Episode Synopsis
Voyager becomes infested with Sbaracs and the crew realise the true terror of Thairo's curse.

Guest Stars
Marill as herself
Clive Martin as Evil C
Nicolas Brendan as James (Johnstone)

Written By
Marill

Written
7th, 8th, 10th & 11th November 2001

Episode Based In
November 2377

Sickbay:
The Doctor walked into his office, he then walked into the lab. After pressing some buttons on the station, the Doctor walked upto the wall console then opened a small door. He took out a small grey container. The Doctor then closed the door and he walked back into the main part of Sickbay, without even taking his eyes off the container. Lena strode in as the Doctor put the container onto the console he stopped at.

"I hope you'll give me more information today, my little friend," the Doctor said. Lena burst out laughing.

"Do you always talk to yourself, Doc?" she said questioningly.

"No of course not. Er... what can I do for you?" the Doctor replied.

"Harry told me that you're a hairdresser," Lena replied.

The Doctor smiled slightly. "Ah, I see. What would you like me to do to your hair?" he asked.

Lena took out a PADD and she handed it to the Doctor.

"My actress's hair caught my eye, I want my hair like hers," Lena replied.

The Doctor's smiled faded away quickly. "No offense, Lena, but that hair looks a mess. It looks all over the place, and there is no sign of a natural hair colour," the Doctor said.

"It's meant to look 'all over the place', and having an unnatural hair colour is, how can I put it? Yeah, it stands out from the crowd, gets you noticed," Lena said.

"With purple dye in your hair it would be no surprise that everyone noticed you," the Doctor muttered.

"Since when are you the expert, you have no hair of your own!" Lena snapped.

"Fine, I'll do your hair tomorrow night. Just answer one question, why do you want to change the way your hair is now? It's nice the way it is," the Doctor asked.

"It's kinda Morgan's hair," Lena replied.

"Ohno, not this again," the Doctor muttered.

"I want a new look," Lena said.

"Why do you say Morgan like the name belongs to somebody else?" the Doctor asked.

"In a way it does, Doccy. Mum told me I should make a fresh start," Lena replied.

"Does that mean you'll reconsider drinking Cherry Coke and alcohol?" the Doctor asked.

"I'll not go that far," Lena replied.

"Can I ask you one more question?" the Doctor asked.

"I believe you just did, but go ahead, knock yourself out," Lena replied.

"If I started some counselling sessions for any member of the crew would you come?" the Doctor asked.

"Even if I had a problem I wouldn't come to you. No offense Doc, but I think you're the one who needs help, not me. I wasn't the one who was talking to a container," Lena replied.

"Fine, do what you want," the Doctor muttered.

Lena grinned and then she walked out.

The Mess Hall:
The atmosphere was normal in the room. Neelix was happily cooking some sort of food, and unknown crewmembers were at tables talking among themselves.

James and Craig were sitting at a table near the far replicator.

"Somehow, I don't think that'll work," James muttered.

"Why's that? Explain it to me Genius, you know all the answers," Craig said as he folded his arms across his chest.

"Firstly it's the oldest trick in the book, she'll not fall for it. Secondly, if Lena liked you in the way that you like her, then she would of told either Jessie or me, or maybe if she was still friends with Tani she would tell her," James said.

"That's what you think, Lena's a very secretive person. Also most girls hide their crushes from even their own friends. Did Jessie ever tell you if she had a crush on anybody?" Craig asked.

James thought, "crap, if I say that she has then he'll make my life a misery. If I say that she hasn't then it'll make it look like I'm wrong."

"Er... I can't remember," he replied.

"She hasn't has she, I prove my point," Craig said.

"Fine, do what you want. Don't listen to me, you've never had a girlfriend in your life yet you seem to know how to get one," James said.

"Oh yeah. You can talk. That Simon guy in Resistance told me that you went out with Jessie years ago. That's quite sad since you've only had one girlfriend in your miserable twenty eight years of existence," Craig said.

"One's better than none," James muttered. Craig stood up and he put his hands on his hips. He immediately put one down

"I'm not going to take this abuse from you. I'm leaving," Craig said angrily and he stormed off. On the way out he passed Tom and Harry.

They both walked over to James.

"Okay, what did you say?" Tom asked.

"I was just telling him the truth," James replied.

"Yeah, the truth nearly always hurts more than lies," Harry said.

"You're right. Let me demonstrate. You're a stupid girly haired freak, who couldn't get off with a girl even if they were hypnotised," Tom said.

Harry started crying and he ran towards the door.

"Er, Harry, I was insulting James, not you," Tom said. Harry came back, his face was bright red.

"Oh yeah, of course," he stuttered.

James stood up. "Strange, I thought he was talking about himself," he said, and he walked towards the door.

"Hey, I can't get off with a girl coz I'm married, you dimwit!" Tom yelled.

"Does that mean all the other things you said is true?" Harry asked.

"No of course not," Tom muttered in response.

The Ready Room:
"When I said make a fresh start I didn't mean dye your hair purple," Kathryn said.

Lena shrugged her shoulders. "What are you going to do," she muttered.

"I'll tell you what. The Doctor told me about the counselling sessions, you're going to them," Kathryn said.

"I'm not insane, anyway if I went to him for counselling I'd probably turn insane," Lena said.

"That's probably a good point, but you do need help. You still haven't recovered from the 'True Q' episode," Kathryn said.

"I'm fine, I don't need help. If I want to dye my hair purple then I should be allowed too, it doesn't mean I'm nuts," Lena said.

"It's not just that. I mean Tani told me that you said to her that she fell out with Morgan, not you. You say your old name like if it was somebody else's name," Kathryn said.

"You said make a fresh start, how can I if..." Lena said.

"Lena, you're twisting my words. Do yourself a favour, change your name back to Morgan," Kathryn said.

"No, I like this name, Morgan's more of a boy's name, and it's more common as a surname," Lena said.

"It's just a name," Kathryn groaned.

"Yeah, if it's just a name then why do you want me to change my new one back to it?" Lena asked.

"Lena, do you want my help or not?" Kathryn asked.

"No, not really," Lena replied.

Kathryn groaned again. "Well at least let me explain what I meant by making a fresh start."

Lena folded her arms across her chest. "Fine, knock yourself out," she said.

"I meant forget about what happened, do new things, get yourself a boyfriend, make up with Tani, give up alcohol," Kathryn said.

"I've done, or tried to do most of those anyway," Lena muttered.

"I know, my point is you've been trying too hard, and you've been confusing people as you do it," Kathryn said.

"Listen, if I never mention the name Morgan again, and get a bloody boyfriend, will that shut you up?" Lena asked.

"I suppose so, yes," Kathryn replied.

"Fine, consider it done," Lena muttered and she walked out.

Kathryn sighed and she picked up her coffee cup.

Craig's Quarters:
Craig opened his door to see Lena.

"Hi Lena, what do you want?" Craig asked.

"Can I just use your replicator, I need a few things, and I haven't got any rations left," Lena asked.

"Sure," Craig replied. He stepped to the side to let Lena in. The door closed swiftly after her.

She then walked over to his replicator.

"I was thinking, do you want to go to the Holodeck tonight, I know this really cool program," Lena asked.

"Well, I've got plans," Craig muttered.

Lena finished with the replicator and she turned to face him.

"Really? What are they?" she asked.

"Lisa asked me out," Craig replied.

Lena stared at him in shock and disbelief.

"A girl asked you out!" she yelled.

"Yeah, don't act so surprised. You're a girl and you just asked me out before," Craig said.

"I thought you liked me better than her anyway. It's just a little game I found in the ship's database," Lena said.

"Sorry Lena, I've been rejected by you and other girls too many times. This is one of the very rare times where a girl actually asks me out, I'm not missing out," Craig said.

"If she was the ugliest, and the most evil girl in the universe would you still be willing to go out with her?" Lena asked.

"I dunno, anyway Lisa's far from that description," Craig replied.

"Fine, do what the hell you want. I just wanted a friend to come with me to check out this program. But if you've got more important things to do I understand. I'll ask someone who's most likely to say yes," Lena said.

"And who's that?" Craig asked in a worried voice.

"Tani isn't my friend anymore. Besides you said it yourself, I was asking you out, so I may as well find another guy to go with. So I'll ask James," Lena said and she stormed out. She thought, "that should get him to Jealous Level Fifteen."

Craig thought, "Crap! I couldn't of picked a worse time."

The Bridge:
"Lisa, that's a good one," Jessie laughed.

"Yeah, it sounds a little suspicious," Lena muttered.

"Suspicious, why's that?" James asked in a nervous tone of voice.

"I have a feeling you know what's going on, so spill it," Lena said.

"I don't know what you're talking about, I only found out a few seconds ago," James said.

"She's right, you act like you know something," Jessie said.

"Maybe Lisa told him that she was going to stand him up," Lena said.

"I haven't talked to Lisa in ages," James said.

"You know something though, I can tell," Lena said.

"Fine, I know one thing, Lisa's not going to stand him up," James said.

"And why do you think that?" Jessie asked.

"Er, I have a hutch," James replied.

Lena gave him a puzzled look. She quickly had a look at James' back, Jessie gave her a strange glare.

"Really? I don't see it," Lena said. James and Jessie tried not to laugh.

"Not hunch, a hutch," James said.

"A rabbit hutch? What's that got to do with Lisa and Craig?" Lena asked.

"For a Borg, you don't know very much," Jessie muttered.

"When somebody has a hutch about something they have this strange feeling that, you know, something is definitely going to happen, even though there's no evidence that it will happen," James said.

"That's a stupid word," Lena muttered.

"Too be honest, I was pretty sure it was hunch," Jessie said.

"Who cares?" James said.

"Well, what I'd like to know is if Lisa's not going to stand Craig up, then what's going to happen?" Lena asked.

"I know it's hard to believe, Lena, but Craig may have a girlfriend," James said.

"Heh, yeah right. Most of the entire main cast will be killed off in this episode, and Harry and Evil C have a fight over Emma," Lena muttered.

"Uhoh, you've done it now," Jessie said.

"I don't know what you're problem is Lena, it's not like you fancy him," James said.

"That's a funny one," Lena muttered.

"Lena loves Craig, Lena loves Craig," Jessie chanted.

"Tom is over there you know, I can easily let the truth about Duncan slip out," Lena said.

"You're no fun," Jessie muttered.

In: "Torres to Rex, can you come to Engineering, I need to talk to you."

"Yeah, I'm on my way," Jessie said.

She headed towards the turbolift. The doors opened, and Kathryn stepped out. Jessie went into the turbolift. Lena watched as Kathryn headed straight into her Ready Room.

"Damn, I think you and Jess were right," Lena muttered.

"About what?" James asked.

"About Craig, it's the only reason I can think of, other than I'm obsessed," Lena replied.

"Maybe you are obsessed," James said.

"I'm not an obsessive person," Lena muttered as Emma walked over to them, with a bottle of Cherry Coke in her hands. "Ooh Cherry Coke," Lena said as she snatched the bottle away.

"Hey, that's mine!" Emma moaned.

"So?" Lena said.

"I'll set my chain-saw onto you," Emma growled.

"Calm down, Em, it's only one bottle. You can easily get another one," James said.

"Em? How dare you!" Emma screeched and she stormed out.

"See, she's the obsessive one. So, can you do me a big favour?" Lena asked.

"Depends, what is it?" James replied.

"Spy on Craig's 'date'," Lena said.

"No way, I'm not doing it. You fancy him, you do it," James said.

"I'll look stupid," Lena moaned.

"So will I," James said.

"You should be used to it by now," Lena said.

"For that, I'm not helping you," James said.

"Fine, we'll both spy on him. Then we'll look less stupid," Lena said.

"If you're going to be there, why do I have to be there?" James asked.

"I just said, it'll make us look less stupid," Lena replied.

"Why do I have to do it, though?" James asked.

"Because you're gullible," Lena replied.

"No, I'm not," James muttered.

"Really, whatever you say. Just help me. Friends help each other," Lena said.

"Fine, but if the unthinkable happens then don't blame me when I lose my dinner," James said.

"I told you, you were gullible. Besides, it's Lisa, what's the worse that could happen. It's not like she's going to kiss him or something," Lena said.

"You don't know Lisa well, do you?" James asked.

"No, why?" Lena replied questioningly.

"She's one of those quiet sluts. She looks shy and innocent, but believe me, she's not," James replied.

"But it's Craig," Lena said.

"Yeah, I know he's not the most popular guy on the ship, but in Lisa's point of view, he's just another customer of hers," James said.

"Er, Craig wouldn't do anything though," Lena muttered.

"Really? This is his first real date, his first real girlfriend... well I can't say it might be his first real kiss, cos he's already had a one off with a girl called Morgan, whoever she is," James said.

"You're really asking for a slap," Lena growled.

"I don't remember asking for a slap," James said in a confused tone of voice.

"Don't be a dope," Lena muttered.

"I take it you're jealous of this Morgan person then," James said. Lena passed him an icy deathglare, he didn't notice. "Whatever you do, don't get into a fight with her, she's a Slayer, so she'll probably kick the crap out of you," James said. At this point he notices the deathglare.

"Speaking of kicking the crap out of, you're really p****ng me off," Lena said, almost like a growl.

"I was only joking, you said it yourself, you're not Morgan," James said.

"Yeah, but what you don't know is that I'm getting that kinda crap off everybody else, not to mention the slut remarks. The last thing I want is a friend p****ng me off like that," Lena said.

Kathryn emerged from her Ready Room, she stopped and watched Lena and James.

"All right, I'll stop," James said.

"Good, now you'll meet me outside my quarters at 2100 hours. If you're not there, you will be sooner or later," Lena said.

"Can't we find a better place to meet?" James asked.

"There's nothing wrong with my meeting place," Lena growled.

"Oh yes there is," Kathryn said. Lena jumped slightly and she turned around.

"Oh, that's why," Lena muttered.

"Out of all the lads on this ship, you chose him," Kathryn said and she folded her arms.

"What she talking about?" James asked.

"Er... it's not what you think," Lena replied.

"I told her to maybe find a boyfriend, as one of the things she could do to make a fresh start," Kathryn said.

"Mum, don't be stupid," Lena said.

"So why are you meeting him outside your quarters?" Kathryn asked.

"Er... you don't want to know," Lena replied.

"That makes me feel a lot better," Kathryn said as Tom walked over, with a smirk on his face.

"Oh so you can get off with girls," Tom said sarcastically.

"Oh for god's sake, I'll tell you why we're meeting," Lena said.

"Do you really want to do that?" James asked.

"We're just going to plan our next prank on the Doc, so don't tell anyone, or it'll spoil it," Lena said.

"Ooh, can I help?" Tom asked.

"No!" Lena and James said in unison.

"Fine, that's better than what I thought you were meeting about," Kathryn said.

"Mum, you should know me better than that," Lena said.

"Whatever. Tell me, have you decided against your purple hairstyle?" Kathryn asked.

"No, why do you ask?" Lena asked.

"It's just it looks like you've got those yellow and red streaks in your hair again," Kathryn said.

"Must be the light," Lena stuttered.

"It better be," Kathryn said and she headed towards her chair.

"Why did you really dye your hair like that?" James asked.

"Meh, I couldn't wait until tomorrow's appointment," Lena replied.

Tuvok's console started beeping.

"Captain, a Borg ship is right in front of us," he said.

"Tom, how come you didn't see it?" Chakotay asked.

"Er, well, I wasn't playing Tetris on my computer, that's for sure," Tom replied. Almost everybody collapsed Pokémon style.

"Oh well, everybody, you the know the drill," Kathryn said.

"Yep, getting ready for Plan Z," Chakotay said.

"Plan Z, we never use it, too be honest I've never heard of it," Kathryn said.

"Yeah because I've just made it up right this second," Chakotay said.

"Uhoh," Tom muttered.

"I say we beam Annika over there," Chakotay said.

"Then we blow the ship up!" Lena yelled.

"No, I've got a better idea," Chakotay said.

"What then?" everyone said in unison.

"I've just detected bugs over there, millions of them. There's a good chance that they're killer bugs," Chakotay said.

"Eew, bugs," Tom said quietly, and he shuddered.

"Cool, but I don't see the point of this," Kathryn said.

"Since when is their a point to anything in Fifth Voyager?" Chakotay asked.

"Now that would be a good point, if we were not in Fifth Voyager," Kathryn replied.

"Now I'm confused," Harry muttered.

"Captain, the Commander was correct. The ship is infested with bugs. If my sensors are working, they are Sbaracs," Tuvok said.

"I was right, they are killer bugs," Chakotay said.

"All right, Chakotay, it's your idea, so you can do the honours," Kathryn said. Chakotay nodded and he sat back in his chair. He fiddled with the console at his right side.

The Borg Ship:
Annika suddenly dematerialised in a dark corridor. She looked around, with a confused expression on her face.

"What the....?" she muttered.

She was interrupted by that very familiar sound of Sbaracs running. Then she saw a swarm of them heading toward her. She screamed and she tried to run away in the opposite direction. The Sbaracs caught up and they had their lunch.

One Sbarac thought, "eew, there's not much meat on this thing."

Only a few Sbaracs ate, most ran off.

One Sbarac thought, "oh cool, there's a lot of meat on this part. Ouch! It's made of plastic!"

Voyager:
"Oh I forgot," Chakotay muttered.

"What?" Tom asked.

"Annika is all skin and bones, apart from you know where," Chakotay said.

"Chakotay, those mustn't of been real, they must of been implants of some sort," Kathryn said.

"Most likely," Chakotay said. Tom laughed slightly.

"Yeah, the Sbaracs could feed off that area for years, providing they aren't made of hard plastic," Tom said.

"Like a Barbie doll?" Lena said questioningly.

"Exactly," Tom said.

"Oh who cares, status of the ship Mr Tuvok," Kathryn said.

"The ship has been badly damaged, Captain. There are no lifesigns," Tuvok said.

"How was it damaged?" Kathryn asked.

"From the inside. It would seem that the circuitry and everything has been eaten away," Harry replied.

"So the Sbaracs probably ate all the drones, but what ate the technology?" Chakotay asked.

"Sbaracs," Lena replied.

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the Sbaracs just eat flesh?" Tom asked.

"They do, but I heard that Sbaracs absorb electricity from wires and circuits," Lena replied.

"So we shouldn't go aboard the ship, right?" Tom asked nervously.

"Since when haven't you liked bugs?" Chakotay asked.

"I hated them when I was a kid. When I was five a bug crawled up into my bed, and I woke up with it on my face. I got over the fear, until I saw those damn Sbaracs in 'Kiss of Death'," Tom replied.

"Most bugs are harmless, Lieutenant," Tuvok said with his usual stern, steady voice.

"That's not the point," Tom muttered.

"Captain, I'm detecting a Human lifesign," Harry said.

"But there were no lifesigns before," Kathryn said.

"Some sort of energy field keeps blocking his lifesigns. We wont be able to beam him onto the ship," Harry said.

"Can't we use those things you usually put around the person to beam him or her up?" Lena asked.

"Yes, we can do that. Good idea, Lena," Kathryn replied.

"Tom, Lena I want you to go with the Doctor & Kiara," Chakotay said.

"Why me?" Tom asked in a nervous voice.

"I suppose to toughen you up," James replied.

"You what?" Tom asked.

"My dad used to beat me when I was three, to try and toughen me up. So I suppose going on a ship with bugs on it, is pretty mild compared to that," James replied.

"They're flesh eating bugs, you dimwit! I, personally would prefer to be beaten off my dad at three than be eaten by those bugs," Tom said.

James tapped his commbadge. "Neelix, you said you wanted some chicken, there's one on the Bridge. And it's a big one too."

"Oh fine, I'll go! I'm not a chicken!" Tom exclaimed.

Lena walked over to him, and she dragged him into the turbolift.

A few minutes later Neelix ran onto the Bridge.

"Okay, where's the chicken?" he asked. Harry pointed his finger at James.

"Hey! If you knew what I was going to do tonight you wouldn't be calling me a chicken," James pouted.

"I thought you were just reprogramming the Doctor," Kathryn said.

"It's a rather scary prank, yeah that'll do," James said.

"Ohno, it's not going to be the tutu thing again," Harry muttered.

The Borg Ship:
Tom, Lena, Kiara & the Doctor dematerilised in a dark corridor. The interior was dark and there was wreckage everywhere. A few aliens, with very few Borg implants, littered the floor. Sparks from a nearby console blinded them slightly.

Tom turned his head to the right, and to the left really quickly. "No human here, lets go," he said nervously.

"Stop being a coward, you're making James look like James Bond," Lena said.

"That'll be the day," Kiara muttered.

Tom's flashlight shone on a corpse. "Oh my god, guys, take a look at this," he said.

Lena, Kiara & the Doctor walked over to the corpse. Lena shuddered like she usually did. The corpse's skin had melted away.

"Oh, now who's a coward," Tom muttered.

"I'm not scared, I just shudder when I see dead people," Lena said.

The Doctor knelt down and he pulled out a tricorder.

"No sign of any weapon signatures, this is definitely the result of the Sbaracs," he said.

"What else would of done this," Lena said as she tried not to look at the body.

"Where did the Sbaracs come from, Lena? They couldn't of appeared out of nowhere. I believe some aliens boarded the ship," the Doctor said.

"Yeah right, did they have a pet Sbarac that got loose from it's leash?" Lena said sarcastically.

"Well you explain how the Sbaracs got aboard the ship?" the Doctor said.

"Maybe the ship stopped by Thairo. These, er people, have had most of their implants taken out. They must of been the resistance, so they might of beamed down to the surface. And one idiot might of beamed a few aboard to study them," Lena said.

"That's more realistic," Kiara said.

"No it isn't, why would they study such creepy creatures like Sbaracs?" Tom asked.

"Because they're not a wuss like you," Lena replied.

The Sbarac running sound startled everyone. The sound was most definately emanating from a higher deck.

"What was that?" Kiara asked nervously.

Lena turned to her.

"Sounds like Sbaracs," she replied. The Doctor turned to Tom, and he smiled.

"She said Sbaracs," he said

"Oh s**t, they're only on one deck higher than us!" Tom stuttered.

"Take it easy, Tommy. If you stay quiet they wont come after you," Lena said.

The Doctor smiled again. His tricorder bleeped and he pressed some controls.

"What is it now?" Lena asked.

"Strange, there's now three lifesigns. Human, Ktarian, and Bajoran," the Doctor replied.

"So where are they coming from?" Tom asked.

"Just over twenty metres down this corridor," the Doctor replied.

"Okay, here's the plan. The Doctor and I will check out the Borg's last sensor logs and download it into the Doc's tricorder. Lena, Kiara, you two will go and check out our survivors, since Lena only seems to like alive people," Tom said.

"Haha, very funny Tom," Lena muttered.

Tom and the Doctor walked over to a Borg Distribution Node. Lena and Kiara continued walking down the corridor.

Lena tried not to look at the corpses as they walked passed them. Lena and Kiara stopped when reached three closed regeneration units.

"This is where the lifesigns are coming from. I think these are Borg Stasis units but most of the components are really strange," Lena said.

She moved her hand towards the unit but a Borg forcefield forced her hand back. "That's strange, I thought I would of been able to get my hand through," Lena said.

"Can't you lower the forcefield?" Kiara asked.

"I think so, I'll need several minutes," Lena replied.

"Wait a minute, how is there a forcefield operating when all power is offline?" Kiara asked.

"Borg forcefields are generated by the drones. The three ex drones in the stasis units will power the forcefield," Lena replied.

"Can we still beam them out?" Kiara asked.

"We can't beam them all at once with that forcefield around the stasis units. Beaming one out will weaken the forcefield, we'll be able to beam the others out then," Lena said.

"Then do it then," Kiara said.

"You don't tell me what to do," Lena growled.

Meanwhile:
The Doctor and Tom continued to work on the Node. The Doctor managed to open a panel. Tom looked down at the Engineering kit. "Get that for me, Doc," he said. The Doctor knelt down to pick it up.

Tom turned his head to look at the panel. "Doctor!" he yelled, he backed away from the panel.

"What is it?" the Doctor asked.

Tom pointed at the panel. The Doctor looked inside the panel. "Tom, it's dead," he said. He pulled out his medical tricorder and he scanned it. "It had an overdose of electricity, the power in the node was too intense," the Doctor said.

Tom sighed and he walked back towards the panel.

"I think I should take it back onto the ship to study it," the Doctor said.

"Yeah, I suppose so," Tom stuttered.

Meanwhile:
Lena tapped her commbadge. "Janeway to Voyager, we're ready," she said.

In: "Right, Lena, we have a lock on the human."

Lena and Kiara waited a few seconds.

In: "We have the Human in Sickbay."

Lena and Kiara heard consoles beeping over the commlink.

In: "We're picking up trans-warp signatures, we're beaming you out of there."

Later that night, Lena's Quarters:
"How long are they going out?" James asked.

"I dunno, if I knew I would just spy on them at the beginning and end of the date, not the whole thing," Lena replied as she put more blonde streaks in her hair, in front of the mirror.

"You know I do have more better things to do than spy on Craig scoring," James said.

"Ohno, you're not backing out now. You can go out with Jess another time," Lena said. She put the dye back on her table. She picked up the red dye.

"I wasn't planning on doing that," James muttered.

"Then what were your plans?" Lena asked.

"Me and Jess were planning to finish off the Roses Are Red adjustments," James replied.

"You mean, Knives Are Red?" Lena asked.

"Yeah," James replied.

"You can do that tomorrow, okay," Lena said as she put the red dye back on the table. She headed straight for the door. "Lets go then," she said as she walked out. James followed her.

Even later that night:
Craig and Lisa were going down the corridor, talking quietly. Lisa looked behind her briefly, and she looked forward.

"What's up?" Craig asked.

"I think someone's following us," Lisa replied. Craig looked behind him and he turned back around.

"I don't see anyone," Craig said.

"Well rumour has it that Lena and James were planning on spying on us," Lisa said.

"That's good isn't it," Craig said quietly as they both stopped outside Craig's quarters.

"Yeah, I suppose. But I have a plan," Lisa said.

"Really, what is it?" Craig asked.

Lena and James looked around the corner. Lena stepped back, but James didn't.

"James!" Lena whispered angrily, and she pulled him back. "Do you want them to see you," Lena whispered.

"Isn't that going a little too far?" Craig asked.

"Yeah, that'll be get her to jealous level five," Lisa said.

"What did she say?" Lena asked quietly.

"I dunno," James muttered.

"We need to get closer, I cannot hear anything," Lena whispered.

"We can't get any closer, unless we want to be seen," James said.

"Oh fine, lets just get this over with," Craig said quietly.

Lena and James stared in shock as Lisa kissed Craig briefly. She then walked away. Craig went into his quarters.

"Eew, that can't be good," Lena muttered.

"I need to go and throw up somewhere, see you later," James said and he rushed off.

Lena just stood, staring at the door. Eventually she walked away.

The next day, Sickbay:
Kathryn, Chakotay, Lena and Kiara walked through the main door.

"Report, Doctor," Kathryn said.

"This drone seems to have full Borg implants. This is strange because the drones on the ship have had most of their implants removed. That's why we thought that the ship was a resistance ship," the Doctor said.

"Can you revive him?" Kathryn asked.

"Yes but I don't think he'll be in a good condition, he's been in the Collective for a long time," the Doctor replied.

"Doctor, he is the only one who can tell us how the Sbaracs got onto that ship," Kathryn said.

"Very well," the Doctor said.

He went over to the medical tray and he picked up a hypospray. He injected it into the drone's neck. The other four walked over to the biobed.

The drone slowly woke up.

"Where are we?" the drone asked.

"You're on the Federation Starship Voyager, I'm Captain Janeway," Kathryn said.

"We demand that you return this drone to the Borg," the drone said.

"We can't, you're vessel is badly damaged, and we can't risk our ship to return you to the Borg," Chakotay said.

"Release this drone, this vessel is in danger," the drone said.

"What do you mean by that?" Kathryn asked.

"You boarded our ship, you've infected this ship. Let me go! Please let me go!" the drone exclaimed.

The Doctor quickly used a hypospray on the drone.

"What was he talking about?" Chakotay asked as he looked at Lena. She was just standing with her arms folded.

"Meh, he just panicked. It's common for a drone to panic once released from the collective. Usually they believe that something is going to happen to them," the Doctor said.

"I remember Jessie panicking after being released from the collective," Kathryn said.

"Yeah, but that was probably because of her lack of hair," Lena muttered.

"I suppose you've got a point. Nobody else has shown these symptoms," Chakotay said.

"When the new Borg Queen took over, the Borg developed new and better ways to destroy severed drones because of the resistance. I believe that they drive them to insanity so that the drone would destroy itself," the Doctor said.

"How do you know about that?" Kiara asked.

"Er... interruption please?" the Doctor muttered.

"Ok, that's strange," Lena muttered. Everyone looked her way.

"What is it?" the Doctor asked.

"I think, no I am sensing another presence," Lena muttered. Kiara rolled her eyes.

"What do you mean?" Kathryn asked.

"It feels like there's somebody else in the room," Lena replied.

"It's just your imagination," Kiara muttered.

"I don't think so," Lena said.

The Mess Hall:
Lena, Emma, Tani, Evil C and Jessie were sitting at one of the large tables in the centre of the room.

"I wonder why nobody believes me. It's not that ridiculous, I am telepathic after all," Lena said.

"Yeah, isn't Harry cute," Emma muttered as she stared at Harry.

"Emma, is that all you ever think about?" Jessie asked.

"No, I think Tom and Chakotay are cute too," Emma replied. Everyone rolled their eyes in unison.

"I wish she would stop it. I'm sorta in control of my mind reading abilities, but it's not always certain. Right now Emma's really disturbing me," Lena said. Emma turned to her.

"Geez, I'm sorry," Emma muttered.

"So if your feeling is not a fake, who is haunting the ship?" Tani asked.

"Who knows, but I have a feeling we're going to find out soon enough," Lena replied.

The Astrometrix Lab:
Chakotay walked through the door.

He saw the drone there, standing next to Kiara. He had less implants than he did earlier.

"We have determined what probably happened on the Borg ship," Kiara said. The drone turned to face Chakotay.

"Well, our ship was heading for the planet you know as Thairo. A Maji fleet stopped us when we were in orbit. We managed to negotiate with them, so we could get supplies. A storm pulled the small sphere down, it crashed near a city called Naptwo. The sphere managed to get repaired and we left orbit a day later. A few hours later in the middle of transwarp, our ship started having technical problems. Also most of our people were disappearing by the minute," the drone said.

"So you think the Sbaracs got aboard the sphere when it crashed?" Chakotay asked.

"That's right," the drone replied.

"I have a feeling there's something else you want to tell me," Chakotay said.

"Yeah, you're right," Kiara said.

"The Sbaracs weren't the only ones that boarded our ship. Drones kept acting differently. We found out what was wrong, a spirit had come aboard and were taking over crewmembers," the drone said.

"Just in curiosity, I checked out the database that has information on Thairo's history. Supposably one of the passages in the Book of the Living casts this curse which makes the victims' bodies disintegrate, but leave their soul's intact," Kiara said.

"What's that got to do with anything?" Chakotay asked.

"The passage that Lena read out in 'The Resurrection' was the wrong one. The one she was suppose to read was the one that destroys both the body's and souls of the victims. She read out the one I mentioned," Kiara replied.

"Judging by the way the possessed crewmembers were acting, I think they were possessed by either this Iinan or Unu I heard about," the drone said.

Chakotay tapped his commbadge. "Chakotay to Bridge, Red Alert," he said. Over the intercom, they could hear the Red Alert siren coming on.

In: "Chakotay, what is it?"

"Captain, according to some evidence we have, Iinan and Unu were onboard that Borg ship, they may be on Voyager," Chakotay replied.

In: "So it was them Lena was sensing."

"Yes, so it would seem," Chakotay said.

In: "I'll contact the Dellia, they maybe able to help."

"Good idea, Chakotay out," Chakotay said.

"There's more," Kiara muttered.

"Humour me," Chakotay said.

"There's no way that the Sbaracs could of gotten in the sphere, even if it had crashed. The curse actually brings them into existence. Probably as soon as Iinan and or Unu had come aboard the ship the Sbaracs appeared," Kiara said.

"You don't think that because Iinan and Unu are onboard, the Sbaracs will be too," Chakotay said.

"Yeah, unfortunately," Kiara muttered.

"How will we know for sure when they're aboard?" Chakotay asked.

"They would probably appear on the most vital deck, first. I must warn you though. Iinan and Unu started possessing people as soon as we left orbit of the planet," the drone said.

"What's the point, what do they want?" Chakotay asked.

"They probably want their own body's back I suppose. They can still revive them. They'll probably try to capture their reincarnations so that they can do just that," Kiara replied.

"So Jessie and James are in more trouble than we are," Chakotay said.

"Yeah, I suppose," Kiara muttered.

"I want you and the drone to goto Deck 11, that should be the most vital deck. I want a transporter lock on you at all times" Chakotay said.

"His name is Terry," Kiara said.

"Whatever," Chakotay muttered and he walked out.

Paris's Quarters:
Tom walked in and he dumped his stuff on the table. He looked up to see Bryan sitting on sofa, sulking. Tom sat next to him.

"Why are you here, I thought you always hang around with Kiara," Tom asked.

"Kiara's with that Terry guy," Bryan replied.

"Oh I see. What about Naomi?" Tom asked.

"She's always after your best friend, plus she's a cow," Bryan replied.

"So, Kiara's with Terry, huh," Tom said quietly. He smiled.

"What?" Bryan asked.

"Why do I get the feeling that you don't like him?" Tom asked.

"I dunno. Well I don't like him, he seems really... mature. In other words boring," Bryan replied.

"Yeah, I see what you mean," Tom said and he laughed slightly.

"What now?" Bryan asked.

"He's about 18 and he's more mature than me, Harry, Craig and James put together," Tom replied.

"It's typical of a girl like her to hang around with a dull lad like him," Bryan said, he started laughing too.

The Bridge:
Craig was talking to Jessie, as she was at her usual station.

"That's the oldest trick there is," Jessie muttered.

"Yeah, but it usually works. Speaking of which, has she said anything yet?" Craig asked.

"Nope, but I have," Jessie replied.

"Really, and what did you say?" Craig asked.

"I said you were a little a**hole," Jessie replied.

"Oh thanks," Craig said.

"By the way, why did er, Lisa, kiss you?" Jessie asked.

"We knew that Lena was spying on us, so Lisa thought that if she did that it would make her more jealous," Craig replied.

"God, Lisa must be brave, or sad, or both," Jessie said.

Lena and James came out of the turbolift. They both headed towards Jessie & Craig. Lena glared at Craig briefly, he didn't seem to care. She then looked at James with a puzzled look on her face.

"That's strange," she muttered.

"What?" Jessie asked.

"I keep sensing a presence," Lena replied. Craig looked at her strangely.

"It might be us, you twit," he said.

"Excuse me!" Lena snapped. Everyone stared at her. "You have some nerve talking to me like that!" she yelled, and stormed back towards the turbolift. She stopped at the door, then walked back the way she came, took a tight hold of James' arm, and dragged him towards the turbolift.

"Hmm, since when has James become Lena's pet dog?" Jessie asked.

"I don't know, don't you even care?" Craig replied.

"No, why should I?" Jessie asked without looking up from the console.

"I know why you should... Jessie," Craig said in a strange way.

"Great, who told you," Jessie muttered.

"I figured it out for myself," Craig replied.

"That's nice, you know the drill. Don't tell anyone," Jessie said.

"I wont, if you do something for me," Craig said.

"What is it?" Jessie asked.

"I need you to help me find something," Craig replied. Jessie looked up at him.

"What do you need to find?" she asked. Craig just smiled.

Deck Eleven:
Kiara and Terry came out of the turbolift. Terry had even less Borg implants than before. He still had his eye piece totally covering his left eye. He had a single, but large nanoprobe in his right cheek. He now had a real arm instead of the artificial arm. He still had lots of implants on his left arm.

As he walked down the corridor he kept touching his new right arm.

"What's wrong?" Kiara asked.

"I haven't had a real arm for over a year. It feels weird," Terry said.

"I've always wondered what it's like to be Borg," Kiara muttered.

"It's a nightmare, believe me. I'm glad it's all over," Terry said.

The familiar sound of Sbaracs came quietly from the turbolift.

"Maybe, not everything is over," Terry muttered.

The sound grew closer as the lift came back to a stop on their deck.

"Kiara, run now!" Terry yelled.

Kiara just stared at the door, suddenly it opened. Millions of Sbaracs ran out of the lift. Both Kiara and Terry ran for their lives.

They both eventually reached Engineering with several other frightened crewmembers. Kiara waited at the door as one crewmember came around the corner.

The Sbaracs were too quick and the crewman was knocked onto the floor. In a matter of seconds he was covered in the bugs.

"Kiara, it's too late, seal the door!" Terry yelled. He was right, the bugs cleared and all that was left of the crewmember was charred flesh, torn clothes, and even bones.

"Kiara, what the hell is going on?" B'Elanna yelled. She came towards the door. "Oh my god!"

Terry pulled Kiara through the door, and it closed.

"Computer, seal the door!" Terry yelled.

Everyone stared at the door as the Sbaracs tried to break through the door, but failed.

"Where on earth did they come from?" B'Elanna said questioningly.

"It's the curse, long story," Kiara replied.

A crewman opened a console and it erupted thousands of Sbaracs. A few seconds later there wasn't much left of the crewman.

B'Elanna ran to another console. She keyed in some commands.

"Torres to Transporter Room Two, transport everyone in Engineering to Deck Five," she said.

In: "Aye Lieutenant."

Everyone dematerilised, the Sbaracs then roamed free around the entire room.

Captains Log Supplemental: Millions of Sbaracs have taken over Deck Eleven. I've evacuated the surrounding decks. Also Craig and Jessie have disappeared. According to Chakotay, we're facing another threat that's a lot more dangerous than the bugs themselves. That is why I'm sending Security Teams to find the pair before anything happens.

Deck Nine:
"As soon as dad mentioned Iinan & Unu, I thought that explains what is wrong with Craig," Lena said.

"I don't think Iinan possessed Craig so he could go out with Lisa," James said.

"No, you idiot! Craig knows his life is in danger when he mocks me, yet he still did," Lena said.

"Well, I could understand why Iinan hates you. You did kill him, and Unu," James said.

"Oh thanks for that," Lena muttered.

They both reached the Jeffries Tube leading to the Cargo Bay.

"So why didn't you tell Chakotay about this? I don't see why we have to look for them on our own," James said.

"Just when I thought you were getting braver. Listen, your girlfriend, and my, er, friend, may be in danger, we probably haven't got time to waste," Lena said.

"Yeah, you're right," James said.

"Cool, lets get going," Lena said.

Outside Cargo Bay (the one on Deck Ten):
Craig pushed a security officer into the wall. He tried to drag an unconscious Jessie into the Cargo Bay, but he just crashed into a forcefield.

Lena and James arrived on the scene.

Craig ripped open a panel and he pressed a few controls. The forcefield disappeared, and he ran through the door. The forcefield came back up again as Lena and James tried to get through.

Lena tapped her commbadge. "Janeway to Bridge, Craig has kidnapped Jessie. They're in the Cargo Bay on Deck Ten, but we can't get through the forcefield," she said.

In: "Lena, what the hell are you doing near Deck Eleven?"

Lena just shook her head and she tapped her commbadge again.

Inside the Cargo Bay, Craig dumped Jessie on the floor. As he headed over to the containers, Jessie woke up. Craig pulled out a rifle, he quickly turned around and he fired.

Outside, James managed to break down the forcefield using the console at the side wall. He and Lena then went into the room.

They both saw Jessie unconscious on the floor. The room's atmosphere was dusty.

Craig stood up and suddenly Jessie woke up. Craig aimed his phaser rifle at Lena and James. Jessie got up and she walked over to Craig. Both Lena and James noticed that she had a strange evil glint in her eye.

"Ok, we know who you are, so let her go," Lena said.

Craig pressed a few controls on his rifle, and he pointed it at Jessie.

"This will kill if I fire. You wouldn't want me to kill Jessie, or Craig, now would you?" Craig said questioningly.

James lowered his phaser. "What have you done to her?"

"It doesn't matter, my dear incarnation," Craig replied.

"Answer him!" Lena yelled.

Craig smiled and then he turned to Jessie.

"Unu owns this body now, if you don't lower your weapons I'll kill you all," Craig said.

James fired at Craig, he ducked just in time.

"Seems you've made your choice," Craig said. He fired at his rifle towards James, but he missed. The blast hit a container and it disintergrated. "It was a good thing I missed on purpose, I know that disintergration is extremely painful."

"What do you want?" Lena asked.

"For the moment, I just want my incarnation's body for the time being," Craig replied.

"I'm sure we could reach an agreement," Lena said, as she looked at James. She nodded her head slightly. James fired his phaser at Craig again. Craig didn't have time to duck and he fell to the ground. Jessie quickly picked up Craig's rifle, and she aimed it at Lena and James.

"I'm not a monster, I wont kill you," she said. She lowered her rifle slightly. "I surrender, what about you?"

"Let her go then