The Fall of Iconia

Chapter 2

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Chapter 2

Prometheus…

"Where are we?" Chakotay shouted his question to no one in particular. Sparks were falling all around him from ruptured conduits. His tactical officer was laying on the floor, neck at an odd angle. He tapped his communicator pin. "Chakotay to Janeway!" No response. He glanced around him, and for a moment, he saw holograms of Janeway, Tuvok, and the crews from the other bridges, but they blinked out again almost as soon as they had appeared.

"What happened, Tom?" he called to his first officer and helmsman.

"I'm trying to figure it out. So many systems are offline it's hard to make heads or tails of things."

"I'm not trying to rush you, Tom, but we need to figure out where we are very quick."

"I understand, Captain. I'm starting to get information from the navigational computers now. Wow! I don't know how, but we're on the far side of the Delta Quadrant. Equinox is a few kilometers away," Paris told him.

Suddenly, the holo-emitters came online, but not entirely. The image looked fine, he could see Janeway's mouth move, but not hear her. Just as suddenly, the bridge speakers came to life, and he could hear everyone, but it was unnerving to see Janeway's mouth move right beside him and to have the corresponding voice come over the speakers. Oh well, he thought, it'll have to do for now.

"Report," Chakotay told his reformed bridge crew.

"We have thirty seven casualties," Rodney McKay said, feverishly working at the sensor controls.

"Anything else, Dr. McKay?"

"This is not good," McKay said, adjusting several controls. "Some of our crew is gone!"

"Fatalities?" Janeway asked.

"No. They're just not here."

"How many?" Chakotay asked.

"Two. Harry Kim and B'Elanna Torres," McKay answered absently, still scowling at the screen.

"What about Equinox?" Tuvok asked the Iconian.

"Scanning. They're missing one and have seventeen dead."

"Can we talk to them?" Janeway wondered.

"I'm working on it, Ma'am," Lieutenant Cary told her from the engineering station. "If B'Elanna was here, she'd probably have everything back online by now, but I'm not quite as fast."

"Do your best, Mr. Cary," Chakotay told him. The Battle Captain turned to his wife. "I'm going to keep us at battlestations for awhile, Kathryn," he told her.

She nodded in approval, "I understand, Chakotay." She walked to the engineering console. "Go down to engineering, Mr. Cary. We'll coordinate our efforts."

"Yes, Ma'am," he responded and headed out the door.

On Equinox…

Rudolph Ransom was lying on the deck of the bridge, unmoving.

First officer Lawson scrutinized the captain, then flipped a switch on the arm of the command chair and said, "Medical team to the bridge." He stepped over the commander to the center of the room. "Report," he ordered crisply.

"Communications are out, Sir," the tactical officer replied. "We have seventeen dead, and one missing."

The turbolift doors opened, and Lawson turned to see who was entering the bridge. "Henry, it's good to see you," he said to the Iconian scientist, who was holding a medical tricorder.