A/N: I do not own the Star Trek franchise, any of its characters, etc. This story is purely for fun, and not for profit. Thank You.

The Federation vessel U.S.S Voyager was traveling at Warp 8.2, on route the the Alpha Quadrant. The ship and its crew had many adventures and visited many exotic places, but the star-ship's primary course had always been towards home, to Earth, ever faithfully. For the past few months, things had gotten pretty dull, but something would soon happen to break the monotony...

"Captain, we got a distress call. It originated 1.2 light years from here." Ensign Harry Kim reported.

"Harry, have you picked up any ships in the vicinity on long range sensors?" asked Captain Janeway.

"Yes, Captain. It... it has a transwarp signature! It's Borg!" Harry exclaimed.

"All stop. Red Alert!" yelled the Captain.

"Harry, are there any other vessels beside the Borg ship?" asked the Captain.

"No Captain... Nothing." said Harry, puzzled.

"Why would the Borg send out a distress call?" questioned Commander Chakotay.

"Maybe it's Species 8472." Captain Janeway hypothesized.

"The Borg do not send out distress calls to alien ships, only to other Borg." Seven interjected.

"Well, someone is sending out a distress call, and we need to figure out who." the Captain said. "Harry, remodelate our shields on a rotating frequency on it will be harder to detect us. Tom, alter our flight pattern so that if the Borg do detect us, we can get the hell out of there. We are going after that distress call."

"Yes, Captain." said Harry Kim and Tom Paris simultaneously.

Voyager adjusted its nacelles and took off at warp speed. After about 12 minutes, the ship was within 237 kilometers of where the distress call originated. The Captain ordered a slowdown and Voyager dropped to impulse speed. The ghastly image of an ominous Borg cube filled the screen.

"Harry, report." the Captain said.

"The call definitely originated from this spot, Captain. It looks like it originated from the upper right quadrant of the cube."

"There are no other ships to be seen. The Borg must have attacked and assimilated another alien ship. Perhaps there are some surviving crew members inside the cube and they are sending the call." Captain Janeway speculated.

"Captain, the Borg cube looks like it has had no recent engagements. There is no evidence of exterior damage, or signs that the cube is regenerating." Seven reported.

"What?" the Captain asked, puzzled.

"Perhaps the aliens proved to be easy prey? Commander Chakotay said.

"Impossible. The Borg cube should show some kind of damage from an attack. I just analyzed their recent events log, and they say nothing of any kind of event." Seven replied.

"Then where did the distress call originate from?!" Captain Janeway asked, exasperated.

"Captain, I just did a sensor sweep, and I have picked up 89 non-Borg life-signs. They register as Kazon..." Harry Kim reported, surprised.

"What? Kazon on a Borg cube? How on Earth is that possible?" Captain Janeway asked, puzzled.

"They must have sent the distress call." Harry said.

"That would be a logical assumption." Lieutenant Tuvok commented.

"Well no matter what happened, we need to help them. Harry, initiate the emergency beam-out procedures." Captain Janeway commanded.

"Captain, the Borg have detected us. They are in the process of locking a tractor beam on the ship." Lieutenant Tuvok reported calmly.

The Borg sent Voyager a hail. Their usual message boomed through the ship's comm system. "WE ARE THE BORG. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.". The Borg cube loomed ever closer, intent on assimilating Voyager and ending the crew's hopes of ever getting back to Earth.