Disclaimer: I only wish Voyager was mine, but Paramount owns them and it is our duty to speculate what they don't see fit to reveal in the series, and are too lazy to make a movie. If only they would see it our way...
Synopsis: 18 months after their return, four Voyager crew members are the new teachers of a class created to prepare the new cadets for what lies ahead.
The New Class - Chapter Three
The applause died down as the Enterprise legends reached the podium where their normal professors stood in a row. Jean-Luc Picard bent down to give Kathryn Janeway a kiss on the cheek, and the whole class cooed.
Just as Picard and Janeway were about to start the lesson, the main doors to the lecture hall flew open yet again, and a loud voice came from the opening. "I'm sorry, am I interrupting something?"
The class turned around to see who the interruptor was. Kathryn saw quite a few familiar faces, and ran down the aisle to hug the figure with the loud voice.
Recovering quickly, Admiral Janeway let go of the person she recognised, turned around, looked at the gathering at the podium, and straightened her uniform. Then, she led the small, familiar group towards everyone else she knew closely in the room.
"Class," she addressed the room. "It seems we have more guest speakers than anticipated. I would like to introduce you to anothe rgroup of experts on the Q Continuum and members of my old senior staff, Lieutenant Commaders Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres, Lieutenant Harry Kim and the holodgraphic Doctor, the last practising EMH-1!"
The assembled class yet again burst out in a round of applause, welcoming a total of thirteen experts on the Q Continuum. Now, the only one who was missing was the one and only Q.
"OK everyone, settle down, settle down, let's get the lesson started. For an introduction to the Q, I call upon the former Enterprise crew to review their experiences with the entity. I also apologise if this class runs late today, but I guarantee it will be worth it. Now, without further ado, I present Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his capable crew!"
The class yet again began applauding in the welcome and admiration for the living legends most people had only dreamed of seeing.
"The Q Continuum first made its appearance in the Alpha Quadrant while the old Enterprise-D was at Farpoint Station, in the form of this particular Q," the viewscreen behind him flickered on to show a picture of the omnipotent being everyone knew so well. "Q was also responsible for introducing the Federation to the Borg. For that, Q, we thank you very much." Jean-Luc made a face at the rest of his crew and everyone laughed at the sarcasm that only emerged in Picard very rarely.
Kathryn Janeway and her old senior staff stepped forward to take the spotlight. "The Q in question took us to places we have never been before, from the beginning of the universe to being a decoration on a Christmas tree. We were even taken to visit the Q Conutinuum during the Q Civil War, where for reasons unknown, the Q could actually be injured."
"The Q are the universal pests, appearing at any point in time, any place they want..." Jean-Luc trailed off, him and every other adult in the room expecting there to be a flash of light and the topic of their conversation to appear. Not to their surprise, but to the surprise of the inexperienced students, Q and his son appeared in the lecture hall. Picard and his crew, not having met the younger Q before, were slightly surprised at the presence of the younger omnipotent being.
"Kathy, how wonderful to see you! Now, why didn't you tell me you were teaching at the Academy? And especially teaching these eager young cadets about me, how wonderful!" The elder Q was sitting on top of the large conference table normally used by the teaching staff in a casual position, in true Q fashion.
"Q! How nice of you to join us," Kathryn Janeway welcomed her guest sarcastically, slightly grimacing at his use of a nickname, one he gave to each of her senior staff. "Surely you remember my good friend, Jean-Luc Picard." Kathryn gestured towards the other captain next to her.
"Hello, Q," Jean-Luc said quietly to his former nemesis. "So, we meet again."
"Indeed we do. Jean-Luc, I believe you haven't yet met my son, Quentin. He is the one who brought peace to the Continuum, with Kathy's help, of course." He looked at his former love, the person he had tried to seduce many times, without success.
Admiral Janeway made a face to her omnipotent pest, then hugged her god-Q tightly.
"Now, enough bickering about me," Q said, basking in the attention of two senior staffs and a hall full of awestruck cadets. "Please, continue to share your stories."
Janeway and Picard shared a silent look of annoyance with eachother before returning their attention to the students assembled before them. Janeway stepped forward, ready to resume her stories about Q, beginning with Picard's very first introduction to the Q Continuum. Jean-Luc joined her, ready to retell the tale he didn't treasure, the tale that introduced the Enterprise to the universal pest.
"The mission to Farpoint station began rather routinely, which is very rare these days..."
The class sat enthralled, listeneing to the personal accounts of Q-involved missions from Captain Picard, Captain and Commander Riker, Commander La Forge, Commander Worf and Doctor Crusher from the Enterprise, and Admiral Janeway, Captain Chakotay, Commander Tuvok, Commander Paris, Commander Torres, Lieutenant Kim, Seven of Nine and the Doctor from Voyager.
The class certainly seemed to be completely taken by the guest speakers, all willing to cram in enough information on the Q to last them until they died. Even the guests sitting in the back of the room listened to the recounts of legens.
