Lt. Qbed Coba del Rey Following "Home and Away" Despite the fact that she considered herself excellent company, Qbed wanted to talk to the others in the group. The only problem there was, if they didn't like her, if she made a fool of herself, if--if any infinite number of things, there would be no way to change it. She felt a heightened awareness of the fact that she could change nothing. It was not a pleasant awareness. Quetan nudged Qbed, but she just blinked and returned to staring out the window, watching the stars fly by as they sped towards their mission. The mission. It dawned on Qbed crystal clear. If she did well on this mission, maybe she could prove her worth, and maybe the others would still accept her, even without powers. It would still be okay. She was the first Q--well, that Starfleet knew about--to join, and she was going to put up a better showing than her predecessors had.** She noticed Droin watching her. "Yes?" she asked. The doctor looked a little embarrassed. "Never mind." "All right." Qbed turned to Quetan. "So," she said with a little smile, "how much longer? Time to get started." **My theory on all those "expendable" red-shirts from TOS. The Q didn't want to spend a whole lot of time in Starfleet, so they arranged...accidents. You will remember that Q (John deLancie) showed a marked preference for red... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com ********************************************************** USS Vanguard: http://vanguard.iwarp.com Gamma Fleet: http://www.gammafleet.org.uk _Free_Lists: //www.freelists.org **********************************************************