Title: What a Coincidence

Author: Fox of the Nova

Chapter 3: "Beam me up…Q?"

Stardate log 12.28.04.

I followed the woman into the ride, in a sort of daze as I tried to understand what had just happened.

"How did David disappear like that? Is he really Q!? Or are you just going insane Maria?" I asked myself.

I followed the woman into another room, where the rest of the riders were all gathered. It seems I was a little late, since there was an officer explaining to everyone that we were in some Science Station (forgot the name) and the Doctor was about to explain why we were here.

Well it didn't happen that way. The screen in front of us came on, and the Doctor, beaming at us, appeared on the screen.

"Welcome to…" But the Doctor just stopped speaking. In fact, it seemed like someone put the pause button on him.

Looking around, to see what people were doing about this, I gave out a loud gasp at the sight around me.

It seemed like everyone had been paused. They weren't moving at all. I walked between the crowd, occasionally looking into their faces or checking for a pulse. Nothing… It was like they had been frozen over in time…or something like that.

"Don't worry so much Maria. When your wish ends, everything will be the way it was." An arrogant voice from behind me stated.

Slowly turning around I was confronted by none other then Q himself. Either I was dreaming or going insane, it didn't matter at that moment as I beheld him. He was wearing a commander's uniform and giving me a cheeky grin that all I wanted to do was bash it in.

"Now Maria, don't look at me that way. After all, I am about to grant you your wish." Q states as he completely fakes that he was offended.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO THESE PEOPLE!!?" I screamed at him.

Q merely inclines his head to the side while looking at me in surprise.

"There is no reason to get upset Maria. These people are just fine. Their just…how do you say?" Q stops talking and begins to rub his chin in a thinking manner.

"Oh yes, in a type of time freeze. As you have your adventure, time here will wait for you until you come back." Q stated.

I didn't get jack at what Q had just said. What was he talking about this adventure and what was he talking about a wish.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!!! HOW CAN YOU BE REAL?!! YOU'RE JUST A CHARACTER?!!!" I screamed out at him again.

I was scared…scared because I didn't know what was going on and the fact that I was talking to a fictional character made my own fear grow.

'Calm down Maria or you will get yourself sick." Q stated as he walked towards me.

I took a step back as he approached. I started moving between the people, trying to find the exit. But he seemed to always be right in front of me.

"Maria, is this the thanks that I get for granting your wish?" Q asks as he follows me.

"WHAT WISH?!" I ask behind me, only to turn my head around and come face to face with him.

He was agitated, that was for sure. "The wish you made on the shooting star last night. The wish for an adventure in the star trek universe." Q said as his own voice rose up.

"I was that shooting star Maria." Q stated as he advanced towards me. "I sometimes go back in time to see how you humans are doing. And it just so happened that I was traveling towards Las Vegas when I heard your wish directed towards me."

Check that, Q looked really ticked off.

As Q approached me, I walked backwards until my back collided with the wall. There was nowhere for me to go…so I watched with a mixture of fear and unbelief as Q advanced right up to me.

"At first I thought to ignore you, but then I saw you through the top of the car you were in. And that's when I knew…" Q was now right in front of me. His face inches from my own.

"Knew what?" I asked in a whisper.

My eyes never left his. I saw power there, terrible power that I knew with one snap of his fingers…I'll be nothing but dust.

Somewhere within those eyes a spark of yellow was seen. Power…he had power…awesome power…and he was trying to scare and overpower me with it. Well he didn't have too, because I was already scared out of my wits. But if there was one thing I hated, was someone challenging me by beating me down.

Well it wasn't going to happen here. I stared right back into those eyes of power. Even though I was scared, I will not let him over power me.

Q smirked. "A Picard through and through." He stated. He then moved away from me

I was confused. What did he mean by 'a Picard through and through'? What did that have to do with this? Then it hit me, even if I probably was dreaming all of this up, that if Q was real then that would mean that Picard was too…

"This may feel a little weird." He began as he raised his hand up. "But you will get use to it."

With that he snapped his fingers. The second he snapped his fingers…nothing happened.

I looked at him with eyes raised. "Probably this was all some kind of sick joke…and you felt for it Maria!' I said to myself with disgust.

Suddenly Q vanished leaving me alone…but not for long. Because suddenly it felt like there was an air conditioned right underneath me, blowing strong cold air all around me. A strange noise like the sound of someone using a zipper was heard and then…a flash of red light blinded me.

Then darkness was what I experience next…then cold…extreme cold biting at my skin. I didn't even know if I had skin anymore since I couldn't feel it. All I felt was a blast of wind and just being cold.

Then stars, they were everywhere, all around me. Stars making constellations that I never saw before.

A sound was heard, a sound that sounded more like a warped zipping noise.

Suddenly there was white swirling light all around me…then it all stopped.

I was standing, and it felt like I was standing on glass. Since my tennis shoes made a squeaking noise as my legs gave way and I kneeled onto the floor.

I felt sick…check that, I felt horrible. I couldn't move my body…much less feel it for that matter. I was still cold, and I even felt myself trembling. My stomach was the worst…and I knew it since I felt like throwing up…which I did only minutes later.

I loud buzzing was the only thing that I could hear…probably coming from my head…and I knew I was going to have a major headache later.

Feeling was slowly coming back to me, and that's when I felt hands. Someone's hand was resting on my forehead, and that was when it came to me that someone had turned me over unto my back.

I couldn't see anything…just a blur of images. I squinted my eyes; and I tried to see who was leaning over me. My hearing was slowly coming back, and I heard someone, a woman's voice, telling me that everything was going to be alright.

My vision cleared a little bit and I could see three people hovering over me. I couldn't see their faces clearly, but I could see what they were wearing clearly enough.

Star Trek uniforms and the one that was taking care of me were wearing a blue officer's uniform.

"Medic…she's a medical officer. OH MY GOSH…could she be…Beverly Crusher?" I asked myself in shock.

Then someone caught my eye. He was to the back of the people, calmly leaning against the wall.

The man just smiled at me, while he lifted his finger up to his lips, as he made the hushing sign.

"Q!" And that was the last thing I screeched out with venom before I blanked out into oblivion.

Well there you have it, chapter 3.

And a long chapter, if I do say so myself.

Sorry it took so long for an update…been getting ready for school.

A Special thank you to a Faithful Reviewer:

Star Trek Freak – Thank you so much for telling me about my tenses. I doubled checked this chapter so that everything was perfect…but if you see anything else, please let me know. Hope you enjoy this chapter!! And thanks again.

Live long and prosper!!