Title: oh please

Episode Thirty-Seven

"The Next Step"

The small group of four gaped in awe at the young man that now stood in the doorway before them. This was the actual physical form of the former Borg Drone, Three of Twelve?

"What is the meaning of this?" Bugsy cried out. "Who is this impostor impostoring as my Drone." He flailed his paw in the direction of the new arrival. "I take offense to this deception! Make it stop! Out with you damned spot!" He lunged at the young man.

"Get down," Lekika said, pulling Bugsy off the man next to her, who merely observed the cat with unflinching interest. "It is not a deception. I told you. They were going to deborgify Three of Twelve. Well, this is he, deborgified."

"Our designation is no longer Three of Twelve," the former Drone said to the group. "We are no longer Borg. We," He paused, thinking, "I am now an individual. My designation is Keleko Ke'oke'o, Species 207, Chainkan."

"Yep that sounds like him," Zaldorp mused with recognition.

"He'll talk likes this for a while before he readjusts back to his natural state," Lekika explained.

Bugsy frowned. "How long will that take?"

"As long as it takes," Lekika replied, leading Three/Keleko further into the room. "That's why this facility was built, to help Drones return to their former selves. He'll have to stay here."

"What?" Bugsy was aghast. "Why? He's my drone!"

Lekika gave the psycho cat a disapproving look. "He is no longer anyone's drone. You cannot take care of a recovering Borg." Bugsy hissed in annoyance. "And don't you spit at me, furball."

"Furball!" Bugsy's bristling was reaching a new high.

"What about Earth?" The others jumped as Osama bin Goaten Junior spoke, the others still not entirely being used to the fact he was back amongst the living. "The Ancient Ones, they're taking over. We should do something."

"We already sent Astronema and the 7th Fleet," Francoise pointed out.

"Do you really think that will be enough?" Osama asked, clearly concerned. "When they weren't at full power they could still cataclysmically fireball a whole village in Tibet. Who knows what they could be capable of now!"

"We must complete our mission," Francoise replied emphatically. "It's all we can do. If we can get to Dewhickeymafloppet as fast as possible, then maybe we can get help for Earth there as well. Maybe that will be our mission next," She added hopefully.

"And what if we can't?" Osama continued on with his half-empty outlook. "What if it's too late and Earth has become overrun by the dead chicken and we all have to face divine retribution and cleansing and stuff because we once may have eaten at a KFC."

"I haven't," Bugsy said simply.

"What's a KFC?" Zaldorp asked Lekika who shrugged.

"Your Negativity is Futile." The group turned to see in surprise that it was Keleko who spoke. "She knows what it is She has to have done," He told them, almost knowingly. "It is Never too late."

But Osama bin Goaten, Junior, still felt unsure.

To Be Continued...

Trivia and Spoilers: Three of Twelve is a Chainkan, named Keleko Ke'oke'o.

-Keleko Ke'oke'o is Greg White in Hawaiian, a pseudo leader of our YG

-The state of the planet a week after they left is still up for debate. I believe, in TLT, the entire two seasons spanned at most 3-4 days.

-Negativity is Futile is a play on the Borg phrase Resistance is Futile.