"Touched In The
Moonlight"
By
Angela
Copyright:Oct. 7, 1999
Disclaimer-- Paramount/Viacom owns the copyright for
StarTrek: Voyager, along with some other
people, the characters are theirs, the story is
mine.
Author's Note-- I'd like to take the time to thank all
the people on various mailing list that I'm on for
demanding or rather suggesting that I continue writing
these stories. I only hope that you the reader
will enjoy them as well. I'm not sure where these
stories would fall into, rating wise, so I think I
should, to be on the safe side, say they're probably
rated 'R'.
Special Thanks: To my beta readers, AJ and Ami,
thanks. Also to my friend Debbie, who helped me in
describing the lake and the surrounding areas in the
story. I told her what I was attempting to 'see' and
she gave me some ideas, which I
incorporated.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, it is what I wish," Seven replied.
"All right, why don't we go over there," Captain
Janeway said, pointing to the slight hillside up
ahead.
Seven looked in the direction.
"Agreed."
They walked up the grassy hill, side by side. Captain
Janeway enjoying the view, while Seven contemplated
what was going to happen.
They had located an M-Class planet while passing
through this sector a few hours ago. After running
initial scans, the planet was deemed safe enough for
shore leave. It also gave them the opportunity to
replenish their supplies.
"Is this good enough?" Janeway asked, when they
had reached what appeared to be a tree of some
sorts.
Seven took out her tricorder and scanned the
tree.
"Yes. Where will we sit?" she asked.
"Right here," Janeway replied, reclining against
the trunk.
"You wish me to sit on the ground?" Seven asked
perplexed.
"I don't see any benches or chairs around, do you?
Come on... it's not that bad," Janeway said, patting
the ground next to her.
"If you insist," Seven replied.
"You'll be fine Seven, trust me," Janeway said as
she watched her Astrometrics officer gingerly sit on
the ground. "So, you are sure you want to do
this?" she asked again.
Seven turned and looked at the Captain.
"You have asked me that before, if you are not
comfortable..."
"No... no. It's not that... well, we might as well
get started, don't you think?"
"Do you wish me to begin, or would you rather
start?" she asked.
"Why don't I get the ball rolling..." Janeway
paused, seeing the confusion on Seven's face. "Why
don't I start."
"Shall I move closer?"
"No... you're fine right where you are...
okay..."
Janeway took a deep breath.
"Kathryn, where are we going?"
"Well, you surprised me, now it's my turn," she
replied, hoping they would reached their destination
on time.
"I see, and you will not give me a hint?"
"Nope."
"Perhaps a small one?"
"No..."
"So, I will suffer until we arrive..."
"I'm not sure about the suffering part..." Kathryn
said, as she adjusted the controls on the
shuttlecraft.
"Kathryn, what are you doing?"
"Well... if I have to tell you..."
"Ah... I believe I would much rather you showed
me."
"That can be arranged," she replied with a grin on
her face.
"How much time do we have?"
"Long enough..." Kathryn said.
"Long enough is never long enough."
"You, are a sweet talker," Kathryn
replied.
Leaning to her right, she kissed the person she loved
most in the world.
Soon, kisses gave way to gentle explorations.
"Oh... Kathryn... again... please..."
"As you command," she whispered.
"Captain?"
"Yes Seven," Janeway said, looking up from the
data padd.
"What was it that Kathryn does to provoke
such a response?"
"That's up to you to decide. I have a pretty good
idea what it is," she replied.
"Will you..."
"Will I what?"
"Will you... show me?"
"Excuse me?" she replied.
"Will you show me what provoked the response in
the story you have written," she stated
clearly.
"You know what? I think we'd better head back to
the ship," Janeway said getting up to her feet
quickly, waiting for Seven to do the same.
"Why?"
"Seven... you don't understand... we'll discuss
this later. Janeway to Voyager," she said touching her
comm badge.
"Go ahead Captain," Chakotay
answered.
"Two to beam up."
"Acknowledged."
~~~~~~~~~~
"Here, you'd better finish this yourself," Janeway
said after leaving the transporter room.
"Is there something wrong Captain?" Seven
asked.
"No... I'll... I've got to go."
Seven watched as the compact body of Voyager's
formidable Captain left her holding the data padd.
She did not understand how her simple request could
have made such an impact on the Captain.
As she walked back towards Cargo Bay 2, she decided
that she would finish reading the story there. Seven
realized that she had enjoyed listening to the Captain
voice as she read the story, there was something
different, something she could not place that had
begun to affect her in a way she could not
pinpoint.
It was...
(Mesmerizing) she thought to herself.
She felt as if she was in the story, which had
in turn prompted her request.
Had she known how the Captain would have reacted to
it, she would not have voiced her request. Arriving at
Cargo Bay 2, Seven sat on the steps leading to her
alcove and began to read.
"As you command," she whispered.
They spent the next half-hour oblivious to the scenery
passing by them, rather their interest was solely on
each other.
"I'd better get up," Kathryn muttered to herself,
completely satisfied to stay where she was, wrapped in
a blanket of love.
"I suppose you must..."
"It's a good thing, we're almost there," she said,
once she was back at the controls.
"It is beautiful Kathryn..." she heard as she
landed the vehicle.
"I hoped you might like it, come on let's go,"
Kathryn said after leaving the shuttlecraft.
Hand in hand, Kathryn led the way from the small
clearing and into a wooded area.
"Is it far?" she was asked.
"No... just another minute."
Walking along a grove of trees, they noticed a
reflection of some kind, slight off in the
distance.
"What is it?"
"You'll see," Kathryn answered.
They came to a stop.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, go on, I'll be right behind you,"
Kathryn said, urging her companion forward.
"Oh.. My..."
The scenery changed dramatically, as a few overhanging
branches were pushed aside.
The moon high above them in the cloudless sky cast its
light down upon and merging with the plants among the
trees.
They were in paradise.
The stars blanketing the sky enhanced the view,
allowing them to see the lush green plants and ferns
reflecting on the perfect stillness of the lake.
"Do you... like it?" Kathryn asked
hesitantly.
"I... do not know what to say... I am at a
loss..."
"I love you so much..."
Seven stopped reading, placing the data padd down, she
quickly stood up and left the cargo bay.
~~~~~~~~~~
Captain Janeway entered her quarters and went directly
to the replicator.
"Whiskey, neat."
Taking the glass, she drank it down, feeling the harsh
burn.
(What am I going to do?) she asked herself for the
hundredth time since beaming aboard.
"Seven of Nine to Captain Janeway."
"Go ahead Seven," she replied, hoping the young
woman was not going to bring up the request once
more.
"Captain, would you join me for a velocity
match?"
"You want to play... now?" she replied, shocked by
the question.
"Yes, unless you are busy at the
moment?"
Sighing, she contemplated her decision.
(It's only a game for crying out loud) "I'll be
right there, Janeway out."
~~~~~~~~~~
According to the read out, Janeway knew that the
velocity program was already running, before she
entered the holodeck.
"All right Seven... here... I... Oh ... My...
God," she said, as the holodeck doors slid shut behind
her.
She had stepped into...
"The story," she whispered.
"Do... do you like it?" she heard.
"I... I don't know what to say," she
answered.
Before her eyes, was the lake, calm and serene.
"Perhaps it is time for actions," Seven
said.
"What?" Janeway replied, turning to Seven, who had
moved next to her.
Seven closed the small gap between them, raising her
right hand, she touched Captain Janeway's face, ready
to move it, if the Captain showed the slightest
indication that her touch was not wanted, or
welcomed.
Seven marveled at how soft the other woman's skin felt
in her hand
"Seven, you don't know what you're doing," Janeway
said quietly.
"You are correct," she replied, then leaned
forward and whispered, "You will show me. May I kiss
you?" stopping a mere breath away from her
destination.
(Make up your mind!) Janeway told herself. "....."
she answered.
The End.
I should let you know, that I had originally ended the
series here. I had decided to let the reader make up
their own mind as to how Captain Janeway would have
answered the question, but I was asked repeatedly to
write another part to the story, which I ended up
doing after a brief period of time. So, the series
concludes with "Touched By Love."
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