Q2
Episode 165
Part H

 

Voyager, cruising in space at impulse speed.

Janeway is working in her Ready Room. The door signal sounds. door signal Janeway: "Come in." Q2 enters. standard doors "Do you have a moment? A few days ago you offered to let me remain on Voyager. I know I've made a few mistakes since then, and you probably don't want me around but, if it's alright with you, I'd like to continue my training."

Janeway: "But you have nothing left to prove to the Continuum." Q2: "There's a lot I still need to prove to you." Janeway: "What about your father?" Q2: "You don't honestly believe we'll see him again, do you? He obviously doesn't want me around. Why else would he have left me here, twice?"

Q suddenly appears. "The question you should be asking is: why I keep coming back. Now, I'm sorry I left so abruptly but the Continuum's verdict demanded an immediate appeal. I told them I refused to belong to any Continuum that wouldn't accept my son as a member. We're a package deal." Q2: "You left the Continuum for me?" Q: "Oh, don't be ridiculous. I'm the only one holding that place together, and when they realised they might lose me, they crumbled like a Gelbian sand sculpture."

Q2: "They're going to return my powers?" Q: "They already have."

Q2 is delighted. He snaps his fingers and conjures up a bouquet of red roses for Janeway. "For you, Captain, for all your help."

Janeway, pleased with the flowers: "Thank you." The whole room is full of beautiful roses.

Q tells his son: "Now that you're a Q again, I thought we might spend some quality time together. I want to show you the cosmos the way it was meant to be seen." Q2: "We've tried that already."

Q: "Things'll be different this time, I promise. Now run along. I'll meet you on Golos Prime after I've had a few moments alone with the Captain."

Q2: "I'll see you soon, Aunt Kathy." Janeway: "I certainly hope so."

Q2 snaps his fingers and vanishes.

Janeway: "So, the Continuum crumbled like a Gelbian sand sculpture?" Q: "Yes. Some of them even got on their knees and begged me to stay. It was pathetic." They chuckle together. But then Q admits: "If you must know, I had to agree to a few minor conditions." Janeway: "Oh? Such as?" Q: "Eternal custody of the boy. Wherever the little brat goes, I go with him." Janeway: "I hope he won't spoil too much of your fun."

Q: "Oh, before I leave." He conjures up a PADD and gives it to her. "I did a little homework for you. Consider it a thank you for everything you did for Junior."

Janeway looks at the PADD's data: "Not that I don't appreciate it, but this will only take a few years off our journey. Why not send us all the way?" Q: "What sort of an example would I be setting for my son if I did all the work for you?" He vanishes in a Q-flash.

He vanishes.

Janeway, with a journey shortcut and a room full of flowers, is content.