SEASON TWO

EPISODE 4: ASSIMILATION
PART ONE

By: Elektra

SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER. THESE ARE THE VOYAGES OF THE WWF TITANPRIZE. IT'S MISSION: TO EXPLORE AND ENTERTAIN NEW SOCIETIES AND NEW CIVILIZATIONS.  TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO WRESTLER HAS GONE BEFORE!

TITANPRIZE CREW:
Captain Vincent K. McMahon
First Officer, Commander Shane McMahon
Chief Engineer, Commander Stephanie McMahon
Chief of Chiefs, Commander Linda McMahon
Chief of Security, Commander Kane
Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Taker
Communications Officer, Lieutenant Rock
Counselor Al Snow (assisted by H.E.A.D.)
Diagnostics Officer, Ensign Jericho
Tactical Officer, Lieutenant Commander Austin
Transporter Chief, Lieutenant Debra McMichael
... And many more!

STARSHIP TITANPRIZE - CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

   "Captain's log, stardate 98764532.45. WrestleFleet has instructed us to perform on a planet called Beital. They wish to introduce the Beitalans to our brand of Sports Entertainment. Of course, this being the WWF, there is no doubt they will be impressed. End log."

    Captain McMahon closed his log book and headed to the bridge.

BRIDGE

    "Mr. Rock, have you hailed Planet Beital yet?" McMahon asked his communications officer.

    "The Rock has been hailing those roody poos for the last 20 minutes! They're not answering!"

    Captain McMahon furrowed his brow, and turned to Ensign Edge, "Scan for life signs..."

    Mr. Edge did so, then shook his head, "It's not reading anything, sir..."

    "What the hell?! Check the coordinates WrestleFleet gave us!"

    "I've run them through the computer again, sir.  This is the place..." Ensign Edge explained.

    "Mr. Jericho, Mr. Austin - assemble an away team and get your asses down there! Take Dr. Taker and Counselor Snow with you... just in case there are people down there injured or in need of psychological counseling!"

    Jericho and Austin nodded, and headed off.

    Lieutenant Commander Debra, recently given a promotion to Transporter Chief, met the away team in the transporter room. Lt. Commander Austin, Ensign Jericho, Ensign Angle, Dr. Taker, and Counselor Snow were ready to beam down to the seemingly uninhabited planet.

    Ensign Jericho looked at Ensign Angle, "Why are YOU here, Kirk?"

    "A man such as myself knows quite a bit about what we may encounter!" He answered. Jericho looked at him, skeptical. Angle looked innocent, " It's true!!" he added.

    Jericho studied the large backpack on Angle's back, and the equipment in his hands, "In other words, Dr. Taker and Lt. Commander Austin made you their bag boy?"

    Angle held his head high, "Only one with intensity, integrity, and intelligence such as myself is given the honor of carrying the fragile supplies!!"

    "Yeah, whatever, Angel..."

    "Energize, Debbie..." Lt. Commander. Austin told Lt. Cmdr. McMichael. She quickly complied.

The away team looked around the area they had landed. It was an open field, with a large wooden gate in the distance. Y2J scanned the area with his tricorder, looking for anything that may resemble life as Austin held his stunner ready.

    "Anything, Ensign?" Austin asked.

    "Nothing!" he looked in the direction of the gates, "Unless you want to check there..."

    "H.E.A.D. says it may not be a good idea...." Counselor Snow began. He was ignored.

Austin tapped his comm badge, "Austin to Captain McMahon..." there was no answer, "What the hell?!"

Jericho checked his tricorder readings, "We're surrounded by a dampening field, Steve..." he started.

    Austin looked at him, "Who the hell gave you the right to call me STEVE, Ensign?"

    "Sorry, sir..." Jericho replied.  "We're surrounded by a dampening field, Commander,"

"That's better, son!!" Austin replied, then nodded towards the gates, "Let's get our asses over there..."  he commanded, and headed towards the gates. Taker, Jericho, and Snow quickly followed.

    "Wait!!" Ensign Angle gasped as he tried to keep up with the others, "Slow down!! I've got all this stuff to carry!"   Taker, Austin, Snow, and Jericho continued to head towards the large white gates, ignoring Angle's plea, "WAIT!!!" he shouted again, then fell to his knees, resting for a moment. "Thanks a lot..." he muttered.

    Suddenly, Ensign Angle heard a sound behind him. He quickly jumped to his feet and spun around.

    Angle didn't even have time to scream before a metallic hand struck out... and all went black.

    When Austin, Jericho, Snow, and Taker arrived at the gates, Austin knocked. No reply. He nodded towards Jericho, and Jericho checked his tricorder again. He furrowed his brow, "This is giving me some strange readings..."

    "Forget the damn tricorder and break the walls down!" Austin commanded.

    "Yes, sir!" Jericho replied, and threw his no-selling titanium metal body at the wooden gates. The gates splintered and began to collapse. He tried again, and soon a Jericho-shaped hole was made.  He quickly went through, and stopped dead in his tracks.

    "What the hell did you stop for?!" Austin snapped as he almost smashed into Jericho.

    Jericho pointed in front of him. A large building stood before him, and appeared as if it had been hit by massive phaser fire.

    "These are the headquarters for this planet..." Counselor Snow began, "but if this is what happened to the building, then what happened to the PEOPLE?"

    "Rock, are you able to hail the away team on ANY frequencies?"

    "The Rock already told you that he couldn't! They're surrounded by a dampening field!

    "Damnit!!"

    "Lt. Commander Debra to Captain McMahon! Sir, we have an unauthorized transport! Get security to The Smackdown right away!! We have visitors!"

    McMahon looked towards Commander Kane, "You heard her!! Get down there!"

  Kane grunted, and quickly headed to The Smackdown.

    "Think we should go in??" Ensign Jericho asked.

    "There may be injured inside..." Dr. Taker spoke  for the first time. He looked towards Austin.

    Austin looked towards Snow, "What does your damn H.E.A.D. tell you?"

    "H.E.A.D. says there are definitely people inside... or something. Maybe we shouldn't go in. In fact, H.E.A.D. says we DEFINITELY shouldn't go in!"

    "Then we go in!" Austin replied.

   Snow opened his mouth to respond, but realized it was a wasted effort.

      The group headed towards the building... until Jericho stopped, "Hey, have you guys seen Kirk anywhere?"

     Austin looked behind him, as did Dr. Taker, "Where DID that silly bastard disappear too?" Austin asked.

     "I don't know, but he's got all our supplies!!" Jericho replied.

     "Well get your ass back there and find him! We'll take care of things here." Austin commanded, and headed towards the building with Dr. Taker and Counselor Snow.

    Jericho retraced the away team's steps... and found the supplies lying in the middle of the field. "What the...?" he bent down, and studied the grass, scanning it for any evidence of where Angle may have gone. What he found was unsettling, "Oh crap..."

    He quickly dug through the abandoned supplies and pulled out a phaser, and a few other goodies... then turned back to where the others had gone, increasing his speed to 100 mph. He had to find Austin, Snow, and Dr. Taker... before it was too late.

PLANET BEITAL - GATES

    Jericho stood in front of the large building. Austin, Snow, and Taker were gone now too.

    The Y2J Unit turned his auditory sensors up, and listened.

    Nothing.

    Ensign Jericho tapped his comm badge, "Jericho to Titanprize..."  no answer, "Jericho to Austin..." again, no answer, "JERICHO to ANYONE! Answer me, damnit!!" he snapped.  Still no reply.  He scanned the area with his tricorder again. The dampening field was still there.

    Unit Y2J looked at the damaged building before him. There was only one thing to do. He took a deep breath, and walked in.

    Within seconds, Ensign Jericho found out what had happened to the inhabitants of Planet Beital.

    The Beitalans stood before him, silver metallic bodies gleaming from the sun through the damaged roof.

     They all spoke with one voice. A voice that had haunted many a WrestleFleet officer.

    "We are the PTC. You will be assimilated!"

WWF TITANPRIZE - THE SMACKDOWN

    Commander Kane lay on the ground, unconscious. His security team has suffered the same fate.

    Commander Shane McMahon held his phaser towards the intruders. His father stood beside him, as did Chief of Chief's, Linda - who had decided to make a rare appearance.

    The McMahon's were not going to give up their ship without a fight -- even as the ten emotionless automatons before them lifted their weapons, and fired.