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"What do you mean you can't search until she's been missing for 48 hours?" Edward Janeway screamed at the man on the screen.

"They'll probably show up sometime tonight, hungry and apologetic" The Police Officer assured him.

"You don't know my Kathryn" Edward's eyes lit up "She's a spitfire, and she's as stubborn as all of Ireland" his eyes dulled "She'll never come back"

"You don't know that sir" the officer didn't feel like arguing "Call us back if she doesn't show by this time tomorrow" he terminated the connection.

"Gretchen-" he turned to his wife only to be interrupted by the comm once again "Yes"

"Hello this is John Torres" B'Elanna's fathers face appeared "Have you seen Lanna? She's not in her bed"

"I think she took off with my daughter" Janeway shot the man a withering look "She probably talked her into leaving"

"Lanna? She'd never-" Torres started to argue on his daughters behalf.

"We're looking into it" Gretchen said. She cradled Phoebe and Annika closer to her chest. Both girls were shaking.

"Well if you hear from them can you have Lanna call me?" Torres looked worried and torn "I have to go to work but I don't want to leave just in case she calls"

"Give me your work number" Gretchen offered with a smile "I'll contact you if we find anything"

"Thanks. I'm sending it now" Torres vanished and the number aredared.

Gretchen saved it into the phone book file and turned back to her husband "This is all your fault you know"

"My fault? How is this my fault? None of this would of happened if it weren't for that wretched half breed-" Edward yelled.

"Don't call her that. Her name is Lanna and she nice and beautiful, and Katie loves her" Phoebe screamed at her father. She was usually afraid of him. He was so big. But she wouldn't stand for anyone, anyone, insulting Lanna.

"That's the reason. My daughter. My daughter is in love with another female" Edward shook his finger in his younger daughters face "I won't stand for this. You better bring home some nice boy for me to meet or you'll be..
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"Do not threaten her" Gretchen rose to her feet. For the first time in as long as she'd known Edward Janeway she hated him "Don't you ever threaten my daughter again. You just lost one because you couldn't love her enough to accept her. You will not make me lose them both" Gretchen moved directly in his face backing the man up several inches "Now you apologize to her"

"I'm sorry Phoebe. Your right. I shouldn't insult people" Edward said just to pacify his wife.

"Phoebe, Annika go upstairs and play" Gretchen directed the two young girls. She waited until she heard the 'click' of Phoebe's bedroom door closing before returning her attention to her husband. "And you, I've never believed that you'd be so biggoted that you'd cause your own daughter to leave her family"

"I"m going to find her. Then I'm going to make sure she never see's that Klingon girl again" Edward stormed out of the house.

"You won't her her. I'm pretty sure I will" Gretchen settled into the comm chair when she heard the Hovercraft her husband piloted leave. She dialed in the number by memory. After a few moments it was answered.

"Hello Gretchen" the female voice was smooth and unsurprised "I knew you'd call"

"So she is there?" Gretchen released a breath "Is she alright?"

"No. She isn't here. She's in San Fransisco. At my apartment. She called me from the Port early this morning fo acc access code" Gretchen sister explained "She wanted me to tell you that she's sorry. But she and her little friend had to do it"

"Oh thank god. Is there food? Do they need anything?" Gretchen gripped the edge of the console.

"I had it restocked immediately after she called. There's everything they can possibly need and more" she assured the worried woman.

"Good" Gretchen smiled "Thank you. Call me if you find out anything?"

"Sure Gretchie" she terminated the link.

Gretchen Janeway ran her hand through her graying hair as she thanked every god she'd ever heard of for keeping her daughter Lan Lanna safe.
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B'Elanna opened her eyes and panicked. She didn't recognize her surroundings at all. "Katie?" she called into the stillness of the place.

"Lanna?" Kathryn rushed into the bedroom when she heard the panic in the girls voice "What's wrong?"

"I d't k't know where you were" Lanna blushed "I didn't remember where we were"

"Oh" Katie sat down on the bed next to Lanna "It's okay. Would you like the see the rest of the place?"

"Yeah" Lanna slowly rose "All I saw was the way to the bedroom"

"You were exhausted" Katie wrapped a loving arm around her and hugged her gently " Get dressed. We're gonna have a guest in about an hour"

"Really who?" Lanna said pushing her thick wavy hair out of her flushed face.

"My aunt set up interviews with some StarFleet people for me and with Harry Kim, from Theoretical Ship Design for you" Katie pulled Lanna in the direction of the head.

"I'm gonna meet Harry Kim" Lanna hopped around Katie in glee "The Harry Kim? The famous ship designer Harry Kim?"

"Yes Lanna. Love calm down and shower" Katie grabbed Lanna's shoulders and steadied her.

"Oh god what do I wear?" Lanna panicked when it all finally sunk in.

"It won't matter what you wear if you greet him smelling like the ship we came in on" Katie chuckled as she stripped Lanna and shoved her into the stall and turned on the water setting. She stood in the door way as Lanna sputtered in the sudden spray.

"Wow. I've never undressed myself that fast" Lanna smirked at Kathryn before turning her back and bathing.

"I could probably do it faster than that" Katie boasted "But it would take practice"

Lanna blushed. She thought she could handle this new dimension of her relastionship with Katie, but was finding herself embarrassed. She'd seen Katie naked before, even touched her a bit, but she wasn't used to being seen as an attractive female, and Katie was generous with her praise of Lanna's body. She touched her often when she was a little less than fully clothed, but they had yet to moved further than kisses and heavy groping.

"Feel free to use me as a guinea pig" Lanna blushed as she said it and climbed from the shower. Katie held out a towel which she happily stepped into.

Katie embraced her and began to dry her. She rubbed the towel over every inch of Lanna's skin making sure no droplets were left. She kissed her shoulders and she made a second pass over them.

"I'm dry Katie" Lanna said in a hushed voice.

"You look pretty wet from where I'm standing" Katie joked evilly.

"Oh god" Lanna rushed from the bathroom "I have to get dressed"

"I'm wearing her down" Katie smirked as she followed slowly behind the wound up girl.
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"Those Starfleet people weren't as bad as I thought they'd be" Lanna said smiling "I didn't know that you'd be such a prize. Three different departments want you, and a Command Track and your only 17" Lanna gushed.

"Well Mr. Kim should be here soon" Katie tried to take the attention off of her accomplishments and onto the -at times- shy Klingons "He actually thanked my aunt for bringing you up. I guess creating a cleaner working engine for a science project, that was a turning point in ship design and enviromental harmony, is really a big deal"

"I'm nervous already Katie" Lanna muttered.

"He'll love you Lanna" Katie assured her "I love you. But you know that already"

"Yeah I do" Lanna agreed "But I never tire of hearing it"

"I love you" Katie whispered as she embraced her Klingon "I love you. I love you"

Lanna giggled and snuggled closer the Katie. They cuddled for several minutes before there was a beep at the door.

"Come" Katie released Lanna and they scooted away from each other.

Harry Kim entered and smiled at the young women "Hello. I take it one of you is the Amazing B'Elanna Torres?"

"That would be me" Lanna said quietly.

"Itan han honor to meet you ma'am" Harry Kim approached her and held on a hand "It's quite a pleasure to meet someone younger than me with so many accomplishments"

"It's not that many accomplishments" Lanna said shaking his hand firmly.

"You have an engine named after you. Ths ans an accomplishment" Harry smiled at Kathryn "Is she always this modest?"

"You shoulda seen her when she discovered the equation for the metric singularity that perfects the matter/antimatter conversion" Katie said smiling "All she said was 'Wow I think I got it' and handed me the PADD"

"Now that is genius" Harry turned to Lanna "We want to offer you a place on our team. We hope to build better ships using your engine and any other experiments that you choose to pursue"

"You want me" Lanna placed her hand over her erratically beating hearts "You want to work with me?" she took deep breaths "I think I'm gonna faint"

"I hope that's a yes" Harry said as he backed off. The girl looked like she was gonna yak.

"Breathe Lanna" Katie calmed the Klingon with her touch alone "Tell the man if you would like to work with him or not"

"Yes, I'd love it" Lanna said looking dazed.

"Good" Harry began to back out of the apartment "We'll be looking for you sometime next week. Come on when you feel up to starting. I know you've just moved to the city. Um welcome, and it'll be a pleasure working with you" he quickly left the apartment with a happy but overwhelmed look on his face.

Moments after Harry left Lanna looked into Katie's eyes and promptly fainted.

"Yup she's gone" Katie muttered as she scooped the girl off the floor and carried her off to the bed "Just once I wish she'd be awake and aroused when I do this"
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4 Years Later
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Lanna half tossed Kathryn onto the bed before poucing down on her "So lover what was that about holding me down and making wild love to me?"

Kathryn laughed as she tried valiantly to escape the clutches of the evil Klingon above her "I was talking about later. Like when I catch you sleeping and wake you up"

"You'll never catch me" Lanna taunted before laying wet kisses over Kathryn's exposed mid-driff. She continued to pull to tunic over Kathryns head stopping every few inches to kiss the newly exposed flesh.

Kathryn was mad with passion by the time the tunic came off. And she was still wearing the uniform pants "Lanna come on" she tried to dislodge the slightly heavier woman.

"No" Lanna pinned Kathryn hips and slid one hand under the pants and Standard Issue briefs "I'm on top. So we go at my pace"

"Your pace is too damn slow" Kathryn arched up towards the harder body of her lover and shifted down slightly. It brought Lanna's hand directly where she wanted it.

"Well I know your definately ready" Lanna teased as she pulled at the curly hair at the apex of Kathryn's thighs.

"And waiting" Kathryn grumbled when Lanna didn't move her fingers in the all too familiar dance.

"Tsk tsk. Patience my little Scientist. I want to experiment on something" Lanna teased huskily.

"What's the experiment" Kathryn asked.

"I want to see how long I can hold off on making you come" Lanna said sexily as she began to pull to pants from Kathryn's hips.

"I don't like that experiment" Kathryn groaned as Lanna feathered her torso with wet kisses.

"It's my experiment" Lanna licked the overheated skin. She could taste sweat and arousal. The smell of her lover's arousal filled the air bringing her bloodlus the the forefront. She ran her teeth over the surface of Kathryn's skin, tickling her and making her moan.

"La" Ka" Kathryn moaned. She could feel the low growls her lover was releasing "Please"

B'Elanna came to the skin just below Kathryn's navel and sank her teeth in, drawing two small rivers of blood that she sucked and licked at driving her lover crazy. Lanna could feel the wetness began to drip onto her hand as it cupped the heart of Kathryn's desire "I thought you didn't like this experiment"

"I lied" Kathryn gasped "I like it. I like it much" Kathryn let out a plainitive wail as Lanna's hand finally began to move "Yes"

"Quiet Kate. Or the neighbors will complain again" Lanna whispered into the woman's ear while she nibbled gently on the lobe.

"I don't c" Ka" Kathryn cried out as Lanna pressed into her sensitive flesh, penetrating her as well as stimulating the outer nerves in her clitoris.

"Your an animal" Lanna laughed as she brought Kathryn to climax.

Kathryn stiffened and let out a silent scream. Her body arched off the bed and into the young woman above her. She gripped Lanna's shoulders so tightly she left faint bruises as well as scratches and the indentation from her nails. She came down slowly, leveling out her breathing and bringing herself back down to earth.

"Lanna" she croaked having lost her voice in passion.

"Yes love?" Lanna settled herself frimly on top of the lighter woman.

"Can we do that again?" Kathryn smirked.

"If you earn it" Lanna promised.

By the end of the night. She did.
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Kathryn woke the next morning belly to belly with her lover. She never thought she'd get used to the extra body heat her Klingon gave off. But now she realized she didn't need to get used to it. Heat was part of their relationship.

"It's about time you woke up" B'Elanna rumbled from beneath the smaller woman "I thought I'd have to start without you"

"I'd of caught up" Kathryn's husky voice took on an exquisite timber. One she knew drove the Klingon wild.

"I doubt it" B'Elanna smiled pulling Kathryn up to her lips. The kiss was tender, atleast it started out that way. She pushed her lover away after long intense moments.

Kathryn gasped when B'Elanna left the bed moments after kissing her within an inch of her life "You said you were gonna start without me where are you going?"

"To work" B'Elanna called from the ensuite.

"I thought we'd have time before work?" Kathryn said confused.

"If I'd started then, I'd be done by now" B'Elanna stuck her head out "We'll probably be late as it is"

Late? Kathryn looked at the clock "Why the hell didn't you wake me?" she leaped from the bed and joined her 'wife' in the shower.

"Because if I did" Lanna placed a kiss on Kathryn's unscrubbed (as of yet) shoulder "We'd be making love right now"

"Why do I have the sudden urge to can sin sick today?" Kathyrn joked.

"Because your hot for me" Lanna stated "Always have been. Always will be"

"What would my mother say?" Kathryn joked wrapping soapy arms around Lanna's trim figure.

"You lick her what!?!" B'Elanna exclaimed in a fair imitation of Gretchen Janeway.

"My lord woman. I wouldn't tell her that much" Kathryn swiped at B'Elanna with the bath sponge. A favorite (sometimes) sextoy.

"I would" B'Elanna waggled her bushy brow at Kathyrn.

"If you ruled the world, the earth would be doomed" Kathryn remarked turning off the hydro shower.

"Yes. But you'd live in die in ecstacy" Lanna remarked.

"Yes darling" Kathryn whispered grabbing one last kiss "The ecstacy of you"
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