The Bonds Of Friends And Family
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 34: The Check, The Checkmate And The Side Effects
"The timer's up and you were ready to let her have it and by keeping us busy, as Sarah and Jim got the chips back into place. As we pulled the wild card and the game comes to an end as you stalled her just long enough. To get Chris, Eli and Data to hit the control that breaks control all over the ship aside from the sextet. And us members on the bridge after the commander and Worf bring you up." Geordi said and he nodded to him gently.
"Yeah that was the plan alright, but first is this, but the landing you heard, that caused me to barely break my ankle, before the next spasm hit me then." Wesley said and they all nodded as Jack covered his eyes. "Well if you were your grandfather, you'd have given me heart attack from doing that right now." he said and the group nodded. "Yes well he just barely did it to us and like George, I just had cardiac surgery 2.5 years ago."
"To the that he barely scared me into having a heart attack right now." Picard said to him and he nodded as they listened to Shimoda's question. "Which one Wesley?" he asked and he explained that. "I knew I shouldn't have asked this, but a year screws with your memory." Jim said to that in bemusement. "When I showed you guys what I was capable of when we started out, Jim: the virus, the meteor and the forcefield.
"To keep her out of the engineering room, so you can get the cure into the computer, it's the only chance we have now. I've got her on a wild goose chase right now, Sarah you took it down back then at the time after the commander left. When we had that run in with the meteor, but you have got to put it back up now, by that I mean put up the force field at both Turbolifts."
"But the secondary entrance into the room and the main door, they're not getting in here or into the control. Because with you being technicians, she'd have to possess another technician not on duty right now. Just to get in here and arm that self destruct with the fact I just prevented her from it. Since her plan is falling apart with the fact I freed you and Sickbay last and this morning."
"As well as Guinan now, Dr. Pulaski is here and Data is back on line, so piece by piece her plan is falling apart, but part three is her supposed capture of me. As for this other piece to it now if this was the series focused on that. The mental maniac, I'm busy with distracting her while you guys free them. The rest of the adult crew and the non officers as well as security, but listen to pull that off."
"I have to get her to send them to double check, reverse the ambush, and Data stay here, while you do this and get it into the computers now. But I get her to send Robertson and his team mate to check so pretend you're still under her control. and the jump them. Reverse the ambush on the way they did it on Robin last night, but pretend you're still under her control."
"But it's getting her to do it with the trio, but she sends Robertson in here, Bates to Ten Forward. And Greyson to sickbay, and we have all of them and all thats left in her control is Macgregor and that's not if he's working for her or not right now. But reverse the ambush and make her think that she's got everyone, but in reality, it's game over and her next plan, that she tries to activate now."
"But last night and this morning now, it was 50 compromised for every 1 clear officer, now it's in reverse. 50 clean officers for every still programmed officer still suffering the side effects of that thing and I'm activating a little program to tell who's who. But I just have to do that after mom and the quintet are clear of the programming as for the next week, but we got a repeater, now."
"And of attempted takeovers now until her third plan activates now." he said and she nodded to him gently at that remark. "I knew you're really good, but you get too cocky and someone is going to get hurt right now. So take it down a few notches as these next two are stage acting next." Will said that and engineering crew nodded in agreement to his thoughts as they exchanged smiles at his idea then as she said it then.
"Nice touch I couldn't think up a better plan then that right now." Robin said smiling and Macdougal nodded. "I couldn't figure out how you did it then, but this time I do now, hold it, that's it, Jim the computer chips, yank ten of them from their slots and I'm setting up the forcefield. And we go from there, I can lock down the entire terminal in here and with it they can't get into engineering."
"Because the ship is in our control, while you're leading her on a wild goose chase right now at the moment." she said as Jenson answered him at that as He, Macdougal and Shimoda turned to him at that. "The virus, when we first started out, yes I see what you're trying to tell me. What's the plan right now Wes, till you give me the signal?" he asked and he explained that to him gently at that.
"Lock down engineering completely to keep the infected personnel out of the room, Turbolifts, and the main doors into the room. The programme I created enabled the sentient programming and the computer, Lal was ordered that once you're free. To listen directly to you, but lock down conn position, my position a second time and and activate the tractor beam, because our ace in the hole."
"Is about to activate now, you'll see why once she decides to try and attack, but if you heard the hum like an oversized cat, I'm the reason for that. I did the repairs from across the hall in your station Chief." he said and the trio smiled dangerously at that as they exchanged grins at that information. "Well I wasn't expecting it to cause the system to sound like an oversized cat right now."
"But that was hilarious right now." Goldberg said as he tried to keep from laughing at that news. "Oh I can't wait to see the look on her face when she realized you played her now, because not only did you reverse the ambush, you lead her on now. Alright Sarah, Jenny and I coming up there to hear this later, but at the moment we better finish this and then you tell us what else is going on."
"And why, if whoever you're hanging around with at the academy is responsible." O'Brien said and he nodded to him at thst remark. "Yeah, but one, once I get their attention on me, deactivate the helm. And reactivate the program when Data tells you, but you're hearing me call it out then. And secondly once she thinks she's got me, activate the Turbolifts when I tell you."
"Because I'm sending this into a run around one last time, I need a quick recharge when I do this, but just trust me this is going to work right now." he said and sighed as he turned his voice to Robin, his tone gentle, but caring as he said it to her. "Wes you don't have to do this alone, you know." she said to him gently, and he sighed as he answered her and he pressed his forehead to her then.
"Well this is your grandfather, when he was no older then you are Danny." Hammond said and he nodded. "This is what Jackson was like after getting them off the planet?" Will said and he nodded. "Robin, honey, look I know you're worried and you want to help me, but I have to finish this alone, I know them better then you think now. And you'll know when this situation is beginning to affect the programming."
"Because I'm going to have to risk getting their parental instincts going on a rampage regarding this. But in a bit, it's that the only help you can give me right now is by helping them get the cure into the computer now. But we have to catch every security personnel off guard and to prevent anymore screw ups. As we already had to arrest every secondary that tried to turn us: Charlie."
"And me in and because we have to make her think she still has you and the hotspots right now. And till Data is going to be coming after me to finish this, but that's the ace now." he said and she answered him gently as she took his hands as the group sighed. 'Kid, you can't keep doing this on your own like this, you're not indestructible, you still need us son.' The group thought to him softly to that remark as the cast echoed that.
As she answered him gently. 'Just like last year, he's going to keep going till we have to yank the decision out of his hands. But he's not up to this we can see it clearly, but at the rate this is going. I'm relieved she came back as it's a repeater of the knack right now.' Jenson thought to himself then softly. "Wes, you keep this up much longer, you're going to collapse and whatever this is."
"Its just making you worse, I don't know if these were true caffeine or they've been cut with something. But between Nick, the nightmares and now this, you're in no condition to do this alone. At the rate this is going you're going to be home for several months to a year at this rate if it drains you this far or further but if theres more to this, the more you fight your exhaustion."
"And the faster it's take hold you can't do this on your own right now, you need someone watching you back right now." she said and he nodded as he answered her. "Yeah well there's a few things I've got to discuss with my mother and the sextet. You're new, you don't know them the way I do, just like you were just getting to know the crew in the same way at the moment now."
"But everything that's causing me to look like this, it was seen in another way and it's something you wouldn't understand. And not just yet right now, but they and the team here could, because they saw. And have seen it before, my..., my previous trauma a few years back plays a part of this as well. But that's why she came back, she was here for it." he said and he sighed as he looked at them.
As he said it to Robin and Jack sighed. "That's Danny all the way now, until the situation is over, he never stops." Jacob said sighing to that. "And only they understand it, including the doctor, she and the sextet, know the most, guys you better explain that one to her. Just give me twenty minutes and you'll know phase four just started, because we have to tie this up right now at the moment."
"But Doctor you better just tell her the truth, because Michaels ran the test the effects are still present right now." He said and they nodded as MacDougal answered him. "Alright just be careful in there and when you're ready, give us the signal." she said and he nodded to the orders as Robin gave him a quick hug and he climbed back up the ladder as soon as he was out of earshot they sighed at this situation.
"We may have to make that decision this time, with you here Kate, because the damn side effects from Devin throwing his knack on him are still present." O'brien said and she nodded as Robin said it. "What decision?" Eastman asked and Will crossed his arms. "Our mistake of not yanking his need for rest out of his hands and forcing him to get a few hours to rest, so far he's just been taking it easy lately."
"But if that third attempt starts, it's yanking the decision out his hands and we know she decided to use his training against him, so it's using that against her. To keep her from walking out him out the front door with the ship parked here for now." Picard said and Will nodded. "That is if these pills are not the damn serum they used on Daniel's grandfather, because if it is, we have to detonate it." he said and she nodded to that.
"Things on the ship changed, but though you have family on earth, your crew is your team, your team is your family, we protect our family. Especially our youngest members, from you to our very youngest, that is the way it is for us ship crews. One of you is sick we do whatever is necessary, but listen to me, though officers in theory. You're still children in our eyes, it's our job to take care of and protect you right now."
"He just suffered a trauma and one that is not over yet, for now he needs us most, you two are still getting to know us, Jake and Wes. They knew us for years, to them we are their extended family, especially their own, Jake." they heard and he turned to see his parents walking into the room and he moved to his father who hugged him tightly. "Wes, baby, you guys okay?" Ensign Amy Kurland asked and they both nodded smiling to her.
"So that's my parents in this show, huh?" Gregory asked and the crew nodded to him gently at that. "Your father's a Lieutenant Commander, your mother is medical ensign, but Commander Peter Kurland, and Ensign Amelia Parker/Kurland, your mother's on my staff in Sickbay." Beverly told him and he nodded. "But like you and Wes, we're the best of friends." she said and he nodded. "Issues with being a trio in testing." Hallie said and he nodded, smiling gently.
"Were my parents on sabbatical at the time this happened?" he asked and the crew nodded. "Yeah and they chose the right moment to leave, but they left the week before this thing got on board." Robin told him and he nodded to her. "But to them no matter how old we get, still their cubs, but even in training, our parents realize what we did, we're in endanger of being murdered vocally here." Wesley said and the duo nodded with a bemused look at that.
"Yeah we're okay mom, him, he's recovering still from the near broken ankle during the attempted incursion." Jake told her and she nodded as she gave Wesley a hug. "Missed you guys, when did you get back?" Wesley asked and Jake's father, Lieutenant Commander Peter Kurland, answered that. "Just now, the officers told us where you were and we arrived in time to see that portion of it." he said and Wesley nodded, smiling.
"You better get the check back on that remark, Peter, as the rumors Derek was spreading around, are about to be the death of him right now, his career." Beverly told him and he nodded as he smiled sternly. "You decided to take that step huh?" he asked and she and Picard nodded. "Yes we're engaged, and we're getting married later on next semester at the academy." he said and Peter nodded smiling to the news as they settled in at that.
"I can't believe this right now, it's like something else is driving him, what's causing this in him. we may have gotten back together earlier this week, but I've never seen him like this before?" she asked and MacDougal answered that as she exachanged looked with Barnfield and the quintet then. "Aside from his surrogate big sister, she's the ninth member of the senior staff at our deployment.
"But she's one reason and the other is an elf we had here, but both were too quick to prevent. As that's not enough, he just released the anger he felt at the captain, regarding his father. But Jack, not realizing he just up and abandoned him, was killed 14 years ago when the captain was Captain of the Stargazer. Tasha was a year or so younger than the commander."
"But he loved her like a sister, a side from that is his career in command officers training has to deal with a no win scenarios, and this was the one. That caused him to fail, saving one thing at the expense of the other, that's his biggest fear. He can't make that choice: saving the federation at the expense of everything matters to him, but he's been pushing himself so hard."
"Justto prevent anything from happening to us, to he's ran himself ragged three times in four years, and this is number three now as a result." she said gently and she nodded to her at the news. "Which explains the near altercation on the bridge after the situation came to an end and he's right. Derek doesn't understand what that's like for a cadet who spent nearly 5 years in the field prior to getting into the academy."
"With our ship getting the most excitement, the results are it results in some traumatizing experiences now." Deanna said firmly to that and Will nodded in agreement to that. "Yeah and he risked his life, soul and sanity to prevent that technology from ending up on earth." Will said and Hammond crossed his arms to that. "Just like my Danny had to keep the sarcophagus off of it." he said with a low growl at that remark.
"This has been going on for 18 hours now, and he was delaying till Data finished that Palm beacon. Just why the heck is he keeping this going?" Robin asked and they sighed at that question. "She's intending to use him to get that thing to the academy, it's like the movies of that century focused on that dream menace. And he's also suffering flashbacks to another trauma and if I have to guess."
"With the fact Porter warned off Macgregor it's Radue and Aldea, but we have an alliance of three different planets right now at the moment, but Cardassia, Aldea and K'taris. But if this was intended to be driven until he drains himself so far down and his system could impact and crash a second time. But Soong forced him into working time last year and she just did it again.
"Because of you, particularly." Data said to her and Jenson slammed his hand on the table. "The fear of him and Etana is overwhelming him so hard, he's not stopping till you come to his rescue. It's Radue, it has to be right now, if this was like that game, Radue is the Minotaur, she's the next one up. But both together the fear is controlling him, he's not stopping till he has her where he wants her."
"And it's when she thinks she's got a win, but pushing him into this with him in this condition right now at the moment. Sleep deprivation, damn it of course, he's been having repeated nightmares about us and the sextet, and this just relit that fear. But first Tasha, then Devin, we had one too many close calls at the moment for three years, but we had to deal with his therapy."
"But everything the commander told you was true and Lol just reactivated that fear, but one would be easy, two is pushing it, but all of us now." he said and Pulaski said it with a growl at that news as she answered him at that remark. "And that's going way too far, Deanna and I were already furious enough. That he was worked until he collapsed, but this is going to far right now.
"But that would do it alright, she's turned into his version of that mental maniac and Radue is just the first piece to it right now. Aldea, he's still scared to death of getting captured by those people and Radue is like a man out of your worst nightmare for cases of PTSD. As to that he's avoiding MacGregor and sticking to the tunnels just to keep from being seen." she said and Barnfield answered her.
And with a sigh at that. "I think his instincts activated the second MacGregor laid eyes on him, but if he's trying to stay away from the rest of the adult personnel. Than he's not going to stop till he either collapses or breaks his ankle, God he can't keep this up, though if he's gone to his survival training. And those he's gotten one recharge out of it right now, but he can't stay put too long."
"Just to get the other and he loses that second dose and he's screwed because he's going to crash. Wes, never mind just holding out on that second dose, take it now, before you collapse honey." she said to him softly in concern at that the group sighed as he answered her. "Whatever we would have told him, if we'd been ourselves I think he's using it now, but what's his plan right now."
"And it's drain that cocktail till he collapses, because he does that, he's going to fall asleep, before we can get him into Sickbay and into bed here." Jenson said and O'Brien nodded in agreement. "I think that's his plan actually, implicate her for a near murder now. And make her think she has him finally right now." O'Brien said to him and he nodded gently to that remark in agreement then
As Goldburg answered that with a growl as he felt his anger grow. "Draining him that dangerously, in our eyes as humans and earthlings, is considered a near murder anyway, because he's got nothing left by the time the chase ends. That he's going to be in bed for a month, if he doesn't take it easy. In the first week to ten days of this and as a result his mother is going to kill her for both that."
"And a possible injury while doing it." he said to him and he nodded in agreement as he explained that to him as he said it to him. "Yes and I do believe that's his plan, but with you deciding to act like you always did with him, it just added on to his plan. If whatever you decided was a good enough alibi Chief O'Brien he's going along with it,. He's playing up the irrational medical patient ploy now."
"Draining the dose completely till she thinks she has him and then I'm going to catch her in the act myself. So just get ready for the radio call, because it's to be close. And make them think you're still under her control at the moment the others have locked and barricaded the doors shut. But leave the radio and on two different lines while we do this." Data said and they nodded to that remark.
As they exchanged looks at the situation their young friend was getting into."Well that's definitely going to get her nailed when the sextet figure this out right now. But if Will is acting and is still acting like his father now, it's acting like he's trying to prevent him from getting off the bed. Which did happen when he came down with the flu after his fever started spiking and I still remember that."
"He was so delirious it took him five minutes to calm him down." Pulaski said with a sigh and Robin looked at her. "That happens again and it's thanks to a drug based delirium, just wait till he calms down." she said to him and Will nodded to the orders. "Well he keeps getting hit by spasms from the effects of the serum starting to wear off the last and final dose is the one that is going to drain out after this."
"But that dose is the one that needs to be drained, if there is any shrapnel left in that tunnel you have him getting hurt and you got Warner's information on the antiserum." Jacob said and they nodded to the orders firmly. "Just what caused that exactly?" she asked and she sighed as she said it. "This was after Jaan was on the ship, he drove himself into the ground and it was enough his system crashed at the time."
"When he didn't report in like three days later after Jaan was killed, Deanna, Will and I went to check on him and found him lying on his bed drenched in sweat. And his fever was so high, she called me in there. Before my team arrived to bring him to Sickbay, but whatever the delirium triggered. I don't know, but whatever that hallucination was caused to panic
"Before Will caught him, to prevent him from getting off the bed, but it's enough that Will decided. Now to be the one to deal with the physical fight in trying to keep him in bed and as to why that was. Whatever that hallucination was, was enough that he immediately went to calm him down. Because it was like those movies based on that mental lunatic in the 20th century."
"Though I doubt it, but any other traumas prior to this are enough to trigger that, at the current moment right now. But I'd never seen Will like this before, but for him it's like he was taking the older brother/father bit. And willingly regarding him at the time, and as to why at the time. It was because he wasn't leaving his side, but his reaction to Wesley was acting on their bonds."
"Whatever that hallucination was I don't know, but it was enough that he was trying to talk him down. And whoever is about to trigger it again is the next question. And if he's afraid of her, or just having his head messed with now, I've seen fevers this high from pneumonia. But in his case he was suffering a iron deficiency at the time, but if Will already said this now."
"It's we made one mistake in not getting to rest when Devin was here at the time that year now. And we're not making the same mistake twice, if he suffers another collpase or worse and he's getting that break now. And with that he hadn't had a chance to eat a real meal and rest in two weeks after I got the diagnostics back on Jaan saying he was suffering the severe effects."
"And of his species ailment and he didn't have long to live now. But if that knack is still affecting him. I'm going to have to determine that, if this is just the beginning. But the delirium snapped finally, though we have to do this for real and he's the one calming him down. In truth now, it's that Wesley loves him like a father and older brother rolled into one and nearly losing him."
"After the bacteria got into his system it's enough he's not letting go now once you see them together. And you'll understand, but I saw the way they were together when I was serving as the CMO here on the ship. But I got a repoire with everyone here and Kyle was his biggest reason for this. But Kyle abandoned Will, when he was sixteen, Jack abandoned Wes and Beverly."
"And the effects of the knack released one part of it, Jeremy did the next and finally the psycholgical testing was the third. But he was healed and as he told you, Will was his godfather, but to him, all he had left of his parents was Beverly, and he's closest to the members he freed now." Pulaski said and Robin crossed for her arms at that as she got the reference as they ended it at that.
"I'd consider what's next is going too far in the sudden case of trying to get you out of the wall, but this sounds like we're talking to a 12 year old here. Who refusing to get out of where they're held up or their room and we're coming in after him." Dorn said and the crew started laughing at that. "Which is just what this is, she's getting annoyed to the point where we're threatening to drag him out of there ourselves here." Will said to him in response to that.
"Alright here we go, this should be real good right now for the distraction and division, Lal, split the camera between us, as we see what's going on. And in the shaft, and before we figure it out." Will said and in answer to that, they saw the words The Search-Wesley's POV, on one screen and a timer set on the second screen. And knew it was counting down to Geordi's realization, before they sent the message to him and Worf.
"Alright here we go." Wesley said as he was climbing into the deck 7, section 23 as he climbed into the bowels of the ship. "Lal activate the added noise in here, we need to make as much noise as possible here at the moment, to make it clear I jumped decks right to get they're attention." he said as he activated his radio. "Guys get ready, the distraction and division plot is about to start right now."
"And with that, honey, I'm keeping them busy while you get into the system, because anyone not near the computer monitors or screens, but he and set that system. And to counter act the addictive effects of the game, is being hit with the palm beacon right now. So we just get their attention, and by that I mean the Commander and Lieutenant Worf and so we get their attention on us."
"And keep it on us." he said and knew she nodded to him as she started the frequent bangs and clangs as he was hanging around the wall as he quickly finished that. "Lal make sure you got it against the wall where they can hear it, both from sickbay. The bridge and into engineering now, we have to get the duo in here, and then once they in here, we get your father to say the orders for Picard."
"We're giving the orders, but lock out the communicators from the security to bridge." he added as they waited then as they saw another image with the caption Setting up the Trap-Data's POV, written under the next image and they nodded as Pulaski watched her double. "Alright I created several of the palm beacons to do the rest of the security teams so here, this one is your's Doctor, and Lal."
"Teleport the next one to ten forward, and listen to everyone that is clear wait wait till after the guards are before you listen to their orders." Data said and they nodded. "Lal teleport me to sickbay." Pulaski said and she disappeared, before, thinking fast, Jenson said it. "And Lal teleport me into Ten Forward, I'm joining them so we can get to whoever is sent there." he said and he nodded in agreement.
"Here we go, this should be good right now." Jacob said as he crossed his arms smiling as they watched him teleport out of the room as O'brien said it then. "Wes, we're in position, ready when you are." O'Brien said and he got an immediate response. "Aye, I'm signaling the captain and bridge crew first, so once I get to them, it's now setting up the sextet to be caught by you now, but you'll know."
"You'll know the second I got them into designated checks, but I'm baiting her into thinking Data never got to you yet, so it's best to check and when the captain gives the orders, Data, do it from the control room. We're reversing this in the way they did it last night when I threw her off guard by telling you my ploy honey, but get ready, I'm doing it now." Wesley said and they nodded to that.
Watching as the third image flashed up-The Bridge Nobody's POV:, they watched as Geordi was sitting at his terminal as he thought it over in the sequence. That Wesley was using then as they heard a gentle tone as he thought it over carefully as Geordi said it out loud then. 'Our maneuvers, alright turning the Turbolifts back on, use of the anesthezine, checking the cargo bay, that we gassed the room with.'
'Guarding the..., Roga, Roga Danar, that's it, he's been using Danar's strategy this entire time.' he said as he said his thoughts out loud to the trio. "Alright, Sir I just figured it out now, that source of his entire strategy. It was from a previous manhunt 2 years ago, the man was an escaped soldier, his name's Roga Danar. And said manhunt knocked me, and four other technicians unconscious."
"Just before he got into the Jeffries tubes, but he's not bothering with the phasers, because trying to attack us head on would result in getting captured." he said and he nodded to him then as he went furrther to the trio gently at that. "He's using his strategy and she's using ours, our moves in each piece. But every move and counter move was the chess game we played against him."
"And with the fact we lost most of the primary players, it's down to Commander Riker and Lieutenant Worf now, with us locked in here and Chief O'Brien, Commander MacDougal and Lieutenant Shimoda locked in the engineering room right now." he said to him and they nodded as she decided to clarify that remark. "That's what he wanted us to remember, he was leaving clue after clue."
"After clue out to us last night regarding this?" Beverly asked and he nodded. "Yeah and it's just as we find him in the extension shaft finally." he said and Picard nodded. "Lovely, we figure it out just as it shifts from a scavenger hunt and possibly right into hide and seek next." he said as Deanna said it. "Here it comes." she said as they heard a loud crash right through the wall at that remark.
"Nice response to his remark son, that's great." Levar said laughing at that remark and Stewart, Frakes and Gates all started laughing at his remark. "And about damn time too, how many clues was it going to take to get you to realize it, lady?" Frakes said with a satisfied smirk and Stewart nodded gently as they and Gates, Levar, and Marina all looked at the wall behind the terminal with a bemused smile at that as Eastman started laughing at that.
"You had to say that, the second you name off the next game and the noise gets started, but the noise is reverberating off the walls. And inside the engineering portion of the ship and we can hear it from this side of it at the moment. But was that really necessary right now, because I barely broke a rib from holding it in." Dayton said laughing and they nodded, bemused and as they all looked at the wall at that as they exchanged looks at that.
"I think the hide ended up in the wall now if we just heard that thunk, at the moment." Beverly said and he nodded. "Yeah that's an understatement." Evans's double said as he started laughing as he finished, as they heard a secondary clunk in answer to that and Picard answered her. "Great, first we track him into section 23 and now he's ended up five decks below it and is hanging around on the ramps in the shaft."
"And now the hide is getting way to loud right now at the moment, alright young man. Whatever it is you're doing in there, it's time to call it quits now as well." he added as, not paying attention to that response. "Won't work, when in our normal training games this worked quite well on the holodeck as we had to figure it out. In where he was hiding during that, before the bonding test started next."
"But I remember that part, during the test he was hiding above me in a tree and then his shifting the branch caused the pine cone to fall on top of me." Greyson said and Evans nodded with a chuckle as they watched Picard at that. "Charlie, Rod, pull yourself together, I know you're finding this funny, but you don't get it together. And you're going to blow your cover at the moment." Geordi said with a bemused smile, at seeing him shaking.
'Wes whatever you're doing in there you better cool it right now, if Robin is back to normal, she's trying to keep from laughing at this. But you keep screwing around like this, I'm going to blow my cover, now cool it already, bro. That's enough of this already right now, so enough of the screwing around man!' they heard through a mental laugh at this response then as they watched Picard call it in then.
Watching as they saw the words The Chase Begins- Riker's POV, appear on the screen they watched the duo were heading for the turbolift they were getting ready to head for deck 12, section 10, when they heard from Picard right then as they got the report. "Commander, we just figured out who the pattern belongs to at the moment. In fact it's the memory he's been trying to shove forward all night here."
"Every move and counter move belongs to a soldier we had on board, by the name of Roga Danar. That was the last manhunt we had here, but his moves were Danar's moves and we're unknowlingly replicating ours from that chess game with him. But he's backed us into a check and this game just took a more dangerous turn right now, because he's ended up in the wall now here."
"As well." Picard said into the radio as Will nodded to the news as he answered him at that as he thought it to himself. 'Danar, why didn't I realize that yesterday, the Turbolifts were my tactic to try and catch him in there at the time, with us in engineering and Data disabled, that's the catch.' he thought as he said it then. "Roga Danar, well that explains why this has taken so long, well we found him."
"He's on deck 12, section 10, and we're heading there now." he said and they nodded as they waited for the next response. Heading for deck 12, the duo were walking towards the Jeffries tube extension shaft, when they heard a loud clang ring out from the wall next to them. Hearing that they froze, as Will pressed his hand to the wall and in response, he heard a loud clang as the reverberations from it started ringing out from it.
"He's on section 23 again." Worf said and they exchanged looks at that in amazement as he said it for both of them then as he looked at him in disbelief at that. "You got to be kidding, he was downstairs, how did he get up here that fast." he said as the noise started getting worse. "Whatever he did and how we can find out later, but I believe he knows we're on this floor and with only the wall between us."
"But if he does then he's trying to get our attention to make the games more interesting right now in this case at the moment." Worf said, as they heard a thunk to confirm that thought. "Teenagers, right now this kid is pushing his limits at the moment in the games right now but this is getting out of hand right now." Robertson said as he walked up after he heard the thud and he nodded to that remark.
"If he was trying to get our attention that's why he's doing it like this." the man playing Bates said and the man playing Greyson nodded. "He wanted our attention and he's got it now, but going about it like this is going too far right now in this case here, but this is getting ridiculous right now. Alright Billy that's enough of that already, time to call it quits buddy, get out of there." the man playing Perkins said with a bemused smile at this and he nodded.
"If he wanted our attention I think that's why he did it." his team mate said in to that as he heard a thunk to that. "You want our attention then you got it young man, and with that now, Buster." he said and Will nodded firmly to that. "Wes whatever you're doing it there, cool it already and get out of there." he said as they heard a loud crash in answer to that as the guards shook their heads at this.
"Yeah that's an understatement right now, I know we're working at fixing the terminals but this is getting ridiculous right now at the current moment. I'd say the catch of getting playful is bordering on going for getting our attention at every turn, in keeping up the decoy tactic, and lady, if you never got it. You lost this game right now, as he's doing this to keep you from realizing that Brent is getting the programme uploaded." Frakes said to that with a smile.
"Lovely, one second we find him in deck 12, the next he's 5 decks above and hanging around in the wall. That's one hell of a magic act." he heard from Derek Greyson and he nodded with a bemused smile. "Whatever he's doing in there, the noise is bouncing around in there and we can hear it from this side of the wall. I don't believe this, it's been one thing after another the last 20 hours."
"But this time it's just ended up in the wall. Alright kid, what's next exactly, because you're really pushing the limit right now." he asked as they heard two clangs followed by a crash and then a loud thud on his side of the wall in answer to that. Looking at them at this as he hid a smile as he said it to them as they exchanged looks then gently, before Greyson said it for all them with a bemused smile on his face.
As he crossed his arms at this. "Whatever this is, it's just shifted from a scavenger hunt and right to hide and seek at the moment, but scavenger hunts. Screwing around with the power and you in there, he wasn't about to start toying around with the environmental controls. But first a scavenger hunt and now we switch it to tag and hide and seek at the moment and to repeat the captain."
"The hide's gotten way too loud here." Greyson said and Bates nodded. "Though at the rate this is going it's heading straight for bumper tag right now if this keeps up, whatever you got in mind here, now young man. But now it's time to cool it with the games now come on now, get out of there." Bates said in answer to that and they heard a loud crash in response and they exchanged loos at that one.
"I'll take that for a no, young man don't make me come in there after you." Greyson said with a bemused tone as they exchanged looks as they heard a secondary crash at that remark as he answered him. "I'll take that one for a 'you want me, come and get me, Lieutenant, because I'm not coming out right now.'. Oh good grief, at this rate, it's he's not listening, though if we ordered him not to."
"Than he's taking his orders to the max right now." Bates said as he interpreted the unspoken statement in the latest bit of noise that he gave them as they exchanged looks at the implication as Perkins said it for himself and Watkins at that remark. "Well that just made it clear, we catch him once and if he escapes custody. A second time, it's going on till he drains every ounce of energy he has right now."
"Come on son, don't over do it, you're in no condition for this right now." Perkins said gently and they heard a loud clang as he moved his hand to the wall. "Come on kiddo, it's time to take a break now." he said and they heard a loud crash answer his remark at that statement. "You think he knows we're on this side of the wall right now?" Watkins asked, and before any of the quartet could answer that question.
They heard two crashes and a loud clang answer his question and Greyson answered that with a bemused smile on his face at that. "Yes Ensign, I'd say he does, though at the rate this is going. The next decision now it's he comes out on his own, or we drag him out of there." he said and they nodded to that. "Don't count on it, that never worked before, when you tried it, why would it now?" Will asked, in answer that question.
In answer to that, they heard 2 clangs, a crash and 3 more clangs answer him. "I'm not coming out, so you want me, you're going to have come in after me Greyson.'." Will read out and they nodded to answer that. "Alright buddy you're starting to really push your limits right now. I'm giving you one chance, either come out or we're coming in after you, young man." he said with a stern tone to that response.
And he heard three crashes and a loud clang to answer him at the remark as it tapped out another sentence to him then at the question. "Last year when we discussed this, you said not to listen to you and I know that's her doing the talking in your voices right now. So with that, after last night, you don't know who's free of the programming or not. And I made sure you couldn't check on that either."
"But the computer is still in my control and secondly now, Sirs.'." he read out as he heard it then."You ordered me not to follow your orders, and that's what I'm going to do, Commander. So again, you want me, you're going to have to come in after me, Sir, but this going to continue a bit longer right now. But think about it and the false alarms, I could be on this level or the next."
"And you won't know, until you come in here right now, but I'm not coming out, so you want me you're going to come in after me now, Sir, lieutenant.'. Alright young man, if that's the way you want it, than fine." he said with a stern growl as he looked at the trio next to him. "Teenagers at this age, well if he's not going to listen, then it's arresting him, now." he started to say, to that response firmly.
Just before he heard another sentence in morse code then as he read it out to them as the quintet paled. "Alright if you want to try this approach right now, it's another reminder of the fact. That I know you were ticked Soong took control of the ship.'. And you took it out on an android that was turned into a drone, because he wasn't here on the ship, you really think I wouldn't realize that right now."
"Well did you forget something else now at the moment here, that once separated from the rest of the group. That leaves my partner open to do this now, you want make sure that you still have the entire ship secured. Go check on the ambush spots.'." he read out at that gently. "All of this was trap he set for us, by getting my team arrested by you?" the security chief of Etana's ship said quickly.
"Yeah it was a trap, once we got you out of our heads, we saw this carried his signature all over it now. As I said, I was involved his training from start to finish, I know my oldest training cub and believe me, he knew that the other three options. They would never work at the time, so watch this from here." the man playing Greyson said as Will nodded, as, knowing her first officer was feeling his concern at that growing, he thought it over carefully then.
"Robertson go check on engineering right now, so we can be sure of that." he said and they both nodded to the orders then and left. "You two, Bates, Greyson, you stay with us until we're sure of that." he said and they sighed the guard next to Greyson asked the next question as he looked between the quartet. "How can we be sure he's not bluffing, as this could be a trick?" he said to him and he shrugged.
"We don't, but then this, if Hanson tried to arrest him that might have something to do with this right now." he said, and they nodded. "Well this is definitely Data mimicking me, as I lead them into our own trap. But again, you want outwit humans, then you better start thinking like an earth based human." Picard said smiling with a stern smirk on his face, they heard Picard's voice say it over the com-line.
"Lieutenants' Robertson, Bates and Greyson, I have reason to believe we've been boarded at the moment after the last attack this morning. Go check on Ten Forward, Sickbay and Engineering, Commander Riker and Lieutnant Worf take over from here. The Ambush parties need some extra help, so go join your team mates in each area, please." Picard told them and they nodded to the order.
"We'll be down there in fifteen minutes we're trying to get him out of there while talking him out of there." Bates said and he nodded. "Alright, you have 20 minutes, but if that doesn't work join the ambush parties." he said and they nodded to the orders then gently. "Yeah that's an understatement right now, as we waited to finished what Wes started now." Guinan said smiling sternly to that remark.
"Well at the rate this is going best to make sure he can't double back so we cut off the areas that he's going to use the tunnels for and we're in the areas that are open still right now. But we have got to get him out of there and if talking doesn't work, we're going to have to go in after him right now." Bates said and Will nodded as he answered that firmly as they exchanged looks then firmly.
And at that remark as he moved closer to the wall as the next one was tapped out. "And before he does any more damage to his body after we found those shards lying on the table at the moment." he said, before they could answer, they heard three clangs, two crashes and a loud metallic thud and he nodded. "If you want me you're going to have to find me, because these tunnels are a honey comb.'."
"Remember, Commander.'. Yeah I remember, and you keep this up and you're ending up in a time out pal. Because that's enough of the childish pranks and you're really testing my patience here young man. Now that's enough of this already, now again you come out of there, or I'm coming in after you, Wesley." he said sternly as he crossed his arms and the answering remark to that sentence.
Was a crash that was immediately followed by a loud clang and he nodded as he hid a sigh, knowing the young man was trying to get them focused on him. "If you people were so smart you'd know that he was leading your teams into an ambush. But no, you didn't and your last remaning drones are us." Picard said and they swallowed. 'Wes, enough already, come on now, it's time to quit.' he thought with a gentle sigh at that.
"Whatever reason there is for this, I think he decided to go on the more direct approach right now. Just to get our attention though that's true, and he wanted our attention on him at the moment." Bates said and he nodded as he answered him as he looked at the wall with a bemused look on his face as he said it to him. "I think you tested them a bit too much." Jenson's double said as he started laughing at this situation then.
"At that level right now the games having shifted now, but we reached enough of this. If that adrenaline does gives out now he's going to collapse in there. Whatever the sudden power bursts are it's enough we got to deal with, because if he's screwing around in there it's he's fooling around with the sensors and throwing off his trail." Will said to him and he nodded to him, bemused.
"Yes well the Jeffries tubes means he's going to come out somewhere, but where we don't have a clue here. Because section 23 is the extension shaft, and there's a vertical shaft leading into the tunnel on this deck and it connects from Deck 1 to Deck 20." Watkins told him and he nodded. "Deck 1 to Deck 20 and he's in the extension shaft, and is now screwing around on the catwalks here."
"Just to get our attention on him, if I was nineteen and in the midst of our current situation right now, I'd be staying quiet. And not be trying to get the group that's looking for me, their attention, but this is ridiculous right now. Wes, you keep this up and you're going to get hurt, get out of there." he said and they heard a loud clang in answer to that as he looked at the trio at that remark.
And as he said it into his communicator then, knowing Picard wasn't going to take this lightly. "Alright we found him, Captain, the last tactic Danar used was using the transporter. To get into the Jeffries tubes, but it took a half an hour to track him down at the time. He's back on deck 7 section 23, whatever else he has in mind we're not sure right now, but he's ended up in the bowels of the ship."
"And is messing around on the catwalks." he said and heard Picard answer him at that in relief then as he answered him. "This was Etana asking the question, I already knew what the heck was going on here, but this was way too easy right now. Like us trapped in that maze at the time, you decided on the same thing. You're making this way too easy for them, that they don't realize they're walking into a trap right now."
"But nicely done Wesley, I am very proud of you." Picard said smiling as he rested his hand on his shoulder and Wesley smiled at his praise then. "Anyone want to chance where this is heading next, because we said this 100 times. Never to try it from that height?" Daniel asked and Peter thought it over, before Kurland looked at him in shock. "You got to be kidding, what level was he on?" he asked and Greyson answered that.
"Give it a few minutes, but this is something we as adults, their guardians, mentors or their parents would kill them vocally for doing right now." he said and Amy nodded. "No kidding and young man I hear you tried this with us on sabbatical and you're in big trouble." she said and Jake looked at her. "I didn't, but with us on duty the team was split down the middle till the trio arrived." he said and his parents nodded in annoyance.
"What's that racket exactly Commander?" he asked and he sighed as he answered him, before they heard another crash in answer to that and Will quickly said in bemusement. "He's on the catwalks Sir, and whatever he's doing in there can be heard through the wall. But right now, Captain, he's got us on him and whatever it is, it's getting louder by the minute." he said and heard him answer that, gently.