Star Trek: Ranma's Story 44 – DS Wynne

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Note: This is a multi-genre story.

Special note: This story is connected to the "Sailor Moon/Star Trek Chronicles", though you don't have to read those stories in order to read this one.

Part 44

Wake up…

Dr. Ami ("Sailor Mercury") Mizuno's mind struggled to awake.

Wake up, Dr. Mizuno-

BANG!

Ami woke up.

"You got to wake up, Dr. Mizuno!" said a red-haired woman, who was dressed in a blue/gray uniform with black slacks and shoes.

"Wha-?"

BANG!

THAT particular sound got her attention. She bolted right up. The last thing she recalled, she was working with Lily Armstrong on getting the launch of the Phoenix ready, when they came under attack. The Phoenix was to be the first starship to have a "warp drive", which is needed to replace the more expensive, and sometimes tricky, "jump drive". If Dr. Zephraim Cochran's vessel is proven to be a success, then Earth's exploration initiatives will be opened to the masses.

"Where am I?" Ami asked.

"There's no time to explain! We have to get out of here before they-"

BANG!

Ami's eyes quickly scanned to a previously secured door. Three "cyborgs" lumbered forward.

"We are the 'Borg'. Resistance is futile."

"God, I hate doing this…Computer! Initiate Medical Emergency Program!"

FZZT!

A balding man, dressed in a similar uniform as the red-haired woman, appears.

"Please state the nature of the emergency," the man said.

"Stall them!"

"Oh. How?"

"I don't know, just think of something! Dr. Mizuno, come ON!"

Ami wasn't really paying attention at this point. She was trying to feel her coat pockets, which were sitting nearby.

"Was there a cylinder-like object in here?"

"Yes, it's over there on the counter. But what does that have to do with anything-"

"You will be assimilated," said the lead Borg, as it tried to grab Ami. Ami waved off the cyborg, which caused the creature to slam into a nearby wall.

BLAM!

The two remaining Borgs almost hesitated, before stepping forward again.

Ami then reached out, and forced the cylinder-like object to fly into her hand-

SNAP! Hzzzzzz…

A blue-colored blade lanced out of the cylinder. With a twirl, Ami used the energy-sword to strike down the remaining Borg drones.

At the same time, the red-head, named Dr. Beverly Howard-Crusher was amazed at the skill that Dr. Mizuno was wielding. There was only one other person who was capable of wielding such a weapon.

"Do…do you know a 'Usagi Tsukino'?" Crusher asked.

Hzzzzzz-SNAP!

Ami connects her "lightsaber" to her utility belt.

"Know her? She was my Master."

"Oh. Um, well, we better get out of here. More Borg drones will be here shortly."

"By all means, then, lead on."

"What about me?" asked the holographic doctor.

"Um, just clean up around here," Crusher said. "It's a bit of a mess."

The Doctor looks around, as Ami and Bev leave Sickbay through the ducts.

"Huh. So I see."

Meanwhile, in the Enterprise's Engineering Room, the Borg Queen (or simply "BQ") was holding "court".

"My daughter Six-of-Nine," the BQ said, as she observed the steady flow of new "converts", "our work proceeds most diligently. Soon, this ship…this planet will be ours."

"Of course," Ensign Hoshiko Saotome said, as she observes her…friends and crewmates being converted to Borg drones. "Resistance is indeed futile."

The BQ turns her head to face her "princess". The BQ has coils for hair, pale skin and a mechanical torso dressed in a black body suit. Her silvery eyes glistened, as light danced on their surface.

"You have been around these humans far too long. Once we have finished converted this chamber to our use, I want you to re-immerse yourself into the collective."

"Of course, One-of-Nine," Hoshiko replies. The girl looked exactly like her father Starfleet Commander Ranma Saotome's female side, except that Hoshiko's hair was cut in a short bob, and her skin was paler. Hoshiko was the daughter of Ranma and Counselor (Captain) Usagi Tsukino. Both of them were serving aboard the Federation Station "Deep Space Nine", in the Bajor Sector, when the Borg went on their latest offensive. However, this time, the Borg has decided to attack the Earth in the past, rather than the present, when there is no United Federation of Planets. Hoshiko, who was serving aboard the Enterprise-E at the time of the attack, as a Ship's Pilot, was the Borg's "mole". And now, it was time to do away with all pretenses.

As Hoshiko observed the making of the new Borg drones, her mind turns to that fateful day, when everything changed…

FLASHBACK!

Years ago…

"I wanna play!" yelled Hoshiko.

"No, Hoshi!" yelled her sister Aiko. "This is a secret game between me and Ani-chan.

"Naw, she can play," said their friend, the blond Anika Nelson. The three ten-year olds were playing games in the cargo bin of "The Raven", an exploration ship. Ranma Saotome had volunteered himself and his family to assist Dr. Hansel Nelson and his wife (along with their daughter Anika) in tracking down an elusive new species. His friend Guinan was elusive about what this species was, but warned him NOT to accompany Dr. Nelson on his mission, but he had owed Nelson big time. So, in spite of his wife Usagi's protest, he packed up his family, and headed out for deep space. Sure, Ranma could have kept his family home, but he wanted to fulfill his obligation to his debt, while spending time with his family.

"Well, I don't want her to play!" Aiko pouted.

Just then, Ranma comes in. He wanted to check to make sure that they have enough cargo for the next leg of their trip.

"What's going on?" Ranma asks, as he comes in.

"DAD-DY!" Hoshiko says, as she ran to grab her father's legs. "Aiko doesn't want me to play with her!"

"That's because Ani-chan and I have a secret game!" Aiko replied.

Ranma looks at this…and smiles.

"Well…I can be your playmate."

"Okay, Daddy!" Hoshiko said excitedly. "Horse-y!"

Ranma picked up his daughter, and placed her on his shoulders.

"Giddy up!"

Ranma made a horse sound, and proceed to gallop around the bay. This caught the attention of the other girls.

"I wanna horse-y!' yelled Aiko.

"Me, too!" yelled Anika.

Ranma smiles. So, he picks up the remainder of the girls, and gallop around the bin.

"WEEEEEEEEEEE!" yelled the three girls.

Later, after the girls were put to bed, after dinner…

"They look so beautiful," Usagi said, as she leaned on her husband.

"Yeah, just as beautiful as their mother," Ranma replies, as he hugs his wife.

When they got back to the bridge, Hansel and his wife Gretel, originally from northern Europe, had turned to the Saotome couple.

"The girls are asleep-" Ranma began.

"That's good," Hansel said. "Take a look at these sensor readings."

Ranma shrugs, as he sits in the pilot's seat, while Usagi takes Ops. Gretel turns to Usagi.

"Thanks for looking after them for us, Usagi," said Gretel. "I know that Hansel and I should be spending more time with Anika and all-"

"It's okay," Usagi replied with assurance. "I like looking after the kids. Heck, I'm practically one myself."

"Heh, I guess so."

"Guys," Hansel said, as he directs everyone to look at the view screen. "THAT is our 'prey'."

Sure enough, a Borg cube was traveling, at impulse power apparently, near a local star system.

"Ranma, be steady with the instruments," Hansel says. "Gretel, activate the masking screens."

"Done," Gretel replies.

"Now, Ranma, go steady…"

Usagi's heart nearly stopped. When she was an intern aboard the first starship "Enterprise", under the command of Jonathon Archer, as a Starfleet cadet, Usagi had a run-in with a Borg drone. It was recovered from the Arctic Circle on Earth in the 2150s, during a routine excavation. That drone caused enough problems that it took a lot to put it down. So she could imagine how damaging a whole bunch of them could be.

"Daddy?"

Ranma turns to see her daughter Hoshiko standing there with sleepy eyes.

"Usagi," Ranma says simply, as he returns his attention back to his tasks.

Usagi got up, and picked her daughter up.

"What's wrong?" Usagi asks.

"I…had a bad dream," Hoshiko says. She then looks at the view screen. "What is that?"

Usagi looks at the screen. The Borg cube was in full view.

"It's nothing, my darling. Come, let's go back to bed…"

END FLASHBACK!

"6/9," said the BQ.

Hoshiko returns her attention to the present situation.

"Yes?"

"We have visitors. Deal with them."

Hoshiko closes her eyes. When she opens them, her eyes had the same silvery-metallic look that the Borg Queen had.

"Of course."

Meanwhile, outside Captain Picard, having sensed something amiss, had returned the Enterprise-E with Commander Data. Once it was known what was going on, Picard led a team to take back the ship's Engineering Room.

"Sir, I highly recommend that you stay out of harms way," Data says. "Ensign Saotome is a formidable foe."

"Which is why I am here," Picard replies. "Hoshiko's father was my mentor. I am not going to let the Borg keep her as their prize."

"What if she has joined the Borg willingly?"

Picard stops to look at Data.

"No one willingly joins the Borg. Besides…I have to try."

"Very well, sir."

When the security detail gets to the Engineering Room, they had originally intended to re-scramble the locking mechanism for admittance. Instead, the main entrance suddenly opens, revealing-

"Ensign Saotome!" Picard exclaims.

Hoshiko looks at Picard, as a contingent of Borg drones swarm out. However, at the same time, Hoshiko reaches forward, and pulls Data in.

Then the door to the Engineering closes up.

"Damn!" Picard exclaims, as he now has to defend himself against the cybernetic onslaught. He knew that the Borg knew the tenets of the "Anything Goes Martial Arts" style, thanks to the fact that Ranma and his family were once "guests" of that hive-like intelligence.

Meanwhile, inside the Engineering Room…

Data takes aim at Hoshiko. Hoshiko quickly disarms the android by snatching his weapon…and then tossing it away.

Data looks at his options. None of them were any good.

"I know that you have energy-discharge capabilities, Commander Data," Hoshiko says. "And you know that I have such capabilities has well."

"You are you father's daughter, Ensign," Data replies. "But I cannot allow you to continue your assistance of the Borg."

Hoshiko cocks her head slightly.

"You WILL be assimilated. Resistance…is futile."

And with that, the fight was on.

Now, both knew that they had to be careful about what was about to go next, since extensive damage to the Engineering Room could destroy the ship.

Hoshiko grabs Data, and slams him into the bulkhead. While still holding on Data's shirt, she slams into another bulk-head.

Data turns his head 180 degrees, twists his body, and shifts his balance. While grabbing Hoshiko, Data swings Hoshiko around, and tosses her into across the deck.

BAM!

Hoshiko quickly gets up, just as Data runs towards. Hoshiko timed her next move…

KICK!

At the last minute, Hoshiko performed a leap, then a kick, knocking Data on his back and away.

Hoshiko then pulled out a loose, thin pipe, which was the size and thinness of a bo staff. She twirled the make-shift staff.

"Resistance is futile, Commander," Hoshiko said. As soon as Data gets up, she began to use her weapon.

Whack, whack, WHACK!

The final blow knocks Data into another bulk head.

"Commander, you know that I am stronger than I look," Hoshiko says. "I am the product of good genes…and Borg science."

Data stands up, slowly. Hoshiko had expertly damaged his servo mechanism, no doubt in part being familiar with his schematics. He wanted to help her crew mate, but his self-preservation protocol will not allow him to sacrifice himself needlessly.

"Then, I apologize for what must be done," Data says, as he opens his palms. A repulser node opens up, before releasing a concentrated bolt of kinetic energy.

BLAM!

Unfortunately, Hoshiko's personal field had long been attuned to Data's weapon systems.

"As stated before…resistance is…FUTILE."

And with that, Hoshiko rammed one end of her weapon into Data's body, shutting down his systems.

THUNK!

"Very primitive method," the Borg Queen said, as she emerged from the shadows. "But well done. You have done well, 6/9."

"Of course," Hoshiko replied, as tears fell from her silvery eyes. "For we are Borg."

Tbc.