*Daniel: Captian's log, supplimental. We've just left the Carthaginain Central Command Centre, a large non-moving comet they live on that has total control over the ion storm, after transporting the Carthaginian crew over. They've cleared a "normal space" pathway for the Pheonix-X, leading out of the ion storm, and improved our shields and our impulse engines by 200%, making us able to almost reach a Warp 1 speed. Since we're in thier territory, I've adheared to thier demands not to use Transwarp; but that's no problem now, thanks to the upgrade. As a gift to saving thier lives, they've given us what seems to be a Changeling...
(On the Pheonix-X, the Captian
enters Sickbay)
Lox: So I says to her, I
says--
Gotens: Captian, we were
just about to call you.
Daniel: Have you opened
the jar with the Changeling inside?
Gotens(tries twisting it
open): Arrghh--the lid--is--stuck-- Does anyone have a rubber glove or
something?
Daniel(snatches the jar
away from him): Give me that!
(Daniel opens the jar and
a goo of changeling speews out onto the floor. The changeling goo transforms
into a humaniod figure)
Daniel: Computer, erect
a level 1 force field around the Changeling.
(A force field goes around
Daniel)
Daniel: No, the other Changeling.
(The force field deactivates
around him and goes around the other changeling figure)
Lox: The Changeling's protoplasum
is young, I'd say that it's three quarters as old as you, Captian.
Daniel(walks over): Who
are you?
Mara(shapeshifts a face):
I am Mara, daughter of Xou.
(Small ridges suddenly appear
and ride up her forehead. Fangs and pointy teeth shapeshift in her mouth.
She becomes part klingon and part changeling)
Gotens: Damn, she's ug--uhhh,
I mean... No, I mean ugly.
Daniel(turns around): Who
said that?
(Ensign Dan walks in)
Gotens(points to Ensign
Dan): Him.
Daniel: You're relieved.
(Ensign Dan turns right
around and walks out the door)
Mara: I'm a passenger of
the Hou-Ling, what am I doing on a Federation ship?
Daniel: I'm Captian Daniel
of the starship Pheonix-X. You were beamed onto an alien ship after they
destroyed the Hou-Ling, then they gave you to us.
Mara: The Hou-Ling is destroyed!?
(She tries to walk past
the forcefield)
Mara: Let me out.
Daniel(nods to the Doctor):
Make it so.
Lox: Yes Captian Picar--I
mean Daniel.
(The force field deactivates.
Mara and Daniel walk out the door, talking)
Lox(turns to Gotens): So
I says to her, I says...
(The Pheonix-X treks through
the tunnel within the Ion Storm)
*Daniel: Captian's log,
supplimental. It'll be at least two more hours until we're out of the Ion
Storm completely; but during the exit, we'll have to raise shields because
the Ion Disengaging System at the CCC isn't a hundred percent effective
there. It's been 6 days since we left the CCC and had Mara join the passenger
list. She's been cooperating with my Federation and Klingon crew very well.
I've had two dinners with her already, and I'm looking forward to tonight.
(The doorbell beeps in the
Captian's Quarters)
Daniel: Come in.
Mara(walks in): Hi. Your
Quarters is the only one on Deck 1?
Daniel: Yeah, it's the safest
Quarters on the ship. I've got fifty pounds of titanium shield-matter alloy
above me, and a full deck of escape pods below me.
Mara(laughs): Did you cook
dinner again?
Daniel: Yup. It's illogical
though, we don't need to--
Mara: Yeah, yeah. You're
such a Vulcan.
Daniel: So, have you thought
about what I asked you?
Mara: To link? Uhh...no,
I can't. The Doctor says it's not healthy, I've been cooped up in that
jar for so long.
Daniel: But--
*Gotens: Captian to the
bridge.
Daniel: On my way.
(He gets up and leaves)
(Daniel enters the Bridge)
Daniel: What is it?
Gotens: Well, we're playing
the Bolian version of Zelda on the viewscreen and we've been stuck at this
one part for half an hour already.
Daniel: That's why you called
me to the bridge!?
Gotens: No, and also I wanted
to talk to you about Mara.
Daniel: What about her?
Armond(walks up): She's
been accessing the ship's deck maps and Astrometrics for the past six days.
Daniel: So? She wants to
learn the ship.
Gotens(points to the control
panel): How do you explain this?
Daniel: That's the fire
button.
Gotens(points to a viewscreen
on the control panel): No, this. She's been specifically accessing information
on Risa.
Daniel: The vacation planet?
She's probably planning one.
Gotens: But--
Daniel: Alright, alright.
Take extra precautions. It's always possible.
Gotens: We also found out
that the Captian of the Hou-Ling wasn't on the ship when it was destr--
Red: Captian, we're approaching
the exit.
Daniel(turns around to the
viewscreen): Already?
(Zelda is on the viewscreen)
Red(changes it): Oops.
(The ion storm surrounds
the viewscreen with a hole in the middle)
Daniel: We're going to have
to raise shields, it's going to get a little bumpy.
(In the Captian's Quarters)
Mara(looks out the window):
The exit.
(She walks over to a control
panel on the wall)
Mara: Computer, divert shield
control to the Captian's Quarters. Beta-4-9.
(The computer acknoledges)
(Armond tries to access shields,
on the bridge)
Armond: Captian, shields
are inoperative.
Daniel: Why?
Armond: I dunno, maybe it's
a computer glitch from when the Carthiginains were working on our shields.
Kayl: How are we supposed
to exit the ion storm? The CCC is going to shut down the tunnel in a few
minutes.
Daniel: Can we contact the
CCC?
Kayl: No, they're too far
out of range.
Armond: What are we going
to do? We'll be torn to shreds.
Gotens: What if we went
into multi-vector mode? The vectors should be too small to be made contact
with the ion storm.
(In the Captian's Quarters, Mara liquifies into the floor.)
Daniel(sits in his chair):
Make it so.
Armond: Yes Captian Pic--I
mean Daniel.
Daniel: Okay, who's been
watching the Next Generation episodes here?
(Mara takes shape in Vector
3 Control Room. The Officers in the room turn around and look at her.)
Mara: Hello.
(Tentacles form out her
body and she attacks everyone)
Daniel(on the bridge): Engage.
(The Pheonix-X separates into three and head through the exit, safely, one after another)
Daniel: Bring us back together.
(Vector 1 and 2 attach together, but Vector 3 zooms away)
Daniel(stands): What's going
on?
Armond: Vector 3's Bridge
has been sealed off by forcefields. There's a Changeling on thier Bridge.
Daniel: Mara.
Gotens: Follow that Vector.
Armond: She's cloaking.
(Vector 3 dissapears)
Daniel: Darn, the cloaking device is on that Vector.
(In the hallway, outside
Vector 3 Bridge)
Ensign Dan(yelling through
the door): Uhh, you're going to have let us in sometime. We've disengaged
the replicators, you'll starve to death! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Gooloch: But Ensgin, Changelings
don't eat.
Ensign Dan: Oh man. She's
already foiled my plans.
(On the Vector 1 Bridge)
Daniel: Okay, anyone have
any ideas to where she could be going?
Gotens: The Disney Planet!
Armond: Risa!
Daniel: Okay, engage to
Risa.
(On Risa. Outside in the
nice weather, a Klingon sits in a lawnchair)
Kaliph(drinking takeela):
Aahhhh, this is the life.
Mara(materializes right
in front of him): Captian! You're alive!
Kaliph: Mara, my wife!
Daniel(beams in): Wife?
You never told me you were married!! Why've you been seeing me?
BOB(beams in): You've been
seeing the Captian!? Why've you been sleeping with me?
BOBELENE(beams in): You've
been sleeping with a Changeling!? We're married!!
Gotens(beams in): .... What?
I'm just here to hit on the Changeling.
Ensign Dan(beams in): That
Changeling foiled my plans!
(Everyone starts arguging)
Gotens: Quiet! Quiet! There's
only one way to solve this.
(Inside a Studio, on Risa,
sits Kaliph, Mara, Daniel, BOB, BOBALENE, Gotens and, Ensign Dan. In front
of an audience)
Jerry Springzer: So, Mara,
you've been married to the Captian of the Hou-Ling all along while you
were seeing the Captian of the Pheonix-X?
Crowd: Boooo!!
Mara: I was devistated,
the Hou-Ling was destroyed by aliens.
BOBELENE: That's no reason
to be sleeping with my husband, you #%$@^&&$!^()&^#!!!
Mara: He chose to, @$%!^*(@!$~!!
(BOBELENE and Mara get up
and fight; then the guards break them up)
Crowd: Wooo!! Jerry! Jerry!
Jerry!
Jerry Springzer: Why are
you here, Ensign Dan?
Ensign Dan: She foiled my
plans.
Gotens: What? You're relieved.
Ensign Dan: And I'm always
being relieved! Stop it! #%&^/$@@#.>!!
Gotens: $%^^\#@&*(@!!!
(Ensign Dan and Gotens get
up and fight; then the gurads break them up)
Crowd: Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
Jerry Springzer: Okay, okay.
Captian Daniel, what is your take on this?
Daniel: Mara knew the computer
codes on our ship and has been married to him, I guess that explains why
she didn't want to link. I think it's pretty lucky that Kaliph wasn't on
his ship when it was destroyed. But, Mara, you're going to have to make
a choice. Me, or Kaliph.
Kaliph: It's me! You, <@$%&^*$#@`!!!!
Daniel: Good, I don't want
to be dating a player anyway. ^%^*(#!@$%*)(~!!
(Kaliph and Daniel get up
and fight until the guards break them up)
Crowd: Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
Jerry!
Mara: I choose...
Crowd: Jerry!
Mara: Quiet you, #%$/^*&*$\@!!
I don't choose anyone!!
Crowd: Yeeeaahh!! Woooo!!
You go girl! Wooo!!
Gotens(leans over): Hey
baby, how about I be your shuttle craft and you be my shuttle bay.
Mara: What? No! I choose
BOB.
BOB(smiles): Well hey.
BOBELENE: #%&^%$*$@!&()</!!!!
Crowd: Wwoooo!! Yeah!! Woooo!!
Jerry! Jerry!
Jerry Springzer: Well, BOB,
it looks like you've got your work cut out for you. We'll be right back
with the conclusion to this episode, after these messages.