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...April 6th...

"And that is how you ended up in Q prison," I explained.

Jean Luc raised his brows.

"What is your full name?" Jean Luc asked.

"I already told you," I said.

Jean Luc lowered his dark eyebrows.

"I am supposed to be looking for someone," Jean Luc said. "And I have a feeling you are that person."

I sighed.

"Say my name," I said. "You are in my world now, Jean Luc, so that means I am visible."

"Commander Quarty..." Jean Luc said.

"Go on," I said, waving my hand.

"Riker..." Jean Luc said.

"One moreee," I said, waving my hand.

"Dodgers," Jean Luc said.

I smiled.

"Good job," I said, clapping my hands.

Jean Luc's eyes widened.

"What do you mean I am in your world?" Jean Luc asked.

"You see...Quarty Riker Dodgers is name I made up," I said. "I chose the middle name Riker after your first officer. I chose the last name 'Dodgers' because I seem to dodge death at every turn. Quarty is short hand for Quarter."

"But...Commander Quarty has a file," Jean Luc said.

"Because I worked hard to be there when M popped up!" I said. "M is the antagonist continuum who despise Q and want to get rid of us!" I stood up. "Your Android friend is right outside the abnormality in a shuttle, the second shuttle in fact. You were transported here because someone had to tell you to let it go."

"I cannot go back without you, Commander Quarty," Jean Luc said.

I walk over to the door.

"Jean Luc," I said. "You need a body to go back with...Ask one of the guards to conjure one up for you." I lowered my voice turning my head slightly to the right. "I am sorry, Mon capitaine." I face toward him seeing that look of recognition. "Please; it is for your own good. Your mind will burn in flames if you continue to remember me in this timeline and I do not want that to happen. You are a good captain. I hate for you to die remembering me."

The door to the left opened for me.

"Q..." Jean Luc said.

"This is where your search ends, Jean Luc," I said.

I went through the gate and into the light.

"Q!" Jean Luc used the wall to help himself up. He grabbed the bars. "Q, come back!"