Shock treatment!

As soon as they are out of sight and hearing, Inquirer deactivated her cloak of invisibility and looked over at the surprised Leela.

"Okay, look." the AI/Golem sighs, "The Doctor is not the Evil One, despite what you think."

"Who was the one who saved you?" the Doctor puts in.

"You did," Leela conceded, "But why?"

"Because you needed aid, my dear." the Doctor said, "Nothing more than that. If I was the Evil One, would I have bothered saving you?"

"Well....no," Leela begins, suddenly unsure.

"Ah, thank you," the Doctor sighs, "And you welcome about saving your life, by the way."

Leela sputters, giving a rather belated thanks, befuddled at the sudden turn of events.

This goes on a few minutes. Quickly, it becomes through the course of conversation that this Leela got thrown out by her folks for the same reasons as her TV counterpart (not believing in Xoanon and being against an approaching raid on the Wall that supposedly keeps their patron god prisoner and such).

Betty is the one who finally wins Leela over.

"Our friend even went as far as to draw himself into a rather dangerous situation to save your butt," she says finally, "We must go and aid him if it goes badly for him with Neeva....."

"....that's almost a given with Neeva," Leela put in.

"Then we better get in gear and go," Betty continues, "Your help would be appreciated in helping him and helping us stop this useless attack on the Wall. Are you in....or not?"

Leela just looks at Betty for a second, wondering what she's getting herself into....and sighs and agrees to aid the adventurers.

Meanwhile, the Speaker of Law, Neeva, sensing that this strange newcomer is somehow a threat to his hold on the tribe (frankly, he shows no respect for him....just like that the girl that he'd had banished just awhile ago). Something must be done, else his hold on the tribe could very well be loosened! That would not do! He spoke Xoanon's will and his hold on the tribe was essential for his gods continued good will! It was vital!

So......

Sigin

The hunters had finally regained enough nerves to....er....insist on tying Sigin's hands before leading him into see Andor and Neeva. Sigin had sighed, figuring that it was a small price to pay to have a shot at perhaps at getting a look at the "brains" of this outfit. Wasn't like he'd be totally helpless. There was that one guy he met a long time ago (kept saying he had came back from the dead and being a magician of great repute).....

"What in the name of Heaven are you doing?" Sigin asks, perplexed as Neeva prances around with a blue object with handles (with a series of words written in English, a language he'd only learned recently, that was "particle accelerator.")

Whatever that was, the shaman was waving it around like....

"See how it fears the sacred relics of Xoa...!" Neeva beings to shout, still shaking it about when Sigin slips his bonds and grabs and SLAPS Neeva across the face!

Sigin just got tired of it, seeing that it's kind of going down from here with this guy who's jumping around like he's got fire ants in his leather pants. The dragon mage is well familiar with power plays.....

"Stop!" Andor, Chief of the Sevateem, commands Sigin as his guards reach for weapons in shock (who was this fool to strike their shaman!?).

Everyone freezes as a wave of mind numbing fear (an ability all dragons have upon reaching Wyrm status) washes off of Sigin as he shifts to dragon form. As brave and fierce as the Sevateem are, facing a angered dragon is well and beyond their experience, so they freeze (understandably).

"Now listen to me very carefully," Sigin growls, looking down at the fear frozen figures below him through the humans before him (seen through the torn leathern tent who's ceiling he'd grown through).

Yes, a bit extreme, but it sure got their attention!

A few minutes later....

Leela has cut a way into the back of Neeva's place, and is wondering (and worried) as one of the elves (B'elanna) is just holding one of the sacred relics (!) and shaking her head.

Their friend had met them (seems that this Ragan somehow knew that Neeva's room was a "weakpoint in camp security" and had told Sigin about it beforehand). Oddest and most unpleasant shock that Leela had experienced when she almost ran right into him when entering......

What this Sigin had done must have been something, because Andor and Neeva were staring from the doorway into Neeva's room with VERY frightened faces.....but something told her that they weren't going to cause trouble......

The fact that both aren't calling for the Doctor's death (since he looks...like what he looks like) is amazing. Leela made a mental note to ask ASAP just what he said and did to manage that miracle!

That is when the golden haired "elf" (a species of person Leela had never heard of or seen before) lady speaks!

B'elanna

"What in the world is a computer tape reel doing here?!" I mutter in disgust, tossing the relic over my shoulder....and making perfect contact with the odd helmet that's up on a frame behind me!

1. "Neeva!" the helmet says, "Neeva!"

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