The Power of the Q- Ch. 13- Going Places
I awoke to the sounds of screaming. I don't know if it was me or not, but when I sat up, I found out it wasn't me. Kathryn was screaming in labor and I had a view that I personally would never like to see again. I got off the bed, but Sam stopped me.
"Slow down, Tom," She said urging me back to the biobed. "you fell unconscious and Tuvok had to carry you down here. I'm guessing you're still a bit dizzy?" I nodded a yes. "You have to lay down for awhile before you go anywhere."
"No, even though that Kathryn isn't my wife, I gotta act like I'm her husband." I smiled. "Besides, I was a lizard for our other kids' births; I don't wanna be laying down on a biobed while she gives birth to these kids."
Sam moved aside letting me go past her. I went to Kathryn's side and held her hand. The least I can do, I guess.
"Push, Push!" The Doctor was yelling.
"I am!" Kathryn yelled back. She started pushing harder though.
'You called her Kathryn.' Tameth said.
Did not. I replied back mentally.
'Did, too.' He smiled. 'The guys agree with me. Right guys?'
'Sorry, Tom, but I gotta agree with Tameth here, you did call her Kathryn more than once.' Jack said.
'Yeah, I unfortunately agree with the resident idiot, too.' Culnac added.
'See, my plan for domination is working!' Tameth yelled triumphantly. 'First, get the guys to agree with me against you. Second, get you to call Kathryn Kathryn. Soon, it will be love!'
You keep planning that domination thing Tameth, I'm sure you'll get far with it. I smiled.
I must've smiled at the right moment, because while I was bantering with Tameth, one of the kids was born. Kes came up to me holding a baby in a blanket.
"Here you go, Tom." She smiled handing me the baby. "A beautiful baby boy. You know, he looks just like you."
She was right. The boy had my eyes and my hair color. And I have to say, he's pretty damn cute. But of course I remembered that Kathryn…err- the Captain was still trying to pop out another kid. I just couldn't keep my eyes off of the boy I was holding though. It's eerie how close they look to you.
"I see the head!" The Doctor yelled. "Keep pushing Captain! You're almost done!"
After a couple more 'Push.' 'I am.' Bantering between the Captain and the Doctor, there was the cry of a baby filling the room. The Doctor walked over to the cleaning station and started to wash the baby off. I handed the boy to the Captain's waiting arms. Once the Doctor was done, he walked back over with the baby in his arms.
"Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Paris." He smiled. "It's a girl. Have you chosen names, yet?" The Doctor handed me the girl. Damn this is too much.
"Well," the Captain started. "we've decided Margaret for our little girl there and Matthew here for this little guy." She smiled at me and I smiled back.
Margaret, Mom's name, I thought. Speaking of Margaret, she was also pretty cute. She had my hair color, but Janeway's eyes. I wonder now if I should even try to go home. I got all I want here, well except for the whole cheating part. A wife, two kids, and I'm Lieutenant Commander, better than Tuvok! But this isn't my life, my wife, no; my life is nothing like this.
"Kes, record the time and date." The Doctor stated. "Earth date April 9th, 2374." He smiled and walked away. I shot my head up and noticed Sam staring back at me. "Now, Mr. Paris, if you will please leave so I can do a check-up on mother and children, please." I nodded my head as the Doctor reeled in some medical equipment.
2374 was roughly one year in the future. I handed Margaret to Janeway and walked over to Sam. I nodded to her to follow me.
As soon as we were out of Sickbay, we looked around. There was no one in the halls.
"2374 is one year in the future!" Sam yelled in a hushed tone of some sorts.
"I know," I replied. "Sam, not only did we travel to an alternate universe, but we traveled forwards in time!"
"Thank you Captain Obvious!" Sam said aggravated.
"Mr. Paris, are you ready to leave now?" Tuvok said coming up from behind us. I looked at him dumbfounded. "If you recall the Captain wanted us to go rendezvous with Commander Chakotay and Lieutenant Rayna. We must leave now; the Captain doesn't want us to wait."
I looked at him. "Alright, Tuvok, let's go." I started to follow him and motioned for Sam to go back into Sickbay. She nodded back and mouthed a goodbye.
We walked to a turbolift and Tuvok called for the Shuttlebay. Soon after the turbolift started, it stopped. We walked out and reached the Shuttlebay. After we got into a shuttle, I started pre-flight.
"Are you ready, sir?" Tuvok asked. I like this 'sir' thing, I thought.
"I'm ready, Tuvok." I replied. Tuvok called the Bridge and told Harry we were leaving. Harry said good luck and then the shuttle left for the planet.
We continued in silence for about several minutes. Finally, at Warp 7, we found the planet Chakotay was on. There was only one problem; there was a Borg sphere near the planet.
"Borg sphere 1,000 meters ahead." Tuvok said.
"Red Alert, raise shields." I replied. Tuvok did all those and was ready to fire. "Scan the surface for the Commander, Tuvok."
The Borg sphere came within 500 meters and started to scan us. After a few seconds, it went back to the planet, supposedly not thinking of us as a threat.
"I've scanned the surface and the Commander is on the southern continent. The Lieutenant on the other hand I can find no sign of." Tuvok replied.
"Any Borg signatures near there?" I asked.
"None, sir." Tuvok stated.
"Can we get a transporter lock on him?" I asked. Seems like the Paris gene for 'Captain Mode' has been established…
"No, sir," Tuvok replied. "transporters won't work from this altitude. The only way to get him will be if we can land near him and find him on foot."
"Okay, then." I said. "Then down we go, keep an eye on that Borg sphere, though, Tuvok."
"Yes, sir." He stated.
I started the decent down to the planet. The Borg sphere didn't seem to pay any attention to us, thank goodness. The ride was bumpy, but with me being the best damned pilot in this Quadrant it was no sweat for me. We eventually landed approximately 1 meter away from Chakotay.
Tuvok grabbed his phaser rifle and I just grabbed a phaser. Yeah, why should the guy with the higher rank not have the better gun, huh? We walked out of the turbolift, phaser and tricorder in hand.
"This way, sir." Tuvok said pointing in the direction towards the forest. I followed Tuvok making sure that every little noise I heard wasn't a Borg.
"HELP!" yelled a voice.
"Chakotay?" I asked.
We found out soon enough. Chakotay came running towards us with Borg drones on his tail.
"Run!" he yelled.
Tuvok and I turned around, but found out that behind us were several Borg drones. We both looked in different directions, but saw they were closing in on all three of us. Tuvok and I started firing the weapons at the Borg drones.
"I thought you said there were no Borg drones in the area!" I yelled over the weapon's fire.
"The scans apparently weren't right." Tuvok answered back.
We knocked a few drones out, but there were still 10 or 20 more left. Then they started to adapt.
"I think we should take Chakotay's suggestion and run!" I yelled and started to run.
We all started running in different directions, but we were all caught by a drone or two. Tuvok tried to give one the Vulcan neck pinch, but that was ineffective. Then, suddenly, they put those damn tubes in our necks and assimilated us.