The Bonds Of Friends And Family TNG Season 5: The Game Aftermath I

by BazzCatgirl03

After breaking the control the K'tarian rebel Etana Lol had on the crew, they realize that the side effects of the game are not over. Deciding to look at what his future holds, the senior staff check the tv show focused on them. As seeing the truth to what the traveler had planned, Wesley decides to bring in the members of his squadron and the descendants of SG-1 and their friends.

41. 41: The Game Recap Part VI: The Manhunt

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 41: The Game Recap Part IV: Data And The Mahunt Begins Part II

"Alright from here it starts a case of our sudden extensions." Robin said and they nodded "Well this should be interesting, she wasn't expecting you to just tell her what you had planned right now." Will said and he smiled. "What's the first thing you taught me in training dad, but the best defense is a good offense. Just to throw her off right now by what I was doing as I was also looking at the added facts." he said and they all nodded.

"What are you doing?" she asked and he explained that as he kept his attention on what he was doing. "Anyone consider that the playing with us in mind games was going a little too far here now?" Daniel asked and Dayton smiled at him plafully. "Hey you wanted us to pull the least likely action to throw her off, Commander, and we did that." he said and Daniel nodded bemused as he sighed as he answered that gently.

"I did, but I didn't say to try this when your partner is not at full strength, Charlie, Robin, let alone the fact you guys are were trying the patience of the opponent. But the arguments over the radio, the practical jokes and everything else took it way too far. But 1) is going through this when one of you is not up to it. And 2) is actually exposing yourself to her by actually talking back to her drones." he said as Will finished that firmly.

"Nor did I suggest you start playing with the terminals, but the redirects, the radio games and the practical jokes were going just a little too far here." Will said in response for both of them. "Yeah well it was just another day on the job for me in this case, I did this, regarding Billy, but this time I broke my own record." Wesley said and he nodded. "Yes I know and that's the last time you pull a stunt like this in this case, pal, I'm serious."

"And stop playing with us right now." he said and Wesley smiled at him playfully. "Alright watch it pal, you keep it up and you're really going to get it." he added as he hid a smile at that as he gently rubbed the back of his head then gently. "Issues in training, keeping your students from getting too reckless, to the point. That you got to act like their father, we'd been training the boys for four years." Geordi said with a slight smile to him then.

"Have the same bond Charlie, Robin and the quartet have with us, Commander Riker, Commander La Forge?" Teal'C asked and the trio nodded. "Indeed, our bond with him and Jake is the same as Charlie and Ensign Lefler have with your quartet. It's getting situations with the boys under control before they scare us into a coronary next at the moment." Worf said for the three of them gently and the SG-1 trio nodded to him.

"At the moment it was knowing where everyone was, I knew you and Worf were in the room, dad and this was an ambush, I was preparing to throw you off. But the remark on the security tracking codes was a diversion now." Wesley said and they nodded as they heard his thoughts at that as he put his senses on alert. 'Come on guys I know you're in here, you really think I don't know this is an ambush situation, well I do.'

'Alright time for a headcount on my group, I know that the ones running the show now are the sextet, so mom, Deanna and Geordi are wth the captain. Because mom and the captain always spent a lot of time together once she returned, he's her best friend, though their personalities are suppressed at the moment. their acts of always being in group of seven are not, the routine.'

'The routine is programmed into them after five years together, nothing breaks a routine. As the acts that they've always done are now programmed into their actions are as well. Alright Geordi is usually on the bridge dealing with the computers anyway when he's not in here and the duo are running security. On the ship, as this routine is hardwired into their actions now after five years.'

'And with that, the duo are running security, and that means possible threat to security and to Etana, I'm the threat now and they have to arrest me now. Okay, Data's in the medical lab, the duo are possibly in the room with me and the quartet are on the bridge. Well if you want to go for drop attacks, let's see what you make of my next maneuver now, Etana.' They heard him think to himself.

And while hiding a smirk as he answered her question then. "I created a site to site transport programme, if things get difficult, it'll keep us one step ahead. Of them, were you able to access the security tracking codes?" he asked and then looked up at her and the quintet paled. "That was a trick, he said that to take us by surprise?" the leader said in shock and they nodded firmly to him as he answered him.

"Yeah that was a trick, it was so we could throw you off, I lead you in and he added the final touch to get you to lose control of the situation. But to us, the best defebse is a good offense and the secobd you fellmfor mine, it was game over as he does his." Robin said and the duo saw the look on her face. "Robin?" he said cautiously and she stood up. "It's your turn." she said and he felt his heart start pounding at the remark.

'Wesley realize it, they got to me too, the games have begun, get to work, we have to stall as long as possible, go get out of here, now!' they heard in a shouted voice over at him as they heard a fast response. 'Oh god, yeah I was right, she's been hit too, it's just me left, come on, come on. Wherever you guys are, just show yourselves, right now!' they heard in response as they got the answer to that.

As Will and Work walked out from both sides of the engine reactor. 'Yeah that's what I thought, it's an ambush situation, alright you want me. Come get me now Etana, the games have begun here.' They heard him thinking as as they watched him as he faked his response to them getting the drop in him then as she watched him. 'No, they got to her too, I'm the last one standing.' they heard as she said the next words.

"Play the game Wesley." she said as Will came at him as he dodged his aiming for his arm and ducked under it. As he quickly dodged him and he jumped over the computer platform and quickly ran out the door as he went down the hall to get out of the room hearing Will out to him. "Get back here!" he heard as Will called out to him and he swallowed as they heard him thinking quickly at that as he answered remark mentally.

"And that wasn't dad doing the talking, I knew that was you pal, but did you expect me to not know regarding this. That you're possessing my godfather, because attempting to get to me through everyone in the room, let alone my girlfriend, or in Hanson's case, my rival. It's only going to make me more determined to break your control on them right now." he said and they paled at that as they heard his mental remark to the duo then.

"Guys fight it, fight her, you're in a sim, come on fight it." he thought as he took off down the hall. "Computer, activate the security containment field. Deck 36, section 52!" Will said, as they were chasing him down the hall. "Yes and we forgot you were still in the system Lal, but we buried that fact. Just so they didn't yank your computer chip, no insult on you." Deanna said and they heard a beep and Spot meowed.

"Alright we're not doing that all day, so don't incourage her." Kyle said, before they heard a second beep and the cat answered with a second meow. "That's the cat/computer version of a bickering match right now and again. Lal cool it already, or you're getting turned off and we mean it, so stop that already." Will said and it ended at that as they saw the shield landed in front of Wesley as he froze to keep from running into it then.

As he stopped as they heard his next remark at that. 'No you're not catching me that fast, I have to buy Data some time to get the deprogrammer ready.' he thought as he tapped his shield. "Computer transport programme Crusher One." he snapped into his shield as he disappeared just as they came at him as they stopped as he disappeared from that spot in the hall as he landed in a transporter room three then.

After appearing on the transport pad he took of his badge to check and realized it wasn't working. 'No that was the one they gave me, before mom left and this last trip just fried it, alright screw it, without it they can't find me. Yeah go ahead try and piece together my trail Geordi, you can't find me that easily without it.' he thought as he threw it aside as he took off running down the hall and turned keft.

And he headed for the access hatch tunnels then firmly. 'Without the badge, they can't find me, I've got time now. Alright keep going now, I have to keep them as busy as possible with trying to track me down so they don't check on Data. Hurry Data I'm running out of time and they're looking for me, just stalling for time now here, but hurry it up.' he thought then, as he took off down the hall then.

'Alright that takes care of that, without my communicator they can't find me and they're now going to medical security alert to catch me. Alright the games have begun Etana, give it your best shot, I think I'll start with a game hide and seek right now during this manhunt. But you'll never catch me that easily now.' they heard as he checked out where he was as he took cover next to the door frame.

"Alright I was on Deck 36, section 25 that's engineering, where did I land exactly?" he said out loud and turned to look at the door number. "Transporter room 3, alright I'm on deck 6 now, I just have to get to other side of the deck an and right to transporter room 4 and machine maitenance. With conspiracies like this, they're going on a cover story to why'd they'd have to arrest me."

"And it's medical security alert." he said and they nodded. "I knew had maybe 15 minutes before the security medical went through. And I decided to head up on deck 10 and get to the lab then across from transporter room 4. So I could reprogram your terminal to only take my signature." he said and they nodded. "Constantly playing with the site to site transporter functions works, Wes." Picard said, smiling at his idea then.

"Though considering what I look like right now, in their opinion it's just made it even worse. I have to set my tricorder for the countdown once I get the ship systems fixed after this. Alright, here we go, the games have begun." he said softly as he left the corridor and headed for the other side of the deck. "Here we go, let's see your crew, through us, beat him when he knows every nook and cranny here."

"When on board the ship, you really think you can catch him that easily right now, cub knows everys bolt and weld on the ship. He's helped us fix those engines at least 300 times over a 3 year period and with it. It's knowing us even better then we know ourselves even when programmed, so let's test your tactical knowledge against his. And of us, the enterprise." Geordi said as the words the corridor deck 36 appeared then.

"This is Riker to Bridge, we lost Crusher, it appears he rigged a site to site transport." Will said to them with a sigh. "If I wasn't sure before, I am now, he knows he's been turned into the last one standing and we have to chase him down now. But if he tossed his communicator, it's going to be next to impossible to find him now." he said as he finished his remark as they thought it over.

"Well that's your current mistake, people, if you were wise here now you would have changed out your attempts to ambush him, but everyone in the room now. He knew you were waiting, but for an effective foothold attempt and our grandparents did this already. It's change procedures, act as though you're working and not playing, and instead of trying it like this, you should have done it a different way right now, as to why."

"It's he knew we were in the room with him, as the captain has said, when not in sickbay, Dr. Crusher, or Pulaski are with him, as is Counselor Troi. Commander Riker and I are running security on the ship, looking for threats, and when not on duty in there. Geordi is on the Bridge at his department station as for Data. He is at his terminal in the command ring with Wesley sitting next to him." Worf said and they swallowed hard at that remark.

Feeling the first pieces of parental concern start breaking through he thought over what he saw on Wesley when they locked eyes, as he felt his old self beginning to get stronger and breaking through the conditioning. As it was then that he felt his concern and love for the younger man start growing. "That's around the time I was beginning to break out of it now, so I'm guessing here, but once the drug started wearing off at the moment."

"Then the mind control went with it and like him the withdrawal was needed to break us out of it, but they were all to wired to quit. And we had 2 attacks that night, another from Derek, ours was amphetamines or just repeated doses of adrenaline." he said and the seven nodded as they heard it. 'That's the first time he's locked gazes with me since he got back, like he's trying to force his way to the inner me now."

"Right now, the me that he knows right now.' he thought as he pursued that thought quickly. 'That's no normal reaction at the moment something's wrong here right now. He's soaked in sweat, his eyes are glazed in exhaustion and a possible fever. Kid what's going on with you right now, don't, don't do this. We don't need this turning in a hunt down, come on, just give up and quit.'

"Wesley don't try it now, you're in no condition for this right now.' he thought to himself as he looked at Worf and said his thoughts then."You get a good look at him, he's soaked in sweat." he asked and Worf nodded. "That's not from the fear, something else is wrong here, I saw the fevered and exhausted look to his eyes. He's either hallucinating for real, or he's delirious, drugged hallucination."

"Or some other problem, we have to end this, before he gets hurt here, fhis is getting ridiculous, right now at the moment." he said and Will nodded to that in agreement as he went further. "I'm looking at being one of two things here: he's experiencing the pain of withdrawal from whatever he took it while at the academy or two is that something happened there and his system crashed."

"And he's running on fumes here, but either way he's in no condition for this right now. But if he took a drug cocktail to keep going that cocktail is not going to last long." Worf added to him and he nodded as he felt his concern surge at that. "Damn it, if he's sick and he's pushing himself into a collapse just to escape capture here, and he's getting worse by the minute, he's going to collapse."

"And if he keeps this up, I don't believe this, his systems are acting up and they choose now to pull these stunts. But that's not only reckless, but completely irresponsible right now. Are you out of your mind kid, what the hell are you thinking right now here." he said in concerned exasperation as he sighed as he finished that remark as he figured it out and Will crossed his arms as he said it then.

"If I was myself I'd be beyond annoyed right now about this, but you cub, I'm not having you push yourself this hard, starting now, but with you still recovering. The father in me took total control now, regarding you buddy, and trust me you're not pulling this twice. It may have been two weeks, but I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop right now." he said and Wesley nodded as he rubbed his back protectively as they watched it then.

"He probably just came from sickbay, hit himself up with a dose of painkillers and fever reducers. As well as a dose of epinephrine to keep going, but that dose of adrenaline isn't going to last long here. Damn it, his systems are acting up and they choose now to pull these stunts in evading detection. And till the last minute here, and he's looking like he's driven himself into the ground."

"And he was sick when doing it as well just what the hell is he thinking right now, turning this into a manhunt inside the ship with him in this condition, 42 decks, it's going to take hours to find him, if he had tossed it. Kid, don't try it, son you're only going to make yourself worse." he said concerned at that. " That's the latest, not reading my mind to know what it is." Will said to his parasite then sternly.

"We don't need this turning into manhunt inside the ship right now, come on, just pull it over already son!" he said in shocked disbelief as he realized it and they looked at each other."Whatever it is he's not getting away that easily, we have to trace his trail." Worf said and he nodded as they headed for the engine room. "La Forge, you better go with your idea now, because he's drenched in sweat."

"It's more than we're expecting right now, he's either hallucinating or his body is acting up, medical alert, condition three. And it's because he's just slammed himself into the wall physically here, and he's getting worse by the minute." he told him as they left and headed back to the engine room then. As Worf finished saying this, that same thought shot through the bridge crew as Geordi turned to the trio then.

"And that's mistake number 9) you want to get passed detection in a conspiracy, if you're trying to take a federation starship. Then act like we normally do with each other, we call each other by name, aside from us to the captain, Beverly calls him by name. But Wes went by the nickname version to his full name with us, while all the officers. And from ensign to my and Dave's rank call each other by name as do us senior staff crew now."

"And at times we went by nicknames with each other, for example, the guys from engineering to science and medical, even security, call her, Beverly. And by the nickname of Bev, Commander Jenson went by Dave with all of us. And the security teams, first and second in command went by first names with us to, right Derek?" Will said and Greyson smiled. "That's right Sir, Will." he said and they swallowed hard at that remark then.

"La Forge you better go with your idea now, because he's drenched in sweat, it's more than we're expecting right now. He's either hallucinating or his body is acting up, medical alert, condition three. And it's because he's just slammed himself into the wall physically and he's getting worse by the minute!" They heard Will say over the radio and Geordi's eyes narrowed at that information.

"Aw crap, that can only mean he's suffering the side effects of some sort of drug or he's running a fever." he said under his breath as he turned and looked at the trio as he called out. "Sir we have a medical alert, condition three here. Something's wrong, Crusher has his system acting up right now!" he called out and the trio stood up at that in shock at that news. "What!" Picard repeated in shock to that then.

An Beverly answered that question and they nodded. "Whatever was going on just before he returned to the ship just added another problem to his capture, but going by the way he said that he was... He ended up in sickbay to lessen the symptoms. Whatever's wrong is enough he needs medical attention. But with his knowing her plans, he's decided he's not getting taken at all now."

"And not without a fight." Beverly said and he nodded as Geordi looked at them from his position."Why the hell didn't he tell us when he got back?" she asked and Picard sighed. "Because we were either already compromised or about to become compromised and he was telling her while telling us this." Geordi told her and she nodded as she answered him then gently at that remark then.

"Yes and it's making sure he doesn't make himself worse right now, it's switched from normal arrest. To emergency medical, I'm calling the shots now in this, Captain, from here it's my arena now." she said and he and Geordi nodded as he said it to Picard. "If she bothered to read our minds and look at the symptoms she'd know to block off access to anything that could give you a recharge."

"And if she was smart she could have have blocked off their quarters or ours and deactivated her programming, but no, she never understood human ways. But at the moment, she's clearly not smart enough to beat us humans right now. Especially not a quartet of teenagers and android one." Beverly said to him and he nodded to that. "Yeah and the complete screw up is using each others surnames, but thats another one."

"I mean you call each other by name, but she's desperate to get everyone on the ship, and it's doing it like this, the desperation to capture the only person. The only person capable of arresting her and freeing the entire ship right now." he said and they nodded to that, as they exchanged looks he quickly said it to them. "Sir medical alert, as if we had an escaped patient running from Sickbay and he's hallucinating."

"His fear of us is going to reach dangerous levels, never mind weapons, we have to take him down, before his fear and paranoia causes him to try something we'd never allow before." Geordi said as he called out to the trio and they nodded as the Picard snapped out a sequence of orders at that remark. "As if that's not enough right now Commander Riker said he's drenched in sweat right now."

"High body temperature, he must have come from sickbay right now and took a painkiller, epinephrine and fever reducer, just before we caught him in the act." he added to him then and they nodded. "Medical alert La Forge?" Beverly asked and he nodded as he answered her then gently at the question. "Yes, my suggestion to him was acting on the notion he's hallucinating, and it's now past that."

"Something else is wrong, we have to arrest him, before he does more damage to his body than he needs to right now. Medical security alert, condition three, Sir." he said and Picard nodded to that. "You got to be kidding, he's dodged detection twice and suddenly has his system acting up right now and he chooses now to pull this stunt?!" The conn on the right said in shocked disbelief

And Geordi nodded to him and the conn on the left sighed at that the second answered him in shock. "I don't believe these kids, I saw the outburst in ten forward, but this is getting ridiculous, are they out of their minds right now. I mean, they just figured it out and he's got his system acting up right now. and they choose now to pull this stunt, just what the hell are they thinking right now."

"Are they out of the minds here?!" The conn officer at the control console said in shocked disbelief then as he sighed as Beverly answered him. "I'm not sure, but if we don't catch him now, he's going to only going to make himself worse, we have to end this now!" Beverly said and Picard nodded in agreement to that remark. 'Aw crap, his system is acting up right now and they choose now to do this."

"This boy is pushing himself into a collapse, because he knows he's the last one standing right now. Alright we have to end quickly, before he gets hurt here. God young man, we don't need this turning into a man hunt, that's enough already. If you're really sick or becoming ill, you're only going to make yourself worse right now, by making this choice.' Picard heard his mental voice say at that.

"Well if this was for real in our case and in this kind of situation it we're really taking charge here. But letting him out of our sight is not going to happen now in this case." Geordi said firmly, as he quickly hit his communicator as he asked the question the four of them needed to know. "Commander Riker, you get a good look at him, what's the prognosis here?" Picard asked and the other man quickly answered him.

"His face is drenched in sweat right now and when we got a look at his eyes, they had a fevered and exhausted look to them. Whatever was going on at the academy prior to this might have something to do with that, but all in all it's clear he's slammed himself into the wall. But he's not going to give up till every ounce of energy is drained or he accidentally cripples himself here."

"But I think he went to sickbay and hit himself up with a dose of painkillers, fever reducer and a jolt of epinephrine to make it till whatever plan he has is implemented here. But that adrenaline dose isn't going to last long and by the time it wears off its going to cause him to collapse. And that's not if he got a secondary syringe pod to keep going till this is over either."

"He's in no condition for pulling stunts like this right now, Sir. Whatever was going on at the academy when he was there has something to do with his body acting up right now. But if we don't end this now, he's ending up in the emergency room, if he collapses in the middle of this, we have to end this now. La Forge, activate the thermal heating scanner. His temperature is high enough that it's going to pick up on it." Will said and he nodded as he called out.

'Alright time to switch from basic arrest and straight to medical security arrest, before he lands himself in the emergency room here. God young man, don't make us do this, just calm down and give up now.' he thought as he called out the orders then gently at that. "Security alert, condition three, Computer, lockdown all transporter rooms and shuttlebays." he called out as Geordi answered him, at that.

As his tone loaded with annoyance, before Picard held up his hand to forestall him as he called out the next sequence of orders. "To her it's matter of chasing you down and her not knowing what the hell is wrong with you. Because the K'tarians are not bothering to read our minds, to know what these symptoms mean right now at the moment here." Will said in annoyance and Picard nodded in agreement as they watched this portion.

As they saw Picard call out the next order then firmly. "La Forge lock down every floor from here to deck 42 we have to prevent him from moving further up. Because if he's suffering a case of delirium or some gave him any type of drug, he's a danger to himself right now, with the fear and paranoia hitting this hard." he said and Geordi nodded as she gestured to herself and he nodded as he got it.

"Attention all security teams, medical security alert, repeat this is a medical security alert, Wesley Crusher is to be apprehended. All phasers are to be put up, repeat, no weapons, your orders are to catch him and bring him to the bridge. Ensign Crusher is a danger to himself right now, you find him, restrain him, if you find his communicator tell me, but it's taking it deck by deck."

"To find him." Beverly said sharply into the radio as she finished it then. "All security teams longer than one year I want you involved in the search, Lieutenant Greyson, you're in charge. As all of you were involved in his training, it's likely tracing back his training course. But all of you keep an eye out, if you get any indication of his hanging around see if you can get him to end this, if not."

"And if he starts turning violent, arrest him and bring him to the bridge." she said and Picard finished her orders then. "This next remark is not going to work right now, you already know us way too well to know what the plan is here. So with that, why bother with running around the hallways here." O'Brien said bemused to that. "Crusher is suffering paranoia, I want all security teams to sweep every deck for him."

"But no phasers, he's a danger to himself, once you cross him, bring him to the bridge." he said and she quickly thought it over as she did hers next. "And does she really think you're going to walk right in there, when all of us are compromised. I mean seriously, you're not that reckless and we had this conversation last year." Anenzi said with a bemused smile on his face at the K'tarian medic giving out orders to sickbay.

"Attention, all medical personnel in sickbay be on the look out for Ensign Crusher. He's taken a dose cocktail of painkillers, fever reducers and epinephrine. However that dose isn't going to last long, and he's going to need a booster to keep going, so he's going to have to come in there. Sooner or later, once he does, arrest him, because he's either hallucinating for real."

"Or the paranoia has reached dangerous levels, and he's a danger to himself, so again, he comes back in there restrain him and hold him there." she said and she got ten affirmatives as Picard looked at Geordi then. "Any luck Mr. La Forge?" he asked and he shook his head. "Not yet, I'm checking every route he could have taken, but I'm getting nothing here, but he knows us way too well."

"And vice versa, Sir." he said and finished. "I can't track him Sir, it appears he done something to the internal security sensors. I'll try to bypass his subcommands." he said as he worked and smiled in relief as he said it to him. 'God kiddo, what are you thinking right now.' he thought as he said it to Picard. "I don't know why bother with using the terminals to find you, once you activate the program."

"It's game over, because with Kate here, it's continued jumping from deck to deck until we heard that clang and don't ever do that again. You keep this up and none of us are making it to our next birthday right now." Michaels said with a bemused smile. "And speaking of which we need to see this to see what happened in there. And when you landed on it, because you never bent your knees to cushion the impact of the landing."

"As well as the latest seizure that Charlie told us about at the time in there, you landed on it and then the latest jolt hit you. Though at the rate this is going and again stay out of the Jeffries tubes tunnel shaft son, because once was enough. But she tries to retrace your steps that's not going to work right now. With us knowing you way too well when you're running on autopilot." Greyson said and he nodded as he added that to it then.

"Hold on, I'm picking up a piece of his trail, there's was activity in transporter room 3, that would put him somewhere on deck six." he told him and he nodded. "Seal off deck six, activate security fields twenty three through twenty nine." he said to him then and he nodded to him. "Aye Sir!" He said as he activated the fields as they waited as they saw the words Deck 6, section 25 appear as he was running then.

And after dodging several security teams and setting up a decoy tactic Wesley stopped again as he found another shield as he nearly ran right into it as he looked around the corner. 'Uh huh, they're trying to corral me, if they switched this around. Than it's they're going on a medical alert, they're trying to arrest me. By making it seem like I'm the irrational one and my paranoia has gotten out of hand.'

'Well if that's their plan, it's not going to work, I've got to delay as long as possible and with that in mind, sure you know everything about me. But to keep from getting taken its risking an injury or two to insure this conspiracy never gets off our ship. I've lived on this ship four years and I've been through the bowels of this ship it's not going to work you guys, you know me well."

"But she doesn't, so let's test that, Captain four years together, you really think I don't know my way around the security procedures. I've been working our computer mainframe since I was fifteen. To repeat your remark Worf, I know the procedures, so why bother with staying in the open and go to public areas. Once I do this situation, its the Jeffries tubes after that, but again right now."

"She's got all of you acting like you're drunk, Captain, but it's not enough to remember these things, and you and the quintet know me better than this. I'm not going down without a fight, so what else exactly. Give it your best shot, lady, you're possesseing my commander I know that, but the games have begun now?' he said to him gently as he blasted the shield then smiled as he said it quietly.

'Wait that's it, toss my communicator, transport to deck 6. So I keep them guessing..., of course, Roga Danar, that's perfect, he tried an escape attempt and pulled it off. So I just do what he did here, first was the armed Phaser in the turbolift, but turbolift shut down and I change that one. Unless I, oh yes, the intars on maximum, perfect, right now." he said and smiled as he got to work.

'You obviously never read up on earth back history but we created weapons for training mode. I just got to restruct a couple of phasers for that and the games in training have begun right now. As for Roga, with Worf downstairs and you disabled Data, there's two changes in the name, but still the same. Yes okay, that hall Pearson was in was blocked off and I'm in the same one he was now."

"Time to take it to the max, I just reverse his way of doing it till I get them out of the engine room, reverse the sequence. Phaser in the hallways, in the terminal boxes, use of the Jeffries Tubes tunnel system, you have to remember these things. You taught me this yourself: If someone isn't wearing a communicator you lose track of them, you can't find your quarry now."

"When in the jeffries tubes if they get into the Jeffries Tube tunnels because their shielded. And starting now this is being turned into a chess game Captain, you played me so many times you ought to know my moves, well let's test that now Sir. Sirs here's your problem with her forcing will on you now, but if you can't remember every scenario, you're never going to win

"And against a tactician here, so if you forgot how we dealt with a trained soldier, than you're forgetting a few crucial details in this situation.' he said as he looked around the corridor, before looking around the corner a second time he smiled as he thought it. 'And it's that he was dodging multiple guards till he got the ship. You're checking the main floors, but the Jeffries Tube tunnels are shielded."

"And you'll never find me till the last minute. Or did you forget this one in Sun Tzu's teaching strategies when you told me that first one Sir, dad, 'He who knows when he can fight and when he can not, will be victorious. And I will, this is no longer a wargame training exercise, but a chess game lady. You're playing me, and through my people, my crew, but as you made the first move on me."

"And I jumped three steps ahead of you so let's keep it up, shall we, if you want to know just follow the scavenger hunt. And if you're really a skilled tactician Etana, then you should know what game you're playing here. Because the captain invited me to play chess against him repeatedly up to when I left.' he thought as he set his phaser up on the railing and had it pointing at the shield.

"I never considered adding the intars to the situation, because if we had, the maximum is enough to knock you unconscious anyway. But why need weapons when you can use your mind right now, keep going, what next." Guinan said as she started laughing as she walked into the room in time to hear that remark. "A skilled tactician knows his opponent so well you should know my moves by the way I'm setting them up."

"If you don't than you're going to fail in this game, you made one mistake by disabling Data. Without him you can't find me, let's see what you make of my next move, you made the first move. And I reciprocated, so let's see what you make of this move, because this game is coming up on 90 minutes. Of moves and counter moves and it's just getting started." he said smiling, bemused at that.

"'Because he will triumph who knows when to fight, and when not to fight'. I will not fight you like that, by making me destroy my home or killing my friend and family. So let's go about it a different way, shall we. And hears the next one. 'Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.'. I know you so well Sirs, that you can't beat me.."

"And when it comes to this, you taught me yourself." he said smiling softly as he finished the remark. "Captain, 5 years, I know you so well, it's you've taught me plenty, the teaching strategies are one thing, but remembering which quotes are the key now. This chess game is going to continue till you concede and give up, Etana.' he said smiling coldly as he activated his phaser, set it on maximum.

And set it on the railing as he left that spot and headed for the turbo lift that was directly across from where he was then. "Nice decoy there, a phaser can't cut through a cascade terminal in the hallway, not when it's a security shield right now. Her engineer was obviously trying to figure out why you did that, but you know the ship better then she does." Bates said to him smiling at that as they listened to him gently at that remark.

'God kiddo, why didn't you tell us this exactly, what are you thinking right now, you're in no condition for this Wesley. Come on just give up, come on now.' Geordi said with a sigh to him gently as he kept scanning for him as, not noticing the way Charlie Dayton was sitting as he worked at Wesley's console. He didn't see the hidden smirk on his face because he and the trio were busy with the search then.

Scanning the area around where he set up the shields, Geordi saw a sudden power burst in flunctuations and smiled in relief as he thought it to himself. 'Finally, he's on deck six, but we get there answer to where finally. Alright, so there you are, alright Wesley, enough of this, just stop, before you make yourself worse. Come on now, just give it up.' he thought to him as he turned around and called out to Picard.

"We got him Sir, he's at section twenty five. Looks like he's trying to cut through the energy field with a phaser." Geordi said and he nodded to that news in relief. "Security proceed to deck 6, section twenty five!" Picard called out and they heard the guard answer him. "On our way." he said to him as they waited patiently. After setting up his decoy attempt Wesley left, looking at the direction, he nodded.

"There's the hall we arrested Danar at, nice touch the transporter on the left and transporter function on the right. Give it 20 hours and we know what happened there, so here we go." Perkin said smiling as they waited for it. "That hall leads to a second turbolift, so that must mean..." he started to say and headed for the elevator, before seeing the light come on and he hid in the alcove just as a security patrol walked out.

As he looked straight into the room he was in and nodded. 'I'm in equipment maintenance across from transporter room 4 here, yeah okay that works. That's what I thought, they unknowlingly drove me into a repeat. And they don't even realize it here.' he thought as he boosted the field as he thought it over then. 'I'm in the same hall as the corridor and hall that they dealt with Roga that day.'

'Roga you're lucky you had that life signs inhibitor chip implanted, because it just gave me an idea earlier.' he thought to himself and as he heard the duo talking as he listened carefully. 'If I know O'Brien he's waiting in the transport room, and these two come out the door just as I arrive. No I need close to three hours to give him time to work now.' he said to himself as he heard a more neutral tone.

And in Robertson's voice at that. "Right of course, her security guys possessed the 20 of us, but only six can get close enough to calm you down. I'm the latest recruit before Macgregor arrived, but I don't know know you the way the quintet do." Robertson said and he nodded. "Which of us just arrived at that intersection, because like I said I've been involved in his training since he was 15?" Greyson asked and he sighed at that.

"It's me and Wilcox, Derek as a result I didn't realize he was watching right around the corner there." he told him and the sextet nodded firmly to the news, as they heard Wesley's remark then as he waited for it. "'Tactic swap and that phaser is on maximum, but let's see if you guys get the message. That I'm trying to telling you now, you two.' they heard him thinking gently as they heard Robertson's voice.

'Because if you chose the ones who know me this well, and are trying to test the path I took last year. You're in for a very nasty surprise, because it's not going to work, rule one if the enemy thinks they have you, switch tactics and you're never going to get caught. You got my tactics from last year out of their minds, well that's not enough to catch me now, Etana.' they heard him think with a smirk.

As he listened to the two guards then. "You check left." he heard as he waited for them to find it then. "Lal double sided we need to see what's going on at the intersection right now." Bates said and it appeared a minute later. "You have got to be kidding here!" Wilcox said in shocked exasperation, as they saw Wesley as he was looking around the corner he saw the duo found his decoy tactic as the second officer turned off his phaser.

"Found his phaser Sir, it appeared he was trying to cut through the shield." Robertson said and they watched him as he smirked at that as he answered that mentally then as they heard Will at that. "Yes, alright keep looking for him, but once you find him, arrest him. and bring him to the bridge, his system is either crashing. Or has crashed, and he's either delirious or too paranoid to think straight."

"He needs medical attention." he heard from Will then and nodded to that. "Well if that's not enough to annoy these guys, nothing ever is right now." Daniel said smiling in satisfaction. "That's what I thought, they turned this into a medical security alert right now, just another page in the handbook for an attempted conspiracy, but I'm the one thinking straight right now, you're the one not thinking clearly.'

'Guys look around you, does this feel familiar in what it did before, look around you, if you were here at the time.' he thought to the duo, as he waited then, before he saw two more join them group as they went into a huddle as the leader of the second team said it firmly. "Here we come, well that's your pocket phaser, but the charge is just as dangerous, but come on, really, why use weapons when you can use your mind."

"You don't want us pushing you into killing us by accident, why else would you toss it, the only games being used here. Is and were a scavenger hunt, Chess, Strategema, Poker, Tag and Hide and Seek, so why bother with weapons. She wants to play games against you kids, she should learn some of the game we had 400 years ago." Perkin said smiling as they watched themselves arrive at the scene then as Greyson said it to him.

"What's the setting on that phaser exactly if he was trying to cut through that shield, because it takes a massive amount of power to cut through cascade fields. And his training was compiled to that last year?" Greyson asked and the second guard explained that to him as he answered that as the quartet exchanged looks. "It's at maximum stun right now, I'd say, he pushed it up to this level."

"Just to get our attention and then took off." Wilcox said and Greyson at that explanation. "Are you kidding me Wilcox, at that level it's enough to knock someone into a coma." Perkins said in shock and Greyson finished that remark. As thry heard a second remark then from Wesley. 'Wait a second, Greyson was the leader of one team, Bates the leader of a second, Porter the leader of the third."

"Okay, so this must be the new guy and his team mate, if he got added to the crew at nearly the same time as that security guard did. But the duo are both in their mid to late 40's and Porter just in his early 40's now, and these two look like they're thirty. So new guys, in the case of the other duo but the next, who are you guys.' They heard Wesley thinking to himself as he heard from Greyson then.

"Yeah right pal, like he's really going to listen to us when you're speaking to him in our voices, it doesn't work like that, we know cub way too well. We gave specific orders not to listen us if you turned us into hosts and he's going to take his order. And to the max, but go ahead and try it." Greyson said as he crossed his arms as they waited for it. "Setting it that high, if he rigged the battery is enough to cause an overload."

"But if we had company in the halls. But that would knock them unconscious, had you not deactivated it, but that's not an accident. In fact he's warning us to back off, but you two don't know him in the way we do and with that in mind you better back off right now, and let me see if I can talk him down right now." He said as he finished with a gentle sigh as he turned to look behind him to check.

"God kid, what are trying to do here exactly right now, are you trying to knock someone unconscious here right now at the moment. Come on, you're not thinking straight if you pulled this. Just give it up, we don't need this turning that violent son, just calm down and pull it over now." they heard him say gently. "Actually he was and he's staying in hiding until it's safe to come out right now."

"But that's never going to work, that pine cone falling on top of me was just to get me into thinking to look up. As he was hiding in the tree where I can't see him, whatsoever, but no matter what you say. We told him to ignore us if something like this ever happened now." Greyson said in response to that. "Alright both of you get out of here, I'll take care of this, see if I can talk him down right now, he knows me."

"Because I was part of his training for the entire three years at the time, so leave this to us." Greyson said to them and they nodded and left as he watched them from around the corner. 'What do you mean I know you guys, and you were part of my training last year, the ones involved. They were Greyson, Porter, Davidson, Bates, Perkins and Watkins, who are you exactly and to answer your remark."

"That's not going to work Sir, whoever you are, I'm not the one being controlled right now. And to answer your remark, no, and I'm thinking very clearly here and you're going to have to figure out what I'm trying to tell you. If you're like the sextet than you have to figure out what I'm trying to tell you now." They heard him say in response to that as they saw him waiting for him to turn around.

"Which two are you exactly, anyone from the last ten months, since I left or a member from the ones from the first four years. I didn't see your face as you came out, turn around, I need to see your faces." he whispered as he watched them as stayed put then. "What the heck is this supposed to be exactly: a manhunt or just a game of hide and seek, turning it into a war game here."

"Son come on, we did this portion of the test already and you just barely gave yourself away then?" Perkins said and he answered that smiling gently. 'Well that's another clue there, he's trying to get to me by bringing up my own memories. But it's not going to work and to answer your question, nope it's neither, more of a total recall here guys, now turn around I need to see you."

"I'm just setting up a different way to get your attention and memory to focus guys. If you're really one of the guys who were training me and I was close friends with, I need to see you.' he thought softly, smiling as he waited for him to say it then. "This was actually shoving the memory forward but I quickly buried it, just to protect you then." Greyson said and he nodded as he looked at him then as they waited.

"The phaser is on maximum stun here, and he's got it just down the hall from that turbolift. Maximum stun, just what does that say to you now?" Greyson asked him and he sighed as he answered him at that. "It's a warning and message to us now." he said to him and he nodded gently as they both turned around. As they saw Wes's eyes widen at that as they heard a shocked tone of disbelief at the maneuver.

"Ah no, it's Lieutenant Greyson and Ensign Perkins, that's what he meant, he was part of my training then and he knows me better then they do. No I'm not falling for that ploy and with that in mind right now, come on guys. You have to recognize this layout now, you walked right out of the turbolift. Transporter room four and it takes you two, the chief and the duo to arrest him."

"After you dragged him into the hall, and it's the turbolift that you were trying to prevent him from getting into. Before Worf and the commander arrived while he nearly dislocates your shoulder Perkins. Before the chief shot him in the back and you were keeping him busy. Till the duo helped you, you have to remember this.' they heard him thinking as Perkins answered his mental remark then at that.

As he looked around the corner of the door alcove then. "We did recognize it, but if she figured it out it was over between we even started. The chase has lasted barely 20 minutes, we had to make it last long enough for Kate to arrive. And Data to start hitting us one by one now." he said and Wesley nodded to him as Perkins said it. "Yeah, and with the way he's saying this by use of putting it on that high a level."

"If he wasn't thinking straight before, he is now. With the fact he's nineteen and still a cadet, to make this remark clear he's trying to tell us..., oh god, yes I get the message. He's not getting taken alive and he doesn't want to hurt anyone, but don't push him that far or he couldn't live with the guilt." he told him and he nodded as he looked around at that remark gently at that.

'Yes that's the message, don't make me shoot to kill, you guys, you have my phaser, don't make me do this, the guessing games are just beginning. But I don't want to hurt anyone, let alone you guys, you've known me since the very beginning, I'm not fighting any wargames here. I'm not letting you push me into fighting with lethal force, now please, don't make me do that, guys."

"I don't want to hurt you, so just back off.' They heard him thinking at that as he answered him then at the remark. "If that says anything he doesn't want to hurt anyone, but he will if we push him in that direction right now. But why leave it in this hall pointing in that direction, just off the corridor leading towards that turbolift, it's in a direct line of sight and we're right in front of it."

"But what's the meaning here exactly, that's the question here. What's so important about this portion of it, it's like he's trying to get us to remember where and when he left that there." he told him and he nodded as he looked around. 'Come on guys, fight her, you remember this, 4 years friendship you have to remember this, come on." They heard as Greyson answered him as he said it softly.

"Come on son, what are you thinking here, what are you trying to tell me. What's the real message, what are you trying to get us to remember?" he said softly as he shifted his gaze around them at that gently. "Whatever he's trying to get us to remember, its clear he doesn't want us to force him into a position. And of shooting to kill right now, but other than that I think if he left that there."

"As we arrived just after he did here, Sir, we must have just missed him, he's trying to tell us he doesn't want to hurt anyone, and don't force him into it. At this stage in his training, the thought of killing anyone or setting the self destruct is enough to make him sick. Damn it, we just shoved him into a real live version of an academy training exercise here." Perkins said with a sigh to that.

As he finished his remark then gently. "And one that if he was doing it at the academy is one thing, but having our ship taken over by enemy forces. It's landed on two options and he doesn't want to do either at the moment. But: shoot to kill or set the auto destruct to end this, before it gets off the ship. Etana just created a real live version of it and he's in the middle of his training."

"And that phaser is the underlying message, 'I won't be taken alive and I don't want to hurt anyone, so don't force me into it. Just back off guys.'." he told him and the greying haired man nodded. "Yep, if you were smart its a matter of stealth right now, so again, just what makes you think he's going to listen to you. When you're possessing us as though we are hosts, pal." Bates said with a stern growl at that remark.

Just as he was answering the next power blast went flying out of the room at that as a snow ball went flying from another corner of the room as they dodged it. "I thought we fixed that terminal already in here, Geordi?" he said and Wesley thought it over at that. "We did, but the system has these rooms linked right now, that snowball flew through two walls and ended up in here right now." he said as a second came flying at that.

And the cat quickly dodged it as it landed in front of her as she hid behind Charlie at that and Robin nodded. "Like any cat, she hates water right now, frozen or liquid it doesn't matter right now." Beverly said, before a basketball came rolling into the room next and she looked between his legs at that, before a billiard came rolling in after it from the third deck and she looked up at them. "Mew?" she said and they nodded as they got it at that.

"I thought you told the kittens or cats on the other side of these walls to cool it already?" Wesley asked, translating her response to that and Peter nodded bemused at that. "I did, but evidently whoever came in after them never deactivated the connection circuit. That was connecting these two scenery rooms to their's and on both sides of us girl." he said and and Spot gave an annoyed meow to that news and the engineering sextet chuckled.

"Was this what you meant, last year's test in here and the entire system gets locked together?" Ro asked and they nodded. "Who's holodeck did that come off of?" Will asked and Jake checked the ball. "Holodeck 4, looks like the system is still stuck together, but to answer your question. The survival test turned everything real on your grandparents one, guys." he said and the quartet nodded to the news at that as they refocused at that.

"Which one was it?" Anna asked and Wesley sighed. "The Barque Of Heaven, we aced the test, but first that and then bonding test after our dealing with Juno. Hey Lal get ready to remark your body so we're back togrther again." he said and they nodded to that, as Denali knocked the ball to Spot and she knocked it back to him then. "Uh oh, they're about to start playing soccer here." Daniel said smiling as they watched their cats.

"Lal block off the service on the third holodeck, we're just using two of them, but the connection is dismantled between linking the rooms together. So unlock the connector between us and the ones on both sides of these two rooms right now." Barnfield said and it ended at that remark. "Just wait till it gets worse right now at the moment, thats going to happen all the time here now." Robin said as she and 7 all started laughing at that.

As the cat moved out from behind him and started knocking the red solid ball around the room and they chuckled at that. "Bigger version of the cat toy balls they created 400 years ago, but that keeps them occupied right now." Wesley said as the next blow by Denali knocked it passed her and she chased after it then and as it rolled into the wall. And just then as they reached the next portion of the episode at the response.

Before someone walked in and saw the ball lying on the floor and went to grab it, and she touched it as she looked at them as Denalie gave a purring growl to him and rested his paws on the ball and gave two growls and purr and she meowed in agreement. "Mew, mew meow." she said and the man nodded. "You're playing soccer and you want to keep it?" he asked and they gave a growl and purr to answer him and he nodded smiling

"Alright, if you want to keep this one, okay, I can replicate another to finish my game with my friend next door, Denali, girl." he said and she mewed in relief before she pushed her head into his hand. And he ran a hand through the fur on her head and she started purring in response, before he did the same with Denali then. And as he straightened up and left the room and they exchanged smiles to that response then gently.