It had just been a few days since the USS Ares was relieved from guard duty of the Andros I, and they had yet to find anything they had yet to find. They had met with the Hernaga once more, but nothing big happened, just a few chats, that lead nowhere really. They were surveying the solar systems that they had passed, not finding anything that would lead to first contact.

It was a normal day, it seemed. Ciro, Celes, James, and Jace were sitting in the mess hall, having a good laugh. The captain was on the bridge, having another late night just waiting for something to happen. The doctor was all alone in sickbay, having little to do but study a few specimens he had taken from the Trickan home world.

"Always the researcher, eh, Doctor Galen," a snide voice came from behind him. He quickly turned around and saw the dreaded face of an entity he had the displeasure to meet.

"Always the meddler, eh, Q," William replied with a frown on his face. The alien before him appeared human, with slightly curly brown hair, as the Q always seemed to initially appear as. "What do you want?" the doctor asked looking away and continuing his work on the specimen from the Trickan world.

"I want to know how my little human Q is doing," Q replied with a laugh. Doctor Galen looked at him confused.

"Is that what you are calling me now?" the doctor asked, "I was never one of you, nor will I ever."

"Heavens no! After you left the Continuum, we took another," Q explained, "How is our little HQ doing?" The doctor raised an eyebrow curiously.

"Really? Who did you choose?" the doctor asked.

"Oh, do I sense a bit of jealousy in you, doctor," Q teased, "I didn't know we mattered so much."

"You don't. You did not care when the Federation was in trouble, and refused to help. You only matter when you prove to be useful," the doctor replied almost bitterly.

"Oh dear doctor! I take offense to that! If we were to help you out of every little problem, well, we Q would be called upon to help wipe your noses!" Q insisted appearing next to the doctor instead of sitting on one of his beds.

"I've had enough of this. Leave now, or I will report you to the captain," the doctor threatened, poking one of his specimen with a small knife, and cutting out a small interior place.

"Oh, so scary!" Q laughed, "Captain Richards can't even tell that two of her crew lived with us. I thought that the attitude would give it away. Oh, but then again, you never really were like any of us Q." The doctor shook his head with nearly a laugh.

"You'll be surprised with the captain. I'm sure she may know already, she just doesn't care," the doctor replied.

"What is it with you and the captain? Don't tell me it's another Picard and his doctor situation!" Q exclaimed then appearing on the doctor's other side, "Oh, it is?"

"No, it's not," the doctor replied still seeming to ignore Q's appearances meant to try and make him annoyed with Q.

"Deny it all you want-" Q began, however, the doctor cut him off, tapping his combadge.

"Doctor Galen to Captain Richards," the doctor said, "I wish to ask you to come down to sickbay. We have a visitor who you may want to meet." It took a moment of silence as the captain thought about it, curiously wondering what it was.

"I'll be right down," the captain replied. Q laughed, appearing on the sickbed once more.

"And what exactly will you tell her?" Q asked, "How you once were gifted with the powers of the Q, and gave them up? Or how you accidently caused the destruction of the Yadnoy System? Oh how would you explain that killing all those innocent people, making them never exist saved your precious humans?" The doctor looked towards Q with a look as if he was ready to kill Q right then and there.

"It was either them or us," Doctor Galen said clenching his fist, dropping the knife he was previously using, "It was the worst mistake I have ever made. I would redo it if I could. But you wouldn't allow it; it was already done."

"Me?" Q said as if taking offense, "It was the Continuum."

"It doesn't matter. It's done, and I regret it every day. I don't need you to remind me," the doctor replied.

"Oh but it's fun," Q snapped his fingers and the two of them appeared in a heavily populated town.

"Bring me back, Q, now," the doctor said calming down, with a sigh.

"Not yet," Q replied with a laugh.

"Don't make me go through this again," the doctor said clenching his teeth.

"Fine," Q said lazily snapping his fingers as some people began pointing at the star and screaming. The two had appeared back in sickbay, with Q lounging around on one of the beds, just as the captain walked in and stared at Q.

"What are you doing here?" the captain said instantly before looking at the doctor, "Do you know what he's doing here?" The doctor looked towards the captain, saying nothing, before looking back at Q.

"I'm here to see my good friend Doctor Galen," Q responded innocently.

"You have met Q before, Doctor?" the captain asked.

"See? I told you she didn't know," Q laughed happily.

"You said yourself I was different then all of you," the doctor stated looking from the captain back to Q.

"Doctor," the captain persisted.

"I know him fairly well. In fact, he raised me since I was little. Apparently, Q's son wasn't doing the job he needed, so he took a human to take the place of bringing peace to the Continuum. I didn't stay that long," the doctor explained. The captain stared at the doctor for a second before smiling slightly.

"You're kidding," the captain replied, but seeing the perfectly serious look on his face, said, "But you're not at all like the Q, and you have had a reputation all your life as being your father's son."

"I told you!" Q chimed in.

"Shut up," the doctor ordered Q.

"My, my, your hatred has really fostered," Q laughed.

"I returned after what seemed like years on in the Continuum, but it was only a couple of days on Earth. The Q altered everything surrounding my birth, and we went on our separate ways," the doctor explained. The captain looked very surprised, having not expected it this late at night, nor ever, really.

"I understand," the captain finally said, "However, your knowledge on the Q would be invaluable, I believe the first action would be to record all your knowl-"

"Don't worry captain, he isn't able to tell any information we don't want you to know," Q said, almost as if he was teasing the captain, appearing right next to her, "What do you think of your doctor now? Do you not trust him, as you do me?"

"Of course I trust him," the captain replied, "He's a member of my crew. Everyone has secrets, including myself. This is no different than I..." The captain quickly looked away from both of them.

"Oh, yes. Do tell!" Q exclaimed.

"Either way," Doctor Galen said, changing the subject, "I found out apparently another person who went through something similar is on the ship."

"So he's here to taunt us about the fact we don't know," the captain figured crossing her arms, looking at Q who just appeared on a bed once more.

"I believe so," the doctor replied.

"You haven't even found it out, Will?" Q asked incredulously, "I thought you would for sure! There are all the obvious signs! I thought you were smarter than this."

"I wasn't looking," the doctor simply replied, "But why does this other Human Q matter to you? They are a member of this crew. I am sure they chose to leave, just like I did."

"Again, jealousy! You should really watch that," Q replied with a smile, obviously enjoying the reactions he was gaining from these two, especially Doctor Galen, "I'll give you one small hint: My Human Q has taken quite an interest in your first officer." The captain and the doctor thought about it for a second, before Q disappeared with a sly grin on his face and a snap of his fingers.

"We're going to have to report Q's visit to Starfleet. I don't think they need to know anything else, yet" the captain stated looking towards the doctor.

"And we'll need to find out who the Human Q is. I think I may have an idea who it may be," the doctor replied.

"I agree. While I do not believe they pose a threat, it will be nice to know anything they can tell us about the Q or anything they know otherwise about the universe," the captain said with a nod, before beginning out of sickbay, the doctor following. His specimen was left undone.

"He said that whoever it was has taken an interest in Commander Rodriguez. Perhaps we should start there," Doctor Galen suggested.

"I agree. I believe he usually has Lieutenant Knight and Akorem around. Occasionally, there is Iscari, Landon, and the cook, Lovett," Captain Richards noted, having kept an eye on her first officer, just in case he were to mess up, which she did hope he did not. She didn't really trust him on obeying the protocols, especially the ones involving dating.

"Knight and Akorem are not the one," the doctor noted, "A Human Q normally has a personality flaw of being a bit of a loner. Superior intellect, arrogance, and those who leave normally have an uncanny sense of preserving all life. This Human Q may also have a disaster that affects them every day, that they caused with their powers."

"Does that happen often with the Q?" the Captain inquired, "Causing disasters, I mean."

"Yes, the only difference is that the Q do not have the same sort of sense of right and wrong; when a human gains the power of the Q, and causes something so destructive, it makes guilt affect their whole life," the doctor replied clenching his hands into fists as they walked to the mess hall.

"Come on, you guys. I need some sleep," James said approaching the only filled table, "Shouldn't you all be heading home?" At the table sat Ciro, Celes, Jace, and Eris, who all seemed to have a good time, even Eris.

"Captain!" James said looking up, "I wasn't expecting you, or the doctor. It is getting late…"

"Don't worry, Mr. Lovett," the captain replied, "I won't be here for long."

"In fact," the doctor began, "We just need to talk with Lieutenant Commander Landon for a moment." The captain looked at the doctor, who seemed to not show any sign of worry, just confidence.

"O-of course," Eris replied, swallowing, before she stood up and walked towards the captain and the doctor. The others stared curiously at them.

"Carry on," the captain replied, and the three exited. Eris seemed extremely worried, wondering if she had done anything wrong. The three headed to sickbay, deciding it would be the best place to talk with her about Q.

"Lieutenant Landon," the doctor began, "We heard from Q today." Eris's expression looked confused.

"What was Q here for?" Eris asked quietly.

"He told us there was a person here on the ship who was raised by Q… We need you to keep an eye on Mr. Lovett, and Lieutenant Iscani," the doctor continued, "I can tell it's not you, and I can trust you. Don't tell anyone yet."

"I will do as you order, sir," Eris replied, "May I leave?"

"Of course," the doctor replied, and Eris left quickly, as if trying to hurry off to a job she had been given.

"How do you-?" the captain began.

"I can tell from her reaction; she isn't like a Human Q," the doctor quickly explained.

"I see," the captain began, "Who do you think it is then? Mr. Lovett may be the best guess. He doesn't remember anything from his past."

"That is true. But it is odd that they would erase his memory instead of rewriting his history like they did with me. Lieutenant Iscani is left, but I wasn't aware he took such an interest in Lieutenant Rodriguez," the doctor replied with a sigh, "You look tired, Captain. You should go to bed. We won't get much more done tonight."

He was back on the planet. He saw the city line, and the star above. It wasn't about saving the humans. It wasn't about destroying an enemy. It was about not being able to stand watching the annihilation of all these people. The star was exploding; all those innocent people wouldn't make it. He couldn't just stand around and not do anything. All those people would suffer. He couldn't allow it.

With a split second decision, he snapped his fingers, and they never existed. However, he never knew that the one who was away from the planet would be one who eventually could have defeated and annihilated the Borg with an ingenious virus, and save the universe of years of their assimilation. He didn't realize that erasing these people also made several civilizations rise to power, when those people weren't in the way.

"You've failed," Q said from besides him.

"I-I'm sorry," he replied looking down. How could he be so stupid?

"You see, we gave this test to our other test Q, he failed too," Q explained, "It seems no human is Q material."

"Don't judge everyone because of my failure… I'm not even a normal human," he said looking at Q intently.

"Oh I know that, but your creator programmed you with as many good qualities he could. You're much different than the others that were like you," Q replied.

"Since when did you give compliments?" he asked with a grin.

"Oh it seems I've gotten soft. The Continuum has decided to send you back to Earth," Q replied with a small laugh, before becoming serious.

"I'm not from there, Q. I've never known anything outside of the Continuum," he noted as if almost worried.

"Don't worry, you won't forget forever; even our previous Human Q managed to remember everything eventually," Q explained, "I have everything covered. You'll even be able to explore a bit of another galaxy eventually."

"I don't believe I'm ready to be a Human Q, Q," he replied, "If you let me go and be with my species, I promise I'll return eventually."

"That is only if the Continuum will allow it. However, I will speak with them about it. We will be watching, you just don't know it," Q replied, snapping his fingers, and sending the man to Earth, "Oh, this will be fun."

The man awoke abruptly, confused as to what he has just seen in his dream. It had to be a dream. There was no way that he was some sort of Human Q. It wasn't even like he had any powers, or even remembered Q, from anywhere, besides maybe from his studies. It just had to be his imagination. Right?

The next day, the doctor was alert looking for the signs on a Human Q on every one of his patients. The doctor chuckled when he saw James limp in with Jace by his side, and James was holding a part of his leg with his free hand (the other wrapped around Jace for support). His face was blackened, his clothes seemed to be torn in a few places, and his eyes were closed for a reason the doctor was unsure about at the moment.

"What did you two do this time?" the doctor asked with a laugh.

"It wasn't fighting this time, sir!" James insisted.

"It wasn't; one of his gardens blew up. There wasn't anything wrong. Ensign Trekon is taking a look at it, but I don't think he'll find anything," Jace explained. James moved his hand to reveal a burnt portion of his leg.

"Set him on the bed," the doctor ordered, getting quite serious at this moment, taking out one of his tools for healing burns. The doctor had a sneaking suspicion that it may have been caused by their little visitor, to perhaps help him find out. Q wasn't ever that helpful though.

"Do you know anything else that might have happened? Anyone who might be trying to hurt you?" the doctor asked.

"No, sir," James replied biting his lip, and wincing as his burns slowly went away.

"Are your eyes fine?" the doctor asked seeing James barely opening them at the moment.

"Y-yeah," James replied.

"James!" Jace said glaring at James on the table.

"Fine. They sort of hurt. They'll be fine later," James replied with a sigh. The doctor had already finished scanning them, and raised an eyebrow.

"That's odd…" the doctor said, picking up another one of his tools, healing James's eyes.

"What's odd, sir?" James asked.

"The rate at which you regenerate… I've never seen such a fast rate. Normally one who was injured like you were, wouldn't have healed so quickly. It was almost as if someone had been there the instant the explosion happened," the doctor explained curiously looking at James.

"I don't know why, sir," James replied, "I've always healed quickly I suppose."

"I wonder why I haven't detected it before…" the doctor wondered aloud.

"Well, he's only been hurt once before," Jace noted. The doctor smiled at Jace.

"That's true, Lieutenant," the doctor replied, "I didn't run a scan that time. When you were found, James, did they note anything odd about you?" The records didn't show anything.

"Er… no," James replied nervously. While the doctor became slightly suspicious, he decided he would question James about it later, when Jace wasn't there.

"A bomb," Ensign Trekon stated looking towards Jemelle.

"A bomb? Are you sure?" Jemelle replied not looking surprised, but instead kept his normal straight face.

"Positive," Trekon replied, "It was extremely hard to find, but whoever set it up was interrupted. I believe that it wasn't supposed to go off when it did."

"Do you believe it was meant for another?" Jemelle asked.

"I-I don't know, sir, but I know it wasn't supposed to go off how it did, or we wouldn't find anything," Trekon answered.

"Is there anything else?" Jemelle inquired.

"Not as of yet, sir. I will give you a full report by 0500 hours tomorrow," Trekon promised.

"I understand," Jemelle said, "If you come up with anything else, let me know." Jemelle left the room and left Trekon to find anything else on the explosion.

Jemelle was at his station, on the bridge, looking up information that he needed. His fingers were typing on the console lightning fast, taking in the information quickly.

"Have you made any progress, Iscani?" the captain asked, walking up to his console, seeing how fast he was going through information.

"I have narrowed the killer down to seven people. Only seven have been in the airpontics bay since we departed from Earth. Including myself," Jemelle answered, "The one that seems most likely would be James Lovett himself. I cannot find any motive for anyone yet."

"I see," the captain said, "Send each of the suspects for a check-up. If there is something wrong, we could narrow it down farther that way."

"There doesn't seem to be anything amiss, Lieutenant Iscani; if you are the one, I can't tell," the doctor said with a smile, finishing his examination of Jemelle. Jemelle nodded, sitting there. "You may leave."

Jemelle nodded once more, and left the room quickly, just as another of the suspects entered. The doctor smiled.

"I'll be ready in a second," the doctor noted, gathering up his things, getting ready for the next check-up, "Just sit on one of the beds." The doctor turned around, grabbing his medical tri-corder from the table behind him. There was a sudden, sharp pain in his neck, before ceasing and he turned around to see the face of his attacker.

"So it was you," the doctor managed to say before he fell on the bed now in front of him. The attacker swiftly left the room.

"Lovett to Iscani," James said worried, "Doctor Galen has been attacked." Jemelle, upon receiving this news, hurried from the bridge with a few other security officers, down to sickbay.

"What happened?" Jemelle asked approaching the doctor and examining him without touching him, using his tricorder to see what was wrong with the doctor.

"I don't know; I came here for my examination, and found him like this," James replied. Something caught his eye near the doctor. A primitive syringe was near his right hand, almost as if he dropped it himself. "Sir," James pointed at the syringe. Jemelle quickly picked up the syringe, scanning it.

"Skenenite," Jemelle said.

"Skenenite? Isn't that a drug to cure broken bones?" James asked.

"Yes. However, one usually uses a drop to be injected in the system; in such a large dose it causes a coma," Jemelle explained quickly, "Iscani to Winters. Report to sickbay immediately."

"Who would've done it to the doctor?" James asked.

"I do not know. This is getting quite puzzling," Jemelle admitted, "Unless…" Jemelle began to leave the room, but stopped at the doorway. "Tell Ensign Winters to take care of Doctor Galen when he gets here." And then, Jemelle hurried from the door, taking the doctor's medical tricorder.

"James!" a familiar voice came from nearby. James quickly turned seeing Q sitting at the doctor's desk.

"What are you doing here?" James said with a sense of urgency, running over to the doctor's desk.

"Well, it depends; do you remember?" Q asked with a smile.

"Remember?" James asked.

"I told them you hadn't yet. They were thinking about making it permanent. I'm not allowed to jog your memory," Q replied sitting up in the seat and leaning towards James.

"You better leave; if Ensign Winters gets here while you are-" James stated, however he was interrupted by Q snapping his fingers.

"There. They're all gone," Q replied, and at the sight of James's worried look, "Oh don't worry yourself over them, I'll return them after our chat is done."

"It's done now," James said furiously, looking away from Q, but Q just appeared in front of him.

"Do you really hate me? The one who raised you! Well, that was primarily Q, but I was there!" Q said as if he was being offensive.

"No, you didn't! I grew up on Earth," James denied, "I just can't remember it."

"You still can't remember," Q sighed, shaking his head, "Maybe making it permanent would be the best choice. At least then I could leave and not worry about babysitting you. Make sure you do just as you promised!" James clenched his fist, remembering his dream from yesterday night. Was it really true?

"If what you are saying is true…" James mused, "Then why don't I have powers like you?"

"I can't tell you that. The Continuum was very clear on what I can and cannot tell you," Q said with a smile.

"I'd rather never remember my past, than be like you people. I read all about you preparing for this mission," James replied almost bitterly, "You are arrogant, uncaring, tricky people."

"Oh that hurt, right here," Q said, covering his heart, and pretending to fall to the ground, before appearing behind James, peering around him. "This isn't going anywhere. But in due time, you will remember. I just thought to inform you, before your peers found out before you even knew."

"How touching," James replied sarcastically. Q laughed, and snapped his fingers, disappearing.

"Lieutenant Iscani?" a voice came.

"Ensign Winters! He had to leave," James said entering the main part of sickbay where the doctor was laying, "He told me to tell you to watch over the doctor."

"Will do," Winters replied with a nod, moving the doctor to a more comfortable position on the bed, as laying across the long side looked quite uncomfortable. James stayed with the doctor, and Winters, thinking through what Q had said, questioning whether Q was right, or just messing with him. He would be an easy target. The man with no past, convince him he lived with Q, and he might just believe it eventually.

Jemelle pulled out his phaser before he opened the door before him. He held the phaser out, ready to shoot, on stun, just in case. Inside, was his quarters, which seemed completely empty. However, he was prepared. He walked quietly over to his bedroom, before turning the lights on, seeing Eris Landon kneeling by his bed, working on something. Without hesitation, Jemelle fired the phaser at her, stunning the unsuspecting woman.

Jemelle approached the woman, seeing a sort of fog rise out of her body. It flew towards Jemelle, but reacting instinctively, Jemelle, backed up, activating a force field to his room. The fog hit the force field and could not go any farther.

"Iscani to security. Send a team down to my quarters immediately," Jemelle said after tapping his badge. The fog kept trying to go through the field, like a fly against glass, ending in failure. The fog finally retreated to Eris. Eris stood up and walked towards the forcefield.

"You threaten us," Eris said in an odd airy voice.

"We mean no harm to anyone, who doesn't mean harm to us," Jemelle stated.

"Your very presence threatens us," Eris added.

"How?" Jemelle asked, just as the team of security entered seeing Jemelle speaking with Eris through the force field.

"This ship, tears us apart. We cannot survive here. It is our home," Eris explained.

"We can hurry from your home, if you would tell us where it ends," Jemelle offered, "We are sorry for all harm caused."

"We wish you to leave," Eris said.

"We will, if you tell us where to leave to," Jemelle answered.

"We wish you to leave," Eris repeated.

"Iscani to the Captain," Jemelle said tapping his badge, "You might want to come down here. I've made contact with an alien lifeform. I am in my quarters."

"I will be there soon," the captain replied. The security team stood at their ready, just in case the alien managed to penetrate the force field. Jemelle took out a PADD and pulled up a picture of the Andromeda Galaxy.

"Where is your home?" Jemelle asked, holding the PADD up to the force field.

"Here," Eris said pointing to a small chunk of the galaxy.

"We will leave that area alone," Jemelle said, "We do not mean harm."

"Then what do you mean? There is nothing else. Everything hunts us, and so we hunt everyone," Eris noted not believing Jemelle. The captain entered and slowly approached Jemelle.

"We are explorers; we want to find out about the unknown, and make the unknown known," the captain explained, knowing Jemelle would explain everything to her later.

"Knowledge comes with conquering," Eris replied.

"Knowledge comes with exploring. We do not harm those we learn about knowingly, unless they aim to harm us," the captain replied.

"So you aim to harm us, who have harmed you," Eris replied.

"That's not right. We punish those who harm us, or aim to harm us, you would be the only one punished; those civilians not involved are not harmed for their people's crimes," the captain said.

"There are no civilians. If you do not mean us harm, and you did not know of our harm like you say, you are unique," Eris replied.

"If you allow us to leave, we will not try to harm you again," the captain promised.

"Fine," Eris replied, "Drop the shield, and we will lead you out." Eris placed her hand on the wall, and Jemelle's PADD registered a new amount of information, an outline of their territory. "If you transgress on our land and harm us again, we will destroy all of your species we can reach."

"We will make sure not to," the captain said, nodding at Jemelle, who then dropped the force field. The fog rose from Eris and exited the room through the doors, and eventually out of the ship.

"Get Landon to sickbay," the captain ordered, and the security team quickly picked up the human and hurried off to sickbay. "That was an interesting first encounter."

"Knight to Captain Richards," Jace's voice came, "We have transported several lightyears away from our initial spot just a second ago."

"Don't worry about it, Lieutenant," the captain answered, "I will explain it at the meeting tonight. Head away from our previous spot, towards the nearest star system. Avoid the area Iscani is sending you now." Jemelle nodded, sending the map to Jace on the bridge from a nearby console.

"Aye, captain," Jace replied, ending the transmission. There had already been a planned meeting 2000 hours, and so, the captain would explain it then.

"I hope all of our first contacts do not go like that," Jemelle commented.

Over the next few hours the doctor regained consciousness, and Eris recovered from her possession of the alien. Jemelle was giving his final report to the captain in her ready room, just before the meeting.

"I believe that Eris was not possessed the whole time by the entity. I believe originally Lieutenant Knight was possessed and set the bomb in the airponics bay, which caught Mr. Lovett. Eris attacked Doctor Galen under the alien's possession; I had seen her enter after I left sickbay. I assumed at the time she had an appointment. I predicted that I was going to be the next target, and one would try to attack me in my quarters, so I looked there, and found Lieutenant Landon, possessed by the alien," Jemelle explained. The captain nodded. A ring from the door came.

"Come in," the captain ordered, and the door opened, revealing James standing, there, looking extremely worried. "What is wrong, Mr. Lovett?"

"Can I speak with you privately?" James asked.

"We were just finishing up here. You are dismissed Lieutenant Iscani," the captain said with a nod, and Jemelle promptly left.

"Captain… I-I…" James began after Jemelle was gone.

"Did something happen?" the captain wondered.

"No, well, sort of. Q visited me," James said with a lot of hesitancy.

"Q?" the captain asked surprised, but not surprised at the same time.

"He told me… that I was raised by Q," James said, before wincing, as if expecting her to tell him he was crazy, or yell at him because she thought he was joking around.

"Captain to Doctor Galen, report to my ready room, now," the captain said tapping her badge, looking at James. Oh great, she thought he was crazy, just his luck. The two stared at each other in silence, until William Galen came in.

"Yes, captain?" William asked, spotting James, but choosing to let the captain tell him, before letting his mind formulate theories on why he was here.

"James is the Human Q that Q told us about," the captain stated, "Tell the doctor what you told me, Mr. Lovett." James looked at the doctor, now confused, thinking that they must be joking that they already knew.

"Q visited me, and told me that I was raised by Q, when you were unconscious, sir," James explained looking at the doctor.

"He did? I must say, I am a bit surprised. I was thinking that it was Iscani," William replied with a smile, "Don't worry, James. I'm one of the Human Q, the one before you."

"Ah ah ah!" Q said appearing by the doctor, "There was one in between you two, though she was more worried with exploration then becoming a Q."

"Damn it, Q," William muttered.

"Such a cozy discussion! Two of my favorite Human Q talking it out!" Q said pulling James and William together with his arms around their necks.

"Leave me alone," James said pushing Q away, while William seemed to not even resist.

"I've learned to just accept his annoyances," William explained.

"And you were with us for a shorter time!" Q laughed letting the two go.

"What do you want?" the captain snapped at Q.

"Oh, gotten a little feisty, Richards, have you? Perhaps you'll provide as much entertainment as Picard," Q suggested.

"I won't put up with your shenanigans, Q," the captain replied, "So please, leave."

"Well, since you said, please," Q said holding his hand up ready to snap, "I'll be watching." Q snapped his fingers and he disappeared.

"I don't like that man," James noted.

"You haven't regained your memories?" William asked turning towards James, curiously, "And he told you?"

"Well, yeah. I think I remember one time, when I was tested whether I could have the powers of a Q or not, but otherwise…" James said trailing off.

"Don't worry," William said with a smile, "You'll regain them eventually. It took me around a year to remember."

"Will you tell Starfleet about me?" James asked, then looking towards the captain.

"I will, but I do not believe they will take you away. I will place a request to keep you aboard, and I'm sure Command will agree," the captain replied, "I must tell them about everything that has gone down, including the information about Doctor Galen here."

"I understand. If I am pulled, I will miss this ship," the doctor replied.

"I will insist on both of you staying. If not, I will accompany both of you back to Earth, and appeal to them in person," the captain promised.

"That could make you lose your job, Captain," James pointed out.

"True, but everyone on my crew is important to me. Commander Ciro will be able to take over for me if anything goes wrong," the captain replied with a smile.

"Thank you Captain… for caring about us," James said.

"It's all in the job description," the captain replied.