It's all over, it's all done, the human race has prevailed, just as I had
predicted, but as I look into his eyes, and see the pain that he shows to
no one else, I know that it will never truly be over for Jean Luc Picard.
He will constantly have to fight, constantly have to ignore the pull that
the Borg has over him. Oh, I suppose you're wondering about now who I am,
and just what makes me so qualified to assess Picard's heart and mind. I am
Guinan, nothing more, and nothing less.
When we first met, I was uncertain what to make of him, he reminded me a little of what a combination of Kirk and Spock would have produced, so disciplined, and yet so fiery when he is needed. Yep, that one definitely caught my attention when he was within the nexus and was able to resist its promises of the perfect life, and I envied him, knowing that I hadn't and would never be able to.
I knew that day, when he came to me, talking of doomed battles, that he didn't truly believe that he was coming back from this mission, but I know better, he has a fighters spirit, just like our people. If he is captured, I'm damn sure that he'll fight every step of the way, Borg connection or not. I have to admit however, that when his face appeared upon the screen as Locutus, I was mad at him. How dare he! How dare he talk to us about enslavement when he knows perfectly well that none of us will go along with it? But then, as I watch, I can feel through the special connection that we share, that he is regretting every word, and that he wishes that it would just be over. So, like everyone else, I watch as his friends attack him head on, knowing that they may kill him, and I cry, thinking for one moment that I may never see him again. Then I see that the attack plan he approved before leaving has not worked, and I feel despair make its way through me, I would hate to see any more of my friends captured. But the Borg cube leaves us to our fate, and we know in that minute that it will not stop with us; in fact it will not stop until it has reached earth.
To everyone's surprise, when Picard is recaptured, he hands us the way to defeat the Borg, and I smile as I watch the Borg cube explode into a thousand pieces. When I go to see him later, I see he has changed a lot from what I remember, and I know as I watch him staring out the window that he will never be the same.
End chapter
I thought it would be interesting to do Guinan's point of view, after all, she is one of the only people that has seen another side to him. Sorry it's so short again, but after all Guinan is very mysterious, so I can't go into much detail without seeming like I'm way off.
When we first met, I was uncertain what to make of him, he reminded me a little of what a combination of Kirk and Spock would have produced, so disciplined, and yet so fiery when he is needed. Yep, that one definitely caught my attention when he was within the nexus and was able to resist its promises of the perfect life, and I envied him, knowing that I hadn't and would never be able to.
I knew that day, when he came to me, talking of doomed battles, that he didn't truly believe that he was coming back from this mission, but I know better, he has a fighters spirit, just like our people. If he is captured, I'm damn sure that he'll fight every step of the way, Borg connection or not. I have to admit however, that when his face appeared upon the screen as Locutus, I was mad at him. How dare he! How dare he talk to us about enslavement when he knows perfectly well that none of us will go along with it? But then, as I watch, I can feel through the special connection that we share, that he is regretting every word, and that he wishes that it would just be over. So, like everyone else, I watch as his friends attack him head on, knowing that they may kill him, and I cry, thinking for one moment that I may never see him again. Then I see that the attack plan he approved before leaving has not worked, and I feel despair make its way through me, I would hate to see any more of my friends captured. But the Borg cube leaves us to our fate, and we know in that minute that it will not stop with us; in fact it will not stop until it has reached earth.
To everyone's surprise, when Picard is recaptured, he hands us the way to defeat the Borg, and I smile as I watch the Borg cube explode into a thousand pieces. When I go to see him later, I see he has changed a lot from what I remember, and I know as I watch him staring out the window that he will never be the same.
End chapter
I thought it would be interesting to do Guinan's point of view, after all, she is one of the only people that has seen another side to him. Sorry it's so short again, but after all Guinan is very mysterious, so I can't go into much detail without seeming like I'm way off.