“The Survivors”
“The Survivors” The entire colony on Delta Rana IV has been destroyed by an unknown enemy - except for the house of Kevin and Rishon Uxbridge. After a visit to the survivors, Deanna’s telepathic abilities are blocked by a penetrative melody in her mind. An alien ship attacks the Enterprise in orbit, the Enterprise has to retreat. The alien ship returns and destroys the Uxbridge house - but after some time the house reappears. Actually, Kevin Uxbridge is not human, but an immortal Douwd who refused to fight against the attacking Husnocks, even as they killed all the 10,000 colonists, including his human wife Rishon. Furious about his loss, Kevin then wiped out the whole Husnock civilization, numbering 50 billion. Ashamed of what he had done, his only intention was to veil his crime and stay alone. summary by Ex-Astris-Scientia
Hated Deanna in that one. I realize it was important for the whole plot but did she have to get so hysterical about it? I suppose it’s because of that I wasn’t particularly thrilled here. Got on my nerves.
Otherwise, I loved the concept. The alien being ultimately disguised as a human to protect the loved one until death. What can be more cute?