Title:
The Deltabury Shipping Lanes, episode 2
Author: Amiroq.
the KiTfox
Email:
fitchett@netaccess.co.nz
Rating:
PG
Codes: H; C/T
Size: 8K
Teaser: It's time
for a different view of the Voyager... Inspired by daytime soaps I watched all
holidays, especially in the week when the rest of my siblings - the ones I talk
to at least - were off at school and I wasn't. Bittersweet blessings...
Shot of stars going
past. VO begins.
"Somewhere,
far far away, in a different time and place; a lone ship warps through the
endless stars.... Its mission: to get home. Somehow. Someday.
"But in the
meantime, the USS Voyager will encounter many strange, bizarre, and just
outright weird things. Just one of the millions to come is dead ahead... and it
won't go away."
Voyager moves on
screen, and we zoom in to see:
Harris is still
looking at the PADD in his hands, which are trembling slightly. The camera
zooms to his face: a mixture of fear, terror, fright, horror and anxiety is
stationed there. Finally he runs into the bathroom and finds his commbadge, and
is about to tap it when he reconsiders: "Someone could have bugged
it," he whispers. He dresses instead, and leaves his quarters, PADD still
in hand, not forgetting to lock up.
In the shadows, a
figure watches.
THEME MUSIC.
DELTABURY SHIPPING
LANE; STARRING...
Captain Janeway as
Katie
Commander
Chakotay as Chaz
Lieutenant
Tuvok as Russell
Lieutenant
Torres as Biancabella
Ensign Paris as
Eugene
Ensign Kim as
Harris
The Doctor as
Doctor Ya Who
Kes as
Kassandra
Neelix as Neil
Seven of Nine
as Annika
Neil, a pudgy,
cheerful little guy with a yellow mohawk and spots, is slicing sandwiches and
humming the theme tune to 'Star Trek: Voyager' when a shadow falls across the
counter. He looks up, and grins gleefully. "Annika! How wonderful to see
you here. I've just finished making some bacon pie. Would you like to try
some?"
"No."
Annika is wearing her long golden hair out, and it cascades over her shoulders
like a glass of white wine in mid-spill. "I... need some advice."
"Well, you've
come to the right place. What would you like to know?"
"I feel
guilty." She pauses, then adds, "Eugene propositioned me.... *Before*
he and Biancabella terminated their sexual relationship."
Neil hesitates:
this isn't the sort of thing he wants to get involved in. "Oh."
"I am having a
moral dilemma. Should I inform Biancabella of what has occured? Or would it
serve no purpose other than to anger her further?"
"Well... I,
uh, can't say I've ever been in that sort of situation before.... Maybe Chaz or
Harris could help you with that..?" He starts putting sandwiches on a tray
and slides it into the display case between jelly doughnuts and leola mousse.
"The situation
is complicated further by the fact that I have recently become interested in an
intimate relationship with Eugene. Should I pursue this option?"
"I think
that's for you decide," he says. "Right now I have customers to
serve. Perhaps you could come back later?"
She eyes him
suspiciously - there is no one around. But she nods anyway;
"Understood;" and walks away.
Constable Katie
sets the PADD down with an air of grim finality. "There's no denying
it," she says. "Somebody wants you dead."
Harris nods, standing
on the other side of her desk next to Russell, looking down at her. "I
have no idea who, though. I always try to keep everyone happy."
"We need to go
through a list of suspects," Russell adds. "We should start
interviewing people, see who knows what. Keep things discreet, look for any
clues we can. This person could be a professional; they knew not to send a
message in case we could trace it."
"What if we
checked for fingerprints? Whoever it was had to have left residual DNA traces
on the casing."
Katie shakes her
head. "Maybe. I'll ask Doctor Who to check that. Russell, start a suspects
list. Harris... if anything happens, keep us informed."
"Yes,
sir."
"Bianca?"
There is a shape moving around at the door of Biancabella's quarters; darkened
but recognisable.
"What do you
want, Chaz?" she asks from a particuarly dark corner.
"I heard you
finally left that pig Eugene. I wanted to see how you were doing." Chaz
moves toward the corner, which is now lit by the camera lights.
"I'm fine. I
didn't want Neil to start trying to interview me about my side of the
story."
He laughs softly,
sitting down next to her. "You still like the dark, do you?"
"I've always
found it very... secretive," she says, her voice low and husky. "I
like the idea that no one can see what we're doing."
"What are you
saying, Bianca?"
"What do you
think I'm saying?" Her voice is sweetly seductive now, and we see her
hands moving up his chest slowly. "Stay with me, Chaz. At least for
tonight."
ROLL CREDITS