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"Just what are you planning?" Lady Q shifted her weight on the hard rock beneath her. She winced as its sharp, craggy edges poked at her through her red uniform. She sniffed the dry, dusty air of the cave and peered up at Q through the dimness. "It had better include a change of accommodations."

Q leaned against the dirty cavern wall. He swiped at the roots and other plant material surrounding his dirty face. "Would you be quiet? It will take the Continuum a long time to find us here and you are not helping."

Lady Q laughed. "Help? When I offered my assistance, you told me you were the brains of this operation and that is a direct quote." She paused as she appraised him. "Obviously, a gross overestimation."

Q leaned over and said, "May I remind you I am trying to clean up your mess. You had no right to interfere with Kathy like that!"

"Why? Because you didn't think of it first?"

Q straightened and turned away. "Well, I did give you the idea. You could at least give me some credit and cut me in on it. You've done this just to get back at me."

Lady Q frowned. "You're right."

Q spun around and pointed at her. "Aha!"

"At first." Lady Q grimaced and shifted again on her rock. "You did toss me aside for that human. A human! That hurt, Q." She watched him lower his hand and said, "I admit I was going to dangle her in front of you until I grew tired of it and then…" She snapped her fingers.

Q shook his head. "So that I would watch her die. Again. Q, the fact that would you torture a helpless being at the very moment of her death just to spite me… I'm touched. I had no idea you cared so deeply for me."

"Don't get ahead of yourself," she said. "Still, after a billion years together, I suppose I did succumb to having a weak moment over you."

"I do have that effect on others, you know. It's a curse of my Qness." Q walked over and sat next to her. Rubbing shoulders, he said, "What happened to us, Q? I guess what they say about having a child is true. All the wild, passionate courtship…it's just all goes away, disappears." He threw up his hands. "Where did it all go?"

"To the human female, apparently. There's something about her that attracts you. It attracts you more than I do."

Q put a hand to his chest. "I absolutely refute that! I confess she does have a certain je ne sais quoi to her but we were never romantic about each other. How could I be when I have you? By my side. Forever in bliss."

Lady Q put a hand in his face as she rose. "Save it." She inhaled the musty dank air. "Although, I do find this new life on the run strangely thrilling. I never did see what you found so compelling about it but it is exhilarating, isn't it? The danger, the excitement…"

Q rose up beside her. "…being a hunted, wanted fugitive from the Continuum. A perilous moment to moment existence together, arm in arm, heart to heart. What more could you possibly want?"

Lady Q's smile faded. "A change of scenery."

Q slumped back down. "You're never satisfied, are you? Just like a Q. Lucky for you, I have more practice at this than you do. Why, you would cease to exist right now without me here."

Lady Q crossed her arms. "Is that so?"

"Yes." Q jumped back up. "In fact, your time is up."

She scoffed. "You can no more end my existence right now that you can your own. And you wouldn't dare try. So are we leaving?"

"Yes!" Q smiled and said, "But for you, the days and nights of endless intrigue are over. It's time to kick it to the next level and really live out there on the edge!"

"What are you talking about?"

Q grabbed her arm and pulled her to his side. "I'm turning you in to the Continuum."

Lady Q jerked against him. "You will do no such thing! Take your hands off of me, now!"

Q held her tighter. "What's the matter, Q? Too much danger for you already? Is your sudden appetite for our risky life of crime waning already?

"Have you completely lost your Qness?" Lady Q pulled free. "If you take me to the Continuum, I will give you and your precious human female up within the first three seconds."

"Great! That's exactly what you need to do."

Lady Q stared at him. "You've been here too long."

Q pointed at his head. "I am a genius! The Continuum already knows where Kathy is. They are just waiting for me to carry out her sentence."

Lady Q scoffed. "You and I both know you won't harm her."

"Yes and now the Continuum will know too."

Lady Q considered his words for a moment. "To what end? They already know you're stalling."

"And now they'll know why." Q grabbed her by the shoulders and said, "It's time for Q the Executioner to become Q the Traitor!"