Room with a Q Too - Thirty sixth Chapter
Q was so mind numbingly bored! He had been regenerating for ages and he still couldn't take human form yet. Currently he was stuck in the Healing Hall, the human equivalent of a hospital, with the other Q who had been careless enough to die. Q knew he had condemned himself to a mortal existence now because he deliberately sacrificed his life to save his wife. Obviously being noble and chivalrous wasn't valued by the Q. He only had one life left and he wanted to spend it with Kathy and the children not wasting it in the Continuum. To be a good father to Junior and the Twins, he needed to be there.
He was worried sick that Kathy and his children were still in Q's clutches. Q was ambitious and wanted to take control of the power wielded by the Twins, obviously he couldn't allow that to happen. Q had also expressed his admiration for Kathy on frequent occasions.. Q's jealousy flared, he would cause Q serious harm if he laid a finger on his wife. In the back of his mind he knew that Kathy could deal with Q's nonsense easily, especially with the Twin's help but jealousy isn't rational.
Captain janeway and Lady Q were sitting outside in the mansion's magnificent gardens. The Twins were chasing each other around and Junior was lying on the grass reading.
"Well Kathryn, have you put your Starfleet training to good use and devised a plan to rid us of Q and facilitate your return to Voyager, asked Lady Q?"
The Captain felt guilty that she had been enjoying her time relaxing in the Continuum too much, "It's quite difficult to plot against an enemy who has so much power!"
"Well, when you combine the Twins with Junior and myself, we are more powerful than all the Q in the Continuum," laughed Lady Q.
"Why does the Colonel want the Twins so much, doesn't he have the same powers as they do?" Captain Janeway was genuinely puzzled!
Lady Q tried to explain, "The Continuum have never seen or dealt with Twin Q. Even they didn't know that the Twins would be capable of joining their powers together. Now Q has shown them, when he reversed time, that they can join with other Q as well."
Now the Captain understood the whole picture, "We need to get the Twins out of the Continuum sooner rather than later. At least on Voyager they will be shielded by the whole crew and have a relatively normal life,"
Lady Q had an idea, "How is the delectable Commander Chakotay?"
"Well the last time I saw him was just before I died, so I can't really judge his present mood." answered Captain Janeway, confused by Lady Q's change of direction.
"Normally I would never consider a relationship with inferior species but he could make me change my mind. I don't know how you resisted his advances for so long she said, fanning her face to make a point."
"Yes he is extremely attractive and very sexy but it is impossible for me to have a relationship with him because he's my subordinate officer!"
"You humans do like to make your lives difficult with all those rules, I don't understand why you don't take every opportunity to have some fun."
"Why do you need Commander Chakotay?" Janeway asked suspiciously.
"I think we can use him to get rid of that irritating nuisance Q and convince him to allow all of you to return to Voyager."
The Captain leaned towards Lady Q, intrigued by her last statement, "Do tell!"
Colonel Q was extremely agitated, "How dare Q and her brats dictate whom he could visit." He was building up his confidence to make another attempt to see Captain Janeway. Q was quite formidable and none of his aides wanted to confront her however Q couldn't really blame them after his recent experience.
It had started innocently enough, Junior was visiting his mother in the Continuum. There was absolutely nothing to do while he was there. In the Continuum most of the gossip was about him and his youthful indiscretions. They didn't talk about anybody else because the other Q never did anything interesting or misbehaved.
Junior was lying on the grass wondering how he could liven things up without his mother becoming involved, Out of all the Q in the Continuum, Colonel Q irritated him the most. He was always preaching, complaining and moralising about him and his youthful adventures. He decided to visit the Roadhouse to check out what the Colonel was doing.
He snapped his fingers and appeared in the field, which was situated in front of the Roadhouse scape. He could sense that Colonel Q was pretending to be the scarecrow, it was an idiotic pastime dreamt up by the Q to add some excitement to their boring eternal existence. Junior decided that Q should be challenged so he clicked his fingers and summoned a murder of crows. They weren't ordinary crows because Junior had given them the compulsion to keep attacking the scarecrow.
He sat on the roof and laughed as the crows repeatedly dive bombed the scarecrow. Even when Colonel Q took human form again, they still attacked him. Suddenly Junior sensed that his mother was about to appear so he clicked his fingers again to make the crows disappear.
Colonel Q spotted Junior and stormed across the field towards him. He stopped abruptly in front of the Roadhouse as Junior's mother appeared.
"Where is he Q?" she asked ominously.
"Your delinquent son summoned a murder of crows to attack me while I was the scarecrow. I'm going to kill him!"
"Calm yourself Q you're being ridiculous, how do you know it was Junior?"
Colonel Q pointed at the roof as Junior disappeared and reappeared behind his mother.
Lady Q had to stifle her own amusement, "Have you been annoying Q again, I told you to stay away."
Junior tried to sound serious, "I apologise Q, my actions were totally unacceptable, I offer my sincerest apologies.
Lady Q patted her son on the shoulder, "Nicely expressed, now lets go and visit the Twins, I have some beautiful dresses for Qi."
"Wait a minute, I haven't accepted his apology, it wasn't sincere. I want you to punish him as you're responsible for him, what sort of mother are you?
Lady Q took a deep breath and turned towards Colonel Q, "What did you say old man!"
"This Q is a disgrace to the Continuum. You and his father are neglectful, irresponsible and disgraceful parents. Primates would make a better job than the pair of you."
Lady Q was incensed, "How dare you criticise my parenting skills as I am the first and only mother in the Continuum. I've had enough of your continual criticism and complaints."
The Colonel grabbed her arm, which in hindsight was his worst mistake - she clapped her hands and nothing happened, or so he thought. His feet started to feel really cold then it started to spread up his legs. He looked down to find himself imprisoned in ice from the waist downwards and it continued until he was entirely covered from head to foot. Q fell forward onto the ground which caused his body to crack into small pieces. The Q hadn't stopped laughing about this incident yet.
He had learned to tread softly where Q was concerned. so he decided to attempt another visit in which he could try to convince both females that he had their best interests at heart. After all they were without male protection at the moment.
He stood in front of the mansion again with presents for both ladies and their brats. He knocked the door and waited patiently for someone to open the door. It swung open to reveal a Native American human male who seemed quite at home.
"Can I help you sir, or are you lost?" said Chakotay trying to keep a straight face, while looking at Q's expression.
"I would like to speak to Captain Kathryn Janeway and who the blazes are you?" he spluttered.
"I'm Commander Chakotay, Kathryn Janeway's husband. Might I ask what business you have with my wife?"
"I thought she was Q's wife, what is going on? How many husbands does she have?"
"My wife is from a sect on Earth that encourage polyandry, she can marry up to three males. We have a vacancy, if you'd like to apply?"
Colonel Q didn't say another word, he waved his hand and disappeared. Chakotay returned to the drawing room to find Lady Q and the Captain doubled up with laughter with tears running down their faces.
He grinned, "You should have seen his face, it was priceless."
"Don't worry, the whole meeting has been recorded so the others in the Continuum can enjoy it as well." promised Lady Q.
He pulled the Captain aside to have a quiet word with her, "Is everything okay, have you seen Q yet?."
Captain Janeway replied, "No I haven't but Lady Q has assured me that he will be able to return this time but not again."
"Are you taking advantage of this chance to rest and spend some time with your children?"
"Strangely, I didn't think I'd be able to relax after everything that has happened recently. However Lady Q is extremely good company and it's very peaceful here in the Continuum
"If there is nothing else, I will return to Voyager. I think the crew has benefitted from this chance to have some leisure time but they are missing their Captain."
"Don't worry, as soon as Q returns we will join you immediately and continue with our journey home."