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