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Chapter 26: Celestial Queen
Previously...
Lore watched her struggle as he tried to fight his way towards her but it was too late. He helplessly watched them transported off the ship with Fenix. The remaining Borgs all retreated when their mission was complete. Lore stood stoically, seething in anger surrounded by piles of dead Borg bodies. He single-handedly annihilated nearly half of them. The crew members kept their distance from him as they stood still in fear.
Lore was livid in the briefing room. He was furious that he and Data couldn't stop the Borgs from kidnapping Fenix. Lore slammed the table as he stood up and demanded, "Transport me onto the Borg Cube NOW! I need to save her!" The table teetered and made a creaking sound from the damage Lore caused. Picard warned, "You can't go waltzing in there, Lore. If they sent as many reinforcements as they did to kidnap Fenix, they probably have the entire Borg collective protecting her as their main objective." Data inclined his head, "What is more important than rescuing Fenix? They have the most powerful human in their custody right now as we speak. She has inhuman strength, speed and hyper-regeneration. If they somehow harness those power... I am afraid that humanity for all organics will forever be doomed." Everyone fell silent as chills went up their spines, all except Lore as he continued, "We cannot let that happen, she is bound to endure horrific events during assimilation." And stared directly at Lore as he spoke. Lore stared at Data with fury in his eyes. The tension in the briefing room was unbearable.
"The more time we spend talking about this, the more time they gain in assimilating her." Deanna scolded. The captain and the chief officers were called to the bridge.
Meanwhile in the Borg ship, Fenix was strapped and clamped down on a sterile steel table. She opened her eyes to see herself surrounded by Borgs. She looked down her body and saw that they started her assimilation process. I get to go through this again... I guess this is what happens when you're a freak of nature. This is my destiny. I was meant to be experimented on in every alternate universe over… and over. She chuckled bitterly. It's better this way. All I do is cause pain to the people I love. I'm sorry Lore. I'm sorry Data. I'm sorry mom... dad... She fell into the pits of despair and lost the will to fight.With her eyes closed, tears fell profusely. They surgically added more components to the one side of her face. They drilled another metal component to the one side of her skull. She had a high pain tolerance but this was still excruciating. They opened her torso up, she screamed in pain and bitterly laughed as blood flooded out of her mouth.Then, she felt it. She felt the crystalline entity nearing at an incredible speed and her eyes shot open.
On the bridge, the Enterprise crew saw the crystal entity nearing them and the Borg ship. Picard ordered, "Code Red! Shields up now! Ready the photon torpedoes!" As Data and the rest of crew members took their rightful positions. With determination and calculated eyes, Lore ran back to the main shuttle bay and armed himself with phaser guns and his wakasashi. He ran to the transportation deck,
"You!" O'Bryan jumped and stuttered, "Y-yes…?" Lore grabbed him by the collar, "Transport me onto the Borg Cube now." his voice stern. O'Bryan nodded and did as he was told. Lore waited impatiently as O'Bryan worked the controls as he was transported onto the Borg Cub. Once he arrived, with the strength, stealth and accuracy he was bestowed with, he was thankful for being an android. He listened and used everything in his advantage to locate Fenix as he made his way to her. He stealthily killed everything that got in the way without a second thought and quickly hid the bodies, making sure he didn't leave a trail of death. He felt she was near, her raspy screams becoming louder, signifying that he was close. Pushing aside his emotions, forcing himself to stay calm and calculated knowing this was a one-shot chance of getting her out. He found the chamber she was in and broke the door down with incredible strength.
"LORE!" Fenix yelled with tear and blood-stained cheeks. He killed every single Borg in that room in less than a minute. Thirty Borg bodies lay lifeless around the cold stainless table Fenix laid naked on. He winced at seeing her in the half-assimilated state as he swiftly undid all the clamps and straps that bound her. She was covered in blood. Borg components covered a third of her body and face. Her state of mind was intact as she embraced him, she cried in his arms. Her body wasn't healing with all the components drilled and attached to her, she couldn't fight. Lore listened and stated, "The entire Borg collective are on their way to this room." He looked at her with worried eyes. He carefully lifted her into his arms as she was in no state to fight or walk. She grabbed his arm and struggled to speak, "Lore, do you... trust me?" He looked at her questioningly but he answered, "With my life." She smiled and said, "Hold on to me. I can destroy this place. I promise... you'll be completely safe." Without question he embraced her, she started to emanate a bright light, he felt his body getting charging with pure energy, he smiled and softly spoke in her ear, "You are the Celestial Queen." Fenix closed her eyes, smiled and said, "I finally understand now." The two were engulfed in the light Fenix eminated.
"Worf, we will need the maximum force to the shields NOW!" Data ordered. Worf did as he was told. Blinding pillars of light shone from within the Borg ship. The ship shook from the full hit of unstable energy. Data was the only one who was able to see through the blinding light. The Borg ship split into two, then a wave of debris exploded into smaller fragments which all hit full force against the damaged shields of the Enterprise. The light disappeared as quickly as it came and everyone saw a halo of light surrounding Lore and Fenix. She was covered in blood and shrapnel as they floated in space with the debris and dead Borgs. Lore was covered in her blood and had a few cuts that exposed his inner workings but was unharmed as he held half-assimilated Fenix. The warm light that enveloped them made them look like ethereal beings. She briefly glanced at the crystalline entity which shone in the same light as her before she lost consciousness due to the lack of oxygen. The crystal disappeared into space. Lore made his way towards the Enterprise as fast as he could with Fenix in his arms.
Her blood drifted in globules in space. Some of her blood smeared the window of the bridge. The shields were down to 0% from the previous explosions. Everyone on the bridge watched them, astonished. Picard ordered, "O'Bryan! Transport them back onto the ship immediately!" He answered over the intercom, "I can't, there's too much debris where they are and that light surrounding them is making it impossible."
Lore drifted his way back to the ship with Fenix in his arms, the light that surrounded her dissipated and they were able to be transport back onto the ship. Lore carried her bridal style and ran straight to sick-bay. He noted she wasn't breathing and her body was cold and pale. He gently set her down and opened her mouth. Dislodging the pill attached to the back of her molars, he placed it in his own mouth and transferred the fume into hers. He waited with a look of worry casting his face. Fenix… I've never seen you this bad. You have to hyper-regenerate. You have to live. We made a promise to be each other's eternal. Then, a miracle. She took a deep breath as she coughed and started coming to, "Lore..." He looked down to see her face, bits of shrapnel and Borg components still attached to her face and body, her one eye blinded with shrapnel sticking out. "Shh... It's alright Fenix. I got you. You're safe... I promise." He picked her up again and made it to the sick bay to see Dr. Crusher as she readied her table. Lore laid her on the table as gently as he could. Beverly looked over Fenix's naked, hairless body. Beneath the fresh and crusted blood, shrapnel embedded almost every inch of her skin along with Borg implants. Bits of shrapnel were getting pushed out of her skin and fell onto the floor as her body started to heal itself. The snapnel on her eyes was pushed out and began to slowly heal. Beverly and Lore momentarily marvelled at her incredible ability. The two started working on her to get rid of the remaining components on Fenix's body. She came to, abruptly sitting up and grabbed the scalpel. She screamed and cried as she cut into her stomach, she reached her hand in and ripped out another Borg bit out of her torso, blood spilling out of her mouth. She fell back down exhausted, dropping the scalpel as her stomach began to heal itself. Fenix mumbled through her blood-filled mouth and eyes wide in pain, "There's one more in my lower abdomen... near the uterus... I... I can't heal when it's still..." Beverly looked at Lore and demanded, "You're going to keep injecting her with tranquillizers every four minutes and I'm going get all of these components off her body. Got it?" He nodded.
They successfully removed everything from Fenix's body. The aftermath was a horror show of blood and bits of her flesh surrounding the table she laid on. Lore noticed she was taking much longer for her to heal than usual. Eventually, she was completely healed without a single scar as she slept while Lore and Beverly cleaned her up then put a gown on her. Afterwards, Beverly fixed Lore's cosmetic injuries. Fenix jolted awake, her eyes wide as she abruptly sat up startling Beverly. "Fenix, you should stay laying down..." Beverly instructed trying to hide her discomfort. She hunched over as she held her stomach and moaned. Lore understood she needed sustenance desperately.
"Fenix lay down, I'll need one of those pills I created for you." Lore instructed. Fenix forced herself to lay back down. Lore reached into her mouth and dislodged the other pill. Putting it in his mouth he bit down and kissed Fenix transferring the fumes once again. Beverly looked at Lore questioningly. He answered, "She needs sustenance from her body rapidly healing. The damage she was inflicted with was severe, her body needs sustenance after an aggressive session of hyper-regeneration." Within a few minutes, Fenix was able to focus her attention to Lore, she shed tears upon seeing him which seemed like an eternity when she was on the Borg ship.
"Lore...!" as she threw herself at him into an embrace as she cried. He smiled as he shed yellow tears feeling an overwhelming sense of relief. He lovingly held her tight. Beverly watched them from afar and smiled warmly. Lore wiped his eyes and composed himself before Picard and Data walked in. Picard greeted her and Lore, "Fenix, I'm so sorry we weren't able to come to your aide sooner. We owe a great thanks to Lore for stubbornly disobeying orders." She cleared her throat and answered, "Oh my god, Lore was a total badass!" She giggle before remembering what she wanted to say, "Actually, I have something to tell you guys. I know where I came from. The how and why I was created. It's gnarly." Picard replied, "We would be very interested to hear your origins, but for now. You must rest." He looked over the Beverly and gave him a look, "Doctor's orders." and smiled. Fenix obliged, "Yes sir." and Picard left. Data met her eyes full of concern and warmth as he asked her, "How are you feeling?" She replied, "I feel gross, like I desperately need a shower ASAP. But other than that, I feel okay I guess. Just tired." She looked down to her lap guiltily remembering the kiss with Data as Lore caressed her back. Data touched her hand as he apologized, "I am sorry that I was unable to personally rescue you. However, I am glad that Lore was able to do so. He loves you very much..." he voiced and touched the side of her face. As I do… He continued, "I cannot imagine the torture you endured. If I am able to do anything for you, please do not hesitate." She smiled at him and reassured him, "Thanks Data, you're really sweet. You don't have to worry about me. This ain't my first rodeo." Lore watched every movement Data made from the way his eyes moved when he talked to her, how his face softened, every miniscule detail... he watched like a hawk.
Then out of the blue, Q appeared and he sang, "Oops! you did it again, you played with his heart, got lost in the game. Well if it isn't the unholy trinity." Fenix's widened and as she instinctively yelled, "Fuck off Q!" Q giggled and composed himself before he began, "I'm so sorry, dear Fenix. It's just... you're so positively good at making the Soong men fall in love with you! You really are the girl all the androids want." Fenix put both her hands to her face in dread and grumbled, "I wasn't being flirty towards either of them!" Q retorted, "No, you weren't. Fi on the other hand teased the living daylights out of poor Arik Soong, she had him begging on his knees, I tell you. What a woman!" He cheered, "She knew exactly how to make a man go crazy for her. No wonder he was obsessed with Fi. She was his obsession, his inspiration and fire of his loins. And he was hers." and smiled suggestively. She looked up at the ceiling feeling disturbed, "Eww... I don't want to know who she banged. Besides, she was way off her rocker!" Q nodded in agreement and countered her, "Yes and no. She's more of a controlled insanity... an extremely clever one at that. You might not agree with her, but she was right... Actually, she's right about most things. Any ways, she said, 'When you're immortal, there's no right or wrong.' she's right, you know?" as he looked at the Data, Lore and Fenix and winked. The three scowled upon hearing that. Q continued, "I'm sure you know now why you have such a soft spot for androids... Fenix, you are the only one of your kind but I guess you already figured that out. This unholy trinity..." He waved his finger in a circular motion, "...two androids, one celestial queen. Why not just love each other? And hey, it's the 24th century. Oh, and Fenix? Seriously, stop being so virginal and just go and have sex with Lore, already. Your pheromones are overwhelming. Ta for now, kids!" he smiled and blew a kiss goodbye as he disappeared. The three of them were dumbfounded as Beverly walked back in and asked, "Are you guys okay?" Fenix blankly answered, "No. Q was here and called us 'the unholy trinity'..." Data was called to the bridge so he nodded to Fenix and Lore as he left. Lore picked her up bridal-style as he walked back to their room so she could clean herself up.
Lore started the shower for Fenix as she took of her gown and she suggested, "Lore, you should take a shower with me, you're covered in my blood." He agreed and she started undressing him, he looked at her kindly as she undressed him. It was a sweet gesture. They stepped into the shower, she wet her hair and started scrubbing it with lots of shampoo. Lore touched her shoulders and turned her around and took over washing her hair. She felt instant relaxation as his long fingers worked her scalp and hair. He made sure to really clean her hair before he started rinsing off the pink and white foam. When Fenix knew he finished with her hair, she walked behind him to wash his dark hair. Lore closed his eyes feeling the same relaxation she did previously. She followed by rinsing his hair, Lore tilted his head up feeling the water rain onto his face as he enjoyed her small hands massage his scalp. When she finished, she walked in front of him and started to wash his chest with a sudsy loofah. He opened his eyes to see her carefully, and diligently wash his alabaster body.
Her now blackened hair dangled like thick ropes around her face and plastered onto her small breasts, steam from the hot water surrounding her. His chest ached feeling loved from her taking tender care of him, no one's ever taken care of him as she always does, but this was a new experience for both of them. He had to hold himself back from kissing her knowing she still needed to be scrubbed clean, too. She made her way to clean his back and embraced him when she was done, she marvelled at his ivory, hairless body, mesmerized by the contrast to her olive-toned skin. Lore took the loofah, faced her and started washing her neck and made his way to her chest, and then to her breasts. He admired how they jiggled, and how her nipples hardened when he gently washed them making Fenix feel a little embarrassed when their eyes met. He gently washed every inch of her; covering her sun-kissed skin with white suds. When he finished, he watched her in marvel as the white suds slid down her mocha skin, her eyes closed enjoying the feeling of hot water sprinkling down on her face. He couldn't hold himself back any longer.
He massaged the back of her head and kissed her tenderly. He pulled her in close to his lean body, he loved how slippery her body became when it was wet. It reminded him of when they used to swim in the lake of Omicron Theta, but this was better. He loved this woman so much it could overflow his emotion program. He understood why humans enjoyed engaging in sensual physical contact. When it was combined with deep emotional connection it was the best thing he ever felt. He laid her down in the shower as he kissed every inch of her body with utmost care. Her little hands shyly explored his body starting from his shoulders, between the shoulder blades, the small of his back and then his buttocks. She planted kisses on his smooth body. His alabaster body reminded her of Greek marble statues with his lean build as he made his way down her body. Droplets of water ran down his body in the most sensual way, his hair hung around his face as he planted a kiss on her womanhood. His cobra yellow eyes peered through his dark, wet locks as he licked her slick folds like a lion. She closed her eyes in euphoria. Lore loved what he was seeing. My Fenix in utter ecstasy, her nipples pebbled, water bounced and trickled down her lithe body that drives me crazy… He tirelessly massaged her clitoris with his strong skilled tongue and kissed her nether lips. He glided his long arm up her squirming body to roll her pebbled nipple between his fingers. Feeling her climax building higher and higher, she orgasmed releasing her nectar into his eager mouth. He moaned when he felt her squirt into his mouth, filling his senses with her sweet nectar. He swallowed every last drop of her essence, not wanting to waste this precious gift. He slithered up to her face and kissed her lovingly, helping her come down from her high. She smiled and laughed, feeling delighted then spat water onto Lore's neck. Lore laughed at her youthful antics and proceeded to tickle and bite her. She eventually sat up and embraced Lore as they sat on the shower floor with the water still pouring down on them. Her forehead touched his and closed their eyes. I love you Lore. You're the best thing that's ever happened. Touching his face, she gently kissed him.
After the shower, Lore watched over Fenix as he held her in his arms. He gingerly played with her hair, putting her to sleep instantly. I still feel like you're going to be taken away from me again. He kissed her forehead and nuzzled into her hair making sure he wasn't dreaming. This is real. You're real. You're here in my arms. A single tear rolled down his cheek as he sighed feeling relieved to have her back by his side after feeling like he momentarily lost her forever. He too closed his eyes and let himself rest with his love in his arms.