Star Trek: Reloaded

Chapter 14

Lei went over to a control panel and accessed it.
Lei: "Computer... show me what a... Veriban Transmodulator looks like..."
The Computer displays this onscreen.
Krone liquefies over: "I, uhh, just want to apologize if I have ever done anything to insult you..."
Lei, trying to work: "Huh?"
Krone: "Sometimes when I am under pressure, I tend on not to think about how I treat other people."

Lei then suddenly found himself on the Ticonderoga, with Thine and Swine. They were experimenting with him, trying to punch and kick and fire phasers at him, but it was all just passing through.
Swine, kicks: "Argh! He is..."
Thine, phasers: "...non-corporeal!"

Lei wanted to experiment more himself. He left them, casually, and went over to the wall, knocking on it. He could control his own physical density... Amazing.

He then stepped through the wall and into another room, a Nacelle Control Room. There he saw another Changeling, who immediately noticed his entrance.
Infinite: "Huh!?"
Lei, stopped: "Oops."
Infinite liquefied her hands and fore-arms, and started walking towards Lei intending on attacking him.
Lei: "Nice try, but nothing can touch me."
She shot out her left arm, liquefied, at Lei passing it right through his shoulder. She was momentarily confused.

Lei pulled his shoulder away as she retracted her liquid attack. She readjusted her molecules and fired another current of liquid, puncturing Lei in his other shoulder. Lei was then shoved back in pain.
Lei: "Ugh!!! --How'd you...?"

Infinite leaped over a computer frame, and in the air fired another current of liquid. Lei quickly phased himself out of her right arm liquid, and ducked her left arm attack.

Lei jumped through the wall, escaping as Infinite hit the floor and brought back her arms. She liquefied herself and shot herself through one of the vents.

Krone: "Lei!!"
He went over to the main control deck on the Bridge of the small Timeship. Lei found himself there again.
Krone: "I think I know what's wrong with you. You're still in mid transport!"
Lei: "Isn't that done by some kind of... confinement beam?"
Krone: "Yeah, but I transported you the instant the Ship got stuck in this time-distortion. Your molecules are in temporal transport!"
Lei, looks at his hands: "You mean, I exist in both places at once?"
Krone: "Exactly! ...My transporter buffer is still cycling you, without the beam."
Lei went over to a control deck and leaned on it, thinking...: "But, how is it I can control my own density?"
Krone, moved over to him: "...Temporal anomaly can affect beings on a non-corporeal level. Your mind controls everything!"

Lei passed through another wall and entered the Transporter Room. Vicky was there.
Vicky: "Ready?"
Lei: "I... can't use the transporter. I'm already in a mid-transport...!"
He looked at her, while trying to think of another plan.
Vicky: "Why are you in mid-transport?"
Lei really didn't have time for this and ran... maybe there was another way...

The Enterprise launched two Type 13 Shuttle Crafts. They passed over a part of the Rift and headed for the Borg Cubes and Sphere's not too far away.

Lei passed through a wall and into a Control Room. There, the female Changeling bursted through a jefferey's tube opening. She took shape in front of him.
Infinite: "Where do you think you are going?"

She liquefied her entire body, firing out strings of her protoplasm everywhere.
Lei, jumped back over one, dodging another one, and spinning around past two: "Ehck!!"
He altered his molecular structure, as two strings of liquid passed through his thigh, but another string stabbed him in the stomach, lifting him in the air.

Lei phased himself, passing through it and landing on the floor. He leaped towards Infinite's main-mass and kicked his foot into it. He took the confused liquid to the floor, as it splerted all around, forming more masses around him in chaos.

Lei phased himself again, passing through the floor escaping.

He hit the floor and found himself in a Locker Room lined with new-type Starfleet Environmental Suits. There was another way...

Lei: "Krone!!!"
He was back on the Timeship.
Lei: "There's another Changeling after me!"
Krone: "Another Changeling?"
Lei: "Yeah, she's a female! ...What are the odds?"
Krone: "Infinite... she must've found me! She takes over Starship's for a living you know."
He took a moment to accept that she really was there.
Lei: "Yeah, that's great-- but she's fighting me!!"
Krone turned in the Helm chair. He didn't realize when he was ever going to see her again.
Krone: "Okay, okay! ...Tell her that I'm trapped in this time-distortion."

Lei picked up an environmental suit in the Locker Room and started putting it on.
Lei: "Ugh... how do I...?"
Illia, suddenly entered the room: "Lei!"
Lei: "Hey, how'd you know I was here?"
Illia: "Internal sensors barely pick you up."
She started helping him with the suit devices.
Illia: "I just want to let you know... I'm here for you if you have anything you need to talk about."
Lei, feels awkward: "Uhh... thanks."
She locks his helmet and then leaves the Locker Room.
Lei: "...Okay. That was a strange encounter."

Captain Picard stood at the Bridge of the Enterprise, which was examining Away Teams that were infiltrating the Borg Cube.
Picard: "Status?"
Madden: "Omega Team is lost... they're not sure if thier in Section E-6 or K-11..."
Seven of Nine, at the back: "I told you I should have joined them."
Picard: "Enough! ...I'm very delighted you volunteered to assist the Federation with the Rift issue, but I know you have a history with the Borg."

Lei opened the secondary hatch to the outside Hull, a forcefield was put up as he looked out into space. Infinite then sifted through cracks and took shape beside him.
Infinite: "You're far enough from Federation space. What does Starfleet care about this Rift anyway?"
Lei: "You know, Krone is trapped inside it."
Infinite slammed her liquid into the neck of the suit, slamming Lei back against the edge of the hatch: "What do you know of Krone!?"
Lei: "Ugh-- he told me to tell you where he was--! You're looking for him aren't you?"
Infinite let him go and thought for a second: "...I don't know what I'm doing... He left me years ago, and years ago before that..."
Lei used this oppourtunity to leap out into space.

He magnified his boots and clung onto the hull of the Ticonderoga.

Inifinte: "Hey!!"
She liquefied out into space after him.

Out in space was the spectacular display of the Rift, looking like a slow-motion snow-avalanche spurring outwards. It seemed to slope on forever in a east-ward direction.

There were so many Federation Ships floating around. He looked behind him and saw Inifnite jumping her liquid off the hull after him. She came down from above prompting him to toggle his boot controls and leap off the Ticonderoga.

Lei floated through space, and used the pressure thrusters on his boots to steer him.

He approached the Federation Starship Destiny passed through its shields and landed on its hull. Federation Environmental Suits usually automatically recieved a signal from nearby Starships, frequency matching to thier shields.

These shields were not a problem for Infinite. She passed through them like they were nothing. Lei saw this as she descended from above.

Krone: "So what'd she say??"
Lei took a seat next to the Helm of the Timeship.
Lei: "She's uhh... kind of mad at you."
Krone looked to the side, taking this in: "Oh..."
Lei: "But on the up-side, she's hot. You know, for a shapeshifter."
Krone: "It must be because we keep seperating... Well that's her fault too!"
He liquefies his fist and slams it against the far wall.
Lei: "Oh yeah, did I mention she's trying to kill me?"

Infinite liquefied around as Lei spun a kick into her. She was flung away, but stopped herself, running back along the hull of the Destiny towards him.

Lei jumped up in mid-space, floating backwards, and took out both his Handguns. A good Cop always kept them convenient. Lei blasted one Handgun after the other, down at her.

Infnite was punctured multiple times, but continued running and leaping up into space towards him.

As she came closer, Lei rapidly pumped the remaining bullets out his Guns into her shoulder which was beggining to indent. He blasted the last bullet out his left gun, sending Infnite back and disoriented. Her momentum was changed and she spun away parallel to the Destiny with liquid drops trailing.

Lei activated his thruster boots and sped towards another Federation Starship. He could see the Jem'Hadar Battle Cruiser not too far off in the distance.


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