Stargate Atlantis Trading Grounds I: The Return To La Rochelle
Warnings: This story is going to match the dialog, in the flashback memories, of chapter 4, of the past meets the present series. As it also follows the complete mental breakdowns, of the human half of the team. And Robert Makepeace and Adam Johnson, so the story is going to follow the dialog to the letter exactly. Along with some new dialog that was not in the fast forwarded portion in the flashbacks.
With this chapter now is that they are preparing to settle into their lives on the Enterprise, but from here on in, in to the rest of the story. As there is going to be a severe amount of Carter, Frasier and O'neill bashing, for the rest of the series. As what if there was more to the events of the second season, Hathor and Omac. Then we ever knew, and this story gives the pretense to it, followed by a rigging the proceedings.
Basing this in real time, rather then the show, of 25 years ago, Antarctica was a neutral zone for research so military research was not allowed out there. And with it, as the chair is considered military technology, it was meant to be last resort. In case of another orbital attack, so the outpost is now trade and exploration. So with this chapter, is the colony/crew is now getting used to being a slightly underwater crew.
As he's getting to work in trading to bring in more improvement for the planet at large now, so a military attack. Just to bring him back to the states, is attempted, is an international. In incidents and enough to get them convicted for kidnapping now, with his clearance. So from here, is he's dropping in on Ry'ac and Drey'auc and before the press conference. And just before his first stop in planets is to Gaea, home of the Nox.
This chapter will finish off this portion of the story-line, as the next two chapters and forward, cover chapter 2, going by the name. And of The Glory Of Tantulus, which covers things, from his going to the races and Tok'ra creation of the treaty. And his return to Shyla, before the following Chapters cover the the breakdowns of the trio and Carter, who's lost her ability to function mentally, out of desperation now.
As the mission was sanctioned, and he was transferred to Landry and the Atlantis team at the time. As Rodney McKay, Cam Mitchell, Vala Mal Doran, Hank Landry, Frank Simmons, Steven Caldwell, John Shepard. And Elizabeth Weir enter the picture here, the story will have Daniel and Teal'C joining their team. As the SGA is founded 5 years early, and moved into the outpost on earth….
Disclaimers: I don't own the shows, the story belongs to everything else belongs to the creators and the movie companies.
Chapter 43: Media Truths And Trials VI
"By showing them the way out of the bloody chairs, you showed them the way out of said chairs, and conservatory and they followed you out, okay that works." Plummer said with a bemused smile, and Hammond chuckled at Daniel's creativity, to come up with a way out. One that didn't involve violence, again, then in their eyes. "Uhhhh…General. Without meaning, this time, to sound like a smart-ass, are you cracked?" he asked and he hid a chuckle.
"Folks, I don't need to tell you how valuable a resource this planet could be for us. Their technology is far beyond our own: the kind of technology that justifies this entire program." he said and Colin nodded in agreement. "Yeah like creating holodecks for training." he said and Sam went white in shock, that she never thought of that. "Oh what jealous once again, we can use this technology to create better training platforms here."
"Without getting stuck in the system right now?" Landry said sternly, knowing she'd have gone pale, at the utterly primitive ways, her attempts to bring back technology. Now could result in hurting or killing someone, compared to Daniel's ways, by looking at what could be useful to what couldn't. "General Hammond, going back into that world could be very hazardous." she said to him then. "Well that says jealous." Hoffman said sternly and he nodded then.
"They're snatching technology, without bothering to learn how it works, Reg's double realized it, as he was trying to get me to realize it now. His technology could be useful for better training platforms, not in the way of sticking someone in the chair. But rather creation of holodecks now, and we got a way to train the kids now too finally." Daniel said and he nodded. "Your idea works better, creation of holodecks, and escape rooms this way." he said and Daniel smiled then.
"Yeah, but stage 5 it just left the holodeck and ended up in the hallway, we test each team, during the foothold test, but with the way I'm training blue and green quadrants. They're going to blow away Edina." Daniel said and the 10 pre academy cadets exchanged smiles. "Alright guys, don't be so cocky, one mistake, you blow it, now remember here, mind over matter." He said and the teams nodded, as Picard exchanged smiles with Brand, at his gentle manner.
"I fail to see how: It's an artificial environment, can you actually die in there?" he asked and she started getting tense. "Not unless the damn system broke down." Picard said in response sternly, as they heard her remark. "And we need to fix our's, before that happens again dad, after you, mom and Data got stuck in the Dixon Hill mystery you were doing." Crusher said and Jean Luc and Beverly nodded, as she gripped his shoulders gently to that.
"Issues in this crew, we really need to see what we can learn from grandma's version, and upload it to ours now." she said and he nodded in agreement. "Well for now our primary pre academy are Jake and Wesley." he said and she nodded. "We don't know." Sam said and Jack quickly said it. "I'm a little more concerned about being trapped there, Sir." he said, his voice slowly raising and he said it gently. "You got out the last time." he said to him gently.
"There is no guarantee we will be able to extract ourselves again." Teal'C said to him then and he nodded. "Okay, I'll tell you what: if you don't come out in one week, I'll send in SG-2 to pull you out." he said to him and then went further to this then. "Besides, what's so bad about being in there? It sounds to me like you can experience. All sorts of fascinating things.." he said and Jack nodded sarcastically to him as he said it then.
"You mean, like watching old friends and…" he said and Daniel stepped in. "Parents." he sakd and Jack finished it. "Family getting killed over and over again?" he said and Hammond jumped that. "Alternate realities, Charlie was dead in two realities, we get one last mission together this year, as I'm taking that offer. That I can resurrect Charlie on the holodeck, play back the Abydos mission, old memories, better then the last 2.5 years again now."
"Without the vocal and physical abuse, as you never needed the drugs, I was on a cocktail meant to control the symptoms, of having her here." he said and they nodded in understanding. "We really don't blame you for that, but O'neill there clearly never expected your inner werewolf to beat the crap out of 3 people, you been abused enough already, but you had your last 9 good years under me and the Professor now, but you got me again." Hoffman said to that gently.
"And with you around, my inner wolf went cub again, so in this case, is fresh start and I'm with papa bear in between missions. Although I'll just try not to get smart with you, in my case that never changed, in these sessions, never go with the P.C. answer. Or he's going to let you have it, trust me." he said and Lou and Dixon nodded, as they tried to hide a smile. "And keep it up with me and I will right now, wise guy, you're not debating your need for rest here now, in truth."
"If I did this to you all the time, you could never resist, when you were a teenager, before your choice in sports, but school, practice, home, homework in that order during the school year. Every time you tried to resist your need for sleep, as a young teenager, I left you have it." he said smiling, knowing that's exactly what he was like with the younger man. "Or seeing Major Kawalsky alive and well? Who knows, Colonel, maybe you could even see your son."
"Dr. Jackson, perhaps you could visit the ancient worlds you've always wondered about." he said and Daniel nodded, just gapes at him, disbelievingly. "And there's a clue, by converting the chairs into a holodeck, I time travel to another generation, century, time frame. Enjoy my job again, and he sensed this, reading my mind, since he knew that this loser crossed the line, before Cassandra." he said to this and they nodded gently to him at that remark
"You can go anywhere your memories or imaginations want to go." he said and the four of them exchange looks, before Jack looks at him. "Okay. That's enough." he said and stood up as he rises from his chair and goes over to the Hammond and bends over him. He gently pulls the General's ear forward to peer behind it. "Let's just have a little look here, shall we?" he said and Hammond said it. "What are you doing, Colonel?" he said to him then
"Oh, I'm looking for the edges of a mask!" he said to him then. "What?" he said to him then."You're obviously not the real General Hammond." he said and he said it sternly. "Sit down, Colonel!" he said to him and he said it firmly. "I don't think so, bucko. The jig's up. We're on to ya." He said and Hammond said it. "What are you talking about?" he said to him then. "We're still on P7J-989." she said to Jack and he nodded gently to her then.
"Oh, you betcha: This is just a new game brought to you by our good friend…" he said as he pats Hammond on the head. "The Keeper." he said and Hammond stood up then. "You are way out of line, Colonel!" he said sternly and he stepped back, firmly. "You could be having a nervous reaction to the machines, we should get back to the infirmary and run some tests." she said and he said it as his tone starts gong up at that remark then.
"Yeah I'm starting to see why you told us this, every time something never makes sense, they deduce it as drugs, or we been replaced, yeah they had a nervous breakdown." Hoffman said, crossing his arms, getting into character and Landry nodded sternly. "I call mini psychotic break right now, Brandon." Sigourney said and the others nodded sternly. "Agreed this was long in coming, and came when the Admiral assigned him to us." Jackson said sternly to that opinion.
"No, you should get us out of these damn machines is what you should do!" he snapped and that did it, as as SF approaches O'Neill from behind, locking and loading his weapon. Teal'C stands up in alarm. "Oh boy, yeah he snapped finally, Reg, your alien counterpart over did it here." Geordi said and he nodded in agreement. "This is why they need holodecks, you know what you're seeing is real or not, and we get that training." Reg Barclay said and Haden nodded.
"Agreed, we're getting the training capable, of seeing what's real or not real after ending up in that facade now, that Hathor created, they nearly had me convinced, till I see the duo." Daniel said and Landry smiled, as Hammond smiled, at that, training to see it now finally. In seeing between the delusion or what's real, this was the perfect training in his eyes. "Training in being a schizophrenic, I never would have thought of that." Landry said as he started laughing then.
"As Christopher would later tell me, the only way he can help Russel, is by showing him the difference, between what is real, and what's in his mind. You took that a little too seriously here right now, by creating holodecks, telling the difference between real and not real." Jennifer Connelly said with a laugh and Russel Crowe smiled and nodded. "When his grandmother is my best friend, and the man playing Nick is still hospitalized, only option." he said to her gently.
"How old were we when we got you exactly?" he added, and he sighed. "It was 2 years later, I got shuttled to you, and 3 years in therapy." he said and Crowe nodded sternly. "Yeah I find out, I'm going to kill that pervert, yes alright here so 1975 to 1978 now is us. And Dustin did the rest from 79' to 1984, okay got it." she said and he nodded gently. "We graduated at 18, started college at 19, so there it is as I stayed in touch, since then." he said and she nodded smiling.
As they watched as Jack turned to the SF and challenges him. "Oh, what!" he snapped and Landry crossed his arms. "You need to ask that question, with your behavior after Hathor and during the cor'ai." he asked and Hammond finished that. "Colonel, your insubordination is testing my patience: I will give you one final chance. To follow my orders and rejoin the residents of the artificial world." he said to him then sternly as Landry said it with him.
"Residents.'" Sam repeated and nodded, now sure of where they are, as the keeper turned to her, realizing he gave himself away then. "That's what the Keeper called them." she said and she and Daniel stand up. "Are you going back in or not, Colonel?" he said and Jack shouted it out. "I'm already in!" he shouted at him then as 8 more SFs walk into the Briefing Room. "Here it comes, you realized his mind snapped." Wes said and Daniel nodded to him.
"Place SG-1 under arrest and put them in isolation where they can speak to no one!" he said and they put them in handcuffs, and let them out of the room then. "Well I'm starting to see why you kept placing him under psychological work up." Landry said and he nodded. "There's more, but you're going to see how he really sees us, scientists now, because we see things they never catch, and they see it as a psychotic break now." he said and they nodded.
"Loser." they heard from one screen. "Shut up, you bird brain." he said in response and they got the answering response. "Make me." it said and they started laughing at that. "Alright knock it off wiseguy, we're not having anyone swapping insults all afternoon here. Ente, that wasn't necessary to be imitating the parrots over guys like this, especially after the guy. That was playing Vermin shot the perch." Landry said trying to control his voice at that response.
And as the kids were shaking in laughter at the levity in this conversation, by doing that play back. "At least that's not the teenage/young adult version to that exchange right now, you remember, after Piscopo described his likes, and the bird's response to that. Before Michael's assistant shot the bird a warning look, after the profanity ended up in the conversation." Shepard said through his laughter, as he, Cam and Vala were shaking in laughter then.
And to this remark. "Keep it clean with kids under 13 on this floor, guys." he said gently then and the district nodded smiling then. "With us earthlings, the movies we watch are not that big a deal, but our offworld members, and saying of which. Ente, regarding movies and books, I want anything higher than low PG-13 if they're from another planet. To be placed under, earthling only, for us, that's mid to late teenager and up to adult only." he said and knew she nodded.
"We had age requirements on everything, and Craig's movie took a level into high R, and entering NC-17 here." Daniel said to him in a low tone and he nodded. "Which is why that one is going under adult section only, we're organizing this, so some teenager. Or preteen never watches this crap, and scares themselves out of their wits now. So the slasher flicks are 16 and older, as are the King, Harris and Koontz novels." he said and they nodded in agreement then.
"Alright what the hell are they watching now?" he asked, as they heard a scream and Liam froze, as he listened closely to the scream and nodded. "My version of The Haunting, we just reached the attack in the bedroom, and it looked like he was about to rape her. She was so in shock, and I was her protector." he said and Landry nodded. "Well the way you are together, I'd say she'd have been your girlfriend, if she survived that." he said and Liam nodded gently.
"We grew close, but we spend one week together, and the realization was one shock too far, that house belonged to her, and she's descended from his second wife. Her mother's a clairvoyant, and she gained that power herself." he said and they nodded gently. "Well the girls and Owen, and Todd, well enjoy a reunion, they can fit the show into their schedules. After cloning themselves now." he said and they nodded, as they added said actors, to the transporter list.
And then beamed them in. "Whoa, alright let me guess, your double's team is us, Liam?" Lily Taylor asked and he nodded. "I'm the team leader, you're my wife, Lilly." he said and she nodded, as she hugged him tightly. "Bruce, Ben, Michael, Jessi, Bill, been a while." Owen Wilson said and they nodded, smiling. "Alright so 4 girls and 7 boys, yeah okay got it, let me guess, this is also why Sigourney's team is here, we're the teams that Michael is friends with now."
"In the diving units, which is the same as the zero G training, and we gained that training, when in the flight program." Bruce Willis said and he nodded. "Yep and the boys are actually playing my sons, including Jake." he said and they nodded. "So 3 son and two daughters, family of 7, and Ewan is on Tom's unit, while Hayden and twin sister. They're high school, and Jake and his own are 11 and just entering the 5th grade." she said and Liam nodded then and she smiled.
"I love children anyway, but my youngest babies are 11 years old." she said and Jake Lloyd looked down smiling, knowing she was going mother bear with him. "What's my sport Captain?" he asked and Finnegan smiled. "You're on the peewee Hockey team, your sister and you both love hockey, while Hayden and his sister are both on their school basketball teams. But 8 years left for you, before you start college, them 4 years left." he said and the preteen nodded.
"We gained 40 cloning machines, so you can clone yourselves, and send the double back to Hollywood, this way you got a way to fit the show, into your time tables." he said and they nodded. "Yeah that works, we'll do it, Liam, Brad, Robert, we're in." Owen said and they nodded, as the group looked at the image sternly. "Reviewing his attitude problem, before he realizes he's close to be arrested again?" Steen asked him gently and he nodded sternly to her then.
"Yep, but his remark, just crossed the line here, but he's deliberately ignoring things, but my remark, should have told him he crossed the line. But one wrong move, a single false step, and an entire gentle civilization is wiped out, we're infecting an entire race of people. That how can I not care any false action, can wipe out a gentle civilization like this." he said and they nodded. "We get it, and once again he deserved your anger entirely." Owen said and Liam nodded then.
"We're surrounded by kids day in and day out, but if this is now, just imagine, our counterpart's people and as they adjust to this. Earthling and whatever her planet is called now." Rodney said and Shepard nodded, smiling. "Yeah an alien version of Children Of The Corn, Radek already mentioned that, leaving kids without adult supervision. It's a bomb waiting to go off, once they get some adults, lonely for parental companionship." he said and he nodded in understanding.
"We got some teenagers at the district movie theater, they're watching some of '99 movies that came out this year. In truth right now, but the rental limit is 5 movies for 3 weeks." she said and they nodded. "Like the library, you can borrow books for 3 and up to 6 weeks." Cam said and knew she nodded. "Yes Lieutenant, that's it exactly, movies 3 weeks, books 6 weeks, shall we keep it going." She asked and Landry nodded smiling.
"What are we going to do?" Daniel asked and Landry nodded in agreement here. "How should I know?" Jack said and he said it with Daniel. "Well, we need to do something." he said and they heard it. "I agree with you, but I haven't had the brilliant revelations you seem to have had." he said and his eyes narrowed. "Then maybe you should, before you get arrested for genocide, involuntary though it maybe." Addison said to that remark sternly then.
"Maybe you could try something a little bit better than inappropriate sarcasm." he said and the crew nodded sternly to that opinion. "You want sarcasm? Nice to meet you." he said and then saw the first alien they encountered smiling. "What's he smiling at?" he asked and Teal'C nodded. "He appears to be bothered by the tone you have taken towards each other." he said and they exchanged looks as he finished that remark warningly then.
"As am I." he said and he nodded, knowing he was close to being arrested again. "Uh, Teal'c…go head back to the Gate: Get a message to General Hammond. Let him know what's going on here." he said and he said it sternly to him. "And the two of you will be fine?" he asked and Landry nodded. "Yeah make it clear, you don't trust him around Danny." Hoffman said then and knowing he would have swallowed hard, he would have realized finally.
That this was a warning, lay another hand on him, he was being arrested. "Yeah. Yeah. We'll be OK. I'm going to stick around and work on this quarantine thing with Plant Boy here." he said, before realizing how that sounded and ended it at that. "So with your warning tone, he knew he was close to being arrested again here right now. But his trying to make him out to be crazy, that crossed the line." he said and the engineering crew nodded sternly.
"Well first is this, Colonel, you have no respect for the work I do." he said, knowing Jack and Makepeace would both paled at that. "Why aren't you helping me?" Jack said in annoyance and Daniel said it with a sigh as he set up the camera, and put a notepad on the ground. "It's no use. They don't understand. They want to be with each other." he said to him then. "Well, we're not going to stand around doing nothing." he said in annoyance to that.
"We're not doing nothing." Daniel said and he said it with a challenge to his tone and the real Jack paled, realizing this was going to kill his case. And as he realized his attitude had Daniel so fed up, he was ready to just transfer departments to get away from him now finally. "You're videotaping a plant." he said and the entirety of the science department quoted it. "Well, I think this might be important." they all said together and Jack and Makepeace paled then.
"Well, I think you might be losing what's left of your mind." he said and they all looked at the sextet sternly. "Are you asking for a knuckle sandwich, you are outnumbered 100 to 1, in military sides, Colonel." O'brien said sternly and he swallowed hard at that. "What's that supposed to mean?" he said warningly and he swallowed hard. "It means that on a good day you can be a little flaky." he said and Daniel stood up at that remark sternly at that.
"And on a good day you can be a little ignorant and condescending." he said and then said it. "And downright rude, but then I guess when you're trained to kill, it never pays to be polite." he said sternly and he said it defensively then."Not condescending: You're obviously misreading a basic philosophical difference of opinion. On how to handle a crisis." he said and Landry shook his head sternly as Hammond nodded to that response
"Oh, please! We have a difference of opinion on just about everything." he said and he said it to that. "Give me an example." he said and Daniel said it firmly at that. "I don't know. Pick something: mythology?" he said and the SGA all smiled. "Cool stories, and now that we know they're all true, we get to see them in action now." Wes said smiling to that and he smiled at him and Landry chuckled as Daniel hugged her tightly as they heard his response.
"Rumors? Lies? Fairytales?" he said and Sarah nodded. "You see: Mythology is one of the primary motivation for cultural development!" he said angrily at that remark then. "Isn't that the truth, without mythology in cosmic times you have no way to protect yourself. Case in point is Hathor, before Teal'C dropped the bomb, the red headed wench is a queen. And she just put these guys under her spell." Parker said sternly and the actors crossed their arms at that.
Maybe it is, what's that got to do with filming a plant?!" he snapped back at him then. "Exactly!" he said sternly and said it. "The radio waves these plants make got into the circuitry causing the UAV to crash, now if you were focusing on why I needed to do this. You would stop being such an ignorant and condescending SOB." he said, knowing Jack've swallowed hard at that, realizing he had reasons for everything to cover what he thought was a psychotic break.
"And how do you explain this exactly, because compared to a loser like yourself, we would act on this, why is everyone getting short tempered. Or having headaches, the longer the exposure the worse it gets?" Geordi asked and Daniel nodded. "Of course, the effects of those plants, are like Benii syndrome now, headaches, severe irritability. The longer you're exposed to that, the worse it gets, thanks guys, I needed that." he said and Landry chuckled at his fast realization.
"Just like the virus, it's like the symbiote killers, search out symbiotes till there is nothing left to kill, just like the Lornaks and Tralestas and just our luck, we get caught right in the middle. And it nearly kills you, again by NMS at the moment." Warner said knowing Sam swallowed hard at that remark, realizing he been using their successors, in the form of Stewart's tv show here now. And to make the connection, as Geordi turned on the memory of the fight in ten forward.
Watching as he was sitting there talking things over with Guinan, they saw Geordi tap him on the shoulder gently. "Hey Wes, about what happened last night, I'm sorry, I'm not sure what caused that outburst." Geordi said and Wesley nodded as he answered him smiling. "It's okay, Sir, we were both on edge for some reason. But we just had another outburst here this morning at the moment here."
"And this time it did shift to violence, because we had ten outbursts in the side of twelve hours today." he said and Geordi nodded to him at that in agreement. "I heard the same thing commander, but it seems like we had more than one sudden outburst of violence breaking out around here right now. And four of those are in the teenage department as well." Shayla Janson said and he nodded.
"Yeah it's the same for the middle schoolers Commander, we had two fights in the junior high program, and three more in the high school. But two last night, two this morning, and six breaking out in ten hours. That's not normal right now, I mean, when we don't have government officials on board. Things are not quite this tense, but it seems like the tempers are frayed more then normal."
"Though I think the only ones noticing this are in the engineering and science departments. If Counselor Troi has had 10 people telling her this in the side of 48 hours since the ambassador and his entourage arrived on board the ship." Wilcox added and he nodded. "And I'm not surprised you picked up on that yourself Billy, you're just like me regarding this." Wesley said and Geordi nodded.
"Something weird is going on around here, Deanna said she heard the exact same thing from ten different people over the last two days here. Alright I get the feeling it's about to get worse, if it hasn't already by now. Though if I know anything it's that this fact is about to shift from random violence and into a brawl." he said and Wesley nodded, though just as he was answering his remark then.
They heard the next start up and recognized the voice as the transporter chief then as the fight started off gently. "Excuse me, but we were sitting here." they heard and turned to look at the conversation. "Yeah I remember that, and Fieldman was acting like it was first come first served and acting the tough guy with it. We just left the table for five minutes to get something to drink." O'Brien said and Picard and Will nodded to him.
"Well we're sitting here now." They heard from a man in a blue uniform as O'Brien answered him. "Come on fella, this is our table." he said and the man smirked as he answered him and they sighed as he answered that. "Really, funny I don't see your name on it." he said and they watched as Wesley grabbed Geordi at that. "Geordi, it's about to get nasty here, look over there." he said and he turned to look at them.
As they listened to the fight, seeing the escalating tension in his friend then Geordi remembered it firmly as he said it. "Yeah this was just the prelude to the oncoming fight that night, but this is what I meant Beverly. It was barely fifteen minutes later that the fight went from vocal to physical and I got him out of the room just as someone knocked me into the wall." he said to her and they nodded as they watched the debate.
As it shifted from courtesy to possible stand off and a near fist fight. "Oh boy, alright guys, was this really necessary, I know you were irritated by whatever happened in class this time, but that's no reason to start a fight over the tables in the room." Whoopi said to that and Gates nodded in agreement to that as she, Frakes, Dorn Marina and Stewart exchanged looks at this as they heard Wesley's opinion over this situation.
"Oh boy, the chief may look like he's a push over, but he's anything but, after his trying to help Greyson arrest Roga six months ago." Wesley said and Geordi nodded in agreement. And O'Brien hid a smile as he answered that remark with a gentle smile on his face. "Yes and for obvious reasons here, I've had to deal with one fight or another that year, on my own, before we got security in there." he said to him gently to that and he nodded.
As he heard Geordi's recorded response in answer to his statement then. "Yeah but none of us are pushovers, we may may look like we're not up to it, but we're anything but. Though having a soldier like Danar attack us when our backs are turned is not helping their cases right now, in these situations at the current moment." he said and he nodded in agreement as they listened to argument then.
"Yeah well whatever is causing this is getting out of hand right now and it just went from possible standoff to a probable fight." The bartender said to him then. "Didn't your mother ever teach you manners." they heard from O'Brien and the duo both stood up at that as Geordi said it firmly. "That's what I meant when we said that, one minute things were slightly tense and the next it's on the edge of a fist fight."
"As I deflected this, before Marks started another ten minutes later." he said as he heard his recorded image say it then. "Aw crap, not again, here we go again, alright you kids stay over here." he told them and they nodded as he walked over. "Hey, hey, guys, is there some kind of problem here?" he asked with a firm tone and O'Brien answered him without taking his eyes off the man he was arguing with as he said it then.
"Well there seems to be some kind of question to who's table this is." he said and Geordi said it gently. "And there is no reason to argue over the tables as there's close to 30 other tables in the room and we're trying to prevent another fight here right now. So whatever this is focus and cool down before this turns into another case of unprovoked violence." Gates said to that as they heard Geordi say a variation to that remark.
"Well there are plenty of other tables, right?" He said reasonably and the O'Brien sighed and nodded. "Yeah I suppose you're right." he said and they sighed in relief. "Why I don't I get everyone another round of drinks, okay." Geordi told him and he nodded as he patted them both on the shoulder as the group saw Wesley watching the sextet carefully. "Yeah now I'm worried." Wheaton said to that as Geordi walked up to him.
As he looked between him to the bartender at that. "And this is when Wes said my direct thoughts out loud, but was it my imagination or are the tempers getting a little frayed on the ship lately." Will said as they heard that repeated. "Is it my imagination or are the tempers getting a little frayed around here on the ship lately right now?" he asked in a bemused tone and Geordi and the bartender nodded in agreement to that.
"I'm not sure what the hell is going on here, but be ready for anything here." he said and he nodded as, looking at O'Brien, he then turned to the rest of the team. "Team conference meeting, before another fight sparks a riot right now, but this is too much as everything was fine till Sarek arrived." Colm said to that taking a guess and he nodded to him. "Hey guys, group meeting, come on." he said and the sextet walked over.
"What's up Wes?" he asked and Wesley explained that. "Whatever caused that fight between me and Geordi last night just hit you and it's turned into a live wire around here. But so far we've had this same problem in either physical violence or people getting testy with each other from ten different people over the last two days." he said and they nodded as they relaxed at that ad O'Brien answered him.
"So where did it start exactly?" he asked and Wesley sighed. "It started with me and Ensign D'Amato, followed by you and Geordi the night before." Dorn said for Worf as he heard Wesley repeat that remark as he explained that then. "It started with Ensign D'Amato and he got into a vocal altercation with Worf. And Worf put him on report, for insubordination, as a result of the first 10 hours after Sarek arrived."
"Later that night I got the news from Jake that the quintet were going to be at the concert. And immediately following that was Geordi and me and the commander walked in just as the fight turned into yours and nearly resulted in a fist fight. This morning mom and I got into it and it did shift to physical violence, don't ask." He said and she sighed as she answered that remark.
"Yeah and it's because I thought you deliberately skipped out, I didn't realize it was because you were attempting to keep it from happening again. And this time right in front of us at the time." Beverly said and he nodded as he answered her. "Well that answers that question, Gates, Marina, Patrick and I were wondering why you skipped out, it was because you weren't about to have another break out."
"And this time directly in front of us." Frakes said to that and they all nodded in agreement to that as they and their doubles exchanged looks at the news as he answered him at that. "Yeah, not having one start up in front of the parents and godparents and it's because with they're being inebriated and on drugs, the psychosis was getting worse by the minute around here at the time, but it's the added act of jealousy right now."
"And the syndrome unlocked the door here at the time." he said as his recorded self finished that remark. "But an hour later we had two more adults lose it and another fight turned altercation today as a result. Another an hour later and it did turn into a fight, three teenagers in a flat out fist fight in the classroom. And Hanson and his friends got into it with Jake and a friend of his."
"And I heard that Peterson and Wilcox just ended up in a fight with Davis and Renfro, just before we got in here and yours got started. But that makes 20 and if I've got to guess, than Deanna heard this already. And from ten different people all over the ship of fights breaking out, and it's either physical violence or tempers getting testy with each other at the current moment here."
"I mean normally we do fine when we don't have outside influences getting involved and suddenly we got a string of violent vocal outbursts breaking out. Or someone starting a real physical fight and it's all in the space of four days. But does that seem strange right now, I mean things are fine around here until Sarek arrived last night?" he said and they nodded as they exchanged looks at this.
"Yeah and all the evidence points to the fact it all started when Sarek and his party beamed on board the ship." Bundy said to that and they nodded. "And this keeps up and we're asking for a fight to break out, but this is getting ridiculous, but whoever started it. And I don't care who started it this time, I'm ending it, now break it up, before you get arrested here." Lumb said to this and she nodded in agreement to that remark at that.
As MacDougal answered him at that remark with a bemused look on her face. "With that, I think it's safe to say that Sarek and his party are the reason for it right now, because the outbursts of violence. And physical or no, started at virtually the same time as when Sarek and his party beamed on board the ship." she said and O'Brien sighed. "You alright now Chief?" Wesley asked and he nodded to him.
"Yeah and I haven't a clue to what caused that in me just now, but this is getting out of hand. But at the moment, and you're right, but this is getting serious right now, I mean 10 fights in the spaces of 2 days, normally we're on good terms with each other. But this time it's the act of outside sources causing tempers to get more frayed then normal around here lately and with that."
"This happens again and someone is going to start something here." he said and Wesley nodded. "Yeah and that's not if the said someone is not just suffering from whatever this..., damn it, alright, alright. Sarek, if he was human, or just a humanoid would be a Betazoid. As they get older they start losing control of their telepathy and empathy, and it starts jumping on to humans at random."
"I don't know the name of that disease, because I never looked it up in biology, but it's the Vulcan version of Addison's disease before we cured that. But if I know anything it's this, that the ones either losing their tempers or are getting violent have too much pressure on their shoulders. Or they are suffering from substance abuse and I think that explains Hanson if he got into it with Jake."
"But in the side of two days we had ten to twenty outbursts of violence or vocal fights. So far we had two last night, three this morning and three more, before it landed in here, this keeps up its turning to a full blown fight or worse. But at this rate, if the effects of whatever's causing this combine with alcohol or worse someone's on drugs and they've had one too many, at the moment."
"And case in point the quintet if they're drunk." he said and they all nodded to that as he finished that. " Jake told me Hanson was taking drugs, and possibly speedballing at the current moment right now Dave, as are Eric Jacobs and Tony Farley." he said and Jenson nodded. "What are they taking if he told you that exactly honey?" Barnfield asked gently and he sighed as he answered her at that.
"Same as our 20th century counterparts and I doubt Lieutenant Walters knows this, right now as well. But if this is what could be considered a total burnout right now, because if they're trying to get noticed by the captain or the commander. They're going about the wrong way to do it, it's not based on muscles or fast thinking, its careful strategy and knowing your opponent."
"You've been telling me that for two years and I'm on the edge of earning my uniform. And it's a result of simply not showing off, careful strategy and thinking your way out of the box. You always told me to look before you leap and so far my ideas have resulted in pulling us out of the fire, one being what started this at the time."he said and Shimoda and MacDougal nodded to that.
"Yes and in your case we've seen that so long, but then we're just like you and with that in mind. It's these kids are pushing so hard they're going to put themselves on medical suspension if this keeps up right now at the moment. Whatever this is, is about to result in, if this continues and we don't figure this out, a riot next, if they lose their tempers." Geordi said to him and he nodded.
"Yeah well at the moment we have six college athletes trying to push the limit no matter how far they can just to get noticed by the captain and Commander. But I'd say this is the say as the psychosis regarding they're not seeing my bonds with you as anything but what they think it is right now. And to them the psychosis is I'm showing off to you to get special treatment at the moment."
"But then I'm not the one taking drugs trying to cross lines in the eyes of a veteran and to him and you. You all know what that truth regarding my parents and the captain is. But remember what you told me before, regarding training, even though you needed back up when we had Roga on board. But you have zero tolerance for showing off, hotdogging, going by our gut instincts."
"Or trying to act like a hero, I took your lessons seriously since the captain activated me, and you know I'd never get involved in a situation like Roga. But these guys are trying to push the limits, trying to get passed a bunch of asteroids. Playing chicken with the Cardassians or some other fool hardy maneuver, you try that and your luck is going to run out sooner or later."
"But how many times have you guys said it exactly, how many times, there's more to the job then using your muscles. You have to use the other five subjects in high school to make it in this job, case in point the Polywater virus. But history and biology class, piloting and engineering: chemistry and calculus, everything I studied in history class on all the past ships named enterprise."
"But the situation regarding the Polywater virus took three things here at the time and with it. It took my real experience at doing this under pressure, but there's more to this then just being in Phys Ed." he said and they nodded to him. "You're right about that and you've been passing these tests with the highest scores in practical that these kids get in simulation at the moment."
"And in this case, there's more to the job then just using your muscles, but the captain and commander believe in brains over brawns, always have and always will. But you took to the job so easily that you know what they wanted and whatever project you have been cooking up is another example. But I'd consider this obsession a case of a health violation and physical burn out now."
"Though this keeps up and I'm looking at the kids that got ticked at the team captain and his gang for reporting them for a health violation and with it. If this heads in the direction of a physical burn out it maybe necessary to relive the kids of duty and in Hanson and Parker's cases. To put them on medical suspension till they're clean." Shimoda said and he nodded in agreement to that.
"That's what I'm worried about right now with you cub, you been getting some serious circumstances since you activated at the time, but this. You're not an adult but still just a child right now, and it's our job to take care of you." Frakes said to that with a sigh as he looked at him and his version then. "Well your paternal instinct finally took total control, stand by." he said and they both nodded as they watched it carefully at that remark.
"Someone starts something in here and we have to get security in here before said altercation turns into a bar brawl, or worse at this rate. But whoever causes it, influenced by whatever this is or no. And it's getting them a week on light duty under watch if they're beyond loaded. At the rate this is going and you already took the unspoken agreement to be my and Jake's coach, Dave."
"If the commander walks in the door just as the fight starts and we drag them before the captain, we're your players and with my date in here as well. I don't think you got a choice, but varsity captain going at the JV captain for one reason or another. And they're drunk, so everyone watching the conversation get ready for the fight here." Wesley said and the seven nodded in agreement.
As Geordi said it for all them as he answered him to that remark. "Alright again be on watch and ready for whatever's coming next at the moment though this keeps up we may have to arrest them and..." Geordi started to say as the O'Brien looked at the quintet. "Oh boy, how many did they have exactly, because they're looking like they're all drunk." Jenson asked sharply and the bartender answered that.
"With those kids, I was sticking it to the synthethol, though I think if they did replicate alcohol someone just crossed the line. And the regime strictly forbid drinking when on duty, especially when we have government officials on board at the moment right now. But the captain ordered that no one under the age of 26 was to be drinking when on duty and they're all 24 years old."
"If they were drinking it's getting it from the bartender just before me. Because Guinan's off duty right now at the moment and I need backup. With Lal now gone she was the only strong enough to break things up before someone got hurt if a fight broke out. If she was still alive, I don't doubt she'd take them apart if they attacked you out of jealousy, since you're like a brother to her."
"But if this is heading for a real fight every adult better keep and eye out for the time being. But this gets started and we better get Derek, Eric or Jack in here and fast." he said and they all nodded. "Son if whatever this is causes them to flip out be ready, because we're coming to you. Though this turns into a fight, we may have to arrest these kids, because you're my student and I'm your tutor."
"And we're on watch in case of trouble, because they start going at you, I think it's safe to that whatever this is, it's causing us to speak whatever we wouldn't normally say in front of the captain or the commander. Though if this is what I think, I think it just shifted back to what you told us." O'Brien said for all of them and Wesley nodded as they shifted position to the table directly across from the counter.
"Fieldman, Janson, get ready, we could have trouble in a second." he added and the duo both nodded. "Yeesh, what the heck is going on here?" Peter Janson asked and he shrugged. "I wish I knew right now, but what I do know, is that we could have a case of speed-balling in the college age athletic department and my players are the target, so stand by." Jenson said in answer to that and he nodded.
"College age?" he repeated and Jenson nodded to him."Yeah the quintet are just short of graduate school age, my boys are just under 18. And they've been here longer, but after the knack, I think it shifted from insults and jibes. And is about to shift into violence with them possibly drunk and speed-balling right now. And to answer the unasked question at the moment, Wes and Jake, but the kids."
"I've been their unspoken coach since Beverly left the ship and with that, in mind." he said and the duo nodded."Yeah I get the point and we'll keep an eye out." Fieldman said as Wesley sat there talking to Shayla then. "Yeah and I can't say I blame you for that remark right now David, and as to why right now. It's because I did order that no one was supposed to be drinking when on duty anyway at the time."
"I take it this was ten minutes before the fight broke out honey?"Beverly asked and he nodded to her softly. "Yeah but get ready for this, because I knew you weren't going to like the results. My thoughts and opinions were heading in the direction yours were after the fight, but I couldn't remember the name of that disease at the time. But I knew it was related to this at the moment, but ten fights in two days at the moment."
"And it started at virtually the same time as when Sarek and his party beamed into the ship at the time now here. But this was getting out of hand and this syndrome was connecting to substance abuse with it was that Deanna was feeling thirty different sets of emotions. And not being able to tell who the fight started with, though you got definite hit after my fight with Derek that night."
"After you called him into your office." he said and the quartet nodded. "Yeah no kidding trying to tell where it started from in my double's ability is next to impossible, till you actually shout it out to me mentally and quickly alert us you needed back up." Marina said to that and he nodded. "That's what happened next as I shouted it out to you, after I radioed mom to send the guys and security, now." he said and they both nodded to that news.
Watching they saw that things were quiet in the room for fifteen minutes, before they saw a red shove him in the back. And then saw his date as she steadied him and he said it sharply as he gripped her gently as he said it firmly."Hey what's your malfunction, pal, what was that for." he asked and turned around and saw Ensign David Marks standing there as he said it sharply then to him as he looked at him then at that.
"Marks what's your problem man, was that really necessary, I mean you could have asked me to move. Being polite works better then getting physical right now at the moment." he said to him as they saw a furious look on his face. "I really don't see why the duo even bother with listening to some little brat like you right now." he snapped and they watched as he stood up as he focused on him firmly at that remark.
"Well I can read that look on your face as 'Oh great, just as one ends, another starts this one gets started, he's drunk and possibly stoned. And more than likely on the effects of whatever caused that fight a bit ago. Alright I'm in total control, but if this doesn't work in calming him down he needs to be arrested, before he starts something.' Frakes said sternly and he nodded to confirm that thought gently and they nodded to that.