1
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So, how's the newest addition
to our family?

2
00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:12,359
At the moment she's stable. Her human
physiology has begun to reassert itself -

3
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respiratory system, neurological
functions, immune response.

4
00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,911
But those systems
are swarming with Borg implants.

5
00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,749
There's a battle between
the biological and the technological.

6
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I'm not sure which will win.

7
00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,111
Well, it's time we brought her
up to date. Wake her.

8
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Captain Janeway.

9
00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,920
What have you...

10
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The others. I can't hear the others.
The voices are gone.

11
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We neutralised the neurotransceiver
in your upper spinal column.

12
00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,511
Your link to the collective
has been severed.

13
00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,395
- You will return this drone to the Borg.
- I'm afraid I can't do that.

14
00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,080
You will return this drone to the Borg.

15
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If this ship headed back into Borg
territory I'd be putting my crew at risk.

16
00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:19,115
I'm not prepared to do that.
Try to understand.

17
00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,595
You have to stay on board Voyager.

18
00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:26,476
But I'm offering you freedom
from the collective and I assure you...

19
00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:31,151
Supply us with a subspace transmitter
and leave us on the nearest planet.

20
00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,511
- The Borg will come for us.
- It's too late for that.

21
00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:39,191
Your human cells are regenerating.
You won't survive without medical care.

22
00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:43,632
We need nothing from you.
We are Borg.

23
00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:46,279
We...

24
00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,550
This implant is being rejected
by the tissue. It has to be removed.

25
00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,240
You will suppress
the human immune system.

26
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Sorry, but the process
has gone too far.

27
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- We've got to get you to sickbay.
- No! We are Borg!

28
00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,155
We are Borg!

29
00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:02,273
This armour plating is anchored to the
skull. There's no time to cut through.

30
00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,074
I have to remove
the outer skull itself.

31
00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:09,956
- Lieutenant, will you please leave!
- This Borg is a security risk.

32
00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:12,117
She is heavily sedated, I assure you.

33
00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,231
She is not going anywhere.

34
00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:19,871
Thank you.

35
00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,951
I want you to anaesthetise her cranial
nerves.

36
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- 20 milligrams anetrizine.
- Yes.

37
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- Kes?
- I don't know what happened.

38
00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,069
I looked at the hypospray
and it came to me.

39
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You've been experimenting with your
abilities?

40
00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:39,871
No, not for months.

41
00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,116
But I have been feeling strange lately.

42
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Lots of energy. Sleeping less.

43
00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,677
I can see why. Your serotonin levels
are 62% above normal.

44
00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:51,751
Your brain's telepathic centres

45
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are hyper-stimulated, like when you were

46
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in contact with Species 8472.

47
00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,554
- Are they attempting to communicate?
- No.

48
00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,235
This time I don't feel
their presence at all.

49
00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,512
Perhaps it's an after-effect of some kind.

50
00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,758
A reasonable diagnosis,
for a security officer.

51
00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,679
I'll run an analysis,
but it will have to wait.

52
00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,189
We should get back to our Borg.

53
00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,632
Come in.

54
00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:34,030
We've got two teams
on the hull stripping off the Borg armour.

55
00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,152
They're working around the clock,
but it's slow going.

56
00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:40,955
- The warp drive?
- Torres can't clean the plasma relays.

57
00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:45,711
It's disrupting the antimatter reaction.
Until it's fixed we're stuck at impulse.

58
00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:49,754
She's requesting personnel
with a level-3 rating to lend a hand.

59
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Granted. Tactical update?

60
00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,997
Long-range sensors are picking up
transwarp signatures.

61
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Borg vessels.
They passed by three days ago.

62
00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,116
So we're not out of the woods yet.

63
00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:06,279
Having our propulsion system overrun
by Borg implants makes repairs hard.

64
00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,231
Seven of Nine could help us with that.

65
00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:14,558
That might be true if she were willing.
But she's not in a cooperative mood.

66
00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:21,192
That could change.
I just have to reach her somehow.

67
00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:27,116
- Annika Hansen.
- Our Borg?

68
00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,675
It took some digging
through the database,

69
00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,350
but I found a single entry
in the records of Deep Space 4.

70
00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,515
Her parents were unconventional.

71
00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:39,836
They fancied themselves explorers

72
00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,759
but wanted nothing
to do with Starfleet.

73
00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:47,477
Their names were last recorded at
a remote outpost in the Omega sector.

74
00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,433
They refused to file a flight plan.

75
00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:55,673
They aimed toward the Delta Quadrant
and were never heard from again.

76
00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,953
They may have been the first humans
the Borg ever assimilated.

77
00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:05,318
From what she's told me,
that was almost 20 years ago.

78
00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:10,276
So she was raised by the Borg.
It was the only life she ever really knew.

79
00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,631
Bringing her into the fold
might not be possible.

80
00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,116
What's the alternative?
Toss her back to the wolves?

81
00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,109
- Sickbay to Janeway.
- What is it?

82
00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,437
Could you come down, Captain?
We're having problems.

83
00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,598
I'll be right there.

84
00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,674
It's like peeling an onion.

85
00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,273
Store it in a biostasis chamber.

86
00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,950
It may still be active,
but if you think there's a risk

87
00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,152
you can throw a little
force field around the chamber.

88
00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,920
A prudent security measure,
for a doctor.

89
00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:02,553
Report.

90
00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:05,798
I'm afraid we have a decision to make.
A difficult one.

91
00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,918
Her human immune system
has reasserted with vengeance.

92
00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:14,113
Body armour, Borg organelles,
biosynthetic glands - all being rejected.

93
00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:19,360
Her life is in danger. I have no choice
but to remove the Borg technology.

94
00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:23,394
- Which is the last thing she'd want.
- Hence the difficult decision.

95
00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:27,639
If a patient told me not to treat them,
even if it were life-threatening

96
00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,878
I would be ethically obligated
to honour that request.

97
00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,230
This is no ordinary patient.

98
00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:35,795
She may have been raised by Borg,

99
00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,550
raised to think like a Borg,
but she's with us now.

100
00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:43,992
And underneath all that technology,
she is a human being,

101
00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,760
whether she's ready
to accept that or not.

102
00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:52,159
And until she is ready, someone
has to make the decisions for her.

103
00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,910
- Proceed with the surgery.
- Aye, Captain.

104
00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,798
Kes?

105
00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,189
Let's begin with the microtubule network
in the oesophageal tract.

106
00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,751
- What's happening?
- I'm not sure.

107
00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:27,271
She's going into neural shock.
I can't localise the source.

108
00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:32,236
Kes, try to stabilise her motor cortex.
Use a neuro sequencer.

109
00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,591
Kes, I said to stabilise her cortex
or we're going to lose her.

110
00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,553
Wait. I can see it.

111
00:10:38,680 --> 00:10:42,560
- What?
- I think the problem is in her colliculi.

112
00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:58,835
Yes. I can see it. A Borg implant.

113
00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,952
It's pressing against her trochlear nerve.

114
00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:05,835
Can you tell me how we can remove it
without severing the nerve?

115
00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,190
I think I can do more than tell you.

116
00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,798
The implant is deteriorating.

117
00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,072
Her nervous system is stabilising.

118
00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,549
Nice work, Kes.

119
00:11:35,680 --> 00:11:39,310
Unconventional... but effective.

120
00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,799
They say the eye
is the window to the soul.

121
00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,389
In this case, it's a little bit more.

122
00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:02,036
I fabricated an organ
to replace her eyepiece,

123
00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,357
but I've had to retain
some of the Borg circuitry.

124
00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,552
As a result she'll have increased acuity
in one eye.

125
00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:13,072
Note how perfectly I've matched
the pigment of the iris to her human eye.

126
00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,113
Excellent work.
I admire your attention to detail.

127
00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,751
- When can I speak with her?
- She's out of immediate danger.

128
00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,349
I won't resume extraction until tomorrow.

129
00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,233
- I can wake her now if you'd like.
- I would.

130
00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,993
- How are you, Kes?
- I feel exhilarated.

131
00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,157
I've never been so focused in my life.

132
00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,079
And my telepathic abilities
are stronger than ever.

133
00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,714
Your performance today
was astonishing.

134
00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:44,960
However, your psychokinetic powers
are still undisciplined and unpredictable.

135
00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:49,631
- I feel like I'm in control.
- Nevertheless, proceed with caution.

136
00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,479
- And my assistance.
- What are you suggesting?

137
00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:57,356
A series of guided meditations to explore
the depth of these new abilities.

138
00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:58,800
Kes?

139
00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:02,150
I'm ready.

140
00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:06,160
Well then, if you'll excuse us
we should begin immediately.

141
00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,029
Ready when you are, Captain.

142
00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,870
Don't be alarmed. You're in sickbay.
You're going to be fine.

143
00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,476
What have you done to me?

144
00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:44,989
Your body was rejecting
the Borg technology.

145
00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,715
You were dying.
I'm sorry but we had no choice.

146
00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,629
Those are dermaplastic grafts.
They'll help regeneration.

147
00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:57,591
Unacceptable!

148
00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:10,156
- You should have let us die.
- I couldn't do that.

149
00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,794
I cannot survive
outside the collective.

150
00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:18,313
I beg to differ. Without Borg implants,
your human systems are free to thrive.

151
00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:21,558
And thriving they are.
As a matter of fact, I...

152
00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,270
I want to help but I need to understand
what you're going through.

153
00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,518
Do not engage us
in superficial attempts at sympathy.

154
00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,712
It's obvious you're in pain.
That you're frightened.

155
00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,719
That you feel isolated. Alone.

156
00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,594
You are an individual.

157
00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,989
You are small.

158
00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,909
You cannot understand
what it is to be Borg.

159
00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,078
No. But I can imagine.

160
00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:58,312
You were part of a vast consciousness,
billions of minds working together.

161
00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:02,673
A harmony of purpose and thought.
No indecision, no doubts.

162
00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,270
The security and strength
of a unified will.

163
00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,711
And you've lost that.

164
00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,998
This drone is small now.

165
00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,350
Alone.

166
00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,878
One voice. One mind.

167
00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,477
The silence is unacceptable.
We need the others.

168
00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:32,231
I can't give you back to the Borg, but
you're part of a human community now.

169
00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:34,351
A human collective.

170
00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,836
We may be individuals,
but we live and work together.

171
00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:42,079
You can have some of the unity
you require, right here on Voyager.

172
00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,190
Insufficient.

173
00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:49,791
It'll have to do.

174
00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,239
And the fact is
this community needs you.

175
00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:59,070
The modifications you made to our
vessel are disrupting our warp drive.

176
00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,272
We need your help to remove them.

177
00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,518
Your... expertise.

178
00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:07,677
Your cooperation.

179
00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,909
You must comply.

180
00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:21,591
I think I've got all the Borg garbage
out of the plasma intake manifold.

181
00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:24,951
Let's try reinitialising
the antimatter reaction.

182
00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:35,918
Matter-antimatter reaction
at 22 Cochranes and rising.

183
00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,069
Damn! What happened?

184
00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,953
Intake manifolds 11 and 13
are still blocked.

185
00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,356
You think you've got them all out and...

186
00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,757
You have neglected to remove
the regeneration sequencers.

187
00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:55,111
Lieutenant Torres, Ensign Kim,
you remember Seven of Nine.

188
00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,555
- How could we forget?
- We can't delay repairs any longer.

189
00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,354
So I've asked her
to remove the modifications.

190
00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:06,075
She only has a few hours.
I suggest you put it to good use.

191
00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,033
Start with the plasma relays
in Jefferies tube...

192
00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,515
Jefferies tube 13 Alpha, section 12.

193
00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:14,519
We fully recall
your engineering specifications.

194
00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:19,237
Good. Can you recall how it looked
before you turned it into a Borg circus?

195
00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,029
Yes.

196
00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:26,551
Now that the pleasantries are over,
why don't you get to work?

197
00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,240
I want updates every hour.

198
00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:31,590
Yes, Captain.

199
00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:42,109
The flame of the lamp is fire disciplined,
tamed and under control.

200
00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:46,029
It is the appropriate focus
for the task ahead of us.

201
00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,276
How do we begin?

202
00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:53,156
I will attempt to guide you in manipulating
the flame at the subatomic level.

203
00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,600
Concentrate on the flame.

204
00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:02,112
Try to see past the surface,
past the light,

205
00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,754
to the patterns of energy and matter.

206
00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,073
- I can see the essence of the fire.
- Good.

207
00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:16,239
Now reach out with your mind
and intensify the flame.

208
00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:29,598
I'm making it hotter, brighter.

209
00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:33,873
Now with your thoughts,
reduce the flame.

210
00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:48,515
Excellent. You've never demonstrated
this level of control before.

211
00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:54,318
It's as though
I knew what had to be done and...

212
00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,398
- What's wrong?
- Something's happening.

213
00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,395
I can see further, beyond the subatomic.

214
00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,112
Kes, there is nothing
beyond the subatomic.

215
00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,709
But I can see it, Tuvok.

216
00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,232
It's a new level of reality.

217
00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:21,079
It's beautiful.

218
00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,076
Perhaps we should stop for now.

219
00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,670
Wait a few seconds.
I want to try to control it.

220
00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,720
Don't worry, Tuvok.

221
00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,760
What about these linkages? When
I pull one out, another one comes back.

222
00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:01,113
Autonomous regeneration sequencers.
They counteract resistance.

223
00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,232
How did you come up
with the duplication design?

224
00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:09,389
The Borg assimilated this technology
in Galactic Cluster 3 from Species 259.

225
00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:13,753
I'm not interested in a history lesson.
How do we disable it?

226
00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,271
You must disconnect
each sequencer conduit.

227
00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:21,553
Why don't you two work on the Jefferies
tube. Start with the plasma relays.

228
00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,351
I'll start here.

229
00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:37,875
You said the Borg got their stuff
from Species 259. Who are they?

230
00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,672
I guess the Borg meet a lot of people,
don't they?

231
00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:49,796
Stupid question.

232
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,514
So what's it like out
in Galactic Cluster 3?

233
00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:59,599
- Beyond your comprehension.
- Try me.

234
00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,114
Cluster 3
is a transmaterial energy plain

235
00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:09,029
intersecting 22 billion
omnicordial life-forms.

236
00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:13,590
Oh. Interesting.

237
00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,229
Ensign Kim, your assistance.

238
00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:41,153
Captain, somebody's trying
to access the subspace transmitter.

239
00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:48,430
She's erected a force field around
the door. We can't break through it.

240
00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:51,632
- She's bypassed security.
- Disable the transmitter.

241
00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:53,751
It's too late.

242
00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:58,113
Your abilities have progressed beyond
this particular Vulcan exercise.

243
00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,595
I suggest we...

244
00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,035
- What is it?
- Something's wrong.

245
00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,438
The Borg is trying to contact her people.

246
00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:14,797
Tuvok to security team 1.
Intruder alert in engineering.

247
00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,959
Wait. I think I can stop her.

248
00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,551
It's over.

249
00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,191
Tuvok to bridge. Status?

250
00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:46,439
There was an explosion as she was
about to initiate her transmission.

251
00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,915
We don't know what caused it.

252
00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,509
I believe I may have the answer,
Captain.

253
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,836
I can tell by your expression
that you've got bad news.

254
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,520
I have no expression on my face.

255
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:11,350
However, you are correct. The news
on two separate fronts is not good.

256
00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,713
I checked the bandwidths. A partial
signal was transmitted from Voyager.

257
00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,309
- Enough for the Borg to track?
- Possibly.

258
00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:22,513
- And the second front?
- There's cause for concern about Kes.

259
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,790
Explain.

260
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:29,232
Internal logs show she destabilised
the Jefferies tube at the molecular level.

261
00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:32,478
The effect weakened
the infrastructure of the deck.

262
00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,319
She wishes to develop
her abilities further.

263
00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:39,115
I am not certain it would be safe
for Kes or Voyager.

264
00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:44,110
An Ocampan who wants to be more
and a Borg who's afraid of being less.

265
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,470
Here's to Vulcan stability.

266
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:49,711
Wait for me.

267
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,236
So this is human freedom.

268
00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:09,389
I've decided to keep you in the brig until
I'm sure you won't try to harm us again.

269
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,034
If necessary the doctor
can treat you here.

270
00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,630
I believed you were going to help us.

271
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,070
You were not deceived,
Captain Janeway.

272
00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,591
- It was my intention to help you.
- What happened?

273
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,509
There was a chance to contact
the collective. I took advantage of it.

274
00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:34,157
Your attempts to assimilate
this drone will fail.

275
00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:38,592
You can alter our physiology
but you cannot change our nature.

276
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:42,793
We will betray you. We are Borg.

277
00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:47,591
I've met Borg who were freed
from the collective.

278
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:52,840
It wasn't easy for them to accept their
individuality, but in time they did.

279
00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:56,919
You're no different. Granted, you were
assimilated at a very young age

280
00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:01,193
and your transition may be
more difficult, but it will happen.

281
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:13,792
If it does happen,
we will become fully human?

282
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,510
Yes, I hope so.

283
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,791
We will be autonomous. Independent.

284
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,912
That's what individuality is all about.

285
00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:32,277
If at that time we choose
to return to the collective,

286
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,199
will you permit it?

287
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,909
I don't think you'll want to do that.

288
00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:50,195
You would deny us the choice
as you deny us now.

289
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,551
You have imprisoned us
in the name of humanity,

290
00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,196
yet you will not grant us
your most cherished human right -

291
00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,711
to choose our own fate.

292
00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:04,671
You are hypocritical. Manipulative.

293
00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:10,359
We do not want to be what you are.

294
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,949
Return us to the collective!

295
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:17,039
You lost the capacity to make a choice
the moment you were assimilated.

296
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:21,836
They took that from you and until
I'm convinced you've gotten it back,

297
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,634
I'm making the choice for you.

298
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:30,278
- You're staying here.
- You are no different than the Borg.

299
00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:42,151
Talaxian champagne. Moon-ripened.
Your favourite.

300
00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,749
Neelix, where did you get this?

301
00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:49,192
I put a bottle away
for a special occasion.

302
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,434
Remember when we last
sipped this together?

303
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,996
Three years ago.
It was when we first arrived on Voyager.

304
00:26:57,120 --> 00:27:01,717
- Do you remember the toast I made?
- Yes. "To the adventure.”

305
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,992
To the adventure.

306
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:15,431
When you left Ocampa, you said that
your people were being held back,

307
00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:20,794
that if you were only given the chance,
you could become so much more.

308
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:25,153
- And you have.
- Things haven't worked out as planned.

309
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:29,990
I was only holding you back.
That's obvious to me now.

310
00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:33,511
No. I couldn't have come this far
without you.

311
00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:40,877
And I love you. I always will.

312
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,037
It's just...

313
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,754
My cooking.
You've always hated my cooking.

314
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,190
That's exactly what it was.

315
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:57,439
Ah.

316
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,839
So tell me more about what's happening
to you. What does it all mean?

317
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,840
I don't know.
And that's what makes it so exciting.

318
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:08,951
It's as if I can see into a place

319
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:15,599
where the distinction between matter
and energy and thought no longer exists.

320
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:22,160
That's only the beginning. It's as if all
my boundaries are about to fall away.

321
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,191
It sounds...

322
00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:29,237
...inter...interesting.

323
00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:34,719
I only have to look at an object,
gaze at it, and I can begin to see...

324
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:39,391
that the space between the atoms
is being filled with something else.

325
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,439
Kes?

326
00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:47,916
I can see it... I see...

327
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,317
- Kes, stop!
- No!

328
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,475
Neelix!

329
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,797
I'm picking up strange energy readings
from the mess hall.

330
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:05,151
Bridge to Neelix,
what's going on down there?

331
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,318
- Neelix, report.
- The bulkhead there is coming apart.

332
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,592
- Increase the structural integrity field.
- Tuvok.

333
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:46,358
I've run every neuro-analysis, everything
short of dissecting the brain itself.

334
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:51,634
Her telesynaptic activity is increasing,
but I don't know why or how to stop it.

335
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,274
Have the internal sensors
revealed anything?

336
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:58,394
For 17.4 seconds, Kes' body
went into a state of cellular flux.

337
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,239
She began to destabilise
at the subatomic level.

338
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:05,672
Then her atoms re-established their
bonds and she was back in one piece.

339
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,838
But what about next time?
Her condition is escalating.

340
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,474
We must suppress it,
or the last we'll see of Kes

341
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,592
is molecules blowing
through the ventilation ducts.

342
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:18,554
Tuvok, enhance the structural
integrity fields throughout the ship.

343
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,310
If she had another incident
I'd like to avoid a hull breach.

344
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:26,991
Doctor, maybe it's time
we broaden our horizons.

345
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:31,159
This appears beyond medical science.
We're into particle physics now.

346
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,193
I'll look through
the quantum substructure database.

347
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,676
- Maybe it will give me some inspiration.
- Keep me informed.

348
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:53,559
Kes, until I can devise another
diagnostic procedure, you're free to go.

349
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,149
Actually, I'd like to help
with the research.

350
00:30:56,280 --> 00:31:01,559
I don't want you overexert yourself
and risk another telepathic incident.

351
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,752
- Try to get some rest.
- Just let me stay a little while.

352
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,475
I haven't seen you much
over the past few days. I miss you.

353
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,831
All right. Just for a while.

354
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,276
- Ensign Ayala to the bridge.
- Go ahead.

355
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,631
You'd better come down
to the brig, ma'am.

356
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,354
One.

357
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:44,551
One.

358
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,638
My designation is Seven of Nine.

359
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,594
But the others are gone.

360
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:03,031
Designations are no longer relevant.

361
00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:09,198
I am... one.

362
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:11,834
Yes, you are.

363
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:16,909
But I cannot function this way! Alone.

364
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,793
You're not alone. I'm willing to help you.

365
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:27,873
If that's true, you won't do this to me.
Take me back to my own kind.

366
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,834
You are with your own kind. Humans.

367
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,839
I don't remember being human.

368
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,032
I don't know what it is to be human.

369
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,594
- What are you doing?
- I'm coming in.

370
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,677
I'll kill you.

371
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:02,196
I don't think you will.

372
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:32,113
Do you remember her?
Her name was Annika Hansen.

373
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:38,156
She was born on stardate 25479
at the Tendara Colony.

374
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,591
There's still a lot
we don't know about her.

375
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:46,078
Did she have siblings? Who were her
friends? Where did she go to school?

376
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,999
What was her favourite colour?

377
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,397
Irrelevant!

378
00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,717
- Take me back to the Borg.
- I can't do that.

379
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,469
Quiet... one voice...

380
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:08,878
One voice can be stronger
than a thousand voices.

381
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:13,119
Your mind is independent now,
with its own unique identity.

382
00:34:13,240 --> 00:34:16,756
You are forcing that identity upon me.
It's not mine.

383
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:20,874
Yes, it is. I'm just giving you back
what was stolen from you.

384
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:24,834
The existence you were denied,
the child who never had a chance.

385
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:29,193
- That life is yours to live now.
- Don't want that life!

386
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,675
It's what you are. Don't resist it.

387
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,199
No!

388
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,151
Captain's log, supplemental.

389
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:54,319
Warp drive is still off-line and we don't
know if the Borg have detected us.

390
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:58,798
Kes' abilities continue to damage
the ship's structural integrity,

391
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,878
and as a result
our defences have been compromised.

392
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,271
Come in, Captain.

393
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:09,991
You wanted to see me.

394
00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:15,240
Ah, Tuvok's meditation lamp. I was
with him when he got it six years ago,

395
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:19,558
from a Vulcan master who doubled
the price when he saw our insignias.

396
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,672
I'm sure it was the logical thing to do.

397
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:29,872
I've been thinking about
everything that's been going on.

398
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,951
And I know what I have to do.

399
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,675
- It's time for me to leave Voyager.
- Oh, Kes.

400
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,872
Something important is happening.
I want to explore it.

401
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,799
But I can't stay here,
I'm a danger to all of you.

402
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:49,039
We'll get to the bottom of this. The
doctor's working on a new approach.

403
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:54,758
Everybody thinks that what's happening is
a medical condition. That's not it at all.

404
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:59,238
I'm going through a transformation.
I don't know how or why.

405
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:05,072
Every cell in my body is telling me
that I'm changing into something more.

406
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,510
But what if it's not true?

407
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:11,110
What if you're simply being swept up
in the excitement,

408
00:36:11,240 --> 00:36:13,436
but it's not real?

409
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:16,552
On the basis of a feeling, an intuition,

410
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:22,756
you're asking me to let you go,
quite likely forever?

411
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,589
- Kes, I just can't do that.
- It's my decision.

412
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,194
My fate.

413
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:32,675
Would you really try to stop me?

414
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:40,000
No. But argue with you?
Even plead with you to reconsider?

415
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:42,350
Absolutely. For as long as it takes.

416
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,469
It won't work.

417
00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:52,839
Look at me, Captain.
I'm the same Kes you've always known.

418
00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:59,553
I haven't lost my judgment.
I'm not under some alien influence.

419
00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:06,350
I believe something crucial
is happening to me.

420
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,949
I want to see it through.

421
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,598
You've lived most of your life here.

422
00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:16,439
Voyager has been your home.

423
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:21,071
And you've been
a vital part of this family.

424
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:29,080
Oh, I'm going to miss you.

425
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:45,358
Now all I have to do is tell the Doctor.
He's not going to be happy.

426
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,631
It's starting.

427
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:53,434
- Janeway to bridge.
- Chakotay here.

428
00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:56,632
Prepare a shuttle for launch
and have Tuvok meet me.

429
00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:00,549
- Captain?
- Kes is leaving us.

430
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:11,436
- Come on.
- Captain, I can't stop it.

431
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:18,674
Janeway to Chakotay.
Beam us directly to the shuttlebay.

432
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:22,191
The molecules in Kes' body
are destabilising.

433
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:25,756
- It's interfering with the transporter.
- We can't get a lock.

434
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:29,111
Acknowledged. Looks like we'll
have to do this the hard way.

435
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,596
What's happening?

436
00:38:39,720 --> 00:38:43,350
The hull is destabilising.
The molecular bonds are breaking down.

437
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:48,477
Tuvok...

438
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:55,670
I can't keep going.

439
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,951
I will attempt a mind-meld
to help delay the transformation.

440
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,993
Our minds are one.

441
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,834
Our thoughts are one.

442
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:13,998
Try to regain control for a moment.

443
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:19,672
Only for a moment. Only for a moment.

444
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,317
You must hurry.

445
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:33,713
- Hull breach on decks 3, 4 and 5.
- Emergency containment fields.

446
00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:37,196
Janeway to bridge.
Kes is aboard the shuttle.

447
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,197
- Initiate launch sequence.
- Acknowledged.

448
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:49,789
Shuttle distance, 100,000 kilometres.
Speed, one quarter impulse.

449
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,314
- Can you hail her?
- I've been trying.

450
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:58,751
What's happening?
What's happening to me?

451
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:02,316
Her atomic structure
is completely destabilising.

452
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,195
My gift to you.

453
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,196
The warp core just came on-line.

454
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:23,153
Matter-antimatter reaction at 102%...

455
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:27,478
110%... 120%!

456
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:35,673
This can't be right!
Our speed is... is impossible!

457
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:37,757
We're coming apart!

458
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:48,273
We've dropped
out of... whatever it was we were in.

459
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:51,631
- Systems coming back on-line.
- On screen.

460
00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:59,840
- Where are we?
- 9,500 light years from where we were.

461
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:06,716
She's thrown us safely
beyond Borg space.

462
00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:11,194
Ten years closer to home.

463
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,356
I've extracted 82%
of the Borg hardware.

464
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:42,998
The remaining bioplants are stable and
better than anything I could synthesise.

465
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:48,677
- It is acceptable.
- Fashion is hardly my forte.

466
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:52,156
But I've managed to balance
functionality and aesthetics

467
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:54,271
in a pleasing enough manner.

468
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:56,869
I also stimulated your hair follicles,

469
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,992
a vicarious experience for me
as you might imagine.

470
00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:07,679
You'll have to spend
a few hours a day regenerating

471
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,394
until your human
metabolism can function.

472
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:14,195
- We'll leave an alcove operational.
- Understood.

473
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:17,039
Let's see how things go
over the next few weeks.

474
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:20,312
I'll consider granting you access
to the rest of the ship

475
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:25,355
once I trust that you won't try
to get us all assimilated again.

476
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:27,710
It will not happen again.

477
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:35,156
Good. If you need anything, contact me.

478
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- Red.
- What?

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The child you spoke of, the girl.

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Her favourite colour was red.

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