The Bonds Of Friends And Family
Disclaimers: The characters don't belong to me, the story belongs to me and every else belongs to the movie company and the creator.
Warning: For this chapter it's finishing the foreshadowing the results of what could have been if they hadn't discovered the traveler's plans for him. As he goes through the situations leading into his dropping out of the academy. As they go through each scene carefully. And this one is the rest of the trial after the accident that caused him to drop out.
And this from this chapter and forward gives a recap of the last book for the trio as they get caught up, but this story is going to be 90 chapters. As it recounts everything she needs to know from the Game to their future on the squadron. Just before the emergency hits and season 5 starts up after these situations in the aftermath of the episode come to an end, as she learns everything now.
Chapter 40: The Game Recap Part IV: Medical Studies And Data Part I
Watching her, she relaxed and stood up and he started it then firmly. "Report, what's going on here exactly!" he asked her sharply and she explained to him. "He knows you're all compromised and you turned off Data, I'm not entirely sure where he is or what he's planning. But he asked me to access the codes for the security tracking mainframe." she told him and he nodded firmly as he looked at Worf then.
"If he's coming in here any minute, that's our chance to finish this." he said and Worf nodded in agreement. "Ambush situation then, but be ready to chase after him, if he knows we're compromised, this is going to get dangerous now." he said and he sighed as he nodded to him then.. "I know, but the younger you are, the more reckless the escape attempt, and it gets to the point where escapes."
"And avoiding detection gets dangerous. Alright get into position, we know him too well, but we just have to prevent him from hurting himself during this." he said and he nodded as he answered him then gently. "With him our best option is by acting like we always did with him, but if he's suffering from fear and paranoia. That's going to be a problem now here what with the fact that to him."
"With being the only sane one on the ship, his fear is going to reach the point of reckless actions now. With us having helped raise him these last five years since we met, we're going to have to switch this around. And never mind the phasers, but arrest him by getting a hold of him now, Sir." Jenson said and Geordi nodded in agreement to his thoughts as he looked at Will then gently at that remark.
"He's right Sir, if this was that book, he's going to react like we're the dangerous ones and his alibi, in our eyes, is going to be he's going to have to be arrested and restrained. So with that, my recommendation is with us acting as though we're normal and he's the irrational one. The alert is saying he's got to be arrested, because he's hallucinating and catch him, before he hurts himself."
"This way we can do this by preventing him from trying anything too dangerous or reckless, which is our primary concern now Commander." Geordi said to him and he nodded to him as he answered him as he looked at the duo gently. Alright you better report back to your transporter room, Chief O'Brien. And Commander La Forge report to the bridge, if this results in a manhunt and chase down."
"I want you at the computers to monitor where and which direction he's taking and recommend that to the captain." he told him and he nodded. "Aye Sir." he said and left the room and they moved to both sides of the reactor to get into position then and waited for him to come to them. "Alright Lal back to me, they need to see the first attack." Wesley said and it flashed up Sickbay as they saw him refocus then.
"I'm a teenage scientist and one skilled in all areas, but unfortunately for you people, you should have left me alone, because attempting this. Then you just got the entire arsenal thrown at you, because they weren't kidding when they said that. The entire group that you people took as hosts all gave orders to me and Lal not to listen to them, or you." he added and the K'tarians all swallowed hard at that as Will, Beverly and Geordi smiled.
"There's got to be a way to defeat the programming and break through it now, but what exactly. Well I ended my research the second I realized that was a mind control device. But now it's time for extended research to see if there's a way to break through it. So your name is Etana, alright Etana, if you think you can catch me, let's put that to the test, as my people know me too well."
"But that's precisely your problem, your plan will not work when your target knows your captibes better then you do. But I saw this before and only one person was just like me, just as a adult, but he did the mission solo. After freeing everyone on the base by use of his knowledge of every system lord. In the books, you're Hathor, I'm Jackson, so lets do this right now, time to study."
"I need to do some more studies on that thing right now." he said as he headed for the lab next to Data quickly. "You people are never taking me alive, and if that security guard is part of this lady, then forget it. Forget it right now, when as themselves is one thing, compromised no, and him involved forget about it. I'm not surrendering, so you want your attempt to work, you better try harder."
"Because everything you read in their minds, I know there's key situations blocked out, so as the truth length of time, not 3 years, but 4. Roga, my creating my tractor beam and 3 dozen other things hidden away from you. And your crew, so you want to push me you got a game, but I will defeat you in it. The ones I'm closest to are every officer I spoke to now, and my mother, lady."
"Let's see what science says about your game and what happens to combat mind control, so with that. Lal, replicate a real one now, volume to level 3.5, and isolate the entire room in the room your father is in. Cascade shield on both doors up at maximum into the room your father is in. And don't listen to anyone but me, until your father is back." he said and the quintet swallowed hard at that.
"Does that mean what I think it means?" the medic asked quickly and Beverly nodded. "With the fact you got to her now, he's going to protect himself by any means necessary right now to prevent you from getting it on him next. And until the end of this situation, but the added studies is so he can insure we get enough strength. To break your hold on us, before Data frees us from your control." she said as they watched him start at that.
"Oh boy, I heard dad say that when grandpa was like this, it took several amounts worth of fast thinking to jump ahead of the opponent. But NID was sick of having my grandfather showing them up and secondly now. It was that Jack and Makepeace's grandfathers went lapdog and they were convincing themselves. Now he was the traitor Sir." Daniel told him and Picard nodded as he watched the image carefully at that.
As it replicated he started. "Okay, bonding to neuroceptors, that's a psychotropic reaction, what happens from extended denial to it. Lal, enhance the effects from not being able to use it repeatedly." he said and it showed the effects. "Seratonins levels are coming back up and returning to normal, pulse is returning to normal. So symptoms of narcotic withdrawal and other symptoms also being effected."
"Yes, psychotropically addictive, when denied the side effects of it the body starts returning to normal. Lal, what's happening in the prefrontal cortex, as the body returns to normal?" he asked and they saw the levels returning to normal and higher then normal. "That says anything it means we're taking back control of our own bodies right now as a result." Beverly said and he nodded in agreement to that remark.
"Lal compare it to Goa'uld mind control, so the device mind control link is a Goa'uld, what happens in the prefrontal cortex from a sudden electrical shock. And by getting too close to the doors or shields covering up areas that have your new programming in?" he asked and they watched as they saw highest line sudden start spiking and they nodded and Wesley gave a nod as he said it to her gently.
"Start the clock, the host gets hit, and they fight the symbiote, how long before the symbiote takes back control?" he asked and they watched it again as a clock appeared as he waited as the line was spiking for a couple minutes. And then lowered as the red line shot up and he nodded to the results. "It gives a 2 minute delay of us being ourselves again by that jolt, okay that helps." Jenson said and he nodded as he went on
"Lal, effects of a sudden jolt of emotional stimulus against the psychotropic reaction to neuroceptors?" he said and the answer came back as the levels started spiking. "Give us enough of a jolt and our parental instincts start spiking when it comes to you." Geordi said in translation to that one as he crossed his arms. "Sudden real jolt to neuroceptors, if the target is injured?" Wesley said and that did it then firmly.
As the levels in Prefrontal cortex started spiking at that as the highest level was read out and they nodded. "The last one is the one that focuses on our memories and parental bonds with you." Barnfield said to that one. "Lal what would happen if you combat the conditioning with memories and reminders of the victim's bond with the target." he said and they saw the second highest oscillating wildly at that and nodded.
"Uh huh, yeah you start shoving our memories of everything we ever did together, and the good memories forward. And take year two for instance, things leading into your leaving us for the academy. And your us start growing so strong, we can find the effects of the symbiotes that infected us, all of us. That's these guys and their crew members, but the more you fight back, the stronger we get." Will said and he nodded to him softly.
"That's it, that's the key, okay, so denial of the device tonight for several hours leading into the final take down has my them starts getting stronger. And as they go into withdrawal from it, it goes our conversation last year. But if memory recalls don't work then staged injuries will right now. But once at the halfway point, it's denying them access to the game and until the clock ends."
"But a sudden electrical shock causes my crew to be themselves again for two minutes before your crew takes back control. You guys are goa'uld, my crew are the host, you're the damn slugs, well you want to go it this way right now. It's denial of the very thing that has them under your control now. But you're losing control over them as they go into withdrawal from the speed-like injections."
"As their bodies start taking back control and with that is their normal selves start combating whoever this woman and her crew mates are. Etana, what is your last name, well whatever it is, you're not forcing me into killing my family. Or just destroying my ship just to prevent your symbiotes from getting off this ship, not going to happen right now, and unfortunately for you right now."
"At times I helped Geordi deal with Data and his circuitry, so I can fix the damage you did to my best friend right now. But you made seven mistakes in 2 hours and up to a week, so you're screwed, and if you were really smart. Then you should have deactivated the A/V, so I don't know who you are. Or what your damn plan was regarding me, game's up." he said, thinking out loud gently.
"Lal, would fighting back in the way I'm about to pull this off?" he asked and she answered him gently. "Yes Wesley it would." she said and he smiled gently at the news. "Areas in switching around training, do they have everything of the last year in training in their memories and everything of the first three hidden away. By that I mean before your father created you?" he asked her gently at that news.
"Yes Wesley, scanning the effects on the entire grouping that trained you and your friends with, even your friend Jake Kurland. Mind probe from the one you created now connected to their devices, EEG's suggests that to protect you. That they, father's friends and fellow crewmates, they buried all of it so deeply. That until they dig deep enough to rip it out like a information hacker now."
"You're protected, but father and you buried my new computer chip and it's scattered to every program on the ship. After you created my new programming, father created 7 more information chips. And hid them in several key spots after we encountered the Paxxans. But my primary is hidden in the lab he created me, my body, in and rushed forth to every system on the ship."
"The others disengage their orders, like them asking me to put up cascade shields and locking out the turbolifts, Transporter rooms and shuttlebays. They yank the one connected to my knowledge of the medical security alert, level V. That Doctor Warner created, before he saved Captain Kawalsky, my others kick in so it gets you plenty of lead time." she said and Will smiled in relief at that news.
"Well that's a relief, that's what you been up to all that time after the Paxxans, Data, you were creating more of the chips that he created for the program?" O'Brien said smiling in shock and he nodded with a gentle smile. "I did, we both knew sooner or later this was going to happen, so I furthered his research and created more. Just in case she ordered her crew mates, the ones that possessed the engineering team, you and the sextet."
"To yank the original, but he never told you where he hid it back, but the others were scattered through the entire engineering department. And one was hidden in his console serving as the basis for Charlie, by typing in his access codes on Wesley's terminal. But he activated the programming and it was hidden in code for himself now. So he could read it, but they can't." he said and Picard shook his head as he started laughing then.
"Nice touch boys, but twice on 2 occasions the ones having to do the job for us is my third in command and my prize pupil here." he said with a chuckle and Wesley smiled as he answered him. "Better make that 3 Sir, number 2, that was after he and I solved the problem of Lore at the time, but the virus, Lore and now this. But we're good at this, I'm just a human version of Data here." he said and Picard nodded smiling to that gently.
Watching him as he refocused he stood up, but just as he did it, several jolts of pain shot through him as he fell to his knees. "No what, what's happening to me!" he said through clenched teeth as he fell against the desk. And as quickly as it started, the pained stopped as he straightened up. "No I don't time for this." he thought out loud as he grabbed a computer chip and downloaded all the information he gained then.
"Data, I have to get this to Data and get him up and running." he thought then, though as he did it a second spasm hit him then, the pain even worse this time. 'No not now, please, I don't have time for this.' he thought clutching his stomach. 'Stop, make it stop."he said quietly out loud as a third jolt him him then. 'No I stopped taking them, not now!' they heard as he fell into the wall, before the pain gave out.
'I have to get to Data, before that happens again.' he thought quickly then as he got up. "Data, you're the science and medical officer I have to get this to him, now!" he said shaking as checked his complexion in the bathroom on the side of her office and nodded as they sighed. "Well if you wanted us to fight the programming, you just did it, because we haven't seen you looking since the knack at the moment here."
"But whatever was causing those spasms and it's not caffeine or just plain drugs, we have to look further into it now." Will said with a gentle sigh at that. "I'm looking like someone who's suffering a high grade fever or just on the withdrawal and rebound from narcotics." he thought out loud weakly as he quickly left the room at that. "Alright, I'm passed detection, I have to get into the med lab now."
"I have to get Data back on line, we have to stop these things from getting off the ship now." he thought as he got to work, as, after 15 minutes he had his best friend back on line and 10 minutes later he woke up as he sat up and refocused. "Data the entire ship has been taken over by the K'tarians." he said and Data nodded. "What are the symptoms to this device exactly?" he asked and then saw it then.
"And..., what's wrong Wes, you look like someone hurt you emotionally?" he asked and he sighed. "Long story right now, but knowing and seeing you back to full capacity is a god send right now. Having you back, I'm not alone anymore when dealing with it." he said and Pulaski nodded to that. "And you're just waiting out the clock till you got me back now too, you need me now." she said and he noddded to her gently at that.
"Still do Doctor, you and Deanna saw me at the hardest portions of my training after you arrived, but both of you together. That's enough I can keep this up until we're reunited with each other now finally, but next to my mother, you're my favorite doctor." he said and she smiled at that gently. "Year two certainly made a difference, you needed me with your mother compromised, but this helps now." she said and he nodded to her, smiling.
"Hold it, Lal maintain sickbay observation room, keep up cascade field and enact empathy protection shields." he said and the computer beeped as everything flashed red and blue and Data nodded. "Why did they deactivate me exactly?" he asked and Wesley explained that. "To prevent you from getting me the truth before they got to everyone on the ship, but it started in a vast line of contamination."
"The entire team is compromised, not just the trio, but the entire sextet, O'Brien, Bates and the others, they all got hijacked. It's Etana, though I don't know her last name, but she got to the entire ship. Robin and I are the only ones who haven't been compromised yet." he told him and he nodded as he finished with a sigh. "What did you do for your plan." Data asked him and he explained it.
"We yanked a bait and switch here regarding Etana, Robin pulled the sheep lead in trick to keep her attention on her, while I got you operational again. But I think that there's more than one conspiracy going on, because whoever it is he's related to, the new guard is, he looks Radue. And second there's three scenarios of the first year breaking down the door here right now."
"And those nightmare feel real right now as well too, but the issue in my case. It's repeated nightmares about you guys, to put this bluntly I'm homesick and this hag, whoever she is, just turned our entire crew into drones. And for another incursion into federation, it's Remmick, Quinn. And Walker Keel all over again, but I'm not killing anyone to prevent it from getting it off of the ship."
"But that sums it up, first Tasha, than Jaan, my capture by the Aldea and now this." he told him and he nodded with a gentle look as he went further then. "Hearing the situation I was beyond irked now at this, my cub just reactivated me. And I get the added entirety to this, did you really expect to get away with this, gentlemen, ladies. Not only did you cross the people you shouldn't have right now at the time that day."
"You crossed me as well, and this was the third of three missions we had done together, but this time you emotionally abuse him. If you want us, everyone on the ship, ready to have your heads you got your wish right now." Data said with a stern growl and the quintet paled at that remark. "Data here's the rest of it, but my exams of the Kobayashi Maru have just started, just prior to returning home now."
"I've just been handed the real thing, no win scenario and I'm handed two choices here, shoot to kill or blow the ship. I can't do that, with over 1,135 people on board, Keiko just had her daughter barely two months ago. And we have families on board this ship, and everything I know is right here. I got the duo back, Charlie and Robin are my trio in the academy, he's my best friend."
"Robin and I just got together, but family, friends, my life, everything I know is right here on the enterprise. Five years together and to have to go through a choice like this, shoot to kill or just destroy it to protect the federation, I can't make that choice. By having you back online, I'm not alone, but I need a way to deal with this, you took this test, I..., I need a third option now."
"I rejected the first two option here, but I'm not killing our own crew mates or destroying our ship. And even number three gets me captured, so I need another option." Wesley told him and he nodded as he gripped his arm. "I understand Wes, but just calm down and relax and this is and was a test. And you were passed two options and a choice you shouldn't even be given right now."
"The quartet are going to agree when I say this, but after this situation you need to be here to recover emotionally from it. And because you're emotionally compromised now as a result, because the ship and crew in question happens to be your own and that's the cruelest thing an opponent can do right now. It's alright though Wesley, you won't have to now, you're not alone anymore."
"And there is a third option to take now and with my back to full power we can ensure that this person whoever it might be never wins at her planetary strategies now. But whoever this person is has me beyond furious now. We've known each other so long, I'm not having you destroyed emotionally just so we can prevent it from getting off the ship this is one situation that is hardest."
"In simulation, but having your crew and ship being the ship and crew in question is beyond cruel and with that. I'm making sure you don't have to make that choice right now. I'm back on full power. And we can finish this together now, but that third option is easy now, just go on stealth. In a game of stealth and wits, we've dealt with manhunts just use the one most memorable now."
"You and Captain Picard played that game together repeatedly, just turn it into the real thing and combine it with another scenario Wesley. But whatever you discovered we put it to use, regarding eliminating the addictive effects. And of these games just to seal the connection between our crew mates. And hers, but you remember our conversation last year, use the most memorable manhunt."
"And turn this into a game, as officers what game do we play." he said and Wesley thought it over and smiled. "A game of chess, of course why I didn't think of that before, alright we got into a chess game then. And it was during a previous manhunt and Roga do you suppose, he had his life signs blocked. When we got him aboard now?" he asked and Data nodded to him and Picard nodded in relief then.
"Well I'm relieved you got him to focus right now, Data, because his having a panic attack right now is dangerous, and it could lead to him getting captured right now." he said and Data nodded to him gently at that in agreement. "That works much better emotionally, but hearing this, once they're free of her influence, is going to make them furious, at what seeing this is doing to you emotionally right now."
"So much so that it's better you stay home till you're recovered from it physically and emotionally and with those words in mind now. The physical part is something I need to ascertain, because you're looking slightly ill right now." he said and finished gently. "Anything though else, you're covered in sweat Wesley?" he asked him softly and he nodded sighing as he told him the truth then.
"Massive dizzy spell earlier Data, it's not that game, I been prescribed caffeine pills that I stopped three months ago. But I just got hit by a jolt or two a bit ago, it's the pained jolt of going into withdrawal. It's like the toxins are still in my body right now." he said and Data nodded as he carefully looked him over at that remark as his tone going concerned then gently at that as he said it to him sternly.
"Anything else you need to tell me right now regarding that, because though whatever was in those pills is not normal caffeine. But something else that could lead to a difficulty right now regarding that. And secondly now, if this was a set up, and this conpspiracy has two pieces to it. The second ended up at the academy and the third is here on the ship, which could make it worse."
"Because though you stopped taking the drug, you're looking like you were after Jaan, you're running a temperature too?" he asked him and he sighed as he wiped the sweat off his brow then. "I'm not entirely sure Data, but if it's part of the K'tarians plan. And the subterfuge for my arrest, so they can get to me next, if they got to Robin, than its going condition three, medical alert at the moment."
"However Medical topics we can go into later, but to be frank I was in much better shape when I was home at the moment and frankly. This just made it even worse, I lost four months of rest because I keep dreaming about you guys. And those jolts hit me three times in mom's office, whoever is involved in this is setting me up to become the lead character in that storyline Heinlein's book."
'The Puppet Masters'." he told him and he nodded as his eyes narrowed at the news as he scanned him and his eyes firmed. "Slight fever, stomach pains, dilated pupils, irregular heartbeat, your body is reacting now. And like its on a narcotic withdrawal right now, Wes, and you're correct. We don't have time for this if the security of the federation is at stake right now." he said to hm and he nodded.
"They see me looking like this it's going medical alert, condition III Data, just for a viable reason. Just to arrest me now, because the side effects of going into withdrawal. Those side effects having you looking so feverish that you're looking like suffering delirium from it here. In their eyes, we figure this out and we're choosing now to do this when I'm having my system acting up right now."
"And just before the climax of this situation, this ship is 42 decks and having a manhunt get started when I'm looking like I'm coming down with something. That this is enough of a problem in their eyes with their conditioning right now. Can you can take the edge off the pained jolts though, not to mention the headache?" he asked and Data nodded to him as he grabbed three different ampoules.
And combined them together and gave it to him. "Data since I joined my squadron, I lost key nutrients in my system I need, I think this could be a combination. And of sleep deprivation, anemia, and possibly stimulate withdrawal recovery that's causing my body to go crazy." he said to him and Data nodded as his tone went concerned as well as stern then as he answered him gently at that as he said it.
"You mean to tell me that whoever in your squadron is responsible for this. Your team leader is not paying attention to your physical health right now and neither are your room mates, the R.A., your counselor, or the nurse?" he said slowly and Wesley nodded and he nodded with a firm and stern look on his face. "Well someone is being put on report for that when I, and the others are seeing this."
"When the people currently taking care of you aren't at the moment." he said as he gave it to him as he finished that, his going beyond stern then at that. "That should suffice now, I've given you something to block the pain. And bring your fever down and an added stimulate to keep you going now. If those three things together have you looking like that and your body temperature is slightly high."
"It's enough your mother is not going to take it well, because you look like you did when we had Jaan on board. But you're correct, we figured out the whole thing and you're looking like you're ill. The quartet, once we release them, are going to see this the same way I do Wes, right after your mother left. And us in charge of looking after you, but she, Deanna, Geordi, Worf, Commander Riker."
"And the captain are going to see this the same way I am at the moment. But: you just figured this out, you're looking like you're ill at the current moment, had a spasm, and turn me back on, and you fill me on this information. And you choose now to end this, with her incapacitated right now. And you're looking like you're ill, that's not only reckless, but completely irresponsible right now."
"Wesley, why didn't you tell us that you were becoming ill when you got home exactly?" he asked him sternly and he sighed. "Like we said, he's the first to give us the riot act for this in your case, before we broke you out of it." Wesley said and the group nodded firmly to that. "I didn't have the time to, because the others were already compromised at the time." he told him and he sighed in exasperation at that.
"Well they're going to agree when I say this, but that's the last time you pull a stunt such as this and from now on you're not keeping this from us. Wes, we've gone over this time and time again, you're not feeling well you have got to tell us that, we can dispense with the lecture right now. But don't ever try this a second time, alright." he said and Wesley nodded as they refocused then gently.
As they went to working their plans as he answered him gently at that. "Well the quintet are going to agree when I say this. But after this is done with you're on light duty till further notice after. And that's not if we have unexpected company coming to visit as well. Because your mother, let alone Commander Riker and Deanna are going to kill her if this drains you completely."
"And puts you in the emergency room in Sickbay, Wesley, your body is suffering repeated dizzy spells. and because of lack of iron in your bloodstream, you get hit by one, you're going to collapse during this. And that could prove fatal if it's near a shaft entrance, so once you get into the bowels. Then you must get to a tunnel section and stay put if one hits you in the middle of this."
"We have to work this out safely so you don't have to end up in that position. Whatever else is wrong, has to do with emotions, but that's the catalyst now and this control has taken advantage of it now, before we do this at the moment. Alright tell me what you have learned regarding this, because with Captain Picard and Commander compromised, at the moment now."
"I'm now in charge." Data said and Wesley nodded to him. "We just entered the first portion of the story 'The Puppet Masters' Data, by that I mean the movie they created in 1994 of the 20th century at the time. But the storyline began with two boys inviting a couple people to look at a ship they found in the forest. It was a hive and loaded with parasitical aliens, the duo got taken as hosts."
"And started letting out of towners into a downed spaceship, the boys were hosts now, and the people start infecting everyone else in town, which is this now, the place has been turned into the town. In the story here, and Commander Riker is the first host, and he's infected the entire ship. And right after they deactivated you it starts, the comparisions are pretty clear here."
"In regarding that book, the conspiracy four years ago and the game, and as to how, the three title characters of the story were in a group of three, always a group of three, the captain, commander and Walker Keel did it together. And by dealing with the mother creature, and you, me and Robin are the third trio. But here's the problem in every situation the person that knew the most about it."
"That person was either killed or converted and they got to end the fight by subduing them. We just reached it now, in our case, now, you Robin and I knew the most about what the technology does and with that." he said and finished gently at that as he went further then. "I just spoke to Charlie Dayton as well, he's working undercover, he's helping me, but that's our ace in the hole."
"But he's going to tell you and the quintet the truth later, he and I met at the academy and we became friends, before I joined my squadron. But with him here, I'm got my own squadron with him and Robin. But to switch subjects now, the situation regarding this right now in truth of it. The connection is and was turned into a cross between the Polywater virus and the conspiracy
"Just after Tasha died, I just figured it out Data, this is the same as Remmick, Walker Keel and the conspiracy at headquarters on earth. Etana is Remmick, you're playing Walker and Robin and I are doing Captain Picard. And Commander Riker, it's happening again, two situations in one, first is its that conspiracy and the second, prior to this break through now."
"Is that the second is just after we became a crew." he said shaking feeling his exhaustion taking hold then and Data gripped his arm."To answer your unasked question, this is the same as the virus we all got, exact same symptoms now: high body temperature, excessive sweating, acting inebriated. Loss of the higher reasoning." he told him and he nodded as he answered him then gentlu.
"This headset triggers the same psychotropic effect in the body the virus did." he told him and he nodded. "Yes, I did the rest of the research, but the cure has to be worked out, if Robin got taken already I'm the last one standing." he said and Data nodded to him as his tone went firm then."This is the same as the virus we all caught?" Data asked and he nodded as he answrred him then as he went over it.
"Yeah, and this time I'm the last one standing, the entire team is compromised. I've been working on this for four days Data." he told him and he nodded. "Four days, so starting from Commander Riker, it went to Counselor Troi, your mother and started going from person to person after they deactivated me, yes alright with that in mind, we can fix it." he said as he went further at that remark.
"Alright create a diversion, I'm not accessible to the computers, I'm synthetic, not organic, it only tracks organics. So keep them occupied and I will do this." he said and Wesley nodded to him as he went over that gently then as he answered him. "We got to get the frequency correct Data, I can keep them busy, just be ready, because I get caught, before you're done I'm screwed here, as to why."
"She's trying to use me to get an incursion started at the academy, but she ordered dad to the Cleon system to get it on the Endeavor. Geordi and Deanna to starbase 67, and pass it to the vessels there. And straight to the academy in my case, though that happens now and it's spreading through the federation. Like in the book and SGC, Hathor." he said and Data nodded to him gently at that.
"Alright keep them busy as long as possible, if you have to go into the bowels of the ship, then do so, but don't let them catch you till the last minute." he said and the young man nodded as he created an added computer programme then. "How long is it going to take exactly?" he asked and he sighed. "Twenty minutes maximum, fifteen minimum." he said and Wesley nodded as he answered him.
"And instead of that much time it took over 20 hours that day when on ship this size, but it's locking out every deck and everyone not involved in the search. With us back to normal that's the easy part, but the only ones glowing reddish orange are me. And our secondary host, everyone else is back to bluish green. So here's a tip, lock out all blue signatures not involved in this search." Wesley said and the engineering crew nodded.
"That helps, everyone not involved in the search we can mark a normal blue, but the manhunt in case you get hit next, are bluish green. You're reddish orange as our host is also reddish orange. So where the site to site lands you, we lock out all decks below it and below the bridge." Porter said and Greyson nodded to that as they went on. "No kidding with you programmed, we know you way too well." Will said and they nodded.
"I can stall that long, I just have to keep them busy by jumping from section to section till I get their attention during the last 5 minutes." he said and Data nodded as he finished the program and set it to keypad as he got ready to leave as he sighed. 'I don't believe this, instead of a quiet trip home, my home gets taken over by a puppet master." he thought to himself as he finished with a sigh then.
"How do think mom, let alone the trio, are going to take this that she turned this into a live version of the exam. When we free them exactly?" he asked and Data sighed as he said it firmly. "They're going to be beyond furious that she did this to you and you in your current physical condition. And I..., Jaan, Tasha, and now us, alright that is enough of this, when the quartet hear this information."
And what you have to tell us, it's enough that they, and I, would recommend to the academy you stay home for the length of time. It takes to recover physically from whatever is causing this and you can tell us what is after I do them first." he told him and he nodded as he answered him as he told him the truth at that remark. "Mom, the captain, Commander Riker, Deanna, when they find out."
"This is enough they're going to blast her, especially in the commander's case. Data, like before, we have to do this together, you're my best friend, you, me and Geordi have been working together ever since first year, but Geordi is compromised as is the rest of your team. You took me on as a junior member of your team since then, we have to get our family free, from her."
"The ship is our home, to ensure we don't lose them and it, we have to push it to the max now." he said and finished with a sigh. "Data you think we should enact the failsafes programming finally, I inserted the chip after you hijacked the ship last year?" he asked and Data nodded to him. "Yes I do, our own people are now the threat, we have to take back control of the computer mainframe."
"So to make this last longer than necessary now, you must take charge and order your code into the computer, turn on the sentient programming. In fact whatever the duo told you, it's time to activate their orders and with that. I'm hereby giving you permission to use any means necessary, non violent. To keep them busy and once we reach the 20 minute mark activate the programming."
"And you get to work in aggravating them by playing with the computer systems. And all but the environmental controls and the life support I'm the only android on board. And lock down every direct route in case we have a friendly arriving to help out, call out the sequence of orders to get to me. And together you and I lock them out while the ship is only listening to us
"Just after that, I have the ability to mimic voices as you saw that last year, but we can do this and take advantage of that fact. She's probably got last year after you left for the academy, but not our full 3 years together. I believe if they were blocking her out or attempting to block her out from our earlier years. if they got taken this easily, it means they forgot I was capable that."
"And of voice imitations and I can use that to our advantage now, I can imitate them and advise the computer not to listen to them until they're back to normal. And while shutting down the shields he's about to implement to corral you and we have the upper advantage now. I can jack the terminal of the medical and engine room terminals in here, but we're hitting the medical department."
"And the engine room and doing the other's section by section first." Data told him and he nodded. "Voice imitations, with the sextet compromised, you over ride them and we do this together, she doesn't know you're skilled in voice imitations possibly now and if not it just makes this more fun. In fact last time it was a serious situation this time we're going to infuriate the opponent."
"And by have her moves jumped and you use the added coding, you're my best friend Data, we have to do this, than we do it together. We did this once, when Lore tried to impersonate you when I was fifteen, we do it again and we win after that." he said and Data nodded as Wesley saw a smile in his gold eyes to that. "Yes indeed, we won once because you realized he switched places with me."
"And you did exactly as you were supposed to do by coming to check on me in my again after Graves took control of me, and now it's third times the charm. Remember once you escape by whatever programme you created. It's one decoy tactic and start at the machine maintenance and we go from there, but if she doesn't know my added ability, that works in our favor."
but weakening the conditioning piece by piece is the key but have you eaten anything yet though?" he asked and Wesley sighed. "She prevented us from having dinner and I haven't had anything in an hour." he told him and Data nodded with an annoyed look. "Well I don't blame you for that look right now Data, just hearing she stopped him from getting dinner and he's running on fumes here right now."
"Is enough I'd take charge and get you the right nutrients to take the edge off, but at the moment it's setting up a back up decoy dose." Pulaski said and Beverly nodded as they watched it. "In other words that cocktail I gave you needs..., alright I have to give you a a fast jolt of nutrients now in addition to it." he said and grabbed several of the ones that were missing from his medical report and injected it into his arm.
As they watched him relax as he washed his face to clean up his appearance then as Jenson said it with a sigh. "Even doing that we knew something was wrong, because your us was fighting through the brainwashing that night. But every symptom laid itself out to us, and knowing this and you were close to having your system crash on you. As our real instincts as parents and your mentors took charge then." he said and Will nodded to that.
"No joke, just seeing you looking like this did it." he said with a low growl. "That should do it, if you're suffering a deficiency from any or all these nutrients your mother is going to be furious at this right now. That Etana prevented you from eating anything before you did this and that you're suffering spasms in your legs and other maladies in addition to it when she and the trio hear that medical report."
"Wesley or that you were pushed into this when you're clearly not up to it at the moment. They're going to neutralize her for this if you fall asleep after we're finished, but if these same symptoms I'm seeing in you right now are the same. And as when we had Jaan Devin on board the ship and the sextet are really going to be furious, as will the engine crew and Dr. Pulaski."
"If she comes to see us, but we've gone over this 100 times, when you're not feeling well, you have to us this." he said to him gently and he nodded to that gently. "You can blame her for that Data, I was hoping to come home and tell you what I was going to tell you guys, because I need a serious extension here at home. As to why, that medical report and the symptoms are the symptoms."
"And of a person going through stimulate withdrawal, of the two stimulates that are dangerous in high quantities and sleep deprivation. Said stimulates caffeine and sugar, mom hears this there's going to be hell to pay now. Because I'm in need of two things that our bodies as humans clearly need the most. and I'm not getting it, right now at the moment thanks to my team leader."
"And his girlfriend when my trio are all Starfleet born and we used to but I haven't ever since I joined the blasted squadron. And I can tell you the rest later, all in all, I'm in need of a severe sabbatical from the academy. And I need the trio and my mother back, I need you guys still." he said and Data nodded as he gripped his arm gently as Wesley finished that remark as he sighed as he said it then.
"You're right, on a normal day we try to go off on our own, but every time we try to, the duo call us back into it, we hate being his pack, we want to start our own." Sito said and Wesley smiled. "Well what do you say of joining ours, guys we started our own pack and we got 9 now, but we're Gammas now." he said and they smiled. "We're in, the Novas that fell to earth and were reborn as Gamma squadron." Josh said and they smiled then.
"Can we get them back though, you 6 are my closest adult friends, you're my family?" he asked and Data nodded to him. "We can, and I will get the cure ready, just don't stop moving Wes. I know you're exhausted, but it's time to act on what Commander Riker and Worf taught you regarding the enterprise. If Ensign Lefler got taken, you are, but you remembered enough to not get taken yet."
"And you know the routes to keep from getting detected till the last minute, use them, I'm just going to say this, but to beat her. You have to change tactics, never mind what you learned at the academy of the last century in class, you must use a different century in military tactics, and go by stealth. I know you are exhausted with working over time on this, I understand." he said to him gently as he gripped his arm as he finished that with a gentle smile.
"But like the virus, we've been in worse positions before, just don't stop moving or you're going to get caught. If you remember any other manhunts we dealt with, use them, they think they deactivated me, use that against them. Roga Danar is a good place to start here, without me, they can not find you. Just use what we learned here now, if she's pressing her influence on them."
"And she doesn't know everything, so we use that against her, just relax, focus and we will prevail my friend. Good luck." he told him and he nodded to him. "Thanks, you too, alright if it's started now I got to finish this, she's in the engine room right now, so I'm completing the mission. But if this dose crashes in the middle of it. I need a second one to keep going till the mission ends."
"Because once mom sees me like this, after this over, I'm on stand down." he said and Data nodded to him gently. "Yes, alright give me one moment." he said and got to work on the second and then passed the hypospray syringe to him and finished with the next remark. "Wes, listen to me, to keep this game going on long enough, drive up the decoy attempts, just recreate the layout he used for this."
"Non lethal force, it's going to take me 20 minutes maximum to get the palm beacon finished, just keep them occupied for as long as it takes. Her frustration, at not being able to find you, is going to go into the entire adult crew. But if I'm correct right now, though she suppressed their personalities. Everything is intact right now, so they're going on the positions that they always did."
"Just improvise, keep moving and throw in your techniques with his. And use what the duo taught you for this. It's going to work, we just make her think she's got a checkmate. Before I turn the tide in our favor, but just remember what you know of the sextet. We've been friends for five years, you know them, the sextet, better they know themselves, your mother most of all."
"But the quintet, their actions are programmed into them now, she can repress their personalities, but she can't repress their actions, not after four years, the commander is involved in 3/4's of the happenings around here. So put that to use, he's going to be involved in the search, but to her. She's not going to have them leave the computer, so they're not bothering to leave the engine room."
"That's her next fatal mistake: because if this was for real and your condition gets worse, then the four of us would be actively involved in that search. Just to find you, not just the guards, but us as well, you know that, but she doesn't. You're my friend and you, me and Geordi are a trio, we worked as one and with that in mind if you were getting worse and this shifted from the attack in town."
"And right to catching you, if you got turned into a one. We'd be the ones looking for you ourselves, because we know how you think and what happens when you're so worn out you're going on autopilot." he said to him softly and Wesley nodded in agreement to that remark. "Yeah I know that, you guys would be the ones trying to find me and, and before you joined the searc."
"And you'd get the life signs, CG protocols up and running, before you joined the search yourself. The commander, he'd be looking for me himself, to him, I'm practically his son, but the six of you raised me yourselves. Just after mom left to return to earth, we know each other so well here now at the moment. That she could never win if she tries this twice or a third time here."
"If this was a training scenario, I'd be doing this by non lethal force right now, but she just created a live one. So I'm putting everything I know regarding the crew and the ship to use now, as to that. I can delay as long as possible, but I can created a simulated run on the phasers, that's the easy part and create the type of overloading power source needed, so to make them think."
"I'd just turned into him now, I just have to get them to remember. But this game is going on further, I'm letting them think they have me, but its repeated decoy tactics, before the hide and seek and freeze tag gets started. But my recommendation is starting with sickbay first, once Pulaski arrives. if she's..., damn it I forgot, alright listen to me, Henderson, Morrison and Quinn."
"Theyare sending her here because there's a medical security alert running loose at the academy right now. Someone is writing up prescriptions by the name of every secondary CMO on our ship in the fleet and we're the latest on the list, my name as the patient and Dr. Anenzi is the victim now. With Pulaski being our previous CMO, they decided to send her as medical investigation
"And to help out later and she's going to be here in 18 hours, I'm keeping them busy just get her in here and finish the palm beacon, and start with Sickbay first. Before moving it to the engine crew next, Robin's with them right now, we have to get the duo out of the room so we can finish this. We hit the engine crew and sickbay first and we win, because these two spots."
"They are the ones that she needs to maintain control of in the crew." he told him and he nodded. "Indeed, nice strategical thinking and you are correct right now, the Commander doesn't realize you fixed me we have time now. But as I said until I'm done, keep them busy and going in circles until this is finished with now, understand." he said and Wesley nodded to his orders as he answered him.
"Dr. Pulaski is going to agree when I say this, but planting different clues of everything we we dealt with together. Just to reopen the memories that are hurting the most is the only option. With you being my lab partner and we've been working at the consoles together a long time, like we are now. Geordi, it was the act of my quick thinking in the engineering room, mom and Deanna."
"And what we were like together while I was there for her after she had Ian and I helped her deal with that. Worf: it was his ceremony, the captain: he and I were fencing and I think I reopened the memories of my father for him. But another Crusher under his command at the time. And finally Commander Riker: and that was us in the gym playing Anbo Jysutsu, so with that right now."
"But bringing back the memories and leaving these clues lying around, pieces of the past, my graduation party. And a couple other memories of the good times when I was still a kid with you. The funny memories like the Bringloidi and my going on what you guys taught me. But all in all it's breaking through to them by bringing back every good memory they had and the first is going to be."
"By using what you and the engine crew taught me, what is that to get by unseen and un-noticed. Its going getting rid of my communicator and going by stealth and from there bringing back the memory of a prior manhunt now. What are the chances of this turning into a repeat of Roga Danar when he was on board and them not realizing it right now?" he asked him and he looked at him.
And he tried to hide a smile at the amused look on his face at that as he answered him. "Very high here." Picard said bemused to that. "Extremely high right now Wes, as to that if you wish to take it like that it's going to last longer than necessary now. This game is coming up on six hours, but this keeps up and the decoy attempts are going to make it last for nine, so just keep them busy for the next hour."
"Than be careful my friend, remember, stay calm, focus and go by stealth, once you get to the last piece give off a signal to them when you do. By either the catwalks or something, but get the duo out of the engine room, because the second you do I'm going in there next. Because I'm doing the engine crew second, though if Geordi isn't with them, at the current moment."
"As he on the bridge right now." he said and Wesley nodded to him gently as he answered him as he said t. "If I can reach them now, it's by dragging up as many references to our first three years together as possible now here, and the most memorable are the following. That's the problem, with me gone they lost their drive, you guys felt like you lost your child once I left for the academy."
"But it's the parental complex when your oldest leaves the nest, they're all suffering the same syndrome here right now. That's why the quintet are acting like this, you guys helped mom raise me, if I can get to the inner them. And it's bringing back as many references to our time as a crew together back then. And it's going to start breaking through the conditioning now at the moment."
"The Bringloidi, Roga, the virus, Kyle when the commander was chosen for the position of captain on the Aries. Messing around with the computer systems, I have to keep them as busy as possible now. Just to prevent them from coming in here now. To her opinion my actions are considered reckless, and down right homicidal now to the point, but to them, as programmed, drones now
"And it's going to going for sedation by the ventilation shafts, or just lock down the cargobay that Worf tried to arrest him in at the time. But I'm setting up multiple references to those years and the Bringloidi just dragged up a perfect reference now, after they started a cooking fire in cargo hold seven. And that was enough to annoy both the captain and the commander at the time."
"Before they and Doctor Pulaski started finding these people amusing later." he told him and he nodded with an amused look on his face at the memory. "That's more than enough to annoy her, Wes. Though once their broken free of the programming. And after realizing which memories you chose for this they're all going to find it funny later, Year two was the 7 of us with your mother away."
"So just drag up a few references to that year, and a few once your mother got back. Your mother lost her focus after you left, as did the quintet, she kept staring at the picture of the nine of us on her office wall after that. I believe the pain of you leaving has hit all of them at once, to help them, you must remind them of the good memories now, so we have to being back the good memories."
"With me my memory banks are strong I'm not having a problem concentrating at the moment, but the sextet, ever since you left, they've lost their focus." he said and Wesley nodded. "In fact, it's the only chance to free them, bring back the good memories the bad, and the most painful now. To her, the memories of everything we went through together are more dangerous than phasers."
"And as because it's bringing back the parental acts, let alone she's not bothering to keep the radio off. And her from telling you her next move next, alright just keep her busy. Once you reach the halfway point, say after the 90 minute mark give them a signal to let them know the games have begun. and it's switching from chess and a scavenfer hunt and right to hide and seek."
"But them out of the room anyway you can. and I know the commander and Worf are going to be the ones coming after you. to end this next, but get them into position, we're letting her implicate herself next. And by trying it on you and I catch her in the act while doing it." he said and Wesley nodded to the orders. "Don't worry, I'm going to get them out of there, but starting now."
"And this is ending in only one way now, in our favor." he said and Data nodded to him as they looked at each other before he left the room. "God this is going too far, I have to get the others deprogrammed and fast. Thank god for my training, it worked." They heard him thinking as he took the next elevator and ended up running into Allyssa a second time then and they nodded to that response.
"Looks like thry were trying to catch me in the act here, because if she never got off the elevator. She was given orders to watch me until I got to engine room, but I wasn't letting my guard down once I got up there." Weslry said and the senior staff, Pulaski and SG-1 all nodded to him as he entered the engine room. "I think we're going to be okay. I just have one more thing to do now." he said to Robin firmly as he came in.