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Star Trek Voyager/Doctor Who Crossover – Worst Case Scenario: Chapter 9 - Phage

By

Celgress

"If we are to protect ourselves from those who would destroy us my dear Kes, we require a military force." The Master, under his guise of the EMH, mused. "The recoded Borg nanoprobes while promising are not in and of themselves sufficient. No something more is needed. If the nanoprobes could be fed the proper biomaterial then we'd have something."

"What parameters must the biomaterial meet my love?" Kes asked leaning over the desk displaying plenty of distracting cleavage for her Master's viewing pleasure.

"Oh something adaptive, consumptive, generally nasty perhaps a microbe", The Master said eyeing Kes' ample chest.

"I have it!" Kes said squealing with excitement like a school girl. "The Phage, it is a contagion afflicting a population of aliens we encountered called the Vidiians. The Phage literally dissolves it's host from the inside out. It is highly adaptive and resistant to all known medical treatments."

"Show me this Phage." The Master said smiling with the EMH's face, Kes removed several bio-stasis vials from storage. Picking up several other bio-stasis vials containing recoded Borg nanoprobes, using his Laser Screwdriver the Master careful analyzed then modified both the nanoprobes and the virus. "Kes please prepare a bio-specimen jar, containing a standard growth medium."

"At once my love", Kes said quickly preforming her task. Once Kes handed him the jar the Master dumped the contents of the vials into the solution contained within. Resealing the jar the Master used his Laser Screwdriver to speed along the process.

"Now we wait." The Master said sitting back in the EMH's chair. Kes plopped down in his lap.

"However shall we pass the time Master." Kes said leaning in close her breath hot on his cheek.

"I'm sure we'll think of something darling." The Master said simultaneously deactivating his disguise and locking the Sick Bay doors. On the nearby work station the substance within the bio-specimen jar, now a metallic grayish-black color, swirled around menacingly. A miniature storm venting it's furry impotently. When this genie is released from the bottle the Universe itself shall shudder in fear.

In the Brig Captain Janeway was again questioning the Borg drone Seven of Nine. The session was proving as fruitless as the previous ones. Other than typical Borg propaganda and the occasional threat Seven of Nine wasn't saying much. At her wits end Janeway finally snapped.

"The Borg will come for this unite. The Borg will destroy you." Seven of Nine declared.

"No one is coming for you." Janeway retorted.

"The Borg will come for this unite. You are nothing against us. We are Borg." Seven said.

"You are not Borg you are Seven of Nine! You are alone in the Universe!" Janeway screamed through the force field separating the two.

"We are Borg. We are…."

"Your species is dead! The entire Borg Collective destroyed, wiped out, gone!" Janeway said with a degree of satisfaction in her voice that would later horrify her.

"You are a liar!" Seven of Nine accused Janeway. "Destroying us is beyond your feeble capabilities."

"Believe what you want, it is true." Janeway said. "The Borg Collective is no more. Here let me prove it." Janeway reached out with the Sonic Screwdriver. "There your link to the Hive Mind has been restored, reach out and touch someone if you can."

Seven of Nine looked confused. After several seconds she again spoke. "This unite is malfunctioning. You must have improperly repaired our neurological transceiver."

"Wrong again superior one." Janeway said. "You aren't receiving a single because there isn't a source left to send it."

"This unite is defective. That is the only logical explanation." Seven of Nine said.

"Unless I'm telling the truth", Janeway said.

"You, destroyed us?" Seven of Nine said in a shaky voice.

Upon seeing the frightened, angry look on Seven of Nine's face Janeway's bravado ebbed away like a deflating balloon. "We had no choice. We couldn't let you use the Apocalypse Weapon. Too many innocent lives would have been ruined. I'm truly sorry."

"We hate you!" Seven of Nine screeched bouncing off the force field. "We sincerely hope the Daleks show you the same level of mercy you have showen us!"

"I think it'd be wise if you left now Captain." A security guard said as Seven of Nine threw herself repeatedly against the force field. "We may have to stun her."

"Only do that as a last resort." Janeway ordered leaving the room.

In Sick Bay the Master, once more under the guise of the EMH, along with Kes injected two crew members with their new toy. The crew members had reported in for two routine physicals. Kes and the Master watched in morbid fascination as over the next fifteen minutes the unlucky crew members were consumed by the metallic greyish-black, tendrils of the new entities. The creatures which stood before the masterminds were vaguely humanoid in shape. Their forms were made up of a shiny, metallic greyish-black substance which looked hard as steel. They had glowing, solid, neon blue eyes, elongated razor sharp six digit fingers & toes, their rounded heads lacked any type of mouth and their bodies possessed a ribbed texture (their look generally reminiscent of the xenomorphs from the Alien Franchise).

"Excellent" The Master said closely examining his new creations. "You turned out better than I had hoped. Come my Phage we should leave this place."

"At once Master", the two Phage rasped following the departing the Master and Kes.

Removing the EMH's portable emitter for the final time the Master carelessly tossed the device on the floor. "I won't need this anymore, pity I was enjoying playing doctor."

A few minutes later a red alert sounded on the Bridge. "What is it?" Janeway asked.

"Somebody is overriding the security protocols on one of the shuttles." Tuvok answered. "The shuttle has launched. We are being hailed."

"Hello Captain do you mind if myself and my associates borrow one of your shuttles?" The Master's visage said on the overhead view screen. Sitting by his side in the stolen shuttle was Kes, behind them sat two unidentified aliens.

"Who are you and what are you doing on my ship?" Janeway ask.

"I am the Master. The Daleks sent me to take care of the Borg. Having accomplished my mission I now take my leave of you." The Master stated.

"Kes are they holding you hostage? Don't worry we'll get you out of there", Janeway said reassuringly.

"Please I'm in love with him." Kes laughed. "He's expanded my horizons beyond those of your pitiful Star Fleet. He has gifted me with a knee intellect and a lifespan far in excess of the longest lived amongst you. He has freed me of the moral constraints under which lesser creatures such as you operate. I am no longer a mere woman. I am now a goddess. He is my god. Together we'll bring order to a chaotic universe."

"What have you done to Kes?" Tuvok demanded barely supressing the undercurrent of anger in his voice.

"Freed her", The Master said, "bye bye now." The transmission was terminated. The shuttle zipped through Voyager's shields as if they didn't exist before going to high warp.

To Be Continued