Missing D7 Scene Collection
By Laura Schiller
Based on Star Trek: Voyager
Copyright: Paramount
1. Scorpion II
"What in heaven's name are we going to do with you?" the Doctor asked, shaking his head at the Borg drone in his sickbay. Being unconscious, of course, it could not answer.
He regarded the being with a mixture of revulsion and scientific fascination. Part flesh, part metal, encased in cybernetic armor like some sort of insect in its shell, the human skin as pale as that of a corpse; Seven of Nine was a very odd creature indeed. How did the Borg manage to survive like that, running on the same fuel as the cubes they flew in, never needing to eat or clean themselves or do anything organic beings did? He was eager to scan it and find out. On the other hand, though, Captain Janeway might not want it on the ship much longer; even with its connection to the hive mind severed, it was definitely a security risk. Even if the Borg didn't come back to re-assimilate it, as soon as it regained consciousness, it would most definitely be unhappy.
A drone, accustomed to the unity of the hive mind, stranded on a shipful of individuals. Cut off from its comrades. Alone perhaps for the first time, more alone even than a hologram among organic shipmates. No wonder if it were unhappy.
"She," he corrected absentmindedly. "I suppose you are female, technically speaking."
Seve of Nine still retained a female figure, even beneath the armor. Her chalky face was the face of a human woman, with full lips, a straight nose and well-defined cheekbones. One eye was closed, the other replaced by some kind of Borg implant with a balefully glowing red light.
What was your name before it became Seven of Nine? What color was your hair before it fell out? Who were your parents, your loved ones, and do they know what the Borg have done to you?
She would have been beautiful, he realized, with a startled pang of something like pity. In a haunting, ruined sort of way, she still was.