Paramount may own the characters, but not my mind...
Favorite Son rewrite...
taking place soon after Harry has been taken by the
Turesians. Ignore the inconsistencies please.
Captain Janeway tapped her fingers on the arm of her chair as she waited for the Turesian leader to finish speaking. She tried real hard to pay attention, but if that woman said one more thing unrelated to the matter at hand, she might just blast the *pleasure palace* out of existence. "Yes, I realize that," Janeway said, cutting off the other woman. "But Harry Kim is a member of the crew of Voyager. He cannot merely just decide to leave. There is paperwork involved. And he has never even said that he wanted to stay. So if you don't mind, I would like him returned to us..."
"Captain Janeway you don't understand..."
"No, I guess I don't. But I do understand when one of my crew is being held against his or her will..."
"We only need him for less than a year, then we'll return him, unharmed."
"I'm sorry, but we don't have a year." Janeway watched as another Turesian woman entered the room and spoke to their leader in quiet whispers. She couldn't hear the conversation.
The Turesian woman looked startled, "Really!" She turned and looked at the screen. "I'm sorry Captain, but is Harry a typical male of your species?"
Janeway blushed. "I think so. I mean...I wouldn't know."
Chakotay smiled slightly to himself as he looked quickly at the console.
The Turesian shook her head. "There has been a terrible mistake, he won't do at all. Since he is typical of your species we'll be returning him to you. He is absolutely useless as breeding stock."
At this Tom snickered.
The Turesian woman continued, "We can't figure out where the males of your species carry the child..."