The Demon of Antares

The alternate reality USS Enterprise got a distress call from Antares. When they arrived, they found everyone missing, no birds, fish, or insects. "Very odd" thought Captain Kirk. So the landing party continued its investigation. They came upon a cave and found a small boy. He was cold, scared, and hungry. They fed him, warmed him up and tried to comfort him. He warned Kirk of a great demon that had killed almost everyone. This demon was humanoid with what appeared to be hoses sticking out of his face's side. They told the few remaining adults that they would be assimilated. They took them away. The boy said that he hid out of sight of the captors. They said that they were late in their conquest of their next victim. The boy learned that it was to be Altair. So the Enterprise warped to the Altair system. Their long range sensors picked up the alien vessel. Kirk ordered the photon torpedoes fired from extreme range. 6 photon torpedoes wete fired. The alien ship did not detect their approach. All 6 hit the alien ship, destroying it. The Enterprise detected the probe that the aliens launched as it was being destroyed. It must have launched automatically when destruction is pending. Kirk beamed it aboard, and Spock began to decipher the message. "We are the Borg. Our vessel has been destroyed, whoever finds this recorder beacon should return it to the Delta Quadrant of the Galaxy" Spock told Kirk that the Delta Quadrant was 70,000 light years from their present position. Kirk contacted Starfleet for instructions. Starfleet replied "Stand by."