Guest Poster: Beverly Crusher
Things have been going topsy-turvy since Jean-Luc was hit by a flare from the Unreality Barrier and fainted. It looks like he is going through an identity crisis, saying that his name is Patrick Stewart, and he wants to get on making the episode as fast as possible, otherwise he will call his agent.
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"Look, Gates." he tells me, "I don't know what you and the others are trying to pull here, but I need to get this season over with soon. I'm playing Hamlet in London soon. They will be expecting me next week."
I think I know the only way to bring his memory back; I grab Jean-Luc and kiss him heavily on the lips. He jumps back in horror.
"Gates!" he exclaims, "That sort of thing is just not on. I know we are friends off-set, but we don't want it to go any further."
I decide to take him around the ship; as we do, he looks shocked.
"This is all real!" he says with dawning thought, "No sets, no cameras; this is actually a starship travelling at Warp speed, and not a studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles."
"That's right, Jean-Luc...er Patrick." I tell him. It looks like Jean-Luc has actually swapped bodies with a 20th Century actor in another dimension.
"But what are we going to do?" he asks, "I'm supposed to be filming Star Trek:The Next Generation on 20th Century Earth, not being on the Enterprise in the 24th Century! How will I ever play Hamlet again?"
"Well, we have a good theatre here." says Riker, as he approaches, "Data is well researched in all the roles."
Patrick groans. Riker gets a message on his Com.
"We have a problem." he tells us, "A Zarvanian Battleship has approached, and it will not let us through peacefully until it talks to Captain Picard."
We all look at Patrick.
"No, I won't do it." he says.
"Why not?" I tell him, "You've done it lots of times before in your tv series."
"Yes." he answers, "But with a script in front of me, Floor Managers, directors and cameras."
He reluctantl;y agrees, and we head to the Bridge. Patrick gets ready to slip into his Picard persona as he looks at the videoscreen.
"I am err...Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise." he declares, "What is it you want?"
"Ahh!" says the Zarvanian, "You are Captain Picard; I recognise you. Your name is well known in Zarvanian circles for your daring exploits. I wanted to have the honour of saying hello. It has been a pleasure to talk to you."
With that, the screen switches off, and the Battleship flies off.
"That must rank as my best acting performance ever." Patrick says to himself.
"Look." I say to the others, "How are we going to manage to swap Patrick and Jean-Luc back again?"
"I believe I may have the answer." says Data, "I have been studying the Unreality Barrier, and found that a flare emits every 187.5 minutes. If we put ourselves in the same position again, a flare will coming and hit Patrick, swapping them back."
"Or swap someone else." Riker tells him.
Data admits this, but we all agree it is a chance worth taking.
We get ready and put ourselves in position. I wonder how Jean-Luc has been doing on the Star Trek set in the 20th Century?
To be continued...
23 comments:
I just hope that flare reaches into London where you're giving the 24th Century's interpretation of Hamlet.
In the original Klingon, of course....
I wish I could advise you on this, you have to try it out, and good luck captain.
This is a very exciting story. A twist of suspense. Well done.
What you need to do is sling shot him around the sun to maximize his speed and fling him back to 20th Earth. At that point he should be able to save the whales or shave the wales or what ever it is he is supposed to do.
Perhaps Patrick Stewart will start to enjoy BEING a captain so much that he won't want to go back to just pretending to be one.
Be careful there, you don't want to swap the whole crew with 20th century actors and extras.
Send Seven back she can assimilate the entire 20th century
Hey captain..have you seen your kitty twin?
Looky!
http://www.thecheezburgerfactory.com//completestore/128374878103638750whadyoumeanz.jpg
crikey let me try that again its here
Hope that works :)
What if that flare send you to the unreal unreality instead
Why do I have the feeling those Aliens will be back
What a story!
Have a nice day.
MOTD, that cat picture was hilarious!
Vampirella, I'd get a headache if I had to start thinking like that.
Sky, that may be a little drastic.
Jon, you're right there. They wouldn't have a clue.
TAK, I seem to have heard of that before.
goodness this just keeps getting better and better!!!
cannot wait for the next exciting installment!
xxs
merly
Or swap someone else.
Oh dear, this doesn't bode well.
well it could be worse
Let's hope you get swapped back or else you might just be stuck or horror of HORRORS the whole crew gets Swapped out member by member with their 20th century counter parts, or then again that might just be interesting..
Hi Jean-Luc!
I had to look at the Picard kitty... oh my gosh that was funny. Surely doesn't resemble at all eh? Um... well, a bit though.
Monica
Holy mackrel, that was a close one with the Zarv's!! ROFL What can possibly happen next? :)
the unreality barrier huh? Hope I don't run into that.
Bruce, I think you already have.
Monica, that cat was weird.
Danny...just how much worse could it be!!
I love the twists and turns. Excellent Captain!
I'm running late in my post reading due to that addictive Scrabulous! On to the next part - this has been a great story so far!
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