Susie 'Q' suddenly vanished from the bridge... in her trademark pink smoke & sparkles.
Picard activated his insignia comlink: "Security, we have an intruder... Alert to all levels,
to watch for a young blonde girl... on rollerskates. Approach... with extreme caution!"
In the ship medical bay, Dr. Crusher was tending to a patient at their bed. A big pink
ball of smoke & sparks erupted a few bed stations away. Susie, for some reason, had
come to this area of the Enterprise... and to Beverly Crusher... on a hunch, it seemed.
"Hello... may I... Help You?" Dr. Crusher asked, realizing this was the intruder - a powerful being!
Susie 'Q': "You must be Beverly - Doctor Crusher. I'm Susie. My brother, the one you all call 'Q', had
told me about you... and of the crew of the Enterprise. Somehow, of all the ship, I felt drawn to here".
For some reason, Beverly 'flashed' on her son, Wesley. Susie picked up on that, and in a blue puff of smoke...
"Mom, I was in meditation on that planet, studying with the Elders. I felt a tingle, opened my eyes... now I'm here!"
Wesley looked a bit dizzy, then steadied himself against the side of an empty medical bed, between his mom and the 'girl'.
Dr. Crusher immediately knew it was this entity - that had brought Wesley. 'So, 'Q' has a sister... Oh, my god!' she thought.
Susie 'Q': "No... I'm not..." (she suddenly giggled) "...a god. Though my 'Big Bro' usually is under the grandest of delusions
that he is one... Our parents have tried & tried... and nearly died... from 'curing' him of all his high hopes and beliefs like that..."
Wesley looked at his mom, then at Susie 'Q' - and Susie read his thoughts... 'My, oh, my - I know just what to do' Susie pondered.
"Forgive me Dr. Crusher... for picking up on your thoughts. When you have powerful enemies, as my brother and I have, it becomes
a real habit, as a safety precaution, that one uses on occasion. But I do trust you, of all the crew... Yes. I think I even like you, too.
And, I hope you will trust me with your cute & wonderful son... now", spoke Susie, just before she and Wesley left in a big plume of
pink & blue smoke and sparks - leaving for where, Beverly, and soon Picard & crew, could only guess at. On the ship, they were not!
(to be continued...)