ILuvHawkeye: I guess Data is not the only mind-reader here. You are not completely accurate, but close enough.
Data: Sorry it was confusing. I am glad you liked the gravity thing though! I hope this chapter helps clear things up. I intend for it to be really crazy though. And I am glad to be back too!
Wow, a fast update! Amazing! Microsoft Word is up, YES! Enjoy the madness below!
Mirror Qwi's two friends, like Qwi's two friends, teased her about not being the most intelligent one in their group. Well, Qwi and Mirror Qwi might not be able to do math brilliantly, but neither of them was completely stupid. As soon as Mirror Qwi solidified on the transporter of the ISS Enterprise, she ran. Having seen the episode Mirror, Mirror, she knew that Spock would capture the four officers and lock them in his brig. Spock looked after her in confusion. Mirror T'Son, seeing what she was doing, ran after her, kicking himself mentally for not thinking of that before Qwi did. He could not stand it if Qwi was better at anything than him.
"T'Son, we have to find Mirror Toreth," Mirror Qwi said. The normal Toreth was mirrored to her, after all.
"Do you think she would help us?" Mirror T'Son asked doubtfully.
"Remember what our Toreth was always saying? Our counterpart's natures are the same, like our Spock is going to lead a pacifist revolution if Qwi can't change his mind, but we have been raised differently so we act differently. And if our Toreth is any indicator, Mirror Toreth will be more than happy to help us." The two teens came upon a random blueshirt in the corridor.
"Do you know where Toreth is?" Mirror Qwi asked, trying her best to look sweet and innocent, and completely failing.
"You mean that Romulan kid? No clue," the man answered and walked on.
"Toreth is missing?" T'Son asked nervously. "This cannot be good." He was right, of course. Luckily, the two Toreth's plans were about to be completely messed up by none other than Q.
"Q!" Mirror Toreth cried, half in happiness, half in dismay.
"Actually, to you I would be Mirror Q. The Q you know is off... I think pestering Mon Capitaine."
"Je ne sais pas," Mirror Toreth answered, shrugging.
"You speak French? I did not know that! I never bothered to time travel back to your time- I prefer the eras of starships. Oh well. I told your darling counterpart that there would be a catch, so I am here to make good on that."
"Toreth, two Klingon shuttles are decloaking on either side of us. I have raised shields," Mirror Spock said.
"Oh, that's okay," Mirror Toreth said breezily. "They are just illusions." Suddenly the shuttle was rocked by a violent explosion and Q disappeared. "Oh damn," Mirror Toreth whispered.
From her vantage point on the ceiling of the bridge, Toreth listened with some amusement to the discussions of the ISS bridge officers. They were not that worried about the system failures, as they figured it was just a glitch. Now they were betting on the likelihood that the reason that shuttle was out there was because Mirror Toreth had finally convinced Mirror Spock to elope with her.
Some unnamed character was feverishly betting yes, while Sulu was just as feverishly betting no. So far the stakes were two months pay. The betting was interrupted, however, when to Klingon shuttles suddenly decloaked and started firing on the shuttle. Toreth's eyes widened with panic.
"Destroy those shuttles!" Sulu told Chekov, who immediately raised shields and began firing.
"Oh do not worry, Ma Cheri," a voice only Toreth could hear said. "I assume you speak French too. I will not kill Mirror Toreth or Mirror Spock, but I did say that I would make this very difficult for you."
'I was not planning on doing much,' Toreth thought furiously at Q. 'I just wanted to give everyone a really big scare, meet my true love's counterpart, and lock Qwi and T'Son in a turbolift together to get them back for leaving me behind.'
"Hmmm. That last part ought to be fun. I will help you do that," Q said. "What will you do if they end up friends again?"
'So you will stop this madness?' Toreth asked eagerly, looking at the poor Imperial shuttle on the viewscreen.
"Nah; this is fun," Q said. With that, Toreth was right-side-up again and everyone on the bridge was staring at her.
To T'Son's dismay, the turbolift carrying him and Qwi ground to a halt, halfway between two decks. Of all the people he would have chosen to be stuck in a turbolift with, Alicia was first and Toreth was second. Qwi was no where near the top.
"I thought Toreth was going to kill us for leaving her behind. This is much worse," T'Son groaned.
"Like I want to be stuck in a turbolift with you," Qwi said. "You are probably going to start reciting the subway lines of London again, or calling me by my other middle name, or singing Star Trekking in your annoying soprano voice."
"Good idea," T'Son said thoughtfully. Good thing I dedicated a half hour every night to memorizing the subway lines of London. Please mind the gap." He broke into laughter.
"Why? Why me? Why do I always say the wrong thing? Why?" Qwi muttered as T'Son began reciting the Circle Line to the tune of the song 'Think of Me' from The Phantom of the Opera.
Captain Kirk was very confused. There seemed to be something different about Kyle... something evil. In fact, that aura surrounded the transporter room. After the way they were dressed, the behavior of the three teenagers, the fact that there seemed to be two Toreths, and the system failures, something was not right. Also, Kirk was relatively certain that the true timeline was being completely and totally butchered.
"Jim, have you noticed anything weird?" McCoy muttered.
"You mean besides the obvious, Bones?" Kirk responded dryly. McCoy had the grace to look embarrassed.
"Um... this is the real Enterprise, right?" McCoy asked Mirror Kyle awkwardly. Mirror Kyle only gave him a strange look. "No one is going to jump out and yell, 'April Fool!' are they?" McCoy asked desperately.
"I do not think so..." Mirror Kyle said nervously.
"Do you know what is going on?" Kirk asked.
"I do not, Captain," Mirror Kyle said, even more nervous.
"It's Jim," Kirk said. "I am going to find someone who knows what is going on. Do any of you know where T'Son, Qwi, or especially Toreth are?"
"Now we've learned something. If there is a quadrant-wide war sometime in the near future, Toreth is probably behind it," McCoy said under his breath.
"I will take that as a no. Bones, come with me. Scott, Uhura, go search Engineering. We are headed to the bridge."
Toreth looked nervously around at all the ISS officers. Most of them were looking between the viewscreen and her in confusion, but she knew how violent these people could get. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she made note that she was still in a USS uniform. Therefore, she was very relieved when the door burst open to reveal Kirk and McCoy.
"Jim, Bones, you do not know how happy I am to see you," Toreth said with a smile, ignored the bridge crew's surprised looks that she would address the Captain so.
"Toreth, what is going on?" Kirk asked, not in a very good mood.
"Or not..." Toreth muttered. "Um, I was kind of mad at you for leaving me behind and my plan kind of got a wee bit out of hand?"
"Trust a Romulan to mess everything up," Bones said.
"Bones, now is not the time to make her madder," Kirk said. "What exactly is your going on now?"
"Mirror Toreth and Mirror Spock are being attacked by Q's Klingons, Qwi and T'Son are locked in a turbolift together, I have no idea where Scotty and Uhura are, and I have no idea what is happening on the USS Enterprise."
"Mirror you? What? If we are not on the Enterprise, where are we?"
"We are on the Enterprise... maybe I had better explain." Various crewmembers nodded. Toreth cursed Q's name- or letter, as the case was- and began to tell her story. Meanwhile, chaos reigned on both Enterprises, and one omnipotent being was laughing his head off from his vantage point in the Gamma Quadrant.