A/N: Oh. My. Gosh. I love you guys! Thank you for the opinions on the Q issue. I know I only had three people say anything, but thanks. Especially evon2evon, you gave me the awesomest idea ever. Also, the fic that I got the idea for Q being afraid of the Doctor is Pandora's Comet by Mountain King.
Ok. So as for Q and the Doctor: Q will be afraid of the Doctor, because, for the purposes of this fic, Q's powers will work only on beings and matter incorporated into a linear time stream. As the Doctor and other Time Lords exist outside of time, he can't do anything to them (Thanks again, evon2evon). Basically, he's close to powerless against the Doctor. Not completely powerless, but close enough. Hope no one thinks I'm taking too much of a liberty with this.
"Q!" Picard exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
"I can't stop and say hello, Mon Capitan? You wound me." He said in an overly-dramatic voice. Then he caught sight of the TARDIS, and the Doctor leaning against it with Rose standing beside him. He paled slightly. "Time Lord…"
"Hello, Q. Mind answering Captain Picard's question?" The Doctor asked Q cheerfully.
"Which Time Lord? Has to be a renegade…" Q was still trying to figure out which of the renegade Time Lords stood before him. Not that there were many to choose from. In fact, he was mainly trying to avoid thinking of the possibility it could be the Doctor.
"I'm The Oncoming Storm. The Bringer of Darkness, the Destroyer of Worlds. I'm the Doctor, Q. And you will answer Captain Picard's question NOW." The Doctor told Q, all humor gone for the moment as he spoke to the omnipotent super-being before him. The security personnel, Rayne, Riker, and Picard all looked on in disbelief. Q was afraid of this strange being…Time Lord? And apparently a renegade one at that. Picard suddenly wondered if the ship was in some kind of danger from the Doctor. After all, he had identified himself as both Bringer of Darkness and Destroyer of Worlds, and those didn't sound particularly like something a good person would call themself.
To everyone's continued surprise, Q answered. "I felt some…thing. I couldn't tell what it was; only that it would affect this ship greatly. I wanted to come watch."
"Damn. If you can't sense it, it has to be out of time like I am…probably Daleks or something." The Doctor seemed to brood for a second, then he brightened. "Well, can't know till they get here, I suppose. And don't go anywhere, Q. Instead of making this harder for the good Captain and his crew, you're going to help us. Do some good for once." He smiled at the super-being, a strangely unsettling smile.
Picard finally stepped forward again, and said. "If I may ask, Doctor…" But he got no further than that. "Why am I called The Oncoming Storm, Bringer of Darkness, and Destroyer of Worlds? Because I earned those titles. Only thing is, I didn't give them to myself. My enemies gave them to me. If you want to hear good things about me, ask people on ….a lot of planets. And about 13 religious sects who insist on referring to me as 'The Lonely God'." Here he shook his head. "Rubbish. I'd make a horrible god."
Q seemed to have confined himself to the corner, and was being quiet for once, when he decided to speak up again, albeit very quietly. "Don't know why you don't take advantage of the stupid primitives."
The Doctor turned sharply to look at Q once again. "Because I'm not you, Q. I don't take advantage of stupid apes like humans and others." He turned to the Starfleet personnel. "Oh…that was rude, wasn't it, Rose?" He asked his companion. She nodded. "Thought so…but I still keep doing it…." He shrugged in a gesture that said 'oh well'.
The Time Lord turned to Picard, Riker, and Rayne. "Now then! Who's going to give me and Rose the grand tour?" He grinned again, the biggest one yet.
A/N 2: Aaannnddd….Cut. That's all for today, folks. And I once again forgot to put a disclaimer at the top, so:
I OWN NOTHING. Still. But these two shows would make an awesome Christmas present. –Nudges Santa meaningfully-.
Hey, does that count as a witty remark? If it does, I finally gave y'all one! If not, I'll keep thinking. Also, I might be able to get another chapter up tomorrow. But if not, don't be too disappointed. I'll get the next one up by the end of the week for sure.
One more thing before I quit typing and post this: Please R&R. I want opinions on how I handled Q, the Doctor, and whether I need more of Picard and Riker in this story. Also, don't worry. Crusher, La Forge, everyone's favorite android, Troi, and so on, will be introduced in due time. I just haven't gotten around to them yet. Oh, and yes, Worf will be in this fic. See, in my universe, after Tasha Yar died, Worf didn't take over as Security Chief; He's still just a tactical and conn officer. Rayne was assigned as Security Chief instead.
