Disclaimer: Ok, how many times do I have to say it? I DON'T OWN STAR TREK! There. Done.
AN: I want to give a special thank you to Lenorathetrekkie for helping me with all of the technical, scientific stuff. Enjoy the next chapter.
SWOOSH! The doors in Ten-forward opened. The small crowd of beings, who were only seconds earlier engaged in deep conversations, turned to see the lone figure of Anja standing in the doorway. All went silent as the passengers of the huge ship continued to stare at the intruder.
Although small in stature, she gave off an air of authority as she glared at everyone. Her green coat swooshed as she crossed her arms in annoyance. Shifting her weight slightly, everyone saw a glimpse of something shiny on her belt.
"...what are you looking at?" Anja said in a voice that chilled the air around her.
Sensing the danger, the passengers turned away from her. All except for Guinan. She waved Anja over to her.
Anja shoved her hands into one of her many pockets in her long coat and slowly walked over to Guinan. As she walked, she kept looking at the other inhabitants of the room, always wary, ready for anything. Reaching the bar, she plopped herself down unladylike and rested her arms on the counter.
"Hello Anja," Guinan said in her soft, warm voice.
"Hey Guinan."
"Your usual?"
"Yep."
"All right. One chocolate milkshake coming up."
Guinan walked over to the replicator and had the milkshake replicated in seconds. She handed the glass with the cool, chocolaty ice cream over to Anja. The smaller immortal picked up a spoon and started to eat.
"So the captain let you out of your cell?" Guinan questioned.
Anja swallowed the chocolate in her mouth. "Wellllllll...not exactly. I sort of had to...persuade him." She drew out her dagger from her belt and ran her fingers along the sharp metal.
"Where did you get that?"
"Q."
"The Q Continuum gave you a dagger? Don't you remember anything that I told you about them? They're not to be trusted."
Anja re-sheathed her blade. "They seemed nice to me."
"What did they tell you?"
"Something about how amusing Demitri and I were to them. They said they were having so much fun watching us, that they gave us some of their powers."
Guinan raised an eyebrow.
"It's true. I've got power over sun, stars, and moon. Demitri has earth, wind, and water."
Guinan nodded her head.
A thump was heard by the immortals, and both turned their heads to see who it was who just sat down. The man's skin was pure white, and his yellow eyes held no emotion whatsoever. It was none other than Data.
"Hello Data," Guinan said.
"Hello Guinan," Data replied. He looked over at Anja. "Has the captain given you permission to leave you cell?"
"Yeah, something like that," Anja said. "Hey Data, have you heard anything about Demitri?"
Jean-Luc Picard walked into Sickbay, and was immediately swarmed with nurses telling him to leave. They started to shove him out of the door when Beverly's voice rang out, "Leave the Captain alone. I asked him to come here."
The nurses backed off, and the captain stepped over to Beverly. She motioned for him to follow her, and she led him over to a panel displaying a DNA sequence.
"Look at this," instructed Beverly.
Picard looked at the screen for a long time, trying to see what Beverly saw in the sequence. But, try as he might, he couldn't see anything different. He looked over at Beverly.
A little annoyed that Picard couldn't see it, she started to explain. "Look here, at the end of the sequence. Do you see all of that junk DNA?"
"Yes."
"Well, in normal humans, whenever DNA is replicated, a small part of DNA is lost in the process. Now, most of the DNA lost is junk DNA. Junk DNA is just obsolete sequences of DNA that were rendered useless after we finished evolving into what we are today. Once all of the junk DNA is used up, we start to loose actual DNA that we need to survive, hence why we age and die."
"I know that Doctor, what are you trying to get at?"
She looked over at the unconscious Demitri lying on one of the beds in the room. "The reason he doesn't age is because he never looses any junk DNA."
"What do you mean?" Picard questioned.
"This man's DNA replicates itself perfectly. No DNA is lost during the replication, and if no DNA is lost, then that means that he can live forever."
Both humans continued to stare at the recovering immortal.
"...can they be killed?" Picard asked after a while.
"Yes. I had a hard time just trying to stabilize his condition. They may be immortal, but they still are human."
"Do you have that machine fixed yet?" a gruff voice asked.
"Yes Natal."
"Good," the Romulan commander known as Natal said. "Now I can finally track them down."
AN: Who is Natal? What is up with that machine? Why am I leaving you people with cliffhangers? All will be revealed in due time. Please review.
AN: I want to give a special thank you to Lenorathetrekkie for helping me with all of the technical, scientific stuff. Enjoy the next chapter.
SWOOSH! The doors in Ten-forward opened. The small crowd of beings, who were only seconds earlier engaged in deep conversations, turned to see the lone figure of Anja standing in the doorway. All went silent as the passengers of the huge ship continued to stare at the intruder.
Although small in stature, she gave off an air of authority as she glared at everyone. Her green coat swooshed as she crossed her arms in annoyance. Shifting her weight slightly, everyone saw a glimpse of something shiny on her belt.
"...what are you looking at?" Anja said in a voice that chilled the air around her.
Sensing the danger, the passengers turned away from her. All except for Guinan. She waved Anja over to her.
Anja shoved her hands into one of her many pockets in her long coat and slowly walked over to Guinan. As she walked, she kept looking at the other inhabitants of the room, always wary, ready for anything. Reaching the bar, she plopped herself down unladylike and rested her arms on the counter.
"Hello Anja," Guinan said in her soft, warm voice.
"Hey Guinan."
"Your usual?"
"Yep."
"All right. One chocolate milkshake coming up."
Guinan walked over to the replicator and had the milkshake replicated in seconds. She handed the glass with the cool, chocolaty ice cream over to Anja. The smaller immortal picked up a spoon and started to eat.
"So the captain let you out of your cell?" Guinan questioned.
Anja swallowed the chocolate in her mouth. "Wellllllll...not exactly. I sort of had to...persuade him." She drew out her dagger from her belt and ran her fingers along the sharp metal.
"Where did you get that?"
"Q."
"The Q Continuum gave you a dagger? Don't you remember anything that I told you about them? They're not to be trusted."
Anja re-sheathed her blade. "They seemed nice to me."
"What did they tell you?"
"Something about how amusing Demitri and I were to them. They said they were having so much fun watching us, that they gave us some of their powers."
Guinan raised an eyebrow.
"It's true. I've got power over sun, stars, and moon. Demitri has earth, wind, and water."
Guinan nodded her head.
A thump was heard by the immortals, and both turned their heads to see who it was who just sat down. The man's skin was pure white, and his yellow eyes held no emotion whatsoever. It was none other than Data.
"Hello Data," Guinan said.
"Hello Guinan," Data replied. He looked over at Anja. "Has the captain given you permission to leave you cell?"
"Yeah, something like that," Anja said. "Hey Data, have you heard anything about Demitri?"
Jean-Luc Picard walked into Sickbay, and was immediately swarmed with nurses telling him to leave. They started to shove him out of the door when Beverly's voice rang out, "Leave the Captain alone. I asked him to come here."
The nurses backed off, and the captain stepped over to Beverly. She motioned for him to follow her, and she led him over to a panel displaying a DNA sequence.
"Look at this," instructed Beverly.
Picard looked at the screen for a long time, trying to see what Beverly saw in the sequence. But, try as he might, he couldn't see anything different. He looked over at Beverly.
A little annoyed that Picard couldn't see it, she started to explain. "Look here, at the end of the sequence. Do you see all of that junk DNA?"
"Yes."
"Well, in normal humans, whenever DNA is replicated, a small part of DNA is lost in the process. Now, most of the DNA lost is junk DNA. Junk DNA is just obsolete sequences of DNA that were rendered useless after we finished evolving into what we are today. Once all of the junk DNA is used up, we start to loose actual DNA that we need to survive, hence why we age and die."
"I know that Doctor, what are you trying to get at?"
She looked over at the unconscious Demitri lying on one of the beds in the room. "The reason he doesn't age is because he never looses any junk DNA."
"What do you mean?" Picard questioned.
"This man's DNA replicates itself perfectly. No DNA is lost during the replication, and if no DNA is lost, then that means that he can live forever."
Both humans continued to stare at the recovering immortal.
"...can they be killed?" Picard asked after a while.
"Yes. I had a hard time just trying to stabilize his condition. They may be immortal, but they still are human."
"Do you have that machine fixed yet?" a gruff voice asked.
"Yes Natal."
"Good," the Romulan commander known as Natal said. "Now I can finally track them down."
AN: Who is Natal? What is up with that machine? Why am I leaving you people with cliffhangers? All will be revealed in due time. Please review.