~*~Disclaimer=me no own!~*~Argh! Thanks for pointing out my terrible
spelling (just shows how crappy spell checker is!) I really do appreciate
helpful reviews, they do help honest! Oh and the parasites are sort of
tribe type members in case you were wondering, all will be explain later! I
don't own the song lyrics either.~*~
Hakir and Siegat walked towards the cave entrance arm in arm. They stopped and waited as a blue light passed over them.
"Will the clones be able to escape?" Hakir asked worriedly.
"No they are only shells; they have no soul, no free will." Siegat replied comfortingly. "It will make it simple for them to be taken by the others when the time comes. Now let us hurry up, we have a long journey ahead of us."
Hakir nodded and smiled.
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Lakish tasted a new substance in the air. She saw the gas coming from the air vents.
"HAKIR YOU STUPID FOOL!" she yelled furiously punching the console.
There was no escape she was overcome by the sedative within seconds. The white flame rose out of T'Pol's body and went in search of another host.
Lakish searched the entire ship, meeting Rakesh and Forite on the way. Silently they travelled through the decks noting the unconscious crewmembers furiously cursing Hakir. When they entered sickbay and saw Malcolm slumped on the ground, they knew what had happened.
Finally they met the creatures still conscious in the airlock. They had no choice, they had to take them.
Lakish looked down at her new host in utter disgust. Rakesh noticed a flashing light on the control panel. Forite trembled with fear.
Minutes later the airlock opened and they were all sucked into the vacuum of space. Malcolm's plan had worked-almost-Forite, Lakish and Rakesh died instantly.
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Siegat noted the black sky.
"We can go no further tonight, the ritual must completed in daylight, we must stay here" he said bitterness evident in his voice.
He and Hakir sank down against one of the walls.
"How long does night last here?" she asked
"Darkness lasts for only six hours-we don't have long to wait" Siegat replied. "We cannot fall asleep; I suggest you concentrate on the ceremony"
Hakir sighed and nodded. The glamour of being the other person in completing the ceremony had worn off slightly. Spending six hours staring at a wall was not what she had had in mind.
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T'Pol unsteadily rose to her feet. Instantly she surmised that one of the crew had somehow managed to escape. All logic pointed to that person being Lieutenant Reed seeing as he had been the only prisoner left on his own. Logic dictated that Doctor Phlox would be the best candidate to try and rouse first to help her awake the remaining crewmembers.
She entered the turbo-lift still feeling groggy from the affects of the sedative.
Once in the turbo-lift she took a minute to focus her mind. Suppressing the emotions that the parasite had induced. It had been an....interesting experience for her. Through the alien parasite she had learned many things about their intentions and she knew that Hannah and Archer were down on the Planet about to be starting some sort of ceremony which would release millions of other parasites from their prison-unleashing them on the galaxy.
In engineering she found Doctor Phlox already on his feet and waking up various crewmembers. Trip was awake and groaning loudly at the stiffness in his neck from being frozen in one position for hours.
"T'Pol, are Jon an' the others ok?" Trip asked stretching.
"Captain Archer and Doctor Tarry are still currently under the parasites control and are down on the planet." T'Pol stated "I have not yet checked on the remaining crewmembers deciding that the most logical course of action would be to wake the Doctor."
"What happened?" Doctor Phlox asked gently shaking Lieutenant Hess' shoulders to wake her.
"I have determined that Lieutenant Reed was the person who devised the plan to free us" T'Pol replied. "As he was being held in sickbay at the time."
"I'll go wake Malcolm" said Trip staggering towards the turbo-lift.
Trip leant on the doorframe and gazed round the room. He caught sight of Malcolm's unconscious form at the foot of a console. He was at his side in seconds.
"Malcolm, wake up" he urged gently shaking his shoulders. "Ya did it, they're nearly gone, c'mon wake up."
He didn't get any response. For the first time he noticed that his friends face was flushed red.
"Tucker to Phlox"
"Yes commander?"
"Ah need ya ta get up here, Ah think somethin's wrong with Malcolm"
"I'll be there as soon as possible"
"Tucker out"
Trip somehow managed to haul Malcolm up onto the nearest biobed.
"Mal, ya weigh a ton" he groaned leaning against the biobed for support.
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Inside Hannah's mind~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
I hate this, I keep trying to fight it but each time the git squashes me flat. I can't do this much longer, I ain't strong enough.
I can't believe I came that close to actually having sex with Captain Archer, that'll make for great conversation if I ever get my body back for myself again. Ah the nostalgic meetings, I can hear them now:
"Sir remember the time we were possessed by aliens and nearly had sex?"
Maybe not.
I can see everything, I can hear everything, I can feel my mouth move but its not me talking. It's Hakir, the parasite. I can feel it, see some of its memories, it disgusts me.
I remember when I was 16 and I was sat at Malcolm's beside in hospital. He looked so fragile. Only I knew what had really happened and his father dared to visit him-claiming Malcolm had been mugged and beaten. It was only for Malcolm's sake that I didn't open my mouth and tell the whole world. I remember spending as much time at his bedside as possible, chatting away to him. I always knew he could hear me even if he couldn't respond.
That's how it's always been.
Malcolm's been like my older brother, always there-he's allowed to take the mickey but if anyone else tries it, he's right there standing up for me.
When he was seventeen he finally packed his bags and left home. He came to stay with me and my mum. By then mum was used to Malcolm being round and she didn't mind one bit, to this day everytime she sees him she still exclaims: "Malcolm me own! How are ya laddie?"
At the moment all I can control is my memories, everything else is under Hakir's control, I'm terrified of what it might do. To others and to me.
What's it going to do? It made a clone of me, a shell, a lifeless biological robot to house more of these disgusting parasites. The parasite has the mind of a devious traitor; it is out for its own gain. It believes it is above all others.
Somebody save me, I can't do this on my own.
Maybe I'm just not space explorer material, maybe I should've stayed at Starfleet treating phaser burns getting chatted up by aging professors. It's too late for maybes now, I've made my bed and now I've gotta sleep in it.
Oh God. It's kissing the other parasite again. That's it! There's no way in this universe I'm gonna let that 'thing' put me through this!
I guess it's now or never.
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Hakir broke away from the kiss with Siegat and began singing.
"Hakir, what are you doing?" Siegat demanded.
"The host, she is fighting to make me sing for some reason." Hakir stammered
Siegat laughed. "Your host has a good voice, let her sing. We have time to kill" he said.
Hakir gave into Hannah's need to sing:
"It was a day just like this
In a life of all times
Shrugging signs there's no chance for us
It's not mine to decide
You never listened to what I said
You never thought I'd succeed
And though I've given you all I can
You show no faith in me
Chorus:
And I remember, and I recall
And I can see that nothing's changed at all
Though we falter, we don't have to fall
And I can see that nothing's changed at all
Even when I was young
And the pressure was on
You always told me to do my thing
So what the hell went wrong
Chorus: An outcast coming home, opinions stay the same
They'll spit them out and spin me right back through the door
The louder that we scream, the more invisible we seem
Is it gonna last forever
Now I'm learning the lies
From the skies where they reign
Can't find shelter for myself
And you're all to blame
Chorus:* Hakir finished the song, Siegat smiled
"Does the host want to sing another?" He asked "I think my host found that enjoyable. Might as well make their last moments pleasant."
*He said I'm gonna buy this place and burn it down
I'm gonna put it six feet underground
He said I'm gonna buy this place and watch it fall
Stand here beside me baby in the crumbling walls
Oh I'm gonna buy this place and start a fire
Stand here until I fill all your heart's desires
Because I'm gonna buy this place and see it burn
And do back the things they did to you in return
Ah, ah, ah
He said Oh I'm gonna buy a gun and start a war
If you can tell me something worth fighting for
Oh I'm gonna buy this place is what I said
Blame it upon a rush of blood to head
(And) honey
All the movements your starting to make
See me crumble and fall on my face
And I know the mistakes that I made
See it all disappear without a trace
And they call as they beckon you on
They say start as you mean to go on
Start as you mean to go on
He said I'm gonna buy this place and see it go
Stand here beside me baby watch the orange glow
Some'll laugh and some just sit and cry
But you just sit down then you wonder why
So I'm gonna buy a gun and start a war
If you can tell me something worth fighting for
And I'm gonna buy this place is what I said
Blame it upon a rush of blood to the head
ah to the head, oh
(And) honey
All the movements you're starting to make
See me crumble and fall on my face
And I know the mistakes that I made
See it all disappear without a trace
And they call as they beckon you on
They say start as you mean to go on
As you mean to go on, as you mean to go on
So meet me by the bridge, meet me by the lane
When am I gonna see that pretty face again
Meet me on the road, meet me where I said
Blame it all upon
A rush of blood to the head*
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"Malcolm will be fine." Said Doctor Phlox cheerily "He just received a small sting from my Dalactian Scorpion, no doubt when he was looking round the cages. He should wake up in the next hour or so"
"Ya sure?" Trip asked giving Phlox's menagerie a wary glance. "'cause he's lookin' really flushed."
"Just a side effect," Phlox told him smiling." He'll probably wake up vomiting; another side effect from the antidote-it'll be his body releasing the toxins. Don't forget that on top of the sting he was also sedated. But I shouldn't worry, I'm positive he'll be fine soon."
Feeling more worried than comforted Trip turned to look at Malcolm again.
"I suggest we begin working on a solution to Captain Archer and Doctor Tarrys current predicament" T'Pol swiftly told him. "I am unaware as to how much time we have before the parasites begin the ceremony."
Trip reluctantly nodded and sighed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Inside Archers mind~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is unbelievable. I can't believe that these parasites are using me and Hannah to 'get close' with each other. It's sickening. Not that she isn't an attractive woman, but it'd almost be like we were both being raped. Now there's a disturbing thought for ya.
I control an entire ship. Captain Jonathan Henry Archer. But I can't fight my way out of this, this parasite is too strong. I hate to admit it but I think I'm getting too weak to try and fight him anymore. I don't like feeling weak.
However I haven't yet lost the will to live an' the survival instincts kicking in pretty good, I'll have to wait for a bit to try again.
Siegat might've have won the battle-but he hasn't won the war. This body's mine and no one else's.
~*~Loonnnggg chapter, this takes up nine pages on word! The song lyrics are owned by the bands who sang them. The first one was We're Forgiven by The Calling and the second was A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay. Please review!~*~
Hakir and Siegat walked towards the cave entrance arm in arm. They stopped and waited as a blue light passed over them.
"Will the clones be able to escape?" Hakir asked worriedly.
"No they are only shells; they have no soul, no free will." Siegat replied comfortingly. "It will make it simple for them to be taken by the others when the time comes. Now let us hurry up, we have a long journey ahead of us."
Hakir nodded and smiled.
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Lakish tasted a new substance in the air. She saw the gas coming from the air vents.
"HAKIR YOU STUPID FOOL!" she yelled furiously punching the console.
There was no escape she was overcome by the sedative within seconds. The white flame rose out of T'Pol's body and went in search of another host.
Lakish searched the entire ship, meeting Rakesh and Forite on the way. Silently they travelled through the decks noting the unconscious crewmembers furiously cursing Hakir. When they entered sickbay and saw Malcolm slumped on the ground, they knew what had happened.
Finally they met the creatures still conscious in the airlock. They had no choice, they had to take them.
Lakish looked down at her new host in utter disgust. Rakesh noticed a flashing light on the control panel. Forite trembled with fear.
Minutes later the airlock opened and they were all sucked into the vacuum of space. Malcolm's plan had worked-almost-Forite, Lakish and Rakesh died instantly.
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Siegat noted the black sky.
"We can go no further tonight, the ritual must completed in daylight, we must stay here" he said bitterness evident in his voice.
He and Hakir sank down against one of the walls.
"How long does night last here?" she asked
"Darkness lasts for only six hours-we don't have long to wait" Siegat replied. "We cannot fall asleep; I suggest you concentrate on the ceremony"
Hakir sighed and nodded. The glamour of being the other person in completing the ceremony had worn off slightly. Spending six hours staring at a wall was not what she had had in mind.
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T'Pol unsteadily rose to her feet. Instantly she surmised that one of the crew had somehow managed to escape. All logic pointed to that person being Lieutenant Reed seeing as he had been the only prisoner left on his own. Logic dictated that Doctor Phlox would be the best candidate to try and rouse first to help her awake the remaining crewmembers.
She entered the turbo-lift still feeling groggy from the affects of the sedative.
Once in the turbo-lift she took a minute to focus her mind. Suppressing the emotions that the parasite had induced. It had been an....interesting experience for her. Through the alien parasite she had learned many things about their intentions and she knew that Hannah and Archer were down on the Planet about to be starting some sort of ceremony which would release millions of other parasites from their prison-unleashing them on the galaxy.
In engineering she found Doctor Phlox already on his feet and waking up various crewmembers. Trip was awake and groaning loudly at the stiffness in his neck from being frozen in one position for hours.
"T'Pol, are Jon an' the others ok?" Trip asked stretching.
"Captain Archer and Doctor Tarry are still currently under the parasites control and are down on the planet." T'Pol stated "I have not yet checked on the remaining crewmembers deciding that the most logical course of action would be to wake the Doctor."
"What happened?" Doctor Phlox asked gently shaking Lieutenant Hess' shoulders to wake her.
"I have determined that Lieutenant Reed was the person who devised the plan to free us" T'Pol replied. "As he was being held in sickbay at the time."
"I'll go wake Malcolm" said Trip staggering towards the turbo-lift.
Trip leant on the doorframe and gazed round the room. He caught sight of Malcolm's unconscious form at the foot of a console. He was at his side in seconds.
"Malcolm, wake up" he urged gently shaking his shoulders. "Ya did it, they're nearly gone, c'mon wake up."
He didn't get any response. For the first time he noticed that his friends face was flushed red.
"Tucker to Phlox"
"Yes commander?"
"Ah need ya ta get up here, Ah think somethin's wrong with Malcolm"
"I'll be there as soon as possible"
"Tucker out"
Trip somehow managed to haul Malcolm up onto the nearest biobed.
"Mal, ya weigh a ton" he groaned leaning against the biobed for support.
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I hate this, I keep trying to fight it but each time the git squashes me flat. I can't do this much longer, I ain't strong enough.
I can't believe I came that close to actually having sex with Captain Archer, that'll make for great conversation if I ever get my body back for myself again. Ah the nostalgic meetings, I can hear them now:
"Sir remember the time we were possessed by aliens and nearly had sex?"
Maybe not.
I can see everything, I can hear everything, I can feel my mouth move but its not me talking. It's Hakir, the parasite. I can feel it, see some of its memories, it disgusts me.
I remember when I was 16 and I was sat at Malcolm's beside in hospital. He looked so fragile. Only I knew what had really happened and his father dared to visit him-claiming Malcolm had been mugged and beaten. It was only for Malcolm's sake that I didn't open my mouth and tell the whole world. I remember spending as much time at his bedside as possible, chatting away to him. I always knew he could hear me even if he couldn't respond.
That's how it's always been.
Malcolm's been like my older brother, always there-he's allowed to take the mickey but if anyone else tries it, he's right there standing up for me.
When he was seventeen he finally packed his bags and left home. He came to stay with me and my mum. By then mum was used to Malcolm being round and she didn't mind one bit, to this day everytime she sees him she still exclaims: "Malcolm me own! How are ya laddie?"
At the moment all I can control is my memories, everything else is under Hakir's control, I'm terrified of what it might do. To others and to me.
What's it going to do? It made a clone of me, a shell, a lifeless biological robot to house more of these disgusting parasites. The parasite has the mind of a devious traitor; it is out for its own gain. It believes it is above all others.
Somebody save me, I can't do this on my own.
Maybe I'm just not space explorer material, maybe I should've stayed at Starfleet treating phaser burns getting chatted up by aging professors. It's too late for maybes now, I've made my bed and now I've gotta sleep in it.
Oh God. It's kissing the other parasite again. That's it! There's no way in this universe I'm gonna let that 'thing' put me through this!
I guess it's now or never.
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Hakir broke away from the kiss with Siegat and began singing.
"Hakir, what are you doing?" Siegat demanded.
"The host, she is fighting to make me sing for some reason." Hakir stammered
Siegat laughed. "Your host has a good voice, let her sing. We have time to kill" he said.
Hakir gave into Hannah's need to sing:
"It was a day just like this
In a life of all times
Shrugging signs there's no chance for us
It's not mine to decide
You never listened to what I said
You never thought I'd succeed
And though I've given you all I can
You show no faith in me
Chorus:
And I remember, and I recall
And I can see that nothing's changed at all
Though we falter, we don't have to fall
And I can see that nothing's changed at all
Even when I was young
And the pressure was on
You always told me to do my thing
So what the hell went wrong
Chorus: An outcast coming home, opinions stay the same
They'll spit them out and spin me right back through the door
The louder that we scream, the more invisible we seem
Is it gonna last forever
Now I'm learning the lies
From the skies where they reign
Can't find shelter for myself
And you're all to blame
Chorus:* Hakir finished the song, Siegat smiled
"Does the host want to sing another?" He asked "I think my host found that enjoyable. Might as well make their last moments pleasant."
*He said I'm gonna buy this place and burn it down
I'm gonna put it six feet underground
He said I'm gonna buy this place and watch it fall
Stand here beside me baby in the crumbling walls
Oh I'm gonna buy this place and start a fire
Stand here until I fill all your heart's desires
Because I'm gonna buy this place and see it burn
And do back the things they did to you in return
Ah, ah, ah
He said Oh I'm gonna buy a gun and start a war
If you can tell me something worth fighting for
Oh I'm gonna buy this place is what I said
Blame it upon a rush of blood to head
(And) honey
All the movements your starting to make
See me crumble and fall on my face
And I know the mistakes that I made
See it all disappear without a trace
And they call as they beckon you on
They say start as you mean to go on
Start as you mean to go on
He said I'm gonna buy this place and see it go
Stand here beside me baby watch the orange glow
Some'll laugh and some just sit and cry
But you just sit down then you wonder why
So I'm gonna buy a gun and start a war
If you can tell me something worth fighting for
And I'm gonna buy this place is what I said
Blame it upon a rush of blood to the head
ah to the head, oh
(And) honey
All the movements you're starting to make
See me crumble and fall on my face
And I know the mistakes that I made
See it all disappear without a trace
And they call as they beckon you on
They say start as you mean to go on
As you mean to go on, as you mean to go on
So meet me by the bridge, meet me by the lane
When am I gonna see that pretty face again
Meet me on the road, meet me where I said
Blame it all upon
A rush of blood to the head*
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"Malcolm will be fine." Said Doctor Phlox cheerily "He just received a small sting from my Dalactian Scorpion, no doubt when he was looking round the cages. He should wake up in the next hour or so"
"Ya sure?" Trip asked giving Phlox's menagerie a wary glance. "'cause he's lookin' really flushed."
"Just a side effect," Phlox told him smiling." He'll probably wake up vomiting; another side effect from the antidote-it'll be his body releasing the toxins. Don't forget that on top of the sting he was also sedated. But I shouldn't worry, I'm positive he'll be fine soon."
Feeling more worried than comforted Trip turned to look at Malcolm again.
"I suggest we begin working on a solution to Captain Archer and Doctor Tarrys current predicament" T'Pol swiftly told him. "I am unaware as to how much time we have before the parasites begin the ceremony."
Trip reluctantly nodded and sighed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Inside Archers mind~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is unbelievable. I can't believe that these parasites are using me and Hannah to 'get close' with each other. It's sickening. Not that she isn't an attractive woman, but it'd almost be like we were both being raped. Now there's a disturbing thought for ya.
I control an entire ship. Captain Jonathan Henry Archer. But I can't fight my way out of this, this parasite is too strong. I hate to admit it but I think I'm getting too weak to try and fight him anymore. I don't like feeling weak.
However I haven't yet lost the will to live an' the survival instincts kicking in pretty good, I'll have to wait for a bit to try again.
Siegat might've have won the battle-but he hasn't won the war. This body's mine and no one else's.
~*~Loonnnggg chapter, this takes up nine pages on word! The song lyrics are owned by the bands who sang them. The first one was We're Forgiven by The Calling and the second was A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay. Please review!~*~