The league of extraordinary ladies.
By H.W.
Chapter 6
Seven looked up when the door opened, only to then look back down to the swords in her hands.
Zani said nothing as she sat down on the bed beside Seven, waiting for Seven to be the one to speak up.
"This is the time for me to give these to B'Elanna. It has been a little over a month now since we got these, yet back then you already knew that this day would come."
"I did," Zani agreed, only to then add, "And I didn't. I knew that you would give these to B'Elanna because she needs them as some kind of equalizer in training, but I had no idea what training or just why she would need an equalizer."
"Will there ever come a day when you will tell me why you know all these things? I know that I am the one that came up with the explanation that when you met your goddess she gave you some information that would be useful on this trip, but that is not the full story, is it?"
"The time will come," Zani assured, "and no, it isn't the full story. Do, um, do you mind that I'm not telling you everything there is to know?"
Finally Seven looked from the swords up to Zani and gave her a reassuring smile. "No, I do not. As you said yourself, the Liathen basically bribed Captain Janeway in allowing you to come along. There must be more to you being on this ship than the reason that you wanted to come along. That reason, that you wanted to come along, is if you think about it is no more of a reason than 'because I said so' is an explanation. It is certainly not enough of a reason to make a head of a government give things away of which already agreements had been reached about counter deals. Having said that, despite the fact that you are not telling me everything I still feel that you are honest with me and are telling me almost everything. I merely do not know everything about you. I do not find this a problem since you also do not know everything about me. We both still have secrets, secrets that we will discover over time."
Zani smiled and leaned in to kiss Seven. "I'm glad to hear that you think that way. I love you, Annika, and I always will. Don't ever doubt that."
"I will not," Seven assured.
Zani looked down at the swords for a moment before looking back up. "You do realize that just giving those blades to B'Elanna won't be the end of it. Are you prepared to go all the way?"
"What do you mean?" Seven wondered.
"Annika, I love to cook; you know that. You also know that it isn't an empty boast when I say that I'm actually pretty damn good at it. But what if I would stink at it? What if every dinner I made would be burned or still raw? You could give me the best set of cook's knives that can be found in the universe and I still wouldn't be a better cook because of it. If you simply hand those swords to B'Elanna all it would mean is that B'Elanna would have some great swords to use while she hacks and slices like a complete moron."
"You are correct," Seven had to agree. "She will need training as well."
She thought about that for a moment before saying, "This could be done is several ways. I could have the swords scanned by the computer and have it search for a martial arts style that fits these blades. I could write a program that creates a holographic trainer that is a true master at the use of them. While the Borg decided that the martial arts knowledge of the people who made those blades, the Zadenian, was irrelevant, they reevaluated that way of thinking since then. They since then decided that preserving the knowledge of how to use such weapons would be convenient if ever in the future they decided to let drones fight like that. I know several styles of martial arts that would suit the use of these swords. I could create such a program to train B'Elanna. Or,"
"Or," Zani continued where Seven had stopped, "you could train her yourself. A suggested by the computer that is already in the database will only come close at best because it wasn't designed for blades of that design, and a program created from what you know won't be able to answer questions you didn't think of when writing the program."
"I would be spending quite some of my free time with B'Elanna," Seven pointed out.
"You will anyway. Annika, just like me you read the condition Tuvok set. B'Elanna has to be able to keep up with us. At the moment she isn't capable of doing that. Now is the time where we show her that we want her as a team member and that we aren't just tolerating her. We, us two and Rogin, will be spending that off duty time with her and helping her train. Rogin will be the one to help B'Elanna with the strength training and reflexes. I'll be the one to help her with stamina and agility. While you will be the martial arts trainer; you'll trainer her in the use of those blades and in hand to hand. Think you will be able to manage that, miss 'combined knowledge of ten thousand species'?"
Seven smiled at the title. That was another reason why she loved Zani. The Voyager crew feared the Borg, but had accepted Seven despite being a former Borg. Seven however didn't see herself as a 'former' Borg; she was still Borg. She never again wanted to be part of the collective, or to have anything to do with the mass assimilations. But fact also was that since the age of six Seven had been Borg. She was, and would always be, Borg. B'Elanna had once said something that was meant as an insulted, but Seven believed that it described the matter perfectly. B'Elanna had said; you can take the woman out of the Borg, but you can't take the Borg out of the woman. Zani seemed to understand that and had no trouble with teasing her about being Borg.
Thinking about B'Elanna's comment, Seven realized that B'Elanna had also not stopped with referring to the fact that Seven was Borg. Only difference was that now that they were friends B'Elanna used a whole different kind of tone, and said those same remarks in situations where they were amusing or could even be seen as a compliment.
Seven placed a kiss on Zani's T-shaped nose before saying, "To use your words; I think I will be able to wing it."
Seven lowered her mouth a little and they shared another long kiss before Seven asked, "You would not mind me spending that much time with B'Elanna? I assume that you would come along; do you not worry about becoming bored?"
"No and no," Zani assured. "I think that it's actually a pretty good deal, especially if Rogin agrees to help with the training. That way we will be four people; two teams. Depending on who is training B'Elanna, the other two can do some training as well. For instance, the reason why I'm so good at hand to hand is because I'm agile and have my claws. Even at hand to hand I'm not unarmed. But that's not really hand to hand, that's just swiping my hand. I think I would actually like to learn a little more than that. So while Rogin is training B'Elanna you can give me some training. I'm sure that you will know some kind of style that fits me."
Seven thought about it for a few seconds before agreeing. "I believe I do. The Ardiok assassins Guild had their assassins trained in a martial arts form that used metal claws as weapons. Unlike you, the metal claws were weapons attached to the back of the hands with straps and because of that the claws were actually above the fingers so that the hand could still be used, but if they closed their fists they would have the claws to fight with. Since the process of retracting and extending your claws is as natural to you as bending my finger is to me, this style would suit you very well. It uses a lot of hand to hand moves, and combines them with the claw moves. This style also incorporates a lot a leg movements; kicks and sweeps. In fact, because you also have claws on your feet and do not wear shoes your kicks and sweeps would be even more effective. There is only one move you would not be able to do; the metal claws were also used to block bladed weapons like swords and knives. Obviously you would not be able to do that."
"True," Zani said while thinking about it for a moment. Then she shrugged. "But, hey, if that's the only thing of that style I won't be able to do I can live with it. I mean, alright, so I can't block swords or knives with my claws, but as you said; I have claws on my feet as well. If someone comes at me with a bladed weapon, I do a sweep against their leg with my claws extended. Seems like a decent equalizer. Anyway, the point is, if one of us is training B'Elanna, the other two can train other things."
"You are correct," Seven agreed. "Of course, we first have to see if B'Elanna actually wants this training."
"She will," Zani assured. "In fact, seeing that I knew that the day would come that you would hand those to B'Elanna and because of that would start training her, I replicated a little something for you."
Zani stood up and walked over to her closet. She moved away some of her suits to reveal a package which she brought back to the bed and then hand to Seven. "Here, I took the liberty of having the swords scanned. Since the replicator can't recreate the metal used to create those swords these here are made out of duranium. Because of that the balance and weight is totally off, at least compared to the original ones, and they are no way near as strong, but for training they'll do."
Seven took the blades out of the bag, expecting them to be plain and basic copies. This turned out to not be the case. Just like the real blades these blades had decorations as well, however these decorations were engravings depicting different scenes from the time Zani and Seven were together. Seven looked at the scabbards that came with the swords and saw that they too had engravings on them; these however were decorations of their separate history. On one scabbard there was the history depicted of Voyager meeting up with the Borg and Seven becoming part of the crew, while on the other one there were scenes of Zani of which Seven did not yet knew the story.
"I figured that it would be a shame to just dematerialize them again once B'Elanna knows how to use hers. I mean, sure they aren't as strong as B'Elanna's, but it's still duranium so they should survive the training pretty good; just some nicks and scratches. There is no reason why you shouldn't be able to keep them later on as a souvenir."
"Or use them as my bladed weapons," Seven corrected. "I know that B'Elanna will get the real swords because she has a disadvantage compared to us, but I am not that much ahead of her. If it comes down to a fight, I may be stronger than her and have a superior martial arts knowledge, but I am still limited to my body. As that fight in that bar that brought us together showed; if there are enough opponents even my martial art knowledge will not save me, nor will my strength. You will only find opponents that politely wait their turn to attack you on the holodeck. In real life even mentally challenged individuals will realize that if one cannot take you out alone, they have to attack with more people at once."
"Well, if you want to use them as your weapons, I would be very happy about the fact that you appreciate my gift so much," Zani said with a smile.
"Oh, I appreciate it very much," Seven assured before saying in a seductive whisper, "And when I come back from giving these to B'Elanna I will show you just how much I appreciate your gift."
"Oh, you mean that I'll get lucky tonight?"
Seven laughed at the question. "Zani, you already get lucky almost every night. However, tonight you will not just get lucky, tonight you will get very lucky. I have every intention of wearing you out tonight."
"Well then, what are you waiting for?" Zani laughed. "The sooner you go see B'Elanna, the sooner you will be back."
Seven kissed Zani once more before picking up the swords that were meant for B'Elanna and leaving the room without a word.
Once Seven was gone, Zani let out a deep sigh. "My wonderful Annika, how I will miss holding you when we sleep. I'm glad that it doesn't mean I'll never held you at all, but I am so used to have your body against mine when sleep takes us."
She sadly looked out in to nothing for a moment before deciding that feeling sorry for herself would do nobody good. Besides, that day had not yet arrived. And it wasn't like Seven would suddenly be a stranger to her then.
Zani thought for a moment what she should do until Seven would be back. The little mouse was over at Samantha, or more to the point, over at Naomi at Samantha's quarters, so spending some time with her was out as well. Then the idea hit her and she figured that now that Seven was going to have her talk with B'Elanna, it was a perfect time for Zani to have her talk with Rogin. She reached in to one of the small pockets that the Doctor had so thoughtfully, and actually expertly, added to the inside of her clothing. While the clothing was smooth from the outside, the edges were there was no netting attached was actually lined with small pockets where Zani could store small stuff like a handkerchief, and the extra ring she had bought, and things that could come in handy in daily life.
She fished out the hard object that she always carried with her. She looked at the necklace and pendant for a moment before speaking up.
"Computer, comm. link." A beep indicated that the computer was ready so Zani spoke up again. "Zanitear to Rogin."
"Rogin here."
"Rogin, are you busy at the moment?"
"Not really, I'm actually heading home at the moment."
"Ah, perfect timing then, could you join me in my quarters instead?"
"Um, I guess. Want me to contact B'Elanna so that she can come along?"
"No need. B'Elanna is having a little talk with Seven, well, the other way around actually. I'll tell you about it when you get there, Zanitear out."
*
A mere minute later the entrance chime sounded. "Enter," Zani, who was in the living room by now, said. Once Rogin had entered Zani suggested, "Join me at the kitchen table?"
"Alright, so what's all this about?" Rogin asked once she sat across from Zani at the kitchen table.
Zani held up her hand and there, held between the thumb and index finger, Rogin could see a ring. Zani placed the ring between them on the table. Now that she could see the side of the ring, Rogin could see that it was the same kind that Zani's close ones wore.
"I always told you," Zani said slowly, "that you are some kind of mystery for me. I still don't feel a lot from you that I normally immediately feel about others. However, I do feel that I have moved to the point where even without those feelings... I feel, this time feel as in think, that I can trust you. I see you as a friend of mine, and strangely enough, because I don't feel certain things from you I feel all the more for you. I like you. I trust you. I feel that if you were to leave this ship right now, you would be taking a part of me with you. Because of that I would like to make you a close one of mine."
"But?" Rogin asked. "There is a 'but' isn't there? Otherwise we would not be sitting at this table but out there in the living room on that couch and your tone of voice would have been different. You said nice things, and let me add that the feelings are mutual, but your voice is still guarded; as if I have to pass some kind of test before you will truly consider me a close one of yours."
"No test," Zani assured. "But yes, there is one thing. B'Elanna. She is a close one of mine, and I love her. I have some questions; want to know some things. These are very private and I would understand if you don't want to talk about it, but I still have to know. Just like what you feel for me is a mystery for me, so is what you feel for B'Elanna. As much as I would like you to be a close one of mine, I don't want it if in the long run it causes problems. Close ones is not a short term thing; it's for life."
"Alright, just know that if I find it too personal I won't answer; close ones or not," Rogin said after having thought about Zani's words for a moment.
"Alright," Zani agreed. "In that case let me start by asking this; B'Elanna told Annika and me that you and B'Elanna were deeply in lust; I told you this once before. My question is; lust, no love?"
Rogin puckered her lips while thinking about the question. She realized that that it was more than just a choice between answering the question or not. She knew that Zanitear could ask very personal things, and also would tell very personal things. However, she also knew that Zanitear only did this with the people she considered close ones. She knew that Zanitear and Seven had told B'Elanna things that B'Elanna didn't even tell Rogin because she considered the information too private. Yet at the same time there was no information of that kind to be found outside the group of close ones, not counting baseless rumors of course.
Finally she made her choice. Rogin had long since learned that sometimes even the most private of people needed to have someone they could talk to about anything, and as much as she liked B'Elanna, B'Elanna always took a side. Arguments could persuade her, but still it was always one side or the other. Rogin had a feeling that Zanitear on the other hand could be extremely objective; someone that could see both sides of a story. Someone Rogin could come to for honest advice; someone you wanted as a close friend.
"Alright, let's try this," Rogin finally said out loud. "Personal you want? You got it, but don't make me regret it; ever. Lust not love, you asked? No, there is love. I love B'Elanna, and she loves me, but we aren't 'in' love. We knew that going in. We are friends, good friends, and we both enjoy making love. So we added those two facts. We lust for each other, and we love each other as friends. She can drive me wild with lust in fact. You remember, not so long ago we joked about B'Elanna having me in her office, well that happened since then. We lust; a lot. We love, a lot, but as friends."
"You have sex, or you make love?" Zani asked, before admitting, "Um, that's just a detail question I would like to know, but it has nothing to do with the questions I need answers to."
Rogin laughed at the admittance. "Yes, we make love. There are feelings there. Besides the lust thing we also do the slow and tender love thing. With the temper B'Elanna has, I would never have expected her to be able to be so patient and tender in bed when we are in that mood. Yes we make love, it's just that we aren't in love."
"Thank you for the answer. Now let me ask you another need to know question. If this is so, if you know that you aren't in love; don't you fear that one day B'Elanna will find someone else?"
"Would being in love change that?" Rogin asked on her turn. "Isn't there always that trust, or that fear? We may love someone, we my trust someone, but don't we all sometimes wonder if it's really going to last? Will there one day come this person that makes my lover realize that one can be even more in love? B'Elanna and I made an agreement. We live the here and now, and as long as neither of us is interested in someone else we are friends that make love. If one of us finds someone else, the making love will end, but the friendship will continue."
"You hope," Zani added. "Your agreement was reached in theory. 'Oh, we just do that.' But what happens if theory meets practice? Just picture it, having made love to B'Elanna so many times, you suddenly see someone else touching her. One of those innocent touches on the back or shoulder that don't mean anything but a little contact between two lovers, and a huge sign to others that says; yes we belong together. Where once you took B'Elanna to bed, you now see someone else touching her, see someone else kissing her neck just like you used to do. You really think you could just sit there and look at that and joke around with them?"
Rogin was quiet for a moment, but the muscles in her cheeks were moving and telling a story by itself. Clearly Rogin was picturing what Zani had said, and she didn't like the picture. Finally she nodded her head. "You are right, 'what if' agreements that were made lying naked in each other's arms don't always go that perfect in real life. Having said that, I don't know how B'Elanna would react in real life if I were to find someone, but I can tell you that I have the advantage of three thousand years. I had more relationship in those years than I can count, and I messed up my good part as well; people did leave me for different reasons. By now I have learned though. If your partner finds someone new you only have two real options; either you accept it and try to keep your partner at least still as your friend, or you fight it and end up driving your former partner to hating you."
"Sounds very reasonable, and too simple."
Now Rogin laughed. "That's because it is. The real problem comes with how far do you fight? I mean, if your partner meets someone new, it normally isn't a sudden thing. It goes slowly. Maybe a new colleague at work or a new neighbor; nothing special about that. In fact, the first time you hear the name it will probably be in some boring story where they met for the first time. Over time they become friends. Great, you want your partner to have friends. Where is the point though? Where is the point where your partner starts feeling more for that other person than for you? And where is the point where you fight to keep your partner, and where you stop fighting so that you keep your partner as a friend? Just when do you give up trying to hold the person you love? Would I immediately walk away as soon as B'Elanna starts showing some interest in a person? Hell no. Just when would the moment be when I stand back? I can't tell you. What I can tell you however is that when that day comes and all is said and done, I'll wish B'Elanna all the happiness in the universe and still be there for her, as a friend."
Having the answer she wanted to hear, Zani pushed the ring a little closer to Rogin.
Rogin took the ring and looked at it for a moment before slipping it over the middle finger of her left hand, the same finger the others carried their ring on. "Perfect fit. Seems that it really was meant for me. Amazing."
Then she looked at Zani and asked with a grin, "So, now that I joined the secret club of yours, what are the perks?"
Zani grinned as well. "Well, first off, from now on, please call me Zani instead of Zanitear. Second, whenever you need me I'll be there for you. If at one point you might have a problem with one of my other chose, or they a problem with you of course, I'll be a referee of sorts. I'll stick my nose in to your problems until they are resolved. Just as B'Elanna already was, you are now welcome at all time to come in here and join us. The only exception to that are the bedrooms. Those are off limits unless you are invited in, and even then it's a onetime deal and you have to be invited in again the next time. You are from now on welcome at every meal. As you know by now, I love to cook and I cook every day."
Don't, um, don't the others have a word in this as well?" Rogin wondered, realizing just how much of an intrusion in to their life she would be.
"The others like you and will be happy to have you around more," Zani assured. "As I said, you are somewhat of a mystery to me, but that doesn't mean that I don't know how the others feel about you. Trust me, you are welcome here; by all of us."
"Alright, I'll trust you on that," Rogin agreed, only to add, "but if at any time I become too much of an intrusion let me know so that I can do something about it. This goes along with what we just discussed. If I know it then I can do something about and this will result in the fact that I am still welcome on those fewer times I come around then, instead of wearing out my welcome."
"That is something you don't have to worry about, but, just for your own peace of mind I promise to let you know."
"Any more perks?" Rogin asked, wondering what more Zani would come up with.
"Nope, that's pretty much it. Well, there is the openness. Now that you are a close one I trust you to keep any private information of this group of close ones just that; private. Since by this trust the privacy is assured, you will hear things that you would never have otherwise."
"Really?" Rogin asked interested. "Alright, let me test that theory; is Seven any good in bed?"
"She is great," Zani assured with a purr. "By the way, since you are now a close one there is a big chance that Annika will ask you to call her Annika in private as well. Is B'Elanna any good?"
Rogin took a breath to tell Zani that it was absolutely none of her business. Then she suddenly shut her mouth and grinned a little sheepishly. "Got to watch that snap reaction I guess. Um, the answer is most definitely; yes she is."
Deciding that juicy stuff should come from both sides, now that she had decided to trust, she added, "You know what I really like? The fact that she is so versatile. I mean, like I told you before, I had lovers before. The thing is that normally they really like one or two things, and then some nice things as dress-up; meaning do those things sometimes. B'Elanna is so different. She is so open, she likes so much. It's like... well, whatever we are doing at that time she likes. She doesn't have any clear favorites, she just goes like the mood strikes her, or most often reacts to what I like at that moment."
"Really?" Zani asked, glad to know that. "Annika is pretty much the same. Well, with the same I mean that she likes a lot. The only real difference there is that she has clear moods. Today she likes this and I'm more than happy to oblige, and tomorrow she is in the mood for that, and I'm more than happy to oblige."
"So you are more of a follower?" Rogin wondered while privately thinking that maybe it wasn't such a bad thing at all to have some people you could talk to about all kinds of stuff. This discussion for instance was definitely turning out to be fun. And it had been so long, way too long, since she had a group of close friends. The last half millennium or so there had been great relationship, but they normally existed out of her and her lover living alone somewhere. It was high time for her and her lover being able to spent time with others and not have to guard their words.
It was interesting in a different way as well. Rogin was three thousand years old, and in that time had quite some lovers. With a few she had been so open that they really didn't have any secrets for each other, but never until now had she been in a situation where she could talk so open about her lover with someone else without having to worry about damaging the trust the lover had in her. She knew for certain that B'Elanna wouldn't mind the conversation Rogin and Zani were having right now. In fact, she more than likely would want to hear every detail about it later on.
"Well, that depends on what you mean," Zani answered with a shrug. "I guess you can compare me more with how you just described B'Elanna. I like making love, I like all kinds of making love, and no matter what kind of lovemaking Annika wants I'm in the mood for it. But that doesn't mean that during the lovemaking I follow all the time. Sometimes Annika likes a more dominant partner to take control and I'm more than happy to oblige. See what I mean? I follow in regard to wanting what Annika wants but that that sure doesn't mean that I'm not in control at all. Sometimes I'm even extremely in control, and love it."
"Weird."
"What?" Zani wondered.
"Oh, sorry," Rogin apologized. "I'm just amazed at how much we are alike as couples. You are so much like B'Elanna, and apparently I'm very much like Seven. I guess it's a good thing we ended up like we did. Can you imagine the clashes it would have given if I had ended up with Seven and you with B'Elanna?"
"As Annika likes to say; we would adapt," Zani said with a shrug. "Remember, on my home planet people pretty much worship us felines. I have been in situations where I was with someone that really loves to be in control in the sex life, but doesn't dare to suggest being in control over a feline. So we adapted and still had great sex. I mean, just because you are in the mood for one thing, doesn't mean that you wouldn't love to do something else as well. Tell me, do you think about that sometimes? Being with Annika?"
"What?" Rogin asked, being blindsides by the sudden change of topic.
"Tell you what, because you are new to this open talk thing, I'll go first," Zani said with a grin. "There is nothing wrong with thinking and wondering, it's the acting on it that's the problem. Yes, I have thought about making love to B'Elanna, and yes, I have thought about making love to you. Rogin, you are a very attractive woman, so is B'Elanna. Do you really think that if you bent over to pick something up and I see that nice ass of yours that I don't wonder and fantasize about running my hand over that ass when it's naked? Sure I do. Do I check out your side profile because it shows off those nice breasts of yours? Sure I do. Do I check you out in the showers after training, sure I do."
Zani pointed a finger and Rogin and said in a challenging tone, "And don't think that I don't know that you check me out as well. I have caught your eyes lingering more than once. Remember, that 'they don't see me look' trick doesn't work with me; I see you look. Besides, if you wanted you could use the single person shower stalls, but no, you join me in the main shower room. You, my friend, enjoy the looks."
Rogin lifted her hands in mock defeat. "Alright already, yes, I look. In case you didn't notice, I'm in a relationship with a woman, so I guess it's a safe bet to say that I appreciate the female form very much. And yes, you have a great body, and to return the compliment, you have a nice ass as well. And I freely admit that I think that you having fur is sexy as hell. So, to answer your original question; yes I have thought about being with Seven, and yes, I, um, wondered about you."
"Just wondered," Zani asked with a grin.
Rogin smirked lightly. "How honest do you want me to be again?"
"Why? Did you think about me while you played with yourself? I'm flattered."
"Well, let's just say that now B'Elanna is giving me something real to touch so I'm sorry to let you know that you are the last thing on my mind then. But even if you were not the last thing but the first thing on my mind, fantasies are free. As long as you don't let them consume you there is nothing wrong with that."
"Nicely said," Zani complimented.
"Thank you." Rogin nodded her head a little to give the words a little more meaning. Then, deciding to take the moment, she asked," I asked you this before, but in light of this little get-together, let me ask again; do you use your tail?"
"What is it with you and the fascination for my tail?" Zani asked with a laugh.
Rogin had to laugh as well. "I don't know. I guess it's just so obvious. Long, flexible, and, well, I assume a comfortable width as fit. To be honest with you, I would assume you would use it as often as you would fingers."
"Well, the answer is no; I gave you the honest answer before," Zani assured. "I use it for soft touches, light tickling. Have I touched Annika's most private place with it? Sure, but not in the contact you are now thinking of."
"Why not?" Rogin finally wondered. "I mean, it's an appendage; part of your body. Why not use it just like a tongue or fingers?"
"You mean besides the fact that sticking something covered with hair deep inside my lover is not that smart; not really sanitary, nor advisable from a medical standpoint? I don't really know. I don't think Seven would have a problem with it, besides the two points I just mentioned. It's actually more me. I, well, it... see,"
Zani sighed before deciding on a different approach. "To really go in to detail here, do you and B'Elanna indulge in anal sex?"
"I don't know," Rogin started, only to stop when Zani lifted her hand.
"Right, I forgot, you are new to this open conversation thing, here let me go first. Yes Annika and I indulge in it. We both enjoy it sometimes when the mood strikes us."
Rogin lowered her eyes for a moment before looking back up, and Zani could swear that she saw a trace of shyness in those purple eyes. However, luckily it was the kind of shyness that came from doing things you normally don't do; like talking about very private things.
"We do," Rogin finally affirmed. "It's kinda like you just said that you and Seven are. It's one of those 'in the mood' things I just talked about. We don't do it every day, but yeah, it's a part of our love life. Though, I don't want to give a wrong idea here; with anal sex I also count the little things like slipping a finger in while dining out at the other end, so to speak. Really fully anal, we actually don't do that often, but when we do we sure as hell enjoy it."
"Right," Zani could only agree to then go on to make the point why she asked in the first place. "But do you also know that there are some people that can't stand it? To who even the thought of it makes them sick?"
"Sure," Rogin said immediately. "In fact, I had a lover like that once. Well, sick is a strong word, but she made it clear that it was a definite no. I could touch her behind, but zone in on her second opening and the sex was over, at least for that day. To her just the idea of something going in there freaked her out."
"It's kinda like that for me in regards to my tail," Zani admitted. "I'm pretty much open for anything, but just the idea of using my tail for entering a lover, no matter which opening, it just makes me queasy. Now, use my tail to tickle nipples or any of the other erogenous zones, hell that turns me on so much by doing it as it turns Annika on by having it done to her. I even like to tease clit and lips with it. But the thought of actually going inside?"
Rogin laughed when Zani actually shuddered at the idea.
"Laugh it up, Night Ruler. You do know that now it's my turn," Zani said with a fake frown.
"Alright, fair is fair," Rogin agreed. "Ask."
"That charming as you call it?"
"Yes?"
"You also do that to get sex?"
"That's it?" Rogin asked with a laugh.
"Well, you don't have any tail that I can ask about," Zani said, before asking with a grin, "Or are you hiding a 'tail' of sorts?"
"I thought you had enjoyed the view when we shower?" Rogin said amused. "If so you should know that I don't have any tail of any kind at all. Hell I don't even have that clit you women all seem to have."
"You don't?" Zani asked surprised.
"Nope, I'm build differently," Rogin assured. "Those same nerve endings are distributed around my opening in a way that they are directly stimulated both by being entered, or rubbing, touching or licking of my opening from the outside. B'Elanna loves that fact by the way. She loved the fact that sometimes she can just bent me over a table and pound me with our little toy, knowing that love every second of it and don't feel like I missed out of the nice forplay."
She shrugged. "As for the charming, do I do it to get sex? No, and I'm proud to say that I never have. But, do I use it during sex? Yes, if I have the right partner. You know the history B'Elanna and I have, so can you imagine how much of a rush it is for me when she asks me to do it? It's that trust thing. B'Elanna trusts me to do it; ask me to do it. It's... wow."
"Um, that's not really what I meant," Zani admitted. "I meant if someone was not in the mood, or even someone you didn't know that well, to then use the charming to get them in to bed. So I guess the first part of your statement answers that. But now that you have said that, how can you fit that in to a sex life? Why does B'Elanna ask for it?"
"Easy. You just said that Seven sometimes likes you to be the dominant partner. Well, it's really the same thing, just an extension of it. B'Elanna knows that once I charm her, she can't say that she doesn't want something, or ask me to stop. She knows that she is under my complete control. Whatever I ask of her, or suggest to her, she'll do, within the limits you heard me describe to Kathryn when I joined the crew. That's what makes it so special for both of us. For me, that B'Elanna now trust me so completely. For her that she can truly let go fully. Even if you give control to someone you fight it on a certain level, but if I take control over B'Elanna it's exactly what she wants. At those times, she feels that whatever I want to do is exactly what she always wanted and she gets a feeling of satisfaction from it that's better than many an orgasm... well, at least it lasts a damn lot longer."
"You really think I have a great ass?" Zani suddenly asked.
"What?" Rogin asked confused before saying, "Oh sure I do. Come on; don't tell me nobody ever told you that."
"Well, yes, but I love hearing it," Zani said with a grin.
"Ah, well, in that case," Rogin leaned a little closer as if she was about to tell Zani a secret. "I think your fur helps as well. Mind you, you have a very nicely shaped ass, but how that tip of the fur on your back just barely tips between your buttocks looks sexy as hell."
"What do you like the most, body wise, about B'Elanna?" Zani asked.
"Before I answer that, tell me something, are you always this sex and erotica fixated?" Rogin asked with a grin.
Zani laughed at the question. "No, rest assured, I'm not. Mind you, I'm sexually very active; I prefer to get some every day, and luckily Annika feels the same say. But all in all, no. It's simply that now you are finally answering questions I was curious about. That, and the fact that the little Mouse isn't here. That's one of the lines Annika and I walk. The Little mouse knows Annika and I make love, she knows what it is. And we have no problem with her hearing Annika and I talk about how one of us will show appreciation later, when we are in bend. Mouse knows what we mean, and that's fine with us. But we sure as well wound go talking about stuff like where my tail would fit just fine if I was into that."
Rogin nodded in understanding. Since she interacted a bit with the child, she had read up on her. Being interested in the strange mix of seeing a child that showed some very mature tendencies, and at the same time also showed enough child to proof that her childhood wasn't fully destroyed; just stained.
"But since the Mouse isn't here, and I can ask all the question I want to ask. I do. That way they are asked and hopefully answered, and therefore I don't have to ask again. In the future there might be more questions, but it'll be more in regards to wondering about a comment you just made yourself. As I said before; it's more about openness. There are things I would like to know, but once I know them why should I ask the question again? I already know the answer."
"Alright, let's get the information stage over with then."
"Do you mind the questions?" Zani asked, wondering if she was pushing Rogin into the talk they were having.
Rogin thought about it for a moment before finally admitting, "Funny enough, no, not really. Had you asked me that before I came here today, yes I would have told you to mind your own business about ten times about now. I'm not used to talk so open with someone that isn't lying naked in bed besides me and wants to know things about me. But you have already proven to me that you can keep quiet about things to the other people on this ship. I know for a fact that B'Elanna doesn't mind me telling you this. The lack of talk about B'Elanna and me came mostly because of me. I didn't want anyone to know what I consider private. It's somehow different now though. I think it's the fact that you share as much information with me as I do with you. I think it ensures trust. After all, if ever you were to tell someone besides Seven what I just told you, I would have just as much ammunition to use in gossip about you."
"Ah, they trust thing seen from a different angle," Zani said. "Don't worry; that I can promise you; all you or B'Elanna ever tell me will stay between the four of us for now, and later when the little mouse is big enough her as well, if she wants to know."
"You think she will?" Rogin asked, and Zani could see that Rogin was a little worried about a child hearing so much detail.
"I don't think so," Zani assured. "Annika and I are raising her in a way that she knows things, we want her to know about the facts of life because in just a few years she will be at an age where she might just start searching for answers by herself if we don't give her the answers. So, she might ask a few things she is curious about, general things. But I don't think you will have to worry about her wanting colorful details. When that time comes, she will be the kind of young woman that wants general and specific information, but when it comes down to detail she will want to gain that information by experiencing it."
"Seven was right; you do have a perception of things that still have to come that is impossible for most to have. The goddess that gave you that information must be very powerful indeed to know what the future is going to bring."
"The Goddess of Travelers and Traders is one of our gods that is blessed with partial knowledge of the future," Zani explained. "The Mother Goddess is the only one that had the full knowledge of the future and the past. The Goddess of Travelers and Traders is gifted with knowing things in the future in those fields; travel and trading. Considering that Voyager is on a journey; they are traveling, I have been granted with knowing some things about some of the people," Zani admitted.
"How does that work?" Rogin wondered. "Do you 'see' what's going to happen with them?"
"It's a little more vague than that," Zani said while wiggling her hand a little in an 'eh' manner. "It's more like... well, let me put it like this. Have your read some of those stories that are made for nothing more than entertainment; nothing more than fiction?"
"I have," Rogin assured. "B'Elanna likes to call them books, even though she downloads them to PADD instead of having the replicator create a real book."
"Right, well, you can compare it kinda with that. I have some knowledge of the 'book.' I know that this person will be doing that in ten years. Kinda like I read the last page of the book first. But I don't know what happens to that person during the book. All I know that the person will still be alive in ten years and be doing this or that at that point. That's kinda the information I have. With the little mouse, I know that she and Naomi will enter in to a romantic relationship in four years. I also know that both of them will honor the wishes of Sam, and Annika and me, and wait until they are considered young adults before they make love. I also know that not long after that Naomi will move in with the little mouse and live here as well. Now, that's what I know. What I don't know is a damn lot more than that. Will Naomi actually be the little mouse's first, or will she have sex before that? I don't know. Just how happy will they be? I don't know. All I know is that they will end up together, get married and stay together for the rest of their lives."
"If this goddess of yours gave you all of this information, why didn't you tell Seven this?" Rogin wondered.
"She never asked. I have a feeling that she doesn't want to know too much about her future; she prefers to live her life instead of believing that the life has already been set out all the way until she dies. And I can't blame her. Knowing too much about your future can make someone careless. For instance, to go with what I just told you about the little mouse. If she knew what I just told you, and she wasn't the person I know she is, she might misuse the information. She knows that Naomi will be with her, so, hey, that means that she can sleep around and treat Naomi like dirt. After all, Naomi will be there right? Why treat her properly if she is going to be there anyway?"
"I guess you have a point," Rogin admitted. "Knowing too much of your life up front may not be a good thing."
She grinned before winking. "And also, this conversation is becoming way too serious. So, you asked what I like the most about B'Elanna's body? You mean besides the fact that she simply has a great body? I think it's her taste. I don't know if it's her Human part, or the Klingon part, or the fact that she is a mix, or even if it's actually my species and that my taste buds interact perfectly, but I tell you; she tastes wonderful. I love going down on her and just lick and lick like a cat licking up milk." Suddenly Rogin burst out in laugher while covering her eyes. "Oh my god, I guess I could have used a better example than that, right? Cat, licking up milk."
Zani laughed just as hard when she realized what Rogin meant. "I guess you are right. Especially considering that we Felines prefer to drink our milk out of glasses or cups nowadays. We lost the roughness of our tongues long ago and my tongue is just as smooth as Annika's."
Zani stuck out her tongue at Rogin as if to proof her point and then winked before saying. "Which is probably a good thing, considering how much I like going down on Annika. I have a feeling that otherwise the screaming she would do would be of the painful kind and not the lustful kind she does now."
"Ouch," Rogin agreed. "Alright, your turn. What do you like the best about Seven's body?"
"Um, all of it?" Zani asked.
"Nope, that is a crop-out."
"But it's not," Zani disagreed. "I mean, to start with what you just said, I love her taste. Besides that, she really has a great body. Depending on from what side you look at her the eye catcher is either that perfect behind of hers, or her breasts, but it's a lot more than that. The lines of her shoulder blades flow just right, she has this hourglass middle that she somehow manages to combine with a sexy V shaped back. I... I honestly mean that all of her body looks great."
"She does have huge breasts," Rogin said before asking, "You like that in a girl?"
"Oh, come on, she doesn't have huge breasts; she has large ones, but not huge ones. In fact, I would say that yours are just as large."
"Nope," Rogin assured. "It just looks that way because I'm smaller than her, but her breasts are bigger than mine."
"And just how do you know? Did you measure?"
Rogin buffed her nails on her shirt before looking at them and saying playfully proud. "I'm a member of security. Tuvok told me to pay attention to everything, so I do."
"So, you guesstimated?"
"Nope, I happen to see the sizes she entered into the computer when she replicated that training uniform."
"Ah, yes, that looking at people since they can't see you looking thing," Zani said before adding with a grin, "As often as you look at people from the corners of your eyes I'm amazed that your eyes haven't stayed stuck there yet."
"Years, of practice," Rogin assured with a straight face before smiling and reminding, "Now, you didn't answer my question. You like that in a girl; big breasts?"
"Well I think that Annika's size fits her body perfectly. Bigger than that and they would break the lines of the body in total, but now,"
Rogin laughed when Zani stopped talking and actually licked her lips. "So you do like big breasts," Rogin accused.
"I like them in your or Seven's size," Zani admitted. "But if you asked me to chose between bigger or smaller than that, I would go to smaller. B'Elanna has a nice set too. If I had a choice between bigger then Seven's or B'Elanna's size, it would be a no-brainer."
Zani thought about it for a moment before saying, "But truth be told, I'm not really that fixated about breasts size, or any other clear indicator that some people like to use. Tall, short, long hair, short hair, skin color, big or small breasts. I'm more of a total picture kind of girl. I look at the whole and go on that. For instance, I have seen women with a body just like Annika, but there was something in the face that I didn't like. Their image did nothing at all for me; left me cold. But, I also have been with a woman that was shorter than you, had no real breast size to talk about, and not much of an ass either. But still all in all the whole picture worked and that picture made me hot."
"Hmm, tell me," Rogin said, thinking of a new question to ask.
"Yes?" Zani asked.
"You said you like some pretty much every day, but do you go for just daily shots, or for gooood daily shots?"
"Well, let me just say," Zani started with clearly put-on pride in herself, "That if we have half an hour of time, both Annika and I think it's too short even for a quickie."
"That you are making up," Rogin accused.
"I sure am," Zani happily agreed. "Both Seven and I like our quickie from time to time. And they are great for days where we aren’t really in the mood for long loving, or simply too tired. But a fifteen minute quickie we can always fit in. Alright, let's see, if you want honest timeframes... there is the quickie of kiss, touch, liftoff. But other than that the 'normal regular daily fun' lasts about half an hour, counting from the moment we start kissing. You know, nothing more than both getting to the top so that we can have a good night rest. Having said that, about, eh, twenty-five percent of the time we are in the mood for more and on those days."
She gave a small nod, while sprouting a big grin, "Oh, yeah, on those days nothing under an hour will do; preferably more. Annika and I also prefer to indulge in what we call 'bed days' from time to time. It's on days that the little mouse is staying over at Sam's and we both have the day off. We stay in bed the entire day then; figurative speaking of course. One needs to eat, drink and make other pit stops. But those are the days that Annika and I really indulge and make love several times. What about you and B'Elanna?"
"Well, from what I hear you and Seven have us beat on the endurance record. We don't make lover every day, and we also don't have any 'bed days.' For the rest it's pretty much the same. We also have the 'normal standard' sex that lasts also about half an hour. Also have our quickies, and are also have love sessions that last longer than the half hour. Well, there is something more. As I said, we have the half hour thing, but about half of the time we give and take twice each and it's about that hour in length. Since you just used percentages, let me put it like this. With us it's about a quarters of the times are quickies, a quarters of the time it's the 'short' normal sex, a quarters of the time it's the 'long' give and take twice normal sex, and the last quarters is reserved for those times where we truly indulge and it can be two hours."
Suddenly she remembered something and stated proudly, "We do have a record of making love for six hours in a row though."
"Really?" Zani asked, dipping her head a little in an amused nod of respect.
"Yep," Rogin assured, only to add. "Though we did have abiding circumstances."
"Really?" Zani asked again, this time with a small smirk, knowing that Rogin was going to tell her despite prolonging for a moment.
"Yep, those circumstances were that B'Elanna hadn't had sex for a couple of years now and had been saving it up. And I, well, let's just say that the amount of time since the last time I had sex that involved more people than me, myself, and I, was measured in a double digit number."
"What? You want to tell me that you and B'Elanna didn't have that nervous first love making session where you fumble over your words before fumbling over buttons?"
"No; we skipped that part," Rogin admitted. "Remember that day that you told B'Elanna to get her head out her ass and stop running away from me? Thank you very much for that, by the way. Well, that's the day. I offered to walk her to her quarters, she asked me to come in for a moment, and before we knew it we were ripping clothes off and going at each other like possessed."
"For six hours, without break?"
"For six hours without break," Rogin affirmed. "All the rest we needed we got from the give and take. By the time I had taken care of B'Elanna, I really needed some again, by the time B'Elanna had taken care of that, she was so hot again that she needed some more."
"Sounds like fun, so why don't you do it again?"
Rogin shrugged. "I think that it's mostly because B'Elanna and I are more comfortable now, for lack of better word. The first time we didn't know if there would be a next time. And as I said, both B'Elanna and I had some catching up to do. Now though, we know there will be a next time and we are more in to quality than quantity. Now that we know all of each other's secret spots, we can make each other feel more in half an hour than we did in those sex hours."
"But you don't make love every day?" Zani asked. Since Rogin had just told her this, the question was really nothing more than a prompt for more information.
"No. Believe it or not, horny one, some people are actually not in the mood for sex every day. There are times B'Elanna is too tired, other days I don't feel like it."
"I don't know," Zani said thoughtfully. "I'm guess I have been lucky in that regard. We felines are always sexually active, and the times I had sex with the other species on our planet they too were more than ready to have sex because they considered it an honor. Annika too likes to make love a lot. I mean, sure there are days that we don't make love, but they are definitely a minority compared to the days we do make love. I don't think that I could last long in a relationship where I would have to bend my hornyness to whether the other is in the mood as well. I mean, one day, sure, but a couple of days in a row? Yet I also wouldn't want my partner to have sex with me because she thinks she needs to because I'm so active."
"Ah, but you seem to forget the middle ground," Rogin said, shaking a finger with a smile.
"What middle ground?" Zani asked.
"Picture this. I'm really, really horny, but B'Elanna comes home tired as hell. No way is she in the mood for lovemaking, but I want some; I need some."
"So what do you do?" Zani wondered.
"Well, in this scenario? I would accompany B'Elanna to the bathroom, run a nice bath for her and we would both get naked. Then, while she is soaking the day away in the bath, with her eyes firmly glued to me, I go sit on the end of the bath's edge, feet in the water, back against the wall, open my legs and take care of that horny feeling."
"You do it yourself?" Zani asked amazed.
"Sure, but with B'Elanna watching what I do. It's about sharing your orgasm. To make love, it's not necessary that it's your lover's hand that's touching you."
"Of course, yeah, I know that," Zani stated. "But that's only interesting for a time or two, not every time the other isn't in the mood."
"Well, the not in the mood days aren't that numerous either," Rogin defended. "I would say that... alright, tell you what, let me give you some numbers again; average numbers. Of every ten days, we make love four times, there are two times where on of us isn't in the mood while the other is, and then you get what I just said, and four days we don't make love because we both aren't in the mood, or simply don't have the opportunity."
"And you really like the masturbating thing?" Zani wondered.
"God yes," Rogin assured. "Maybe that's why it works so well for B'Elanna and me; we both like it if our partner watches us touch ourselves. I... well, let me tell you, if B'Elanna were to tell me that I had a choice. Either we have a quickie where she makes me come as well, or she takes all of the 'quickie' time to masturbate in front of me; no choice. I would ask her to show me, even if it would mean that it would turn me on like hell and had to talk around horny afterwards because there was no time to take care of that little problem."
"Of course, later that day you would be all over B'Elanna and have her rectify the problem," Zani said, sure that this was the case.
"Of course," Rogin affirmed. "But there is one more addition; something of a middle ground between the masturbating and a quickie that is done if the situation is right. Say when B'Elanna isn't too tired, but simply not in the mood to make love."
"Which is?" Zani asked curious.
"We take care of the problem. Masturbating in front of the lover is more than just touching one self; you do want to give your lover something to watch. Love making, even the quickies, do take time because you do use time to build up and calm down. But if B'Elanna is horny and I'm not, there is nothing that says that I can't reach into her pants and quickly take care of the problem. It's not like I hate what I'm doing then. It's effective, quick, and still a lot more fun for the partner than her either having to go without or doing it herself quickly in the other room."
When Rogin saw Zani nod as if understanding something new that had been explained to her, Rogin asked, "You never did that?"
Zani shook her head. "I have to admit, no. Again, on my Homeworld people were standing in line to have sex with me, proverbially speaking of course. And here Seven is just as active as I. I never truly had the need for learning how to deal with the partner not being in the mood. It happens so rarely in my life that if it does happen it's simply a postponement until the next day, at most."
She frowned before asking, "You really wouldn't mind? Let's pretend we were lovers. I like it every day, and you are not that active. So on those occasions where I want some, and you don't you would just reach down and sent me over?"
"Well, it's more than that," Rogin said, not liking how cold it sounded. "Like that it sounds like a task; something that has to be done. No, if I do this for B'Elanna, I still hold on to her, still tell her tender words, still kiss her. You could say that we just stripped everything else off. But yes, I wouldn't mind give you your pleasure every day. Of course, If I knew that it would happen so often I would probably even turn it into a little bit of a game. Find different ways to do it so that it's not the same all the time. Maybe demand repayment in there being certain days that would exist out of you fully concentrating on me for hours in a row without wanting some for yourself until I have been taken well and truly care of."
"Hmm, that could work," Zani agreed. "You know, it's kinda interesting. When I think of it, it sounds logical that two people would reach concessions; give and take, and all that. But would you believe that for my entire life I never had to do that? Well, I did in ways that we discussed about a partner not liking certain things. But I mean in general, I never had to make concessions to a partner that doesn't want it as much as I do."
"Maybe you should talk about it with Annika, you can try some stuff out just to see what it's like," Rogin suggested. "I mean, the worst that can happen that you find out that you can't take it and then jump a certain more than willing blonde."
Zani grinned. "I think I will do that. Might be fun."
Then she sobered a little. "And come to think of it, it might be a good idea anyway with this security team thing. If we do have to take care of a mission we probably won't have the time, nor will the situation be secure enough. It might be better if I train, for real, in either going totally without, or at least having the really quick option be enough."
"Good idea," Rogin agreed, before asking with a smile, "Now, I told you that B'Elanna and I've had sex in her office, you tell me what you and Seven have done."
"Alright, but first, how come you had sex there? If you can watch B'Elanna and wait until later in the day to have sex with her, how come you did it in the office?"
"Because that's watching. It's something entirely different when B'Elanna is sitting in her desk chair and I tease her by putting my hand between her legs and tell her that she doesn't have to guts to do anything about it."
Zani laughed at that. "Guess she proved you wrong."
"Oh, yean, within seconds I was bent over the desk with my pants around my ankles. Damn, it was damn hot having her take me like that while knowing that her closed door was unlocked."
"I assume that you repaid the favor though?"
"Sure I did," Rogin said smugly. "I had her sit in that chair and told her I was going to give her a memory that would haunt her forever. I got under that desk and made her come twice, sitting right in that chair of hers. I told her that from now on, every time she had a meeting in that office and was sitting in her chair, she would think of me between her legs going at it while she is holding a meeting. I guess the image worked because the next day she got home and gave me a slap as 'thanks' for planting that image in her head."
"Aww, you poor woman; so abused."
Rogin sniffed as if crying before saying, "Yes, but I made her kiss it and make it better."
"Hmm, tell you what, I'll be nice and not ask what she slapped that kissing it and making it better would put such a smile on your face. As for Annika and me, mostly it's in our bedroom, but when the little mouse isn't around we have been known to use the other rooms as well."
Rogin let her eyes drift down to the kitchen table they were sitting at before looking back up and lifting an eyebrow.
"Duh, of course; couple of times actually," Zani said before accusing, "And don't tell me that you and B'Elanna are any different."
"I would be lying if I said we were," Rogin agreed. "Come on, I told you about B'Elanna and my time outside of our quarters, don't dare telling me that there isn't a story like that for you and Seven."
"I would be lying if I said that," Zani agree, deliberately mimicking Rogin's words. "Alright, Annika and I also had one experience outside our quarters,"
"Well, actually," Rogin interrupted, "Do you count the holodeck as well? Because if you do, it's more than just one time outside out quarters for B'Elanna and me."
"Nope, the holodeck isn't counted," Zani assured. "There you have privacy codes and I sincerely doubt that there is a single person on the ship that hasn't had sex on the holodeck, be it with a real or a fake person. Actually, Annika and I have done what even some captains only dream of."
"What the ready room?" Rogin wondered.
"Oh, come on," Zani said with a shake of her head. "The ready room is even more secure than the holodeck is once the captain has said 'lock doors'. Even the first officer can't get through that without using a level one command override. If a captain has a partner on the ship, I'm sure that the ready room is the place that's used the second most often, right after the living quarters. No, I'm talking about the conference room. Funny actually, B'Elanna has had you bent over her desk, I had Annika on the conference room table; twice. The first time I had her bent over as well. Mmhmm, you won't believe how wet she got when I suddenly pushed her over and informed her that I was going to fuck her."
"So, how did she repay you, did she have you sit in a chair as well and then eat you like I ate B'Elanna?" Rogin wondered. "And how did you manage to do that; don't you need some excuse to get in there? Didn't the bridge crew wonder what you were doing in there?"
"No, when she repaid me she was the one sitting in the chair. Had me sit on the edge of the table and lean back while she... how did you call it? Licked like a cat licking up her milk? Well she sure licked alright. And, I'm proud to say, we also didn't have the door locked."
"You are making this up," Rogin accused.
"Nope," Zani assured. "We had something that works way better than a lock."
"Really, and just what is that?"
"Did B'Elanna ever tell you that the Captain had decided at one point that the entire crew could benefit for Annika's knowledge and that Annika was supposed to set up some classes?"
"She did," Rogin affirmed. "She also told me that it's basically a joke. Nobody ever goes to those classes; even the Captain who wanted the classes always finds an excuse to not go. At least B'Elanna told Seven honestly up front that she thought it too boring to learn about stuff they never had to deal with and to not expect het unless the Captain made the sessions mandatory; which she hasn't done because then even she can't excuse herself."
"Right," Zani agreed. "Well, Annika doesn't mind it really. She knows that nobody will show up. So she goes there, waits for five minutes and leaves again. She doesn't mind because she knows it's ammo. If at some point the Captain asks her to do something again, she can first point out that she is already doing something extra for Voyager, and second that nobody bothers to show up; why should she do another thing? Kinda smart if you ask me; you never know what Kathryn will come up with the next time she is bored and starts thinking. Anyway, I sidetracked. To answer your question; the 'lock' we had that made sure that nobody would come in was that the info cession that Annika had planned for that day was called; the molecular reconstruction of tri-particle baznon deposits and how it can generate stable energy."
Rogin snorted at that. "No wonder, nobody would show up for that."
Zani winked before saying, "I did, and boy was that one fun session; we created some energy alright."
"I," Rogin stopped talking when the door to the quarters opened at B'Elanna and Seven walked in. Noticing how they both suddenly had gone quiet, Rogin and Zani looked at each other and both burst out in a fit of giggles.
"Why do I get the feeling that I know only too well who the subject of their conversation was?" Seven wondered.
"Hey Seven, tell me, does the conference room table hold a fond place in your memory?" Rogin asked between giggles.
Seven looked at Zani and lifted her eyebrow, to which Zani's defense was to only start giggling more.
"And why do I get the feeling that I only know too well just what they were discussing about us?" B'Elanna asked as she crossed her arms, only to then look at Seven and ask, "The conference room? Which chair did you sit in?"
"My own," Seven assured, only to add, "At least the first time. When it was time to repay the favor for a second time, I set in your chair, B'Elanna."
B'Elanna could only grin at that before she looked back at the two other women and asked, "So what happened here while Seven and I were gone that suddenly you seem to be talking about our love lives?"
As an answer Rogin lifted her hand to show off the ring on her finger.
"I see," B'Elanna merely said, but her facial expression made it clear that she was very glad that Rogin now too was a part of their little group.
"Oh, crap," Zani suddenly said as she saw Rogin show off the ring. "I'm sorry Rogin, totally forgot to tell you why we had time for this little discussion. Rogin, just so that you know, the four of us will be training together, while one of us helps B'Elanna, the other two train together to see if we can teach each other some tricks."
"Oh we will, will we?" Rogin asked.
"Yes we will," Zani affirmed. "That's why we had time for our talk, Annika was telling B'Elanna this at that time."
"Really?" Rogin asked. "And just how did that conversation go?"
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To be continued, maybe, someday.