Q was in world of darkness unable to act, to see, to do anything but think, unknowing of how much time was passing and how much time he had left before his systems would fail altogether he could do nothing but wait for the inevitable

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(heat energy detected)

(absorbing)

(awaiting orders)

(this unit has no sexual organs so your order in unable to be carried out)

(checking dictionary files)

(word found)

(please note an expletive is not an order)

(self diagnostic on)

(beginning repairs)

Q waited

(audio: active)

"come on wake up" sobbed a familiar voice "you better not be faking it"

Q sighed inward "She Is OK"

(optics: active)

Q's eyes flicked on and he saw the night sky stars twinkling down at him

"Hey his eyes"

(sensory: active)

Q felt a warm shape pressed against his chest "Susan" he thought

(gyrostablisation: active)

Q was pulled fully upright by his interior mechanisms dislodging the warm shape "Hey watch it!!!"

(energy feed interrupted)

(activating electrical shunt)

a bolt of pure electrical energy shot out of an antenna on the roof and struck him "HOLY SHIT!!!!!!"

(motor control: active)

Q stretched his arms and legs "Your OK!!!!!!!"

A warm shape pressed against his back

(vocal: active)

(all systems fully active)

(thoratic furnace at maximum)

"I Am Sorry I Scared You Susan" said Q

A muffled voice came back "It's OK"

something occurred to Q "How Did You Get Here?" said Q turning to face Susan while disengaging from her arms "I Ordered The Drone Not To Let You Come Up"

Susan blushed "yeah about that you really should make those drone stronger, a little tap with a chair and they break"

"You Smashed My Medical Drone?" said Q, raising a metal eyebrow

"yeah sorry, how much will it cost to replace?"

"Only 50 Thousand Dollars" said Q as he walked toward the edge

"ONLY FIFTY GRAND?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" yelled Susan as she followed "What is so "only" about fifty grand?!!!"

"I Have Much More Then That At My Disposal" Q looked over the edge at the black and white cars parked at the base of the building "It Appears That The Local Police Department Has Taken An Interest In Events Unfolding Here"

"so How we gonna get out of this one big guy?" said Susan looking at Q

Q said inside his head "Terabyte"

"yes big guy?"

"You Can Be Replaced You Know"

"but you wouldn't" chuckled the sentient computer

"Lock All The Electronic Doors To The Building And Move The Elevator To The Second >From Top Floor"

"done"

Q felt a tapping on the side of his head "Hello in there anyone home?"

he turned again and walked toward the lift "Stand Back"

Susan took one look at his face and walked over to sit near the edge of the roof

Q stepped up to the lift and dug his hands into the seal in the middle of the doors ripping them open to reveal the cable that held the lift car up

(thoratic furnace power control active)

Q looked directly at the cable

(flame chosen)

Q raised one hand to point at the cable

(deploy at will)

a blast of flaming energy shot out from Q's gloved hand and cut the cable causing the lift car to fall fourteen floors with a CRASH then Q turned away and walked back to Susan "Are You Scared Of Heights?

"yeah sure a little why do you ask?" said Susan looking at him

Q lifted her up and ran toward the opposite edge of the roof

"Q!"

They approached the edge

"Q!!"

they were only 5 meters from the edge

"Q I DON'T THIN"

they reached the edge and Q hurled himself into space

"K THis is a good idea........................" Susan fainted

Q landed on the roof of the office building next door and walked to the lift in the centre of the roof

Susan awoke to find she was back at Q's warehouse/home she sat up to see she was alone "that was not a good idea"

She got up and looked around to see one wall had opened again to reveal a large computer screen with text on it, she walked over and read the title "Diary of Q"

"Q has I Diary?"

She read the entry and said "what does he mean "his greatest shame"?"

"can you show me what he means?"

"Terabyte is busy at the moment please give your query and this automated system will try to help"

Susan frowned "give me the file on Q's greatest shame"

"affirmative"

The file appeared and she began to read

Q walked through the dark streets thinking "Should I Tell Her? What Will She Say? I Have Known Her Less Then A Day Yet I Fear Her Leaving, What Should I Do?"

"you expect me to be able to answer that?"

"No Terabyte I Don't"

"oh by the way shouldn't you be getting back what if Susan wakes up?"

"I Know What I Will Do"

Q turned and walked back toward the warehouse still deep in thought

Susan shut off the screen and stood up "I don't believe it he killed my mother" she sat down on the floor with a bump "but it wasn't his fault I know it wasn't"
She looked up as Q walked through the door "Hey Q where you bin?"
"I Have Been Thinking"
"and?"
Q reached into his coat and took out a bank card and threw it to Susan
"There Is Two And A Half Million Dollars In The Account, The ATM Number Is 2640 It Is Not Safe For You To Be Near Me Goodbye You May Keep The Warehouse" He turned and walked back out the door which closed behind him leaving two Broken hearts behind him one human one not so

Knife of shadow stood on a roof overlooking the Warehouse and pointed the high tech pistol in his hand at the figure that had stepped out the door "Time to die Q" his finger tightened on the trigger