"Secret Shuttles, Part IV: Conclusion"
(In 2400, in an Alternate timeline, on the Future Phoenix-X, Shane and Matt enter the Conference room with the senior staff)
Future Kugo: We were able to calculate the time and place you were due to time jump by the sub-ultra frequencies the temporal vortex created.
(They all have a seat)
Shane: I have no idea what you just said.
Future Kugo: Never mind. The thing is, we've examined the Q material within the temporal chamber of Klokian's timeship Klon and there is just enough left for one more jump.
Matt: The jump to take us back!
Future Kugo: I do not believe that is a wise course of action, since twenty-three years of history has commenced.
Shane: So? Who are you to tell us what to do?
Future Kugo: I am the Captain of the Phoenix-X.
Shane: Oh.
(Pause)
Shane: Well what happened Daniel and Night?
Future Kugo (deep breath): Well then. Let me explain. In 2385, after a devastating Android attack on Mars, the Federation Council officially declared recognition of a secret organization called Section 31. By that time, Section 31 had accumulated enough members into the Council to advantage its compromised state. They began to launch attacks on the Romulans, Breen, Dominion, Borg and the Mirror groups. All of which were successful. The Captain and Commander felt morally opposed for those needless attacks and said that the Federation only wanted more territory. So they put together a rebellion force, reviving the Maquis.
Shane: What Mirror groups?
Future Kugo: After you left, we located Phoenix-X Vector Gamma, which was adrift for a year. They said they went to the Mirror Universe, encountered a Jem'Hadar species native to it and accidentally brought them back with them.
Matt: How were we able to beat the Borg?
Future Kugo: When Voyager returned home in 2378, they brought a transphasic torpedo means to defeat them.
Shane: What ever happened to Armond? Where's Red?
Future Kayl: Stupid Armond works for Section 31 and Red is just Captain of the B'Cnah now. I'm Commander and GoyCho is second in command.
Matt: What ever happened to me and Shane?
Future Kayl: You went to the future, you idiots!
Matt: Oh, yeah.
(A familiar face takes a seat at the table)
Shane: Well. I guess you should be Lieutenant Commander Dan by now.
Future Ensign Dan: No. I still haven't been promoted yet.
Future Kugo: Anyways. You two will be given quarters and new posts on the Phoenix-X while we have our people dismantle the timeship Klon. If you have any more questions, just ask the computer. Welcome back.
(Everyone gets up and leaves)
(Matt and Shane meet in a secret place on the Future Phoenix-X)
Matt: What are we doing here?
Shane: We have to plan our escape!
Matt: But this is the Captain's Ready Room.
(They glance around)
Shane: Oops.
(Matt and Shane meet in a different secret place on the Future Phoenix-X)
Matt: Shane. This is still the Captain's Ready Room.
Shane: Well, sorry! Jeez, man.
(Matt and Shane meet again in a different secret place on the Future Phoenix-X)
Matt: Okay, so this is the plan. We steal the Klon and use its last energy reserves to jump back to our time!
Shane: Great plan. But you're forgetting one thing. How are we supposed to get to the timeship?
Matt: Shane, we are in the timeship.
(They glance around)
Shane: Oh. Cool.
(They activate the thrusters of the Klon, hover and break out the doors of the Shuttle bay. The Future Phoenix-X turns around and locks a tractor beam onto them)
Future Kugo: Hail them.
(Matt and Shane go on screen)
Future Kugo: Where do you think you are going?
>Shane: Sorry, Captain. But this future's at its end.
(On the Klon, the screen cuts out. Shane turns to Matt who is at controls)
Shane: Okay, so how do we make this future at its end?
Matt (working): I don't know. I only have navigation for the present field figured out.
(The Future Phoenix-X fires phasers at the Klon)
Future Kugo: Load the slipstreams. Destroy them.
(The Klon shakes more from preliminary phasers. Matt powers up the engines)
Matt: I don't think I activated the temporal chronometer and we might still end up wasting the Q material reserves.
(The ship shakes again)
Shane: Don't worry, we're not going to waste the reserves!
(The Future Phoenix-X fires a slipstream torpedo at the Klon, but the Klon flashes away just before it hits. They flash in, in front of the planet Flortarios III surrounded by starships)
Shane: What happened?
Matt: We wasted all the reserves!!
Shane: Well, jeez. Maybe you should've been more cautious.
Matt: Argggh.
Shane: One of the ships is hailing us.
(Daniel and Seifer go on screen)
>Future Daniel: This is Daniel of the rebel fighter Paroga.
Shane: This is Shane of the timeship Klon!
>Future Daniel: Shane! It's been a while. We figured by the sub-ultra frequencies the temporal vortex created that you'd arrive around this time.
Shane: I have no idea what you just said.
>Future Daniel: A lot has changed since you guys left.
Shane (points): Yeah. You have two extra eyes on the side of your head.
>Future Daniel (covers): Uhh. Yeah, those are just for decoration.
(The Future Paroga escorts the Klon behind the outside row of rebel starships. They board the orbital starbase and meet in the Command office)
Future Cloud: Welcome to Flortarios III, the Rebellion Command Centre!
Shane: Admiral Cloud? You're part of the rebellion force?
Future Cloud: Yup. I got tired of Theseus always erasing my memory every time he discussed the Phoenix-X with me, so I joined this rebellion.
Future Daniel: Ever since Section 31 took over, they've been more and more aggressive with Federation officers. Right out of the Starfleet Academy, they train them to kill without hesitation. They desensitize young recruits to mass slaughter.
Future Seifer: They say it's the only way humanity will survive the Universe.
Matt: Captain. What if I were to tell you that I might have a clever way to prevent all of this from happening?
(Pause)
Future Daniel: You mean the timeship?
Matt: Yeah! Isn't it a clever idea!?
Future Daniel: No. But I'm all for it.
Shane (approaches): Captain, we need to take your powers to bring us back.
Future Daniel: No way! Get your own powers.
Shane: The Klon works on your kind of temporal energy. We need it to reload its reserves.
Future Cloud (at a console): We don't have time for this. We're being attacked!
Future Daniel (leaves): The answer is no.
(The Future Enterprise-F, Akira, Defiant, Xena and Prometheus come out of nowhere, pumping out torpedoes and phasers at the ships guarding Flortarios III. A starship battle breaks out. Future Daniel and Seifer get onto the upgraded Paroga and help fight. Matt and Shane get into the timeship Klon)
Shane: Well, what are we gonna do now?
Matt: I noticed a little upgrade on my Paroga. It has some kind of energy transfer interface with the phaser array.
Shane: So? Who cares!!
(Matt steers the ship towards the battle)
Matt: I think I know what it's for.
(Future Daniel takes a seat in the cockpit of the Future Paroga. A hood with tubes connected to the computer comes down over his head. He puts an eye piece on and rests his hands on glass orbs on each side of the chair)
Seifer: We are coming about. The Enterprise-F is in range.
(The ship shakes)
Daniel: I think we have to destroy it.
(The Future Paroga swoops around towards the Odyssey-class Enterprise-F. Daniel focuses his Omni energy into the orbs, transferring it through the phaser array. A thick white energy beam from the Paroga blasts the left nacelle off the Enterprise-F. The nacelle just twirls off into space, leaking plasma everywhere. The timeship Klon then comes around)
Shane: He's interfaced his powers through the weapons system.
Matt (nods): I think I can intercept it with Klokian's particle array.
(The Future Enterprise-F comes around, firing like crazy onto the hull of the Paroga. The shuttle takes heavy damage and starts to flame. Seifer rotates the nose of the shuttle towards the Enterprise-F as Daniel focuses a larger beam. The stream of white energy hits the Enterprise-F right on and blows it to pieces. Off to the side of the beam is a green array sucking the energy from it)
Daniel: Argh!!!
(He feels weak)
(The Klon steals Daniel's powers and stores it in its reserves chamber)
Matt: I've almost downloaded enough.
Shane: Good. I've activated the temporal chronometer.
Matt: Better set it to two years before our present to get that Vector back.
Shane: Okay. What year was it before we left?
Matt (shrugs): I don't know. 2377, I guess.
(The Future Paroga loses navigation and smashes into the twirling nacelle. The explosion sends out a shock wave of plasma and energy, hitting most ships. The Klon flashes out just before it hits them)
Shane: Good. I've activated the temporal chronometer.
Matt: Better set it to two years before our present to get that Vector back.
Shane: Okay. What year was it before we left?
Matt (shrugs): I don't know. 2377, I guess.
(The Future Paroga loses navigation and smashes into the twirling nacelle. The explosion sends out a shock wave of plasma and energy, hitting most ships. The Klon flashes out just before it hits them)
(In 2375, on Phoenix-X Vector Gamma, in guest quarters, Daniel looks out the window)
Daniel: Time travel, it's becoming more and more easier these days.
Night Seifer (enters): What did you say?
Daniel: Uhh, I said it's about time to travel more these days.
Night Seifer: Oh. I thought you were ruminating for a moment there.
Daniel: I was. But those kinds of ruminations aren't allowed to be on record. What the heck do you want anyways, Night?
Night Seifer: Maybe you should call me Seifer.
Daniel: Oh ssooorrryy. Seifer.
Night Seifer: That's more like it.
Daniel: I mean Night.
Night Seifer: Hey! Stop that.
Daniel: Okay, fine... Seifer.
Night Seifer: That's better.
Daniel: Who used to be Night!
Night Seifer: Hey!
Daniel: Okay fine. What do you want, Seifer?
Night Seifer: It's the Klon. They've arrived off the port bow.
Daniel: Oh, okay. Why don't any ships ever arrive from the top or the bottom? I mean, this is space, you know.
(On the Battle Bridge, Matt and Shane enter. They tell everyone about what they saw in the future)
Matt: And that's what we saw...
Ensign Dan (enters): What's what you saw? I came late.
Matt: Argghh.
(They explain it all over again)
Matt: And that's what we saw....
Ensign Dan: Oh. That's nice.
Wallace (shakes head): Section 31 takes over the Federation?
Daniel: And me and Night rebel?
Night Seifer: Hey!
Daniel: Oh sorry, I mean Seifer.
Shane (shrugs): It's true. I don't know if there's anyone who can do anything about it though.
(There's a silence)
Wallace: Captain—
Daniel: What do you want?
Wallace: Let me return to Section 31. I'll work with them, try to prevent all this from happening.
Daniel: Really? You'd do that?
Wallace: Yes, sir.
Daniel: Alright. Take the Paroga. Good luck, Lieutenant.
Wallace (shakes hand): Thank you, sir.
(He leaves)
Daniel: As for the rest of us, there's still no way for all of us to get back to our time. The timeship Klon is as small as a shuttle and there are about seventy people on this Vector.
Shane: Can't we transwarp like Armond did?
Daniel: The transwarp function isn't on Vector Gamma. It's on Vector Beta and we can only fit a few of you on the Klon. The rest of you will have to stay here and keep Vector Gamma under wraps until we pick you up two years from now.
(Everyone mumbles, talking to each other)
Daniel: Shut up! Matt, Shane, Elly, Seifer, Yeltso and BOB, you're with me.
Ensign Dan: Hey! What about me!?
Daniel: Okay, fine. Ensign Dan.
Night Seifer (approaches him): I think I'll stay here and protect Vector Gamma. My symbiont could use the years experience.
Daniel (nods): Okay. Do what you can to keep those Mirror Jem'Hadar from interfering with the timeline. Meet Phoenix-X Vectors Alpha/Beta at Flortarios III in two years from now.
Night Seifer: Okay.
Daniel: Good luck to you. GoyCho, you're his first officer.
GoyCho: Aye, sir.
(Daniel and his team enter the turbolift and head for the timeship Klon)
(In 2377, on the Cardassian Galor-class Scorpion, after having just escaped from Phoenix-X Vectors Alpha/Beta and the Xena, Meloneus sits in his quarters)
Tellus (enters): How does it feel to be back, sir?
Meloneus: Back? It's like I never left, you idiot! You beamed me out from my ship.
Tellus: Your ship was destroyed, sir. And so was your wife.
(Gul Meloneus throws a table lamp at him)
Meloneus: Don't you think I know that, you fool!!! She was supposed to die in that time period, anyway. After the Phoenix-X towed us to a Fedreation prison, I managed to escape. By then, I swore my vengeance on them. Now, I swear my vengeance on those Changelings!! It was he who distracted me while I was trying to save her.
Tellus: And, you didn't get a chance to save her.
Meloneus: Aaarrgghh!!!
(He gets up and throws a vase at Tellus)
(On Phoenix-X Vectors Alpha/Beta, Bridge, Armond watches as Matt and the timeship Klon flashes away)
Red: Where did they go?
Armond: Time jump. We might be able to figure out where and when they went with the sub-ultra frequencies the temporal vortex created.
(Pause)
Red: I have no idea what that means.
Kayl: Armond. It's the Klon. They're back!
Armond: Oh. That was fast.
Kayl: They have the Captain and a few other members of the crew with them.
Armond: They must've had quite an adventure.
Kayl: Yeah. I feel left out too.
Red: Let's kill them!!
Armond: Uh, no. Let's just keep our emotions down.
Kugo: Gewdeque, feel envious for me.
Gewdeque: Grrrr.
Kugo: Thank you. Now get back to work!
(On the Xena, Bridge, Captain Aeris takes a seat)
Aeris: Report.
Wendy: People from the timeship Klon have just beamed onto the Phoenix-X. They're hailing.
Aeris: On screen.
>Daniel: Captain. I need to ask you a favour.
Aeris: What?
>Daniel: I need you to hide the timeship on the Xena until we need it again. To keep it on our
ship would be asking for more trouble.
Aeris: Hey! To keep it on ours is asking more trouble too!
>Daniel: Yeah, but no one knows you. You're the big non-reputation ship of the Federation. Everyone knows it.
Aeris: Okay, fine. By the way, what happened to the missing bottom of your ship?
Night Seifer (enters): What did you say?
Daniel: Uhh, I said it's about time to travel more these days.
Night Seifer: Oh. I thought you were ruminating for a moment there.
Daniel: I was. But those kinds of ruminations aren't allowed to be on record. What the heck do you want anyways, Night?
Night Seifer: Maybe you should call me Seifer.
Daniel: Oh ssooorrryy. Seifer.
Night Seifer: That's more like it.
Daniel: I mean Night.
Night Seifer: Hey! Stop that.
Daniel: Okay, fine... Seifer.
Night Seifer: That's better.
Daniel: Who used to be Night!
Night Seifer: Hey!
Daniel: Okay fine. What do you want, Seifer?
Night Seifer: It's the Klon. They've arrived off the port bow.
Daniel: Oh, okay. Why don't any ships ever arrive from the top or the bottom? I mean, this is space, you know.
(On the Battle Bridge, Matt and Shane enter. They tell everyone about what they saw in the future)
Matt: And that's what we saw...
Ensign Dan (enters): What's what you saw? I came late.
Matt: Argghh.
(They explain it all over again)
Matt: And that's what we saw....
Ensign Dan: Oh. That's nice.
Wallace (shakes head): Section 31 takes over the Federation?
Daniel: And me and Night rebel?
Night Seifer: Hey!
Daniel: Oh sorry, I mean Seifer.
Shane (shrugs): It's true. I don't know if there's anyone who can do anything about it though.
(There's a silence)
Wallace: Captain—
Daniel: What do you want?
Wallace: Let me return to Section 31. I'll work with them, try to prevent all this from happening.
Daniel: Really? You'd do that?
Wallace: Yes, sir.
Daniel: Alright. Take the Paroga. Good luck, Lieutenant.
Wallace (shakes hand): Thank you, sir.
(He leaves)
Daniel: As for the rest of us, there's still no way for all of us to get back to our time. The timeship Klon is as small as a shuttle and there are about seventy people on this Vector.
Shane: Can't we transwarp like Armond did?
Daniel: The transwarp function isn't on Vector Gamma. It's on Vector Beta and we can only fit a few of you on the Klon. The rest of you will have to stay here and keep Vector Gamma under wraps until we pick you up two years from now.
(Everyone mumbles, talking to each other)
Daniel: Shut up! Matt, Shane, Elly, Seifer, Yeltso and BOB, you're with me.
Ensign Dan: Hey! What about me!?
Daniel: Okay, fine. Ensign Dan.
Night Seifer (approaches him): I think I'll stay here and protect Vector Gamma. My symbiont could use the years experience.
Daniel (nods): Okay. Do what you can to keep those Mirror Jem'Hadar from interfering with the timeline. Meet Phoenix-X Vectors Alpha/Beta at Flortarios III in two years from now.
Night Seifer: Okay.
Daniel: Good luck to you. GoyCho, you're his first officer.
GoyCho: Aye, sir.
(Daniel and his team enter the turbolift and head for the timeship Klon)
(In 2377, on the Cardassian Galor-class Scorpion, after having just escaped from Phoenix-X Vectors Alpha/Beta and the Xena, Meloneus sits in his quarters)
Tellus (enters): How does it feel to be back, sir?
Meloneus: Back? It's like I never left, you idiot! You beamed me out from my ship.
Tellus: Your ship was destroyed, sir. And so was your wife.
(Gul Meloneus throws a table lamp at him)
Meloneus: Don't you think I know that, you fool!!! She was supposed to die in that time period, anyway. After the Phoenix-X towed us to a Fedreation prison, I managed to escape. By then, I swore my vengeance on them. Now, I swear my vengeance on those Changelings!! It was he who distracted me while I was trying to save her.
Tellus: And, you didn't get a chance to save her.
Meloneus: Aaarrgghh!!!
(He gets up and throws a vase at Tellus)
(On Phoenix-X Vectors Alpha/Beta, Bridge, Armond watches as Matt and the timeship Klon flashes away)
Red: Where did they go?
Armond: Time jump. We might be able to figure out where and when they went with the sub-ultra frequencies the temporal vortex created.
(Pause)
Red: I have no idea what that means.
Kayl: Armond. It's the Klon. They're back!
Armond: Oh. That was fast.
Kayl: They have the Captain and a few other members of the crew with them.
Armond: They must've had quite an adventure.
Kayl: Yeah. I feel left out too.
Red: Let's kill them!!
Armond: Uh, no. Let's just keep our emotions down.
Kugo: Gewdeque, feel envious for me.
Gewdeque: Grrrr.
Kugo: Thank you. Now get back to work!
(On the Xena, Bridge, Captain Aeris takes a seat)
Aeris: Report.
Wendy: People from the timeship Klon have just beamed onto the Phoenix-X. They're hailing.
Aeris: On screen.
>Daniel: Captain. I need to ask you a favour.
Aeris: What?
>Daniel: I need you to hide the timeship on the Xena until we need it again. To keep it on our
ship would be asking for more trouble.
Aeris: Hey! To keep it on ours is asking more trouble too!
>Daniel: Yeah, but no one knows you. You're the big non-reputation ship of the Federation. Everyone knows it.
Aeris: Okay, fine. By the way, what happened to the missing bottom of your ship?
>Daniel (snaps): Oh, yes. Thanks for reminding me.
(Phoenix-X Vectors Alpha/Beta approaches Flortarios III. The Phoenix-X Vector Gamma suddenly peeks out from behind the planet and hails them)
>GoyCho: Captain. It's been a while.
Daniel: It's only been a couple minutes to me. I hope you guys didn't alter the timeline at all?
>GoyCho (looks away): Uh, no, no. Of course not. Heh, heh.
Daniel: Where is the Commander?
>GoyCho: He's in the Brig. We had to contain him for taking over the ship on three consecutive occasions. He was looking for iso-stars to get his symbiont back from the Mirror Universe.
Daniel: I see we're still going to have some problems there.
(Soon, the Phoenix-X reintegrates all its vectors and puts everything back to normal)
Armond: Uh, let's move the Klingon cloaking device from Vector Beta back to Vector Gamma.
Matt: Okay. Is that what you want?
Armond: That's what I want.
Matt: Alright. If that's what you want.
Armond (nods): That's what I want.
Night Seifer (walks over): Is he even part of the crew?
Armond: I'm just using him while he's still here.
(They laugh)
Daniel (walks over): Get back to work!
(On Starbase 55, Admiral Theseus long-range hails the Phoenix-X to find the senior staff gathered in its Conference room)
Theseus: I await your report, Captain.
>Daniel: Uh, yeah. I'm still writing it.
Theseus: I would like to know what happened to the Paroga.
>Daniel: Destroyed, sir.
Theseus: And, Wallace?
>Daniel: Killed, sir. He was piloting it.
Theseus: I am sorry to hear that.
>Daniel: Oh, yes. We're all choked up about it.
(Everyone fakes cries)
Theseus: Well, anyways. Since he's gone, you're going to need a new Chief Security officer. That will be Kugo.
>Kugo: Then who will be Chief Engineer?
Theseus: Oh, uh, Matt can. He's worked with the transwarp project for eight years already. Anyway, I gotta go. My wife is calling me.
(On the Phoenix-X, Conference room, in the screen clicks off)
Daniel: Haha. Admiral is whipped.
Matt: Wow. I'm part of the crew now.
Daniel: Yes. Now let me introduce you to everyone. This is Red, the pilot. Armond, Tactical specialist. Kayl is Operations and Science. Kugo is Security officer now, I guess. Shane, the Chief away team person guy.
Matt: Hey, you just made that up.
Daniel: Yeah. So?
Matt: Never mind. This is a weird ship.
(He looks around)
(Later, Daniel escorts Night Seifer to the shuttle bay)
Daniel (hands a PADD): Okay. Now to do your job. Count the ships.
Seifer (looks around): But there aren't any ships.
Daniel: Great. Then I'll be expecting your report a lot sooner.
(He leaves. Seifer just stands there, scratching his butt)
Seifer: I could do this for a living.
(Phoenix-X Vectors Alpha/Beta approaches Flortarios III. The Phoenix-X Vector Gamma suddenly peeks out from behind the planet and hails them)
>GoyCho: Captain. It's been a while.
Daniel: It's only been a couple minutes to me. I hope you guys didn't alter the timeline at all?
>GoyCho (looks away): Uh, no, no. Of course not. Heh, heh.
Daniel: Where is the Commander?
>GoyCho: He's in the Brig. We had to contain him for taking over the ship on three consecutive occasions. He was looking for iso-stars to get his symbiont back from the Mirror Universe.
Daniel: I see we're still going to have some problems there.
(Soon, the Phoenix-X reintegrates all its vectors and puts everything back to normal)
Armond: Uh, let's move the Klingon cloaking device from Vector Beta back to Vector Gamma.
Matt: Okay. Is that what you want?
Armond: That's what I want.
Matt: Alright. If that's what you want.
Armond (nods): That's what I want.
Night Seifer (walks over): Is he even part of the crew?
Armond: I'm just using him while he's still here.
(They laugh)
Daniel (walks over): Get back to work!
(On Starbase 55, Admiral Theseus long-range hails the Phoenix-X to find the senior staff gathered in its Conference room)
Theseus: I await your report, Captain.
>Daniel: Uh, yeah. I'm still writing it.
Theseus: I would like to know what happened to the Paroga.
>Daniel: Destroyed, sir.
Theseus: And, Wallace?
>Daniel: Killed, sir. He was piloting it.
Theseus: I am sorry to hear that.
>Daniel: Oh, yes. We're all choked up about it.
(Everyone fakes cries)
Theseus: Well, anyways. Since he's gone, you're going to need a new Chief Security officer. That will be Kugo.
>Kugo: Then who will be Chief Engineer?
Theseus: Oh, uh, Matt can. He's worked with the transwarp project for eight years already. Anyway, I gotta go. My wife is calling me.
(On the Phoenix-X, Conference room, in the screen clicks off)
Daniel: Haha. Admiral is whipped.
Matt: Wow. I'm part of the crew now.
Daniel: Yes. Now let me introduce you to everyone. This is Red, the pilot. Armond, Tactical specialist. Kayl is Operations and Science. Kugo is Security officer now, I guess. Shane, the Chief away team person guy.
Matt: Hey, you just made that up.
Daniel: Yeah. So?
Matt: Never mind. This is a weird ship.
(He looks around)
(Later, Daniel escorts Night Seifer to the shuttle bay)
Daniel (hands a PADD): Okay. Now to do your job. Count the ships.
Seifer (looks around): But there aren't any ships.
Daniel: Great. Then I'll be expecting your report a lot sooner.
(He leaves. Seifer just stands there, scratching his butt)
Seifer: I could do this for a living.