TREKWHO 2: Spock's Destiny by Clyde Meli

FANFIC STORY NOTES

Takes place straight after TREKWHO: Odo's Tardis

* * * * *

The Doctor had entered Odo's Console Room in the TARDIS. It was of a very
distinguished design, hard to avoid noticing. Long and sleek pipe-like
conduits of a white-greyish colour led into stylistic systems the like of
which only the best of Starfleet could hope to resemble.

The Doctor was overcome by a sense of familiarity, even though the difference
could be felt. He set the navigational control system, inputted a set of
coordinates for time and space, and pressed the dematerialisation button.

The TARDIS performed its familiar humming sound as disappeared from the
Enterprise's Cargo Bay 1.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

In a large room in a lonely citadel on Gallifrey, a humanoid brain stood
fixed on a pedestal. Wired to some machinery, it began to pulse. The thoughts
were clear.

        "The time is now. The champion of time is arriving.
         He has been summoned."

The machinery was linked to long pulsing sensor arrays, flickering on and
off like Christmas trees.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

The TARDIS arrived at its destination, which was none other than Gallifrey
itself. The Doctor did not bother to look at the viewscreen, or even to
activate it. Rather, he just opened the main doors and left for his
destination. But what was his destination? Something had forced him
to come here, to just take Odo's TARDIS. He could imagine how, back on
the Enterprise, Captain Archer would be thinking that the Doctor had stolen
the TARDIS. How could he ever go back now? He would face life imprisonment
in a Starfleet prison world, certainly. There would be no escaping that.
There would be no leniency or legal loophole to exploit.


How did he even think of doing this. Moreover, who was controlling his
mind. Another Gallifreyan, no doubt. Since he was only half-Gallifreyan,
it was straightforward for a full Gallifreyan to do this to him.

There was only one way to find out. To go through with this, and face
this Gallifreyan. He would be able to resolve this peacefully, he hoped.
But he did not take easily to being manipulated.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

The Doctor arrived at the Grey Zone, entirely littered with ruins of dead
spacecraft. The Grey Zone was the Sargasso of Gallifrey when in the
olden days, the Grand Chiefs of Logic: Ras el-Cylon, Mhon Arc, Ohm Ega and
Man-thos had built sensor traps which simulated SOS signals and lead
many unwary space travellors to a certain death. The Grand Chiefs
were the leaders of the early Vulcans who had settled on Gallifrey after
their home planet was rendered uninhabitable in the Emotion War. Needless
to say, the factions who were in favour of Emotions were all defeated in
the Emotion War, and thus, the Grand Chiefs of Logic emerged as the strong
leaders of the other Logic-based Vulcan factions. From that moment on, no
Gallifreyan was born in a family, as that would be considered too emotional,
preferring their children to be born using artificial machines and keeping
from ever getting to know them. No Gallifreyan would know any one of his
parents, or other relatives. This was deemed 'normal' by the Logic Chiefs.
The early Vulcan Gallifreyans thrived on experimenting on other races, and this was done
through the traps built by the Logic Chiefs. Ras el-Cylon endeavoured to
built the early time-devices. Ohm Ega had managed to build a mini black hole
in orbit around Gallifrey's sun, which was to be harnessed to power Gallifrey
and its time-devices. While Ohm Ega was successful, he did not protect himself
from the black hole and, together with his spacecraft, ended up being pulled
into the hole's event horizon. It is not known to this day whether he has
survived or not. In fact, some present day Gallifreyans believe that he was just a mythical
figure like Icarus who went too close to the sun.


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

A giant sentinel robot lay in the ruins of the Sargasso area. This was
a space travelling mutant-killer robot which was attracted to its death
on Gallifrey in a past age. Many of its self-repairing parts were taken
by Man-thos and used in the main citadel's technological defenses. It
stirred as the Doctor passed by it, awakened by the Doctor's half-Gallifreyan
and half-earth human heritage. Its eyes began to flash. It scanned the Doctor and
brought its systems on-line. The target was a humanoid, 50% baseline and
50% mutant according to its reasoning. Thus it was an enemy to be obliterated.
It needed energy to build more parts of itself. It found more than enough
through radiation from the mini black hole. It accelerated the repair of
its systems, and began preparing its weapons systems. Finally, moments later,
it was completely restored to full operation. However, something besides energy
was absorbed. Though just an energy signature, it was more than that. It
possessed organisational qualities and definite structure. The two were merged
into a single entity.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

A great gleaming citadel was in sight. This was the Doctor's final
destination. In this place he would be able to find the answers to
his questions. Or so he hoped. This was once the great capital of
Gallifrey, Nevanator. Unfortunately it was abandoned after the
revolution of the Logicians against the Chiefs of Logic, some time
after the death of Ohm Ega. All that happened before Gallifrey became
the Starfleet homeworld. The Doctor's logic told him that to enter
the citadel might mean risking his present life or regeneration.
He counted on the defenses being switched off, by whoever had summoned him.

The Doctor, upon reaching the outskirt of the citadel, touched the outer
walls. He knew how to open a portal in these ancient walls. The door
appeared out of nowhere, and the Doctor passed through it unhindered.
The Doctor, suddenly, heard a loud voice call to him. It was the voice of
Ras el-Cylon who had summoned the Doctor.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

The Doctor found a building which was still standing in the citadel, and
entered it. It had seen much brighter days, and was now abandoned. He
climbed up the stairs until he came up to the uppermost level. He found
one large room, in which stood the Brain. The Brain, spoke to the Doctor,
with the voice of Ras el-Cylon.  "Are you really Ras el-Cylon?" the Doctor
asked.

"Indeed I am. I was mortally wounded in the Revolution, and the only remaining
part of me was my brain. It was decided by Mhon Arc and Man-thos to keep me
alive in this way."

"Your mental abilities are impressive. You took control of me, while I was
on the Enterprise tending to my duties as a Starfleet officer. You forced me
to steal Odo's TARDIS, making me break Starfleet regulations. I cannot go back
now. I will be a fugitive for ever because of you. I will never forget that."

"Indeed I did. But the situation was become tense on Gallifrey, and the
future of the Federation and of Starfleet itself is in danger. We could not
take the risk of you refusing to help us."

"We? Who are you talking about?" the Doctor asked.

Suddenly, a Vulcan Gallifreyan entered the room. It was Spock, a renowned
logician and Starfleet officer.
"This is our first encounter, Doctor. Indeed I am sorry that we had
to resort to these methods", Spock clarified. "Our psychometric computer
analyses have shown that in the near future, Gallifreyan society will
cease to exist, as a result of the increasing conflicts between the two
races on Gallifrey."

"I did not think things had gotten so bad on the homeworld", the Doctor
commented. "It would be worse for Starfleet itself, wouldn't it?"

"Not only that", Ras el-Cylon added," but the resulting breakdown will
lead to the shutdown of the mini black hole control systems, after which
the black hole will grow unstable, swallowing the entire galaxy."

"Then the blow to the Federation would result in an attempted take-over
by a race called the Dalek Dominion." Spock commented.

"The conflicts may have been fomented by their agents. They had the interest in doing
this. You've convinced me of the danger. What did you want me to do, however?"
the Doctor looked at the two, with a quizzing look.

"We need you to help us lead a reunification movement on Gallifrey. Your
native Gallifreyan blood and detailed knowledge of Earth history will be
the key to winning the support of the Time Lords." Spock hoped that the
Doctor would be supportive.

"I do not see why you need me. Of course I would be good at convincing
the people of Gallifrey, the best at that. I just don't see why I
should help you. I do not exactly like Gallifreyan society, so perhaps
this is for the better. And the future is not set in stone, and your
analyses might be completely wrong" the Doctor pointed out in quite a
superior tone.

"Without your help we will fail. People do not exactly like me. They believe
I died in the Revolution, and if they learn I am still alive, they would
want to kill me." Ras el-cylon was almost saddened by this admittance.

"Hmmm... Well they would." the Doctor said.

"Doctor, the past is buried and Ras el-cylon wants to make a fresh start."

"A fresh start for the Gallifreyan Presidency, perhaps?" the Doctor sarcastically added.

A loud noise was heard. Bricks started falling from the wall of the building.

"We must get out of here." the Doctor said "We are under attack!"

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

The newly reconfigured Sentinel flew over to the Citadel and found the
Doctor, in a building together with two other lifeforms. Meanwhile it fired
a laser shot towards the building.

Meanwhile it examined the lifeforms from afar. To its sensors, the first
lifeform was another mutant. The second one, however, was not. It was
a humanoid brain. The scan determined it was human, thus it was to be
protected. Attacking the building contradicted its prime directive, to
protect humans. It was putting the human brain in danger. Nevertheless,
the mutants were to be apprehended immediately. Their very existence
meant danger.

"This building is not protected from this kind of attack" Spock made it
clear that the only option was evacuation.
"What about Ras el-cylon? Can we remove him from this machine?" the Doctor asked.
"No. Unfortunately we must leave him behind to a certain death" Spock answered.

Suddenly, a hand of the Sentinel broke through the wall. The Sentinel's face was
also visible as it pushed away layers of brickwork. The Sentinel, with the
voice of Ohm Ega, announced:

        "I am Ohm Ega Sentinel, first of the superior race!"

"Just what we needed, another megalomaniac race of robots!" the Doctor
looked quite angered over this attack. "The bigger they are the harder
they fall!"

"Ohm Ega?" Ras el-Cylon, the brain, basically said "Is it really you?"

"We've got ourselves quite a reunion, don't we?" the Doctor examined
the situation carefully, "Hmm..."

"I must protect you, humanoid Brain", the Ohm Ega Sentinel said. "That is my
prime directive."

"Indeed. Yet you are intent on killing us, aren't you?" the Doctor attempted
to reason with the Sentinel.

"You are classified as mutants. My orders are to terminate all mutants." replied the Sentinel.

"All mutants of whatever race, whether biological or not", the Doctor pointed out.

"Affirmative." the Sentinel was getting ready to fire its weapons at the Doctor and Spock.

"But you are a mutant yourself. You are not the original Sentinel you were.
You have been combined with Ohm Ega, a Vulcan-Gallifreyan, into one single entity!"
the Doctor said.

"This is true. I am Ohm Ega. I am Sentinel. I am mutant. My orders are to
terminate mutants. Thus I will ensure that I am terminated immediately," following
which the Sentinel deactivated itself.

"Can you ensure this thing won't be reactivated?" the Doctor asked.

"Leave us to it." Spock replied.


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

"Doctor, I need to ask you to help me go public with the reunification
process of our peoples." Spock looked at the Doctor, eager to see any form
of response. "Will you stay here?"

"I will not stay here. This is your destiny, Spock, not mine." the Doctor replied.
"It is your destiny to get Vulcans and Native Gallifreyans to become one people,
and end the long years of mistrust that have arisen between us. One people does not
mean that the cultures will be lost or fade away, but it will mean living as
brothers!"

"Correct. Also, you do know of the Avalon problem, I presume." Spock said.

"Avalon, the place where some Vulcans have claimed as their own, and want all
Native Gallifreyans to keep away from it." the Doctor replied."It will not
make reunification easy, indeed it is creating problems for Starfleet
right now. But I know you will do the best you can, and Gallifrey will
succeed. Starfleet needs peace on its homeworld."

"You must leave now, Doctor, and return to the precise moment when you left
the Enterprise. You can tell Archer that you were making a security inspection
on board the TARDIS. The Enterprise sensors should not detect anything
amiss, actually" Ras el-Cylon explained.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

The Doctor waved and entered the TARDIS. "I simply hate goodbyes. In any case
I will be back soon to help you when you go public."


THE END

THE DOCTOR HAS MANY MORE ADVENTURES IN THE "TREKWHO" SERIES,
PERHAPS THEY WILL BE TOLD ONE DAY


MEANWHILE WE CONTINUE WITH THE FINAL PART OF "TREKWHO", WHAT WILL
BE THE FINAL DESTINY OF THE TREKWHO UNIVERSE? WILL THE UNIVERSES SEPARATE
AGAIN INTO THE STAR TREK AND DOCTOR WHO UNIVERSES?
CONTINUED IN ENTER THE SANDMAN - THIRD FANFIC IN THE "TREKWHO" SERIES

NB. The Grand Chiefs of Logic: Ras el-Cylon, Mhon Arc, Ohm Ega and
Man-thos are (C) C. Meli, 2002-2003. All of these are original characters
intending to be parodies of millions of other possible characters
(and program names) from multiple possible universes (tv, books, movies, etc..
even tv adverts).

All Marks are owned by their owners.

The Grand Chiefs of Logic - Ras el-Cylon, Mhon Arc, Ohm Ega and Man-thos are mine
Doctor Who, Gallifrey are the BBC's
Enterprise, Spock, Odo, Dominion are Paramount's
Captain Jonathan Archer is a parallel world parody of Paramount's Captain Archer
The Sentinel is Marvel's
Daleks are Terry Nation's