At Any Cost- Ch. 5- You're Dead!
Captain Janeway, Chakotay and Lt. Tuvok walked into Sickbay. The EMH was standing over Tameth, scanning him. He stopped scanning Tameth then just looked at Janeway, Chakotay, and Tuvok. "I wonder if this guy is more annoying than Mister Paris." The EMH asked more to himself than to Janeway and the others.
"Tameth is more annoying, believe me." Janeway answered. "How's he doing? Can we get Mister Paris back?"
"I have no clue if our new friend is fine or not." The Doc said. "Since Kes has told me that he's not Bajoran, but a Tok'ra, I have no clue if he should be fine. I think it's up to Mister Paris to come out. Until then, the most I can do is to show you what's going on in one of their minds."
"You can do that?" Chakotay asked.
"Yes, it's a very complex procedure, I could tell you, but it would take several hours to explain." The EMH smiled. "I'll root the brain images to the holodeck." He pushed some buttons, then looked up and nodded, with that they could go into the holodeck to watch.
Janeway, Chakotay, and Tuvok walked into a turbolift, and once inside, Tuvok ordered it to deck six. The turbolift started and Chakotay asked, "Should we ask the rest of the senior staff to join us?"
"What purpose would that serve?" Tuvok asked.
"They already know Paris is a Tok'ra, maybe, since Paris has told us about this 'holodeck in the brain' thing, we should let them see what's going on in there." Chakotay replied. Tuvok and Chakotay looked at the Captain.
"I agree with Commander Chakotay, we should let them learn what's going on." She looked at Tuvok and he didn't seem to care, seem being the key word. Janeway tapped her combadge. "Senior staff, please report to holodeck two immediately." The turbolift stopped and Janeway, Chakotay, and Tuvok got out of the turbolift.
They waited inside for the others. Gradually, the others came, including Kes and Neelix, but the Doctor had to stay in his office to find out if Tameth was fine or not.
"The Doctor has found a way for us to see what's going on in one of theirs holodeck brains. They won't be able to see us, but we can see them." Janeway pushed a couple buttons and the holodeck grid disappeared into darkness. There was one light, in the middle of the room, where Jack and Tameth were standing.
"He's gonna kill you." Jack said to Tameth.
"Where is he?" Tameth asked looking around.
"As soon as you flirted with the Captain, he went into the darkness." Jack said looking around. "He probably went into a dark corner or something."
"Which corner?" Tameth asked, looking behind him.
"I don't know. I don't even know how many corners are in this room!" Jack said, still looking around. "You better watch out. He's been quiet, hasn't even said a word."
"That's not like him. What the hell did I do?" Tameth asked. Then a hand clasped onto his right shoulder. Tameth jumped a bit, and was about to run, but another hand clasped onto his left shoulder restraining him from running.
"What did you do?" I asked, slightly coming from the darkness. "What did you do? What kind of question is that? What didn't you do?"
"Well, I didn't sleep with the Captain, I didn't-" Tameth started, but I turned him around.
"Rhetorical question! Haven't you gotten through your head, rhetorical question is a question you don't answer!" I shouted, letting go of him. "Anyway, I don't even want to hear what you didn't do! I set rules and you know what you did to them?"
"Well-" Tameth started, but looked at my face and shut his mouth.
"At least you learned one thing from all this. You learned what a rhetorical question is. Celebration everyone, let's celebrate Tameth learning something for once!" I started singing "For He Finally Learned Something!" in the tune of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow."
Tameth walked over to Jack. "I actually made him this crazy?"
"I guess. For once, you actually pushed Tom over the edge." Jack said. He walked over to me and reminded me what Tameth did. I stopped and walked over to Tameth.
"You flirted with the Captain! What the hell is wrong with you?" I asked.
"Obviously, you've told me twenty billion times that there's a lot of things wrong with me." Tameth answered smiling. He knew that wasn't the answer I was expecting.
"For once, Tameth, I didn't mean that as a rhetorical question." I said. I started to lighten up. "Anyway, next time, which there won't be, follow my rules and don't flirt, touch, or even talk to the Captain. You know that she's gonna kill me as soon as I get back. And, why did you do the pose? Why?"
"I had to challenge your little girlfriend to prove that she actually knew something about the Klingon side of hers history." Tameth smiled. "Plus, it was about time someone knew who I was. I'm a famous non-Klingon warrior and I deserve to be recognized!"
"First things first, B'Elanna's not my girlfriend, she's a friend that I talk to. I talk to the Captain; it doesn't make her my girlfriend." I was about to say more, but Tameth interrupted me.
"You're right, Kathryn's my girlfriend." Tameth smiled a wicked grin.
"Gee," Jack said. "Sometimes I wonder why he never ascended. He's so loveable." Jack and I cracked up.
"Yeah, and with his attitude and his so called 'charm' he'll have Janeway as a girlfriend in no time!" We started laughing even harder.
"It seems that the Doctor was right in saying that they can't see us." Janeway said. She could tell, even through the darkness, that Chakotay, Harry, and Neelix were trying very hard to conceal they're laughter from my joke.
"Tom was right in assuming that you'd kill him." B'Elanna spoke up.
"Shhh. Don't remind her." Harry elbowed B'Elanna in the arm and she punched him back.
We stopped laughing, but we still had little smiles. "Second of all, I think B'Elanna knows plenty of Klingon history." I said in B'Elanna's defense. "Thirdly, you aren't recognized that well because you're a dead and how often do you remember the dead? Anyway, if you were a famous Klingon warrior, when Dukat captured you, wouldn't you have fought back completely and would've gotten out sooner than you did; maybe even alive now if that was possible?"
"Not funny, you and I know that Dukat is like impossible to kill. Then, when you do think that you killed him, he comes back alive and he's smiling his stupid smile that I just wish I could rip off of him and shove it down his throat." Tameth went on trying to say how he was going kill Dukat and he was illustrating with his hands. He stopped right in the middle and saw me leaning back along with Jack next to me. "Sorry, I get carried away sometimes. Anyway, I'm sure Chakotay feels the same way as me."
"Tameth, you flirted with her! Now I'm gonna die." I whined.
"Hey, don't forget, we chose Chakotay as the next host, so get killed near him!" Jack smiled.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence, Jack. I gotta go be me and not have you guys parading around. I think Tameth caused enough damage in twenty minutes than Dukat did to Bajor. Later." I said.
Everything went black and the holodeck returned to normal. The senior staff just looked at each other, and then they all looked at Janeway, except Tuvok. "I think we should all greet Mister Paris in Sickbay when he wakes up." Janeway said. They all nodded in agreement, except Tuvok, and they all walked to Sickbay.
When I woke up the doctor was standing over me. "Welcome back, Mister Paris." The doc said. I grabbed my head, huge headache! "Ah, yes, you do have a very nasty headache." The doc lowered his voice and I started rubbing my nose in pain. "I'm guessing that you're nose is hurting from the 'magical' disappearance of your counterparts, Enin Tameth's, nose. Mister Paris, I want to warn you that-"
Just then, Janeway, Tuvok, and the other senior staff members entered Sickbay. Janeway came over to me.
"'With his attitude and his so called 'charm' he'll have Janeway as a girlfriend in no time!'" Janeway quoted. "Don't think that we didn't hear your little conversation, Mister Paris. The doctor found a way to see what's going on in one of yours minds." I gave a death glare to the EMH. "We saw you from when you scared Tameth, until the end. Mister Paris, before you say anything, I still find this concept of you being a Tok'ra almost completely out of this galaxy to believe. I'm still going to confine you to the Brig for several days at least. I need to think about believing you. And we need to decide weather or not you're telling the truth."
Captain Janeway, Chakotay and Lt. Tuvok walked into Sickbay. The EMH was standing over Tameth, scanning him. He stopped scanning Tameth then just looked at Janeway, Chakotay, and Tuvok. "I wonder if this guy is more annoying than Mister Paris." The EMH asked more to himself than to Janeway and the others.
"Tameth is more annoying, believe me." Janeway answered. "How's he doing? Can we get Mister Paris back?"
"I have no clue if our new friend is fine or not." The Doc said. "Since Kes has told me that he's not Bajoran, but a Tok'ra, I have no clue if he should be fine. I think it's up to Mister Paris to come out. Until then, the most I can do is to show you what's going on in one of their minds."
"You can do that?" Chakotay asked.
"Yes, it's a very complex procedure, I could tell you, but it would take several hours to explain." The EMH smiled. "I'll root the brain images to the holodeck." He pushed some buttons, then looked up and nodded, with that they could go into the holodeck to watch.
Janeway, Chakotay, and Tuvok walked into a turbolift, and once inside, Tuvok ordered it to deck six. The turbolift started and Chakotay asked, "Should we ask the rest of the senior staff to join us?"
"What purpose would that serve?" Tuvok asked.
"They already know Paris is a Tok'ra, maybe, since Paris has told us about this 'holodeck in the brain' thing, we should let them see what's going on in there." Chakotay replied. Tuvok and Chakotay looked at the Captain.
"I agree with Commander Chakotay, we should let them learn what's going on." She looked at Tuvok and he didn't seem to care, seem being the key word. Janeway tapped her combadge. "Senior staff, please report to holodeck two immediately." The turbolift stopped and Janeway, Chakotay, and Tuvok got out of the turbolift.
They waited inside for the others. Gradually, the others came, including Kes and Neelix, but the Doctor had to stay in his office to find out if Tameth was fine or not.
"The Doctor has found a way for us to see what's going on in one of theirs holodeck brains. They won't be able to see us, but we can see them." Janeway pushed a couple buttons and the holodeck grid disappeared into darkness. There was one light, in the middle of the room, where Jack and Tameth were standing.
"He's gonna kill you." Jack said to Tameth.
"Where is he?" Tameth asked looking around.
"As soon as you flirted with the Captain, he went into the darkness." Jack said looking around. "He probably went into a dark corner or something."
"Which corner?" Tameth asked, looking behind him.
"I don't know. I don't even know how many corners are in this room!" Jack said, still looking around. "You better watch out. He's been quiet, hasn't even said a word."
"That's not like him. What the hell did I do?" Tameth asked. Then a hand clasped onto his right shoulder. Tameth jumped a bit, and was about to run, but another hand clasped onto his left shoulder restraining him from running.
"What did you do?" I asked, slightly coming from the darkness. "What did you do? What kind of question is that? What didn't you do?"
"Well, I didn't sleep with the Captain, I didn't-" Tameth started, but I turned him around.
"Rhetorical question! Haven't you gotten through your head, rhetorical question is a question you don't answer!" I shouted, letting go of him. "Anyway, I don't even want to hear what you didn't do! I set rules and you know what you did to them?"
"Well-" Tameth started, but looked at my face and shut his mouth.
"At least you learned one thing from all this. You learned what a rhetorical question is. Celebration everyone, let's celebrate Tameth learning something for once!" I started singing "For He Finally Learned Something!" in the tune of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow."
Tameth walked over to Jack. "I actually made him this crazy?"
"I guess. For once, you actually pushed Tom over the edge." Jack said. He walked over to me and reminded me what Tameth did. I stopped and walked over to Tameth.
"You flirted with the Captain! What the hell is wrong with you?" I asked.
"Obviously, you've told me twenty billion times that there's a lot of things wrong with me." Tameth answered smiling. He knew that wasn't the answer I was expecting.
"For once, Tameth, I didn't mean that as a rhetorical question." I said. I started to lighten up. "Anyway, next time, which there won't be, follow my rules and don't flirt, touch, or even talk to the Captain. You know that she's gonna kill me as soon as I get back. And, why did you do the pose? Why?"
"I had to challenge your little girlfriend to prove that she actually knew something about the Klingon side of hers history." Tameth smiled. "Plus, it was about time someone knew who I was. I'm a famous non-Klingon warrior and I deserve to be recognized!"
"First things first, B'Elanna's not my girlfriend, she's a friend that I talk to. I talk to the Captain; it doesn't make her my girlfriend." I was about to say more, but Tameth interrupted me.
"You're right, Kathryn's my girlfriend." Tameth smiled a wicked grin.
"Gee," Jack said. "Sometimes I wonder why he never ascended. He's so loveable." Jack and I cracked up.
"Yeah, and with his attitude and his so called 'charm' he'll have Janeway as a girlfriend in no time!" We started laughing even harder.
"It seems that the Doctor was right in saying that they can't see us." Janeway said. She could tell, even through the darkness, that Chakotay, Harry, and Neelix were trying very hard to conceal they're laughter from my joke.
"Tom was right in assuming that you'd kill him." B'Elanna spoke up.
"Shhh. Don't remind her." Harry elbowed B'Elanna in the arm and she punched him back.
We stopped laughing, but we still had little smiles. "Second of all, I think B'Elanna knows plenty of Klingon history." I said in B'Elanna's defense. "Thirdly, you aren't recognized that well because you're a dead and how often do you remember the dead? Anyway, if you were a famous Klingon warrior, when Dukat captured you, wouldn't you have fought back completely and would've gotten out sooner than you did; maybe even alive now if that was possible?"
"Not funny, you and I know that Dukat is like impossible to kill. Then, when you do think that you killed him, he comes back alive and he's smiling his stupid smile that I just wish I could rip off of him and shove it down his throat." Tameth went on trying to say how he was going kill Dukat and he was illustrating with his hands. He stopped right in the middle and saw me leaning back along with Jack next to me. "Sorry, I get carried away sometimes. Anyway, I'm sure Chakotay feels the same way as me."
"Tameth, you flirted with her! Now I'm gonna die." I whined.
"Hey, don't forget, we chose Chakotay as the next host, so get killed near him!" Jack smiled.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence, Jack. I gotta go be me and not have you guys parading around. I think Tameth caused enough damage in twenty minutes than Dukat did to Bajor. Later." I said.
Everything went black and the holodeck returned to normal. The senior staff just looked at each other, and then they all looked at Janeway, except Tuvok. "I think we should all greet Mister Paris in Sickbay when he wakes up." Janeway said. They all nodded in agreement, except Tuvok, and they all walked to Sickbay.
When I woke up the doctor was standing over me. "Welcome back, Mister Paris." The doc said. I grabbed my head, huge headache! "Ah, yes, you do have a very nasty headache." The doc lowered his voice and I started rubbing my nose in pain. "I'm guessing that you're nose is hurting from the 'magical' disappearance of your counterparts, Enin Tameth's, nose. Mister Paris, I want to warn you that-"
Just then, Janeway, Tuvok, and the other senior staff members entered Sickbay. Janeway came over to me.
"'With his attitude and his so called 'charm' he'll have Janeway as a girlfriend in no time!'" Janeway quoted. "Don't think that we didn't hear your little conversation, Mister Paris. The doctor found a way to see what's going on in one of yours minds." I gave a death glare to the EMH. "We saw you from when you scared Tameth, until the end. Mister Paris, before you say anything, I still find this concept of you being a Tok'ra almost completely out of this galaxy to believe. I'm still going to confine you to the Brig for several days at least. I need to think about believing you. And we need to decide weather or not you're telling the truth."