STAR TREK: VOYAGER

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This story is an original work of fiction set in the pre-existing universe of Star Trek: Voyager.  As such, many of the characters and references used within belong solely to Paramount Pictures.  No gain, monetary or otherwise, is expected from their use and no copyright infringement is intended or should be inferred.

All original characters and storylines contained herein belong to the author. 

This story was written as a dare by Dax who asked me to write a story of 300 words about what Seven thought about in her maturation chamber.

Maturing

 Darkness, my heart beating, thumps, thump, thump.  Green, all around me, holding me in a warm caress.  I lie still, not afraid, waiting for what I don’t know.  Mummy, where are you?  No answer, never an answer. 
 
“Annika, it is time for bed now darling.”
 
“Five more minutes, please.”
 
“Darling, you said that twenty minutes ago.  Come along now sweetie and I will read you a story.”
 
“Oooo, goodie, can we read the Cinderella one again?  I hate those ugly sisters mummy, I am glad I don’t have sisters”
 
I can’t see your face anymore.  Mummy where are you?
 
Darkness.  I am still here, enclosed and alone.  My muscles twitch and stretch, I am growing taller but have no where to run.  I want to go home but don’t know how.  I want to move but can’t. 
 
“Come on baby, blow out the candles and make a wish.”
 
“I wish for a baby sister.”
 
“Well Annika, your mother and I may not be able to deliver that wish so do you have another?”
 
“I wish we lived in a big house with a garden, I wish we stayed in one place and I had friends to play with.  I wish I had a little kittie to play with.”
 
Darkness.  How long have I been here, wherever here is?  I sense people but I can’t see them.  They move but don’t talk.  Will I ever talk again?  What would I say anyway?
 
The alarms are sounding, mummy and daddy are scared, I hide under the desk.  Strange people with metal on their faces grab mummy.  Daddy is pushing them and yelling.  They hit daddy and I cry out.  They look at me with their strange silver eyes.  They are coming for me too.
 
Darkness, my heart beating, thumps, thump, thump