Chapter 6: Frederic gets his goal in life.

"Are you ready?" Q asked Frederic.

"Yes, let's go. The Continuum. Sounds endless."

"It is. It is hard to explain without you having seen it. I will take you there, and once we are inside, you can ask any questions you like."

"OK. I'm ready."

Q raised his hand and... they were inside the Continuum.

It was a strange experience. It was as if it was made of pure energy. Frederic also noticed that he hadn't materialized a body. His life force was all that remained. He could interact with everything around him, but this quickly bored him. He tried searching for Q, or another Q. Suddenly, he found a white glowing sphere. He made his force float toward it. At once, they connected. He felt a surge of power flow through him, along with knowledge. Frederic panicked. He wasn't expecting this. He tried to yell, but without a body, he found that more than difficult. In one white flash, Frederic was standing on a road, with a gas station next to it. Next to Frederic, Q appeared. Frederic literally flew towards him. "What was that? What happened? What was that white sphere?"

"Calm down. You were in the Continuum as it really is. You made contact with a fellow Q, who was curious, but who didn't know you would panic like that, and he sends his apologies for scaring you. That white sphere as you describe it, is his life force as you put it. When you made contact with it, your knowledge and experiences from your entire lives joined, making you receive his knowledge, and he receiving yours."

"First I felt like I really came home or something, but later it felt... confining. I tried to contact you, but I couldn't find you. Than that other Q came and I approached him, I didn't know what would happen."

"You're right, I should have told you. We are still in the Continuum, but I let you see it as this representation. Shall we go in again? This time, I will guide you."

"OK." Frederic's voice trembled a little.

Thanks to the guidance of Q, Frederic slowly grew accustomed to making direct contact with other Q. because he was only part Q, and part Human, it was very difficult to see, hear and feel with only his powers. He was still used to using his body.

"Now, do you want to go on with our tour, or do you want to remain here for a while?"

"I think I'll go on with the tour." Frederic said.

In one flash, Frederic and Q reappeared in 'normal' space, just outside Training.

And, to Frederic's delight, they had bodies again!

Q pointed his arms forward, and a small blue disc appeared, slowly growing in size. After maybe 2 to 3 seconds, Frederic could see it wasn't a disc, but more of a tunnel, cutting through space and time. It took maybe half a minute, and the vortex was large enough for them to step through.

"Where are we?"

"At the same place, but in a parallel universe, where time is running faster than in your universe. We Q are the only ones who can really see what it is like in different universes. Do you see that ship?"

"Yes, I do. But... that's the Enterprise!"

"The real one, you know, Star Trek? Well, meet Picard and consorts."

They appeared on the main bridge, it was identical to the one Frederic had walked on so many times.

"Q! What are you doing here?" Picard said as they appeared. Then he noticed there was somebody with him.

"I want you to meet my protégé, Frederic. He is part human, and I am showing him around. You don't mind do you, Jean-Luc?"

Frederic had to fight to keep his chuckle down. He had seen something like this on TV, but he had no idea it was that funny when he was on the other side.

Picard had no other choice but to say he didn't mind, but Frederic could read he was annoyed, and something else was also there. Fear; fear for his ship and for what might come next.

Frederic knew Q knew the same thing, but he didn't show. He liked the idea of Picard squirming around, fearing what Q might do to him. Frederic, on the other hand, was much more compassionate. He said "Don't worry Captain, we won't harm you or do anything. Q is just showing me around. You won't harm them, do you Q?" the last was asked like a child which was asking whether Santa existed.

"I have never harmed them in any way!" Q shouted, pretending to be offended.

At that moment, Frederic noticed... Deanna Troi. Was she looking nice today! She was wearing her sexy uniform, with a deep cut in front, showing the top part of her breasts. He mentally reached out for Q. "I would like to have a piece of her!" he sends. "Go ahead, give it a try. You have control over minds, something we Q do not have, or have lost long ago. But I would recommend you wouldn't go at it immediately, since that will draw to much attention. Do it later, when she is alone in her quarters." Came the response from Q. Frederic sends back that it was OK with him.

"Now, can I have a look around Captain?" Frederic asked, trying to be polite. "There is no stopping you, so go ahead."

"Really Jean-Luc, you should try to be more friendly. My protégé has the curtsey of asking you, although he shouldn't ask for anything, and all you do is snap at him." Q said in a patronizing voice, like a parent giving a child a lecture.

"It's alright Q," Frederic said. He paced around the bridge, looking at the various stations, loading information from the different people as he went. "So Q, you have had fun with these people, huh?" he asked aloud. "Fun isn't the right word. Encounters might be a better description. And yes, I have had them. It wasn't fun because these people have no sense of humor!" Picard was getting paler as Q finished his response.

"Let's have a look around the rest of the Enterprise in operation" Frederic said. He stepped into the turbolift, and Q appeared next to him. "Why don't you use your transportation?" Q asked mentally. "I don't like that. I like the old fashion way better. Besides, transportation makes me itch."

After they completed the tour of the enterprise, and Frederic was properly introduced to Q's 'friends', they went on with the tour of this galaxy. They appeared on OPS of space station Deep Space 9. Odo, who happened to be on the bridge, immediately tried to attack Q, but was refrained from doing that by Ben Sisko. "My good friend Captain Sisko," Q began. "Stop it Q. what do you want this time?" "Nothing, I just wanted to introduce my protégé, Frederic." Q gave the entire routine. After the tour of the station, Frederic promised to himself he would come back for Kira and Dax.

The next stop was the future of the universe they were currently in. They stopped on a starship named Voyager. "Kathy!" Q greeted Captain Janeway. Frederic was giving Q the same look as all the others on the bridge, Janeway not included of course. "Kathy?" Again, same routine, Q introduced Frederic, the tour of the ship and so on. Frederic also noticed that Q and Janeway had a 'special' relationship. The other commanders had greeted him like he was total evil, but Janeway greeted him as an old friend, almost like an ally. He would return for Kes and 7of9.

After the tour of the starships, Q showed Frederic around in the different galaxies that he found interesting. Q taught Frederic how to create the vortex, to set a destination and how to make the destination random, making the trip all the more fun. They returned to Frederic's home universe and he told Daphnix all about it.