The Power of the Q- Ch. 8- Who and Why
"Tom you sure you don't want an umbrella?" Jadzia asked. She and Janeway were sitting on the stone bench; I was crouching in front of them.
"Stop stalling, Dax, who killed Jess, and why?" I shouted.
"Your father was working on a plan for when or if the Dominion attack." Jadzia said; she looked from me to Janeway and back. "Recently, the wormhole has been opening and closing, nothing coming in, or out."
"What does this have to do with Jess?" I asked irritation creeping up in my voice.
"Recently, I found out that someone in Starfleet was opening the wormhole trying to tell the president that we need to be safer, but that's another story." Jadzia smiled, she looked at me and Janeway again and saw that she would continue, or die. "Well, I've heard that the plan is very ingenious, and almost ready to be put in place. Tom, someone wanted to make your dad stop with the plan. I think that a changeling came through the wormhole when it kept opening and closing. I don't know how we didn't detect it, maybe it used a cloaking device, I don't know."
"How do you know it's a changeling?" Janeway asked.
"Well, some of the witnesses saw a young man chasing an older man." Jadzia said and looked at me. "I'm guessing the younger man was you?" I nodded. "After they lost sight of you, they saw the older man change into a bird, though this has not been confirmed."
"This doesn't make sense." Janeway said. "Why would the changeling attack Jessica and not Kathleen or Moria?"
"I don't know." Jadzia stood up. "I have to go, now."
I stood up and grabbed her arms.
"You do know." I said and grabbed Jadzia's arms. "You're hiding something, I can tell, and what is it?"
"Tom-" Janeway started.
"No!" I shouted. "Tell me Dax, what are you hiding?"
"Tom…" Jadzia said, just above a whisper. "Jess never wanted me to tell you this. But… she was a Tok'ra, an undercover agent for one of the Tok'ra colonies near by. She knew you were one, but she didn't want to risk her cover blown."
"What?" I whispered. I started getting dizzy, and Janeway helped me to Jadzia's vacant seat. "If she didn't want to tell me, why did she tell you?"
"One of her missions, I needed to be apart of." Jadzia said. "I think that was the whole reason why she was killed. Nothing to do with your father, I think."
I stood up and started walking away.
"Wait, Tom!" Jadzia was calling and Janeway was following her. I kept walking, eventually, after running, they both caught up with me.
"Tom, there's something else." Jadzia said. I stopped and looked at her. I turned around.
"What?" I asked irritated.
"When you said you were there, did you see Jess, like after she died?" Jadzia asked.
I looked at her questioningly. "Yes."
"Well," Jadzia started. "the people that came to her apparent rescue saw something. And went to go see if she was okay."
"Yeah…" I said, trying to make her talk more.
"Well, when they tried to get to her, there was no her." Jadzia said. "Only clothes covered in blood."
"Do you mean what I think you mean?" I asked her.
"What does she mean?" Janeway asked. I looked at her.
"Captain, Daniel Jackson on Jack's team, SG-1, died, and then ascended." I said, knowing she didn't know what ascension meant. "He ascended to a higher plane of existence; he went out in a very bright light. Captain, Jess ascended."
"He means that Jess is sort of like a god, she can interfere with people's lives, change them, know what's going on, and all that." Dax said Janeway looked at Dax like she was crazy, which she probably is.
"Do you mean to tell me that your sister," Janeway said pointing to me. "has become a god?"
"In a sense." I replied. "Now, Captain, I'm sorry."
"What for?" Janeway asked.
"For what I'm about to do." I replied. I looked at her, then at Dax. "Bye Jadzia." I gave her a hug, and then snapped my fingers; Janeway was hopefully back on Voyager.
"Nice one, Tom, I thought you were only joking." Jadzia smiled and kissed me on the cheek. I smiled back.
"You're going to find that man, aren't you?" Jadzia asked.
"What? No." I smiled.
"Liar." She looked at me. "He was last seen near the Canada border. Good luck." With that she hugged me harder this time; I could feel tears staining my suit. She let go of me, and looked at me, wiping her tears. "Go get him, or else you're gonna answer to me." She smiled.
"Damn, now I don't know what I want." I joked; Jadzia punched me in the arm. "Fine, I'll go kill a changeling, if I don't I'll be sure to tell Jess that you said hi."
I snapped my fingers.
I was near the Canada border, close enough t see the sign, 'Welcome to Canada.' Then some crops, this all seems very familiar. I changed into a black t-shirt and black pants.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the man, running. I started to chase him, he went into the fields.
The dream, that's it, the dream, it's the dream.