Chapter 6
Vegeta Vrs. Q: Round one
"Sir the long range sensors just detected a ship bearing one mark three eight" Data said " It's energy signature matches Vegeta's ship."
"On screen" Picard ordered, instantly the image of a round ship much larger than Vegeta's with the word Capsule 8 written on it.
"It appears to be on a course to earth...sir." Worf said in a more subdued tone than usual, his pride hurt after the incident in ten-forward and the subsequent reprimand Picard had given him.
"Let's be careful." Riker said " If whoever is on that ship is anything like Vegeta we could have a situation on our hands."
"Open hailing frequency's" Picard said.
"Sir hailing frequency's won't open" Data said puzzled.
" Is there something wrong with the comm. system?" Picard asked
"Negative sir" the android replied "it just isn't hailing them"
Picard suddenly realized what was going on "Q!" he yelled. "Show yourself!"
"You rang? Mon capitan?" a voice sounded as a bright flash appeared and Q showed himself
"What are you doing!" Picard demanded "Why aren't you letting us contact that ship?"
"I am saving your life Picard" Q responded "The people on that ship are twice as bad as Vegeta they would slaughter you without a second thought."
"I don't believe you." Picard said
"Leave our ship alone!" Riker demanded
"Let me ask the man who says no" Q said suddenly an exact double of Q appeared
"No." it said then it disappeared
" He said no" Q said "Sorry I won't let you do that."
"What are you hiding Q?" Picard asked "If I didn't know any better I'd say that you were afraid of Vegeta and whoever is on that ship."
"That's absurd Picard" Q countered " A Q afraid of mere mortals."
"I wouldn't say that there's anything mere about me." Vegeta's rough voice suddenly said. The entire bridge looked to see Vegeta who had entered the bridge. Leaning against a bulkhead with his arms crossed.
"What the devil!" Riker said "What happened to his hair why is it gold!?"
"Vegeta do know this man?" Picard pointed at Q.
"Oh yes very well. Tell me 'Q' is it? By the way it is nice to finally know your name." he said standing up straight and unfolding his arm "Where are Kakarrot and my wife?"
"Now Vegeta," Q said nervously "Don't do anything that you might regret."
"Oh I won't, but I will do something that will make you regret ever screwing with me!"
Q raised his hand to snap his fingers but before he could Vegeta disappeared, Picard felt a rush of air and saw Q fly backwards across the bridge and hit the bulkhead. Vegeta appeared right beside the fallen entity he suddenly kicked him across the room Q stumbled up attempting yet again to snap his finger but Vegeta was on top of him in an instant and grabbed his hand and crushed it. Q punched Vegeta in the gut.
"OW!" Q screamed.
Vegeta then punched Q in the face. Q raised his free hand to snap but Vegeta crushed that one too
"Now what smart guy!" Q said "If you let go of me even for an instant I'll snap my fingers and this fight will be over! Your actually going to have to think! Your actually going to have to use your head"
"Your right" Vegeta said "That's a wonderful idea!" Then Vegeta head butted Q!
"Oh I had to open my mouth." the battered entity cried
"You won't have to worry about that when I send you to the next dimension!" Vegeta cackled
"Your nothing!" Q yelled "I've been alive countless centuries! You can't do this!"
Vegeta merely smirked wickedly at the entity, "Oh yes I can! Now before I blast you into oblivion, Where is Kakarrot and my wife!?"
Q winced in pain. "You see that ship on the screen! That's where they are. Picard and his crew were about to destroy it! I stopped them."
Vegeta whirled to look at Picard "Is this the truth!?" he demanded
"Of course it isn't." The Captain said. "Q's lying to you to get free."
Q suddenly stared laughing, Once again Vegeta turned back to him. His hands still crushing the entities "Wrong Mon Capitan I lied to distract Vegeta." before Vegeta could react Q ripped one of his hands out of the iron grip and snapped his fingers. Vegeta immediately disappeared.
"Q!" Riker demanded " Where is he!?"
" I merely returned him to his ancestral state look behind you."
Riker turned to see a small monkey with a widow's peak standing on a consol. "Well at least now we don't have to worry about him destroying the ship." Riker said
"It's time to talk Q" Picard said. "What is really going on here."
"Oh very well, You see, it's been so long since I have visited you Mon Capitan." Q began
"Not long enough," Picard growled
" Anyway, I was beginning to think that you didn't see any value in me so I brought Vegeta here I wanted to stop him from destroying you then you would appreciate me."
"But you didn't count on him being so powerful did you?" Picard commented
"No I knew that he was no match for my power it was just that. I hadn't counted on you actually taking him in after the incident with the Rigalleto. "
" Then who is on that ship?" Data asked pointing to the ship on the screen.
"Vegeta's wife and comrades." Q replied "I brought them here so that Vegeta couldn't find them and then I told him that he had to come here to find them."
"Enough of this Q" Picard said. "Take Vegeta back to his dimension and his friends too."
" Well since this game is obviously over I will do just that." Q walked over to the Vegeta monkey which looked around confusedly, "At least in this state he will be much more easy to handle." Q reached to grab the monkey. Which suddenly screeched and turned golden then hurled itself at Q's face. "Son of a Jumping..." was the last thing Q managed to say before the tiny monkey stared beating his face in. Q writhed across the room trying in vain to get the insane primate off his face.
"Sir," Data suddenly said.
Picard had to force himself to stop looking at the odd sight. "What is it Data?"
"We are being hailed by the other vessel."
"On screen."
"GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!" Q screamed
Picard viewed the people from the other ship. A very strange group presented itself. On had three eyes, and another had green skin and pointed ears. One of them stood up. He was wearing an orange and blue suit and had jet black hair that poked out in many strange directions. Q in the mean time was rolling on the ground in his attempts to get the monkey off of him. " MY FACE MY BEAUTIFUL FACE!"
"Hi" the alien on the other ship said. "I'm Goku!" he said "Do you guys have any food we ate all the food on our ship."
"No you ate all the food." the green alien said.
"I'm Jean-Luc Picard" the Captain said "come aboard we have plenty of food and a friend of yours" Picard turned to see Q finally free himself of the Vegeta-monkey and tossed it on the ground.
"Fine!" He yelled "I'll leave! Since none of you would help me!" with that Q disappeared and Vegeta changed back to his normal disgruntled form.
"I think I'm going to be sick." he was all he could say
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"Curses!" Toa Pa said as he saw the Enterprise hook the other smaller ship with it's tractor beam. "This will complicate things," Toa Pa turned to his subordinate "Sub-commander Tarles"
"Yes sir" he said
"Inform the other ships in the group that they are to follow the Federation ship until I give further orders" Tou Pa ordered
"Yes Commander" Tarles replied
"One thing is certain now, this Goku and his men are indeed Federation super soldiers. I must inform the Tal Shayar at once! I will be in my Ready Room."
Toa Pa entered his room and sat at his desk. After a moment of quiet introspection. He tapped his computer and prepared to make contact. When suddenly he heard a voice.
"You don't actually think that is going to work do you." it said
"Who's there!" Toa Pa demanded "Who said that!"
"I did!"
Toa Pa whirled around to see a man standing behind him. He was thin and had brown hair and he looked human.
"My name is Q" he said.
" Ah a Q!" Toa Pa "We've heard of you in the Romulan Empire. What can I do for you?"
"I believe the question is my pointy eared friend is What can I do for you?