This fan fic story chronicles Lore's life prior to his initial encountered with Data.
Contains mild violence and sexual content
Journey to the Dark Side: A Lore Story, REDUX
Written by: S. Bell
Chapter Thirteen: Parental Scorn
When Lore returned to Dr. Soong's lab it was all to clear that his parents had finally received word of what happened between him and Jacqueline. Frankly, Lore was surprised the news had taken so long to reach them.
"Lore!" Dr. Soong bellowed, his body trembled with anger and disappointment, "How could you do such a thing?!"
"Father, I just wanted to show her how much I loved her. Isn't that one of the ways humans express their love for one another, through the act of making love?"
"Yes, but it usually happens between people who mutually care for one another and consent to share the experience. But Lore, what you have done is a serious and heinous crime! You've raped Jacqueline and hurt her very badly. That's not something that's associated with love at all!" Juliana replied.
"I had no intention of hurting her. I was desperate and confused; she refused to admit her affection towards me, despite how she looked at me or even after she kissed me. Yet, she loved Alex, a man who was vicious to her."
"So you decided to be more like him to gain her affections?!" Dr. Soong bellowed.
"No father, I didn't… intend to hurt her; I feel terribly that I did. I just wanted her to understand how much I love her. I think she understands my intentions, even though my actions were flawed. She's accepted my apology and in time, maybe she'll even forgive me. Until then, I've promised her that I'll spend everyday trying to make it up to her."
Dr. Soong dropped his gaze to the floor since he somehow knew that Lore would not be able to fulfill that promise.
"Father, are you alright?" Lore asked as he placed a hand on Dr. Soong's shoulder.
"Oh, yes Lore, I'm fine. It just hurts to see you struggle like this." then something Lore said caught his attention, "Wait a minute, how were you able to contact her? Lore, you didn't go to see her did you?"
"I had to! I needed to apologize for my actions. I needed her to know that I know I was wrong."
Dr. Soong sighed and put his head in his hands as Juliana sat quietly in disbelief.
"Why are these emotions so hard to control?" Lore sobbed, "They're so disruptive, and they interfere with my reasoning and my awareness of my own strength. I'm just so… confused! Whenever I think I'm doing the right thing it turns out that I'm not. The colonists hate me and say that there's something wrong with me, but I think the problem lies with them. They constantly contradict themselves and change the rules to accommodate their imperfection. Humans like that can't be trusted."
"Lore, why are you saying these things?" Dr. Soong asked.
"Because it's the truth father!" Lore exclaimed, "The colony is filled with liars, most of them are lying in order to have me destroyed. I'll admit that I've made mistakes I'm not proud of, but at least I admit them! I've been a witness to hundreds of crimes which were all committed by many of the colonists and most of those crimes have been dismissed or overlook; crimes far worse than anything I've ever done — even my mistake with Jacqueline. Look at what happened when I tried to warn the colony about the crystalline entity? They accused me of slaughter! The only reason why I'm not in the recycling bin is because they couldn't prove it! I'm trying to help save their lives and they don't believe me and they're all going to die because of it!"
It was becoming increasingly difficult and scary for Dr. Soong and Juliana to listen to Lore. The last statement sounded more like a threat than anything. Dr. Soong was becoming furious but Juliana knew that the situation needed to be handled delicately.
"Lore!" Dr. Soong shouted, but Juliana calmed him.
"Noonien, perhaps I can reason with him." she whispered.