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The Ice
Queen
A J/7 Advent
Calendar Story 2008 by Gun Brooke
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The away team landed behind a thick shrubbery and quickly
covered as much as they could of the shuttle with dead
branches and snow. Janeway scanned the area again with her
tricorder. Only small animals populated the immediate area
around them, which was a good sign. The last thing she
wanted was for someone to stumble upon the shuttle.
“That’s good enough, people,” Janeway said and clipped the
tricorder to her belt. She closed the collar of her jacket,
shuddering since it was blisteringly cold. “We need to start
moving toward the town’s perimeter.”
“Ready, Captain,” Tom Paris said. “Seven’s biosignature?”
“She’s somewhere close to the river, moving about.”
“She must be okay then, ma’am,” Tom said, his voice kind.
“Let’s hope so.” Janeway was a bit taken aback at the
obvious attempt at comforting her on Tom’s part. Was it so
obvious how big a toll Seven’s absence had taken on her? She
squared her shoulders and began walking in the direction of
the town Jukkasjärvi.
The scenery was breathtaking and at any other given moment,
Janeway would have taken the opportunity to admire how
Sweden looked before it was more or less covered with
residential and commercial structures. The mountains in the
distance rose majestically around them and the air was
clean, nearly stinging her lungs with its crispness.
Jukkasjärvi was a small town, and soon they came upon what
was obviously a residential area. The houses were small, but
well kept and she could see some children playing outside
one of them.
“They’re building a snowman,” the Doctor said from behind.
“I did that once on the holodeck with my holo family.” He
sounded wistful.
“Sorry, Doctor, no time for any snowmen,” Janeway said.
“Once we find Seven, we will head back to Voyager.”
“What if Seven can’t help us recreate the singularity?”
Harry asked. He had been very quiet until now. “What if
we’re really stuck her this time?”
“Let’s cross that bridge when we get to it,” Janeway said
shortly. First things first. Find Seven.
Darkness was already falling and Janeway switched on her
flashlight. She pulled out her tricorder and scanned the
area. “This is unexpected,” she murmured. “I was unaware
that there’d be so many people in this small town.” The
tricorder showed a large crowed congregating by the river.
Right where Seven was? What was going on?
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