"JetC - A Backwards Prequel"

by Dee Price


"I hate prequels!"

Chakotay raised one eyebrow as he looked over at Janeway. "What are you talking about?"

"Here," and Janeway tossed her Padd to him.

It tumbled end over end as it sailed through the air, but Chakotay deftly caught it and with a smirk looked at what had disturbed Kathryn.

"A prequel!" he sputtered. "Enterprise was a prequel itself and it failed."

"I know," growled Kathryn. "When will these writers ever learn?"

Then Chakotay got this mischievous look in his eye and sneered, "Well at least it doesn't say B&B aren't involved."

Janeway tiled her head back and laughed loudly. "That's one point in your favor."

"What do you mean my favor?"

"Well if they call to cast you as one of the characters, you won't have them to deal with," she chuckled.

"You know damn well after all my ranting about my hatred of those stories they won't come near me with a ten foot pole!"

Kathryn grinned. "I know. You really should be careful with that mouth of yours. Your shoe is totally soaked!"

He grinned ruefully. "Foot and mouth disease?"

"You got it buster."

Chakotay leaned back and sighed. "But Kathryn you have to admit the stories were awful at times. How about you in Fair Haven?"

"Blech," she cried.

"That's a good description," laughed Chak.

Janeway waggled a finger at him "Well how about you in . . . what the heck was that story where you loved someone, you forgot, then fell in love with the same woman only to forget again?"

"I did not forget the last time," he protested.

"Right, kimo sabe," she laughed.

"Well I didn't," he fumed. "Okay if you're going to pick on me what about the time . . ."

"Forget it, Chakotay. It's over and done with. Unfortunately it didn't end too well," she said making a face.

"Yeah I died," he chuckled. It's a wonder I wasn't killed off earlier by the killer B's. I know they thought of it."

"No, I mean after falling in love with whatshername."

"Oh come on you are just jealous!" pouted Chak.

"Jealous? Of her? I am not!" she exclaimed loudly. Then she smirked. "Did you know she was referred to as Boobie Borg?"

"Oh now that's not nice, Kathryn. That really shows you were jealous!"

"And she 'pointed' her way all the time," giggled Kathryn.

"Kathryn!" Then he grinned as he said, "Yeah she really did have some pointy hooters."

Janeway groaned and then waved a hand of dismissal at that statement, so Chak acquiesced on that subject but said, "You died too you know."

"And you fondled me when you were trying to bring me back to life," she complained.

"Did not."

"Did too!"

"Did not."

"Oh for heaven's sake Chakotay, we're acting like a couple of kids. "Well it's over and done with. We shouldn't cry over spilled milk."

"Would you have ended it differently Kathryn," asked Chakotay pensively. "I know I would have."

"Oh - and what would the great Chakotay have done?"

"I'd have made it a 'lived happy ever after' story," he grinned.

"Just go ahead and rub it in about Seven," fumed Janeway.

"I don't mean Seven," said Chakotay softly.

Kathryn turned and looked at him, the coffee cup poised halfway to her mouth.
"You know that couldn't have happened," she finally answered.

"Why not, we broke every Starfleet rule in the book!"

"But we couldn't change the command structure and you know it!"

"Why not, we broke every Starfleet rule in the book!"

"You're repeating yourself Chakotay."

"Just like a lot of the stories were just a rehashes of other Trek stories, with only slight modification. The writers had absolutely no imagination!"

Kathryn sighed. "The premise was so good, Chakotay. What happened?"

Chak looked at her. "You have to ask?"

Janeway grinned. "You are referring to B&B again aren't you?"

"Darn betcha!"

"They weren't so bad."

"Oh come on Kathryn, stop spouting the company line. The show is over, kaput, finis!"

Both sighed and became quiet and contemplative.

Finally Janeway looked over at Chak. "I'm really sorry it ended the way it did. If I had known they were going to do that I'd have stopped it."

"You were the only one who could have. Why didn't you?

"I didn't know until the last story came out and then it was too late!"

"You were the Captain, they would have listened to you."

"At that point in time I was angry with you and thought you deserved it," she laughed.

"Now that sounds like one of the 'B's" he laughed. "Are you still angry with me?"

"Of course, you just never keep your mouth shut."

"But I'm only telling the truth. Other characters have done that and lived to be popular again. Do you think that will happen to me?" he grinned cheekily.

"Not a chance in hell," laughed Janeway.

"Come on. You still like me don't you?"

"Well I have to admit you are one handsome man. Especially in that uniform."

Speaking of which," said Chakotay with a disgusted look on his face. "That thing was terrible to wear!"

"Why?"

"Why? Why!"

"That's what I asked."

"You know why damn it."

Kathryn giggled. "Pinch a little did it?" Then she tilted her head back and roared hilariously.

"Just because you don't have that problem, is no need to make fun of such pain, Kathryn."

"Oh my dear, sweet, Chakotay. I would never make fun of such a thing." Then she tilted her head down and her hand covered her face.

"I see your shoulders bouncing Kathryn. Stop laughing."

"Okay," she said as she sat up with a straight face. "What started all this anyway? Oh yes, the prequel story in today's news. I think I have to agree with you, it won't work."

Well at least we agree on something," he smiled.

"Oh I think there's one other thing we agree on Commander," she said as she rose and slowly moved toward him.

Chakotay rose and Kathryn moved into his arms. "I do love you so much, Chakotay," she murmured in his ear. "I'm so glad we can banter like this and not get mad."

"And I love you, Kathryn," he said as their lips came together. He chuckled softly as they separated. "Wouldn't this scene just absolutely frost B&B?"

Both laughed hilariously.

The scene faded and The End appeared.

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A group of women who had been watching this scene sat with confused looks on their faces.

"Well that was kinda weird," said VoyagerAngel.

"What story are they talking about?" asked Kat Lady

"Beats me," replied Vanhunks. "But it does sound strangely familiar. Kinda nice too, those two characters Janeway and Chakotay. They gave me a nice warm fuzzy feeling."

"It sounds like it was a show of some kind," replied CMPrincess.

"Yeah and it doesn't sound like it had such a happy ending," groused Chris.

"They why don't we change it,' cried out Horsie. "Why don't we form a group and write stories about a spaceship lost in space and they have this great Captain and First Officer?"

"Oink!" replied Piglet.

"That's a yes if I ever heard one," said mizvoy.

"Okay then," cheered the group.

"What shall we call our group," asked Delta Story

"How about VAMB?" said Shayenne

"What the heck does that mean?" asked Celia

"Who cares," shouted KJ. "We can figure it out later."

"We have too many people. We should really break into smaller groups," said Thinkey.

"Agreed," echoed JinnyR

"What kind of name?" asked Ghostie

"Whatever - But we've got to make it sound romantic," said Maquis Leader

"Well the characters names were Janeway and Chakotay" said Auntie Em. "Can we do something with that?"

"Maybe something French?" asked Anne TM

"I've got I" cried out Mary S. "We'll call our groups JetC! The 'et' stands for 'and' - I think - and we just start numbering the groups and limiting the number in each."

"Okay, everyone head to your computers and get cracking on some romantic J/C stories with happy endings," ordered Black Jaguar. "We'll show that B&B - whoever they are."

"JetC!" thundered the group and as the name continued its booming roll through cyberspace, the saga of J/C was born.


Finis
With tongue firmly in cheek
26 April 2006

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