Tasha went to engineering, hoping to find Geordi there. She wasn't disappointed.
"Hi, Tasha." Geordi glanced up briefly, then returned to what he'd been doing.
"Did Data mention anything to you about beaming aboard the Jovis-B?" asked Tasha.
"The Jovis-B?" Geordi was obviously shaken.
"What's wrong?" Tasha was immediately alarmed.
"The Jovis was the starship owned by the Zibalian trader Kivas Fajo," Geordi told her. "He kidnapped Data because he wanted to add him to his collection of rare and valuable objects."
"Oh, no!" Tasha exclaimed. "Now he's got Data again!" She began to sob hysterically. Geordi held her and tried to comfort her.
"They can't have gone very far," he reasoned. "We'll find them soon. It's going to be all right."
Data sat in the chair Kivas had forced him to occupy as the Jovis-B traveled toward Earth. He'd come so far, and now this had had to happen. Tears filled his eyes as he thought of Tasha, Lal, and Jed. Would he ever see them again?
At last the Jovis-B was within Earth's atmosphere, hovering over the Louvre museum in Paris, France. Kivas strode back and forth, his eyes glowing with evil, rubbing his hands together in glee.
"Ha ha! Beautiful Mona Lisa, you shall soon be mine once again!" he chortled. "Now to deactivate your positronic brain so that you don't run off on me while I'm making my next acquisition," he added, approaching Data.
"I don't have a positronic brain anymore," Data told him. "As I told you before, I have a human brain now."
Kivas carefully examined Data all over, even forcing him to remove all his clothing. "I just can't find that switch anywhere," he complained. "No matter. I'll just take you along with me, then."
Kivas and Data beamed down to Earth, where Kivas used his sophisticated tools to break into the museum in the dead of night. Stealthily they made their way inside, where Kivas beamed his flashlight along the walls, searching for the work of art he desired. He'd just trained his flashlight on it when they heard the shouting of the guards.
"Freeze! Hands over your heads!"
Kivas attempted to sneak furtively away. Shots rang out. Kivas fell dead. Data was handcuffed and taken to prison.
"But I don't have any idea where to even start looking!" Tasha moaned.
"Since we know that Kivas is a collector, we can assume that he's in search of the valuables that were previously taken from him and returned to their rightful owners," said Geordi. "I remember Data mentioning several valuables from Earth he saw on board the Kivas."
"But Earth is such a huge planet that looking for him there would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack!" Tasha wailed.
"Have no fear," said Geordi. "I have a pretty good idea of where to start."