I wake up coughing, curling up slightly on my side as I try to breath.
"Easy, Try slow shallow breaths." a voice say in a calming tone "You need to get used to breathing again. Cryostasis have dried out the tissue slightly."
Trying to follow the advice I try to breath slower and the coughing quickly calm down so I roll onto my back, opening my eyes fully "My glasses..."
The black and green blur above me shake its head "I'm sorry, but they where not in storage in the crypod. We will create some new ones for you, it will only take a moment. I have called for The Captain, she want to talk to you." and then he walk away, leaving me trying to figure out what the hell is going on.
I know that voice from somewhere...and Captain...cryostasis...this is all rather confusing.
A few minutes later the blur return, handing me something "Here, try these. I think they shall suffice."
Blinking I feel them over before unfolding them and putting them on as I am rewarded with the sight of Robert Picardo.
My brain freeze up for a few moments "Where am I?"
Then the door open and Kathryn 'I am never wrong' Janeway walk inside "How are our passenger doing?"
The Doctor turn to her with a smile "Quite well. The effects of cryostasis are already fading and the damage have been repaired."
I just blink and look between them, brain more or less having a BSOD "Where the hell...what the fuck!?"
Janeway turn to me and give me a small smile "I am Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Starship Voyager. We located your cryostasis pod floating in deep space."
I just sit there blinking at her "Cryostasis?" and she nod "Yes. You where frozen. What year do you think it is?" and I sigh slightly
"2012. But that's not right, is it?" and she shake her head
"The year in the calendar you are used to its 2372."
I just look at her "That...wow. How did I get here? Where am I anyway?"
She nods and leans against the console next to my bed "You are on the Federation Starship Voyager in the delta quadrant. We don't know how your cryopod have out here, but we do know why you where put in it. You had a tumor in your frontal lobe" and I give her a startled look, drawing a small smile from her "No need to worry, we have already cured it. Cancer isn't deadly with out medical technology."
Letting out a small sigh I lay back down on the medical bed "So...are we going back to earth? What's to happen to me now?"
She frown and sigh "We are heading back to Earth...but its going to be a long trip. We are over eighty years from earth." and I turn to look at her "Have the human lifepan been expanded since my time?"
She snort and nod "Well...yes. Average age is around 130 years now. But we are not out here by choice, we where pulled here by a alien entity."
Sighing I collapse on my back, looking up at the ceiling "well, I guess I'm stuck here with you then."
While nodding Janeway give me a curious look "Mind if I ask a question?"
I just shrug "Go ahead. I need some distractions right now anyway."
"I was always interested in history. What was it like living through the Eugenics wars?" she ask and I just blink up at her
"The what?"
Two hours later I'm sitting in my new quarters. Its one of the guest quarters so it's somewhat spacious and maybe not luxurious, but at least comfortable.
When I didn't know what the Eugenics wars or even who Khan Singh was a entire new set of tests and scans. Turns out that not only am I lost in time, but also between universes(like I didn't know that already).
So I'm stuck on Voyager in a future I don't know and don't really like.
It could be worse I guess. At the moment I cant come up with exactly how it could be worse but I'm sure that it could be.
Somehow.