Another Place

Missing Scenes 4

The 130th Time Around…

"Well?" Q asked Tom.

They were in Tom's and the Captain's new quarters searching through the database. They just had to find out what Star Trek was. Several of the movies and TV shows that they had watched referenced the television series, but so far they couldn't find anything in the computer database about it.

"I think I might've found something." Tom replied. "It calls itself Spaceballs…"

"Wait, I've heard of it…" Q said. She thought for a moment then hit Tom in the head with her hand.

"Ow, what the hell was that for?" Tom asked.

"Spaceballs is a movie you idiot." Q answered. "It has to do with those Star Wars movies. It's a spoof of it like the Scary Movie series is a spoof of scary movies."

"And you know this why…?" Tom asked.

"It was on one of the padds you showed me." Q responded. "When we were watching The Exorcist, I started reading the padd because it got too-" She stopped.

"Scary?" Tom asked smiling. "You were scared? Really?" Tom snorted. "That's actually really funny."

"I wasn't scared." Q stated.

"Yeah, sure, I believe you…" Tom said sarcastically. "Damn, this show is just really hard to find."

"Yeah." Q repeated.

"Oh well, you want to get back to watching Lost?" Tom asked.

"Sure." Q answered.

The 137th Time Around…

"Live…long…and…prosper." Tuvok said slowly.

He was dying. There had been a mishap in Engineering. Q and Tom had been playing tag –even though they knew it was childish- because they were bored. Q had appeared inside of the core by accident igniting the main core. The core sent shockwaves outward into some of the consoles on the ship.

Most of the shockwaves weren't serious when they came in contact with the engineers, but the shockwave that hit Tuvok's console was fatal. Tom and Q had arrived in Sickbay soon after it happened. Tom was standing over Tuvok as he said those words. His final words. Tom turned to Q who was standing next to him.

"I think we shouldn't play tag anymore." Tom muttered. "And I think we should go back in time…now."

"I'm not going to argue with you there." Q replied.

The 140th Time Around…

"He was the best villain!" Tom said to Q raising his hands up in frustration. They were walking down a corridor away from the Holodeck. "How could you say he was a horrible bad guy?"

"How could you say he was even an okay bad guy?" Q asked.

"No villain tops him, no one even in this century could top how good of a bad guy he was!" Tom replied.

"Oh really?" Q asked. She snapped her fingers and next to Tom was Seska. They both stopped walking. "Still think best bad villain in this century?"

Seska turned her head to look Tom up and down. She was smiling her evil Cardassian smile. She knew she was back, she didn't care how, but she was back. Tom just looked at her with his mouth open.

"What's wrong, Paris?" Seska asked. She then started walked around Q and Tom coming to stand next to Q. "You look like you've seen a ghost."

"Big mistake." Tom said to Q. "Get her the hell away from me and this ship."

"No, I think this will be fun." Q responded.

"Yes, listen to your girl, this will be fun." Seska added.

"She's not 'my girl.'" Tom replied. "And she never will be."

"Oh, come on, Paris, you're the ladies man, I'm sure you'll sleep with her at sooner or later." Seska said smiling. She stood in front of Tom and looked at the ring on his finger. "Ohh, seems like I've been gone for a long time. You're married, who's the unlucky lady?"

"I'm not married, we're in an alternate universe." Tom answered.

"Then who's the unlucky lady in this universe?" Seska asked.

"Janeway." Tom stated.

"Janeway?" Seska repeated. She then began to laugh. "You can't be serious, the Captain married the convict? Her reclamation project? Oh, that's just too funny."

"And Janeway just gave birth, to triplets!" Q jumped in. Seska began to laugh harder. Q turned to Tom. "That reminds me, we still need to see The Ladies Man with Tim Meadows. So, keep that in mind."

Tom stood there glaring at Seska as she laughed. He completely ignored what Q had said. Ever since the day they met, Tom hated Seska, she just didn't seem right to him. Tom even once said to Harry -before she was found out to not be Bajoran, but in fact Cardassian- that she walked like a Cardassian, well, at least not Bajoran. And when he found Seska dead in the Captain's Ready Room over two years ago, he regretted he wasn't the one who got to kill her.

"So, Paris, dating anyone now? In your universe that is." Seska asked having a bigger smile on her face. Tom didn't answer.

"B'Elanna Torres, that Klingon girl in Engineering." Q answered for Tom. Q liked Seska, she liked how she thought, devious and seductive.

Seska stopped smiling. "You're dating B'Elanna?" Seska asked. "You and B'Elanna are dating?!?!" Seska was mad; B'Elanna and Seska were good friends before Seska was found out. She probably thought they still were friends.

"For what Tommy, a year, a year and a half?" Q asked him, though she knew she wasn't going to get a response. "She's all he talks about."

Seska and Tom stared each other down. This wasn't going to turn out good. Not at all and Q knew that, but she thought some entertainment was in need.

"Where's my son?" Seska asked Tom, anger in her eyes.

"You're 'people' took him." Tom answered. "That was over two years ago. We haven't heard from them since."

"You're lying." Seska said. "You killed him."

"Why the hell would I want to kill a baby, Seska?" Tom asked getting mad. "Do you seriously think I'm that cold-blooded?"

"Yes, I do." Seska replied. "I wouldn't put it past you at least."

"I'm telling you the truth, Seska." Tom responded.

"You're version of the truth is messed up beyond belief, I have no reason to believe you." Seska said. "You took something of mine, and now I'm going to take something of yours."