Q sat on the dirt floor and flicked pebbles at the large boulder. He gave a quick tug on his shackled wrist. "Ow!" Q kicked the ground. "If you think you've seen the last of me, you haven't! I'll be back! You think I've riled the Continuum before, you ain't seen nothin yet!"
"Well that will get you released." q flashed in front of his father and knelt down. "Threatening the Continuum with trouble beyond their wildest imaginations…you're slipping, Dad."
Q leaned forward and said, "Do you have any idea what your mother is up to?"
q lifted his shoulders. "She's messing with Aunt Kathy. So what?"
"She's gone to kill your Aunt Kathy unless you set me free to prevent her from doing it."
q sat on the ground and shook his head. "Can't. Those cuffs are straight from the Continuum. Thanks to you, I'm still on probation." q waved his hands in the air. "I use these babies to free you and I really will spend eternity as an amoeba. Not happening, Dad. You're not worth it."
Q scooted back and leaned against the dirt wall. "Really? And I suppose your godmother is also insignificant. You're just going to let her die after everything she did for you?"
"She's already dead."
Q moved his head back and forth. "Well, only in the human sense. Those are your mother's genes talking. Please tell me you can expand your mind further."
q leaned forward. "Why do you care so much about her, Dad? You want her back so you can mate with her and pollute the Continuum with inferior Q like beings." q shook his head. "I won't let you do that. Not to the Continuum. Not to me. And not to Mom."
Q leaned forward. "Why? What scares you so much about change, Junior? I didn't raise you to be like this. You are the embodiment of change. If it wasn't for me and my radical ideas, you wouldn't exist and neither would the Continuum for that matter. It was being torn apart before you were born. " He shook his chains. "And this is how they repay me." Q looked back at his son. "Would you prefer non-existence, Junior, or are you glad a Q like me took the initiative to think out of the box and try something new? I may be slightly biased but I think you are a vast improvement over the standard Q. You superseded the Continuum the minute you were born. And, sometimes you've even make me proud."
q studied his father. His rare moment of humility and praise was touching. Still, q knew better. He looked around until his gaze settled back on his father. "I know I'm going to regret this but…" q cleared his throat. "You have one minute to tell me your plan." q held up his hand as Q started to speak. "All of it or I tighten the links."
Q smiled. "That's fine, Junior." He sat back against the wall. "Because the first thing you are going to do is keep me here and not set me free."