"About time you got here.  We have been waiting, oh, far to long I think."  Dino-Bot opened his eyes that shouldn't have been there.  A humanoid wearing a uniform similar to Worf and Data's stood there.  The uniform had a grey shoulder top, red undershirt, and everything else black.  A Starfleet communicator was on his chest.
    Dino-Bot got up.  Everything around him was bright, except for the figure and his dead comrades...who were standing around looking at him.  Dino-Bot's mouth gaped open.  "Who are you?"
    "I am Q.  And you have failed."  The man grinned.
    "Who are you to—?!?"  Dino-Bot was about to lunge, but Worf and Data stopped him quickly.  "What are you doing?"
    Worf grimaced.  "I know you are angry.  I am too.  But we know Q.  He is not humanoid."
    Data continued.  "He is a being of awesome power.  You can not stop him.  He can do anything."
    Dino-Bot regarded Q skeptically.  "Really?  Make time rewind."
    Q snorted.  "Puh-lease, give me a break.  And get your friend away before I lose my temper."  He said pointing to Starbuck.
    Starbuck kept talking.  "—and this would have never happened in BattleStar Galactica!  I just can't accept the fact that---"
    Q sighed.  "Too late."  He flicked his fingers and Starbuck froze solid.  He fell to the ground.
    Dino-Bot looked at him.  "Is he dead?"
    Q laughed.  "Don't you wish."
    "Good.  We can recover him later.  This will keep his infernal mouth shut."
    Lando shivered.  "I thought I had died."
    "Yes," Scotty said.  "Would yee mind explaining that trick ya do?"
    "Who do you think brought you to this strange universe.  That strange ship.  That strange crew."  Q stated.
    Worf's mouth gaped open.  "You---"
    "With the Continuum, we created this, oh, little world for you.  Kind of funny, isn't it?  I see.  We took you all from different dimensions and stuck together.  Some of you exist, others don't."
    C-3PO jerked.  "Who?  It's not me is it?"
    Q snorted again.  "I won't tell you.  That is too difficult a concept for your inferior minds."
    Dino-Bot snorted.  "What a week!  First, Starbuck has an alien pop out of his stomach, then we all die, and finally, we exist in an experimental universe!  Bah!"
    Q walked over to him.  "You wanted time to rewind; you got it.  I was actually planning on doing that.  Here's your challenge, warrior." he snorted.  Dino-Bot had to resist smacking him.  Q walked to the center of everyone.  "I will return you to the beginning of the week.  You will find some way to avoid your death.  You only get one chance."
    Worf grunted.  "What if we fail?"
    Q broke out a grin.  "You die."
    Lando leaped up.  "You can't do that!"
    Q shrugged him off.  "I'm not doing anything.  The Continuum decided that.  I'm just their, oh, representative you could say."
    "Shouldn't Starbuck be notified of this?" Data asked pointing to the frozen body.
    Q snapped his finger and a bright light enveloped Starbuck.  He stood up, thawed.  "What's going on?"
    Tarantulas walked towards him and pulled him aside.  A moment later, they returned and Starbuck was gritting his teeth.  "The whole week?"
    Everyone nodded.
    Q laughed.  "Good.  Au revoir!"
    Tarantulas snapped his head up.  "I don't believe a word of this.  Wait—!"
    Q snapped his finger.  Light seared through them.

    Starbuck turned in bed.  The pain continued until he woke from his sleep.  His stomach was painfully throbbing.  "What???  Oh no!"  Jumping from the bed, he left his quarters and raced down the corridor.  He stopped in Sickbay.  "EMH!"
    The doc blinked on.  "Please state the nature of the medical emergency."
     I'M GOING TO HAVE AN ALIEN POP OUT OF MY STOMACH!!!!"  Starbuck screamed.
    "Are you sure?"
    "YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"  Starbuck jumped on the diagnostic bed.
    The doc ran a tricorder over him.  "You are indeed.  I would knock you out, but it's too dangerous.  Instead, I open you up and take it out with you awake."
    Dino-Bot raced into the Sickbay.  "Has it happened yet?  I missed it last time."
    The doc looked surprised at him.  "Last time?  This is the first time it----"
    "OPERATE!!!!"  Starbuck screamed.
     "Oh yes.  I'm beginning."  The doc gave Starbuck a hypo of painkiller.
    Tarantulas raced in.  "Did I miss anything?"
    Dino-Bot looked at him.  "No, now be quiet!  This is the good part."
    Worf raced in.  "Did I miss anything?"
    Tarantulas and Dino-Bot shushed him as they ate popcorn.  The doc opened up Starbuck's stomach.  Starbuck fainted as the doc removed the young alien.  It snarled at them.
    Tarantulas grinned.  "Beast mode!"  He transformed into a tarantula.  "Yum yum yum!" he laughed.
    Dino-Bot stopped him.  "You ate it last time.  It's my turn!"
    "Technically I didn't!"
     Worf stopped them.  "I want to eat him!"
    Tarantulas huffed.  "You?!?"
    "Yes, with my gak."
    Dino-Bot spoke as he picked up the alien.  "You don't want to eat this."
    Tarantulas laughed.  "I do."  He laughed again.
    Worf watched the young alien opened it's mouth and three other mouths followed it, slimy with ooze.  "Never mind.  Yuck!"
    Dino-Bot turned to beast mode and kept hold of the alien.  "It's mine!"
    Tarantulas laughed.  "I don't think so!  Tarantulas terrorize!"  He laughed as he transformed.
    Starbuck sat up.  "Take it outside, please?"  The doctor pushed him back down.
    Dino-Bot watched as the young alien excreted slime on him.  "Yuck!  You have the vermin!"  He stormed out, disgusted.
    Tarantulas transformed back and slurped the alien down.  "Yum yum!" he laughed again.  "Yum yum yum!" he laughed maniacally.

    The ship arrived in the hanger and Data waited patiently.   The door opened and a human walked out of the ship.  Data approached.  "K from the MIB, welcome to the Babylon Dwarf."
    The man in the black suit and glasses paused.  "How did you know?"
    "It is a long and difficult story."
    "Oh, we get a lot of those."
    "I expect you want to inspect the vegetable supply."
    "Lead the way."
    The two walked down the corridor.

    The hydroponics bay was full of plants.  K and Data waited at the wall.  Data turned to the man.  "You may want to get your weapon out."
    K regarded him skeptically.  "If you insist."
    With weapons, K and Data walked to the tomato section.  The tomatoes turned towards them and attacked.  K gasped.  "Not...!"
    Data continued.  "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes."
    The fight lasted long.  As tomatoes launched themselves at the crew, they were shot down.  The bloodthirsty evil vegies killed 5 extras, but were finally pushed back.  Several escaped down the service duct however.
    "Great.  We're going to have to track those things down.  Although, that's not what I was here for." K stated.
    Data continued for him.  "I know.  You were here because of an unknown reason.  You vanished from your home and received your memories of when you were in the MIB, even though they were previously erased."
    "Yeah, that's right.  How did you know that?"
    "Welcome to the neighbourhood.  We all are from mysteriously different dimensions.  You are next evidently."
    "Is this bad?"
    "No."  Data pointed to the access duct.  "We should track the creatures down before Tarantulas eats them."
    "I can't wait to meet the crew."
    "Yes you can."

    C-3PO stared at the creature in the cargo bay.  It's fangs were glistening.  It roared.  "No!  Leave me alone!!!"
    The Killer Tomato hopped closer and roared.  The blood red eyes shone in the dark.  It had already eaten an extra and now wanted C-3PO.
    C-3PO hadn't been in the cargo bay the first time he had done the week.  But he wanted to avoid the Killer Tomatoes and thought this would be a great place to hide.  C-3PO jerked and tried to run away.  It roared.  C-3PO reached the wall.  "HAL!  Erect a force field around me!"
    "I can't do that, Dave." HAL stated simply.
    "I'm not Dave!  Now I have to get out of here!!!"
    "I can't let you do that, Dave." HAL said again.
    C-3PO heard the Killer Tomato jump towards him and snort.  He turned around.  "HAL!  Help me!!!"
    "Dave...Do you think the mission will succeed?"
    C-3PO could not reply.  The Killer Tomato was leaping at him.
    The Killer Tomato stopped in midair.  It tried to move forward but couldn't.  C-3PO looked past it and saw it was held down by webbing.  He began hearing a laugh.
    Tarantulas, in beast mode, landed on the ground still laughing.  "Delicious and nutritious too!" he laughed again.  The Killer Tomato snapped.  "Feisty aren't we?" he laughed.  "Half tomato, half beast, full meal." he laughed maniacally.
    C-3PO jerked upright.  "You are disgusting."  He walked off, not wanting to see the meal.  A wet, soggy explosion stopped him.  Tarantulas screamed.
    K stepped forward with a big gun.  "Got it."
    Tarantulas screamed again.  "No!!!!  Terrorize!"  He transformed and brought out his gun.  "Explain why you ruined my meal or die!"
    K lowered his gun.  "I don't think you would have wanted to eat that."
    "That's for me to decide!" Tarantulas yelled.
    "Well, try to find the next one before I do then." K left.
    Tarantulas bent down and mourned for his meal.  "Filthy human.  I'll get the next one alright." he chuckled.
    "Shouldn't we worry about the invasion?" C-3PO asked.
    Tarantulas snorted.  "Later."

    Dino-Bot and Twiki studied the tactical station carefully.  Dino-Bot spoke after a moment.  "The enemy ships will come through here---" he pointed to a high-lighted sector.  "—and come attack us here.  We need to devise a successful counterstrike this time!"
    Twiki continued studying the data.  "We tried everything before.  Nothing hurt the...what are they anyway?"
    Dino-Bot folded his arms.  "The story is complicated and interesting.  The enemy we had was almost indestructible.  We...let me start from the beginning:
    "A few months back, we had an incoming ship approach at remarkable speed.  It disabled us quickly and efficiently.  We didn't even know why.  We were boarded and the crew were knocked out cold by the weapons.  I managed to escape the tyranny to find a way to stop them.  I made it to Engineering.  I saw my opponents: The Toilet-Duckians.  Highly skilled armies of ducks.  I was captured by a devious one and shut down.  When we all awoke, the ship was normal.  Nothing was gone. Except for one thing: Our bathroom cleaner.  It was replaced with Toilet Duck by SC Johnson Wax.
    "We were stunned.  But then, a Vimian ship approached and captured us.  They replaced the Toilet Duck with Vim.  Then the Toilet-Duckians returned and so on and so on.  That was how we spent the last few months.  We decided to stand up to the Vimians this time and keep one bathroom cleaner.  They did not like that.  They figured that if we didn't have or want Vim aboard, we must die."
    "That's how we died." Twiki acknowledged.
    "Affirmative."
    "And we tried everything?"
    "Everything we could think of, and nothing worked!" Dino-Bot banged his fist on the console.  "Bah!  I feel like Captain Video!  We must think of something now!"
    Twiki pondered silently.

    K went to ET  "Have you seen any Killer Tomatoes?"
    ET shook his head.  "Ouch?" he asked pointing to a scrape on K's arm.
    "Oh it's nothing to worry about."
    "Ouch."  ET's finger glowed and he touched K's scrape.  The scrape healed completely.  "Ouch."
    K raised his eyebrow.  "Thanks."  He walked down the hall.  Something stopped him.  He peered down and saw something blue.  It engulfed him and K stuck to the roof.  "Let me down!"
    A laugh echoed down the corridor and Tarantulas appeared.  "Try and find the Tomatoes now human!" he cackled.
    "What are you laughing about?  And let me down!"  K demanded.
    "You are in no position to demand anything, K!" he laughed.  "Beast mode!"  Tarantulas transformed from the robot to the spider.  "Yummy yummy!" he laughed.  "Bye-bye!"  Tarantulas scampered off down the hall.
    K let out a sigh.

    Worf saw an honourable death approaching on the long-range scanners.  "The Vimians!" he growled.
    Lando looked up.  "Already?  I hope Dino-Bot came up with a plan."
    Dino-Bot stepped out of the turbo-lift grumbling.  "I did not come up with a plan."
    The Governor snorted.  "Just tell them we surrender!  I don't want my fur to be messed up this time.  That death cost me my beauty."
    Cat woke up suddenly.  "Death again?  Aw man, we've died more times than the Spice Girl's career!"
    Starbuck let out a grin.  "Spice Girls, eh?  Which one's the blond?"
    Dino-Bot punched Starbuck in the face.  "Inferior worm.  ETA?"
    Data did a quick calculation.  "2 minutes, 34 seconds."
    "Battle stations!  Red Alert!!!" Worf bellowed.  Klaxons sprang to life and red lights replaced the normal deck lights.  All the crew rushed to secure stations.  People put on grim faces and prayed their fate would change.
    The Vimians hailed and Lando began to sweat.  The com channel opened.  Little white men with red hats appeared on screen whistling.  Starbuck had to catch himself from whistling along to the inspiring tune.  The translation began to appear on the screen:

    A Killer Tomato worked its way along the corridor while red lights were flashing.  The persistent shudders, explosions, and sparks suddenly stopped, and it looked around in confusion.  Tarantulas jumped down in front of it.  K jumped down behind it.  It snarled.
    Tarantulas spoke first.  "Leave here now."
    "Move aside, spider."
    Tarantulas pulled out his gun.  "You have no choice.  Leave." he laughed.
    K pulled out his.  "I have one too.  Now you move."
    "Well, well.  Mr. Brave Hero wants to die!"  He snickered.  "Give my regards to the inferno!"  He pulled the trigger.
 K leaped out of the way and fired his gun.  Tarantulas dove and pulled out gigantic mega-missile.  "DIE!!!"  He fired.

    Dino-Bot looked at their new gift basket in disgust.  "The Toilet-Duckians gave us this!"  In the basket was some bathroom cleaner, toilet cleaner and a new sink cleaner.  "No weapons!  No battle gear!  No repair tools!  Just CLEANER!!!  Why don't they just shove this up my---"
    Starbuck burst into the room.  "Deck 24 just exploded!"
    Worf scowled.  "From what?"
    "The computer says it was an internal weapon."
    Dino-Bot sighed, then, as realization dawned on him, bolted upright.  "Tarantulas!"  He took off and went to the lift.

    The holographic doctor was examining the three figures on the beds when Dino-Bot burst into the room.  "Now what did he do?!" he exclaimed.
    The doc looked at him in annoyance.  "Fire a mega-missile in a confined space.  Fool."
    Dino-Bot snorted.  "Indeed."  He went to Tarantulas' side.  "What is your problem?"
    Tarantulas sat up, charred, black, and damaged.  "He started it!"  He pointed to K laying on the bed.
    The doc came to Dino-Bot.  "I'm sorry.  He's dead."
    Dino-Bot grabbed Tarantulas.  "Are you happy now?  You cost a warrior his life!  Why if K were still alive--"
    K sat up.  "I am."
    Dino-Bot looked at the doctor.  "What are you talking about?"
    "The Killer Tomato was almost completely vaporized."
    Tarantulas screamed.  "Nooo!!!  You'll pay for this K!"
    "You fired the missile."
    Tarantulas kept crying.  "But...I...you..."  He laughed as he sobbed.
    Dino-Bot sighed.

    Everything is finally explained!  look out for new characters in the next stories!  The next issue is:
"Mysterious Mixed-up Space"