MySchemingMind: Sinisterness. Is that a word? Who cares, I like it! Yes, there is sinisterness on all sides. I think you have the wrond Spock though... read on to see what I mean!

Meakashi Gosterful: It will be quite interesting... hopefully all of your questions will be answered... someday.

Qwi13/ILuvHawkeye: I am glad you liked it. I am being evil, as usual, and you are agreeing with Nathan, as not so usual. Told you I was evil. LOL Sorry about not updating in forever, but at least you got your sneak peek!

Jack Sparrow fanatic: Actually, I asked Nathan what he wanted his name to be and he said T'Son. Not my fault. It is funny though... I will put more Spock in soon and I will try to update faster!

So sorry for not updating. I still have excuses though! Well... maybe. There was the five-week trip to Europe. And there was the move to Kansas. And both Dad's computer and mine crashed. And Microsoft Word is not yet set up on the new computer. I had to type this chapter on my laptop, praying it would not shut down in the middle of the chapter.This chapter is kind of a filler though- hopefully there will be some real action next chapter! Keep reading... if you have not already forgotten everything...

As any twenty-first century individual could have told the four Starfleeters, the Halkans refused to sell their dilithium crystals, and a storm came up as they were about to beam away.

"Everything is going according to the episode, right?" Qwi whispered to T'Son.

"I am not sure- Toreth has seen it more than either of us. But I think so," he whispered back.

"I hope Toreth keeps control of her temper long enough for both universes to get out of this alive," Qwi said.

"Knowing Toreth and seeing how she was unable to meet the mirror version of her 'one true love,' as she calls Spock, I somehow think something really, really bad is going to happen," T'Son said with worry. Qwi nodded, and neither of them noticed that they were doing the dreaded thing- agreeing with one another.

back on Enterprise

"I just knew that I should have paid attention instead of doodling in science," Toreth muttered darkly as she stormed down a random corridor. "I have less than twenty-six hours to get to the Mirror Universe and back, and meanwhile continue to wreak havoc on any universe."

"Did I hear someone mention wreaking havoc on the universes?" a disembodied voice asked.

"Q!" Toreth said with delight, suddenly a lot happier. "You are the answer to all my problems! Do you mind granting me just one more tiny favor?"

"What would you do if I said yes?" Q asked.

"Please, Q, stop joking. This is serious."

"Well, I can get you to the Mirror Universe easily, but there might be a few catches. I'm bored."

"I could not care less about catches. Just help, please!" The world dissolved around Toreth and she reappeared in one of the cargo bays of the ISS Enterprise. There was still one small problem though. Gravity seemed to have been reversed for her. Nervously, Toreth took a step forward. She remained on the ceiling. She tried jumped. It was exactly the same as though she was on the floor, except she was not on the floor. Muttering nonsense about the danger of bored Qs, Toreth set off for the transporter room.

Mirror Toreth was an average person, by the normal standards for her. Her nature was the same as Toreth's; it was merely circumstances that made them different. That was the way everyone was in the Mirror Universe. Mirror Spock, for example, still liked peace, as proven by the revolt he would lead, but he had been raised to duty and that called him to be violent. So when Mirror Toreth saw an upside-down version of herself come into the room, her only thoughts were using this to her advantage.

"Toreth..." Toreth began.

"Save it," Mirror Toreth said. "If you are here to take revenge on your versions of T'Son and Qwi, we can work together. If not, I will have to kill you."

"Oh good," Toreth said with a smile. She already liked her mirror self. "I will try to help you as best I can from up here. Apparently Q was bored." She smiled a little.

"I do not care why you are walking on the ceiling- it is irrelevant," Mirror Toreth said absent-mindedly. "Since you are me, you know that I work best alone, with no distractions. Go lure Spock in here somehow- I know you want to meet him anyway."

"Sorry for trying to help," Toreth muttered. Was that the way she appeared to other people? Maybe her parents had something with their millions of attitude talks...

on Halka

"Rachel Qwi East, why are you so impatient?" Dr. McCoy asked the fidgeting teenager.

"Actually, her middle name is G-" T'Son began.

"Do not say my middle name out loud. Please, do not say my middle name out loud," Qwi begged.

"Hmmm..."T'Son said. "No... Victoria." Qwi exhaled with relief. "Now if I were to say your other middle name-" T'Son began anew.

"What is your other middle name?" Bones asked with interest. "Gretel? Gail? Gwyneth? Gertrude?"

A/N: Qwi, would mind if I actually revealed your other middle name sometime in the course of the story?

"Okay, children, we're beaming up now," Uhura said to the three of them. She looked like she was trying not to laugh. Bones muttered something about her use of the word "children" for him too, but T'Son and Qwi were too excited to notice. Any arguments or thoughts of Qwi's other middle name vanished in the wonder of finally going to the Mirror Universe.

"Toreth is going to be so jealous!" T'Son said, half with sadness that his best friend was not here, half with glee at the thought of holding it over her.

"T'Son!" Qwi said. "You are supposed to be her best friend! That was mean." She paused. "It might be funny if she does not blow us up when we get back though," she at last admitted.

"I fear for the safety of everything when Toreth is mad," T'Son agreed.

"Energize," Kirk said, and their worst fears turned out to be true. Mirror Spock was no where to be seen and the transporter room was dimmed with red alert lighting. Mirror Kyle looked up, terrified.

"I apologize for all the confusion, Captain, please do not torture me," he said.

"Why would I torture you?" Kirk asked, confused.

"Torture is a standard punishment on the ISS Enterprise..." Kyle said, still looking like he thought he was going to die in the next minute. He probably thought he was.

"ISS Enterprise? Where is Spock?" Kirk asked. Then he caught sight of the two teens, who were trying to hide their laughter. "And what do you two know?"

"Mr. Spock is missing, sir. So is Toreth."

"Oh shit," Qwi said.

"You cussed?" Toreth asked in surprise. "Oops, I was not supposed to let you know I was here." The seven people looked up to see Toreth lying on her back... on the ceiling.

"How did you get up there?" Bones asked. No sooner had he finished speaking than a whistle sounded.

"Bridge to Captain Kirk. A shuttle is leaving the Enterprise. On board are Mr. Spock and Toreth!"

"Toreth?" Scotty asked. The four USS Enterprise crewmembers and Mirror Kyle were more confused by the minute. "Toreth is right here!"

"Sir, something is-" a wave of static interfered- "tems. Weapons inoperative, transporters inoperative, c-" The voice was immediately cut off.

"Toreth, what are you doing?" Qwi asked.

"Actually, Mirror Toreth is doing. Of course, I have a job to play too." The lights went out.

"Much as a hate to admit it," Qwi's voice came out of the darkness, "you were right T'Son. Poor, poor universes."

Mirror Toreth smiled heartlessly from the shuttle. For her, an accomplished liar, it had not been hard to get Mirror Spock to aid her in her and Toreth's plans. All she had had to do was let him see Toreth and convince him that a strange species called "Founders" were taking the place of Enterprise crew members, officers, and passengers. Now Mirror Spock was disabling the ISS Enterprise from the shuttle and she was trying to configure the transporter so that she coudl beam Spock to the Mirror Universe. Toreth was not the only one who wanted to see the opposite side of her "true love!"

"Spock, if another version of you appears, he is probably a Founder coming to stop us from disabling the Enterprise," she said. "Let me handle him." Mirror Spock only nodded, intent on his task. After all, he believed that Mirror Toreth had escaped from a Founder prison and was coming back to save her ship.

The transporter came to life and Mirror Toreth sat back, pleased with her success. But instead of Spock appearing, a very familiar man in a TNG era uniform appeared. Q smiled, and Mirror Toreth realized that everything had just become much more difficult.