The Bonds Of Friends And Family
Warnings: For this one, it's going over the secondary version to the Game, in which they were showing it to the members that had taken control of the Enterprise. Only this is so he can show the cast what needs to be changed and where later, so they got a way to do their own version here starting now, but from here, the focus until chapter 30 is mostly on Wesley and the crew,
And before switching back to the team, but this is not going to be a crossover story, not in the way my other story is, instead, and though the grandparents of the TNG characters are involved in the story. The story is going to be split down the middle, between one side of generation, before turning to the others and with it now, is the changes in the present are going to affect the future now.
And before they really happen, like with the trip to 1969 with Makepeace never changing and then in the next line, it's going to have him as though he was Sito after she chooses which side to side with in being an officer. So sharing the same title as the TNG stories in my other storyline, this one is focused on SG-1, as it connects his future to Atlantis, as he and Teal'C join the Atlantis contingent.
And he becomes the military leader of the Atlantis settlement, as he starts a new life there. As everything from the two time frames has ended up in their heads, as their sextet, Jacob, Landry and their fellow generals as their current selves end up in their grandchildren now as the two series come together.
Disclaimers: The characters don't belong to me, the story belongs to me and every else belongs to the movie company and the creator.
Chapter 16: The Game Recap Part V: Computer Hacking And Mimic Devices
"No, but sometimes in life you have to bow to the absurd in training strategies, take this for instance, it's dragging up an amusing reminder. And of us having a surprising energetic grouping of people and two of who we made friends with back then." Picard said in response to her officer's question. "Jesus Christ, the room looks like we had a farm or zoo in here." he heard from Greyson at that as Wesley answered that smiling.
"Well we're next right now, but that was the first clue, us in year two, he's shoving several reminders in what we used to do together forward now." Will said and Worf nodded in agreement to that, as they heard his response to Greyson's question gently as he answered him smiling. 'Not at all, it's a reminder to the sextet of what we've got through together, alright time to get to the gym and the holodeck now."
"Choose the uniforms that the commander and I were always wearing, and leave the clubs next to them. As for Worf, I've got to get the ceremonial set up to when I figured out his problem that year. Geordi was by using my deflector warp drive, Worf by the holodeck and the commander by Anbo Jyutsu games. Break through to the them I know by reminding them of everything."
"Everything we did together that had some sort of significance now by leaving reminders of everything that were part of them.' they heard as he thought it to himself as he left that tunnel and headed for the sparring room and grabbed his armor. "You do this with him now?" Jack asked and he nodded as Wesley grabbed Will's and activated a second simulated overloading sequence in both as he then said it out loud giving out his security programme order.
'Wait, we started doing this after grandpa came to the ship that year, his was white armor with the orange circles around the collar of both the neck and the edges of the armor. I'm dressed in blue with red circles, dad was red in white. Alright ours are on the pad and..., grandpa is on the edge of it, like he was watching us sparring.' he thought as he grabbed the third set of armor.
And a third staff and sat them at the edge. "Nice choice, a link between the three of us, we'd been doing this for three years at this rate before you left at the time. But that just cements it even more, every good memory there was before you left. They started in year two now, before you left for school. But doing all of us right now and coming and going through the tubes works at the moment." Will said and he smiled at him then.
"Computer activate simulated overload of the staffs, initiate programme Crusher one." he said gently at that and the hum started getting louder as he heard a call out over the radio. "Security, we have another overload in gymnasium on deck 12." he heard Picard say over the radio. "On our way!" the guard said as he quickly exited through the ventilation shaft and headed for the holodeck at that remark.
As he yanked out his tricorderas they waited to hear it. "Sir, we've been decoyed again here, we found two Uniforms here. Both laying on the Anbo Jyutsu sparring pad, one in red and the other blue. And both had the staffs on simulated overload, and the third is white and it's standing there. At the edge of the ring like whoever was dressed in the other two were having the third."
"And watching them in training here, what significance this holds I have no idea, but this is either a case of total distraction to throw us off guard. Or a mission of demolition, because that's several overloads in the equipment, and a fire in cargobay hold seven. Wherever he's heading next I don't know, but it's clear he's up to something right now." Watkins said quoting his remarks then gently.
"If whatever he's trying to do just jumped off the previous track and he's now working at trying to give us the run around here." Bates added to that and finished that remark with a concerned sigh. "That's simple enough, after you guys got your anger out of you back then, you started sparring and then Kyle decided to. Now, to consider this a symbol, a link between just the three of you, as you were his godfather now."
"That made him his adopted grandfather now, and this became a way to link you guys for life back then." Bates said and Kyle nodded. "That's the only emotional therapy session we had to get our anger at my taking off on him out of us. Before we started sparring again, and then I decided it was time to hear the truth. Learning he was Wes's godfather, that was a good way to cement it." he said and they all nodded gently.
"So far it's been jumping from Transporter room 3, throwing his communicator in there the second he leaves the room, a phaser on maximum, and another on simulated overload. A fire simulated in a pot that has hay or straw surrounding it and surrounding that happens to be a forcefield. And when we checked it in there, we realized the damn thing was faked and now this."
"This is no longer a mission of trying to catch him for paranoia, it's clear he thinks we're the ones who are losing control of our faculties right now. And with that, we're going to have to end this by catching him off guard or by sedation now. Get ready, wherever he's heading next is the next clue, but it's catching him, before he exits the room now." he said and he smirked at that remark firmly.
As he answered, as he smiled coldly at that. "Really think that's going to work right now Etana. Haven't you learned anything so far, the test is coming up on three hours." Geordi said with a smirk and Will finished it. "So how do you expect to catch your opponent when you don't see him coming out the front door. You're not even bothering to turn on the visual scanner in the rooms right now." he said as he heard Wesley repeat it.
"So how do you expect to catch your opponent when you don't see them coming out of the front door, you're not even bothering to look turn on the visual scanner in the rooms right now." he said smiling as he headed for the holodeck. "Computer activate Klingon coming of spiritual age rite protocol, activate programme Crusher one." he said and the room returned to the set up then gently.
That he and Data had put into it at the time. "Holodeck activity at holodeck 3, repeat holodeck activity at holodeck 3. All security teams move in." he heard a voice call out over the radio and he quickly left the room then by the ventilation shaft, before entering the Jeffries tubes system and stopped then. "Sir we've been decoyed again, and this time I don't recognize this one." he heard the guard say in a bemused tone.
"Who was it this time that said this?" Pulaski asked and the sextet exchanged looks. "Lal rewind, I need to hear it, because I think that was Davidson and me that found it." He said as they heard it repeated and he nodded. "That was me this time, I found Worf's decoy ceremony." he said and she nodded and Will answered him at that. "What you find exactly this time?" he asked him and he sighed as he answered him gently.
"I found what looks like a Klingon ceremony here, whatever this is, but..., this was left in the computer from three years ago." he said and Worf answered him. "It was a Klingon rite of passage he created for me when we had Kyle Riker on board. It was meant to be help enact a way to keep my connected to who I was and he, Data and Commander La Forge were at my ceremony at celebration."
"That year." He told him and he knew the guard nodded as he answered him. "Lal activate the prefrontal cortex to indicate what this is doing to the 30 of us right now." Jenson said and they saw the lines at recognition in everything he was doing oscillating wildly at the revelation in what direction he was choosing it to go. "We're recognizing the pattern and the fact that we know who it belongs to right now, as for your distractions."
"That's getting to us as well and you're making us stronger." Will said smiling at the image. "And what about the Anbo Jyutsu equipment now?" Porter asked and Will answered that one. "You said you found a red and blue set of uniforms?" he asked and the guard nodded as he answered him."Yes Sir, why choose those colors?" he asked as Will quoted that remark as he answered his question gently at that question.
"Leading into when he left, he and I were playing against each other and he was wearing the blue workout gear. And while I was dressed in the red one, after Specialist Riker showed up at the time. Specialist Riker wore the third set of armor, if that's why you found a third set and staff sitting there. Crusher had thr blue armor, I had the red because I was always dressed in red growing up."
"But this was a game we started doing since I was seven and when we did this, my father, specialist Riker, was dressed in white and Crusher wore the blue. If he had three sets and the third set was sitting on the pad, it's he's having my father watching us, in spirit, as we did what he always did with me in play. It's he's trying to force our memories of these things forward now."
"And he's going from spot to spot that had to with things being the most memorable. But he keeps this up, that adrenaline dose is going to wear off long before this ends, you find him just keep him going anywhere else." he said to and the guard nodded to the orders as Wesley sighed at the wording then. "She's trying to suppress us still right now." Geordi said slowly to that as he got it as he answered that.
"Great, their real selves, are trying to push forward as they're remembering everything we did together. And the few items that we all had a good laugh at at the time. And she's trying to keep them focused on the fact that I'm possibly getting worse right now. So they can arrest me the second they see me at the moment, alright you want to play it this way." he said to her as he finished sternly.
"I'll just reinforce my deprogramming Etana. Because the good in them is over riding your programming, now at the moment." he whispered softly as he went on. "Alright she ticked him off, if he decided on that, because if memory recall doesn't work and staged injuries will now. And leave the stage acting injuries in there, so we can make sure you didn't hit a vein or artery when you did it." Bevely said to that remark gently.
As he went to Holodeck four and closed the door from the inside as he said it gently to the system at that and Picard nodded. "Computer activate fencing program and back up logs of eighteen months to Captain Picard and Ensign Crusher fencing with Lieutenant Worf, Counselor Troi, and Commanders Riker, La Forge and Data watching us as we're in a fencing tournament, and in an ongoing loop."
"Programme Crusher One." he said and it activated at that time as he left the room and Picard nodded. "That one is me now, we did this all the time leading into your leaving for the academy. As you also added a chess set to it as that was another thing we did together. My teaching you to speak latin, we had a deeper bond she never expected, because everyone underestimates our relationship." he said and Wesley nodded to him.
"That was us, you mean to tell me in addition to chess and teaching him Latin, we were also fencing?" Stewart asked and he nodded to him. "Yeah to bridge the gap, Wesley knew me way too well to know these things, but our bond, when we were alone, we were discussing things. But he understands me better then our new comers do that he can get in my head now." Picard said to that and Stewart nodded to the news as Wheaton smiled.
He then moved to holodeck five and smiled. "Computer activate the program of the senior staff graduation party at the time. Of Wesley Crusher's promotion to full ensign, and put it on an ongoing loop, activate Crusher One." he said as the image jumped forward as they were surrounding him at the time of his graduation ceremony and he decided to wait another year before starting at the academy at the time.
As he headed for Holodeck 6 as he said it. "Computer activate an alternating image of Doctor Crusher and Ensign Crusher together after she resettled back into life on the enterprise. And us when my father was still alive and during our camping trips when I was five years old. The acts of her reunion with me when I got her out of the alternate universe bubble she ended up in last year, before I left."
"And Counselor Troi having her child with Ensign Crusher standing next to her after he was born. Alternate the sequence every thirty seconds. Programme Crusher one, execute. The bonds between us when I was recovering from losing Jaan. Our bonds of family." he said and then activated it then, smiling as he said it. "Lal it's time now, it's Ensign Wesley Crusher, serial number 265453755."
"Enact your programming of 236767564535, Sentient programming up and running." he said and he heard the avatar to his android team mate immediately respond to him at that. "Hello Wesley, it's good to hear your voice again." She said and he chuckled and answered it. "You too my friend, listen the ship has been taken by hostile forces and your entire adult crew is compromised."
"Your father, my best friend in the squadron on board and I are the only ones who aren't now. As is Katherine Pulaski and she's arriving soon now too. It's time to activate our added failsafes, of which I downloaded into your memory. Your banks after the alter ego versions of your crew tried to hijack you last year and Commander Data did hijack you." he said as he finished that smiling firmly.
"Activate the friend vs. foe programming and it's going by compromised members of the adult crew now. But the entire senior staff is now compromised aside from me and Commander Data. I need you to activate a full scale distraction now in security alarms and lock out the captain's orders. Activate the alarms in all four holodecks, full scale alarm of security alert intruder."
"Code nine red alert, friend and foe programming, if Dr. Pulaski returns she's a friend and block her signature from the programming. Everyone else is the foe, aside from Commander Data, me and Robin Lefler, and once the engine crew and medical are free, they're friends. But block everyone out of the computer systems till they over ride it, Security protocol is being take over by me now."
"Initiate shut down of all shields on decks that the captain assigned on every level, lock down the bridge. And the engine room and initiate the shields in every spot that they're looking for me in. The captain, commander and the senior staff crew are compromised, they're under the enemy's control. I'm, by order of Lieutenant Commander Data, taking control of the ship now."
"But regarding the infiltration by the Nanites into the computer and the fact that Commander Data hijacked you last year. The intention I'm looking for is for you to create a full scale, simulated, systems failure and shut down. Having the entire system going crazy with power flunctuations and failures. Like we did when the Iconia virus infected your software at the time, from there."
"Shut down every procedure he ordered to find me, block every route, but the ones leading to holodecks 4, 5, and 6. Shut down all sensors and override every possible route to and from where I am to where they are. I'm allowing them to see me, but you block their way of getting to me from any direction direction. And lock them out of the computer, this is a code nine full security alert.
"Code nine, full security alert, condition yellow on the ship, cascade force field when I'm heading for the Jeffries tubes. Activate the friend and foe protocol, the alarms and code nine in every part of the ship. When I give the count and then the holodecks all at once thirty seconds after that. But until the ship is decontimated of the virus, the hotzone this situation is entailing."
"And disable the conn position, but leave the computer tracking active, but block me from view. And leave the systems control console at the front forward left position open. If Dr. Pulaski arrives, direct her to most direct route to Sickbay, away from the search teams, because we're starting with sickbay and moving to the engine room next." he said firmly as he went further at that remark.
"Data is inserting his influence by voice activation security chips, you hear him sound like the captain. Then activate it automatically and ignore what the captain himself says. Til he and the security, as well as the senior staff, are themselves again, Lal, ignote what they say for you to do. And block me out of the tracking heat signature system while doing it, this is a full systems failure."
"And over ride by regarding the safety of the ship, you're my main choice regarding tactics, but tactics one through three are rejected. Show the same system over ride Commander Data did when he took control of you and your mainframe. But leave life support systems completely operational, everything but the lethal portions is fine, give it to the count of 2:45:00."
"And then return things to normal after that, but as the ranking officer, enact it to the memory of when the entire senior staff got hit by that virus. And I locked you out of their grasp when I was fifteen, my friend." he said and Lal answered him gently. "Initiating friend vs. foe protocol initiated and ready for command Wesley, I'm awaiting your orders now." it said and he nodded to that remark.
As he pulled his tricorder out and gave the countdown then as he said it, smiling. "Data you ready?" he asked softly and he heard him answer quickly. "Affirmative Wesley, is your tricorder on a secure channel?" he asked and Wesley smiled. "Yeah it is, your turn now buddy, enact your voice print, time to over ride their's. It's time for the games to begin, it's Soong and the homing beacon all over again."
"Just leave the life support on the bridge on, but we're holding this to 2:45:00 in that time range. Remember when we had the Nanites infect the computer mainframe and you took control of the ship last year. That's my idea now, options one through three are tantamount to failure, so I'm going to option four: non violence, scare tactics, repairs, stealth and decoy attempts."
"And taking control of the entire mainframe by my computer program, it's obvious she doesn't know us that well, we use that against her. But until their completely free of her influence, that is the conditioning is completely broken. The computer is going by voice imitations. If she doesn't know you can do this she never got last year's demonstration through their minds at the time."
"So time to put that to the test, lock them out of the computer, shut down the shields in every spot that he has them, because without you, they can't find me. And lock up the shields around the areas where my decoy attempts are and lock down the precise route for Pulaski, if she's coming, to come straight to you now in lab, but time for a radio gimmick and voice alterations now."
"But we got to use their voices as we know them as their selves, she's turned them into their alter egos right now." Wesley said to him over his tricorder he said it to him. "We dealt with the alternate version of our ship and our doubles six months prior to your leaving Wesley. Just like when we had an alternate reality get started, because Tasha and her crew on the C ended up in our reality now."
"So our version is the way we know them to be and her's are the version that we encountered, or are just drones, but it's started a second time now. The alternate version of you hated the captain, because your father was gone. And from the way he explained it to me, and Dr. Crusher. And after we were discussing this on the bridge last year at the time no Wesley."
"It's she hated you because you're a reminder of everything she lost and to him, everything he took away from her. Etana just pulled that out of the bag, time to reverse it now. If she's trying something like this we got to get to the inner them by showing the care and concern. The mirror image reality is dangerous, ours was more clean, cut and caring and she just brought out their alter egos."
"And by use of a computer game." he said and sighed as he finished that. "No kidding that's it, now she really crossed a line right now." Will said with a furious growl at that. "Data time to activate her, you said you downloaded Lal into the mainframe after you put her into your head. It's time to activate her now, and as we decided in emergency situations was the computer programming to be used."
"And it's turned into that now at the moment right now, so no other option but to turn her on now." Wesley said to him and his tone firmed up at that as he answered him gently at that. "Yes I see what you're saying, I'm jacking it to what the sextet, Guinan and Chief O'Brien would normally say now. But to them the only option is by my sounding like them when they're like themselves."
"So standby I'm doing it now." he said as he heard him say it to the computer then. "What was the security code that he used exactly, if you implemented that into this, because the code was too fast for me to break." Evans asked him and he before he could say that answer appeared as they heard Data answer him. "Alright, computer, this is Lieutenant Commander Data, initiate alpha security code clearance one."
"With the rest of the senior staff compromised, I'm hereby activating senior authority. And Wesley Crusher is hereby under my orders, you will listen only to him and Dr. Katherine Pulaski, if she arrives in the next 24 hours. As I'm running voice gimmicks control of the ship now. Repeat our security code is 12354329876521 Alpha, 3254653765 tango." he said to the computer then gently.
As he listened to the computer as it said it then. "Understood Commander Data, alpha code clearance one verified." it said and Wesley nodded as he went further as his tone shifted. "Last year it was he was hijacked and we were the ones trying to get back control of the ship. Now it was in reverse, and he was the only with the skill to countermand orders and by sounding like us, when like we are now at the moment."
"But he decided to do it with us being like this and making sure she understood this now." Beverly said and the sextet nodded to her. "My daughter it's time to reactivate you now, and you're taking control of the entire mainframe as of now." he added as he heard a gentle female voice answer him at that."Yes father, I understand, what's my programming now?" She asked and he hid a smile at that remark.
As he switched to Picard's voice then and Wesley smiled as he said it to the computer at that gently. "Computer, lock out the compromised members of the ship. Lieutenant Commander Data is taking control of the ship by standing orders, you will listen only to him, Wesley Crusher or Dr. Katherine Pulaski, if she shows up, this is Captain Jean Luc Picard, security clearance alpha two."
"Enter security code: 173467321476, Charlie, 3278977743, Tango, 732, Victor, 731888734767897643376, lock. Over ride all orders given to you on the bridge and the engine room. All security verification by Commander Riker, Lieutenant Commander La Forge and Lieutenant Worf, Dr. Crusher and Counselor Troi. We are here by blocked out of the computer, I'm hereby compromised physically."
"We've been boarded by our alter egos, metaphorically and lead by Etana Lol. Though this isn't like the situation last year when we had the mirror, dark image of us appearing and trying to take our places. We've been exposed to technology that starts affecting us till it brings out our alter egos. The entire adult crew, aside from Wesley Crusher, has been exposed to this technology."
"She's turned me into my alter ego and with me, the rest of the crew, but listen to me carefully, these games are a mind control device. Taking control and turning us into our alter egos and in way by being turned into drones. But we been turned into by her crew, who've possessed us. As if we are hosts like the goa'uld do and did to our predecessors, we must not allow it, as to why now."
"All of the crew from ages eighteen and up have been turned into our alter egos by her. So all orders to be given to you are to be given by Ensign Crusher only. And lock down all pathways from shuttle bay 2 and most direct route to the medical lab. Until I'm free of the conditioning by Etana Lol, do not listen to my orders." he said in a perfect imitation and the computer answered him at that.
"Affirmative Captain Picard, orders are given and received and awaiting for your specific orders now." It said and he smiled at that that. "Here it comes, we got to put that in the book aftermath to Dark Victory and before Brothers." Wheaton said to Stewart and he nodded in agreement. "You test it out and we give her the orders we got compromised and whatever we say don't listen to us." Frakes said and he nodded to him and they nodded.
"Yeah that's what I mean John." he said the cast nodded as he said it, knowing that this was really going to aggravate her as he did each member. "Computer, the same is said for me, Commander: Riker, William T, I'm giving the exact same orders, until I'm free of Etana Lol's influence, don't listen to me." Data said in a perfect imitation of Will's voice and he grinned as he heard the computer respond to that.
"Yes Commander, I am awaiting for orders now." it said and he smiled. "There it is, hold on." Frakes said and they nodded. "Yeah we got it." Gates said as they all put their codes in as well, as they uploaded it then. "Hallie, this was your back up orders through us, either us or our characters, so we got a way to hold the stage once we create a ship version to the stage later." Stewart said to her and she nodded smiling gently at that request.
"Computer until I'm free of her influence, lock me out of the engineering console and with me, my team. I'm letting Wesley Crusher have total control of the computer and until I'm free of her influence, I'm standing down." he said in Geordi's voice and it answered to him too. "Affirmative Commander La Forge." it said, before he did it five more times with every member the young man was close too.
As he smiled in anticipation at this as he got ready to give the orders. "I think you know what I would say to this if we hit that portion of it as it is Data. You read us right, until we were back to normal, Lal don't listen to us. Until we were back to normal, our exact orders were do not follow orders given to you by us. But listen to Wesley, Data and whoever Data frees from her control." Picard said and she gave a nod as her avatar then.
"Alright Wesley, security is set and rigged, until I'm done setting this trap for her. In the case of the ship, she's got their alter egos stranded and locked out of the computer. But the time limit is 90 minutes and an added hour till that dose wears off until we break the conditioning on them from her after that." He said to him and Wesley nodded as he gave the orders as he said it firmly then.
"Data, I'm now getting mental comms from the others, it's like they're trying to fight past her trying to keep them suppressed." he said and his tone went firm. "Your training is causing that Wes, you're focusing on what they taught you. and by doing that and staying focused. You're focusing on their voices when they're like themselves security systems protocols activating in five."
"Four, three, two, one..., Programme Crusher One." he snapped out and it sounded the alarm then. "Holodeck activity in holodecks 4, 5, and 6, repeat, Holodeck activity in rooms 4, 5, and 6." the computer sounded the alarm as the alarms in every part of the ship started going crazy then and he quickly hid in the JP-5 Jeffries tubes then smiling as he waited for the pandemonium to hit them on the bridge.
Followed by the search teams and engine room crew at that. "Time to system over ride in 5 seconds, yeah okay turn the rooms into a version of both rooms together. As he we have him hiding in the shaft listening to this. Lal." Goldberg called out as they watched them working past the problem, before they watched as Data started counting down. "Activate in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..., now, program activate." Data shouted and that did it.
"Yeah and we were wondering why the system went berserk, though that's not us thinking that but her and her crew, to us we knew you just activated the program, Wes." Barnfield said smiling and he nodded as they heard several shouts coming over the tricorder as he froze in the Jeffries tubes. "One heck of a case of pandemonium in the halls that day, we were wondering what was causing all the racket that night."
"And as was everyone else." Beverly said as Will straightened up as the table lost it then, before they heard a loud blaring all over the ship at that. "Hey whoa, what the hell's going on here, every system is going crazy right now?! Commander La Forge what the hell's going on here, the system was working fine a minute ago." he shouted over the noise then as he checked and Worf gave a nod to him then
"It's been hijacked by remote, I can't work anything here?" They heard Will shout as the same shout came from 5 different people. As the music he remembered when the Nanites hijacked the mainframe started playing over the radio he heard several shouts break out over the tricorder. "What in heavens name is that?!" he heard Picard shout over the music. "Weapons, power and communications." Will said smiling at that gently.
"Yeah, you remember your remark after the nanites invaded the systems." Wesley asked and he nodded. "Yeah, power is the first to go, but weapons, power and communications we're, or rather she, is being stripped one system at a time." he said as he heard a secondary shout as the lights starts started going on and off he looked out the door to see the the entire system going crazy and saw shields drop and smiled in satisfaction.
"Sir, did you change your orders, because all the shields are down?" he heard Greyson shout over the noise at that. "She didn't, but I did, and I wanted you to do this, just give our orders, if we were ourselves by jumping her moves." Will said for him as they heard Picard say it in shock at the news. "No I didn't, computer re-enable the shields." he snapped out and they heard the computer answer to that primly.
"Until you are no longer your alter ego, I will not listen to you or any of your command staff, Captain Picard." it said and that did it for them. "Computer, re-enable the shields now!" Will shouted over the noise. "Internally I was actually laughing at the fact you outmaneuvered her, kids. But that was a perfect check mate move right now." Will said though his laughter as he listened to his programmed voice.
"Until you are no longer your alter ego, I will not comply Commander Riker." it said and he smiled as he heard Will over ride their voices as he shouted out at that and over the noise to Geordi. "La Forge what the hell's going on, the shields are down and my access codes not working?" he snapped, before he could answer they heard the alarms start blaring as he repeated that question over the noise.
"Whoa, what the hell is going on here, La Forge what's causing the system and alarms to go berserk right now?" he heard Will shout over the radio in shock. "The holodecks on three different decks have all been activated at the same time. In fact the entire systems gone crazy. I'm trying to work it out, but it's not working Commander Riker?" he shouted over the noise and Will shouted back to him.
"What happened, what did you do, the consoles not working and everything has gone berserk." he snapped and he heard Geordi shout back to him over the noise at that."I didn't do anything Commander, someone has take control by remote..., That's not me, it's him. He's taken control of the ship now and did it by remote, but it's not the auto destruct Sir, he's jumped past the first two decisions."
"Choice one was shooting to kill, choice two was setting the auto destruct, choice was by beaming over and attacking her head on all three of those choice result in the expansion. He just realized this and created a new option. Damn it, I forgot this, in a no winner there are always options. But there weren't two options to make or even three right now at the moment, Sirs, in fact."
"There were four, this one didn't have two choices to make, or even three, but there were four. He's knows that the first two are going to get him caught and arrested by us, and trying to take her on results in the same thing, so he created one. Choice four was the safest option in his eyes and he's just pulled it now at the moment, first the decoy tactics and a scavenger hunt."
"This keeps and it's leading into a case of misdirection and letting the security see him. That's the first half of it and it was by stealth and decoy attempts, but choice number four was by turning this into some sort of hunt down. And then by over riding our control of the entire computer mainframe. Whatever reason he chose now to yank that card it's been made clear now."
"Everything that he's using right now wasn't in his training and is just a 'make it up as I go' ploy right now at the moment, in fact. He knows he's likely going to get captured by storming both the bridge or the engine room and did this by remote now." he told him and Picard said it for him over the noise as he smiled in satisfaction as he listened to the irritated tone in his voice at that remark.
"So to him, we're our alter egos from that mirror image reality we encountered, and he's ordered the computer to not follow our orders till we're free of her influence?" he heard from his mother and Geordi answered that firmly as he heard a firm sigh. "Yes that's it exactly Dr. Crusher, to the computer we've been hijacked by our alter egos, and he's the only who hasn't, and with him possibly Data."
"So until we're not acting like our alter egos, the computer will not listen to us." he said and clearly hearing the furious tone in Picard, he answered that with a growl, knowing she was now furious at the news he just gave her at that. "Well turn it off and get back control, La Forge." he snapped and Geordi answered that firmly. "I can't Sir, he's locked me out of the computer, it's by an old search issue here."
"But the security code clearance has been sped up and the number of permutations is going to take hours to break, until I do. But with the Jeffries tubes and the shields down, he's got free rein, but until whatever countdown over. In fact he's just reversed this in from what we've done now previously. By us trying to corral him so we can catch him, he's just reversed the effect."
"And with the fact he's got free rein of the computer system, he's in charge and the computer will only listen to him right now. So with everything I try, he's going to counteract it till whoever he's expecting shows up. And she gets arrested and us with her now, though that's not if he's continuing this. So whatever time he has on this timer he set gives out now regarding it."
"Then we're locked out of the mainframe and he's in control now of the entire ship's computer. Crusher was a technical genius and science and computer expert, he's clearly capable of over riding our control of the ship. And insuring we have no way to find him and he's getting passed our security codes and everything else, to him we're the dangerous ones and he's insuring we."
"We and Etana, are locked out of the computer and the entire system till he decides to end it by himself. If he's doing this, he's expecting someone to show up to help him and we have no way to get to them next. Because to the computer they're a friend and aside from him, Ensign Lefler and possibly Data." he snapped back to him and Robin quickly shouted it out at that to try it then.
"Computer turn everything back on and deactivate the alarms." She called out and they heard a bemused tone to Lal's voice as she answered her then. "Until you are yourself again, I will not listen to you either, Ensign Lefler. Direct orders given to me by Wesley is certain members only now, but only after they are free. Of Etana Lol's influence and as you are not, I will not listen to you either now."
"And word of warning, my programming has more then one chip running loose, so even try to deactivate my program, I've got seven more on hand. So do not waste your time in attempting that as they're scattered through the entire system." she said and Robin covered her eyes at that and Geordi sighed at the news. "God if that's not adding insult to injury nothing is right now guys, great work."
"But like you said, there's eight to nine chips scattered through the entire system, she can't spend ten hours yanking them all. Or attempting to keep control on us and looking for him, thats perfect." Will said as he start laughing at that. "Their, to the computer, are the computer's friend and to it everyone else is the foe. We lost control of the ship now and every turbolift and transporter system is locked out."
"So our search teams looking for him are stuck with using the entrance tunnels to track him down now." he said to him and Wesley smiled with a smirk at that. "Alright Etana, let's see you get passed that now right now, because to the computer, your crew are now the enemy when you're possessing our bodies. Our student is a computer expert, and he's perfectly capable of vanishing right off the screen here."
"Without being seen now." Picard said as he heard his remark repeated. 'Alright Etana lets see you get passed that now. To the computer, your drones are now the foe and Data, Robin and I are the friend. Yes I'm a technological whiz kid, but you don't know me in that the way you think, I'm perfectly capable of vanishing right off the screen without being seen now." he said to her, smiling dangerously.
As they heard Geordi's tone loaded with concern and aggravation as he said it then to finish that. "He's circumventing the security by whatever computer program he created here and it's over riding my commands into the computer. In fact he's locked it to some sort of countdown and the computer is only listening to him now as a result, we lost control of the computer and the engines."
"We're stuck right now Sir, commander, and..." he started to say and then his tone turned shocked."Jeez, Captain we got Holodeck activity in three different holodecks here and the alarm is going crazy at the moment, it's in holodecks 4, 5, and 6 and the alarm has gone off in all three of them." He heard from Geordi in shock and a different voice said it in amazement then and Bates sighed as he said it.
"Damn it Macgregor, you want to help then guard the turbolift, or one of the holodeck rooms, but leave the search to us. He's scared of you, as are the sextet right now, you idiot, the only people that can handle this are us." Greyson snapped with a stern growl at the interference then firmly. "Whoa, that's incredible, how could there activity in three different holodecks, how could he do that exactly anyway?"
"Because he'd have to jump three different levels just to get past us and we'd catch him, before he got to the next?!" he heard a voice say in shock and he swallowed at the voice. "MacGregor, you're new and you have no clue how he thinks, so you should leave this to the big boys, Mister. And you're just a rookie here, their veterans, they know him." Picard said sternly at his response as he heard that repeated.
"MacGregor, you're new and you have no clue how I think, so you should leave this to the big boys, Mister. And you're just a rookie here, their veterans, they know me." he said as Will answered that as he quoted his taped recorded self at that gently as he answered him. "Because he's figuring out a different route to get passed us, and this was something we trained him in, but to get by unseen."
"He's doing it by stealth, without his communicator it's tracking him by the equipemt and his playing around with it." he said and smiled. "Yep you want to find him when he's cloaked, then track him by his playing around with the equipment now." he said and Picard finished that remark as he quoted it. "Alright teams one, two and three split up, I want to know what these latest images are playing back."
"He's got to be circumventing security by finding different route to get passed us, the next room he enters is going to let us know, so just wait for it and guard the spots to make sure he can't get out." he said and Wesley smiled. "Nice touch and go there Wes, if that doesn't do it to the game make more interesting, then nothing ever does." Greyson said smiling as he knew what was coming next as they waited for it
"You're right I am, but how long is this game going to go on for,before you realize this Etana huh. It's been an hour and up to 75 minute now, so give it up and quit." he said with a smirk, before he came into the hall, before he heard a shout. "5, 4, 3, 2, 1, cue the attempted arrest right now, because that's us. Though her guards are inside us, they can't beat you here." Perkins said as he smiled with a smirk at that
"Alright Crusher, freeze!" he heard and turned to look to see Greyson and Perkins come charging down the hall as he quickly took off in the other direction. "Computer activate forcefield on deck 25 section 52." he said as he heard a second call out. "Here we come from the other direction." Watkins said in response. "Commander we got him, Crusher hold it right there!" he heard from Bates as he took the added loop.
"Activate security field on section 54!" He called out and he left and then headed for the entry tubes. "Computer, deactivate fields on 54 and 52, now!" he called out as he heard a set of pounding feet and the loud thunks as the two groups crashed into each other. "Nice touch if that doesn't do it, nothing ever does." Bates said as they watched the four of them collide with each other and hit the floor as Porter arrived then gently.
As they saw Porter look up and went after him and he nodded. "Well here I come now as she barely misses catching you this time." Porter said as he saw himself coming running to head it off then and slam into the door as he tried to open it then. As he heard a firm buzzing on the door then as he activated the locks. 'Oh boy, I caused one collision with the quartet and I get seen by the leader of the third group."
"And I managed to escape, before they could stop me from closing the door. Uh uh, you're not taking me alive now Etana, this wasn't part of the training scenario back then. It's not going to work now and you're not catching me that quickly.' They heard as he spoke to them through the door as he fused the locks shut. "What came next, unless..., oh god, Macgregor arrived to arrest you as well."
"And that's the first true panic attack you had at hearing his voice as Davidson and I were standing on the other side of the door." Porter said and he nodded as they watched it then. "Whoever you are, you better try harder, because I'm not surrendering." he said firmly and they heard the answering voice then gently. "Kid you keep this up and someone's going to get hurt, and you're in no condition for this."
"So pull it over already." They heard a difference voice. That wasn't me that was talking to him Beverly, that was Davidson and the next voice was Macgregor." he said as they heard Wesley's response to his remark as he answered him. "Who are you exactly?" he asked him and as they heard it then. "Kid that's enough of this already." he said and Wesley quickly locked the door at the voice then as he said it.
"You stay the hell away from me you bastard. If you're related to Radue, than just get the hell away from me, I'm not going back." he snapped as he heard a struggle in the hall at that as he heard a gentle thud against the door. "Son calm down." he heard from another voice gently as he snapped it out second time. 'No dad help!' they heard in a scared mental tone to that as he backed into the wall then.
"No just get the hell away from me, keep him away from me, whoever you are." he snapped backed. "No I'm not going back, not again, dad." he said softly, before he heard a thud at that and they knew whoever did it just figured out why he panicked then as he heard them snap it out at that. "This was my next remark at the realization, that he was scared of him and I decided to get him out of the search then."
"Getting into conversation with him through the door, the point hit home, the 10 to 12 year old version to him when dealing with a traumatic memory just shot forward. And my only chance of toning it down was getting him away from us." Porter told the quartet and they all nodded to him. "That him, the officer is Radue's younger double?" Stewart asked and he nodded to him and they crossed their arms at the news gently at that.
"Yeah and to repeat this, you want to catch your quarry leave whoever is connected to their past out of this if you don't want to make your job even harder then it is already." Hammond to that remark and Stewart nodded in agreement to that sternly. "Aw crap, MacGregor, just get the hell out of here, I know that tone, he's scared of you, get out of here." he heard from Porter at that sharply as they watched the conversation carefully.
"Going back, what is he talking about?" Macgregor asked as they turned to second image and they watched as Davidson shoved him into the other wall as Porter gave him a stern growl at that. "It means you just brought back another god damn memory from some trauma he had a few years back. And you're scaring him, you idiot, get the hell out of here." he snapped at him as he went further at that remark.
"And you really are a god damned idiot aren't you, you been here less than five months and those kids are scared of you, and evidently he is too. Just get the hell out of here, he doesn't you, but he knows us, now move it, get out of here. You trying to scare him, get out of the way, you god damn idiot!" Porter snapped at him and the sextet nodded as they knew they figured out why he locked the door.
"I'm going to kill that idiot if this happens again and the chase down results in ending up with you ending up back in there and you either break it or dislocate it for real this time." Picard said with a stern growl as Will watched his student as he closed his eyes then. 'Easy son, shh, it's okay, calm down, I know you're afraid of him, it's okay just relax, it's okay.' he said with his internal double at that response gently, sighing.
Now knowing he never got over Aldea at the time and Wesley thought it back to him then, as he felt himself shaking. 'Dad, I'm still having those nightmares, regarding my kidnapping. I need you still, if he's working for Radue, or worse is his relative and here to get the sextet and me now to bring us back. Then it's enough I'm not being taken alive, in fact.' he said as he went further at that remark.
'Its still enough I need you protecting me with mom.' he thought and knew they were going to get this as he answered him. 'Don't worry son, if he's working for him and causes anymore damage to you and I swear he's ended up behind bars when I get through with him later. Just try to relax and focus, you still have to deal with this, the mission isn't over yet.' he said to him gently at that remark.
And they watched as Wesley nodded as they heard a gentle tap on the door from the other side of it. "Go away, I'm not coming out, so forget about it." he said, before Davidson, who let MacGregor have it, five minutes prior, said it to him gently. "Easy son, calm down, he's gone, we got rid him." he said to him gently at that and Wesley shook his head as he answered him firmly and Davidson sighed as he said it.