Another Place

Missing Scenes

The 37th Time Around…

"So, I was thinking-" Tom started as he walked up to the female Q.

"What the hell did you do to your hair?!?!" Q asked Tom.

"What, the spikes?" Tom asked. "I used to have them when I was a kid and my dad wasn't around."

"Are you trying to recapture your youth or something?" Q asked back. "I think your hair looks better when it's just flat down. Like after you get out of a shower."

"Really?" Tom said. "Wait, how do you know what I look like after getting out of the shower?"

"I'm a Q." Q simply replied.

The 42nd Time Around…

"You're a Q, can you change people, like make them more…gullible or…musical?" Tom asked.

"I could, why? What do you have in mind?" Q replied.

"I think it's time the women around here sing us a tune." Tom answered.

"The men, too." Q added. Q then snapped her fingers and the next thing they knew, music played throughout the ship.

"What music did you go for?" Tom asked.

"Any type, mostly what was in your music playlist thing." Q replied.

"Uh oh." Tom said.

"What uh oh?" Q asked.

"Well, uh, some of the songs on there aren't really that appropriate." Tom answered.

"All the more fun." Q responded.

One Hour Later…

"I think that 'I Feel Pretty' is up next." Tom said.

Q and he were now in the Mess Hall sitting across from each other at a table. For the past hour, they had been listening to the entire crew sing…constantly. Tom had soon grown a headache, but the laughter balanced it out. Some of the crew just couldn't carry a tune.

"Why do you have 'I Feel Pretty' on your playlist?" Q asked.

"It's an American classic." Tom replied quickly.

The song the Mess Hall crewmembers were singing ended and on came 'Don't Cha' by the Pussycat Dolls. Tom started laughing the second he heard the first seconds of it. Q looked at him oddly. He pointed towards Neelix who was attempting to rap the intro to the song. Then, through the doors came B'Elanna, Ensign Maya Harris, Crewman Lillian Robins, Seven of Nine, Tal Celes, Ensign Robin Sanders, and a few other female crewmembers.

The group started singing along to the music which made both Q and Tom laugh even harder. But that wasn't anything compared to their…sexually explicit dancing. Half way through the song, Tom had tears falling down his cheeks from him laughing so hard. When the song ended, the women left, only to be taken over by two female crewmembers that were starting to sing another song.

"Oh man…I don't think I've laughed this hard ever." Tom said still laughing while trying to wipe tears from his eyes.

"I have to say, this is one of your better ideas." Q replied.

"Wait, I have this song called 'Funky Town', Seven would be perfect for the song! Oh, and it needs a deep voice so the Doctor would be a funny choice for it, too!" Tom told Q.

"Well, then why are we waiting around here? Let's go!" Q responded. They both go up and left the Mess Hall. Only to be followed by the two female crewmembers that were singing their hearts out to Ashlee Simpson's 'L.O.V.E.' Q looked over her shoulder. "They're following us." Q whispered to Tom.

"They may not be, let's go this way." Tom replied and took Q's arm and went left. The two crewmembers followed them singing. This went on for another minute, Tom and Q avoiding the crewmembers while they followed closely behind. "Okay maybe they are…"

"Why the hell do you have this song?" Q asked as they ran towards the turbolift.

"What??" Tom asked. "It has a good beat!"

Two Hours Later…

Tom Paris was running for his life. No, not from some alien creature trying to kill him. And no, not from Q. Tom Paris was running away from ten women who were singing 'Shake Your Groove Thing' while chasing him. Tom and Q had split ways to avoid the singers half an hour ago. The only thing Tom could guess was that she was also being chased.

Tom had been through the Jeffries tubes over and over, though they still followed. He had been in the turbolifts and somehow, they showed up on the deck he was going. Tom tried everything he knew to avoid people, but it wasn't working. The song ended, giving Tom time to stop to breathe. But what did come up was the O.K. Go song 'Here It Goes Again'.

In front of Tom appeared several treadmills with Chakotay, Harry, Lieutenant Ayala, and Tuvok on it. They were going to redo the music video of the song. Since Tom had nothing better to do until Q found him, Tom decided to join in on the fun and took Ayala's place. Tom had seen the video several times and knew mostly what to do, but the question was, could he do it without messing up? Tom started to do the dance just like he had seen before hundreds of times. He was doing well for the first two minutes, and he had one more to go.

"What are you doing?" Q appeared in front of the treadmills staring at Tom.

"I'm doing the dance." Tom answered. "I got bored waiting for you and since I know this by heart, I thought I might try."

"This is sad." Q replied. The song eventually stopped and Tom got off the treadmill. He had messed up a couple times, but overall, he did great.

"Can we go back in time, now?" Tom asked. "I still want them to be musical and all, but you know, don't make them chase us."

"Alright, I still think we have some laughter in us." Q answered.

"I have an idea." Tom replied. "We can have the guys on the command staff, except me, sing like they were in a boy band, which should be funny."

"No, doesn't seem…funny enough, but we'll still do it." Q said.

"I know!" Tom exclaimed. "We can have Tuvok rap! That or have Neelix rap again!"

"Tuvok rap, we'll need a good song." Q responded. "The more obscene the funnier."

"You've come to the right guy, obscene rap was part of history, and I know a lot of those types of songs." Tom replied. "This is gonna be funny."

Author's Note: Sorry for a couple references to some songs people might not know. I was listening to the O.K. Go song over and over while I wrote this and thought it would be a funny picture of Tom doing the dance. If you want to see the music video, go to Yahoo, click on Music on the left, and then put in ok go, click on the band and go to music videos. It's done all in one take and it's amazing, click on 'Here It Goes Again' and you have the music video after the commercial. You don't need an account to do this.

Sorry for a couple references to some songs people might not know. I was listening to the song over and over while I wrote this and thought it would be a funny picture of Tom doing the dance. If you want to see the music video, go to Yahoo, click on Music on the left, and then put in ok go, click on the band and go to music videos. It's done all in one take and it's amazing, click on '' and you have the music video after the commercial. You don't need an account to do this.