At Any Cost- Ch. 9- At the Moment
The dark room turned into the trial place again, with Naffer and the others. Naffer and the others were all standing.
"Lieutenant Thomas Eugene Paris," Naffer started. Why do they say the whole name? "The Asgard High Council has talked about your and your crew's punishment. We have decided that-"
"High Councilor Naffer," Thor interjected. Everyone, including me, snapped their heads in Thor's direction. He actually interrupted someone in a higher position!!! "Lieutenant Paris has something of interest to the High Council." Thor looked at me and Naffer nodded at me, letting me talk.
"High Council Naffer, I know about one of my previous host's invention, or virus in this matter is the music playing." I said. "I know that all of you don't like the music and wish to get rid of it." All of them nodded in agreement. "Now, Enin Tameth, the man that created this virus has agreed to destroy the virus, under the conditions that the Voyager crew and I don't die and you tell the other species that you and the Tok'ra exist. He'll fix the virus and all you have to do is this."
They all looked at me for a very long moment. Naffer went over to where the group of the Asgards, who I thought were the jury before, but now I guess I'm wrong. Naffer talked to each of them for one minute then she went back to where she was sitting.
"Lieutenant Paris," Naffer said. "you can not go without punishment, but we see no point in destroying Voyager when Enin Tameth can delete the virus from our systems." So far it's working. "Your punishment will be decided at a later time. Now we just want to get rid of that music virus. We have agreed to your terms, Lieutenant Paris, even exposing ourselves to your galaxy. You and Thor are dismissed."
"It worked!" I whispered to Thor.
"Be careful Mister Paris," Naffer said just as we were about to go back to the dark room. "You still have a punishment, which means that we can call upon you at any time, just to fulfill your punishment, understood?" She sounded like Janeway, so controlled.
"Understood, High Councilor Naffer." I said. "Oh, and there's that little problem with your enemy, the replicators, and the replicators that makes food. I just thought that we should change your enemy's name to Remo and so there won't be any confusion."
"That will be acceptable." Naffer said. With that, the room turned back into that dark room, and I followed Thor back outside. Q was still sitting there.
"Mister Paris, you and Colonel O'Neill are more alike than I thought." Thor said. "Both try to save either your crew or your world from destruction, while putting your own life on the line." With that, Thor was about to walk away, but then he stopped. "This time, I will stay with Tameth, making sure he doesn't think of creating another virus."
Damn, Tameth and I thought. Foiled again. I was doing the little foiled-again-evil-villain hands in my mind.
"You did it?" Q asked.
"Yeah," I said. "Just don't hug me."
"So, you're not going to die?" Q asked a little suspiciously.
"Nope, I'm staying alive for a while."
"Oh." Q said looking even more suspicious and very disappointed. "I'll be right back." Q started to run away, but I grabbed him.
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Nothing, it's just that I kinda thought that the Voyager crew should die heroically, so I got the Vidiians and Kazon to fight them. They're on their way here." I looked at him shocked. "Don't worry I'll stop them. I'm omnipotent, Tommyboy, they'll be easy to stop." I let go of Q and he started back to the transporter room. "At least I hope." I heard him mutter.
"Thor, why do you let him hang around here?" I asked as Thor led me to one of the control panels.
"It was not my choice." Thor replied sounding helpless. "If any of the Q 'hang around' here then that helps relations between the Q and the Asgard. Believe me, Lieutenant Paris, I never wanted any of the Q able to walk around on our ships, but since our technology helps to keep them from using their powers, we have," Thor gave a sigh. "adapted to having them around."
When Thor stopped talking, I transformed from me to Tameth.
Tameth looked at the console then at Thor.
"Long time no see." Tameth said and smiled an evil grin. Thor was about to say something like 'go to work' or something, but Tameth put up his hand up to stop him. "I know, I know, get to work. Geez Thor, you need to learn some manners, like say hi or something."
"The Asgard has manners, but others like you do not give us the chance to show them." Thor replied. Tameth was about to interrupt Thor, but Thor imitated Tameth and put his hand up. Tameth reacted by stepping back, then he stepped forward again and was still shocked by what Thor did. "Now, since the greetings have already taken place, Enin Tameth, get to work... please."
With that Tameth went back to the control panel and touched it only to get shocked by a force field.
"Dammit." Tameth muttered, shaking his hand in pain. He turned to Thor.
"I must have forgotten to turn off the force field. I am sorry, Enin Tameth." Thor said there was a hint of sarcasm and happiness in his voice, from what one could tell that is. Thor walked over to a main control board and put his hand on a part of the panel and the force field deactivated on his. He pushed a couple of buttons and the force field was taken down on Tameth's.
"I see you guys have taken a lot of security measures since my last visit." Tameth smiled.
"I suggest you get to work before Voyager is destroyed." Thor said.
Tameth started to work on fixing the virus, which was Voyagers only way of staying alive, at the moment that is.
The dark room turned into the trial place again, with Naffer and the others. Naffer and the others were all standing.
"Lieutenant Thomas Eugene Paris," Naffer started. Why do they say the whole name? "The Asgard High Council has talked about your and your crew's punishment. We have decided that-"
"High Councilor Naffer," Thor interjected. Everyone, including me, snapped their heads in Thor's direction. He actually interrupted someone in a higher position!!! "Lieutenant Paris has something of interest to the High Council." Thor looked at me and Naffer nodded at me, letting me talk.
"High Council Naffer, I know about one of my previous host's invention, or virus in this matter is the music playing." I said. "I know that all of you don't like the music and wish to get rid of it." All of them nodded in agreement. "Now, Enin Tameth, the man that created this virus has agreed to destroy the virus, under the conditions that the Voyager crew and I don't die and you tell the other species that you and the Tok'ra exist. He'll fix the virus and all you have to do is this."
They all looked at me for a very long moment. Naffer went over to where the group of the Asgards, who I thought were the jury before, but now I guess I'm wrong. Naffer talked to each of them for one minute then she went back to where she was sitting.
"Lieutenant Paris," Naffer said. "you can not go without punishment, but we see no point in destroying Voyager when Enin Tameth can delete the virus from our systems." So far it's working. "Your punishment will be decided at a later time. Now we just want to get rid of that music virus. We have agreed to your terms, Lieutenant Paris, even exposing ourselves to your galaxy. You and Thor are dismissed."
"It worked!" I whispered to Thor.
"Be careful Mister Paris," Naffer said just as we were about to go back to the dark room. "You still have a punishment, which means that we can call upon you at any time, just to fulfill your punishment, understood?" She sounded like Janeway, so controlled.
"Understood, High Councilor Naffer." I said. "Oh, and there's that little problem with your enemy, the replicators, and the replicators that makes food. I just thought that we should change your enemy's name to Remo and so there won't be any confusion."
"That will be acceptable." Naffer said. With that, the room turned back into that dark room, and I followed Thor back outside. Q was still sitting there.
"Mister Paris, you and Colonel O'Neill are more alike than I thought." Thor said. "Both try to save either your crew or your world from destruction, while putting your own life on the line." With that, Thor was about to walk away, but then he stopped. "This time, I will stay with Tameth, making sure he doesn't think of creating another virus."
Damn, Tameth and I thought. Foiled again. I was doing the little foiled-again-evil-villain hands in my mind.
"You did it?" Q asked.
"Yeah," I said. "Just don't hug me."
"So, you're not going to die?" Q asked a little suspiciously.
"Nope, I'm staying alive for a while."
"Oh." Q said looking even more suspicious and very disappointed. "I'll be right back." Q started to run away, but I grabbed him.
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Nothing, it's just that I kinda thought that the Voyager crew should die heroically, so I got the Vidiians and Kazon to fight them. They're on their way here." I looked at him shocked. "Don't worry I'll stop them. I'm omnipotent, Tommyboy, they'll be easy to stop." I let go of Q and he started back to the transporter room. "At least I hope." I heard him mutter.
"Thor, why do you let him hang around here?" I asked as Thor led me to one of the control panels.
"It was not my choice." Thor replied sounding helpless. "If any of the Q 'hang around' here then that helps relations between the Q and the Asgard. Believe me, Lieutenant Paris, I never wanted any of the Q able to walk around on our ships, but since our technology helps to keep them from using their powers, we have," Thor gave a sigh. "adapted to having them around."
When Thor stopped talking, I transformed from me to Tameth.
Tameth looked at the console then at Thor.
"Long time no see." Tameth said and smiled an evil grin. Thor was about to say something like 'go to work' or something, but Tameth put up his hand up to stop him. "I know, I know, get to work. Geez Thor, you need to learn some manners, like say hi or something."
"The Asgard has manners, but others like you do not give us the chance to show them." Thor replied. Tameth was about to interrupt Thor, but Thor imitated Tameth and put his hand up. Tameth reacted by stepping back, then he stepped forward again and was still shocked by what Thor did. "Now, since the greetings have already taken place, Enin Tameth, get to work... please."
With that Tameth went back to the control panel and touched it only to get shocked by a force field.
"Dammit." Tameth muttered, shaking his hand in pain. He turned to Thor.
"I must have forgotten to turn off the force field. I am sorry, Enin Tameth." Thor said there was a hint of sarcasm and happiness in his voice, from what one could tell that is. Thor walked over to a main control board and put his hand on a part of the panel and the force field deactivated on his. He pushed a couple of buttons and the force field was taken down on Tameth's.
"I see you guys have taken a lot of security measures since my last visit." Tameth smiled.
"I suggest you get to work before Voyager is destroyed." Thor said.
Tameth started to work on fixing the virus, which was Voyagers only way of staying alive, at the moment that is.