disclaimer: we all know that star trek voyager and all other star trek stuff is the property of paramount and I'm not writing this to get power, profit, or women, well maybe jeri ryan or sandra bullock but that's another story. comment: I became more involved in voyager right after seven of nine came that says who my favorite character is right off . as such I know very little about the episodes before her so I'll do the best I can. this is my first piece of fanfic so i'm writing the charactors the best i can. also for the record their is no real sex in this but only a bit of romance. and maybe a kiss or two. plus I will rarely use capitalization unless needed to show noise or voice volume, thanks DELTA DAYS by Hades "did you just say 'no life signs' " captain janeway said looking in amazement at her op's chief " that's correct " harry said and even though their was no way to tell by looking at him inside he wore the same face as the captain which was disbelief. " a borg cube with no borg" chakotay repeated just to let it sink in "harry, do a long range scan are their and other ships of any kind out their?" " not a one captain" " tuvok, has the cube sustained any damage?" "none captain, all systems are functioning as well" " we've got no choice, chakotay take an away team over their and get some answers" the captain motioned for the commander to leave even though he didn't much like the idea, he made his way to the turbolift and told harry and tuvok to accompany him " and commander, take seven with you" ________________________________________________________________ by the time the three reached transporter room 1 seven was waiting for them. usually she was a lot of help on most any away mission but the idea if her being this close to the memories of borg made chakotay worry a bit but he also knew that the same memories could be very useful and that was probably the reason the captain sent her "are you ready?" the captain asked through the comm link. "we are" tuvok answered as he could see that the commander was engulfed in his own thoughts. " all right, we'll be ready to beam you back at the smallest problem" janeway replied as she motioned her hand to energize. the four were gone with waves of light. as they appeared each looked ready for borg drones to start coming at the screaming 'resistance is futile' but their weren't any. the cube was dim and quite with the one exception of an occasional beep or click from the panels around them. harry, seven, and chakotay each pulled out tricorders and and tuvok tightly griped his phaser rifle the rest began taking readings all unsure what they were looking for. they each went their separate ways down the maze of corridors. harry kim walked slowly down the long hall unable to detect the smallest problem. then a metallic hand gripped his shoulder ________________________________________________________________ "ghhaaaaa" harry let out a small cry and dropped his tricorder and turned like lightning to see who was behind him. " oh seven you scared me half to death " he replied now realizing that though the person was a little borg she wouldn't assimilate him. " I am sorry ensign I will try to announce my presence sooner " she replied as she reached for his tricorder. as she handed it to him their hands met each looked into the others eyes and for a moment harry saw something he hadn't seen before he wasn't sure what it was but he was pretty sure it hadn't been there before. seven saw something in his eyes too, she knew it had been their for quite some time but she couldn't figure out what it was but it involved his pupils dialating. at almost the same time each realized they that they had been standing there for several moments harry let out a quick breath and harry smiled as he took his tricorder from her and they started walking down the hall. "so any guesses why the borg would abandon there cube?" "none, the only reason that every drone would leave is if the ship was damaged beyond repair and this one is in perfect shape " " well borg couldn't settle for anything less than perfect could they?" harry said hoping to at least get a smile out of her almost always serious face. " they could not" she looked at him guessing he was trying to make a joke. " janeway to away team have you all the information we need?" " well all the information we're going to get at least " chakotay replied that said the four were beamed away. ________________________________________________________________ "nothing?" an exasperated janeway said as she looked at her senior staff in amazement "not a thing , their is no reason why it should be completely abandoned no records, nothing" chakotay said as confused as the rest. "very well dismis...."suddenly their was a crash and the ship shook violently and threw the captain to the floor. chakotay helped her up as they proceeded to the bridge. " report!" janeway ordered as she headed for her command chair. "it seems their was a power surge in the port nessel that destabilized it's field, it can be fixed but don't have warp speed " tom said looking at his helm controls. "well all right," the captain said as she turned to b'leanna "b'leanna get down there and try to get warp power as soon as you can" "can do, but it will take at least an hour " she replied as she went to the turbolift. "very well," she replied as she turned to the cube as it loomed on the screen in front of her "very well" ________________________________________________________________ "how long till it's here?" "at it's current speed, 45 minutes at the most" tuvok replied. "bridge to torres, we've got another borg cube on an intercept course how much longer? " " well at least an hour, we're working as fast as we can, the destabilization shorted out control relay gel packs and it will take more time to repair them than I thought, but I've got every one I can working on it" "O.K., but the second it's running I need to know, janeway out" "I'll be in my ready room, keep me posted. chakotay, you have the bridge" janeway stated as she stepped into her office. she then sat down at her desk and let out a sigh. "looks like you've got quite a problem on your hands captain" a voice behind her said with more arrogance than even the doctor would ever muster. janeway turned to her him with a very good idea who it was. "Q!" she let out a small gasp turning to the egotistical intruder wearing the attire of a starfleet captain. he moved from behind her desk to the couch and sat down. "pretty weird stuff going on around here wouldn't you say?" " you, how come I didn't see it sooner it's got your stupid name all over it" "temper temper captain, what if I did do it? it got your attention didn't it?" "just what do you want ?" "well I have a bit of time between now and the end of eternity so what the hell, I thought I'd drop by, so are you enjoying life in the delta quadrant ?" "don't lie Q, I know you want something from us what is it ?" "other than amusement nothing you have nothing I want" "we have of things plenty you need generosity, kindness, respect, humanity, how many more should I say ?" " you flatter your self, generosity HA! what does that get you, a big serving of nothing you want kindness" Q said his anger obviously increasing, he snapped his fingers "how's this ?" at that moment tuvok's voice came over the comm link "captain, the borg cube has suddenly changed course and is moving away at high warp" "acknowleged "she replied and turned back to Q, " would you just leave us alone" " maybe for now, but I'm not quite through yet" and with that he was gone. janeway stood up and walked onto the bridge, her bridge she always felt like she had control their. "stand down red alert, tom as soon as we've got warp resume our course and speed" "captain ?" chakotay looked at her questioningly "lets just say I know 'who' is behind this" ________________________________________________________________ as harry kim walked down the hall reviewing plans for the upgrading of a power conduit on deck 8 he came to the realization that he was not the only one looking at the padd before him "oh, hey seven what was all this talk about 'announcing your presence' earlier today ?" "I am sorry ensign," she replied " I was only reviewing your schematics for the conduit upgrade in jeffries tube 15 alpha" " what, don't you trust me?" " I have complete faith in your work..." she paused and looked up at him giving him a good idea about what she might say next "... but I believe you might have over looked a circuit running along grid 03 " " I knew it," he replied, " you couldn't wait, you just had to give your two cents worth didn't you" "well you obviously did not see the problem and it is more efficient that you recognize it now so you can deal with it more easily" she told him not liking the way he snapped at her. they debated her faith in his work all the way to the turbolift then they debated who was right. soon harry broke down and said she was right, she just looked at him and said "obviously"which sort of surprised him because she rarely had an attitude to her speech "well if your not doing anything why don't you help me" he said exiting the turbolift. "I have finished most of my work in the astrometrics lab, so I will assist you" "great!" and with that he turned and opened one of the jeffries hatches on the side of the corridor. each crawled in and made their way down the narrow tube. ________________________________________________________________ captain janeway sat in her chair on the bridge in deep thought when a small alarm began steadily beeping quickly getting the her attention. "captain the primary plasma manifolds on the cube are destabilizing, reasons are unknown" " on screen " the captain ordered and almost instantly the borg cube was in front of them it looked normal but, then with a deafening blast the cube exploded sending pieces of metal and other electric devices into space. " captain, the explosion is sending a gravimetric distortion wave this way e.t.a. 30 seconds" "janeway to torres, how long?" "at least 2 minutes why?" "tom turn us around, full impulse" "aye' ma'am" " red alert, all hands brace for impact" "impact in 5...4...3...2... ________________________________________________________________ the wave hit voyager with all the force it could ,literally turning the ship on it's side for a moment. on the bridge tuvok was thrown from his station and chakotay was flew out of his chair and several lighted panels flickered and threw sparks into the air. in main engineering sparks and crew were flung around and several pipes burst filling the room with a light mist. in a jeffries tube a former borg and an ensign were thrown into each other and one enjoyed it more than they let on. "tuvok, damage report" janeway barked at her security chief who had just collected himself enough to get to his station. "reports are vague, but I am sure that decks 2,3,6,7,12,and 14 are with out artificial gravity decks 3,5,7,and 8 have lost main power and several systems are malfunctioning or off-line, and decks 13, and 15 have lost life support, several injuries are being reported, almost all minor." " clear off decks without life support and send maintenance crews to all decks with malfunctioning systems and start working on returning gravity control, I'll be in my ready room, you have the bridge commander" as she entered her office she paid little attention o the three or four padds that were throw into the ground during the wave, she sat down on the couch and was almost asleep, but the Q interrupted ... ________________________________________________________________ a handful of lights flickered in the jefferies tube where harry kim and seven were laying. harry stirred and took in a slow breath of air as he woke and realized he was still holding seven in his arms. he looked around it was all dark except for an occasional shower of sparksand a flickering light. he heard a low moan and looked down as seven started to wake up. though she was quite aware that he was holding her she either was still to disoriented to notice or didn't care. within moments of regaining consciousness seven remembered what had happened the ship was stuck by something and she was thrown into the ensign, their was a small explosion in the tube and then he grabbed on to her though she was sure that she would have been fine anyway they hit their heads on the bulkhead above them and then she passed out, she was sure that ensign kim had also passed out then. they tried to open a nearby hatch only to find that it wouldn't move, they were stuck. "kim to bridge...." she was knocked out of her own thoughts when she realized that he had let go of her and was trying to contact someone, anyone. his communication attempt was met with only static but he tried again, "kim to any crewmember, respond..." again only static. he cursed quietly under his breath. "ensign, what just hit the ship ?"seven sat up and let her eyes did not need long to adjust to the dim lighting. "I don't know, computer..." there was no response "computer, respond..."again nothing. "I am having an unsettling feeling, I want to get out of here..." harry noticed that she had started to sweat, she was looking around and started to move her hands against the wall as if trying to find something that wasn't their"... I have to get out of here I can not stay," she was was now sucking in quick uneven breaths and it was obvious that she was panicking. his own personal feeling he had for her began to take control of his actions and he just pulled her into his arms and rubbed her back whispering into her ear and let her calm down he held her for a few minutes before he heard her sniffle and then it hit him, she was crying, seven of nine was crying. he couldn't figure out why but it didn't matter he promised himself that he would be their to help her .no matter what. ________________________________________________________________ tom paris entered sickbay with a good idea what to expect it was crowded with injured crewmen of all kind, many just needed a quick scan with a tricorder then a scan with one of the many instruments in sickbay "same old, same old,eh doc?" "hardly mr.paris, better roll up your sleeves" the EMH told him as he scurried about diagnosing and treating patient after patient. tom picked up a tricorder and moved over to john landly an ensign who he knew little about other than he was a security officer. having a minor concussion that was easily treated he could quickly dismiss him the someone came over the comm system informing them of an emergency transport from main engineering he was stunned to see that it was b'elanna, she looked terrible, after a quick scan he found that she had three cracked ribs a broken leg a minor concussion and second degree burns on her face and hands and a burnt uniform as well she was still unconscious. he went to work on her injuries as another ensign explained what happened. " right after the shockwave hit she went to try to stabilize a downed system on the second level of engineering, the panel exploded into flames and she was thrown over the rail" he didn't really need a full explanation but he did want to know wsist happened. when he was finished with her injuries he moved on and let her sleep on the biobed. ________________________________________________________________ "what the hell do you think you're doing?"janeway yelled at the being before her "you are familiar with captain picard, yes?" Q asked as if the captain of voyager had never even opened her mouth. "yes, captain of the enterprise" she replied gritting her teeth as she answered "well the time I introduced him to the borg I had made him a propossession, I asked to be a member of his crew, do you know what he said?" "as good a captain as he is he said no" "exactly, but what would you say if I asked you the same question?" "the same thing he said" "oh, kathy kathy kathy, think how much easier it would be with me on board, you could be home in the blink of an eye, of course with out me things could be a lot harder for you" "I trust my, crew we would make it home without you" "no matter what came up?" "no matter what came up" " very well, but I'll keep that in mind, tah" and with a flash of light he was gone, and as she sat down janeway knew that the journey home just got a little harder. but they would make it she knew that. ________________________________________________________________ after a half hour power was restored to deck 8 and kim and seven were released everyone noticed that harry had his arm on her shoulder, this would no doubt fuel the gossip around the ship, but few noticed seven's puffy eyes and that her steps weren't quite in the efficient and orderly manner that they usually were. if they had they would of had a better grasp on what had happened in the jefferies tube. seven herself had little understanding of the sudden flow of emotions. she just remembered everything seeming hopeless, empty, pointless, like when she first realized she wasn't with the collective, but this time she had had a more human rowernse to it. by this time she had reached the privacy of cargo bay 2 her cargo bay, as she entered, harry turned to leave seven called to him," ensign, I would rather you not mention the incident in the jefferies tube to any one" " sure " he replied, then he turned back to her "seven, call me harry" "very well, harry I will see you tomorrow, good night" and with that harry walked down the hall, he thought about some things on his way, seven seemed a little more human today, and earth didn't seem so far away, life was good, real good. and hey who knows what might happen tomorrow.