Chapter 3

Rejoining

Chakotay walked out of his cabin after a restless night of sleep. All he thought about was the so called Borg threat. He wanted to talk to the Captain, but he wouldn't do it behind Seven's back. He walked into astromatrix and saw Seven smile at him when he entered. "How'd you sleep?" She asked kissing him on the cheek.

"Terrible," He frowned, "I couldn't stop thinking about how the Queen wanted you to rejoin the collective."

"You shouldn't worry about it," She said turning back to her work of studying the asteroid, "It is my problem."

"When are you going to tell the Captain?" He asked stepping in front of Seven to prevent her from working.

"I will tell her when I m done with my work," She said forcing her way back to the computer.

"You are always working," Chakotay frowned, "Listen, soon I will have to tell the Captain. She is the Captain and I am her first officer. Any sign of any kind of threat, I have to report it to her as soon as possible. Let's go now and get it over with."

"You're right," Seven said turning to Chakotay, "We should do it now, although, you could have just ordered me to."

"I thought of that," Chakotay said, "But I could just order you to do other things that would be more for my benefit."

"What kind of things?" Seven asked.

"Uh," Chakotay said rolling his eyes and chuckling to himself, "Never mind," He grabbed her by the hand and said, "Come one, let's go."

A few moments later Chakotay and Seven were standing in front of Janeway. "Captain," Seven said, "There is something you must know."

"What is it?" Janeway asked taking a drink of her coffee.

"The Queen visited me while I was regenerating."

"What did she want?" Janeway asked hiding her shocked expression.

"She wanted me to rejoin the collective and if I didn't, she'd send ships to destroy the Federation and assimilate Earth."

Janeway stood up and placed her hand on Seven's shoulder," I want you to continue your work. I am going to inform Starfleet."

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The Enterprise fired phasers at the nearest Borg vessel, but minimal damage was done. The Borg cubes kept firing torpedoes on the Enterprise. "Shields down to sixty-five percent," Worf said.

Sparks shot out from the council Ensign Smith was working out. He grabbed his face and cried in pain as the sparks burnt his face. He fell to the floor and didn't get back up, when the Enterprise shook again violently.

The Enterprise circled around the Borg vessels firing everything it had, but it wasn't enough. The Borg vessels just swallowed up everything the Enterprise shot at it. Picard almost was thrown out of his chair when the Enterprise shook again. "Shields down to forty-five percent," Worf said.

"Any suggestions," Picard asked his first officer.

"Not against three Borg cubes," Riker said angrily.

The Enterprise shook again, causing the lights to flicker on and off. "Another direct hit," Ensign Hawke cried, "We are venting plasma."

"Shields are down to twenty percent," Worf said, "And we just lost long range sensors."

"There's nothing we can do," Riker said, "We are out numbered and out manned."

""We could ram into one of the cubes, hoping it will have enough of an after shock to destroy the other two."

"That may be our only chance," Riker said gritting his teeth as the Enterprise shook again.

"Mr. Data," Picard ordered, "Divert all necessary power to the impulse engines and prepare to set a course into the first Borg cube."

"Aye sir," Data said.

"All hands," Picard said, "Brace for impact."

"Sir," Worf said, "We are getting a hail from the Borg. It is being directed to you."

"Data all stop," Picard said, "Put the hail on the view screen."

The frightening image of the Queen appeared on the view screen. "Hello Locutis," She said.

"It took you awfully quick to get here," Picard said.

"I wanted to get here quickly," She said, "Are you ready?"

"Will you stop attacking my vessel?" Picard asked ignoring the confusion amongst the rest of the crew on the bridge.

"Yes," The Queen said, "We will be transporting back home now."

"Give me five minutes just to explain everything to my crew," Picard said.

"You have five minutes and nothing more."

The Queen's image disappeared and Picard turned to his crew on the bridge. "Hold on," He said raising his hands to silence everyone. He pressed a button on his computer panel by his chair and opened up a channel throughout the ship. He began, "The Queen wants me to rejoin the collective. If I rejoin, she will not harm anyone. She gave me her word. It was an honor working with you all these years. Commander Riker is now the Captain and Mr. Data is the first officer. I want you to serve them as you served me all these years."

The Captain was suddenly transported to the Borg cube. He appeared in front of the Borg cube. The Queen smiled at him and placed a friendly hand on his shoulder. With the nod of her head, the three cubes flew away from the Enterprise and into the nebula. "Welcome home Locutis," The Queen said softly.

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"Picard also warned me of a Borg threat," Admiral Paris told Janeway, "He told me the queen visited him in his sleep and asked him the same things he asked Seven of nine."

Janeway leaned back in her chair and exhaled heavily. She wished she wouldn't have to worry about the Borg for a while. But the Borg would always be a threat. "What do you think we should?" Janeway asked.

"I sent the Enterprise to stardate 812.78," Admiral Paris said, "We haven't heard from the Enterprise in quite some time. I want you to check it out and keep me posted, Paris out."

Janeway walked on to the bridge and said, "Paris we have a new set of plans. Set a course for stardate 812.78 warp six."

"Apparently," Janeway said to her first officer as she sat in her chair, "The Queen also visited Picard and asked him to rejoin the collective too."

When they reached stardate 812.78, they found the Rhode Island and the Enterprise. "Captain," Harry said, "There's major damage done to both ships. The Enterprise is repairing the ship and the Rhode Island..."

"What about the Rhode Island?" Janeway asked hen Harry stopped talking.

"There are no survivors on the Rhode Island."

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"Okay," Geordi said to Worf, "Let's try again."

Geordi pressed a few buttons on the computer panel next to the warp core. The lights went on completely and there was the sound of power passing through it. "Shields are at thirty percent now and we also have warp power," Worf said.

"Commander Worf," Riker said through communications, "Please report to the bridge."

""Aye sir," Worf said walking out of the engineering.

When Worf walked into the bridge, he saw Voyager on the screen. He walked to his place on the bridge and said immediately, "We are receiving a hail from Voyager."

"Put it through," Riker said.

Janeway's image filled the view screen. She smiled at Riker and asked, "What happened? Where's Captain Picard."

"The Borg attacked us," Riker said, "Captain Picard gave himself over to the Borg."

"Where are the Borg now?"

"They flew into the nebula hours ago."

"Do you need supplies?" Janeway asked taking a couple steps closer to the view screen.

"No," Riker said, "But I have scanned your ship and found interesting upgrades. Du you think you can put those upgrades on the Enterprise?"

"Yes," Janeway said, "I'll send a team down right away, Janeway out."

The screen went blank and Janeway turned to her first officer, "The Borg," She said uneasily, "I was hoping they'd stay in the delta quadrant."

Janeway and Chakotay beamed down to the Enterprise along with an engineering team. They met Riker and Data and all shook hands. Data confusingly put out his hand and Janeway shook it. "It's an honor meeting you," Riker said.

"Same here," Janeway said, "So should we begin.

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The three Borg cubes exited the other side of the nebula. "Where are we going?" Picard asked.

"Shhhh," The queen said, "You will find out in due time. Now go to the assimilating room."

"I don't..."

"You aren't going to be assimilated," The Queen said, "Just closer to perfection. Now go before you are assimilated."

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Odo walked out of his office and to his bridge. He smiled at Quark as he passed him. Quark shook his head and hurried along. He had business to attend to and didn't want to be late.

Odo walked to the elevator and waited patiently until it reached the bridge. He walked out and scanned the crew that was working for him while Captain Sisko was on an away mission. "Sir," Ensign Matt said, "There are three transwarp signatures entering sensor range."

"Borg," Odo mumbled to himself.

"Sir," Ensign Chrystal said, "There are three Borg vessels heading our way. They will be in firing range within two hours."

"Ensign Matt," Odo said, "Send a message to Captain Sisko. Tell him to hurry back here with reinforcements."

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