| "Not those of Good," Fredrina sighs, "But according to Rule 1 and Agent
1 the Office of Evil is rather angered at the whole affair. I...."
The first Doctor interrupts.
"Pardon me for intruding," the first Doctor says crossly, "But could
you kindly explain what the devil you are talking about?!"
The first Doctor then gets a bit uncomfortable at the rather annoyed
looks he garnered with that outburst.
"I believe that I can explain," B'elanna finally says, running a hand
in annoyance through her long golden hair, "After all, I have been with
the others of Dr. Who's group long enough to be able to explain.
"But please refrain from ordering us around like you are a Star Fleet
instructor or some type of professor," the elfin lass says simply, "I don't
know about the others but I for one do not like be treated as such.....as
a child. I'm not trying to be rude....but it is less than enchanting, at
least as far as I'm concerned."
The fact of the matter was that back in her non-existent younger years
(non-existent, since she initially only had been a magical construct endued
with memories and such to mimic the fiery tempered B'elanna Torres of one
U.S.S Voyager) she'd left Star Fleet due to incident related to....er....not
being able to conform to the ideals of Star Fleet Academy. Part of the
reason she'd left was her temper. Part of it was due to the fact that she'd
not been able to stand the way some of her instructors treated her and
other Star Fleet Cadets......
She'd gone a long way at "reinventing" herself after discovering that
she wasn't who'd she thought she was. Rather, she was a magical construct
who only thought.....only been programmed to think that she was actually
B'elanna Torress (re: 7203). Instead of having a psychotic break, with
the help of Elrondir (then Seeker) helped her come to the realization that
despite her odd beginnings she was any less of a person in comparison to
those of ordinary "birth." Eventually, after a short and painful run in
with her creator (re: 7206) that necessitated some mysterious Powers that
Be to reincarnate herself and her love, Elrondir, into elves she'd set
off in a quest to become more than a mere copy of a person. Rather, to
become herself and not a copy. This meant she was trying to move away from
being "B'elanna Torress" the human/Klingon and toward being "B'elanna"
the elfin lady.
This meant that she was growing to being able to be more tolerant and
less prone to fits of anger and such that her "sisters" back on the Voyagers
still exhibited from time to time.
She was rather pleased with the results thus far.
She'd gone so far in one last visit "home" to the Voyager to make something
of a final break from her past. She'd surprised the Doctor (the holographic
one....not the Time Lord one) by apologizing for thinking him more of a
piece of annoying equipment instead of a person in his own right (for how
could she think of him of anything else than a person, despite his artificial
nature, since her origins were very much artificial as well?). She'd not
developed any warm feelings for her "sisters" (either the human ones or
the "furry" ones of the twin Voyagers), but she'd at least been able to
be civil. The meeting with Tome Paris had been confusing, but while Paris
had been disturbed by it.....the elfin lass had come away with a sense
of liberation.....by burying any lingering ghosts of old.....unreal memories
of a romantic relationship that never had been (she had known her
love with Elrondir was real and true....but the meeting with Tom was just
to eliminate a lingering within her heart of hearts about feelings for
Tom......) The only down side of her last visit was that she'd had a rather
bad falling out with a person she'd used to admire. Janeway wasn't
like the person she'd remembered from those artificial memories of her
own Voyager. In fact, there was something about the Janeways she'd met
that finally filled her with something akin to loathing.
These Janeways were......overblown and something B'elanna couldn't quiet
put into words. Sometimes the Captain seemed to be a strict disciplinarian,
fierce and stern. Other times she seemed to be nodding at mutiny. The contradictions
just.....was too much for B'elanna to stomach.
She'd gone as far as taken delight in joining with Betty and Ragan at
throwing darts at a picture of Captain Janeway.
As it was she was thankful that she no longer was the person that she
had been, thank goodness! Else she'd would have either stormed out of the
room by now due to how the first Doctor treated her and the others from
time to time.....or would have YELLED at the Time Lord instead of calmly
stating what she had.
Several others echoed that sentiment.
Betty and Ragan also silently agreed. They loved the show Doctor
Who.....loved the Doctor....but the fact of the matter was even the
other Doctors found the first Doctor's manners grating at times. Even the
fifth Doctor, probably the most tolerant and understanding of all of the
Doctors of The Five Doctors had made a face of annoyance. You can
see it in any good video of that episode, that look of annoyance, though
it was made when the others in the story hadn't been watching. It happened
after the first Doctor had expressed delight at his future being in good
hands right before he and the other Doctors had boarded the TARDIS and
been swept back into their proper places in time.
The first Doctor looked a bit outraged, but subsided as the tale unfolded.
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 "Now, forgive
the long format of how I'll lay out the details.....but if I don't do it
this way I'll just confuse the issue instead of explain it," the elfin
lass begins.
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