Categories > TV > Star Trek: Voyager > Delta Wild
Story #1 in the "More Than A Lifetime" series
Author's Note: This story is the first in a series of stories that do not follow canon and should not be taken as such. The events in this story occur in an alternate universe in which Chakotay's stint with the Maquis happened much earlier in his life. He is married to Kathryn Janeway, and they have a daughter. In this universe, Voyager did not combine with a crew from a Maquis ship, but instead reached the Delta Quadrant with a small loss of life and most of her crew in tact.
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Seventeen-year-old Danielle Janeway sat on the couch in her quarters, preparing to receive the admonishment she knew was coming. She watched as her mother paced back and forth in front of her.
"I've told you time and time again that you are not to go orbital sky diving on the holodeck," Kathryn Janeway said to her daughter. "It's just too dangerous. I wouldn't let my most skilled officer do that, much less my daughter."
"It's not like it's a big deal," Dani said. "I mean, the safety protocols were on."
Kathryn looked down at her daughter. "Have you been listening to a word I've been saying? It's dangerous," she said sternly.
Dani looked away from her mother. She wished she would stop being so overprotective of her. After all, it's wasn't as if she were a little girl anymore. She stood.
"Well, it's not like there's anything else to do around here!" Dani exploded. "I don't do anything."
"What do you mean you don't do anything? You almost got yourself killed on the holodeck today. I'd definitely call that something."
"That's not what I mean." Dani stepped out from in front of her mother and out to the side. She turned to face her mother once again. "I'm talking about a job.
"Is that what this is all about?" Kathryn asked, taking a few steps toward her daughter. "A job?"
"No, it's about boredom! I am bored out of my wits around here." Dani started to pace around the small space. "You won't let me run the programs I want to run. I can't talk to anyone because everyone's always busy." She stopped pacing and looked at Kathryn. "What do you want me to do? Sit around here and rot?"
"Listen," Kathryn said stepping toward Dani, "I made it clear to you when we first entered the Delta quadrant that this was going to be difficult. We've all had to make sacrifices." She saw Dani roll her dark eyes, but decided to go on, anyway.
'Here we go again,' Dani thought.
"Do you think your father and I enjoy being here?" Kathryn asked. "Away from Earth and the rest of the family? Hmm? If we could, we would be back in the Alpha quadrant tomorrow, Dani, but we can't. Alright? We can't. We are doing everything in our power to get back home, but, frankly, you're not making it any easier. Time that I could be spending working on ways to get home, I have to spend making sure that you're not off breaking your neck in some holodeck program. And it's got to stop, Dani. It's got to stop."
Dani looked off to the side. Kathryn was staring a hole in her, and yet, she still refused to return her stare. Dani's arms were crossed over her chest, defiantly. It was a position Kathryn was used to seeing by now. And she was tired of it.
"Go to your room," Kathryn said. "You're grounded."
Dani looked at her mother. She had expected the lecture, but she hadn't expected this. She must've really crossed the line this time. Her mother had only grounded her once before, when she'd sneaked onto the ship. She'd only been twelve then. That's how she'd gotten stuck on this ship in the first place...
Author's Note: This story is the first in a series of stories that do not follow canon and should not be taken as such. The events in this story occur in an alternate universe in which Chakotay's stint with the Maquis happened much earlier in his life. He is married to Kathryn Janeway, and they have a daughter. In this universe, Voyager did not combine with a crew from a Maquis ship, but instead reached the Delta Quadrant with a small loss of life and most of her crew in tact.
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Seventeen-year-old Danielle Janeway sat on the couch in her quarters, preparing to receive the admonishment she knew was coming. She watched as her mother paced back and forth in front of her.
"I've told you time and time again that you are not to go orbital sky diving on the holodeck," Kathryn Janeway said to her daughter. "It's just too dangerous. I wouldn't let my most skilled officer do that, much less my daughter."
"It's not like it's a big deal," Dani said. "I mean, the safety protocols were on."
Kathryn looked down at her daughter. "Have you been listening to a word I've been saying? It's dangerous," she said sternly.
Dani looked away from her mother. She wished she would stop being so overprotective of her. After all, it's wasn't as if she were a little girl anymore. She stood.
"Well, it's not like there's anything else to do around here!" Dani exploded. "I don't do anything."
"What do you mean you don't do anything? You almost got yourself killed on the holodeck today. I'd definitely call that something."
"That's not what I mean." Dani stepped out from in front of her mother and out to the side. She turned to face her mother once again. "I'm talking about a job.
"Is that what this is all about?" Kathryn asked, taking a few steps toward her daughter. "A job?"
"No, it's about boredom! I am bored out of my wits around here." Dani started to pace around the small space. "You won't let me run the programs I want to run. I can't talk to anyone because everyone's always busy." She stopped pacing and looked at Kathryn. "What do you want me to do? Sit around here and rot?"
"Listen," Kathryn said stepping toward Dani, "I made it clear to you when we first entered the Delta quadrant that this was going to be difficult. We've all had to make sacrifices." She saw Dani roll her dark eyes, but decided to go on, anyway.
'Here we go again,' Dani thought.
"Do you think your father and I enjoy being here?" Kathryn asked. "Away from Earth and the rest of the family? Hmm? If we could, we would be back in the Alpha quadrant tomorrow, Dani, but we can't. Alright? We can't. We are doing everything in our power to get back home, but, frankly, you're not making it any easier. Time that I could be spending working on ways to get home, I have to spend making sure that you're not off breaking your neck in some holodeck program. And it's got to stop, Dani. It's got to stop."
Dani looked off to the side. Kathryn was staring a hole in her, and yet, she still refused to return her stare. Dani's arms were crossed over her chest, defiantly. It was a position Kathryn was used to seeing by now. And she was tired of it.
"Go to your room," Kathryn said. "You're grounded."
Dani looked at her mother. She had expected the lecture, but she hadn't expected this. She must've really crossed the line this time. Her mother had only grounded her once before, when she'd sneaked onto the ship. She'd only been twelve then. That's how she'd gotten stuck on this ship in the first place...
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