Sialia turned to them and said, "If you would come in, we can speak in privacy

Sialia turned to them and said, "If you would come in, we can speak in privacy." She led the way into her apartment and into a room with cushions scattered around the room. She sat on one and the away team taking their cue from her did the same. When they were seated, Sialia began talking. The first thing that she said was, "Please forgive my son. He is half human and does not always behave appropriately. Sometimes I feel that he is lacking something."

Janeway felt her self smiling and fought it back. "Don't worry about it. He is still a child." Janeway got to the subject and asked her about the attack on the ship and the aliens that attacked them.

Sialia nodded and then told them about the attack and the aliens that attacked them. She told them about the rescue and about the time that they had spent on the planet.

When she was done, Janeway took a deep breath and said, "Do you know if anyone in your group would like to come with us? We won't take anyone that doesn't want to go."

"I would need to discuss this with the others before I could say," she responded. "If you would wait here while I spoke with the others. I will only be a moment."

"That wouldn't be a problem," Janeway said. "We will be here when you return."

Sialia stood and walked out the door, closing it behind her. The moment the door was shut Captain Janeway turned to Tuvok and nodded at him. He pulled out his tricorder and scanned the room. Then he said to Captain Janeway, "There are no listening devices in the room."

"Tuvok, do you think that they will stay?" Janeway asked.

"That is difficult to say," Tuvok said.

"Until then," Janeway said, "we wait."

It was only a few minutes before Sialia returned and with her were the other Vulcans. Besides Sialia and her son, there were an elderly couple, a middle-aged man, and one that appeared to be in his early thirties. Sialia introduced them in turn. The names of the elderly couple were Porlak and T'Sol. The middle-aged man was Reytol and the other man's name was Werlac. They all nodded as they were introduced.

Sialia turned to the away team and said, "We have discussed your proposition and we will go with you."

Janeway felt relieved at her words, "So," she said, "all of you will be going with us then?"

Sialia raised an eyebrow and said, "I believe that is what I said."

Janeway nodded and the away team stood. Sialia looked at the away team and said, "We will require a few minutes to gather our belongings. We will meet in the arboretum in ten minutes time." All the Vulcans, but Sialia, turned and left the room. She walked into the back and after a few minutes returned with a small bundle. "It is time to leave, I will show the way," she said. They followed her out of the room and back into the main room. The others were waiting for them. Sialia set her bundle down and said, "I will return in a moment. I must find my son." She walked a short distance away and standing under a tree called up into it, "Sarlak, come down, we are leaving now."

After a few minutes the boy slid down out of the tree and came to stand next to his mother. He looked up at her and said, "Can I have my own room, mother?"

Looking down at him, Sialia said, "We will discuss this later, in private."

Sarlak looked at his mother sheepishly and they came to join the rest. When they were all together, Janeway tapped her communicator and said, "Janeway to Voyager, nine to beam up to Voyager." Kathryn could feel the transporter take effect and they were whisked away. The next minute they appeared in the transporter room.

Chakotay was waiting for them with an ensign. He stepped forward and said, "Welcome to Voyager. If you will follow him, the ensign will show you to your quarters?"

They stepped off the platform and Sialia approached the Captain and said, "After we have been familiarized with our quarters, I would like to see the rest of the ship?"

"I think that I can arrange that," Janeway said, "and if you will follow the ensign I will arrange it." Sialia nodded and left with the other Vulcan's who had followed the ensign out of the transporter room.

Janeway turned to Chakotay and said, "Did you find anything else about the ship that attacked the Vulcan ship?"

Chakotay took a deep breath and said, "Sorry Captain. We didn't find anything useful, but we are still looking."

"That's all right, Commander," Janeway said with a sigh. "You tried. All we have left is to keep trying. We do have some good news. The Vulcan's were able to give use some information about the attack."

"I just hope it's some thing that we can use," Chakotay said.

"So do I," Janeway said. "I need to talk to Neelix."

Chakotay smiled and said, "I think that he is in Astrometrics helping Seven."

Janeway tried to fight back her own smile, but lost. "To her it might be more like he is annoying her. Think we should save him?"

"Maybe we should, we may need him later on the trip home," Chakotay said.

They stood and walked out the door into the corridor.