(USS Phoenix-X is at all
stop examining an anomalous nebula. The nebula is having degrading effects
on the ship.)
(On the bridge)
Gotens: Captain, there are
reports of fires in the mess hall.
Red: Impulse Engines are
offline, and we can't make a stable enough warp field in this nebula.
(stations spark and erupt;
the ship shakes violently)
Gewdeque: We have multiple
hull breaches. Initiating containment fields now. Deck 7 has lost gravity
control. Captain, life support is down to 30% operational.
Daniel: Walace, scan for
the nearest Federation vessel.
Walace: The Enterprise is
about to passing through.
Daniel: Send a distress
call on an emergency channel.
Walace: Done.
(On the Enterprise; Bridge)
Ensign: Commander, I'm picking
up a distress beacon emanating from a nebula about a light year away.
There's heavy distortion in that area. Can't get a proper sensor sweep.
It's has a....Starfleet Signature.
Data: Ensign, set a course
to intercept. Captain to the bridge. Doctor, be prepared for injured.
(The Enterprise cuts through space to intercept. They finally arrive on the outside of the nebula)
(On the Enterprise; Bridge)
Data: Captain, it's the
Pheonix-X. They are damaged. The Nebula seems to be eating away at the
ship. If they don't get out of there, they'll be destroyed in moments.
Picard: Get a tractor beam
on them and pull them out.
Data: Tractor beam initiated.
Ensign: Reversing course
at one quarter impulse.
Data: Ship is almost clear
of the nebula.
(The Enterprise pulls the Pheonix-X out. The Pheonix-X is laying on it's side dead in space.)
(On the Enterprise; Bridge)
Picard: Pheonix-X, respond.
This is the Enterprise, please respond.
(Static audio)
*Shane: Wrong room, you
want the bridge.
*Daniel: Thank you Enterprise.
We are in your debt.
*Gotens(whispers): Till
all repairs are done.
Picard: What was that?
*Daniel: Uhhh, oh nothing..(a
slap is heard in the background)..I was saying, I can't wait till all my
hair is done. You see, it's molding right now in this special cap.
Picard: I see. Well, do
you require any assistance?
*Daniel: There's no need
for that Captain. In a few hours, the ship will be as new as before we
went in that nebula.
Data: Captain, sensors show
that their damaged hull is rebuilding itself.
*Daniel: Like I said, in
a couple hours. We have developed a sort of self-repairing system. It is
comprised of--
Picard: --borg technology.
*Daniel: Yes. How did you
know?
Picard: I can sense them
somehow. Anyways. We better be on our way then if that's all. Be careful.
*Daniel: Oh we will. Thanks
a lot. Pheonix-X out.
(The Enterprise jumps to
warp and speeds away. Meanwhile on the Pheonix-X)
(Bridge)
Gotens: Ow, why did you
have to hit me?
Daniel: If you learn to
keep your mouth shut at the proper time, maybe it wouldn't of happened.
And outburst like that again, and I can have you demoted so fast, your
first symbiont can feel it. Do I make myself clear Commander?
Gotens: Uhhh-yes-of course
Captain.
Daniel: Attention all hands.
This is the Captain. This ship has become more of a sort of zoo lately.
And I admit, I have been letting things go. Some of you think that a great
writer from the heavens wrote your stupidity. But you are wrong. Though
there is a writer. That writer is called laziness. And you all have been
written on. So let me make one thing clear. You either get into shape,
or get off my ship. And those of you know who I am talking about. Captain
out. Kugo, how are we on repairs?
Kugo: I have propulsion
engines working as new. All hull breaches are sealed and the hull itself
is repaired. Life support is up to 100%. As far as I know, everything is
in working order. We just need to get the interior bulk heads of the ship
redone. And that could take about an hour with a proper team.
Daniel: Understood. Assemble
your team at once. Good job Chief.
Kugo: Yes sir. Kugo out.
Daniel: Commander, you have
the bridge. I'm on my way to the Science Lab.
Gotens: Yes sir.
(The Bridge is quiet till
the Captain leaves.....The turbolift doors close)
Gotens: Phew! What is his
problem?
Armond: You have to admit,
we have been a sort of layed back crew.
Red: You all are a pathetic
excuse of a crew. It's about time the Captain did what he did.
Gotens: I'm in charge here,
who do you think you are to talk to me like that?
(As the Captain goes down
the the turbolift, he hears a lot of murmuring from the bridge....then
there's a <<slap!>>.)
Gotens: Ow! that hurt.
Red: Putack!
Gotens: You are relieved!
Ensign Dan: Darn!
(Ensign Dan leaves the Bridge)
Gotens: Red, I guess you
are right about that pathetic thing.
(The Captain arrives in the
Science Lab. Shane has joined him. They walk in hand in hand, laughing.
Doctor Lox, Ensign GoyCho, and Kayl are in the Lab.)
(Everyone watches Daniel
and Shane and their eyes pop out in shock of what they see.)
Daniel: What is everyone
looking at?
GoyCho: Uhh, sir, you are
holding hands with uhh...Shane.
(Daniel looks down and finds
GoyCho correct.)
Daniel: Oh, but we are just
linked. Shane was communicating this great game he just played. It's faster
and more efficient.
Shane: Oh, that's what we
were doing (disappointed).
Lox: Ummm, okayyy.
Daniel: So what do you make
of that chamber we found?
(Kayl does some tri-corder
scans)
Kayl: Well, it's a sort
of habitat chamber of some sort. Heavily sealed. Unknown elements.
Shane: You mean something
lives in that thing?
Kayl: Hold on, I'm scanning
for life signs.....ok. The tri-corder is picking up organic compounds.
There is a....human in there?
Daniel: How can a human
be in there? The thing is only 2 feet tall.
Kayl: I don't know.
Daniel: Glad we let the
Enterprise on their way. So can you open it?
Kayl: There's no way. It's
totally stronger than anything we can throw at it.
(While they are figuring
out a way to open it, Shane simply opens the top of
the chamber with a latch.)
Shane: How about this latch?
Kayl: Oh. Or you can do
that.
(They all look in. But as
they peer in, out pops a guy who increases his size to be as tall as everyone
else. As if done by magic. Ensign Dan pulls out his phazer. Everyone backs
up.)
Unknown: Ahhh, it's good
to be out of that thing. It's been a while.
Daniel: I am Captain Daniel
X of the starship Pheonix-X. Who are you?
Unknown: Well, Caaaptain.
You can call me X.
Daniel: What are you?
Kayl: Captain, my readings
show he is fully human.
Unknown: Heh, not really.
Maybe you know me by my previous name. Q.
Daniel: Q!
X: No, it's X now.
Daniel: X!
X: Yep.
Daniel: What have we done?
Whoa Whoa Whoa, what were you doing in there in the first place X?
X: I was locked in there.
By the other Q's. They said I was defiant. They really hated it when I
changed my name. So they locked me in that chamber for all eternity.
Daniel: Like I said before,
what have I done?
(Another being appears)
Q: You were always the nosy
one Daniel. Just like that Janeway of Voyager.
Daniel: I forgot about her.
Wait, it's you.
Q: Yeah, it's me. But I'm
not here for you Captain, or for you Kayl. I'm here for X. I have to undo
what you undid.
X: You aren't putting me
back in that thing. One more step and I destroy the whole Federation.
Q: Wait, stop. Don't do
that. You know how important the Federation is to the continuim.
X: Exactly. So stay where
you are. I'm not going back in that thing.
Daniel: Can't you just put
the Federation right back?
Q: It's not so easy, if
he destroys the Federation, it doesn't matter what I do. The continuim
will be destroyed.
Daniel: Why the Federation?
Q: The Federation is--wait,
you are not to know this. X, give up. What are you going to do? You'd only
be destroying yourself. You are fighting the whole continuim.
X: Captain, I seek asylum
upon your vessel.
Q: hahah, what's that going
to do?
X: You're right. Hmmm...
Q: Face it, there's nothing
else to do. Just go back in that box and everything is ok.
X: Not if I...
(X starts to glow. He holds
out his hands like he is giving something away towards the Captain.)
Q: No, I cannot allow this.
Stop this at once.
(Q starts to advance toward
X, but is thrown back with energy. X turns into a sort of energy that starts
to surround Daniel. Daniel is destablizing.)
Daniel (distorted): What
is happening?
(Daniel is lifted off the
ground he transforms into X, then back to himself, then to X, then back.)
(Meanwhile, on the bridge.)
Walace: Commander, sensors
indicate a distortion in the science lab. It's tearing space apart, yet
pulling it together.
Gotens: All stop. Bridge
to science lab. Please respond.
(No answer)
Gotens: Get a security team
down there. Try to beam all who is in there out to sick bay. Doctor, expect
some injuries.
(Everyone except Q, Daniel,
and Shane are beamed out)
Walace: Done.
(In the Science Lab)
Shane: Hey, why didn't they
beam me out?
Q: X, you musn't do this.
(Daniel flashes into his
solid human form. He is lowered on the ground. Losing the glow. X is gone.
He kneels on the ground with his bowed head in his hands.)
Shane: Daniel?
Daniel: I feel....I feel...
(Daniel closes his eyes
and sends a sort of "feeling signal" to Shane.)
Shane: Wow, what a feeling.
What has happened to him? And where is X?
Q: X is gone. He has passed
on his X abilities to Daniel here.
Daniel: Yes. I understand.
Shane: Can't you do anything?
Q: Nope. I can't do anything.
This has never happened before. The passing of Q. Q's are immortal. We
thought this could happen, but it never occurred. Who'd want to give up
Q.
Daniel: X did. His abilities
were only a prison for him.
Q: Well, I guess you are
omnipotent now.
Shane: Amazing.
Daniel: I'm still the same.
I can just outlive everyone else.
Shane: Yeah, suckers.
Q: I guess I'll catch you
later. Wait till the Continuum hears about this
one.
(Daniel nods in acknowledgment.
Q disappears.)
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