Chapter 11
Weyoun
" Captain! There's a ship coming out of your. . . I mean the wormhole." Kira called to Sisko. Sisko came out of his office holding his morning coffee. He peered outside and there was indeed a ship coming out of his. . . I mean the wormhole.
" What does it want?" asked Sisko.
" Why don't you ask whoever's on the ship. " suggested Kira. Sisko picked up the phone and put it on speakerphone. Kira gave him the number and he dialed.
" Yes? " said a mysterious voice on the other end.
" What do you want?" asked Sisko. Kira slapped her forehead and sighed.
" Well, " responded the voice. " Actually I was just passing by on my way to Cardassia, but now that you mention it, I think it might be nice to stop and stretch my legs a little. " Sisko was quiet for a moment.
" How many legs do you have, exactly?" Sisko questioned.
" Excuse me? " said the voice.
" I asked you 'how many legs do you have'?"
" Two ? "
" Arms? "
" Two? "
" Eyes? "
" Two. . . why are you. . ."
" How about ears. . . " Sisko was interrupted by Kira.
" What is your name ? " she requested Kira.
" Weyoun. "
" Very interesting. Docking- Bay- 6- is- open-you-can-land-your-ship- there-it-was-nice-speaking-to-you-bye! " Kira said very fast and hung up. Sisko pouted and told Kira that it was very rude to interrupt a Captain when he was talking to someone.
" Yeah, yeah, whatever." Said Kira.
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" Tsk. " Weyoun leaned back in his chair. " and to think I thought Ferengi were strange. Well you learn something new everyday, I assume. Now which docking bay was it? Oh yes, 6. I think. Hm. What a strange fellow that man was." Weyoun landed his ship and as he got up, he tripped on something on the floor and landed flat on his face.
" Well, whatdda know. I didn't know that was how the floor was designed. How horrid. That must be fixed right away. If it weren't for myweak eyesight, I would have noticed it before. Oh, well. I better be off to meet that strange fellow I talked to earlier. " Weyoun talked to himself as he got up and opened the door.
" Greetings! " Sisko, accompanied by Julian and Dax, welcomed Weyoun on board. Weyoun went to shake Sisko's hand but didn't see the step in front of him and tripped on it falling, again, right on his face. Julian cringed and put his fingers to his lips and tried not to laugh. Sisko began laughing. Not at the fact that he fell, but that so many people did that when they first came onto the station, as he explained to Weyoun later on. Weyoun began pushing himself up and Dax ran over to help him.
" You are Sisko are you not?" he turned to Sisko and smiled. " I love the flooring. Where did you get it. Oh, but I'm getting off topic. Hello, hello, hello everyone. Now that we've said our hellos we can get down to business."
" Business?" asked Sisko, puzzled. Business? Sisko thought all he wanted was a place to stay for a little. Weyoun closed his eyes, frustrated with Sisko. Why did I agree to come aboard? This man has no sense. What a fool. Oh well, I'm here now. Now if this trill would just let go of me everything would be great, Weyoun thought to himself. As soon as Weyoun opened his eyes, Dax let go of his arm. Weyoun turned startled to Dax. He grabbed her elbow and stared into her eyes.
" Can you read minds?" he asked her suddenly.
" Um, no. Why?" a confused Dax turned to Sisko and Julian with a questioning eye. Weyoun stared at her some more frowning. Then he smiled.
" No reason. Just curious. " Weyoun knew when to explain himself and now wasn't one of those times. As he was about to tell Sisko what "business" he wanted to talk about, Odo came walking down the hall. Odo turned to Sisko paying no attention to the stranger.
" Sir, we. . . can I help you?" said Odo and flipped around to look at Weyoun. Weyoun's blue eyes were sparkling and he was grinning.
" Oh. . . my. If I knew there was a. . . a founder on board. . ." Weyoun bowed down and stood up quickly. " We must be formally introduced. I am Weyoun, clone number. . . now let me think. . . ah, yes, clone number 2, member of the Dominion." Weyoun stretched out a hand to shake Odo's. Odo did not extend his out, though, so Weyoun quickly retracted his hand.
" I see you'd rather not then. I understand. " Weyoun bowed again. " I'm so sorry to interrupt. Please continue. I'm sure one of your delightful crew members would show me a place I could stay. " He turned to Dax and Julian and smiled. He shook their hands and smiled again.
" So pleasant to meet you both. Shall we walk and leave the founder and Sisko to talk? " As they walked off you could just hear Weyoun ask Dax and Julian,
" Really, where did you get this flooring? I've been looking for a new floor. . . "
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A half an hour later, Sisko walked into the war room, which was now called the "meeting room" because, as Dax told Weyoun earlier, war is such a horrible thing to think about. He looked to the table and saw, and heard, Dax and Julian laughing very hard. Weyoun, though, was sitting with a puzzled expression on his face and not even a hint of a smile anywhere.
"Oh, hi Ben, "Dax turned to Sisko. "I just told Julian and Weyoun the joke O'Brien told everyone a while ago. And can you believe it; Julian and I still find it hilarious. "Dax, Julian, and Sisko faced Weyoun and noticed he wasn't laughing or even smiling.
"I find no humor in that so-called "joke." "Weyoun paused and glanced at the three. "But if you want to hear a joke that will make you laugh so hard your stomach aches, I suggest you listen to this . . ."
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". . . I didn't say torture, I said torment!" Weyoun could contain himself no longer and as he gasped out the end of the joke, he exploded with laughter. He nearly fell out of his chair he was laughing so hard. Dax, Julian, and Sisko just stared. Finally Weyoun managed to put himself together and sat up. Kira opened the door and walked in. She took on look at Weyoun and raised an eyebrow. She turned to Sisko.
"Is he okay? He looks like any minute he might explode." Kira glanced back at Weyoun and shook her head. Weyoun could stand it no longer. He looked at everyone and exploded, again , with more laughter. This time he really did fall off his chair. Julian started laughing because Weyoun was being so funny. Dax laughed because Julian was, Sisko laughed because Dax was, and Kira began laughing as well because Sisko was.
O'Brien opened the door to the "meeting room", took one look at the chaos inside, closed to door, shook his head to clear his head and took a deep breath. He opened the door again and stepped inside.
