THE MOMENT AFTER
 

Disclaimer- Paramount owns ST: Voyager, I’ve just written this story.

NOTE:
POV: Point of View
O.S: Off screen
V.O : Voice over
INT.: Internal
EXT: External
b.g : background
SPFX: Special Effects
 
 

FADE IN

INT. SICKBAY

TOM AND B’ELANNA are lying on adjacent BUNK BEDS . Both are unconscious.
THE DOCTOR is scanning them with his MEDICAL TRICORDER.
JANEWAY ENTERS

JANEWAY
How are they doing Doctor?

DOCTOR
They are unconscious, at the moment.
If they wake up,
(looking seriously at Janeway)
it’ll be a good sign.

JANEWAY
(after a pause)
They WILL wake up.
(as she begins to leave)
Keep me informed Doctor.

Janeway leaves.
ANGLE ON TOM AND B’ELANNA as they are still unconscious on their beds.

MAIN TITLES.

CUT TO:
INT. BRIDGE

JANEWAY is standing in the middle of the bridge (between her SEAT and the VIEWSCREEN)
TUVOK AND CHAKOTAY are at their designated posts.

JANEWAY
(to Tuvok)
Are we within visual range, Tuvok?

TUVOK
Yes, captain.

JANEWAY
(to the ENSIGN at the HELM)
On screen, ensign.
 

ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN as it displays a GASEOUS BROWN PLANET with AN ATMOSPHERE
THAT SEEMS VOLATILE (PLUMES OF IONIC GASES SURROUND THE PLANET). (SPFX)

JANEWAY
(admiring it)
Are you still reading deuterium on the surface, Tuvok?
 

TUVOK
(clicking keys on his CONSOLE)
Yes, captain, but, the ionic atmosphere prevents any
mass transport of the compound.
 

JANEWAY
(turns to Chakotay)
I really hate to lose this much deuterium.
 

CHAKOTAY
(to Janeway)
Worth a look?
 

JANEWAY (to Chakotay)
(nodding)
Worth a look.
 

CUT TO:

INT. MESS HALL

TOM, SEVEN, HARRY AND B’ELANNA are all playing PING PONG on a TABLE in the middle of the
mess hall.
Tom and Seven make up a team playing against B’Elanna and Harry.

TOM serves the ball, B’ELANNA returns the serve.
Seven hits it back to B’Elanna , who sends it flying past TOM.

TOM
(to B’Elanna)
Whoa……. You always hurt the one you love, but,
let’s not get carried away!
 

B’ELANNA stares satisfactorily at him.
ALL FOUR HEAD OVER TO A TABLE AND SIT.
Tom and Seven sit across from Harry and B’Elanna.

NEELIX (carrying four GREEN COLOURED DRINKS –PAQKIWS- on a tray) walks up to them.

NEELIX (to everyone)
Four paqkiws for four tired players.

NEELIX puts the drinks on the table.
HARRY
Thanks Neelix.

NEELIX sits next to Harry.
Everyone takes their drinks.

NEELIX (to everyone)
So, who won the game?

EVERYONE AT THE TABLE STARES AT EACH OTHER.

JANEWAY (V.O)
Lt. Torres and ensign Paris to the ready room.

TOM (relieved) and B’ELANNA stand up.

TOM (to Neelix)
Thanks for the drink, Neelix.

TOM AND B’ELANNA begin to leave.

HARRY (to Neelix)
I’ll have another drink, Neelix.
(shouting out so that Tom can hear)
Put it on the loser’s tab, Tom won’t mind.

CLOSE ON TOM as he looks back to Harry.
CLOSE ON HARRY as he smiles at Tom.

TOM AND B’ELANNA leave.
SEVEN gets up from the table.

HARRY (to Seven)
You’re leaving already?

NEELIX (to Seven)
Yeah, stay a little while longer.

SEVEN (to both)
I can not . It is my responsibility to ensure that the children
regenerate for six hours.
(heavy sigh)
Unfortunately, if I am not there, they will not.
(hesitates)
It has been a ….pleasant evening.

Seven leaves.
Neelix turns to Harry.

NEELIX
Another drink coming right up.
 

Neelix gets up and begins to walk away.

HARRY
Thanks Neelix.

CUT TO:

INT. READY ROOM.

JANEWAY is sitting behind her DESK, reading a PADD.

The DOORBELL RINGS.

JANEWAY
Come in.

TOM AND B’ELANNA ENTER and stand at her desk.

JANEWAY (handing B’Elanna the padd)
We’ve come upon an M class planet that seems to
have a large amount of deuterium stored in one sector
of it’s surface.

B’ELANNA (looking at the padd)
Captain, this is a lot deuterium.

JANEWAY
(to both)
That’s exactly why I want you both to go down there and
retrieve some for us. Tom, the planet is shrouded in a
volatile ionosphere. Take the Delta Flyer to try and
navigate through the breaks in the sphere.
 

TOM
(confident)
Nothing I can’t handle.

JANEWAY (smiling)
(to Tom)
I’m sure our best pilot’s on the job.
(laughs)
Report to cargo bay 12 at seven hundred hours.

B’ELANNA
Yes, captain.

TOM AND B’ELANNA EXIT.

CUT TO:

INT. SICKBAY

THE DOCTOR is busy studying a GRAPHIC on his COMPUTER SCREEN while attending to
A NUMBER OF PATIENTS.
SEVEN ENTERS SICKBAY and walks over to the Doctor.
She stands there quietly and uncomfortably.
The Doctor looks up at her.
DOCTOR
How may I help you Seven?

SEVEN
I am here for our singing lesson.

DOCTOR
The borg kids all ‘tucked away’?
 

SEVEN
They are regenerating, yes.
 

DOCTOR
(exasperated)
Well, I’m afraid, the lesson will have to wait.
As much as I’m pained to admit it, without Mr.
Paris, sickbay is a bit much to handle. I’ve got Mr. Dills
and Mr. Avalon coming in. Mr. Dills has a persistant bronchitis
problem which is not good for his roomate Mr Avalon, who
unfortunately, has been blessed with four lungs!
 

SEVEN
(takes a deep breath)
Very well.

SEVEN leaves.
CLOSE ON THE DOCTOR as he sighs.

CUT TO:
INT. CARGO BAY 12.

TOM AND B’ELANNA are in the DELTA FLYER packing up to leave.
HARRY is also there, helping them.

HARRY
(to both of them)
Okay, you’re all set.
You’ve got your rations, your phasers.
(smiles mischieviously)
Behave yourselves.

HARRY begins to leave.

TOM (to Harry)
(playing along)
Us?
Always.

Harry leaves.

CUT TO:
 

INT. BRIDGE

Tuvok is still at his post.
CHAK OTAY gets up from his seat and is beginning to head for the TURBOLIFT.

JANEWAY
(to Chakotay)
Is it time for your card game?
 

CHAKOTAY (on his way to the turbolift)
(smiling)
Yep, with Tom away, the rest of us have come out to play.

JANEWAY
(laughing)
Good luck.

Chakotay gets into the turbolift and leaves.

TUVOK (reading from his console)
Captain, the Delta Flyer is ready for launch.
(pause)
The Delta Flyer has been launched, captain.

JANEWAY
Keep me informed of their progress, Tuvok.

TUVOK
Yes, captain.

CUT TO:

INT. DELTA FLYER

TOM AND B’ELANNA are at the HELM.

TOM
Did you remember to pack your stuffed targ?

B’ELANNA
(playing ignorant)
What targ? What are talking about, Paris?
 

TOM
(playfully)
Aw, come on now B’Elanna, that little targ, you take
with you on every away mission.

B’ELANNA flashes him a ‘mock anger’ stare.
 

B’ELANNA
He’s in a better position than you are right now, Paris.

TOM laughs.

SUDDENLY , THE DELTA FLYER IS VIBRATING (SPFX)

B’ELANNA
What’s happening?
 

TOM (clicking away at the helm control)
It’s the ionosphere.

B’ELANNA (reading from monitors)
We’ve got to stabilize the ship or it’ll rip apart.
 

TOM (matter-of-factly)
Hell of a ride.

CUT TO:

INT. BRIDGE

TUVOK
Captain, we are losing communication with the
Delta Flyer.
 

JANEWAY (going over to Tuvok)
Try boosting the carrier wave.
 

TUVOK (after clicking on his console)
No effect, captain.
 

JANEWAY
Can you hail them, Mr. Tuvok?
 

TUVOK (clicking on his console)
Negative, captain.

OFF JANEWAY’S CONCERNED LOOK.

CUT TO:

ACT TWO

EXT. THE PLANET- A FORESTED AREA- NIGHT

THE DELTA FLYER has crashed on to the planet, in the forested area.
It looks damaged, but, still intact. It lies between TREES.
CUT TO:

INT. DELTA FLYER

The inside of the Flyer looks as though it had been in an earthquake.
Things are scattered about in its interior.
TOM AND B’ELANNA are conscious and looking around at the damage.

TOM
What a mess!
I hope this doesn’t get me demoted to cadet, when we get back.
 

B’ELANNA (busy checking a console)
Communications are down.
We need to get it back on-line.
Help me find a tricorder, cadet.

TOM
(smiling sheepishly)
Right away, Lt.

B’Elanna searches around the Flyer for a TRICORDER.

CAMERA FOLLOWS HER HANDS WHILE SHE SORTS THROUGH VARIOUS ITEMS IN HER SEARCH.
HER HANDS COME UPON A PICTURE OF KES.
CAMERA FOLLOWS THE PICTURE(in B’Elanna’s hands) AS SHE BRINGS IT UP TO HER FACE.
CLOSE ON B’ELANNA as she looks at the picture and then at Tom (whose back is to her).

CUT TO:

INT. HARRY’S QUARTERS

HARRY, CHAKOTAY AND NEELIX are all sitting around a TABLE playing CARDS.

THE DOORBELL RINGS.
HARRY
Come in.

SEVEN ENTERS and walks over to Chakotay.
She hands him a padd.
SEVEN
(to Chakotay)
I have conducted a sensor sweep of the ship and have brought
you a report.
 

CHAKOTAY (takes the padd)
Thank-you Seven.

Chakotay takes a quick look at the padd, then puts it aside.

HARRY
(to Seven)
I thought you were busy with the regeneration of the
borg kids.
 

SEVEN
(to Harry)
That has been resolved.
 

NEELIX
(to Seven)
Well, if you have nothing else to do tonight, why don’t
you join us in a friendly card game.

CHAKOTAY AND HARRY share a silent laugh.
Seven sees them and is now tempted to play.

SEVEN (to everyone)
What game is it?
 

CHAKOTAY
It’s gin rummy. We’re playing for rations.
We usually play poker,but, Tom’s away.

HARRY (to Seven)
We would have asked Tuvok, but, he always looks
like he’s bluffing. Can’t play poker with him.
 

SEVEN (to all)
(raising an eyebrow)
Gin rummy?

SEVEN takes a seat at the table.

NEELIX
(to Seven)
I’ll deal you in.

Neelix begins to shuffle the cards.
SEVEN looks at Chakotay and Harry as she readies herself to play (meaning business).

CUT TO:

INT. BRIDGE

TUVOK
By my calculations, the Delta Flyer should already be on the
planet, Captain.
 

JANEWAY
(with confidence in her crew)
They’re there.
Tom got her down safely.
Let me know as soon as we re-establish contact, Tuvok.

TUVOK
Yes, captain.

CUT TO:

INT. DELTA FLYER- NIGHT
ANGLE so that the inside back of the flyer is facing us.
B’ELANNA is in the foreground, fixing communications (on a console)
TOM is in the b.g. checking out the stats at the helm.

B’ELANNA (takes a deep breath)
Communications are on line.

TOM
Great.

CLOSE ON B’ELANNA as she pulls out the picture again and looks at it.
She turns to Tom.

B’ELANNA
Look what I’ve found.

Tom looks at the picture.

TOM
Hey…..a photo image of Kes!
Where did you find it?

He comes over to take a closer look at the picture.
B’Elanna lets him have it (the picture).

B’ELANNA
In the Delta Flyer.

CLOSE ON TOM’S SURPRISED LOOK.

TOM
In here? Really?

B’ELANNA (no where near amused)
What’s it doing here, Tom?
 

TOM
(flustered)
I have no idea.
I must have put it in here, sometime ago.
I don’t know.
 

B’ELANNA
(angry)
You don’t know?
 

TOM
(getting angry)
No, I don’t.
You’re making too much of this.
 

B’ELANNA
(very angry)
What if I told you that the sweater Max had given me
is in my quarters , on Voyager, right now .

CLOSE ON TOM as he is wears a hurt and jealous expression.

B’ELANNA
(feeding off of his expression)
How does it feel now?
 

TOM
It’s not the same thing.
 

B’ELANNA
The hell it isn’t !

B’ELANNA grabs some BEDDING from the Flyer and heads outside.

B’ELANNA
I’m sleeping outside.
I need some fresh air.
 

TOM
(angry)
FINE!
 

B’ELANNA
(angry)
FINE!
 

TOM
FINE!
 

B’ELANNA
FINE!
 

JANEWAY (V.O)
Janeway to away team.
 

TOM & B’ELANNA
(in angry tones)
WHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

CUT TO:
 

INTERCUT WITH:
INT. BRIDGE

JANEWAY
(slighty amused)
Is everything alright, crewmen?
 

TOM (as B’Elanna exits the Flyer)
(deeply sighs)
Everything’s……’fine’ captain.
 

JANEWAY
Acknowledged, Tom.
Glad to hear your voice, we had lost you
temporarily.
 

TOM
Our communications were down.
 

JANEWAY
(nodding)
We will send you the co-ordinates of the deuterium
mass at O7:OO hours.

TOM
Yes, ma’am.
 

JANEWAY (V.O)
Janeway out.

TOM goes over to a BUNK BED and lays down on it.
NEW ANGLE OF TOM as he sighs loudly.

CUT TO:
 

EXT. THE PLANET- THE DELTA FLYER-NIGHT-CONTINUOUS

B’ELANNA is asleep on the ground (just outside the Flyer).

WE HEAR A LOUD SONIC BOOMS.

B’ELANNA is startled awake.

B’ELANNA
(to herself)
What the hell was that? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CUT TO:
 

ACT THREE

EXT. THE PLANET-NIGHT-CONTINUOUS

B’ELANNA gets up quickly from off the ground and grabs a TRICORDER (from off the ground).
TOM runs out of the Flyer with a PHASER and tricorder in his hands.
He runs towards her.

TOM
Are you okay?
What was that?
 

B’ELANNA (while scanning the area)
I’m reading massive amounts of radioactive deuterium.

A STREAKING BALL OF FIRE (like an asteroid), i.e. a mass of radioactive deuterium flies over
them and lands near the flyer. As it hits the floor, it explodes (SPFX)

TOM
We’ve got to get out of here and
take cover.

B’ELANNA
I have to get the communications array.

B’Elanna heads into the Flyer.

TOM (reading from off his tricorder)
(shouting to B’Elanna)
Another ones’s on its way.
 

B’Elanna runs out of the Flyer carrying the COMMUNICATIONS ARRAY.

TOM (on seeing her)
(pointing)
This way.
 

WIDE ANGLE SHOT of Tom and B’Elanna as they run away from the Flyer just as
another MASS OF RADIACTIVE DEUTERIUM is flying through the air (SPFX)

The mass lands and explodes very near to B’Elanna (SPFX). She falls down and the CAMERA ANGLES ON
THE COMMUNICATIONS ARRAY as it is sent flying across to another area.

Tom rushes over to B’Elanna.
He helps her up to her feet.

TOM
Are you okay?
 

B’ELANNA
I’m fine.
(looking for the array)
Where’s the array?
I have to get it , we need it.
 

CLOSE ON B’ELANNA as she spots the array.
POV OF B’ELANNA OF THE ARRAY.
B’ELANNA breaks free from Tom and heads for the array.

TOM
(reading from his tricorder)
B’Elanna, another one’s coming..
It’s closing in fast!

B’ELANNA is still going for the array.
TOM is getting nervous.
ANOTHER MASS OF RADIOACTIVE DEUTERIUM appears in the sky. It is heading directly
for B’Elanna. (SPFX)

CLOSE ON TOM as he sees it.
He begins to head for B’Elanna.

NEW ANGLE OF B’ELANNA as she gets to the array and grabs it.

TOM (as he heads for her)
(shouting)
B’Elanna! The deuterium!

REACTION SHOT OF B’ELANNA as she sees the deuterium heading for her.
B’ELANNA’S POV OF THE DEUTERIUM coming towards her.

TOM (as we hear an explosion)
(horrified)
B’ELANNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CUT TO:
 

INT. HARRY’S QUARTERS
 

SEVEN (as she displays her cards)
Gin.

HARRY AND CHAKOTAY throw up their arms in despair.

HARRY
(to Seven)
Again?
 

NEELIX (to all)
She certainly has the knack for it.
 

Chakotay takes a look at Seven’s hand (of cards).
ANGLE ON SEVEN’S CARDS.
We see four kings and three two’s.

CHAKOTAY
(to all)
I should have made two’s like Seven.
I was trying for three’s.
 

SEVEN
(to Chakotay)
It would have been unwise to make a hand of three’s.
Two three’s had already gone in the game.

CHAKOTAY AND HARRY share an amused look.
Chakotay turns to Seven.
CHAKOTAY (to Seven)
Seven, you can’t count cards!
 

SEVEN (to Chakotay)
Explain.

CHAKOTAY (to Seven)
If you count the number of cards that have already gone,
you would have an advantage over the rest of us because
then you would know which cards are available to make hands.
 

SEVEN (to all)
It would seem doing that would serve the purpose of the
Game- to make hands.
 

CHAKOTAY
(to Seven)
Yes, but, that would take all the fun out of playing .
 

HARRY (to Seven)
(adding to Chakotay’s words)
That, and you would be cheating.

CLOSE ON SEVEN as she is slightly offended and surprised.

NEELIX
(to all)
Shall I deal again?

SEVEN (to Neelix)
(sternly)
Yes, deal.

NEELIX begins to deal out another game.

CUT TO:

INT. BRIDGE

TUVOK (clicking keys on his console)
Captain, I am reading large amounts of deuterium on the surface.
The deuterium is radioactive.
 

JANEWAY (moving in close to Tuvok)
And the away team?
 

TUVOK
The radioactivity is blocking the sensors.
I can not locate them.
 

JANEWAY
Open a channel to the surface.
Maybe they can hear us.
 

TUVOK
(clicking keys)
Channel open, captain.
 

JANEWAY
Janeway to the away team.
We are reading radioactive deuterium in your area.
You are to seek cover until further advised.
 

OFF JANEWAY’S LOOK, we

CUT TO:

EXT. THE PLANET- DELTA FLYER-NIGHT

ANGLE ON B’ELANNA as she is lying on the ground, barely conscious.

A little way away from her, we can see the broken pieces of the array.

TOM runs towards her and kneels down ( next to her.)

TOM
B’Elanna, are you okay?

B’ELANNA
(weakly)
Tom? I………..I can’t see………

CLOSE ON TOM as he is shocked and concerned.

TOM
(lifting her up in his arms)
I’m going to have to carry you then.

As he stands upright (with her in his arms), her COMM BADGE falls to the ground.

Tom sees it, but, he also notices another BALL OF FIRE (SPFX) in the sky.

He begins to run for shelter.

NEW ANGLE OF TOM (CARRYING B’ELANNA) as he runs into a BUSHY AREA.

TOM stops, looks around, and spots a CAVE near by.
TOM’S POV OF THE CAVE.

He runs into the cave.

CUT TO:

INT. THE PLANET-CAVE-NIGHT-CONTINUOUS

Tom places B’Elanna safely on to the floor of the cave.

B’ELANNA
(calling)
Tom?
 

TOM
Yes.
 

B’ELANNA
Where are we?
 

TOM
(comes near her)
We’re in a cave, we’re safe.
I need to get the med kit to treat you.

He begins to leave but B’Elanna grabs his hand to stop him.

B’ELANNA
Tom……..
(hesitates a little)
Be careful.

TOM
I will.
 

She lets go of his hand.
He walks to the mouth of the cave, but, then silently (quietly) walks back to her.
He watches her.
TOM’S POV OF B’ELANNA as she rests (her eyes closed).

TOM takes off his comm badge and places it softly on the shoulder of B’Elanna’s uniform.
She isn’t aware of his gesture.

HE EXITS THE CAVE.

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ACT FOUR

INT. HARRY’S QUARTER’S

SEVEN ( as she displays her cards)
Gin.

Chakotay and Harry throw up their arms in disbelief.

HARRY
Unbelieveable.

NEELIX (to Seven)
65 ration credits to you Seven.

HARRY (to Seven)
What will you use them on, Seven?
 

SEVEN raises an eyebrow in response to Harry’s question.

SEVEN
I do not yet know.

NEELIX
(to Seven)
Good luck, in deciding.
 

HARRY (laughing)
I don’t think she needs any more luck.
 

JANEWAY (V.O)
Senior staff to the bridge.
 

HARRY, CHAKOTAY AND SEVEN get ready to leave.
 

CHAKOTAY (to Neelix)
(as they’re leaving)
Duty calls.

THEY EXIT .

CUT TO:

EXT. THE PLANET-FORESTED AREA-NIGHT

TOM is on his way back to the Delta Flyer.
He spots B’Elanna’s comm badge a little way ahead of him.
TOM’S POV OF B’ELANNA’S COM BADGE

TOM heads for the badge. He grabs it and places it on himself.

He continues on to the Delta Flyer.

CUT TO:
 

INT. THE PLANET- DELTA FLYER-NIGHT-CONTINUOUS

TOM gets inside the flyer and looks around for the MED KIT.
PAN ACROSS THE FLYER’S INTERIOR , RESTING ON THE MED KIT.

TOM grabs the med kit.
We hear a HIGH-PITCHED SOUND coming from the helm console.
Tom rushes over to it to check the readings

TOM (to himself)
(referring to the readings)
Oh, no, not another one.
I’ve got to get out of here.

Tom begins to head for the door, but, is violently tossed backwards by another explosion (WE
HEAR THE EXPLOSION).

NEW ANGLE OF TOM as he is lying on the floor of the flyer, unconscious.
We see his head and arms protruding out from under DEBRIS (the rest of his body is under it).
ANGLE ON TOM as he regains consciousness.

TOM
(getting up from under the debris)
Ohhh………
(a sharp pain jabs at him)
Ah!

He looks under the debris to his legs.
TOM’S POV OF HIS LEGS as they are badly bruised and bloodied.

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INT. THE BRIDGE

CHAKOTAY, HARRY AND SEVEN ENTER from the TURBOLIFT and head to their respective posts.

CHAKOTAY
(to Janeway)
What is it, Captain?

JANEWAY (to all)
The deuterium has become radioactive and is now emitting
highly volatile charged particles on to the away team.

HARRY
(to Janeway)
Are B’Elanna and Tom alright?
 

JANEWAY (to all)
We haven’t been able to contact them.
 

TUVOK (to all)
It would seem probable that if they could contact us,
they would have done so already.

CLOSE ON JANEWAY as she is concerned about them.

JANEWAY (thinking aloud)
We need to beam them out of there. It’s too risky to
navigate Voyager through that ionosphere .
(turns to Chakotay)
Chakotay, I want you and Harry to take a shuttle,
get as close as you can to the planet and beam Tom and
B’Elanna out of there.
 

CHAKOTAY
Aye, Captain.

CHAKOTAY AND HARRY EXIT THE BRIDGE.

CUT TO:

INT. THE PLANET-CAVE-NIGHT

TOM (carrying the med kit) ENTERS THE CAVE.
He is limping and leaning to one side.

B’ELANNA
(sensing that someone is there)
Tom?

He comes over and sets himself down, next to her.

TOM
Yeah.

He takes out a HYPOSRAY from the med kit and injects her with it.

TOM
There, this should keep those ions off your optic nerves
until the Doc can take a look.
It’ll make you drowsy, though.

B’ELANNA reaches for him but her hand lands on his left leg instead.

TOM
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh………

B’ELANNA
(realising that she felt something with the consistency of blood)
Tom, what happened?
You’re bleeding.
 

TOM (attempting to smile)
It’s nothing. There was another radiation blast on the flyer.
Unfortunately, I was in it at the time.
 

B’ELANNA
(seriously)
Tom, how bad is it?
 

TOM
Well, I’m anxious for Voyager to get us out of here.
 

B’ELANNA
You have to try and stay awake.
 

TOM
Hey, who’s the Doctor’s assistant, anyway?
 

B’ELANNA
Tom, I’m serious.
 

TOM
(getting serious)
Yeah, I know.
 

There is SILENCE.

TOM
(sighing audibly)
I wonder what my father would say if he saw me now.
 

B’ELANNA
Your dad? What about my mother? She would consider
me lying here, dishonourable. She would want me to get
out there and battle the radiation , blind and all. Get an
honourable death.
 

TOM
(laughs)
Yeah, our parents share some interesting traits.
So do we.
Although it took me three long years of chasing for us
to find that out. You never even knew I existed back then.
 

B’ELANNA (amused)
What? Everyone knew the ‘helmboy’.
And you chased at your own risk, Paris.
 

TOM (laughing)
(getting serious)
Some risks are worth taking.
 

TOM looks over at a passed out B’Elanna.
Tom sighs.

CUT TO:

INT. SHUTTLE

CHAKOTAY AND HARRY are at the helm.

CHAKOTAY
Chakotay to Voyager.

JANEWAY (V.O)
Go ahead, Chakotay.
 

CHAKOTAY
We’re almost within transporter range, captain.
 

JANEWAY (V.O)
Acknowledged, keep me informed.
Janeway out.

CUT TO:
 

INT. THE PLANET-THE CAVE-NIGHT

OVERHEAD CLOSE SHOT OF B’ELANNA as she is asleep.

She wakes up abruptly.

B’ELANNA
(very weakly)
Tom? Tom? Are you awake?
 

CLOSE ON TOM as he begins to regain consciousness (he was out).

TOM
(faintly)
Yeah……….
We’re still here………
 

B’ELANNA
(slipping in and out of consciousness)
I think so…….
 

TOM
(very faintly)
I might not………..
 

B’ELANNA groans.
 

TOM (even fainter)
(closing his eyes as he slips into unconsciousness)
I might not get a chance to say this again…..
B’Elanna, will you marr…………..
 

Before he can finish, they (Tom and B’Elanna) are BEAMED OUT OF THE CAVE (SPFX).

CUT TO:

INT. BRIDGE

CHAKOTAY (V.O)
We have them, captain.

JANEWAY (smiling)
Acknowledged.
 

CUT TO:

INT. SICKBAY (AS A CONTINUATION OF THE TEASER)

ANGLE ON TOM AND B’ELANNA on their BUNK BEDS as they begin to regain consciousness.

THE DOCTOR , with his MEDICAL TRICORDER in hand checks B’ELANNA out.

DOCTOR (to B’Elanna)
Can you see me , Lt.?
 

B’ELANNA (weakly)
Yes.
 

DOCTOR (slaps his comm badge)
Doctor to the Captain.
 

JANEWAY (V.O)
Yes, Doctor.
 

DOCTOR
They’re awake, Captain.
 

JANEWAY (V.O)
On my way.
 

The Doctor begins to check Tom out.

DOCTOR
How are you feeling, Mr. Paris?
 

TOM
Like I could use a few days off sickbay duty.
 

THE DOCTOR frowns slightly.

JANEWAY ENTERS and walks up to Tom and B’Elanna as they sit up on their beds.

JANEWAY
Nice to see you both conscious again.

TOM
(smiling)
Sorry about the deuterium Captain.
 

JANEWAY
(shaking her head and smiling)
We have no need for radioactive deuterium.

B’ELANNA (to Janeway)
What about the Delta Flyer, Captain?
 

JANEWAY
We’ll need to take Voyager further into the
ionosphere to beam the flyer on board.
I’m waiting for my best pilot to get well enough to
navigate us on through the breaks in the sphere.

Janeway and Tom exchange smiles.

JANEWAY WALKS OFF FRAME.

JANEWAY (O.S)
(calling )
Doctor.
 

THE DOCTOR WALKS OFF FRAME.

TOM gets off his bed and limps his way over to B’Elanna’s bed.
 

TOM (softly)
Hey.
 

B’ELANNA
Hey.
 

TOM
We made it.
 

B’ELANNA
Yeah.
Tom……………
I was so out of it…….I can’t remember what you’d said.
You were saying something, right?
 

TOM
(bewildered)
I don’t know………
I can’t remember either.
But………
 

Tom takes her hands in his.
 

TOM (Cont’d)
We’re here…..we’re together….we’re alive.
 

He pulls her closer to him.
 

TOM (Cont’d)
If it’s that important…..
It’ll come back to us.
 

THEY HUG as though they can’t believe that they’re actually holding each other (alive).
With all eyes closed, they continue to hug.

HOLD ON THEIR HUG as we,

FADE OUT.

Credit roll.

THE END.

Well, that’s it! I hope you guys like it.
TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY.