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Part G

Jaffen's apartment. Jaffen: "Am I hearing you correctly? You're actually helping this man? He abducted one of the workers." Janeway: "She's a member of his crew."

Jaffen: "Right! And you're the 'captain'! Don't you see: he's trying to convince you that you'll have a better life if you go with him. You want to go with him?"

Janeway: "No!" Jaffen: "Then why are you risking everything we have?"

In Janeway's apartment, Chakotay hears someone at the door. He turns, thinking it is Janeway, saying "I was starting to think-"

But it is Security! Security officer: "Stay where you are." But Chakotay reaches for his gun, so one of them fires at him.

Chakotay falls to the floor. Yerid comes up and stands over him - the quarry is captured.

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In the hospital, Yerid interrogates Chakotay, showing him pictures of Torres and Neelix on a Quarren 'PADD'. Chakotay: "I don't know them." Yerid: "I think you do, and I think you were involved in their disappearance."

Chakotay: "I'm not the man you're looking for." Yerid: "Yes, the witnesses' description doesn't fit you exactly. I'm sure that'll be explained once the doctor here finds evidence of dermal regeneration."

The doctor's scanner sounds an alert. "What is it?" The doctor has located the subdermal transponder: "Some kind of communications device implanted under his skin." Yerid: "Remove it." The doctor nods.

Chakotay: "Listen to me, you and I have something in common." Yerid: "Oh?" Chakotay: "We're both investigating disappearances. If you answer my questions, I'll answer yours." Yerid nods.

A security team enters. The officer says: "I have an order to transfer this patient to Division 6." Yerid: "Division 6?" Doctor: "Neuropathology." Security officer: "We have reason to believe that he's mentally ill."

Chakotay: "He's lying. How could they know that? They've never examined me!" Yerid: "I'll come with you." Security officer: "I'm sorry, sir, but my orders are to bring him for immediate treatment." Yerid: "This man is a suspect in a serious crime. I'm not letting him out of my sight."

Security officer: "If you check the order, you'll see it's been approved by the Director of Investigations." He hands over a Quarren "PADD". The assistant shows Yerid the "PADD".

Realising that unless he convinces Yerid, the truth will be suppressed, Chakotay calls out desperately to Yerid as the guards wheel him away. "My real name is Chakotay! I'm an officer aboard the Federation starship Voyager. Members of my crew were abducted and their memories were altered and they were put to work here. I can give you names, descriptions. Listen to me!"

Yerid is left looking very thoughtful.

On Voyager, Neelix cooks comfort food for Torres and brings it out from the Galley to her in the Messhall. Torres: "Smells good." Neelix: "Pancakes with maple syrup are your favourite breakfast. You know, sometimes food is like time travel: you smell an aroma, take a bite of something and bam! suddenly you're back at the moment you first tasted it." Torres takes a mouthful. "They're good. I'm not experiencing time travel." Neelix: "What're you reading?" Torres: "Personal logs." Neelix: "Do you remember recording any of them?" Torres: "They're not mine, they're Tom's." Neelix: "Those are supposed to be private." Torres: "Well, he is my husband." Neelix: "What do they say?" Torres: "They're private! But the way he describes me...." Neelix: "He loves you." Torres: "I guess so." Neelix: "How do you feel?" Torres: "Still a little foggy." Neelix: "That fog should lift as soon as the Doctor finishes your treatments." Torres: "Yeah. But what about the guy who recorded these logs?"

In Voyager's Ready Room, the Doctor tells Kim: "I've been analysing our scans of the Quarren patrol ships that attacked us, and I think I've devised a way of evading their sensors."

Kim: "You do have a knack for tactical planning." Doctor: "That's something I've been meaning to discuss with you. Once we've succeeded in this mission, and I'm certain we will, I'd like you to help me program a new medical hologram." Kim surmises: "You don't like the idea of going back to your old job now that you've had a taste of command."

Doctor: "I'm a skilled officer!" Kim: "No offence, Doc, but that skill was programmed into you." Doctor: "Yes." Kim: "I'm sure once you're back to your old self you'll be happy being a full-time Doctor again."

An audio alert sounds. "Commander Chakotay's hailing us." To Chakotay: "We're receiving you, sir. Go ahead."

But Chakotay, after having been interrogated by Kadan, is being coerced into speaking to Kim: "I'm having trouble with my transceiver. This may be the last chance we have to talk. Kim: "What's your status?" I'm almost ready to shut down the shield grid. I'm sending you encrypted instructions. They'll tell you where and when to enter orbit." Kadan transmits the instructions - instructions he has devised to lure Voyager into a trap! Kim: "We have it, Commander." Chakotay: "Chakotay out."

Kadan to Coyote: "Well, now you know where to find Voyager." Coyote: "I'll have three ships with me. They won't escape again." Supervisor to Coyote: "If you'd done the job the first time we wouldn't have a problem." Coyote decides not to reply, and leaves about his mission.

Ravoc enters, passing by Coyote as he leaves. But Kadan does not want Ravoc there so Kadan says: "Don't you have patients to attend to?" Ravoc: "Yes, sir." But he does not leave. "I've been thinking." Indicating Chakotay: "This is the second person we've admitted with dysphoria syndrome in two days and they both work at the power plant. Maybe we should issue a health alert, examine the rest of the workers."

Kadan: "Do you think I'm incompetent?" Ravoc: "Sir?" Kadan: "This man," indicating the Supervisor, "is in charge of personnel at the power facility. I informed him of the situation." The Supervisor plays along, telling Ravoc: "We're already taking steps to ensure the safety of our employees." Ravoc to Kadan: "I'm sorry to have bothered you."

Kadan: "No need to apologise, Doctor. Your concern for your patients is admirable. But don't worry. This man," indicating Chakotay, "is already responding to treatment. I expect a full recovery."

Umali's bar. Yerid: "Why would this Tuvok be collecting information about his co-workers?" Seven: "I don't know, but the name on one of those files is B'Elanna Torres. They both began working at the plant on the same day, along with one hundred thirty-six others, including myself." Yerid: "What's unusual about that?" Seven: "More than a hundred skilled employees, most of them the same species, acquired in a single day? during a labour shortage? You'll also note that every single one of them was processed through the central hospital when they arrived." Yerid: "It's routine for new workers to be examined." Seven: "Yes, by Quarantine Control, but everyone on this list, all of them, were processed through Division 6." Yerid: "You came through Neuropathology?" Seven: "That's what the records indicate. But I don't remember being there." Yerid: "What do you expect me to do?" Seven: "You can start by interviewing Mr Tuvok. You'll find him at the hospital." Yerid: "Why's he there?" Seven: "He became emotionally unstable." Yerid: "Even if I wanted to help you, I couldn't." Seven: "Why not?" Yerid: "The Director of Investigations relieved me of duty this morning." Paris approaches. "Yerid. Thought that was you. Have you found out anything about B'Elanna?" Seven: "He cannot assist you. He's been relieved of duty." Paris: "Oh." Seven to Yerid: "This man's also in Tuvok's file." Paris: "What file?" Seven to Yerid: "Why don't you tell him?" Paris: "Tell me what?" Yerid: "I can't go back to the hospital and start asking questions. I'd be reported." Seven: "Maybe I can help."

Seven manages to get an interview at the hospital with Dr Ravoc. Seven: "Recently I've been-" Playing a role, she hesitates plausibly. Ravoc reassures her. "I'm a doctor. You can trust me."

Seven: "I've been experiencing some disturbing thoughts. I don't believe it's anything serious but I would like to speak with someone." Ravoc: "Well, you've come to the right place."

Seven: "Guest labour code green, Employee 8586." She watches as Ravoc accesses the computer and calls up her personnel file.

Ravoc: "Hansen, Annika. You've been a patient here before?" Seven: "Yes, when I first arrived." Ravoc: "You were treated for dysphoria syndrome." Seven: "I don't recall that." Ravoc: "These disturbing thoughts you mentioned: would you characterise them as hallucinations?" Seven: "What's the cause of this syndrome?"

Seven gets Ravoc to leave her alone in his office.

Ravoc: "We're conducting studies to determine that. Fortunately we have one of the foremost experts of the condition working here." Seven: "I'd like to speak with this expert." Ravoc: "Dr Kadan's very busy." Seven: "So am I. Perhaps I should return when he's free." Ravoc: "Er, wait here. I'll find him." He leaves. As soon as Ravoc has gone Seven accesses his computer.

Meanwhile Yerid visits Janeway and Jaffen in the latter's apartment. Jaffen opens the door after Yerid signals his presence. "Yes?" Yerid: "My name is Yerid, from Criminal Investigations." Jaffen: "How can I help you?"

Yerid enters. He sees Janeway. "Kathryn Janeway?" He approaches and shows her a picture of Chakotay on his Quarren 'PADD'. "Do you know this man?"

Janeway: "No." Yerid: "I thought maybe you'd met him." Janeway: "Why?"

Yerid: "He was found in your former living quarters in possession of a dermal regenerator that you removed from the plant."

Jaffen: "I was the one who helped him." Janeway takes his arm: "Jaffen." She decides to tell the truth to Yerid: "He said he was from a starship, and that members of his crew had been abducted." Jaffen: "He was obviously lying." Yerid: "I want to know everything he told you."

Ravoc has brought Kadan to see Seven, but she has left. They find that she has accessed Ravoc's computer database. Kadan: "How could she just walk out?!"

Ravoc: "She was a voluntary patient. There was no reason for Security to stop her. She accessed 64 restricted files, all of them for people diagnosed with dysphoria syndrome. According to the records, those patients were all admitted on the same day, and you're listed as the attending physician in every case." Kadan: "Oh yes, I remember. Quite an outbreak." Ravoc: "You've never mentioned it." Kadan, sarcastically: "Well, I'm sorry if I haven't kept you properly informed about my patients." Ravoc: "Every one of them were discharged to the Main Power Authority. The Supervisor you were talking to, that's where he worked."

Kadan: "I explained that to you. I was informing him about a potential health threat." Ravoc: "That plant worker, Amal Kotay. He claimed that his friends had been abducted and put to work after having their memories altered." Kadan: "What are you implying?"

Ravoc: "You're making false diagnoses, selectively changing what people remember, and sending them to work at the power plant." Kadan decides not to dissemble any longer. "Very good, Doctor." Ravoc: "Why?!" Kadan: "A physician with more experience would be able to see this in a larger context. The true public health threat is the labour shortage, and the only cure is to find more skilled workers." Ravoc: "We're doctors. We're not supposed to harm patients!" Kadan: "We're helping them!....to lead productive lives." Ravoc: "By altering their memories?!" Kadan: "The treatment I provide improves their lives and makes them better workers. In turn our economy benefits."

Ravoc: "You're profiting from this, aren't you?" Kadan: "Doesn't a physician deserve to be compensated for his services?"

	Ravoc: "I'll report you." Kadan: "To whom? My research is funded by the Ministry of Health." Ravoc: "Well, Criminal Investigations then." Kadan: "As you may recall, the Director of Investigations was the one who ordered Amal Kotay be placed under my care."
	Ravoc: "Does everyone know about this?" Kadan: "Not everyone. Just a few trusted associates. The question is: are you going to be one of them?"

At Umali's bar, a security patrol questions Paris, showing him a picture of Seven. "She's considered dangerous." Paris: "She's never been in here." Security guard: "You sure?" Paris: "Don't think I'd forget that face." Security guard: "If you do see her, report it immediately. She needs to be hospitalised." The security patrol leaves.

Paris calls: "It's safe now." Seven, Yerid, Janeway and Jaffen appear from the back, where they have been hiding. Seven: "Thank you." Paris: "Well, if you really want to thank me, you can tell me what's going on." Seven: "It appears this Chakotay was telling the truth." Jaffen: "So has every worker at the plant had their memories altered?" Seven: "I don't believe it's every worker. Your name didn't appear in Dr Kadan's patient files, but mine did." To Paris: "So did yours." Paris: "We should report this to the authorities." Yerid: "I'll need more evidence before I start making accusations." Janeway: "Chakotay said he had proof of my real identity, aboard a ship called Voyager." Seven: "How can we locate it?" Janeway: "When his crew contacted him they were using a," here reciting from memory, "'triaxillating frequency on a co-variant subspace band'." Seven: "There's a subspace transponder at the power plant." Janeway to Jaffen: "I'm going back to the plant to try to contact this ship. I understand if you don't want to be involved." Jaffen: "I've been involved from the moment I met you." Seven to Yerid: "If I were to return to the hospital in your custody, it would give us an opportunity to help Chakotay and Tuvok." Yerid nods.