At Any Cost- Ch.6- Under Attack
It's been two days and I'm still in the brig. Janeway told the rest of the crew, and now even Neelix is a little afraid of me. No one comes to visit, but Mica was around, watching me. We talked once in a while, but it wasn't the same as before I told Janeway and the others about me being a Tok'ra. Janeway doesn't come around often, neither does Tuvok or Chakotay or even Harry. I guess friendship can't withstand the truth.
It was quiet. Mica was looking at his console, while I was standing and pacing back and forth. Suddenly, the ship rocked back and forth. We were hit! I tried to keep my balance by holding onto the wall, but I fell as soon as we were hit again.
"Red Alert!" Janeway's voice came over the comm. "Report to battle stations, we're under attack!" Mica ran out of the Brig leaving me alone.
What about me? I thought. Won't you need me on the Bridge? Are Kazon's attacking us or the Vidiians?
I got my questions answered when I was beamed aboard the enemy ship.
The ship had a huge hall, probably a big ship. Beamed next to me was my blue baseball hat that I got ten years ago, Jadzia Dax my ex-girlfriend, gave it to me for good luck, and I've kept it as a reminder of her, maybe I do sort of miss the Alpha Quadrant. I put it on, this ship seemed so familiar. Then, after I stared down the hall for a moment, everything clicked. I was on an Asgard ship! They were the ones that attacked Voyager! But why did they attack Voyager? Me. They attacked because I told the crew about the Tok'ra and the Asgard. This is it, they're gonna kill the crew.
"Thomas Eugene Paris, please report to determination room two." called a voice, no doubt Asgard. "Please follow your escort." I could hear music in the background. No doubt Tameth's little virus still couldn't be taken out of the Asgard systems. I looked around for my escort.
"Tommyboy..." Q poked his head out from around a corner. "Guess what? I'm your escort, so follow me." We started walking.
"Why you?" I asked. "Paying off a debt or something?"
"Nope, I hang out here, remember?" Q replied. "Besides, Thor loves me. We're buddies."
"The only 'buddy' you have is Satan." I said.
"He's actually quite nice, Tommyboy. But don't worry, you'll meet Satan soon." Q said.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked stopping Q in the hallway.
"Between the three of you, this is your third strike. Remember? Tameth got one strike for telling his Dabo girl about the Tok'ra, and you got two, one for telling the lovely Captain and that crew of yours that you're a Tok'ra and the other strike for telling them about the Asgard. I believe in baseball, 'You're OUT!'" Q yelled doing the 'You're out' signal an old Umpire would do. I just shook my head and we continued walking, Q next to me. "Try making an excuse."
"Like that would work?" I asked sarcastically.
"I'll help you, but only if you do something for me in return." Q said, mysteriously, leading me into a dark corner.
"Q," I started. "Asgard technology won't let you turn into something other than your humanoid form and it won't let you flick your fingers to go anywhere while you're on the ship. How could you even think of helping me when you can't even help yourself?"
"Fine, be that way. Follow me." We left the corner and we started walking towards determination room two. I wonder why they still keep these huge halls, even though they're still small... aliens. I wonder how the battle with the Replicators is going. I think I should get the name changed, avoid confusion. I put it on a list in my head; to keep myself busy, I thought of different names for the replicators.
"Here we are death I mean determination room two." Q tried to recover from his mistake. "I'll wait out here. Just to see if you make it out alive." Q did that sort of evil laugh those old evil villains used to do.
I walked into the room. It was dark, nothing in the room, except a pad that looked like a transporter pad, only white, in the middle of the room. It was the same thing Jack used when he was asking for the Asgard to help that planet that Jack and SG-1 doomed by going into the sun and turned the sky orange. Then, I saw something move out from the darkness.
"Lieutenant Thomas Eugene Paris?" The figure asked. It came into the light, and I could tell that it was and Asgard.
"Yes, I'm Tom Paris. Aren't there supposed to be other Asgard around?" I asked.
"You will step onto this, alongside me." I guess 'it' motioned me towards the light and I stood on the pad. I looked down, and there, was Thor.
"Thor?" I asked, just checking.
"Yes, I am Thor." Thor said. "I guess the memories of Colonel O'Neill and Mister Enin Tameth are in your mind. Lieutenant Paris, I will be defending you in the trial. I just need you to tell me why you told the crew."
"Oh." I started, thinking of the best way to put it. "Well, ya see, the crew deserved to know, I know I'm not supposed to tell them, but the Goa'uld started it!" Yes, perfect, blame it on the Goa'uld! "Hathor wasn't supposed to attack Voyager, or any Earth ship! She knows that! It's part of the treaty, right?"
"Correct, section four paragraph eight states that they are not allowed to attack any Earth vessel, whether it is ocean ship, starship, or any other kind, it is not allowed." Thor replied. "But, why you tell them about us, the Asgard, and you, the Tok'ra?"
"I dunno," I started. "it just happened."
"In your report, you wondered if you should tell them or not." Thor said. Damn I thought they didn't know about the report. Wait, I thought. how did they know about the report? I didn't send it, yet.
"Hey, Thor, how did you guys know about the report? I sent up all the parts except for the report about what happened three weeks ago." I asked.
"Do not underestimate the technology of the Asgard, Lieutenant Paris." Thor said, raising his finger. "We have been watching your every move since you obtained the Culnac symbiote."
"Every moment?" I asked. "Listen, about what happened when Jadzia was over-"
"Not every single moment, Lieutenant Paris, only the important events. We make you write the reports to see if you inform us everything that happened, just to make certain that you are telling us everything." Thor said. "Be ready to start the trial, Lieutenant Paris."
"Uh, Thor?" I asked quickly.
"Yes, Lieutenant?"
"There's this problem with the replicators." I started. "I think we should change the name, you know to eliminate confusion."
"Something tells me that you have already selected a name." Thor said and I nodded yes. "We will talk about it in front of the council after the trial."
"Thor, isn't there a possibility of me dying?" I asked. The trial started, all the Asgard's appeared.
"Yes, Lieutenant Paris that is the more probable outcome." Thor replied. Not a good sign. "Your crew will also be executed. They will face the consequences of your actions. That, Lieutenant, is going to be the outcome."
It's been two days and I'm still in the brig. Janeway told the rest of the crew, and now even Neelix is a little afraid of me. No one comes to visit, but Mica was around, watching me. We talked once in a while, but it wasn't the same as before I told Janeway and the others about me being a Tok'ra. Janeway doesn't come around often, neither does Tuvok or Chakotay or even Harry. I guess friendship can't withstand the truth.
It was quiet. Mica was looking at his console, while I was standing and pacing back and forth. Suddenly, the ship rocked back and forth. We were hit! I tried to keep my balance by holding onto the wall, but I fell as soon as we were hit again.
"Red Alert!" Janeway's voice came over the comm. "Report to battle stations, we're under attack!" Mica ran out of the Brig leaving me alone.
What about me? I thought. Won't you need me on the Bridge? Are Kazon's attacking us or the Vidiians?
I got my questions answered when I was beamed aboard the enemy ship.
The ship had a huge hall, probably a big ship. Beamed next to me was my blue baseball hat that I got ten years ago, Jadzia Dax my ex-girlfriend, gave it to me for good luck, and I've kept it as a reminder of her, maybe I do sort of miss the Alpha Quadrant. I put it on, this ship seemed so familiar. Then, after I stared down the hall for a moment, everything clicked. I was on an Asgard ship! They were the ones that attacked Voyager! But why did they attack Voyager? Me. They attacked because I told the crew about the Tok'ra and the Asgard. This is it, they're gonna kill the crew.
"Thomas Eugene Paris, please report to determination room two." called a voice, no doubt Asgard. "Please follow your escort." I could hear music in the background. No doubt Tameth's little virus still couldn't be taken out of the Asgard systems. I looked around for my escort.
"Tommyboy..." Q poked his head out from around a corner. "Guess what? I'm your escort, so follow me." We started walking.
"Why you?" I asked. "Paying off a debt or something?"
"Nope, I hang out here, remember?" Q replied. "Besides, Thor loves me. We're buddies."
"The only 'buddy' you have is Satan." I said.
"He's actually quite nice, Tommyboy. But don't worry, you'll meet Satan soon." Q said.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked stopping Q in the hallway.
"Between the three of you, this is your third strike. Remember? Tameth got one strike for telling his Dabo girl about the Tok'ra, and you got two, one for telling the lovely Captain and that crew of yours that you're a Tok'ra and the other strike for telling them about the Asgard. I believe in baseball, 'You're OUT!'" Q yelled doing the 'You're out' signal an old Umpire would do. I just shook my head and we continued walking, Q next to me. "Try making an excuse."
"Like that would work?" I asked sarcastically.
"I'll help you, but only if you do something for me in return." Q said, mysteriously, leading me into a dark corner.
"Q," I started. "Asgard technology won't let you turn into something other than your humanoid form and it won't let you flick your fingers to go anywhere while you're on the ship. How could you even think of helping me when you can't even help yourself?"
"Fine, be that way. Follow me." We left the corner and we started walking towards determination room two. I wonder why they still keep these huge halls, even though they're still small... aliens. I wonder how the battle with the Replicators is going. I think I should get the name changed, avoid confusion. I put it on a list in my head; to keep myself busy, I thought of different names for the replicators.
"Here we are death I mean determination room two." Q tried to recover from his mistake. "I'll wait out here. Just to see if you make it out alive." Q did that sort of evil laugh those old evil villains used to do.
I walked into the room. It was dark, nothing in the room, except a pad that looked like a transporter pad, only white, in the middle of the room. It was the same thing Jack used when he was asking for the Asgard to help that planet that Jack and SG-1 doomed by going into the sun and turned the sky orange. Then, I saw something move out from the darkness.
"Lieutenant Thomas Eugene Paris?" The figure asked. It came into the light, and I could tell that it was and Asgard.
"Yes, I'm Tom Paris. Aren't there supposed to be other Asgard around?" I asked.
"You will step onto this, alongside me." I guess 'it' motioned me towards the light and I stood on the pad. I looked down, and there, was Thor.
"Thor?" I asked, just checking.
"Yes, I am Thor." Thor said. "I guess the memories of Colonel O'Neill and Mister Enin Tameth are in your mind. Lieutenant Paris, I will be defending you in the trial. I just need you to tell me why you told the crew."
"Oh." I started, thinking of the best way to put it. "Well, ya see, the crew deserved to know, I know I'm not supposed to tell them, but the Goa'uld started it!" Yes, perfect, blame it on the Goa'uld! "Hathor wasn't supposed to attack Voyager, or any Earth ship! She knows that! It's part of the treaty, right?"
"Correct, section four paragraph eight states that they are not allowed to attack any Earth vessel, whether it is ocean ship, starship, or any other kind, it is not allowed." Thor replied. "But, why you tell them about us, the Asgard, and you, the Tok'ra?"
"I dunno," I started. "it just happened."
"In your report, you wondered if you should tell them or not." Thor said. Damn I thought they didn't know about the report. Wait, I thought. how did they know about the report? I didn't send it, yet.
"Hey, Thor, how did you guys know about the report? I sent up all the parts except for the report about what happened three weeks ago." I asked.
"Do not underestimate the technology of the Asgard, Lieutenant Paris." Thor said, raising his finger. "We have been watching your every move since you obtained the Culnac symbiote."
"Every moment?" I asked. "Listen, about what happened when Jadzia was over-"
"Not every single moment, Lieutenant Paris, only the important events. We make you write the reports to see if you inform us everything that happened, just to make certain that you are telling us everything." Thor said. "Be ready to start the trial, Lieutenant Paris."
"Uh, Thor?" I asked quickly.
"Yes, Lieutenant?"
"There's this problem with the replicators." I started. "I think we should change the name, you know to eliminate confusion."
"Something tells me that you have already selected a name." Thor said and I nodded yes. "We will talk about it in front of the council after the trial."
"Thor, isn't there a possibility of me dying?" I asked. The trial started, all the Asgard's appeared.
"Yes, Lieutenant Paris that is the more probable outcome." Thor replied. Not a good sign. "Your crew will also be executed. They will face the consequences of your actions. That, Lieutenant, is going to be the outcome."