Star Trek: Voyager: A Pocket Full of Lies by Kirsten Beyer

Author:Kirsten Beyer
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

16

VOYAGER

Chakotay hadn’t bothered trying to sleep while Kathryn was on Sormana. He’d spent his time on the bridge, an unusual state of affairs during gamma shift. Lieutenant Kim, who technically had the watch, had updated him on their frustrating search to find a way through the minefield surrounding Sormana. Thus far, no usable patterns had been detected, nor had the source of the field’s ever-shifting activation transmissions.

The typically garrulous Kim had reported this in as few words as necessary. The captain watched as Harry left his ready room. Chakotay wondered if something was troubling him, but was pulled away by an incoming transmission from Vesta. Farkas advised Chakotay that Lieutenant Bryce had discovered another Federation signal and she was anxious to set course and retrieve what she hoped would be another message buoy. They knew the admiral hadn’t shared most of what she had learned from the first one with them, and there was only so much they were willing to discuss, even over an encrypted channel, but both captains had a healthy respect for the Krenim. Fear was too strong a word, but it was definitely waiting in the wings.

Voyager received word a little more than an hour after Janeway had departed that she was ready to transport back. Chakotay ended his contact with Farkas and leaving the bridge to Kim, hurried to the transporter room to greet her.

The admiral’s face betrayed nothing. He started to lead her toward the briefing room but when she directed the turbolift to deck three, he realized she intended to conduct this conversation in a different setting.

Only when the doors to his quarters had slid shut behind him and she had moved close to allow his arms to encircle her did he ask, “How did it go?”

She savored the embrace for a few moments, then stepped back. “Better than I expected. Not as well as I’d hoped.”

“She’s not coming back, is she?”

“No.”

“Because of Dayne?”

“Because she seems to honestly believe she can end this conflict.”

“Do you have any interest in letting her do that?”

“I don’t really have a choice. She said the strangest thing, something about home being what you create, what lives inside you.”

“I can relate to that. Can’t you?”

“Yes and no. I don’t think she considers Sormana her home. But something is keeping her here. She says this isn’t personal, but I don’t buy it.”

“The denzit didn’t give you any clues?”

“No. But she did agree to allow a small team to the surface to investigate the Zahl. She requested Tuvok. Although I’m hesitant to permit them further contact, I understand. Send Harry and Seven with him. I trust them to be more objective than Tuvok is.”

“More objective than a Vulcan?”

“More objective than Tuvok can be right now.”

“You want them to find the temporal technology the Zahl are using to bring their soldiers to Sormana?”

Janeway nodded.

“Does the denzit have any idea what our team will be looking for?”

“No, and we can’t tell her.”

“Will she allow Voyager to make orbit so I can monitor them and pull them out if things go badly?”

“No.

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