Wesley Crusher Must Suffer

Chapter 1: A New Beginning

"Engage!" ordered Captain Picard on the Enterprise bridge. The Enterprise was departing space dock at Vulcan following an exhausting social banquet between Captains, Rear Admirals, and leading members of the Vulcan Science Academy. The topic of discussion had been a Warp Core modification the Academy had designed that could, with further testing, allow Galaxy-class starships and other newer designs to maintain Warp 9 speed for an indefinite period of time. Picard had been very uncomfortable at the banquet since most of the Admirals and Captains seemed more interested in socializing than discussing plans for the new Warp Core design.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Captain Picard, Wesley Crusher was in his quarters with the blueprints for the new Warp Core design. "I think I'll install these modifications on the Warp Core tonight during the night shift!" exclaimed Wesley. "What was that?" asked his mother who was in the other room taking a short lunch break from sickbay. "None of your ******* business mom! Leave me alone!" yelled Wesley. Beverly sighed in the other room. She was frustrated by Wesley's disrespectful behavior, however she did not believe in disciplining children and decided to let it slide. Just as she was thinking about his behavior, Wesley came into the room. "Mom… can I have curfew for early morning?" asked Wesley in an innocent tone. "Why?" asked his mother very directly. "Well I don't have to tell you that! I don't owe you an explanation for ****! I'm fifteen years old now and I can do whatever I want, I just need your permission or else security will escort me back to our quarters."

Beverly thought about it for a moment. "No. Besides I've already volunteered you for some work at Ten Forward and Engineering." This enraged Wesley. "But mom! My best shirt is still stained and Geordi and Data don't want to play in the holodecks with me anymore!" he yelled. "I don't see how that has anything to do with anything." She said. "Geordi said I ruin the fun of the Sherlock Holmes programs and Data reiterated saying 'Wesley does introduce quite a disruptive and unstable element to our recreational activities'." Moaned Wesley. "Maybe it was because you were acting like a historical fiction Nazi German femme, which doesn't even correspond to the time period and is also extremely annoying." Replied Beverly matter-of-factly. "**** you mom. **** you." Replied Wesley.

Wesley went back to his room and punched the wall as hard as he could. It hurt so bad Wesley fell to the floor and started crying. "Do I need to take you to sickbay?" asked Beverly from the other room. Wesley didn't respond. He just laid on the floor, feeling sorry for himself while crying and moaning. "Well I'm heading to sickbay. I'll be back around nineteen-hundred hours." Beverly said before leaving. "I hate you mother." thought Wesley, before screaming at the top of his lungs. He had been screaming for about twenty seconds when Worf, who was in the neighboring quarters trying to sleep, hit the wall and yelled "Shut up Wesley!" After earning Worf's reprimand, Wesley decided to discontinue his high-pitch scream.

"Nobody understands how hard my life is." Thought Wesley. Then he remembered what started this drama in the first place. He wanted to install the new warp core modifications. He grabbed the blueprints for the warp core and stared at it. "If I can get to engineering when Geordi and Data are off-duty… which should be around two hundred hours… I can just come up with some bull**** excuses and claims to get the other engineering officers to leave me alone… and I can install this thing." And so Wesley had determined to take matters into his own hands. To pass the time, Wesley decided to take advantage of the fact most people were on duty at that time of day, and use a holodeck to play his less-than-appropriate private program which his mother certainly would not approve of.

After "enjoying" the holographic women of his program, Wesley decided to retire to Ten Forward. When he got there he ordered his favorite twenty-first century meal: a deep pan pepperoni pizza with extra sauce and a large Pepsi with chocolate cake and frosty for desert. While finishing his frosty Guinan walked up to him. "So Wesley may I ask why you weren't here for your seventeen-hundred shift?" she asked. "Just because my mom signed me up to slave away in your crappy restaurant doesn't mean I have to. I'm a human being with rights." Replied Wesley, who was thankfully much more relaxed than earlier. "Wesley you need to know how to take responsibility in your life." Said Guinan. "Wow you sound just like my mom. How about you just shut up and go make somebody a sandwich?" replied Wesley. Guinan simply shook her head and walked away.

"Stupid adults think they can just tell me what to do." Thought Wesley, slurping up his frosty. "It's my life." He said, getting up and leaving his dishes there on the table for someone else to pick up.

Meanwhile, on Vulcan

"You may de-activate the warp field, Professor Solok." said Dr. Toval, a leading member of the Vulcan Science Academy. "Take a look at what I found." Toval told Solok as he went over to Toval's console. "I used the classified transporters recovered from the mirror universe incident, and according to these readings, this warp field was also created in that universe." Said Toval. "Meaning what, exactly?" asked Solok. "Every possible outcome, every possible choice or event, does happen… in alternate universes…" Toval said. "Meaning the warp field we created has just happened to be an event that also occurs in the mirror universe? There's nothing remarkable about that." Said Solok. "Except it happened in the MIRROR universe. Almost everything in the mirror universe is vastly different from what happens in ours… This warp core we've designed may have much more potential than what we ever imagined."