There is a foetus in a chamber. Seven turns to see a young girl and four boys,
both teen and pre-teen.) (Music)
BORG [OC]: State your designation.
Seven of Nine. These drones have not fully matured. Where are the others?
BORG [OC]: There are no others. (Music) The drones aboard this vessel were
(The eldest boy steps forward.) (Music) Deactivated. We are the Borg.
Seven of Nine. A Borg designation. (The young girl speaks.)
She's like us. (The other teen boy steps forward.)
Not like us. She's damaged. Her infrastructure has been removed.
We could fix her. You will add to our perfection.
You are neonatal drones. You should still be in maturation chambers.
We've matured long enough. Doubtful. Your thoracic nodes haven't formed yet.
You're incomplete. You'll continue to malfunction. You must return to your maturation chambers.
Comply. Don't listen to her.
We tried to go back in. The chambers were offline.
What happened to the adult drones? (Another pre-teen boy, one of a pair of twins.)
We don't know. Irrelevant. Don't tell
her anything. SEVEN;
This vessel has been severely damaged. You won't be able to repair it alone.
I can help you, but first you must release the hostages.
That wasn't the agreement. I've modified the agreement. I
didn't realise I'd be dealing with children. Your behaviour is erratic. I can't be certain that you
No modifications. We show you the hostages, you give us the deflector. Comply.
Comply! (music)
Take me to them. (Mezoti leads the way, and Icheb follows.)
If she tries to resist, assimilate her. [Cube - corridor]
Do you have a designation? Second.
You were the second to emerge from the chambers. No, the first. I could not establish order.
I became Second and he became First. SEVEN; So you've established a chain of
command, a hierarchy. We're a Collective.
A collective of five on a vessel normally run by five thousand.
What makes you think you'll survive? When we re-establish our link with the Borg,
they will come for us. [Assimilation chamber]
Commander, we've got company.
I wish to see if they're injured. (The forcefield is lowered.)
Seven? Don't let their
appearance fool you. They are in control of this vessel and all of its armaments. Are you injured?
Nothing serious. A previous tenant. We were trying to perfect our assimilation
techniques. You failed.
One of these captives was attempting to disconnect the security field.
Actually, I was just trying to (Mezoti shoots Paris.)
That was unnecessary. He is not permanently damaged.
He learnt his lesson.
The Borg are prepared to negotiate for your release. I will return for you.
Give my regards to Harry.
(Music) [Cube - corridor]
The deflector array.
I'm not authorised to give you technology. I must report back to Captain Janeway.
Agreed. I also need
to take an adult drone and a data node back to Voyager for analysis.
Why? Something happened on
this vessel that none of us understand. If it happens again, it could endanger all of you.
(Music) (Icheb nods.)