Chapter 2
The Sinister Plan
Wesley Crusher sat in his room, thinking. If I was to take over the Enterprise, where would I begin? Engineering? No, it's been overused. The bridge? Nah, they could just take it back from engineering. Both? Still not creative enough…not to mention how difficult it would be…
I could always take over a certain part of the ship and threaten them. Something the crew couldn't exist without…Like Ten Forward, or…
Then it hit him. The holodeck! I'll take over the holodeck, and then they'll have to surrender the ship to me!
Wesley pulled out his remote control and stuck it in his pocket. He left his room and walked a few steps, looking around. Everyone he looked at forced a smile; if Wesley was in a bad mood, and people didn't smile at him, then he got angry, and when he got angry, bad things happened to the ship. Little did they know he was already angry…
And then he saw her—Emily Lake, a recent addition to the ship's crew, fresh out of Starfleet Academy. Wesley had tried asking her out twice, but strangely enough both times she had been quite busy and unable to make the appointments. Wesley suddenly realized that if he wanted to take over the ship, it would be better to do with someone other than his clones…
Emily saw Wesley goggling at her and pretended not to notice him, quickly disappearing through a door marked "Extremely Dangerous: Authorized Personnel Only." With a groan she realized it was Wesley's room.
Wesley ran in after her. "Emily?"
"Oh…hi, Wes," she said, clearing her throat. "I…well…I…I wanted to say…something…to you…so I decided to drop by."
"What did you want to say?" Wesley asked hopefully.
"I wanted to say…hello…and good luck on bridge duty today. Hope the Romulans don't give you any trouble."
Emily hurried out of the room before Wesley could say anymore. She's just shy, Wesley thought. It's overwhelming, being in the presence of such a genius…she wanted to wish me luck on bridge duty! Wait…bridge duty! Oh no! I have… Wesley grinned, pulling out his remote. He pressed the button marked "Self-destruct," and another Wesley appeared. "You have bridge duty," the original informed the clone.
"Okay," the clone said cheerfully.
"Give me that," Wesley said, snatching the clone's cloned remote.
The clone wandered off toward the bridge. Wesley hid both remotes in his pockets and headed toward the turbolift. "Holodeck three," he announced.
Wesley didn't know why, but Holodeck 3 always seemed the most important one on the ship (even though they were all identical to him), so he decided it would be a good place to start his takeover.
When Wesley reached the door to the holodeck, he laughed maliciously. And so it begins…