Brother's Revenge
Chapter Two
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In this story Spot is a female cat!
Several years later…
Data is looking forward seeing his mother, Dr. Juliana Tainer, when he went on leave at the end of his shift on the bridge. It has been over a year since he had seen her and her husband, Dr. Pran Tainer, at Altrea IV. Since then he has grown close to his mother, but her husband remain rather aloof around him as if he did not want to upset his wife over the problems he had with her son's true nature. If only he knew, his wife was an android. He was also debating wither to take Spot with him or ask one of his friends to watch her while he was gone for two weeks. The android wish Spot did not have any problems with his friends, because it would so easy to leave her on the ship. At these times like this, he missed Reginald Barclay and wish he did not transfer off the ship. He was the only human Spot did not harm. Right now, he needed to feed Spot.
"Lieutenant Commander Data, communication from Altrea IV," the ship's computer announced. He retrieved food from the replicator so he could feed his pet cat.
"Computer, please patch the communication to my desk in my quarters," stated Data as he put the cat food on the floor. He sat down in his chair near his computer just as Spot jump on his lap. He presses a button next to monitor that activated it.
"Hello, Mother, how are you?" Data asks.
"I am fine, Data. Thank you for asking. I am very much looking to see you again, my son. When will you go on leave?" She asked with pride. Juliana is looking forward seeing her last remaining son between her and Noonian Soong.
"I will leave shortly after my shift on the bridge is over," stated Data.
"That is good to hear, Data. Before you leave, send a communication so I know you left the ship." Juliana asked with a motherly concern for her android son.
"Of course I will, Mother. Also, Mother, do you mind if I bring my pet cat, Spot?"
Juliana laughs a little bit. She never gave it a single thought about an android owning a cat. "You can bring your cat, Data."
"Thank you, Mother. I am very much looking forward when we see each other tomorrow," Data said as he gave her his small smile.
"See you until then, Data."
"Good-bye, Mother. I will send you the communication soon."
Data hit the button again next to the monitor, was replaced with a Starfleet logo. He placed the cat on the floor. He went over to the area where Spot's had eaten her food and cleaned up the mess she left. It would appear she did not like this selection of food. The android decided while he was on the bridge he think up another formula that meets Spot's tastes.
Just as when Data about to leave his quarters Geordi LaForge called him.
"Data, before your next duty shift I will like to see you in Engineering for the Level One Diagnostic on your positronic systems," stated LaForge.
"Geordi, I am not due for a Level One Diagnostic for one more month," Data said with little concern. He knew his friend was rather overly protective of him.
"I want to do it now, because you seem a little off lately, Data. I just want to make sure everything is all right before you go on your leave. If anything should happen, it could take a couple of days to get to Altrea," Geordi state with some concern.
"Geordi, I have run several diagnostics on my systems, and everything came out fine," Data was truly puzzled as to why Geordi was concern that he might be a little "off."
"Data, just entertain me, and come down to Engineering," LaForge said.
"Very well, Geordi, I will be down shortly. Data out."
Data left his quarters and went to the nearest turbolift. He pressed the button next to the door, and wanted the next left to show up, and he enters into it.
"Engineering, please," he said to the computer.
Data got out off the lift and walked into Engineering and saw his friend near the warp core. He notices the chair near one of the computer terminals along with ODN cable. He decided to take the seat and waited for Geordi.
"Thanks for coming down to Engineering. Let us start the diagnostic before your shift begins. I would hate to think that you might be late," LaForge removed a panel on the side of his friend's head. He was still amazed about Data's positronic neural net. LaForge hope that he would never grow tried seeing complicated neural circuitry. Every since he has learned about the android's systems he becomes rather protective of him.
The positronic brain even though it was a marvel in technology it can't withstand too many changes in its systems. LaForge does not want to see the android surfer from a cascade failure like his daughter, Lal, did a few years ago. Even though Data would not admit, the death of his daughter affected him greatly. He wonders when and if his friend would build another android child. If Data decide to do it again LaForge would help his friend out. He connect one half of the ODN cable to the computer terminal and the other to Data's port connection in his brain.
"Data, this will not hurt a little bit," LaForge state with a grin on his face, and waited for the response from the android said every single time he stated it.
"Geordi, I have told you on different occasions that I cannot feel pain. Why do you state that this "will not hurt a bit," every time we run a diagnostic on my systems?" Data wonder if he had emotions would he become annoyed when his friend told him it would not hurt a bit.
"I am just excusing my bedside manners to make you feel more comfortable," LaForge said as he grins. Someday he will get something medical looking when runs a diagnostic on Data. He wonders what Data would say to him if he borrowed Dr. Beverly Crusher's lab coat. Maybe next time he would do it.
"Geordi, you are an Engineer, not a doctor. In addition, you are aware that I am perfectly comfortable," Data stated as he almost rolled his eyes.
"Okay Data, let us start with lower system and work on our up from there."
Data just nodded and felt the computer started to analyze his systems. Everything started out fine with the diagnostics. Then slowly he started to feel something was different. He could not place why this sensation felt familiar to him. The sensation was growing slowly each second that passed by. He becomes very stiff in his chair; he closed his eyes shut, and took in a sharp breath. Data decided that he did not like the sensation. It felt like it was burning his neural circuitry. He wonders if he was feeling pain. He never had been in pain, and does not have frame of reference to refer to what he experiencing now. As he started to lose conscience, he heard someone screaming. Data was not sure where the scream was coming from or if he was the one screaming. He heard his friend calling out to him. He wanted to respond, but the sensation was over powering him. The last thing he heard as he slide off the chair, and before he went off-line was Geordi calling Dr. Crusher to Engineering.