATE STARFLEET ADMIRAL TELLING
ME THAT I DID A BAD JOB. IF IT IS THAT MUCH OF A PROBLEM FOR YOU SIR THEN
YOU CAN FORMALLY CHARGE ME OR BETTER YET ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION!" I barked
back at him. "THAT'S ENOUGH." Kathryn Screamed.  Jellico and I both looked
at her and then sat back down. "That's better now from what I have heard
this was a difficult situation, and in this case I am going to back
Commander Carter." Said Admiral Paris. "Agreed." Said Kathryn. "I too
agree, however Jack this is no place for you to start letting your anger
out on an admiral and Edward what you said was completely unjust. What I'm
saying now I say as a professional, The captain of a ship has the right and
authority to protect a member of his crew who is in serious situation by
any which way he deems necessary, in this case Chakotay knew that Jack was
pregnant and chose to protect the life of an unborn child and if you can't
see that then maybe it's not Jack's resignation we should be taking it
should be yours." My mum said with a forceful tone. "I understand Admiral,
Mr Carter you have my appologies for being so harsh with you." Jellico
replied. "And you also my appologies for being so rude to you." I
replied. He nodded at me and then Kathryn spoke up. "From what I have heard
here, I believe that there was nothing that could be done to help this
situation and nothing further should be said with regards to this. Is
everyone in agreement?" she said. Everyone slowly nodded before my mother
said "In that case then, this meeting is over.  Commander Carter and all,
Dismissed." My mother said. Kathryn, Admiral Paris, my mum and Captain
Shelby all rose. I too rose and gathered myself together and was heading
for the door, when Admiral Jellico stopped me. "Commander a moment." He
said. I turned and said "Sir." He stepped up to me and then spoke.  "I know
how it is. To be a father and starship officer. I was out of line to speak
to you the way I did. Had it been me with my wife when she was pregnant
with our son I would have done the same as Chakotay. I hope you can accept
my apology." He said extending his hand. I shook it and then said "Of
course sir."  He smiled and I smiled back and then left.

I arrived back on Voyager to find my mother sat with Tom and Matt. "I'm
here and ready to take him. I've got everything and I will drop him off at
the Starfleet day care centre tomorrow. You two get some sleep and relax."
She said. I smiled and said "Thanks mom." She smiled back and gave me and
Tom a hug and kiss and started to walk out with Matthew in his pram when
she turned and said "Jack you did well in there today." "Thanks mum." I
replied. She smiled and left. "Your mum told me what happened. Jellico
sounds like a complete prick if you ask me."  Tom said "Yeah well he
apologised in the end." I said kissing Tom. He wrapped his arms around me
and kissed me again his hands moving down to my butt. I could feel myself
getting hard. It had been so long since we had sex I just wanted him here
and now. "I want you." I said between kisses. "I want you too baby."  Tom
said leading me to the bedroom. He got on top of me and his lips hit mine
and we started to kiss passionately his tongue exploring my mouth. His hand
crept under my jacket and shirt and began to explore my body, pinching my
nipples every now and then. I could feel his hard cock straining through
his uniform as was mine. I peeled off his jacket and shirt and took off his
vest as my hands worked all over his incredible body. I rose on to my knees
as did he and slowly he removed my jacket and shirt and vest until our bare
chest were against each other. He then pushed me back onto the bed before
releasing my trousers and boxers and pulling them down and letting my 8
inch cock flop out and hit my stomach. He started to suck my cock running
his tongue over the head. It was amazing. He came up and kissed me before I
did my usually trick and wrap my legs around him and flipped him over. He
laughed and I started to take off his trousers and boxers, releasing his
8.5 inch cock which I immediately took a hold of and took it all the way
down to the base in my mouth... he loved it when I deep throated him. He
screamed in pleasure and I continued to suck him softly my head bobbing up
and down and occasionally running my tongue over his purple head. I came
back up and he kissed me before flipping me over again and raising my legs
in the air. I loved it when he fucked me. He wet his finger and started to
trace my pink hole before he lubed up his cock with his spit and slowly
entering me. The first time he did this to me I felt like I was being torn
apart, now I had gotten used to it but he still went slow just to make sure
he didn't hurt me or the baby. When he was completely inside me, he started
to fuck me gently, going in and out and in some case coming all the way out
and then going straight back in. It was so hot. He soon started to tense up
as did I and I knew soon we were both going to cum. Sure enough he pulled
out of me and sprayed cum all over my chest before I also released a stream
of thick hot cum all over my body. Tom then came down and slowly ran his
tongue over my body cleaning up the mess we had made. When he had he came
up and kissed me and I could taste the mix of both our cum in his mouth. He
then rolled off and collapsed next to me "That was amazing" he
said. "Yeah!" I said out of breath.  I wrapped my legs around his and
drifted off to sleep with my hand on his chest.

I awoke the next morning at 06:00 to find Tom stood over me with
breakfast. "Good morning baby." He said. "Morning." I said smiling and
sitting up in bed taking the coffee and plate he handed me. He had made me
a sausage and egg bagel and it smelt lush. I took a sip of my coffee and
then bit into the bagel. Man it was good. "What time is it?" I
asked. "06:00" he replied. "Oh my god we have been asleep for 13 hours." I
replied. "We must have needed it." He told me smiling and kissing
me. "Thank you for last night, that was amazing, just what we needed." I
said. He smiled. "No need to thank me. I love you and it was just what I
needed." He said. We continued to eat and talk before we lay back down in
bed with my head of his chest and we spoke more when the door chime went
off. "Come in." I said pulling the covers over us and sitting up. The doors
opened and in walked Kathryn. "Jack Tom." She said before she looked over
at the bedroom and saw us in bed. "Oh god, I'm sorry." She said. "No it's
fine, come in." I said. She walked over and sat on the edge of the
bed. "What's up?" I asked. "I'm just on board checking the engineering
peoples progress and had some news from Starfleet that I must tell you."
She said with a smile on my face. "What's that?" I asked. "What I'm going
to tell is off the record and goes no further and please don't get your
hopes up." She told me. I nodded "Starfleet Command are thinking of
offering you the captaincy of Voyager." She told me. I sat there in
shock. "W...www...what?" I asked stunned. "Yeah, apparently the suggestion
came from none other than Admiral Jellico." She told me. "Really?" I asked
even more shocked. "Yeah Jack I know, but it's true he went to the chief of
Starfleet himself and rallied for you to get the role. The Admiralty is now
going to decide in a meeting in an hour." She told me. "Oh my god." I
replied. "I knew it." Tom said kissing me. "Like I said it's not definite
but you have very good chance, and rumour has it that the president herself
is going to be putting in a note about it." Kathryn told me smiling. "WOW!"
I exclaimed. "If you get it you will be told after Chakotay's funeral." She
told me. "Okay well I guess we will have to wait and see." I replied. She
nodded and spoke for a while more before she left and Tom and I got up
showered, tidied up and then got into our dress uniforms. "Computer time."
I said. "The time is 12:30" the computer replied. We finished dressing and
then beamed to the enterprise where we were met by Kathryn. We proceeded
straight to the bridge where many of the other senior staff and other
members of Starfleet were gathered. At 13:00 Admiral Janeway motioned for
quiet. In the centre of the bridge where everyone was crowded round there
was a torpedo casing that was being used as a symbol for Chakotay which
contained some personal effects including his medicine bundle. "Thank you
all for coming. This is a great tragedy for us to be here today. Captain
Chakotay was a fine man and a good officer, but more than that he was my
friend. He served under me for many years and was the best first officer
anyone could have asked for, and he was certainly never able to let me
forget when I was wrong. Taken from us long before his time was due it is
with great sadness that today we commend Chakotay's body to the vacuum of
space where he may drift for the remainder of time looking over us."
Kathryn said. "B'Elanna Torres has asked if she may read his eulogy for
this occasion." Kathryn then added. B'Elanna stepped forward and spoke "May
the great spirits guide you on your new journey and help you with every
step. Chakotay was my friend and it pains me today to be here at his
funeral. We always had this running joke that he would be the one who had
to do this first as I was always getting myself in to trouble and he always
said `One day you're going to get yourself killed.'  Well the tables are
turned. I first met him when he saved my life funnily enough. And yet he
did it again on the sovereign he sent me first on the transporter and for
that I'm always going to be grateful to him. I loved that man with all my
heart and it will never be the same without him. May he rest in peace." She
said tears flowing down her face. There were plenty flowing down my face as
well and I brushed them away. "Honoured guard attention." Said Picard.
Members of his crew turned and stood to attention and carried the torpedo
to the torpedo bay and when it was ready an ensign sounded the
whistle. "Jack, Tom will you do the honours." Said B'Elanna. I nodded and
smiled. We went over to the tactical console and I looked out the
viewscreen. "Goodbye old friend. May you rest in peace." I said as tom and
I pressed the fire button and we saw the torpedo jettison away. Everyone
sobbed and cried and I turned to Tom and hugged him as we both cried on
each other. It was so sad. The day continued in the mess hall where there
was a wake and people ate, drank and told stories of Chakotay the best one
being B'Elanna telling us some of his tales during the Maquis. The day
slowly came to an end and it was then that Tom smiled at me. "He's in a
better place now. I think I can finally have peace." He told me. I hugged
him and kissed him. "Me too." I replied.

After leaving the wake and returning to Voyager I showered with Tom and
changed into my normal uniform and had just sat down when the comm. Went
off. "Bridge to Commander Carter." Came a male voice. "Go ahead." I
replied. "There is a message from Admiral Janeway requesting that you and
Lieutenant Walker join her in the command centre at Starfleet command." He
told us. "Understood tell her we are on our way. Carter out." I said before
rising and exiting the quarters and heading for the transporter room. After
beaming down and walking into the command centre I noticed that Kathryn was
nowhere in sight. "Commander Carter sir." Said an Ensign who approached
us. "Yes." I replied. "Sir, Admiral Janeway has requested you join her in
the conference suite." He told me. "Thanks." I said smiling. We walked to
the doors and entered and there we saw Admiral Janeway and whole bunch of
other Admirals sat around this large table. "Jack, Tom take a seat."
Kathryn said. All the Admirals watched us as I took the head of one end of
the table and Tom sat next to me. I noticed my mum and dad looking at me
with a very serious look on their faces. Oh god I felt like I was being
dragged in front of the principal at school. "Commander Jack Carter, can
you confirm for us your current assignment." Said an Admiral I didn't
know. "Yes sir, I am the first officer of the U.S.S Voyager." I
replied. "Not anymore Commander. As of this moment you are no longer in
that position. You are being re-assigned."  Said another Admiral. "I'm so
sorry Jack." Said Kathryn. "Commander Carter please rise." Said another
voice from behind, a voice I recognised. I then saw Admiral Jellico
circling the table. "We meet again Commander. The last time we spoke you
argued with me, were rude towards me, demonstrated signs of misconduct, and
also showed signs of mutiny. Which is why it pains me to have to do this."
He said finally arriving close to me. I turned to face him. "Commander Jack
Carter, it is the judgement of the Admiralty here at Starfleet command
being of sound mind and judgement and also of the president of the United
Federation of Planets, that you are to be..." he said with a long pause
"Promoted to the rank of captain, taking command of the Intrepid Class,
Federation starship Voyager." He said removing a pip for a small box and
attaching it to my collar. "Congratulations Captain." He said shaking my
hand. I smiled and returned the shake. My mother and father came up to me
and hugged me and kissed me. "We are so proud of you son, this is so
amazing." They said to me. The room erupted in applause. Tom then kissed me
and hugged me "I knew it babe, well done." He said. Kathryn then came round
and hugged me and kissed me on the cheek. "Well done Jack." She said. All
the remaining admirals either shook my hand or patted me on the back as
they left. The room quickly emptied and I was left with Tom, my mum and dad
and Kathryn. "We will do the official announcement on board in one
hour. The repairs are completed and the senior staff are due to be back on
board by now. Get back up there, and change back into your dress uniform
and I will meet you on the bridge." She said. I smiled and said "Yes
ma'am."  Tom and I left and returned to the ship.

"Jack Carter, please report to the bridge." Said the computer. I exited my
quarters and headed for the turbolift and rode it up to deck 1. I stepped
off the turbolift to see all the other senior staff stood on the bridge. I
walked down towards Admiral Janeway and stood and faced her. "All Hands
this is Admiral Janeway, Attention to orders." She said before looking at
her pad. "To Commander Jack Carter, First officer of the U.S.S Voyager,
Stardate 57814.9 , You are hereby promoted to the rank of Captain and you
are also hereby requested and required to take command of the U.S.S Voyager
as of this date.  Signed Admiral Kathryn Janeway, Starfleet Command.
Computer transfer all command codes to Captain Jack Carter, Starfleet
Command Authorisation Janeway Sigma 5." Said Kathryn. "Command code
transfer complete.  U.S.S Voyager now under the command of Captain Jack
Carter." The computer replied. Everyone clapped and cheered.
"Congratulations Jack." Kathryn said shaking my hand. She then lead me over
to the conference room doors where the dedication plague was and pulled
away a white sheet to reveal the new dedication plague that said `Jack
Carter, Commander'. This was going to be a fresh new start. "It also gives
me great pleasure to do what I'm about to do next. Jack was awarded this
captaincy due to his quick thinking, his ability to command and his
unending loyality to Starfleet, this ship and her crew.  Following on from
this I would like to make an introduction to you all. After it was decided
that Jack would take command, a first officer was selected due to the short
notice. Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to introduce Commander Samantha
Lawson." Kathryn said as the briefing room doors opened and a woman who was
around 24 with should length blonde hair emerged from the ready
room. "Welcome aboard Commander." I said approaching her and shaking her
hand. "Thank you sir."  She said. I smiled as she smiled back at me. She
went around shaking everyone's hand. Kathryn placed her hand on my shoulder
and said to "Well Jack, Voyager is all yours. I'm so proud of you." She
hugged me one more time. "Good luck and god speed." She said to me. I
smiled and looked at everyone on the bridge and then at Tom who smiled at
me. This was time for a new start and boy was I going to enjoy it. Comments
and feedback are always welcome... so let me know what you think