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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 14: 3 Hours in the Dark
It would all start in less than an hour. This was going to be fun. Not. It all started a few months ago, Voyager was collecting deuterium from a nebula and we had managed to find ourselves with an alien life form. It affected all major systems which people just put down to random failures, but when it tried to kill the crew it turned into something more serious. Most of the crew wound up in engineering but fortunately the captain had managed to establish a dialogue with the alien creature that had taken over our main computer. When she agreed to return to the nebula to drop off the alien I thought things would get better until she realised that the nebula was gone. The creature then threatened to kill everyone and it wanted Voyager for itself. We all had to abandon ship except for the captain who was almost killed by the alien. Luckily it spared her life and we created an environment on Deck 12 for the alien to live in while we found it another place to live. Finally we had found somewhere but in order to enter the nebula the captain decided to shut down main power so this didn't happen all over again and guess who was in charge of getting everyone to shut down power. If you're thinking B'Elanna you would have been right seen as she is the chief engineer, but sadly not. It was me. With B'Elanna in engineering she had to make sure that things like the core were shut down properly and that no systems were damaged which left it all with me. Everyone on board knew what was going to happen so they had been instructed to remain at their posts with either wrist lights or portable lamps. Everyone on the bridge had portable lamps on their consoles and for the time we were in the nebula there was nothing for us to do except wait for Seven of Nine to complete the procedure which allowed the alien to finally leave Voyager. The next hour went by quickly for me as I was receiving up dates from department heads telling me they were ready to shut down power. When the captain emerged from her ready room she left a manual release on the door so that she could get back in whilst the ship had no power. She walked over to her command chair as we entered the nebula. It appeared on the viewscreen as Paris said "Now there's a creepy image, looks like something out of Edgar Alan Poe" I did agree with him on that. "It looks like a vampire bat; you can make out the wings, even the ears. What do you see Tuvok?" asked Harry. "Two Starfleet officers with juvenile imaginations." He said. "Come on Tuvok haven't you ever looked up at a cloud and seen an animal?" asked Paris. "I will never understand the human fetilection for finding imagery in something as innocuous as a cloud." He said. The captain looked over at me and said "Jack are we ready?" I worked my console and finally said "Then let's get started. Jack it's up to you." She said. I worked my controls some more before I tapped by commbadge "All hands, this is Lieutenant Carter, initiate shut down sequence." I said. I watched on my control screen as parts of the ship started to blink out. Harry was working on the bridge systems as soon the bridge was dark and we all turned on our lights and I looked back at my control panel which was the only monitor on the bridge still working and saw that engineering was the last place to be shut down, and then it blinked out. The ship had no power what so ever apart from one console in astrometrics and my console. Life support and artificial gravity had an independent power source so they were working but other than that we were out. My panel chirped confirming that all power had gone out. "All decks report shut down complete captain." I said. "Good, well commander Chakotay and I thought that we should spend some time together as senior staff as we never have the chance to anymore, so all senior staff who wish to can join me in my ready room. I have two pots of coffee already replicated and you are all more than welcome in. Jack are you joining us?" she asked. "You bet, is Tom invited?" I asked. "Yes by all means, I think he and B'Elanna should be here any minute." She said. No sooner had the words left her mouth but they both appeared from a Jeffries tube. "Let's go." She said. "With your permission captain I shall remain on the bridge to oversee any problems." Said Tuvok. "Granted commander." Said Janeway. Myself, Tom, Janeway, Chakotay, Harry, B'Elanna and Paris walked down in to the captain's ready room and thanks to Chakotay the door was wide enough so we didn't have squeeze in. Janeway had carried her lamp that was between her and Chakotay and placed it on the table and also lit a few a candles which gave it a perfect feel. She poured everyone a cup of coffee and handed out mugs and we all sat down either on the couch, the two chairs which were usually in front of the captain's desk or on the floor. Harry was the only person sat on the floor but he didn't mind.
Laughter filled the ready room. We had been sat for about half an hour and Chakotay had just finished telling the story of how Janeway had jumped out the bath when they were on that planet a few years ago when the local monkey jumped in with her. "There it was just sat there watching me, in my bath." She said and we all laughed our heads off again. "I bet none of you thought you would be doing this when you went to the academy" said Janeway. "What?" I asked. "Sat around laughing and talking with your commanding officer." She replied. "No I didn't but then again I got a serious hounding from a commander once at the academy that made me think that anyone with the rank of commander or above turned into horrible people." I said causing everyone to nod their heads. "And I also vowed that I would never fall in love again when I was at the academy." I told everyone which got Tom's attention. "Why?" he asked. "Oh because during my second year about 2 days after that horrible woman commander had a go at me I met this guy in a bar and I immediately fell for him. We shared a perfect night together if you know what I mean and then we agreed to meet the next day and he stood me up." I said. "Sounds like you had a good time at the academy." Said Paris. "Yeah Jack, who was that commander I think she might have had a go at me too." Said Harry. "I can't remember her name; she was a guest lecturer who came in to teach us about first contact procedures. I will never forget how she looked though. Long red hair tied up in a bun with that `I follow every rule in the book to the letter' look on her face." I said. Suddenly Chakotay turned his head to the captain who said "What this look?" she asked pulling the exact look that woman did years ago. "Yeah that look." I said. "Was she a commander who was the first officer on the billings?" Janeway then asked me. "I think so why do you know her?" I asked. "Know her, I am her." She said and my jaw just dropped. "That was you?" I asked. "So you're the cadet who walked into my class late." She said. "Oh my god captain I didn't mean to..." I said before she cut me off. "Don't worry it was in the past." She said. "Tell the story this sounds like it could be good and we could finally work out who your mystery man was" said B'Elanna causing Tom to jump a little. "Well he told me his name was Martin Jones, but I don't think that was his real name and captain before I start please know what ever I say here is off the record and I was a teenager." I said. She smiled and replied "No problem speak as freely as you want."
8 YEARS EARLIER
I stood in my dorm room at the academy as our commanding officer came in to do a surprise room inspection. "Very good Cadet Carter you have passed your inspection." He said before turning and leaving. I breathed a sigh of relief. I hated room inspections. I quickly grabbed my bag and ran out the door. Thanks to him coming in just as I was about to leave I was now running late for my class in First Contact procedures and we had a guest lecturer, some tough nosed commander. I ran across campus into the main building and rode the turbolift up to the third floor. I quickly walked down the corridor and stood outside the room. I knocked and I heard her announce "Come in." I went in and stood at full attention. "Can I help you cadet?" she asked. "Cadet Jack Carter reporting ma'am. I apologise for being late." I said. "Yes you are late cadet and I don't appreciate being kept waiting. Take your seat and see me after class." She said. I walked up and took my seat next to Alex, he was my closest friend here at the academy and his room was just opposite mine. "Nice going." He whispered to me. I got a pad out of my bag and placed my bag on the floor. "Okay for the benefit of Cadet Carter I will repeat what I just said. I am Commander Kathryn Janeway and I am currently the first officer of the USS Billings. I am here today to teach you all some finer points about first contact procedures." Said the lecturer. "I know all of you have studied first contact procedures and I hope you should know them inside and out." I looked at her and stared. I did know everything related to first contact. "Before engaging in armed conflict, any and all attempts at first contact must be made. Who can tell me what directive that is? Or better yet why don't we ask our late comer. Cadet Carter." She asked. I stared at her and said "Directive 010" I told her. "Very good cadet, maybe you know something after all." She said. She turned and went back to the front of the class and as her back was turned I gave her an evil stare. She was such a bitch. If she ever made captain I hope I didn't serve under her command. The class continued and I took notes of what she was saying. Thankfully she didn't pick on me again to answer anything else.
Once the class ended I stood and packed up my padd. This was my only class for the morning before I had a fun filled afternoon over at the Lily Sloane complex. Engineering was my favourite subject. I spent all the time I could there and the professors all knew me on a first name basis. I walked to the front of the class were Commander Janeway was stood reading a padd. She waited until everyone had left before turning to me. "In future cadet I don't expect you to be late to my class. Now I want a good reason as to why you were late." She barked. "Sir, I had a surprise dorm inspection just as I was getting ready to leave to come to your class." I told her. "That's no excuse. If you can't be on time then don't come at all and if you want to be like that then you don't deserve to wear this uniform. If I had my way you wouldn't but I don't. But remember this, Starfleet Captain's don't accept people being late. If you served under me I would have you cleaning plasma conduits for being late. I know both of your parents wouldn't be late for their duty shifts so you should learn from them. Do I make myself clear?" she shouted at me. "Yes ma'am" I said. "Good, Dismissed." She screamed at me. I turned and walked out the door and closed it behind me. I could hardly breathe she scared the living shit out of me. I walked as fast as I could and out into the grounds where I went and sat under an elm tree. This had become my favourite place to sit. Listening to the running of the fountain in the pond which was just next to the tree and hearing the birds, it relaxed me and focused my mind. I went over to the tree and sat down throwing my bag down. I burst in to tears. How could that woman be so horrible? "Tough day son." I heard a voice above me say. "Hey Boothby." I said looking up. "Come on cadet, there's no need to cry." He said kneeling next to me. "Now tell me what the problem is?" he added. I had known Boothby since I was about 13, the first time my parents brought me to the academy grounds so I could have a look around. They introduced me to Boothby and told me that this was the one man I could turn to for any advice and he would always look out for all the cadets. From that day on I always went to him whenever I had a problem. "I just had this awful bitch woman shout at me because I was a few minutes late to her class and it wasn't even my fault." I told him. "Who was she a professor?" he asked. "No some guest lecturer who came in." I told him drying my eyes on my sleeve. He passed me a clean tissue so I could dry my eyes off fully and blow my nose. "She not worth getting upset over. Who was she anyway I might know her?" he asked. "Commander Kathryn Janeway." I told him. He chuckled to himself. "What's so funny?" I asked. "Kathryn Janeway, I know her very well. And you and she are very much alike. When she was a cadet here she was in the same spot you are now. She always used to come here and cry her heart out to me. You and her are the only two cadets I have ever known in all my time that sit under this elm tree." "Why doesn't anyone else sit here?" I asked. "I don't know." He said. Suddenly I heard her voice. "Boothby is that you down there?" Janeway said. "Ah Kathryn it's so good to see you." He said standing up. "I just thought I'd say hello and check on my old spot." She said. "Well it's found a new cadet to sit in it now." Said Boothby. Thankfully Janeway couldn't see me from where she was stood as I was round the other side of the tree. "yes I can see someone's legs. Cadet are you coming out?" she said. I didn't move until Boothby said "Come on, she won't bite your head twice in one day." I smiled and stood up and went round the other side of the tree and faced Janeway. "Oh it's you." She said. "Commander." I said. "Have you been crying cadet?" she asked noticing how red my eyes were. "Yes ma'am." I said. "Over me huh? Look I'm sorry I was so harsh with you. But I have heard a lot about you cadet carter and you are a very promising cadet and I expect a lot from you. Being late doesn't help with that. But I apologise again. Dorm inspections are excuses believe me I used them a lot." She said making me smile.
After spending a while with commander Janeway going over the finer points of warp mechanics I went over to the Lily Sloane Facility where I spent the rest of my day. At 19:00 I finally returned to my dorm room and I turned on my computer and hailed my mum and dad. "Hey son, how's it going?" said my mum appearing on the viewer. "Not too bad, had a bit of a rough morning but a better afternoon." I said. "I heard." She said. "How did you hear?" I asked. "I came over to see if you wanted to go for lunch and ran into Boothby who told me you were at the Lily Sloane complex. I decided to leave you too it and he told me you got a bit upset after some commander had a go at you for being late." She told me. "Oh yeah, well I saw her later on and I think we settled our differences." I explained to her. "That's good. Who was she anyway?" she asked. "Commander Janeway." I told her. "Oh yeah from the Billings. Well as long as you're not late to her again I don't think you should have a problem." She said. I smiled as my door chimed. "Come in." I said. The door slid open and in walked Alex. "Hey Jack" he said and noticing my mum on the viewer. "Oh hi Mrs Carter." He said to her. "Hi Alex." She said. "What's up?" I asked. "I just wanted to see if you wanted to go over to the 602 club." He said. "Oh yeah sure." I said. I turned back to mum and said "Well I got to go, but I love you." I said. "I love you to. Don't get too drunk." She said. "I won't and tell dad I said hey." I told her. She smiled and said "Will do, have a good night." I ended the channel and stood up. "Let's go." I said.
We walked into the 602 club with a few of our friends and got a table. The waitress came over and we all ordered a beer each. After taking a few big gulps I noticed a guy at the bar eyeing me up. He had short black spiky hair, was really toned and had some muscles. His face was such a baby style face and he was totally hot. Alex prodded me. "He is totally checking you out." He said. The 2 other guys and the 2 girls we were with looked over and one of them said "Totally go talk to him." I smiled and finished off my beer and said "Okay but don't sit there and stare." I said. I went over to the bar and stood near him and I looked over. He smiled at me as the bar man came over and said "What can I get you Jack?" "I'll take another cheers Lee" I said. The guy at the bar then said "It's on me." I looked over and said "Thanks." "No problem, so you're a cadet?" he asked. I went over as Lee handed me my beer and I said "Yeah, a second year. How about you?" I asked. "Oh god no, I don't have the smarts to be in the academy." He told me. We were really hitting it off. "Oh I'm sure you do. So what do you do?" I asked. "I'm a cargo handler." He told me. "Cool, so what brings you here?" I asked. I knew it was a cheesy line but I didn't care. "Just thought I'd have a quiet drink, wasn't expecting to run into a cutie like you." I blushed and looked down into my beer. I took another couple of swigs of my beer and we continued to talk. I had almost finished my beer when he said "Wanna go somewhere for a walk that's a bit more private than here." "Sure. Just let me tell my mates." I said. I walked over to them and said I was off and went back over to the bar and followed this really hot guy out. "So how old are you?" he asked. "19 going on 20" I said. "You?" I asked. "Same." He told me. "I'm Jack by the way, Jack Carter." I said. "Martin, Martin Jones." He said. We walked along the streets and eventually onto the academy grounds. As we walked we spoke about his family and mine and learned all about each other. I had steered him to the elm tree where I went down and sat and he followed sitting next to me. We looked out onto the pond and talked some more. "It's beautiful here." He said. "I know this is my favourite place to come." I said. He smiled and looked at me. I turned my head and our eyes were locked. "What?" I asked. "Nothing." He said leaning forward and kissing me. I pulled back and then finally went back in and kissed him again. He got on top of me and we continued to make out. I could feel his growing hardness in his trousers and I'm sure he could feel mine in my uniform. I was really falling in love with this guy. Even though I had known him for about 2 hours I really did love him. The way he kissed me was so soft and gentle, as my hands roamed his back and found his perfectly formed arse which is where I rested my hands. He played with my cock through my uniform pants and then unzipped them and put in his hand in side and grabbing my 8 inch cock and playing with it some more. He eventually pulled out and unclipped my trousers and plunged his hand down my trousers and inside my boxers where I could feel him jerking me off. All the while he tongue was probing my mouth and I felt like I was on cloud nine. He then moved down my body and released my cock from my boxers letting them rest just below my balls and took it all in his mouth sucking my cock going up and down the shaft, his head bobbing and he picked up speed. Soon I felt myself tense up and not long after released my semen in his mouth, which he swallowed down. "Mmmm you taste good." He said. He rolled off me and I climbed on top of him and immediately unbuckled his trousers and pulled down his zip. Thank god it was dark now I wouldn't have done this any other time. I went to pull back the waist band of his boxers to find that he didn't have any on. "Going commando, I like it." I said as I pulled his cock out and took it in my mouth. I sucked him slowly and gently running my tongue over the head. Soon he pumped a good 5 loads down my throat and I swallowed it all. I came back up and kissed him. "You have got an amazing tongue." He said. We did ourselves up just in case anyone came over and we sat in front of the pond, his arms around my waist kissing the back of neck. I tapped my commbadge "Computer time?" I said. "The time is 22:30" it replied. "I have to get back, lights out soon." I said. "Okay, what's say we meet tomorrow and spend the day together?" he asked. "I can't I have classes." I said. "Well how bout in the evening, say 19:30 right here and we can go for a drink or something?" he suggested. "Okay you're on. Meet right in this spot at 19:30." I repeated. He kissed me and we stood up. He walked me to the dorm building and I went inside but not before stealing a kiss from him. I arrived back in my dorm and stripped off climbing into bed and thinking of the last few hours. The next day went by mega fast. All I could think about was the guy from last night and pretty soon 19:00 came around. At 19:20 I went to the elm tree with a padd so I could see the time and it made it look like I was coming out to study. I sat at the tree reading over the notes I had taken in my warp field theory class. I continued to check the time. 19:30 came and went and there was no sign of Martin. Pretty soon 20:00 came and he still didn't show. I had no way to contact him as I had no idea where he lived or anything. When 20:30 came I finally realised he had stood me up. What a jerk. I went back to my dorm and sat on my bed. The door chimed and in walked Alex. "Hey, I heard you come back. Date not work out?" he asked. I told Alex earlier that day that I was meeting up with the guy from last night. "No the jerk stood me up." I said. "That's shit mate, wanna go get something to eat, take your mind of it." He asked. "Yeah why not. At least I have friends." I said and followed him to the replimatt.
PRESENT DAY
I just finished telling the story. "I do have to admit Captain, you did sound like a bitch then." Said Chakotay. She smiled and said "I was, a hardnosed bitch." "Did you ever meet Martin again?" asked B'Elanna. I shook my head and said "No and I'm not sure I'd want to." Tom let go of me. By this time he had his arm over my shoulder and my head was against his chest. "You did meet him again, you just didn't know it." Said Tom. I looked from Paris to Kim and back to Tom. "Did I when?" I asked. "6 years ago, he was on board a Maquis ship that got pulled into the Delta Quadrant. You saw him again in engineering where you gave him an earful when he disrespected Starfleet." He told me. He was just describing the time I first met Tom. It was then that it dawned on me that it was Tom. Ever since I've known I always thought he reminded me of someone I could never work out who though. "That was you." I said standing up. Now I was mad. "Yeah." He said. "You selfish son a bitch. I waited over an hour for you. And what's with the fake name? Martin? Jesus you make me fucking sick. You used me... for what because you had a woody and thought you would take advantage of some poor kid. If I knew this 6 years ago I never would have fallen head over heels for you." I screamed. "Don't just blame me, B'Elanna knew to." He said. I looked at her and said "You knew." "Yeah, this was all a dare." She said. I turned and marched out of the ready room. "Jack wait." Shouted Tom. I walked onto the bridge, I noticed an ensign coming onto the bridge wearing a wrist beacon. "Give me the wrist beacon." I said to him. He took it off and handed it to me. I strapped it my arm and marched into the Jeffries tube. I was so annoyed I was fuming. I crawled all the way to a junction in the Jeffries tube system that was about 7 decks below the bridge and got off the ladder and leaned against a wall. I broke down. I slid down the wall and landed on the floor crying my eyes out. How could he do this to me? "Sir are you okay?" asked a crewman emerging a Jeffries tube. "Fine, just leave me alone." I said. She left and I went on crying. "Jack... Jack I know you're here." I heard B'Elanna shout. "Piss off." I shouted. She finally climbed down the ladder and walked over to me. "Look you're right to be mad, but if you're going to be mad at anyone be mad at me." She said. "Why you?" I said noticing Tom stood beside her. "Because it was her idea. She dared me to flirt with you. I did it as a laugh. But I didn't realise just how special you were. I fell in love with you that night. The reason why I stood you up was because I couldn't face you knowing that it had all been a dare." He told me. I smiled and said "Okay you're forgiven" looking at tom and kissing him. "But why did you dare him to?" I asked B'Elanna. "You were an easy target and I didn't know you. I am so sorry, and if you want to beat me up I'll stand here and let you without fighting back." She said making me smile. "No I don't think we have to go that far. I suppose I can see the funny side but it still wasn't very nice." I said. "I know and I'm sorry." She said. "Okay you're forgiven." I said. "Anything else I should know?" I asked. "Nothing apart from you're needed on the bridge as we can restore power and that I love you." Said Tom. I stood up and dried my eyes and said "Alright, you two get to engineering and I will head to the bridge. And I love you too Tom." I said kissing him.
After climbing back up the tube and emerging on the bridge the senior staff were back at their posts. "How you doing Jack?" asked the captain. "I'm fine, I had a go at Tom and B'Elanna and they both apologised. They're forgiven." I said. "That's good then. If you will be so kind then as to restore power to my ship." She said. "Aye Captain." I said. I went over to the control panel and entered a few commands and all power was restored. All the lights came back on and the red alert was still flashing everyone's consoles came alive and I saw on my panel that everywhere was back up and running. Neelix soon emerged from the turbolift. He had spent the time with the Borg children looking after them. "How are the kids?" I asked. "Tucked up in their alcoves, safe and sound." Neelix replied. "I hope they weren't frightened." Said Janeway. "No why would they be frightened?" asked Neelix. "They were in the dark for 3 hours." She replied. "It was no worries, I told them a story to pass the time." He said. "Let me guess mother goose." Said Paris. "Certainly not, some of those fairytales can be terrifying, ogres and child like monsters. Speaking of which is everything okay?" Neelix asked. "We're just taking some final readings before we resume course. Show him Harry." Said Janeway. The image appeared and Neelix looked out and smiled. "Well I hope it lives happily ever after." I smiled and went back to work. That was a good 3 hours in the dark I thought to myself.