You know, if you've been looking at the summaries for my fics, you've noticed something. The name of the Saga is Call of Ultimuus. But what exactly is a "Call of Ultimuus"?
Get ready to find out.
Chapter 13: Heeding the Call Part 1
Sugimori stood in front of the mirror in his quarters, a muscle shirt on his features. He sighed to himself... he was getting a little tubby around the belly.
Gotta have more presence with four kids around.
He massaged a marking on his right arm, one that he had lived with since he was a small child. It looked like a normal tattoo, but for him, it was something special.
The AXO of the Starship Voyager fiddled with the necklace that he literally did everything in, a silver chain with a small pendant with runic markings on it.
"My own little curse," Sugimori said to himself, "Well, time for a brand new day."
As Sugimori walked out into the corridor, he made sure everything was in place.
The last two days he had felt a bit dizzy.
Could it be happening to him again... after all this time...?
He decided to check the lunar patterns of earth later, when he was able to access the Datastreams.
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Janeway was startled when the Doctor called her to Sick bay.
However, she was equally surprised as Kira joined her, her Operations uniform only fitting slightly better as she lost the weight from the pregnancy.
"Captain," Kira said, "You got called to Sickbay too?"
"Yeah," Janeway said, "Do you know why?"
"No," Kira said, "But Kev was supposed to meet me for breakfast in my quarters while the kids are in daycare."
"That's odd, he was supposed to be on duty 30 minutes ago."
When the two women walked into sick bay, The Doctor sighed.
"Doctor, what's wrong? Where's Commander Sugimori."
Kira noticed an unfamiliar woman in a Starfleet uniform sitting on a biobed. Her hair was tousled, but Kira thought she knew the woman.
"The forests of Arcadia sure have changed." Kira said, reciting a saying Sugimori had once taught her.
"Yet the fires still roar," The woman said.
That's it... She blinks in Fibonacci sequences... just like everybody's favorite cyborg.
"Kev?" Kira said, almost certain.
"Lemme guess," The woman said, scratching her head, "I'm in trouble?"
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The viewscreen in the conference room showed an image of the marking on Sugimori's arm.
"This," Janeway said, "Is what Admiral Granuk, a dragon, back at Command has revealed to be a Call of Ultimuus."
Harry couldn't help but look at the Female sitting in Commander Sugimori's usual seat. Her complexion was flawless, but she just seemed mysterious.
"According to Granuk, Ultimuus was a powerful wizardress... A planeswalker. When she finally gave up her powers, she split them up into these marks, that only one in a million dragons have. Am i getting this right, commander?"
"As far as i can tell, Captain," The female commander said, "The Call of Ultimuus can be a Blessing and a Curse... Those with the Call can change into female form, on a whim, like an embodiment of Ultimuus herself. However, during a phase of the Earth moon that is normally ignored, the Red Moon season, The one inflicted with the Call will revert to that female form for at least 2 to 3 weeks... Usually, the female form is the spirit of a being trapped in a runic pendant, like the one i wear everywhere... So while i am in this form, you can call me Katari, or just do like everyone does, call me by my last name."
"I still don't get it..." Tom said, "You say that you can go into a female form... that must mean that you can change back at will... does this mean that there is a Red Moon season?"
"I don't know." Katari said, "But until we can figure this out, i would ask you to treat me like you would Kevin. He's still in here. He's just taking a break."
Seven looked at Katari.
"Like what you see?" Kira said, grinning, "Commander, after this meeting is over, i would like to speak to you. ALONE."
"This meeting's dismissed." Janeway said, "When you're ready to get back to duty, go right ahead."
"Aye," Katari said, as everyone else left.
When it was just Kira and Katari in the Conference room, Kira slapped Katari.
"I deserved that." Katari said.
"Damned right you did," Kira said, "We agreed, No secrets."
"I thought you knew already."
"I was raised by HUMANS, i didn't know too much about my heritage until i met you."
"Not to mention not knowing any of the Arcadian heritages... sorry bout that. Slipped my mind entirely."
Kira stopped storming around. Sugimori had never lied to her about anything, and there was a good chance he never thought that this would have happened... There were just some times that Kira wished she would have finished getting her Specialists degree all those years ago.
"I'm sorry." Kira said, "you're face alright?"
"It stings, but like i said, i deserved it."
Kira blushed and kissed Katari on the lips, somehow not surprised when, a minute later, slightly bigger arms surrounded her.
"Hmm," Sugimori said, "Normally i would allude to the maiden kissing the frogs, but i was monitoring the area while on my ethereal break... Sugimori to Seven... Check to see if any E class Moons just went boom."
"In Grid 335D... But why an E class moon?"
"The earth's moon is an E class." Sugimori said, "If an E class moon was going through a convulsion before exploding, it's possible that it would cause me to grow boobs."
"Kira to Janeway," Kira said, a bit of worry in her voice, "Have Long Range Sensors picked up anything like a shockwave?"
"Yes," Janeway said, "Where's Katari?"
"She's back in the pendant," Sugimori said, "I believe we need to set course for 4-4-6 mark 3-5."
"Do you think it has to do with your transformations?"
"It's worth a look cap'n."
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When the Voyager made it to the coordinates, Sugimori stepped onto the bridge, not surprised at what he saw.
"The Borg were here."
"Scanners show that the Borg were getting their asses handed to them..." Rose said, poring over the science station, "Three Cubes destroyed... four... Hirogen vessels..."
"Captain," Tuvok said, "Sensors are picking up one enormous transwarp signature..."
Maddie and Seven walked onto the bridge, Both of them with a scared look on their faces.
"All hands," Janeway said, "Battle Stations."
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Sugimori gulped as the Transwarp aperture opened, revealing not one, but two Fusion Cubes.
"Captain," Tuvok said, "We are being hailed... Visually."
"On Screen."
When the picture alligned itself, the bridge crew saw themselves looking at a certain figure.
The Borg Queen.
Or one of them, Sugimori thought to himself. This one looked rather young, and looked fairly hispanic. It was like he used to know someone who looked like her.
Then he heard her voice.
"Federation starship Voyager... You have two Borg aboard your vessel, along with Borg Progenitor 010... You will surrender them, or your ship will be assimilated. Resistance is futile."
"No... Fucking... Way..." Sugimori said.
"I will give you fifteen minutes..." The Queen said, "You will comply."
With that, the transmission ended.
"Commander," Chakotay said, "You look like you've seen a ghost."
"Right after the Mystic force defeated the Master," Sugimori said, "Pretty much everyone went on their separate ways. The leader, Nick, died from a rare disease. Our yellow ranger, Chip, shipped to Vulcan to participate in their officer training program. Maddie and Xander lived as civilians until we found them on the Columbia. But Vida... Maddie's sister... she went out on a vulcan expidition of the Corusca sector, the ship she was on, the Ebon Hawk... it was lost... it was never heard from again..."
"Captain," Maddie said, "It is possible that Vida may have been assimilated... But..."
"Don't worry, we aren't going to lose any of you," Janeway said, "But who is Borg Progenitor 010?"
"I normally go by Kevin Sugimori," Sugimori said, "If you ever get security clearance higher than 18, try looking at my full records."
"You're Borg?"
"No," Sugimori said, "But because the same procedures that gave me mobility created the Borg, That kinda makes me the first Borg, or Borg Progenitor 010."
Janeway looked blank for a second, but soon went into kill Borg mode.
"Arm torpedoes, and phasers, we're attacking them head on."
Sugimori sat down in the Ops chair, making himself useful.
"Scans are showing that the Fusion Cubes have noticed us..."
Sugimori grimaced as the Fusion Cube's weapons tore through the shields.
"Captain," Harry said, "Shields are down. They have a Tractor on us.
As Sugimori, Maddie, and Seven felt themselves be beamed up, he mouthed three words that made Kira weep on the spot.
I Love you
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Sugimori, Seven, and Maddie found themselves in the central plexus of the Fusion Cube.
"Man," Sugimori said, "What i wouldn't do for a morpher or a megazord right now."
"It seems that whoever beamed us here wants us for some reason," Maddie said, "Up ahead, i sense movement."
When the three made it to the source of the sounds, Maddie gasped.
The Borg Queen was waiting for them.
"Your captain was foolish." The Borg Queen said, allowing the light to heighten her features, "However, sis, I found you."
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