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It took a few years and a lot of secret-keeping, but I finally got my own, personal ship! It\u2019s built like a Borg Diamond, but the faces had triangular pyramids on them. It was roughly 500 meters longer on all sides compared to the 3,000-meter sides of a Borg Cube. I called her the Imperium<\/em>, registry LS-0109. As is typical on a Borg ship, there were corridors lined with Drones and multiple redundant systems, including personal quarters for myself when I need some space. Each of my quarters had a bed, a kitchen with replicator, a bathroom, an art and writing station, and a tv with game consoles. As I was admiring the handiwork, the Collective\u2019s voice rang throughout the ship. \u201cA cross-faction fleet has been detected. Five Starfleet vessels. Three Klingon Defense Force vessels. Three Romulan Republic Vessels. Three Dominion vessels. One Tholian vessel. All are on an intercept course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlter course to meet them!\u201d I ordered. I sat in the central throne as the Borg surrounding me stood in their alcoves, commanding the Imperium<\/em> through their will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll stop,\u201d reported the Collective. \u201cThe USS Jerome Horwitz<\/em> is hailing us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOpen a channel,\u201d I ordered. The Captain of the Jerome Horwitz<\/em> appeared on the screen. She was a human that, judging by her prosthesis, was liberated from the Borg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is Cassandra Harold of Starfleet,\u201d she introduced herself. \u201cKhan, we know what you\u2019ve done after I retrieved my Captain\u2019s Yacht. Surrender at once or your ship will be destroyed while you are taken into custody.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI won\u2019t be surrendering any time soon,\u201d I replied. \u201cMy ship\u2019s hull has neutronium in it and nothing would make me happier than you giving me an excuse to prove it!\u201d Anansi\u2019s face then appeared. Judging by the Tholians surrounding him, I\u2019d say he was on the Tholian ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI trained you better than this!\u201d he hissed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Tome will finally give us all what we want without consequence! Wrongs will be corrected! Bad guys will fall like dominoes-!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd good guys will get the happy endings they deserve,\u201d interrupted Anansi, \u201cand everything will be wonderful! \u2026Except, that\u2019s where people like you get it wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are no people like me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSorry, but there ARE. You\u2019ve become the two-bit terror you once hated!\u201d How dare he!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI<\/em> am the hero the multiverse needs! With the Lords at my side, we\u2019ll finally bring harmony to every single universe!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy own son!\u201d hissed a woman\u2019s voice that I could recognize while asleep. I whirled around to see my parents standing there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026You just had to get me to talk!\u201d I snarled at Anansi. Mom growled as she stormed towards me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI raised you better than this!\u201d she said. \u201cI thought the Borg were your biggest nightmare!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I made this mini-Collective into something greater!\u201d I insisted. \u201cI gave them all emotions and I installed creativity into them! They have their own identities now! Yes, they\u2019re still a hive mind, but it\u2019s not an oppressive one! I made these guys Lords!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomehow,\u201d remarked Dad, \u201cI could hear the capital \u2018L\u2019. Boy, you\u2019ve crossed the damn line!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026My own parents?!\u201d I hissed, livid at this betrayal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not thinking right!\u201d urged Mom. \u201cCome back!\u201d Anansi\u2019s replacement hopped onto my shoulder. It was a purely mechanical spider with the necessary power to maintain my suit and its various forms. It took a lot of trial and error, but I finally had it perfected. I brought out my base Elementriggers and the spider formed my belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s the word?\u201d it asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHenshin!\u201d I replied as I separated the Elementriggers and attached them to the belt. I transformed into Kamen Rider Weaver. Dad brought out his belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFANDOM SHIELDRIVER!\u201d it announced. He then brought out his base Fandom Shield and pressed the button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTRANSFORM!\u201d it called out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHenshin,\u201d said Dad. He didn\u2019t sound like his heart was in it. He inserted the Shield into the ShielDriver, then pressed a button to open it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTHE TRANSFORMERS!\u201d called the belt. \u201cAutobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons!\u201d He became Kamen Rider Daiku. Mom then brought out her own belt, sighing in grief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy own son, throwing away what we taught him,\u201d she mumbled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen did YOU become a Kamen Rider?!\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBelieve it or not, this is my first fight. I just wish I had a different opponent.\u201d As she put the belt on, I noticed it had a dragon motif to it. It looked like three circles with two dragons about to chomp on a circle each. She then pulled out a long card that looked like a dragon breathing fire. She slid the card into her belt and the circles glowed, alternating in different colors. \u201cHenshin,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLlosgi!\u201d (Burn!) called the belt in Welsh. Flames surrounded her and her Rider suit formed. It looked like a classic flying dragon. In fact, the helmet evoked Draco from Dragonheart<\/em>. I assumed my beginning pose, as did my parents. Dad started it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll the world\u2019s a stage, but I\u2019M editing this script! Kamen Rider Daiku!\u201d I decided it was time for my new catchphrase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou face Kamen Rider Weaver, the Author of all Reality!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKamen Rider Ddraig,\u201d said Mom, using the Welsh word for Dragon. \u201cYou sure about that, Cupcake?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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M\u2019Row, the blue haired Caitian Captain of the USS Tiger<\/em>, tapped her finger on her armrest. She felt a little on edge. \u201cThis is nuts,\u201d she hissed to herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCaptain?\u201d asked her First Officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet\u2019s just say I have a little\u2026history with the Borg.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re fine around your XB Captains,\u201d I remarked as I stepped onto the bridge. M\u2019Row looked at me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook, are you sure this was a good idea?\u201d she asked. \u201cCloning yourself and letting it loose with Anansi like that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo be honest, no,\u201d I replied. \u201cBut I asked Mom and Dad to keep me in check one way or another and Anansi thought this would be the best way. There\u2019s no way this is easy for them, though. I mean, they KNOW it\u2019s a copy, but it still has my face.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m just surprised,\u201d remarked M\u2019Row\u2019s Helmsman, \u201cthat the Borg aren\u2019t attacking us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, a little surprising,\u201d I muttered. \u201cI need to talk to Anansi, see what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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