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| =====Through The Looking Glass=====
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| ((Make-Shift Sickbay - Klingon BoP))
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| ::Dodge left to see what the emergency was while Paul went back to
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| his experiments. He lifted the tri-corder so he could read it
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| better and saw that there was time for it to run the complete
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| tests. Paul figured this would be a good time to catch up on his
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| rest, seeing how he knew there would be little time later. He sat
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| back in his chair and drifted off to sleep.::
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| ((Dream))
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| ::Laughter, evil, maniacal, laughter. Paul opened his eyes only to
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| see his own image in a mirror. He looked around the room he was in
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| and saw that it wasn't the Klingon Sickbay, but the bath facility in
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| his quarters on the Constitution. He ran hot water from the faucet
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| and splashed it on his face, then looked up into the mirror. His
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| reflection looked back, then winked. Paul hit the wall behind him
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| as he stumbled away from the mirror. His image laughed the same
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| laugh he had heard earlier, and what was eerie, he now recognized as
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| his own voice.::
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| Diamond: Impossible, this can't be happening.
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| Image: Of course it can, anything can happen here; it's your dream.
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| Diamond: I'm dreaming?
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| Image: Kind of slow on the up take, aren't you? It's surprising
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| you've made it this far.
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| Diamond: ::taking a closer look and the image mimicking him.:: Who
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| are you?
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| Image: You know who I am, look close and remember.
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| Diamond: ::anger, and then fear went through Diamond as he realized
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| who he was seeing:: SNIPER! But I killed you.
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| Sniper: ::smiling:: See, you DO have brains, you just need to use it
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| more. Yes, you killed my body, but my spirit lives in you.
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| Diamond: No, that's impossible, I don't believe you.
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| Sniper: You can believe what you want, but I'm telling you, I'm
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| being reborn inside you.
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| Diamond: How?
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| Sniper: By creating you in my image. Think about it, you have
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| changed since you left the planet, haven't you?
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| Diamond: ::wary of giving information, but not wanting to lie:: Yes,
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| but that's the Brikaran DNA in me.
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| Sniper: Ah yes, the foreign DNA, now that was a blessing to me, it
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| is helping me in ways you can't imagine even I couldn't imagine.
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| Diamond: But what does that have to do with anything, I'm not
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| turning into anything like you.
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| Sniper: You're not? Think about it. Let's look at the facts here.
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| One; you have become more aggressive in your interactions with
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| others, lashing out at some physically, almost killing your brother-
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| in-law. If it wasn't for "mommy" you might have. And later,
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| verbally belittling your crewmembers, honestly, letting that
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| counselor off so easy like that, you should have beaten her for
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| spilling the beans. I would have killed her.
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| Diamond: ::grasping at that straw of hope:: See, I'm NOT like you, I
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| didn't kill her.
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| Sniper: I said I was creating you, not that I was finished yet.
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| You're too much of a goody goody to do this quickly. ::shaking his
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| head:: Where was I?
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| ::The image of Sniper began to pace back and forth in the mirror,
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| which gave Paul a creepy feeling, as Paul stood and watched. He had
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| no idea how this was being accomplished, so this must be a dream
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| like the image said. Paul also knew that the image was speaking the
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| truth so far, he had done all those things that were mentioned.
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| Finally Sniper stopped and looked at Paul with a huge, evil smile.::
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| Sniper: I know, your temper. You have been flying off the handle
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| more and more, easier and easier, haven't you?
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| Diamond: Yes, like I said…
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| Sniper: I know, I know, the DNA. Would you stop using that as an
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| excuse and face the facts that there is something higher working
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| here?
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| Diamond: You've only mentioned one example, and that doesn't prove
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| anything, that only proves I need help with controlling this.
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| Sniper: Alright, you want more proof? How about you're womanizing?
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| Diamond: ::shocked:: My WHAT? I'm not a womanizer!
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| Sniper: What do you call it? You're jumping from one woman to the
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| next like used clothes. Now if it were me, I'd kill them, but that
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| will come soon enough.
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| Diamond: What in the world are you talking about?
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| Sniper: ::sigh:: I guess I'll have to spell it out for you. First
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| there was Kays, she left you because work came first, you sap, and
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| she was good, at least in my universe. She wasn't gone that long
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| when you replaced her with that half-breed Klingon Volana Mercury
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| from my universe, and then when her usefulness was over, poof, she's
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| out of the picture. Now it's that shrimp of a tri-breed, Yladro.
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| Diamond: ::becoming angry:: Don't you DARE talk like that about her!
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| Sniper: ::acting afraid:: Oh, big bad doctor going to beat me
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| up? ::laughs:: Good luck, never happen. Looks like I struck a
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| nerve, you MUST have feelings for her, true feelings for you to
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| stand up to me like that, well, I'll take care of those for you, you
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| won't have to worry about that again, Ill make you realize what
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| women are actually for.
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| Diamond: If that's what I have to look forward to, I'll kill myself
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| first.
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| Sniper: You won't do that; you have too much to live for. Besides,
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| what makes you think I'll allow that?
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| Diamond: ::changing tactics:: Why are you doing this?
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| Sniper: Because you want me too.
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| Diamond: What do you mean I want you to?
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| Sniper: Remember when you were told that I represented paths not
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| taken? Well, your subconscious wondered what it would be like if
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| you choose my paths, and here I am. And we are fast approaching the
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| time for you to fade away and me to take over.
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| Diamond: I'll never give up with out a fight.
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| Sniper: You don't have a choice in this; I'm the stronger of the two.
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| ::With that, Sniper reached out of the mirror and grabbed Paul by
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| the lapels of his uniform. Paul felt himself being pulled towards
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| the mirror and there was no way to stop it. Out of desperation,
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| Paul swung his fist at the face of Snipers image in the mirror. He
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| saw it make contact, but instead of the mirror breaking he first
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| felt his hand break, and then the pain. He opened his eyes and he
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| was back in Sickbay on the Klingon ship. As he assessed the damaged
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| hand, he heard the laughter fade away in his head.::
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| Diamond: Damn, that hurt.
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| =====Family Crisis===== | | =====Family Crisis===== |