A/N:First, I forgot to thank my muse at the beginning of the first chapter, so I'm doing it now. My most sincere thanks to the Muse of Parody! I could do nothing without you! Thanks also to Cassandra for proof-reading the first chapter. This one hasn't been proof read. Feel free to tell me about any mistakes. And Ligia Elena - Don't worry, there will be more Tom!
Captain's Log
Jean-Luc Picard
Stardate unknown.
Q is behind this, I'm sure of it.
Without Data and his internal chronometer or Dr. Crusher and her medical tricorder, there is no way to be sure how long we were asleep. However, I have done enough time-travel to have a sense of such things, and I believe that only a few hours have passed. Only Q could have moved us so far in such a short period of time. Wesley does not recognize the stars, so we are at least outside the Alpha quadrant.
I arrived here with Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher, Ship's Counselor Deanna Troi, Lieutenant Commander Geordi LaForge, and my first officer, Will Riker. Deanna senses other humans nearby. She says she does not sense Q or any of the continuum, but nevertheless, I see no other explanation.
Personal Log
Will Riker
I can't believe it. A strange planet with no hot babes, other than the one we brought with us. I don't think this has ever happened to me before.
Personal Log
Deanna Troi
I am SO SICK AND TIRED of being treated like part of the sensor array. "Counselor, do you sense this?" and "Counselor, do you sense that?" I'm not a bloody tricorder!
Thank god Geordi is here. Since he can see in infrared and ultraviolet, hopefully some of the sensor array duties will fall to him.
Personal Log
Geordi LaForge
I am SO SICK AND TIRED of being treated like part of the sensor array. "Geordi, do you see anything in infrared?" and "Geordi, do you see anything in UV?" What am I, a tricorder?
Thank god Deanna is here. Since she can sense life forms and emotions, hopefully some of the sensor array duties will fall to her.
Captain's Log
Jean-Luc Picard
We have found the humans Deanna sensed.
They're Starfleet officers. The last people I expected to find here.
Their captain is a very handsome woman named Kathryn Janeway. She is the daughter of Admiral Edward Janeway, whom I met many years ago. They were brought here from their starship, Voyager, in Delta Quadrant. They are also from a point in time approximately five years ahead of ours.
These facts reveal two important elements of our situation. First, since they were taken from a point tens of thousands of light-years away from us, we have no reason to believe we are in either the Alpha or the Delta quadrant. Second, whatever force brought us here can reach through time as easily as through space, so we could be at any point in time as well as any location.
Kathryn, who has also had experience with Q, agrees with me that he is the most likely force responsible for this. However, it is quite unlike Q to remain unannounced for this long. I wonder what he is playing at.