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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