The Picard Family
The following story line is mine. Don't try to copy it cause I'll get mad
In a like vain, Star Trek The Next Generation and all characters are the sole property of someone other than me.
"Q! Q, come back here this instant!" Raylyn shouted, as if Q were merely an errant child and she his fed-up mother. Jean-Luc stared at her silently. He could already see some of himself in her. Q had left him with a few memories, but nothing that so much revealed her character as being in her presence. She exuded a sense of authority that Jean-Luc recognized well for he exuded the same thing. The uniforms in this reality were slightly different, but she wore the command green as if she'd grown up in it. And likely, she had. She most definitely looked like her father, the Picard nose and eyes were prominent features, but they were softened by her Betazoid beauty. Dark luxurious hair and high cheek bones, soft creamy skin and full berry colored lips, Jean-Luc could easily see how Will had fallen in love with her.
"Damn. He's gone" Will said behind her. Jean-Luc thought he looked better in red than this odd dark mossy green.
"He's not gone" Raylyn countered, folding her arms over her chest, "He's just not responding. Q, I do not appreciate this! The next time I talk to Amanda..." Q appeared. Jean-Luc startled. He was intensely curious about why the mention of Amanda, whomever she may be, would bring Q to heel.
"Well, what is it?" he asked grumpily.
"What do you mean, what is it? I want my father back!" Raylyn poked the almost all-powerful being in the chest.
"He is your father!" Q retorted, "At least, mostly"
"Q, we have a job to do! We need the Captain Picard that is familiar with circumstances here" Will said.
"So brief him" Q suggested, "He's the same man. He's fully capable of doing the job"
"At least tell us how long you plan on leaving him here, Q" Beverly said. Q just shrugged.
"Who knows?" His grin had returned, "A few hours, a year, forever!"
"And what about my ship, Q? In my reality?" Jean-Luc suddenly demanded.
"Don't worry so, Mon Capitan!" Q waved his hand around as if the matter were less then trifling, "The Enterprise will not go without its Captain! Enjoy this! It's the only chance you'll get" And then he was gone again.
"Q! Q! What do you mean?" Jean-Luc addressed the air.
"It's no good" Raylyn said with a frown, "He's gone this time"
"How can you tell that?" Jean-Luc asked. There was so much he had to learn, and who knew how much time he would have? But there was this ship to consider as well, it still needed a captain. Jean-Luc may be out of his native universe, but his oath of duty transcended universes.
"I've become used to...the sense of him" Raylyn answered his question, "He's been coming around since I was little. We first encountered him on the Stargazer"
"The Stargazer?" Jean-Luc repeated, mulling that fact over. There were so many questions. This universe obviously had some things in common with his own, but he feared that there may be too many differences for him to properly do his job.
"Ray, we have work to do" Will suddenly said. He sighed and looked at the Captain.
"We'll just have to do what Q said, brief him and then try to finish this mission"
"What mission?" Jean-Luc asked immediately, but the com interrupted any answer he would have gotten immediately.
"Captain, the Troi's are ready for transport" O'Brien's voice informed them all. Raylyn sighed.
"Thank you, Chief. We'll be there in a minute" Will answered.
"You'd better get dressed, Jean-Luc" Beverly told him, "Lwaxana will be upset if you're not there to meet her"
"Lwaxana?" Jean-Luc tried not to moan. The woman was as close to insufferable as he could handle. At heart he knew she had the best of intentions, but she sorely tried his patience. Of course, in this universe, perhaps the opposite was true. He dearly hoped so.
"We'll brief you after we have Deanna back" Raylyn told him, shooing him into the bedroom to don his uniform. As he fastened the appropriate amount of pips to his collar, Jean-Luc reflected on the coloring. The green did nothing for his complexion. Less, perhaps, than it did for Will's. Raylyn, of course, looked spectacular in the color, and Beverly was in the standard medical blue.
"You said when we get Deanna 'back'" Jean-Luc observed as the group hurried to the transporter room.
"Yes. She's our ship's councilor. Is she...where you come from?" Raylyn inquired. Jean-Luc nodded.
"She's been on leave to visit her mother and older sister" Will continued.
"Kestra?" Jean-Luc interrupted. Will nodded.
"You know her too?"
"No" Jean-Luc replied, "She, uh....she drowned as a child in my universe."
"Oh" Raylyn nodded, "Chasing that infernal dog around the pond. Yes, I remember Aunt telling us about it" Before Jean-Luc could ask anymore questions they were in the transporter room.
"Energize, Chief" Will ordered and O'Brien complied. Lwaxana Troi, Deanna Troi and Mr. Homm materialized on the platform. Raylyn stepped forward, grinning. Lwaxana descended and hugged her, as did Deanna. By their gestures Jean-Luc could tell that they were communicating telepathically.
"Hello, Will" Deanna kissed the Commander's cheek. Jean-Luc wondered if they were Imzadi.
"Deanna" Will smiled and then nodded at Lwaxana, "Ambassador" Lwaxana nodded back.
"Beverly" she added and then turned to the Captain, "Jean-Luc, how pleasant to see you again!" She exclaimed in her normal overpowering way and then she embraced him. Caught off guard, it took a moment for Jean-Luc to respond in kind. She noticed something was wrong, he could see it in the way her brow creased.
"Uncle" Deanna nodded at him with a grin of her own. Uncle? Oh, yes, he would be wouldn't he?
"Councilor" he nodded back. She raised a brow.
"That's rather formal, don't you think?" Then both she and her mother were considering him oddly.
"It's....a long story" Raylyn interrupted, grabbing Deanna by her elbow and leading them away towards a turbolift. The rest of the group followed, heading off to the briefing from another universe.
The following story line is mine. Don't try to copy it cause I'll get mad
In a like vain, Star Trek The Next Generation and all characters are the sole property of someone other than me.
"Q! Q, come back here this instant!" Raylyn shouted, as if Q were merely an errant child and she his fed-up mother. Jean-Luc stared at her silently. He could already see some of himself in her. Q had left him with a few memories, but nothing that so much revealed her character as being in her presence. She exuded a sense of authority that Jean-Luc recognized well for he exuded the same thing. The uniforms in this reality were slightly different, but she wore the command green as if she'd grown up in it. And likely, she had. She most definitely looked like her father, the Picard nose and eyes were prominent features, but they were softened by her Betazoid beauty. Dark luxurious hair and high cheek bones, soft creamy skin and full berry colored lips, Jean-Luc could easily see how Will had fallen in love with her.
"Damn. He's gone" Will said behind her. Jean-Luc thought he looked better in red than this odd dark mossy green.
"He's not gone" Raylyn countered, folding her arms over her chest, "He's just not responding. Q, I do not appreciate this! The next time I talk to Amanda..." Q appeared. Jean-Luc startled. He was intensely curious about why the mention of Amanda, whomever she may be, would bring Q to heel.
"Well, what is it?" he asked grumpily.
"What do you mean, what is it? I want my father back!" Raylyn poked the almost all-powerful being in the chest.
"He is your father!" Q retorted, "At least, mostly"
"Q, we have a job to do! We need the Captain Picard that is familiar with circumstances here" Will said.
"So brief him" Q suggested, "He's the same man. He's fully capable of doing the job"
"At least tell us how long you plan on leaving him here, Q" Beverly said. Q just shrugged.
"Who knows?" His grin had returned, "A few hours, a year, forever!"
"And what about my ship, Q? In my reality?" Jean-Luc suddenly demanded.
"Don't worry so, Mon Capitan!" Q waved his hand around as if the matter were less then trifling, "The Enterprise will not go without its Captain! Enjoy this! It's the only chance you'll get" And then he was gone again.
"Q! Q! What do you mean?" Jean-Luc addressed the air.
"It's no good" Raylyn said with a frown, "He's gone this time"
"How can you tell that?" Jean-Luc asked. There was so much he had to learn, and who knew how much time he would have? But there was this ship to consider as well, it still needed a captain. Jean-Luc may be out of his native universe, but his oath of duty transcended universes.
"I've become used to...the sense of him" Raylyn answered his question, "He's been coming around since I was little. We first encountered him on the Stargazer"
"The Stargazer?" Jean-Luc repeated, mulling that fact over. There were so many questions. This universe obviously had some things in common with his own, but he feared that there may be too many differences for him to properly do his job.
"Ray, we have work to do" Will suddenly said. He sighed and looked at the Captain.
"We'll just have to do what Q said, brief him and then try to finish this mission"
"What mission?" Jean-Luc asked immediately, but the com interrupted any answer he would have gotten immediately.
"Captain, the Troi's are ready for transport" O'Brien's voice informed them all. Raylyn sighed.
"Thank you, Chief. We'll be there in a minute" Will answered.
"You'd better get dressed, Jean-Luc" Beverly told him, "Lwaxana will be upset if you're not there to meet her"
"Lwaxana?" Jean-Luc tried not to moan. The woman was as close to insufferable as he could handle. At heart he knew she had the best of intentions, but she sorely tried his patience. Of course, in this universe, perhaps the opposite was true. He dearly hoped so.
"We'll brief you after we have Deanna back" Raylyn told him, shooing him into the bedroom to don his uniform. As he fastened the appropriate amount of pips to his collar, Jean-Luc reflected on the coloring. The green did nothing for his complexion. Less, perhaps, than it did for Will's. Raylyn, of course, looked spectacular in the color, and Beverly was in the standard medical blue.
"You said when we get Deanna 'back'" Jean-Luc observed as the group hurried to the transporter room.
"Yes. She's our ship's councilor. Is she...where you come from?" Raylyn inquired. Jean-Luc nodded.
"She's been on leave to visit her mother and older sister" Will continued.
"Kestra?" Jean-Luc interrupted. Will nodded.
"You know her too?"
"No" Jean-Luc replied, "She, uh....she drowned as a child in my universe."
"Oh" Raylyn nodded, "Chasing that infernal dog around the pond. Yes, I remember Aunt telling us about it" Before Jean-Luc could ask anymore questions they were in the transporter room.
"Energize, Chief" Will ordered and O'Brien complied. Lwaxana Troi, Deanna Troi and Mr. Homm materialized on the platform. Raylyn stepped forward, grinning. Lwaxana descended and hugged her, as did Deanna. By their gestures Jean-Luc could tell that they were communicating telepathically.
"Hello, Will" Deanna kissed the Commander's cheek. Jean-Luc wondered if they were Imzadi.
"Deanna" Will smiled and then nodded at Lwaxana, "Ambassador" Lwaxana nodded back.
"Beverly" she added and then turned to the Captain, "Jean-Luc, how pleasant to see you again!" She exclaimed in her normal overpowering way and then she embraced him. Caught off guard, it took a moment for Jean-Luc to respond in kind. She noticed something was wrong, he could see it in the way her brow creased.
"Uncle" Deanna nodded at him with a grin of her own. Uncle? Oh, yes, he would be wouldn't he?
"Councilor" he nodded back. She raised a brow.
"That's rather formal, don't you think?" Then both she and her mother were considering him oddly.
"It's....a long story" Raylyn interrupted, grabbing Deanna by her elbow and leading them away towards a turbolift. The rest of the group followed, heading off to the briefing from another universe.