Star Trek: Voyager: Atonement by Kirsten Beyer

Author:Kirsten Beyer [Beyer, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Alien Contact, Action & Adventure, General, Science Fiction, Military, Fiction
ISBN: 9781476790817
Google: jZD_oQEACAAJ
Amazon: 1476790817
Publisher: Pocket Books/Star Trek
Published: 2015-08-24T23:00:00+00:00

14

TAMARIAN EMBASSY

When Seven and Julia materialized in the foyer of the Tamarian embassy, Commander Paris was waiting for them. A smile of relief lit his face, giving it an almost boyish appearance.

“Mission accomplished,” Julia announced.

“Well done, Mom,” Paris congratulated her. There was an awkward moment where he almost embraced her, but Julia retreated, saying, “I need to check on the children.”

Paris nodded, staring after her for a moment before returning his undivided attention to Seven.

“How did it go?” he asked. “No, wait. Everyone should hear this.”

“Everyone?”

“Our long-lost adventurers have returned.”

Paris led her into a small sitting room just off the entryway where Doctor Sharak and Lieutenant Samantha Wildman were standing before an unlit fireplace. Sharak moved toward Seven immediately.

“Harath. The sun blazing,” he said.

“It is good to see you again too, Doctor Sharak,” Seven said, intuiting his meaning. “Lieutenant Wildman, I trust you are well,” she inquired.

The petite blond woman stepped forward, extending her hand. “I’ve been better,” she noted.

Seven nodded in understanding. While she appreciated the Wildman family’s willingness to assist her, she understood well how their lives had been disrupted over the last several weeks.

“We can’t stay long,” Paris reminded them. “Sharak and Sam transported directly to the embassy as soon as their ship was in range, bypassing orbital control. I’m sure Doctor Frist will want to speak with them, given recent developments, but my presence here as the doctor’s commanding officer shouldn’t arouse any suspicion as long as we keep this brief.”

“Do you intend to return to Starfleet Medical, Doctor?” Seven asked.

“Only if I am forcibly detained and ordered to do so,” Sharak replied. “I believe you will be surprised when we tell you what we have discovered. Commander Paris already told us what Briggs did to you and the others. Added to our discoveries, the picture of the Commander becomes damning indeed.”

“Of course, we can’t prove any of it,” Wildman noted bleakly.

“Tell me,” Seven said.

The four seated themselves around a low coffee table. Refreshments had been laid out before them, but Seven had no appetite. It should have been impossible. She had not eaten in three days. It seemed, however, that the more she used her catoms, the more energy she had.

Doctor Sharak and Lieutenant Wildman took turns recounting their journey to Coridan, the discovery of Ria, and their suspicions that Commander Briggs was exploiting his discovery of the Planarian genome in the worst possible manner. Evidence existed to establish Ria’s connection to the patients on Coridan who had fallen to the plague, but it was decidedly tenuous. No evidence had been discovered to confirm that she had planted the device in the hospital that would have dispersed the plague more widely had it not been detected and disabled. No one present doubted Ria’s culpability.

Wildman’s frustration became clear once they had described what had happened on Aldebaran. Anari’s lab had contained all of the evidence necessary to expose Briggs. Much of the data had been scanned into Doctor Sharak’s tricorder while he studied Anari’s early regenerative processes.

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