The Sickness

A/N: It literally came to me in a dream. My Muse is funny that way.

Kathryn is sick and only B'Elanna can help her. J/T femmsalsh rated M

Kathryn rubbed her eyes for the tenth time in five minutes. Her vision was fuzzy, her stomach was doing summersaults and every joint in her body felt like they were on fire. She generally felt like shit. Chakotay looked at her closely noticing her shivering.

"Kathryn are you alright?"

He whispered close to her ear. She involuntarily moved away from him. He reached a hand over to heel her head and she moved more hurriedly as if he was going to hurt her. He pulled his hand back. He watched her out of the corner of his eye as he sent a message to B'Elanna's work station. As soon as he sent it B'Elanna's terminal beeped. She opened the message and looked at Chakotay.

B'Ell come see if you can check the Captain's temperature she's trembling but won't let me touch her.

B'Elanna walked over to the Captain's chair a knelt down in front of her.

"Captain are you ok? You're shaking."

She pushed Kathryn's hair off her forehead. Her skin was so hot it burned B'Elanna's finger tips.

"Khaless Captain you're burning up."

Kathryn looked at her, her eyes filled with tears as a wave of nausea crashed over her. Her eyes closed and she doubled over in pain. B'Elanna wrapped her arms around the older woman and lifted her to a standing position. Chakotay watched shocked. He wasn't sure if he was shocked at the fact that Janeway was as sick as she was or that she responded to B'Elanna instead of him. He stood to touch her shoulder but her grip tightened on B'Elanna. B'Elanna shook her head at Chakotay and he moved away from them.

"Captain can you walk?"

She shrugged. She didn't know how she was still awake she felt that shitty.

God she smells so good.

Kathryn tried to stand on her own but her knees gave out.

"Harry!"

"I'm on it."

Kathryn and B'Elanna disappeared in the blue shimmer of the transporter. Chakotay turned and looked at Tuvok.

"What do you think caused that?"

"I am not sure. We should await the doctor to notify us."

Chakotay nodded and returned to his console.

~Sickbay~

B'Elanna rematerialized with Kathryn in her arms and a pain in her chest.

"Doctor!"

B'Elanna held Kathryn up and moved her to a bio bed.

The Doctor came out of his office and pulled a tricorder out and ran it over the Captain.

"Lieutenant we have to get her under the body scanner."

B'Elanna looked over at Kathryn. She was sweating now and her body shook badly.

"Doc she's convulsing."

B'Elanna laid her down on the scanning bed and the doctor pressed a hypo to her neck. The convulsions stopped but the inaudible moans and groans didn't. The doctor started the scanner and B'Elanna waited by Kathryn's head. The doctor's eye began to bug.

"Doc what is it?"

"I'm not sure?"

B'Elanna moved Kathryn's hair from her face and the doctor's brow rose.

"Lieutenant touch her again."

"What why?"

"Just do it."

B'Elanna put a hand on her cheek and looked at the doctor.

"Well it seems when you make physical contact with her the inflammation in her joints reduces and her fever drops."

"You know when we were on the bridge Chakotay tried to touch her and she pulled away like he was hurting her."

"He just may have been."

"So what do we do I can't stay here and hold her like this for the next 70 years."

"I am going to take some blood and run some tests but until I come up with something you may have to just so the fever doesn't kill her."

TBC