 | Luckily Chakotay stops her with a hand on her shoulder just as she is about to dip the container into the fluid. He tells her: "Let's find Tom and Harry first. We'll collect the deuterium later."
Seven: "As you wish." |
 | Chakotay: "Maybe they found some shelter inside."
They go further inside the cavern. |
 | Suddenly Chakotay loses his footing and slips! He manages to grab hold of the edge of the precipice. Far below him is a pool of liquid and certain death!
Seven exclaims: "Commander!" |  |
 | She struggles to pull him up. |  |
 | Suddenly Paris appears and helps haul Chakotay to safety. |
 | Chakotay and Seven are amazed - Paris is not wearing his environmental suit! |
 | The hostile environment of the Demon planet surface. |
| Paris: "Good to see you guys. Welcome to the Demon planet." He explains what happened: "Our suits were corroding, our lungs were burning. We were suffocating! You know what they say about your life passing before your eyes? Well, it's true. I was finally getting past puberty when suddenly I lost consciousness. I don't know how long I was out but, the next thing I knew, I was awake, and I was breathing normally. And I looked over at Harry. He was breathing normally too, with his helmet off. And, and we just looked at each other, and we just started laughing! I know it sounds crazy, but it was an exhilarating experience!"
Seven has been scanning him. "His vital signs are normal. Apparently he has adapted." Chakotay is cautious. To Paris: "Just the same, we'd better let the Doctor take a look at you." He tries to open a com. channel. "Chakotay to Voyager." Paris: "I've already tried that. The com. signal can't get out of the caves." Chakotay: "Then we'll call again when we get back outside." Paris: "I'm telling you, Chakotay. It was an amazing experience. It," hesitating as he finds the right way to explain it, "it's like when you're a kid who's afraid of the water, and you suddenly realise that you can swim. Go ahead, take your helmets off. Try it." Chakotay: "I'm glad you're feeling alright, but none of us should be taking any risks until we know exactly what's going on." Paris: "Don't tell me that a big, tough guy like you is afraid of a little poisoned atmosphere." Chakotay ignores the goad. "Where's Harry?" Paris: "He's further inside the cave. We found a huge cache of deuterium." Chakotay is concerned about Kim, not about deuterium. "Let's find him and get you two back to the ship." Paris: "Whatever you say, boss, but I'm telling you we could breathe this air forever." |
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| In engineering, the engineers are busy making repairs to the ship's systems.
Ensign Vorik approaches Torres and reports: "Lieutenant." Torres does not look up but continues working with two PADDs she is holding: "Yes." Vorik: "We should have transporters back online within the hour." Torres is on edge. Tom Paris, the man she loves, is missing on a dangerous planet. Her tone is light but sarcastic, unconsciously taking it out on Vorik: "Well, that's great, but right now I'm more concerned with little things like, oh, I don't know, say, life support." Vorik, who is Vulcan, replies matter-of-factly: "Indeed. According to my calculations, environmental systems will cease to function in two hours." Torres: "You say that like you're giving me the weather report." Vorik: "I agree the situation is dire, but losing our cool will not help matters." Torres: "'Losing our cool'? Where did you pick up that expression?" Vorik: "Mr Paris." Torres: "Well, there's hope for you yet. Now, how about giving me a hand?" |
| Further inside the cavern, Kim is staring around him in wonder. Like Paris, he is feeling exhilarated.
Chakotay: "Harry!" Kim: "Commander." Enthusiastically: "Isn't it incredible?" Paris: " That's what I've been trying to tell them." Chakotay: "Are you feeling ok, Harry?" Kim: "Never better. If we could get some mobile transporters down here, we could mine enough deuterium to get us all the way to the Alpha Quadrant and back again." Chakotay: "Tom tells me you've already picked up 20 kilos. That should be enough to get the main systems back online. Let's get back to the ship, have the Doctor take a look at you." Kim: "I'd rather stay here and keep working if it's all the same to you." Chakotay: "It's not." Kim tries to insist. "Really, Commander, I'm fine. You should send some more personnel out to help. They won't even need environmental suits." Chakotay: "I appreciate your enthusiasm but we're going back to Voyager, NOW." Paris: "It's all right, Harry. Once the Doc takes a look at us and sees we're fine we'll get right back to work." On Voyager, the fuel shortage is getting desperate. On the Bridge, Janeway asks Tuvok: "Status, Mr Tuvok?" Tuvok: "I've shut down life support everywhere but Decks 1 and 5. It should provide us with an extra hour of breathable air." Chakotay, via comms: "Chakotay to Voyager." Janeway, via comms: "Janeway here." Chakotay, via comms: "We found Tom and Harry." Janeway, via comms: "First good news I've had all day. What about the deuterium?" Chakotay, via comms: "We've got a few kilos. We're on our way back to Voyager now." Janeway, via comms: "What's your position?" Chakotay, via comms: "About two kilometres from the ship." Tuvok draws Janeway's attention and she goes to his station and looks at his read-outs: "Captain." Janeway, via comms: "Transporters are coming back online. We should be able to beam you back from that distance, but it may take a few minutes." Chakotay, via comms: "Have the Doctor standing by. I think he's going to want to look at Tom and Harry." |
 | In Sickbay, Neelix is sound asleep and snoring. Suddenly the Doctor enters the main Sickbay area. He is feeling very cheerful as he calls: "Computer, lights. Maximum illumination." Neelix and the crew are startled awake. They feel groggy. Brightly the Doctor calls: "Everybody up!" He goes over to Neelix and claps his hands to help rouse him. "Rise and shine, Mr Neelix!" |
 | Neelix, still half-asleep: "What's going on?" |
 | Cheerily the Doctor removes Neelix's blanket and tells him brightly: "It's checkout time!" |
 | Neelix protests: "It's the middle of the night!"
Doctor: "Medicine knows no time clock." He is preparing the medical instruments he might need. "I've got patients on the way and there's no more room at the inn." |
 | Neelix is wide awake at the word 'patients'. "Patients. Is somebody sick?"
Doctor: "I can't answer that until I've examined them, now can I?" Neelix: "Examine who?" Doctor: "Ensign Kim and Lieutenant Paris." Neelix is concerned. "Is there anything I can do to help?" Doctor: "Yes - you and your friends can vacate the premises." Neelix acts immediately. He chivvies the crewmembers: "Move! Right, you heard the Doctor. This is an emergency evacuation. Move! Move! Move!" They leave Sickbay. |
 | As he himself goes to leave, he stops for a final word: "Doctor." |
 | Doctor: "Yes?"
Neelix: "Thanks for your hospitality. And if you ever need a place to stay, my door's always open." |
 | He goes, leaving the Doctor feeling that Neelix, not him, won their sparring. |
 | Janeway tells the transporter officer: "Energise."
The away team is beamed aboard Voyager.  transporter |
 | But immediately Paris and Kim start choking! |
 | Janeway looks on, horrified. She orders the transporter officer: "Beam Tom and Harry to Sickbay!" and immediately heads there herself. |
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