The Glitch IV - Inversion (Ch. 1)

[Comrade Tortoise]

Jack walked in just as Justin was giving the computer intructions to fast forward to the ship, the Hispaniola. The walls of the room shifted from the Admiral benbow inn in Bristol, to a 19th century brittish ship.

Tass needless to say, went nuts, running around exploring everything

"OOh a ship! I was on a ship once from Icewall!" he exclaimed. His little hands already getting to know the purses and belt pouches of the hapless crew.

[Rukia]

Rory leaned in to the kiss a bit more this time. Sighing softly she placed a hand on his chest. She pulled away gently "I need to go take a shower... I reek...and No offence... you don't smell much better..." She smiled her eyes twinkling as she poked his ribs lightly. "Then we can get some food and talk some more, yea?"

[Agent Fisher]

"Whoa, that was cool. Hey, uh, Justin, where are we?"

[SirNitram]

Once Tass had embraced the Holodeck, Albert slunk out and into the dormitory room he was staying in. He shook his head and stretched. What a week. He was supposed to be grading papers and assisting the professor. Instead, he's trapped in here. A world of.. Games. Games made real.

He looked in a mirror, and sighed. This wasn't him. Thog was.. An interesting person. But he wasn't Thog. You not? Rumbled the part of his mind which was in control recently. You think like Thog. Only better. The restless half-giant was pushed down. That's just a psychological defensive mechanism.. He's in a godsdamned GAME!

And this universe was all messed up. To the very core. Something was invading the worlds, corrupting them. The little part of him which was also Thog was clear on what to do next: Pitch in.

He looked in the mirror. If there was a way home.. And that might have been what Darek intended to do.. There were papers to grade, exulting in whatever political movement the student favoured, none of them very convincing. There was the long, slow, dreary existane of a PoliSci graduate.

Here....

Could he ever get powerful enough to compete with Darek and those who had corrupted him?

A thought stirred. Yes, there might be. He might even be able to get Darek back. He owed his friend a try.

[Comrade Tortoise]

"Whoa, that was cool. Hey, uh, Justin, where are we?"

"Welcome to the Hispaniola, courtesy of the Holodeck, and the classic book Treasure Island"

[Agent Fisher]

"Ah." He noticed Al leave. "So, how are you taking all this?"

[Comrade Tortoise]

"I just got tossed into a war torn fantasy world. On the one hand, I am horrified. I want to curl into a corner and cry." He didnt mention of course, that being thrown into a war torn fantasy world was a childhood dream of his. He should probably be moe careful what he wishes for in the future

"Still, I will survive, I will percevere. Because my friends are depending on me. Because I am a stubborn bastard, and most importantly there are people I love on the other side depending on me. It is a lot of pressure. But I can handle it. I will handle it because I have no other choice."

[Charon]

Matthew stepped into the medbay again. There were a few voices talking medical jargon he didn't understand as he walked towards the table Yuffie had been on. There were at least half a dozen doctors hovering over her and it wasn't long before Matthew was ushered out to wait in another room.

Matthew sighed as he plopped down into a seat and looked around. The room was empty except fo him, though there was a datapad looking object sitting next to him. Picking it up Matthew began scrolling over the information it had. Eventually finding what he was looking for. Nulls, who was behind them, who were nulls, how had they been made, how could they be killed, anything he could get his hands on.

[Agent Fisher]

"I just got tossed into a war torn fantasy world. On the one hand, I am horrified. I want to curl into a corner and cry." He didnt mention of course, that being thrown into a war torn fantasy world was a childhood dream of his. He should probably be moe careful what he wishes for in the future

"Still, I will survive, I will percevere. Because my friends are depending on me. Because I am a stubborn bastard, and most importantly there are people I love on the other side depending on me. It is a lot of pressure. But I can handle it. I will handle it because I have no other choice."

Jack nodded. "Just a friendly bit of advice, if I were you, I wouldn't be wasting my time babysitting that...thing, I would be learning how to use weapons and about our enemies."

[Comrade Tortoise]

"It isnt a waste of time if you knew what happens when he gets bored" still, Justin was backing up toward the door of the holodeck, completely intent on leaving Tass there

"Computer, the moment Tasselhoff says that he is bored, Run Program: A Midsummer Night's Dream. If he gets bored after that Run Program: The Tempest. If he expresses boredom following that, Run Program: Hamlet"

And he slowly backed out, dragging Jack with him.

[Agent Fisher]

Once they were outside, Jack turned to Justin.

"What happens when he gets bored?"

[Comrade Tortoise]

"Vital ship components will find their way unwitting into his pouches, or something equally terrible. This little guy has accidentally foiled the plans of an evil archmage to become a god, because he got bored. No telling what havok he will cause if he is allowed to become bored"

[Agent Fisher]

"Huh. Ok, where to now?"

[Charon]

Matthew began reading the information. First he looked up Nulls. There were millions, maybe billions. It was impossible to count them all. Looking up where they came from revealed nothing, it was unknown how the creatures were created. Just that they were made by something called The Glitch. Matthew furrowed his brow and looked up information on The Glitch. Almost a dozen pages came up. This was the head honcho. The ring leader of the nulls. This wasn't the first war involving him either, there had been two others. He had various powerful minions, sometimes good guys would join him. Matthew clenched his fist, muttering under his breath in anger. "Cloud..."

The Glitch had almost succeeded the last two times. Last ditch efforts being needed to put a stop to it. But now it was dead, thankfully. But Bob Page wasn't. The second in command had come out of hiding with something called Council of Evil. There were a number of big names on the list. Page himself, some goon named Charlock, Gannon, Kefka, Sirrus, and Dr Wily. Page and his main lackeys were behind it all this time.

Matthew looked up from the datapad and blinked a few times. Realizing just how tired he was now. Leaning back in the chair he set the datapad down beside him and slipped into unconscienceness.

[Shark Bait]

Rory leaned in to the kiss a bit more this time. Sighing softly she placed a hand on his chest. She pulled away gently "I need to go take a shower... I reek...and No offence... you don't smell much better..." She smiled her eyes twinkling as she poked his ribs lightly. "Then we can get some food and talk some more, yea?"

Ted smiled and laughed just a little "Hrmm, ok" he said thinking how nice a shower would feel "How about we meet back in the main room in half an hour and we will talk over dinner?"

Ted rose to his feet and then pulled Rory to her's they kissed again before walking off to the seperate bathrooms to shower. Ted scrubbed himself quickly and vigorously till his skin was red before steping out of the shower. he then had a small discussion with the computer to get a simple pair of pants and a shirt. He still had some time so he decided to set dinner up for the both of them in an attempt to be romantic, he ran through the Replicator's list of dinners and selected a nice spagetti dinner. He replicated two plates and placed them on a table before replicating two glasses of wine and placeing them on the table just as Rory emerged from the shower.

[Rukia]

Rory had a bit of trouble with the computer and trying to make it give her some clothes. She finally got it to spit out a black tee shirt and a pair of jeans and a pair of chuck taylors. It was hard to remember that this body was smaller than her real one and she had to send the first batch back. She finally got it right and was even able to get it to reproduce a necklace that she wore all the time at home. She walked out the the main room to find Ted waiting, with the food already on the table. She smiled her eyes twinkling again, "how did you guess I loved italian?" She said as she approched the table. Ted stood, took her hand and kissed it before pulling out her chair motioning for her to sit. After she did he leaned down and kissed her then walked back over to his chair and sat as she blushed.

[Shark Bait]

Ted sat down and smiled "Um just a lucky guess" he said glad that his choice had gone over well. He saw her blush and a voice in his brain started rambeling off the meaning of a blush, he pushed the thoughts as far back as he could he didn't want to over analize this he just wanted to enjoy her company. "I see you mannaged to wrangle with the replicators more effectively than I have." he said with a smile "your necklace is particularly nice, I would not thought to have added that to the cloths I had made."

[Rukia]

She reached up and touched the necklace smiling a bit sadly "It's like the one I wear at home. And this didn't come easily. I forgot that this body isn't the same size as my real one, and the computer doesn't like me much. The again, I was never really a star treck fan." She toyed with the purple charm on the sliver chain.

[LadyTevar]

((Snarls at Nitram, as he was supposed to post first))

Leah lost track of time, huddled miserably in the shower. At last, either the hot water ran out, or the computer decided to give a shock of cold water to wake her up, and she finally stirred.

Drained physically, mentally, and emotionally, she barely thougth to grab a towel before she exited the bath, stumbling her way into the bedroom. She collapsed upon one of the beds, the towel loosely over her, and stared sightlessly up at the ceiling until sleep overtook her.

[SirNitram]

Albert paused as he walked the halls, stepping into the room where Leah had gone into. After a moment, he slipped in. The woman seemed asleep, so he rubbed his head. "Great.." He murmured. "At least you'll be home soon.." He shakes his head. "I just wish you were awake so I could feel less guilty about my plans not to go back."

[Dark Silver]

"Captain, Magneto is enroute, he requests permission to come aboard."

"Permission granted, Mr Data, you have the bridge, I'll be in sickbay."

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The doors of sickbay parted, and the man stepped in. His blue eyes surveyed the madness, across from the transparent plasteel window, he could see the doctors still working on the ninja girl.

The man frowned, the downward curve of his lips brought a crinkle of sadness to his eyes. It never felt right to see a crewmember on the operating table, even worse when they were still so young...

And she was a member of his crew, not a normal member no, but she was non the less. She had come onboard under his command, took orders from her on the ship, and she was a charming young woman to be around. He at first, didn't see Matthew, sleeping in the seat, but walked towards the observation window.

"How is she Doctor?" he asked, pressing the comm button which opened the line to the critial care room.


The red-headed doctor never looked up as she continued to work, her voice was soft though, clear even behind the surgical mask which hid most of her face, "Not good Jean-Luc..it's amazing she's still alive...we don't know what'skeeping her here. No one has been able to take this much damage, and live. Her entire body is one massive wound, broken arms, ribs..punctured lungs, even her stomach is slowly leaking into her abdomen. So much damage, we're trying to stem what we can, but....well..."

"Do what you can Doctor."

Picard closed his eyes, releasing the comm button, the Captain turned to the side, and saw the sleeping Matthew. By the way he was dressed, Picard new it was one of the ones taken up by Auron. The ones he argued with Auron for a hour with after he had gone to make his report.

Seeing the man, exhausted, the pain etched on his face, the PADD still clutched in his hand, Picard moved over to the man, placed a hand on his shoulder, and shook lightly, "Hello....wake up son," he said gently.

[frigidmagi]

Enterprise Shuttle Bay

A glowing blue ball of energy floated through the field and settled onto the deck. It disapated easily and left Magneto standing in the middle of the shuttle bay. He removed his helmet and looked over the shuttle bay... Odd.

"Where is Aurion and where is Yuffie?" He asked quietly.

[Dark Silver]

The crewman looked at the mutant, straightened the jumpsuit uniform he wore slightly, and motioned to the door, where a set of MP's waited, blaster rifles slung over thier shoulders, "Indisposed, Commander Riker will be handling your debriefing sir."

[frigidmagi]

Magneto noted the rifles. If it came to voilence those weapons would not help them. The very ship would not be of aid to them.

"That is not what I asked crewmen. Answer the question." He said. William Riker could damn well wait until he got his own questions answered.

[Dark Silver]

The crewman frowned slightly, he had never dealt with the self appointed Master of Magnetism before, but he heard the stories from other crewmen in Ten Forward, he figured it would be best to just answer, "According to what I understand sir, Yuffie is in sickbay one, Auron is undergoing debriefing with Lt Commander Worf."

With that, the crewman turned from Magneto, and went back to finish servicing the spacefighter.