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.

42. 42: The Game Recap Part VII: Voice Mimic

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 42: The Game Recap Part IV: Attempted Negotiation Tactics

"No we didn't miss him, he's hanging around right now, because if any teenager is sending messages here it's they're not bothering with the reckles actions. And he's obviously not thinking straight with him leaving that in plain sight." he said and Wesley smirked. "Guess again, part of my training, as this continues, it's staying in hiding, but I know this ship better then you do." he said in response to that remark.

As they saw him quietly undo the screws on the ventilation shaft, open it and then climb in as he closed the door as quietly as possible and they nodded, "Uh huh, yeah that works, he's trying to coax you out of your hiding place now. But until it's safe to come out as the shafts have a tilted filament pointed down. We can't see you until we heard the metallic clang of you closing it." Perkins said and the rest of the guards nodded.

"Yep, distraction and diversion right now, stay put until its safe to come out, but they're trying to coax you out of your hiding place, don't fall for it right now." Greyson said and they heard his next remark that as he answered him. 'That's what you think, Etana, it's part of the game the guys, the commander and I did last year, a case of misdirection.' he thought as he heard Greyson say it, his tone gentle at that.

"If he's in ear shot, he's listening to our conversation right now. Don't move." He said and he nodded as they looked down the corridor he was in as Greyson's programmed voice said it then to him. "Alright easy son, we get the message, come on, what are you thinking here right now. we don't need this turning that violent, you're also in no condition for this, just stop already, come on."

"I know you're hearing me son, just stop already, come on." he said gently as he kept quiet and waited, as he wrapped his arms around his legs as they heard it softly. 'Wes, whatever you do, don't move, stay out of sight, it's a trap. You remember what we taught you, in situations like this, this is just another piece to a conspiracy. And by them, making it sound like you're the irrational one.'

"Just stay out of sight and keep quiet, kiddo, it's okay, just continue with what you're doing, son.' he heard Greyson's voice say to him and he nodded to the orders. 'God why did it have to be you guys, you, Bates and Porter know me best, but how much did you block out, since I left is the next question. The five of you, like the engineering team and the quintet are my family, I'm not giving you up."

"Alright enough is enough, I know what she's trying to do right now, but she's not playing by the rules. If this turned from our training game and into the real thing, she's cheating at the moment. So what's the best shot at getting passed you guys when you're programmed, because I'm not following for it. I know that's not really you, but her trying to get to me through you, Lieutensnt.'

'That's going to work right now, so keep trying I'm not surrenering and I'm staying right here till it's safe to come out.' they heard him think in response to that as he felt a slight headache building in his head. "What was that exactly?" the guard asked in shock at that and they smiled. "We told him, when compromised like this to ignore our programmed voices and instead focus on us as we are now last year."

"The first to give out those orders was the captain, then Will, Geordi, Beverly, Deanna and Worf, followed by me, Jack Bates and Eric Porter. So he followed his orders to a T, and it's me as I am now that he's listening to." he said and they sighed at that as they heard an answering response to that thought from Greyson as his voice came forward. 'Whatever you never got the chance to tell us, I understand right now kiddo.'

'But you're going to have to head for your quarters and get that recharge, if you start feeling sick to your stomach. I know you don't want to risk exposure, but you're going to have to get something to eat, by a fast recharge, after your first stop right now. Listen to me, whatever's wrong has to be treated, now, before you do anything, just turn off the alarm system in your quarters.'

'I know you're not feeling up to this, believe me, but to make sure she can't get her hands on you, you have to avoid detection. Take as much time as you need, but with every search team looking for you in the main corridors and waiting to ambush you in every public area. Use what you learned when we shifted it from simulation practice to real before you left last year, remember.'

'The Jeffries Tubes are shielded, so they, and we, can't find you that way, so just use that against her. Remember what you learned about deprogramming as well, just use that too. And make as many distractions as you can do just stay out of sight. If you have to drive up the practical jokes and guessing games, though do it, just one appearance to make it more interesting.'

'But if you start getting too tired to focus, you're going to have to reset the clock later. Remember, we discussed this on the bridge last year already, Anthony and I were involved in the conversation. But you're my favorite student and seeing some little helm jockey treating you like this. Was enough to tick me off at the time and with that in mind right now." Greyson said gently to him then.

"It's okay kiddo, I know you're trying to focus, but just relax, these scenarios have more than one choice. So just focus and concentrate, we're still here, like you thought, she's suppressing us. But to make us stronger use as many of our memories of the four years we had together as possible now. You know what you meant to the guys and me after we helped the commander in training you.'

'Well that's what's caused us to lose concentration now, I'm the one you bonded to pretty fast in the case of the security teams. But as we taught you, if the programmer dug into our memories regarding tactics, switch tactics around and you'll never get caught. I'm the one leading the entire contingent, use that against her now, you know me better than she does son, in training.'

'The one she yanked from our minds was your original testing exercise when we had it on the holodeck and it turned real before you left. So just use that against her now, she's got your training exercise route from our mind. So just alter the route and take as much time as you need right now, but just lay low. And till Data has that weapon ready at the moment, just keep it up, cub, keep it up."

'So use that against her and she's never going to win this now, you've just pulled off your escape, next was getting rid of your communicator. So what's next exactly, if you're still hanging around the halls. If you're using Danar's method without the added destruction right now while doing it exactly.' They heard in answer to that and Wesley nodded as they heard Will finish that gently.

'Its okay cub, just focus, you know us better than she does after we started this, in training. But to make this last all night and into the next morning, start doing tactics that she would never understand, and combine tactics with another time frame. This could be considered that story focused on the title characters issue of trying to stay alive with 20 others hunting her down.'

'But she's a survivalist, and knows her way around the woods just to stay alive. We did that survival training test last year when we did the same and you had us trying to find you. So you're behind enemy lines and we're blocking your path to the areas needed for you to get some rest and food, so what now exactly?' he heard Will add to him and he nodded as he answered that mentally then.

'Stay out of sight, if they want a shot I'm giving them their brief shot by doing a quick appearance. And then sticking to the tunnels and use the tunnels to come out in any of our apartments so I can get some rest and food. Yeah okay dad, Sir, I get it. But this game's not ending till I say it does.' they heard as he answered the guard's programmed voice, knowing she was trying to get him to slip up.

When in training, as they heard the answering response to that 'You're right, I'm at half strength at the moment, but until this is done, I'm not surrendering Greyson.' they heard Wesley think to himself as he heard him say it a second time gently at that gently. "Come on son, I know you're hearing me here, but you're in no condition for this type of situation, what are you thinking right now, huh."

"We get what you're trying to tell us, but just stop already now." he said again softly and he waited a bit more then. "Keep trying that's not going to work buster, Wes is not falling for that tactic. Aside from that, until you're gone and out of sight, or just another deck it's hiding in the tunnel shaft right now." Perkins said firmly to that. "I was waiting for 20 minutes till it was safe to come out then, but I was staying put in there."

"While I get to work on several things in there." Wesley said as they heard his next remark 'Alright step one, I've got to redraft the warp engines here.' he thought as he got to work as he saw the device he created after the incident with the virus and smiled. 'Geordi kept that, I can't believe it. That's it, I can use that.' he said and got work as he redid the chips, adjusted the flow and smiled as Geordi smiled at that.

Before removing his tricorder and adjusting several compensate to it then as he set the frequency as well and smiled as he said it to her mentally. "Data do you read?" he asked through the tricorder and he heard him with a smile in his tone. "Yes Wesley, are we ready?" he asked and Wesley nodded. "Yes we are, I was listening carefully to the way they talk to each other here, in year one at the moment here."

"And it's that's she's got them going by their titles with each other, our version is going by name, aside from the commander. But recently the last two years, just before I left, the quartet are now calling each other by name now. So that's another fatal mistake, she's got them going by their titles and ranks with each other as for the chief, if he forgot these things, I know him too well."

"Chief O'Brien is in Transporter room 4, I know he's waiting to ambush me right now, so could you take care of that. Because we're starting with him, choose the quartet in voice imitations, because you're the ones the computer are going to listen to most. But it's show time now, go to voice imitations, computer relays and the works, but when I tell you, we activate the programming."

"And we go from there at the moment so let's do it." he said and he heard Geordi's voice call out over the tricorder. "Your voice mimic, that's the best weapon." Picard said smiling at that idea."Chief O'Brien, I need you in the engine room to help the Commander Riker and Lieutenant Worf in the search, could you report there, please." Data said and O'Brien's voice answer him at that from across the hall.

"Yes Commander La Forge, I'm on way." he said from across the hall and he tried to keep from snickering at this as he thought it smiling. 'Well Etana, if you think you can prevent me from knowing your moves in this chess game. So you're out of luck, the first step to a well laid plan is by being a step ahead of your opponent. And I am now so give it your best shot, I'm listening to everything you say.

'And through my friends now, alright time to go to work.' they heard him say to himself as he went into the transporter room, before looking at the number on the door and nodded. "Coast is clear, Wesley your turn, take as long as you want, just get ready in case we have unexpected company coming to crash this party." Data said over the tricorder and he nodded as he tried to keep from laughing at that.

As everyone started laughing at that. "Nice one Data, if that's not acting more human nothing ever is at the moment. But I think you over did it right now with that remark, because you're just encouraging him here." Greyson said smiling at him at that he looked at him as Wesley went to check and saw the room number, they saw a smile cross his face at that. "Yep, transporter room 4, same layout, okay Etana."

"Let's see what you make of this move now." he said and activated the transporter room codes. "Security breach, transporter room four!" he heard the computer say and quickly went back the maintenance room and finished up. 'Well that should do it then, it's time to confuse the heck out of her by doing voice imitations now at the moment.' They heard gently as thry saw him looking up, smiling at that.

"Data redirect the security teams, out of the main hall, I'm running Roga's strategy. And getting into the Jeffries tubes by use of the ventilation shafts in the rooms." he said and he heard Data with a satisfied tone in his voice as he answered him then gently. "Yes Wesley, but remember that last time they could find him, because I was there. But I recommend you keep them going in circles."

"Never mind using the main halls, use the ventilation shafts and Jeffries and entry tubes to get around. But the games are just beginning, she's not bothering to check the shafts, she thinks you're going to be walking around in the open. So let's use that against her now, shall we." he said and Wesley smiled dangerously then at that as he went further and switched voices then gently.

"Wait first was me and then came..." Geordi started to say as they heard Jenson's voice come out of the android and Jenson smiled. "And then I was next, and if I was myself, I'd say this anyway, if someone was screwing around. And with transporter site to site to functions, I know the computer systems inside and out. Alright keep going, so say it in the way I would, Data." he said and Data nodded as they heard the next remark.

"How is he doing this exactly?" the leader said in shock and Picard smiled coldly at him as he answered him. "We know he has the ability to mimic us at the time, so Wesley decided to utilize every advantage we blocked out to you. Just to give him an edge, but he meant it, his training started the day of a very deadly virus. That acts like intoxication, but you only got the past year not all of them." he said and they swallowed hard at that.

"Security teams, I'm detecting a pulse in transporter room five, I think he hacked a way past the security lock out. But he's armed, so proceed there and with caution." he added, imitating David Jenson's voice over the radio and they heard the leader of the second team answer that. "Thank you Commander Jenson, we're preceding there now." he heard from Greyson then and smiled at that remark.

"Voice mimics and redirects, this game is going on for as long as it takes." he said with a satisfied smirk on his face as he got to work then. As Dayton, Robin, Jake and Lal echoed his thoughts with him, as the sextet repeated it with him at that remark. "Voice mimics and redirects, this game is going on for as long as it takes." They all said it together and the adult crew chuckled at that as they, Kate and Sito exchanged smiles

As he headed out of the shaft and opened the panel. "Data, I'm getting to work on the repairs now, and I'm going to adjust a few things here to make sure she's not going anywhere right now." he said and heard him answer gently at that remark. "Affirmative Wes, my sensors detect her ship still outside of the Enterprise. Boost the tractor beams and enforce the shields, whatever repairs are needed."

"You can do from in there, just lock the door." he said and Wesley nodded to the orders as he got to work then as Robin started laughing. "Just wait for this, we were all wondering why the system was acting like Spot when happy." O'Brien said with a smile. "Computer, which systems need repairs exactly and which ones need to be strengthened, because I'm doing them, and within machine Maintenance."

"And I need to know where the damage was regarding the attack by the Borg, and when we had the diamond on board the ship?" Data asked in Jennifer Barnfield's voice and it quickly answered him and Wesley gave a nod to the news at that gently. "My central board needs to be fixed as do my engines and shields. But if you fix those and then strengthen the output, Ensign Barnfield."

"That gives us a better chance of stopping whoever boarded me this time. And if my central sentient programming activates now or the next hour, it's going to insure whoever boarded me is never going to win now. Because I'm only listening to you and Ensign Crusher after that now too." it said and he nodded to that as he got to work as he heard him give the next order.

"Computer disable security in machine maitenance while I'm working on fixing your systems. Because Ensign Crusher is in the room with me and we've been hijacked by our alter egos. To protect him, disable the security and lock the door till we're done, and once he gives the order, only follow his order." Data said and he heard the door lock click shut as the secondary panel went red and he nodded as he started work on the engines and systems then.

"Alright time to confuse them in this, it's the bounce back effect now." he thought as he started redirecting the systems. "Let's see you get passed these repair jobs, because once I'm done, you're not getting free of our tractor beam now, Etana." he thought out loud as he redirected the systems and he heard a loud hum start as the system started purring like a kitten and Spot looked up at that and moved to him.

As she heard a gentle purring at his repairs and he chuckled at that. "Meow..." she said with a territorial growl at that and he chuckled. "It's just the kennel engine girl, it's not your rival for me, I was fixing the kennel engines. And it needed to be fixed after an adult cat blew the running engines, just after a scrimmage. And with a dangerous group of cats before daddy got you." he said and she meowed in understanding at that remark.

"Good word for it and I was beyond irritated she blew the accelerator at the time, but I'm relieved I kept your shield and your accelarator to boost the engine altitude now.." Geordi said smiling at that. "Yeah I know you're happy you're back to full power again, girl. Alright let's fix the added damage in you that Commander Shelby caused." he said in response as he started realigning the amount of damage in the systems.

"Alright that should do it. One more piece and that should take care of that." he said and finished at that remark smiling firmly at that as he worked on it as the curled up on the table. "Well that should do it, she can't get in, and whoever else is on board this ship. Can't get out now, god once they're back to normal, the sextet are going to see this as a need of extra credit right now with what I'm doing."

"Though the quintet and the engine crew are going to find this more than funny later at the moment. And it's that you're sounding like a cat that's just been taken care of by its owner later." he thought out loud to the ship with an amused smile at the purring. "Yeah that's an understatement, once we were as ourselves again, we all trying to hold it in at that response then." Goldberg said as he started laughing.

"Data we're ready, I fixed the systems that took damage last year at the time and with it added several adjustments. But altogether our little ploy here is about to get started right now, do it. We're going to games in theory Data, test what she doesn't know about me to what she does know and it's the same with you now." he said to him and into his tricorder and he heard the other man answered

And in a perfect imitation of Geordi's voice then. "Team one check the system, something up." he said in an imitation to his voice and he heard the team leader answer him. "Yes Sir, on our way." he said and, five minutes later, he heard him say it in shock as the man walked into the room with his team mate. "What the hell, sir the reason for why it sounds like this is because somebody repaired the damage."

"And to the engines and components right now. It's that the ship is acting like an oversized cat because it's happy it's been repaired now." he said in shock and he heard him answer in Picard's voice him at that remark. "Yeah nice test drive there boys, thats's a good idea." Kyle said to him smiling. "Is there any indication that Crusher is the one responsible for this?" he asked him and the Lieutenant sighed.

"No Sir, none at all, if Crusher was a certified computer genius and and mechanic that would do it, but these repair jobs are far to intricate for him to deal with." he said and he smirked at the remark as he thought it back to her. "Yeah that's what you think, my cub created his first pulse generator. And back in the high school program here on the ship, you fools, Etana." Will said as he heard that repeated.

'Yeah that's what you think, I created a pulse generator when I was in high school you fools, Etana.' They heard him think with a smirk as Data undermined that by using Geordi's voice then, before he looked at the air filter and nodded to that. "Team two, there's a power exceleration coming from machine maintenance." he heard coming from Greyson's badge and he quickly got into the exhaust tubing.

"On our way." he heard him say and he quickly pulled the grate into place as they walked into the room. "There's no one in here, it's another decoy attempt Captain." he said to him quickly and knew he nodded as he watched him look at Bates at that in exasperation then gently at that. "Great we get redirected and it's we're being lead in circles right now, one minute they want us on the search."

"And the next they have us checking out the equipment, if this was a test of strategic thinking, it's getting annoying now. Would you guys make up your minds right now, do you want us in the search or fooling around with the equipment." He heard from Ensign Watkins and he tried to keep from laughing as he knew she didn't know this skill in Data as Will said it gently smiling to him then.

"Alright Wes, pull yourself together, you hold it in and you're going to break a rib right now, I know you're finding this funny that your ploy is working this easily. But you're going to die laughing here if you can't pull yourself together." he said as the trio all broke at that as they were watching this gently. "That's your basic teenager, it's being turned around by your own people, but this is what we would do if we were our grandparents."

"At the moment what he's finding funny is the fact that Etana doesn't understand anything about us right now to the point his ploy is working." Daniel said and he nodded to him smiling at him at that. "Sir that component he just redirected is connected to the Turbolifts right now." Lieutenant Bates said quickly and Data answered that in Will's voice as he smirked as he answered him then with a bemused tone in his voice.

"If he's trying to to redirect the power relay, he's possibly trying to get to shuttle bay two, check that out. Lieutenant Greyson that power boost is over riding something, somethings up, could you check the transporters, he maybe trying to over ride the lock out in cargo hold three. Because we had a few manhunts running." Data said and he watched them nod as they exchanged looks.

"First transporter room 5 and now to the maintenance and cargo hold 3, come on guys, make up your minds here." he heard from Ensign Perkins say as they left the room and he tried to keep from laughing. "God, this is working a little too easily right now, well that's the games in theory alright, we left our knowledge. And of what you could do buried, but it's the last ten to twelve months we did leave open now, perfect."

"There's no chance of blowing the engines or breaking the tractor beam now Etana, this is going to insure that we got a massive power advantage over you, once we've got you where we want you." Will said smiling as he heard Wesley repeating that gently at that remark. 'God, this is working a little too easily right now, well that's the games in theory alright, they left their knowledge of what I could do buried."

"But it's the last ten to twelve months they did leave open, perfect. There's no chance of blowing the engines or breaking the tractor beam now Etana, this is going to insure that we got a massive power advantage over you once we've got you where we want you." he said as he got to work on a deprogrammer to Geordi's visor then and then made four or five more adjustments, before stopping.

"Alright that should do it, time to continue here now." he thought as he rerouted several systems then smiling. 'Okay, I got to create the simulator frequency for the full size phasers so I can do this now. Simulate the phasers on overload, leave it in front of the turbolift, if Pearson is down the hall from it. And then have it set to overload now, before moving into the Jeffries tube system."

"I'm dodging going there by use of the main hall, but climbing into the exhaust shaft and into the room and just keep it up till they quit now.' They heard as he got to work on the chips then and then went across the hall. 'Alright I have to get three more phasers now and finished what he did now. Evidently you don't know that machine maintenance covers a few things."

"That are not in the engineering room Etana, because if you did, you'd know where I was hiding at the moment.' he thought as he climbed down the extension shaft and started crawling down the tunnel then as he got to his next spot and grabbed four phasers then firmly at that. "Dad did you forget something here, the Turbolifts were active when you tried to arrest Roga, that would help right now.'

"But as I'm acting on Roga's strategies, before we go to the next game, how long is it going to take you guys to figure this out now. He redirected you in the way I'm about to do it." he thought to Will as he climbed down to deck 36, section 25 and checked the turbolift he was next to then as he reached it. "I didn't forget that, I was saving it in reserve for when we really needed it right now, though you get sick."

"And we will need it for real right now, if she's got you going on auto pilot and with it, it's arresting you once you have more of those spasms right now. But we know you better then you know yourself, even when programmed, pal. That's what comes from being your extended family and mentors, the fact we know you better then you know yourself." Will said as they heard Dayton's suggestion as he quoted it with his recorded self.

"Sirs, I recommend we put the Turbolifts back on line, he sees them working he may try to use them. As soon as he does, we have him." they heard Dayton and smiled. "Yes he's right, Lieutenant Evans, put the Turbolifts back online, he sees them working. He may try to use them, soon as he does, we have him, Captain." thry heard Will say in response and smiled at the remark as he thought it to himself then.

"Indeed, Lieutent Evans reactivate the Turbolifts and put them back on line." he said and nodded smiling. 'Yes do that guys, do it, like I know you better then you know yourselves, you've just fallen into the exact trap you made back then. And with that, Charlie buddy, you're sounding just like the commander, that was his idea regarding Danar at the time." he said smiling at that remark gently then.

"Alright again, don't get cocky, you push your luck too far it's going to snap, so don't over do right now and try to stay focused right now. So relax, focus and take it slow buddy, just relax, you're hiding in the tubes. And nobody is bothering to check there right now at the moment." Jenson said in response at that as they watched him. And as he arrived at the one connected to the manhunt. "Alright clue #2." Greyson said smiling to that gently.

"Turbolift five, I'm at the right one, I just have to find the access panel now. Alright, chip here, remove that, and..., okay that should do it.' he thought to himself as he stuck the first phaser into his pocket then and crawled up two floors and then quietly removed the access panel and looked down. As he saw the inside of turbolift five and dropped into it then as he smiled as he said it to firmly then.

As he removed his tricorder then. "Hey Data, did you hear that?" he asked and they heard the android answer him as thry went over it together then. "Yes Wesley I did, alright if you're driving this in the same way we did regarding Danar. Then make it look like you're about start acting like him. So you can make her as paranoid as it gets that you're turning into him right now as you do that."

"As he was turning this into a chess game, because Lieutenant Evans got added seven months ago. As did Lieutenant Davidson, Jacobs and Walters, they're all new members and Ensign Ro Laren was just added six weeks ago at the time. They don't know you the way we do, so use that against them, though I think if the group is hiding the memory of your pattern to protect you."

"And it's going to be by tomorrow, that she realizes what you're trying to tell them, but reverse the last maneuver. And that should do it here, because by then they're not going to realize you reversed the last maneuver. Rill you're already in the engine room and by then, I'm going to have the engine crew free. And from her control here, so just keep it in exact alignment with his."

"And till tomorrow morning, and then when Dr. Pulaski shows up change his last maneuver in the engine room. But the jump to transporter room 4 wasn't involved in it, and neither was the communicator, so just improvise here. Because if any of the security personnel see you you're going to get arrested, so just make a couple changes to his route." he said and Wesley nodded to the orders.

"Right, I'm going to take a different route and get into the room by the reactor tube, but she's going to think I'm coming in the front door. But Worf was the one searching for him specifically while Commander Riker was on the bridge. If they were themselves, then they'd be looking for me themselves. So I have to get them out of the engine room in the morning to do this."

"So time for the next indication, I'm in the turbolift, but haven't turned it on yet, so stand by." he said as he smiled as he crouched on the floor as he said it then, smiling. "Alright time for the turbolift tactic, computer activate the turbo lift, deck 36, section 25." he said and it got moving then as he waited for the call out. Before he heard an immediate response to that as he hid a smile then.

"Captain, unauthorized use of turbolift 5." he heard from Evans at that remark. "Whatever pattern this is, it's going in a strange direction right now." he heard from Robin at his strategy. "Like I said, with you not being here for Danar you don't understand just yet in the clues." Will said to her as he heard Picard answering remark to that, his tone relieved that they found him so fast, as he heard a bemused tone.

"Great, well he took the bait, Ensign Lefler." he heard from Dayton and hid a smile. "Lieutanant Evans, over ride its destination, and direct it to an area near Lieutanant Pearson's location." Picard said as Wesley knew he was speaking to the guard that was in range of it then as he heard it. "Exchange those names for myself and Data and you got the point right now." Worf said smiling proudly at that memory recall.

"Lieutenant Pearson, get into position, we have an unauthorized use of turbolift 5, looks like he's trying to get past you." he said and Wesley hid a smile. "Aye Sir, I'm on way there now." He said and they smiled at that. "Replace those names with Data and Worf and I have her right now. What's your problem, don't understand the now subtle pattern I'm using for this right now at the moment."

"Etana, hmm, because two of the key players are out of the picture, you just yanked their moves at the moment. The only difference in that is that Worf was leading the search teams directly in this scenario at the time. And you're not bothering to get him out of the engineering room. That's your biggest mistake, they raised me." he said under his breath smiling as the 7 exchanged smiles at that.

"Where did he learn to do this exactly?" the guard asked in shock and they smiled. "Back in the 20th century, about 20 years priors to the end of it, our predecessors. They had the aliens he compared you and Etana to, and that's 5 of them as well. But they asked to create weapons like our phasers, but in training mode to real. He created several makeshift ones off the technology they were created off of." Will said as he watched it.

"Alright remove that munitions chip, put that here and..., okay that did it, it ready." he said as he hit the power button and a faint whine started building on it as he set it on the floor before he climbed up on top of the turbolift. And climbed back out of it as he got on top of the turbolift connected to the turbolift shaft. "I'm in position, Captain." he heard and the elevator door opened up and they nodded smiling at that.

As he heard a shocked remark as he knew that the guard had found his next tactic sitting there in the turbolift. "Yeah that's what Danar did, when the lieutenant I went to arrest him, nice thinking, same floor, same maneuver. So, you're getting points by just thinking through this." Adams said to him smiling. "What the hell!, phaser on overload, seal this deck, repeat, seal this deck!" Pearson snapped out at the reaction then.

As he quickly picked it up and opened it, to deactivate the overload and Wesley heard a sigh of relief then as he listened to his remark. "It's simulated Sir, the phaser was another decoy attempt, first the phaser deck 6 section 25 and that one was on maximum stun, and this one is simulated to overload now. But this has gone passed trying to arrest him for paranoia now, it's getting worse."

"I'm seeing this as a pattern here and whatever it is, it's becoming clear now to me. Sirs, he's on deck 36, but where I have no idea, this means he's decided to pull a case of misdirection. If he's just passed the first choice, I think he's gone to the second one now though if that's the case, he's taken on the persona. And of whoever this pattern belongs to and it's gone from paranoid."

"And to downright dangerous at the moment, it's clear what he's trying now and if he's jumped one option, it's the next by activating the self destruct here. Be on the alert, he could be coming your way right now." he said and heard Picard answer that, his tone concerned at that. "Are you sure about that, Lieutenant?" he asked and he watched the man nod as he said it, as they watched the guard firmly.

As he answered him, his tone concerned as looked at the phaser carefully at the remark firmly as he said it thrn. "He's leaving these phasers on maximum or setting them to overload just to create a distraction right now. I..., I think he's heading your way into the engine room commander, be on the alert. Whatever this sequence is, the alarms went off in transporter room 4 and I find this."

"And in front of turbolift 5, but there's a something strange about this. There's a repeating pattern here regarding this scenario, it's like he's trying to shove a memory forward now. And one only those of us who've been here longer than four years remember. But what and which one I don't know, but transporter room 4, Turbolift 5, deck 6 section 25, overloading phaser in turbolift 5."

"And returned to deck 36, section 25, I think he's mixing his own techniques with whoever this one belongs to. Though this keeps up in whatever pattern it is, this is turning into is shifting to some trade secret none of us remember right now. Or maybe we do and we forgot who it belonged to at the time back then but it's clear here, that though these are simulated, he's laying down threats

"At the moment, but whoever he's trying to assimilate here in personality and why he's trying to make this run as long as possible. But at the moment right now, he's running this in a pattern to whoever this belongs to. And it's homicidal, or said persona was beyond reckless. But if this keeps up whatever was involved this situation is going to start breaking down the front door

"And it's going to do more damage than necessary if we don't end this and fast at the moment. And these simulated acts of destruction are getting more serious by the minute, Sirs. Whatever he was learning at the academy has just gone past dangerous and bordering on recklessly destructive now. Or whoever did this before he got it from them, but this is going way too far right now."

"So it's that or he's going from one decision to another and he's crossed out the first one, so looks like he's heading for choice two now, so be prepared." he said and Wesley heard the concerned tones of Will at the remark. "It's going too far or not far enough in this case, just to break us out of it and the mission just started. As to that, it's a matter of working through the clues." Will said as he heard her first officer say it then.

"Choice one is shooting to kill and he's giving us a fair warning not to push him into that and choice two was by arming the self destruct mode. But he can't do that when we're all in here, so with that in mind, he's choosing a third option right now. Alright you find him, arrest him and hold him there, because Lieutenant Worf and I are coming to you." He said to him and he nodded to him.

"Yes Sir," He said as he ended the radio transmission and sighed as he looked around as they looked at the other screen as he sat on top of the turboliftsoftly at that gently. "Damn it son, what are you thinking here, one phaser on maximum, another on simulated overload. What are you thinking right now, are you trying to hurt someone, come on now, you're not thinking straight if you're doing this."

"So just stop already, we don't need this getting that violent, now enough already." he said under his breath with a gentle, but firm tone. "That's your opinion Lol, you're scared, scared of the way my son is doing this. And the fact it's clear you're being shown up by his advanced knowledge." Beverly said, before they heard him repeat that as he was watching him from the vent right above him, Wesley sighed at that.

'That's not your opinion right now, Pearson, it's hers, she's scared about this now. Scared of the way I'm doing this and it's showing up in you now. Come on guys, transporter room 4, overloading phasers, turbolift 5. How many more indications do I have to give you, before you remember this right now. I know you're trying to hold back the good memories of just before I left.'

'I know you possibly blocked out the earlier years and your long term memories after I left. But you must remember the long term memories right now, she's trying to suppress you, don't left her do that, fight her. The you I know is fighting her, just fight through it, come back to me, fight her.' he thought to them gently as he moved further up and went to check on the duo and Robin then.

As he went further and parked himself there, as he sat at the entry way into the Jeffries tube access shaft, he listened to their conversation."One phaser down the hall from transporter room four, and Chief O'Brien was in there to ambush him, and now he's climbing into deck 36, section 25. That's not a coincidence, what do those levels and areas have to do with in this exactly?" Robin asked as they stood there.

As the rest of the engine crew were standing around the podium control.'Yes, she doesn't know we had a homicidal and enhanced soldier on board the ship, there's another games in theory predication made. And so far they're not bothering to leave the computer and engineering and are blocking the computer so I supposedly set the self destruct here and that's not an option.

'And neither is just climbing up to the bridge to start screwing around with the life support, not going to happen. Alright they blocked out my computer program from their minds after eleven months separation, they forgot that Data was good at voice imitations and they forgot we ever had Roga aboard the ship. So she doesn't know any of this.' they heard him thinking at that as Will smiled.

"Remember what I said right now, on Rice, he took a risk regarding the navigation test, there's more then one option. When relaxed you can get it, if you just slow it down and focus you can get the solution, like you did when you pulled your generator, it's time." Will said as they heard it. 'And it's she's now thinking I'm switching from one tactic to another in this situation, though looking at this now at the moment."

" He said one choice gets crossed and that's leaves another now, wait dad said that these situations sometimes look like they got only two options, or three. But Rice crossed out three options on the navigation test, created his own and the navigation test now has four options. I have to do the same now, alright so option one was shooting to kill, option two was by setting the auto destruct."

"And now she thinks I'm..., that I'm about to attack her head on, no don't think so, I'm taking choice four. This test doesn't have two choices, or three, there's four here, alright: choice one was shooting to kill, choice two was arming the self destruct, choice three was by beaming over to her ship just to take her out. And choice four is by stealth and decoy tactics till Data was done with the cure.'

'And Dr. Pulaski arrived, yeah okay I see it, I see that now, not one or two, or even three, but there's four choices to choose from in this scenario. In the no win scenario, because I'm not shooting to kill and I got rid of my phaser. So to her, it's I'm getting ready to take the engine room or the bridge by force. And set the auto destruct, or do the site to site and beam aboard her ship.'

'Just to take her by surprise, for gods sakes, both or all of those are going to result in her winning. And it's because I'm getting caught and arrested before I can do anything and she wins either way here. Alright Etana, just what do you take me for right now, all three result in your expansion. I'm not that reckless, and with that its option number 4 right now, decoy attempts, repair jobs."

'And finally taking control by remote now, but I'm not getting reckless here.' he thought to himself and they smiled. "And that's what we wanted to hear, careful analysis of the situation before choosing the correct choice. Because guys like Jack go for the first two." Will said to him smiling as they heard Goldberg's voice as he was closest to say his opinions out loud and knew he was trying to figure out what he was trying to do then.

"Aside from that, that's not me thinking that, that's her third technician at the moment, being as one of the technicians training you, I remember us working at my terminal. Just before Kosinski tried that with the engine, but come on, seriously, you're not about to get reckless." He said smiling with a smirk. "I'm not sure, but whatever it is, it's getting worse at the moment, if we pushed him into that no win scenario."

"And he's just jumped passed the first option and it's killing in cold blood and moved to the other. And it's by taking control of the ship by force to arm the self destruct sequence to prevent the games from getting off the ship now. That is if he chooses not to do something else completely reckless right now. At the moment, and that's not if he's choosing to get completely reckless."

"And try to beam onto her ship right now." He heard from Goldberg and he heard Jenson answer that remark as he answered him. "Guess again, he's not getting that reckless, cub has us giving him advice right now, so no reckless actions, Etana." Will said coldly to that remark. "I doubt he's going to try that, because one or all three of these are going to get him caught and arrested before he can do anything."

"And he, if he's thinking rationally right now and that message says he is, I think he's choosing a different one. Because if he's thinking rationally and those messages he gave us are saying that, it's he's not going to just barge right in here to attack. But there's only two options to make here, and number 3, that results in his getting arrested anyway, so what's left exactly."

"And because he's eliminated one and that leaves the other." he heard from Jenson and then heard Will answer that remark as they scanned the ship computer console at that remark. "You better take a rein check on that." Macdougal said firmly to that. "If that's the case he's staying off the bridge and is trying to stay out of sight. He knows he tries to attack in here we're going to take him down now

"And arrest him before he can do it, alright let's see here, the decoy attempts are on a pattern, one jump to transporter room 3, a phaser on maximum in deck 6, section 25 and now an overloading phaser in the corridor just down the hall from us. Just what the heck is he doing exactly anyway, because this is going from wargames to a scavenger hunt." he said and then sighed as he finished that.

"And it's clear he's saying he's not getting taken without a fight right now." he heard from Will, as he heard a gentle sigh then. "Why'd I even bother letting him leave, a year at the academy, he's now gotten so reckless. That it's turned from reckless agression, to possible suicidal threats here with the weapons at that stage right now." he finished with a concerned sigh and Will rest his hand on his back.

'It's working, the conditioning is beginning to break now, Sir come on, you know what we were like together. I mean training in hand to hand, jokes and we were acting on a father/son bond when I was younger, you're my mentor, I'm your student. The game, we were always in there in our off hours and you decided after Kyle left, that you were going to always be there for me"

'Please you have to remember this, when you got chosen to be the captain of the Aries, you decided that you weren't just giving this up and chose not to leave at the time, and it's because of us, because of me. Sir, you're my mentor, you considered me your prize pupil, and you took it upon yourself to train me. I'm not giving you up. I'm turning you back to yourself now.' they heard gently in answer to that as he to himself as he watched him from his position then.

"Wesley I get the first message, but this is going too far right now, come on, if you're hovering around and I know you can hear me right now. Son come on, don't do this, you're in no condition for this right now, just pull it over already." he heard him say and hid a sigh as the generator was hiding his signature with him so close to it. 'Sorry Sir, but in order to get you back, I have to risk this right now.'

'You, all of you, are all that matter to me, in order to get you back, I have to finish this now, before I can rest now at the moment.' he thought to him softly as he saw O'Brien walk into the room. "Chief O'Brien what are you doing in here?" Will asked him and he looked at him. "Commander La Forge ordered me to help you with the search Commander." he said and Will tapped his communicator at that.

"La Forge did you order Chief O'Brien into the engine room?" He asked and the other man answered him in surprise and Pulaski started laughing at that. "No commander I didn't, I said to wait in transporter room 4 to ambush him. if he tries to go out that way, looks like he's anticipating our moves. And trying to decoy us, what's going on here?" he asked and Will sighed as he answered him.

"Another decoy attempt, evidently he gained the ability to mimic us, but if that's the case, we've got to maintain control of the ship. If he's trying to redirect us, don't let him, focus. If he has gained that ability it's enough he's going to try and take control of the ship in some way, but with us in the areas that are enough to get him caught and arrested he's out of luck."

"Because it's we're blocking off the spots needed to do it. But if this was the test, he's labeled out the first option and is trying to set the self destruct, but we're standing in the way of that, and he's trying to go a different way to do it." he said firmly into the radio and Wesley smirked at that. "Guess again, cub's not the one doing that, Data is at the moment." Porter said through his laughter at that response.