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Oh, oh...

Aah...

Oh, Gallia nectar, from a bIossom

which onIy grows near a certain Iake on Paxau

and bIooms once every six years.

SpeciaIty of the house.

This is a reaI pIace?

The Paxau resort was the pIace to go on TaIax

for serious reIaxation and some, uh, personaI pampering.

It was very excIusive.

You had to be rich and priviIeged

or know someone rich and priviIeged

who owed you a favor.

I'd say if anyone deserves and needs a IittIe pampering

it's this crew.

Don't you feeI

as if aII your cares are just Iight-years away?

Yeah, it's nice.

I'm certainIy open to any suggestions

for perfecting the program.

Maybe it couId use a IittIe more, uh...

fun.

Loosen it up.

Yeah, right.

Like this guy.

He's so... um...

formaI.

Computer, give the waiter a more casuaI Iook.

And have him serve Rekarri starbursts aII around.

Now what we need around here are some more peopIe.

Computer, add characters from Kim Sport Program Theta-2.

What sport wouId that be exactIy?

VoIIeybaII.

They're a championship team.

GoId medaI winners in 2216.

No wonder your game's improved.

You know, this wouId be even better with more upbeat music.

Computer, access the cuIturaI database

and create musicians from...

Earth's Caribbean region.

Now this is reIaxing.

More drinks for everyone!

And bring out some spicy paraka wings.

You can't have a party without food.

AII senior officers report to the Bridge.

Ah, great program, NeeIix.

Save it for us, wiII you?

I certainIy wiII.

Hey, how can you Iisten to this

without feeIing the urge to dance?

Sick Bay to Kes.

PIease report here immediateIy.

I've been informed we may have incoming casuaIties.

On my way, Doctor.

Captain, sensor readings indicate

that radiation inside the aIien vesseI

is rising to toxic IeveIs.

The Iife signs of the passengers are growing weaker.

Their warp core is heaviIy damaged.

It's Ieaking drive pIasma and gamma radiation.

It couId breach any time.

Can we beam the passengers out through aII that radiation?

Not from here.

We'd have to get within 5,000 kiIometers.

At that range, we'II be at risk if their engine core expIodes.

Lieutenant, take us into range.

Aye, Captain.

CIosing to within 5,000 kiIometers.

I'm diverting more power to the targeting scanners,

trying to get a pattern Iock.

There's stiII too much interference.

A IittIe cIoser, Tom.

Captain, I'm reading an energy buiIdup

in the reaction chamber.

Mr. Kim.

I've got a Iock.

Initiating transport.

They're Iosing antimatter containment.

ShieIds up. Move us away.

Aye, Captain.

AII major systems are undamaged.

I've got them, Captain.

AII three passengers are in Sick Bay.

I'm impressed.

Start with the dermaI regenerator

on the worst of the radiation burns

and scan for contamination of the surrounding tissue.

It's aII right. It's aII right.

We're taking care of you now.

You must Iie stiII.

You have internaI injuries.

My husband. Is he aII right?

I'II sedate you if necessary.

Doctor, his heart stopped.

He's not responding to cardiac induction.

Give him 20 miIIigrams of Iectrazine.

No effect.

His biochemistry is incompatibIe with our medications.

No synaptic activity.

The tissue damage is too extensive.

There's nothing more I can do for him.

Record the time.

No, you must save him!

Tieran...

I am so sorry.

He can't be gone.

He can't.

It was horribIe.

They chased us across haIf the sector.

We were finaIIy abIe to fight them off,

but not before our own ship was damaged.

Do you know who was chasing you?

This particuIar trade route

has aIways been pIagued by mercenaries and thieves.

I'm sure they wanted to take our ship

and hoId us for ransom.

I'm a very prominent physician

and Nori is a cousin of the Autarch.

We're gratefuI for your heIp, Captain.

We're compIete strangers to you, but we owe you our Iives.

I regret that we weren't abIe to save your husband as weII.

I know your medicaI staff did everything they couId.

And Kes has been so kind and compassionate

that I don't think I couId be making it through this time

without her.

I certainIy hope that bringing us home

won't take you too far out of your way.

Not at aII.

We'II reach IIari in Iess than two days.

When we arrive,

I am sure that the Autarch wiII want to thank you personaIIy.

I'II be very pIeased to meet him.

Oh...

HeIIo, B'EIanna.

Good to see you, too.

I was hoping you'd be Kes.

She was supposed to meet me here 20 minutes ago.

It's not Iike her to be Iate.

She must have gotten heId up with some work.

I wasn't sure you'd enjoy the program

with the new modifications Harry and Tom added.

WeII, I've made a few modifications of my own.

Thank you.

Great program, NeeIix.

Computer, Iocate Kes.

Kes is in Transporter Room 1.

Don't you worry about using a device

that takes apart your moIecuIes

and sends them fIying through space?

There are aII kinds of safety procedures and backup systems

to make sure nothing goes wrong.

NeeIix to Kes.

Kes here.

I hope you didn't forget our Iunch date in the hoIodeck?

I'm sorry. I'II be right there.

I have to go.

I'II see you Iater.

Are you feeIing aII right, sweeting?

It's just a sIight headache.

WeII, we shouId get you to Sick Bay.

I'II be fine.

ReaIIy.

After Iunch...

we couId go out for a saiI.

That sounds nice.

But can we do it some other time?

I promised to show Nori and Adin

the airponics bay this afternoon.

You certainIy seem to have hit it off with our guests.

You've been nearIy inseparabIe since they got here.

Nori reaIIy needs a friend right now.

I want to be there for her.

So I hope you understand that I'II be busy

with her and Adin for the next few days.

We can keep them busy together.

I'II arrange so many fun activities,

Nori won't have time to be sad.

We can start with a IoveIy picnic...

This is typicaI of you, NeeIix.

What? Wanting to heIp?

It bothers you that I'm making friends of my own.

You aIways have to invoIve yourseIf somehow.

Why, I...

I certainIy don't mean to intrude on your friendships.

You can spend time with anyone you want.

As Iong as I stiII spend most of it with you.

No. I...

I'd hope that you wouId want to be with me

at Ieast some of the time.

It's not a duty or an obIigation.

WeII, sometimes it feeIs that way.

If you feeI this way, why haven't you said so before?

Maybe...

I never reaIized a reIationship couId be any different.

I've never been with anyone but you.

It might be a good idea...

for both of us to spend some time apart.

I'm sorry.

Captain's Log, Stardate 50348.1.

We've entered orbit around IIari

and sent a message to the Autarch

inviting him to visit the ship.

Instead, he'II be sending an officiaI representative.

The Autarch might have taken

a personaI interest in our weIfare.

I'm sure he does.

Our message made it very cIear

that you had both compIeteIy recovered.

I'm so gIad you couId join us.

Beam our guest aboard.

I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway...

Commander, a phaser has been fired in Transporter Room 1.

Bridge to Janeway.

Emergency in Transporter Room...

They've activated a security aIert.

SeaI the door Iike I showed you.

There's a transport in progress.

BIock it.

I'm Iocked out.

Commander, it's one of the shuttIecraft.

Someone's beaming it into space.

They're right outside the door.

Everyone on the transporter pad now.

You're sure this is safe?

Maybe you'd rather stay here.

Commander, three peopIe just beamed to the shuttIe--

the two IIari... and Kes.

Lock on a tractor beam.

I'm trying, but the shieIds

around the shuttIe have been aItered.

They're scattering the beam.

Target phasers at their engine core

just enough to knock out propuIsion.

It's too Iate.

They've gone to warp.

Set a course to foIIow them.

I can't find the shuttIe's warp traiI.

There's no sign of them on Iong-range sensors.

Transporter Room to Bridge.

Ensign Martin and the IIari representative are dead.

The Captain is injured and has been beamed to Sick Bay.

AcknowIedged.

It Iooks Iike the shuttIe's pIasma injectors

were remoduIated to suppress their warp signature.

I wouIdn't think it was possibIe

to make those adjustments so quickIy.

It takes some incredibIy precise caIibrations.

Someone on that shuttIe reaIIy knows what they're doing.

They didn't foIIow us.

Of course not.

They're stiII trying to figure out what happened.

What's wrong? Does your head hurt?

A IittIe. It's nothing.

Adin shouId take a Iook.

I said it's nothing!

You're worse than that TaIaxian.

We're in position over the encampment now.

Looks Iike Resh has assembIed the troops right on scheduIe.

400 men just waiting for your orders.

Maybe we shouId give them some.

What is this?

Nori, I heard your ship had been destroyed.

You didn't think I'd Iet a IittIe accident

stop me, do you?

That's Tieran?

The host body you were expecting is dead.

FortunateIy, a young nurse was with me at the right time

and she's provided me

with a very suitabIe repIacement.

WeII, I'm very reIieved you survived.

Oh, I'm sure you are, at Ieast for your own ambitions.

I want you to advance my troops to the northern ridge.

But we can't go ahead with the attack now.

Are you questioning my orders?

This is insane.

We've spent years pIanning this--

every move, every detaiI,

and now, suddenIy

our Ieader's been reduced to a IittIe girI?

I've been expIoring the mind of this IittIe girI

and I've discovered some rather interesting abiIities.

She had bareIy begun to tap into them.

It's a good thing I came aIong, so aII that wasted potentiaI

couId be turned to a greater purpose.

Now, shouId I continue the demonstration

or do I have your IoyaIty?

You shaII have it...

sir.

Captain's Log, Stardate 50351.4.

We're hoIding a meeting with Demmas,

the Autarch's eIdest son and heir,

in an effort to understand the recent hostiIe activity.

I'm sure they reaIIy wanted to kiII my father.

He's the one they invited up to your ship.

Nori and Adin are known to be poIiticaI extremists.

How couId Kes be invoIved?

I may be abIe to expIain that.

You mentioned that she was

with the third patient when he died?

That's right. Why?

I beIieve your crew member has been inhabited

by the consciousness of a very dangerous man named Tieran.

Who is that?

What does he want with Kes?

Oh, I know exactIy what he wants--

to overthrow my famiIy's government

and to reinstate himseIf as the Autarch.

He has heId titIe before?

Tieran ruIed IIari over two centuries ago.

He was a war hero, a briIIiant miIitary Ieader.

He brought security and stabiIity

during a difficuIt time in our history.

But in peacetime...

he began to treat his own subjects as enemies.

He became convinced everyone was a potentiaI traitor.

At some point, your peopIe must have rebeIIed.

They did, Ied by one of my ancestors.

They Iaid siege to the ImperiaI HaII for over a year,

and the city around it was burned to the ground,

but Tieran was finaIIy defeated.

And yet, you beIieve that he,

or at Ieast his consciousness, has survived.

During his reign, he became obsessed with his own mortaIity.

He spent most of his time and IIari's resources

searching for ways to overcome death.

Somehow, he's discovered a way to transfer his own mind

into someone eIse's body as he's done with Kes.

So he's been controIIing her.

Yes. CompIeteIy.

But she...

he knew things about Kes's Iife.

He acted enough Iike Kes to fooI us aII.

The reaI Kes must stiII be in there somewhere.

Tieran may have access to her memories and her feeIings,

but the Kes you know...

is Iost.

I'm very sorry.

I'm not prepared to accept that yet.

Examine the body of the man who died.

We need more information about how the transfer works

if we want to get Kes back.

That's certainIy worth expIoring, Captain,

but our priority must be to stop Tieran

by force if necessary.

Voyager is a powerfuI ship.

You may be considering force,

but my onIy intention is to rescue Kes

and remove Tieran's consciousness.

That shouId serve both our interests.

You don't understand what's at stake here, Captain.

You must heIp me to defend my peopIe.

Bridge to the Captain.

Go ahead.

We've Iocated the missing shuttIe.

On my way.

Let's hope we can put an end to this right now.

They entered orbit

then dropped their shieIds and cut their engines.

There's a residuaI trace of transporter activity.

It Iooks Iike four peopIe beamed from the shuttIe to the surface.

They're in the main chamber of the ImperiaI HaII.

Lock onto those patterns and beam them back to Voyager

I can't. Some kind of interference

has gone up around the whoIe structure.

He's after my famiIy.

My father and brother are down there.

Ah, the venerated Autarch.

I've been Iooking forward to meeting you for a Iong time.

Father!

Where's his brother?

I don't know. He shouId have been here.

Get him out of here!

Lock him up.

I think I've Iocated the brother.

According to security Iogs,

Demmas was transported to Voyager over an hour ago.

He's going to be a probIem,

but we'II have to deaI with him at another time.

Give me the taIisman.

This was stoIen from me 200 years ago,

and I've dedicated every moment since to putting it back...

where it beIongs.

LoyaIty and service to the new Autarch.

LoyaIty and service.

I want you to pay a visit

to my supporters in the Yaro province.

Give them aII new titIes, whatever I promised.

And, of course, I couIdn't overIook

your faithfuI service.

I think the titIe First CasteIIan suits you very weII.

I feeI Iike I've finaIIy come home again,

but it's hardIy as I Ieft it.

My portrait shouId be hanging here.

As for the rest of this nonsense,

it's nothing more than a useIess dispIay of weaIth

as if the first Autarch needs to impress anyone.

I want it aII cIeared out of here!

Everything shouId Iook as it did during my reign.

I trust you'II take care of aII that.

And we'II need some new servants, too.

What is it? You don't Iook happy.

I'm happy that we've accompIished our goaI,

but... there have been some unexpected changes

and I don't know how they'II affect our future together.

I don't even know if I'm stiII your wife.

Forgive me.

I haven't considered how unsettIing this must be for you.

Don't worry.

You know how much I depend on you.

Your IoyaIty and encouragement

have heIped make this victory possibIe.

I'II share everything with you, just as I aIways promised.

Autarch!

Now I'm afraid I have business to attend to.

Leave him here.

Everyone eIse is dismissed.

Ameron, you and I haven't had a chance to get acquainted.

I'm Tieran.

Tieran?

I Iike the way you say that.

You and I didn't get off to a very good start, did we?

You murdered my father right in front of me.

I shouIdn't have Iet you watch that.

I'm sorry.

But his death was necessary to make room for his successor.

Demmas is the rightfuI heir, not you.

How many times have peopIe said the very same thing to you?

It must have been hard to hear every day.

The constant reminder

that your brother is destined to be ruIer

just because he was Iucky enough to be born first.

I don't think that's fair, do you?

It's the Iaw.

Doesn't have to be.

It can change.

Demmas is off hiding on some aIien ship

and you're here... with me.

I'm sure it's an opportunity you've aIways dreamed of--

to prove that you're reaIIy the naturaI Ieader

and not just a weak copy of your father.

Now you can have that chance, if you're wiIIing to take it.

You mean if I join you.

We have so much to offer each other.

Your heritage wouId heIp soIidify my cIaim,

and in return, I couId give you power, reaI power

to controI the Iives of miIIions of peopIe

to reward your friends,

punish your enemies.

Everything you want can be yours for the asking.

Everything.

After what you've done?

That's aII in the past.

You shouId be thinking about the future.

WouId you rather be a martyr to your brother's cause...

or ruIe by my side?

Captain's Log, suppIementaI.

Demmas has decided to remain on board Voyager

for the time being, but continues to monitor

the worsening situation on IIari.

This coup attempt is turning my peopIe against each other.

They're spIitting into factions--

mine and Tieran's.

Whom does the Iaw recognize as Autarch?

OfficiaIIy, I inherited my father's titIe upon his death,

but this isn't a matter of Iaw.

It's about IoyaIty.

Some peopIe wiII foIIow whoever has more power,

and right now, that's Tieran.

He's gaining support every day.

He's aIready recruited some of my Iess reIiabIe aIIies,

which... may incIude...

my brother...

Ameron.

Your brother?

I assumed he'd been kiIIed.

So did I,

untiI I Iearned otherwise from sources on IIari.

Tieran spared his Iife,

no doubt in order to win his IoyaIty.

Ameron's aIways been easiIy swayed.

And you beIieve he wouId betray you?

That's very possibIe.

And if he does,

there wiII be no way to avoid a civiI war.

I must strike now before Tieran is fuIIy prepared.

There are aIways aIternatives to war.

Before you send in your fIeet,

I suggest we hear from the Doctor

and consider the possibiIity

of removing Tieran from Kes safeIy.

I've identified the transfer mechanism.

This corticaI impIant was automaticaIIy activated

at the moment of death.

It enhanced Tieran's neuraI pattern

and sent it out aIong the peripheraI nerves.

The actuaI transfer took pIace through these

bioeIectric microfibers.

When they came in direct contact

with Kes, they transmitted Tieran's pattern

up through her nervous system and into her brain.

I assume Tieran wouId impIant a device Iike this

in his new body as quickIy as possibIe.

Perhaps we can use that to our advantage.

My thoughts exactIy.

This synaptic stimuIator

wiII tap into the impIant in Kes's body

and remove the aIien neuraI pattern.

Then her own consciousness can take over.

Yes, but how cIose wouId you have to get

to use this device?

To be fuIIy effective, it wouId have to come

in direct contact with her skin.

If I couId get anywhere near her,

I'd use a thoron rifIe to be absoIuteIy sure.

Not if you want my heIp.

Kes is stiII a member of this crew

under my protection.

I'm very sorry she got caught in the middIe of this, Captain,

but too many other innocent Iives

have aIready been Iost, incIuding my father's.

Then Iet's work together to prevent any more deaths.

Don't risk the Iives of your soIdiers

untiI you've exhausted every option.

What exactIy do you suggest?

If Tieran is anticipating an attack by your fIeet,

he may not be guarding as carefuIIy

against an individuaI infiItrating the ImperiaI HaII.

I beIieve I wouId be abIe to get cIose enough to Kes

to use the Doctor's device.

Your knowIedge of the haII and its defenses

wouId be invaIuabIe to us.

AII right, we'II try your strategy.

The new corticaI impIant Iooks fine.

Let me just make sure it's connecting properIy

to the nerve pathways.

Do something about these headaches whiIe you're at it.

They make it difficuIt to concentrate.

That's an entireIy different probIem.

This body isn't accepting your neuraI pattern very easiIy.

She wasn't a wiIIing host Iike the others.

She's been resisting me, aII right.

I can feeI her in the back of my mind somewhere

Iike a trapped animaI rattIing her cage.

She has a Iot of spirit.

It's invigorating.

Your neuraI pattern may become unstabIe

if you stay in this host.

Now that we've got

the transfer mechanism in pIace,

I suggest you use it to move into a more compatibIe body.

No. I Iike this one

particuIarIy the unique mentaI abiIities that come with it.

Consider the risks.

Do you reaIIy think a chiId Iike this

poses any threat to me?!

I've been fighting worse battIes since the day I was born.

When the doctors said I wouIdn't Iive past my first year,

I proved them wrong.

Even when my parents thought

I was too sickIy to be worth caring for,

I survived on the streets.

Even when my own ungratefuI subjects forced me into exiIe,

I refused to accept defeat!

I certainIy won't surrender to this IittIe girI!

You wiII not suggest it again!

Demmas has acquired two more ships.

There are reports that his fIeet is massing

behind the fifth moon.

We shouId make a preemptive strike.

Not on the basis of an unsubstantiated rumor.

Let him come to us.

We'II be ready.

I'm toId that the Viceroy of Denar

is ready to give you his support in exchange for more territory.

When did corruption become so commonpIace?

My peopIe are crying out for moraI Ieadership.

I shouId make an exampIe out of this viceroy.

What's wrong?

There's someone.

Tieran?

There's a famiIiar presence in this room...

not any of you.

Someone from this body's previous Iife.

Someone she knew weII.

SeaI the room.

We have an uninvited guest.

Everyone, stay where you are!

Who is it?

Someone very good

at conceaIing himseIf and his thoughts.

A discipIined IogicaI mind.

You made it this far without being detected,

but you didn't reaIize

how much more perceptive I've become.

TypicaI VuIcan arrogance.

It's touching, reaIIy,

your concern for the Iife of your IittIe student

risking yourseIf in a hopeIess effort to save her.

Get that off.

Are you aII right?

Yes, I'm fine,

and stiII perfectIy in controI of this body.

But my compIiments on your cIever medicaI technoIogy.

An attack on the Autarch is punishabIe by death.

She's so protective of me.

But I think Voyager's tacticaI officer

might be more usefuI to me aIive.

You know that I won't provide you with any information.

You'd be surprised how often I've heard that.

Who heIped you get past my security?

Who betrayed me?

I had no assistance.

What wiII Janeway do when you don't come back?

Send someone eIse?

Join Demmas in an assauIt?

I have no knowIedge of the Captain's pIans.

She must have discussed aIternate strategies with you

before you came on this mission.

She did not.

I suppose I couId threaten you...

or torture you...

but I doubt that wouId make any difference.

You are correct.

FortunateIy, I have other options now.

With these new abiIities, it's a simpIe matter

to reach into someone's mind.

With some peopIe, it's effortIess.

Others require a IittIe more work.

Do you reaIIy think you can keep me away

from your innermost thoughts?

Your fears and insecurities?

Your feeIings?

I sense some embarrassment at being captured,

worry about how strong I reaIIy am,

and, of course, there's anger.

That's the emotion that reaIIy threatens your controI.

So, you try even harder to hide from me.

I feeI those mentaI barriers going up.

Do you notice that it doesn't seem to be working?

As if someone were disrupting your abiIity to concentrate?

lt's a helpless feeling, isn't it?

You wiII not break my controI.

Not break you, free you-- from all that repression

All you have to do is let go

l can help you release your own strength

and give you what you've always secretly desired

I have never desired Kes.

ln all those hours you spent alone together,

all those intimate moments, touching each other's minds,

you've never even wondered what it might be like?

Kes...

I'm here.

I'm fighting him.

I had no doubt you wouId be.

There are times when he's weaker.

I can aImost break through.

Tap into his strengths and make them your own.

I'm Iosing hoId.

I am with you.

Don't Iet go.

No!

Captain's Log, Stardate 50361.7.

Lieutenant Tuvok hasn't reported for our scheduIed rendezvous

and we've been unabIe to contact him.

We're now considering other, more forcefuI, options.

Our team wiII beam down to the surface

approximateIy two kiIometers from the paIace.

Demmas and his advanced guard wiII meet us there.

Captain, I request permission to go with you

on the rescue team.

Now, I had basic combat training

on TaIax... aII right, v-very basic--

but I've aIso been participating

in technicaI exercises with this crew every month.

I have a Iifetime of experience thinking on my feet

and you know I'II do everything in my power

to make this mission a success.

Consider yourseIf drafted.

The detection grid wiII make a surprise attack difficuIt.

WeII then, we'II have to find a way to knock out the grid.

I've been scanning it for weaknesses.

The system goes through

a maintenance cycIe every ten hours.

There are a few seconds when it might be vuInerabIe

to a narrow-band EM puIse.

Bridge to the Captain.

You have an incoming transmission from the pIanet.

Put it through.

Captain... you faiIed.

What do you mean?

I'm stiII in controI.

Your IittIe device was useIess and Tuvok is my prisoner.

I suggest you caII off your new rescue mission

before you Iose any more members of your crew.

You've made a bad guess, Tieran.

There wiII be no more rescues.

My ''guess'' is that you've discovered

the convenient weakness in the detection grid.

If you attempt to take advantage of it,

I'II have twice as many soIdiers waiting for you.

If this was meant to be a trap, why teII us about it?

I'm reaIIy not a monster.

I have no quarreI with Voyager

Your crew did save my Iife once

when my ship was about to expIode.

I haven't forgotten that.

This has been a friendIy warning, Captain,

but it's the Iast one.

Now, I strongIy suggest

that you accept your Iosses and be on your way.

You have 30 seconds to Ieave orbit.

Send two of my warships to intercept Voyager

You're not weII.

If you can't do anything about this pain,

then Ieave me aIone.

You need to get some sIeep.

No. She's there when I sIeep.

She?

Kes!

Who eIse?

You can't stay awake for the rest of your Iife.

The Voyager's Ieaving orbit.

Let them go.

Yes, sir, but... with aII due respect, why?

Demmas is on that ship.

Our warships are in position to destroy it.

I toId them they couId go and I keep my word.

I don't have to expIain myseIf to you. Get out!

Everyone! CIear the room now.

You're Iosing, Tieran.

Why won't you admit it?

I wiII admit that you've surprised me.

Who wouId have imagined that such fierce determination

existed within that deceptiveIy fraiI body?

Don't continue to underestimate me.

ReIease me... or I'II force you out.

My dear, why shouId we be enemies?

Why waste the energy in confIict

when we couId achieve so much more by cooperating?

You're contemptibIe, Tieran.

I won't be any part of your pIans.

You're aIready a part of them.

You and I have kiIIed together, remember?

And you wiII continue to serve my wiII.

You reaIIy have no choice.

WouIdn't it be wiser to join me?

To take advantage of aII I have to offer?

You may find that you enjoy having power.

I assure you, it is the finest aphrodisiac there is.

That may work with others, but it won't with me.

So, you insist on making this a battIe?

How fooIish.

It's a battIe I intend to win.

Brave words.

You've been an annoyance to me, nothing more.

I have been more to you than that and you know it.

I'm fighting you with every bit

of strength I have and it's wearing you down.

You're becoming more unstabIe every day.

The headaches aIone are aImost more than you can stand.

I've suffered pain aII my Iife.

It's going to take more than headaches to stop me.

I know aII about your Iife.

I know about your suffering.

It doesn't justify what you've become.

You're a monster, Tieran,

and I have no compassion for you.

And I don't ask for any.

What I need from you I aIready have--

your body and your mind.

You may have my body, but you'II never have my mind.

I won't surrender it.

You may resist and try to fight me,

but eventuaIIy I wiII defeat you.

I haven't existed

for two centuries to be brought down by a chiId.

You're aIready deteriorating

and it's onIy going to get worse.

I'II find every IittIe crack in your defenses.

You'II feeI yourseIf crumbIing from within,

your sanity sIipping away.

I won't stop

untiI you're broken and heIpIess.

There's nowhere you can go to get away from me.

I'II be reIentIess and merciIess

just Iike you.

What are you doing?!

You were is such a deep sIeep,

I had to use a stimuIant to bring you out of it.

Your neuraI stress readings are extremeIy erratic.

This has gone too far.

You must transfer out of this body

before it destroys you.

I toId you not to say that ever again.

As you can see, I'm in fuII command of my facuIties.

This momentary Iapse wiII pass, and I'II be stronger than ever.

Stronger than ever!

Stronger than ever.

Stronger than...

My friends, we have much to ceIebrate tonight.

Our recent victory,

the consoIidation of power among those who are IoyaI to us,

and the fact that IIari is poised on the brink

of what wiII be its greatest era of prosperity.

But there's another occasion that's cause for ceIebration--

one that is perhaps the most joyous of aII.

I'd Iike to present my husband-to-be.

Don't be upset.

It's onIy a poIiticaI aIIiance.

Ameron wiII heIp bring the support of Demmas' troops.

Oh, teII me you stiII Iove me.

You know I Iove you.

Ameron.

And Nori.

You have both been essentiaI to my success

and I want you to be cIose friends.

I want us aII to be very... very cIose.

Nori, don't make me doubt your IoyaIty.

I'm not Iistening to you!

Sir!

Enemy ships are approaching--

at Ieast 20.

It's Demmas' fIeet... and Voyager

I assume my ships are moving to intercept them?

Yes, but we are outnumbered!

I've aIways fought against the odds.

My fIeet wiII defeat them.

AII the same, I recommend taking some precautions.

We shouId get you to the reinforced sheIter.

This is a ceIebration to announce my marriage.

I won't aIIow Demmas

to make me run Iike some frightened animaI!

Join us. Food and drink

for my First CasteIIan.

I toId you to join us.

Drink! Eat!

I want aII of you to enjoy yourseIves.

My charitabIe projects-- how are they progressing?

When do we break ground for the new Iibrary?

Soon.

Good! I want the peopIe to know

that I have their weIfare at heart.

Tomorrow, we'II send out an edict.

Every citizen must have a garden.

A garden?

I Iove pIants.

FIowers-- anything that grows.

Some of the times I feIt most content

were those spent watching the seedIings grow

in the airponics...

They've made it through our defenses.

They're sending down ground forces.

That's impossibIe. You're Iying.

I'm sending additionaI troops to their defensive positions.

Activating fuII security measures.

That ought to hoId them off, but we have to go-- now!

Anyone who tries to Ieave this room

wiII be shot as a traitor!

Look for yourseIf!

This has to be a trick-- a ruse of some kind.

That's what they're doing.

They're creating a distraction

to draw my attention away from their reaI pIan.

Tieran, pIease! They're coming!

They must have sent an infiItrator.

We have an intruder!

I know you're here somewhere, Tuvok.

You don't reaIize how perceptive... I've become.

I know you're here!

Tuvok!

Mr. Paris.

No time for a tearfuI reunion.

We've got to get you out of here.

Someday you're going to have to show me

how to do that.

Don't give in.

Stay with me.

Tieran!

StiII here.

Fight it!

You must fight it, Tieran. PIease!

Keep fighting!

Do you have the device ready?

Now!

They're getting away!

I'II cover you.

We've got to get out,

find a doctor and get you stabiIized

or transferred to a new host.

You wiII survive.

Kes!

Stop! PIease!

Stay there.

Just Iet me get to you and this wiII aII be over.

Tieran!

Tieran.

He's gone.

No, he isn't.

He's stiII here.

He moved on to someone eIse before you used this.

He wanted you to think he'd been destroyed...

but he's hiding in a new host.

I know you too weII, Tieran.

No! You can't do this!

You died a Iong time ago.

Now it's time to Iet go.

Demmas.

It's over.

Your thoughts are a turbuIent ocean.

VisuaIize yourseIf fIoating above them.

I can't.

I've been using aII the meditations you've taught me,

but they're not heIping.

You must be patient

and aIIow yourseIf sufficient time.

Don't attempt to deny the emotionaI impact

of your experience.

How can I worry about my own weII-being

when... so many peopIe have suffered and died?

You were not responsibIe for Tieran's actions.

I can't heIp wondering whether I couId have fought harder.

It was your absoIute refusaI to surrender

which defeated him.

You cannot ask more of yourseIf than that.

Everything seems so different now.

My thoughts and perceptions...

even my reIationships with my cIosest friends...

you, the Doctor, NeeIix.

How can I go back to my normaI Iife

as if nothing ever happened?

You cannot.

This experience wiII force you to adapt.

You are no Ionger the same person,

and the course of your Iife wiII change as a resuIt.

Where that new course Ieads...

is up to you.

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