"We found nothing Captain." Tuvok said standing in front of the Captain in her office. The Vulcan offered neither apology nor excuse in his voice, words or face.

She turned. "Are you certain? He couldn't have just got up and walked off the ship." She said pacing in her office. Chakotay paused for a moment after listening to the reports from the security team.

"Captain? I think I may have an idea." He said finally looking at her and their security officer. They turned to her. "I think Captain, it would be a good guess that our visitor is hiding because he does not know what or who we are." They looked at him. He started walking in between them. "He is dehydrated, possibly starving, according to the Doc he'd be delirious. But he hasn't taken any actions against us. That might mean he is uncertain of who and what we are, so he hides."

Tuvok nodded. "That sounds like a plausible hypothesis Captain. He may have shadowed one of my teams and then hid when they stopped searching that area to prevent him from being found. He did not attack them which means he does not identify us as an enemy."

Janeway nodded, "But he does not identify us as an ally yet either. This is both good and bad. We have an uncertain unknown man wandering around who might turn around and start attacking." She muttered to no one in particular.

They all understood their captain's reservations.

"So what do we do?" she asked looking for suggestions.

"Well." Began Chakotay, "He won't be able to keep hiding for long with his condition…"

The smell in the dining room was enough to make anyone's mouth water. The Talaxian chef worked quickly as he prepared lunch for the crew in the Mess Hall. The door opened as Captain Janeway walked in looking tired and concerned. "Hello Captain."

You seem concerned, is there something wrong Captain?

"I don't know." She said as she sat in the pulled out chair as Neelix took a plate and glass from in front of her to clear them out of the way. She watched Neelix as he placed them in the other room. "Would you like something Captain?" he asked.

"Sure. Whatever smells good." She replied.

"My famous Dranos Fiel stew. And I recommend, if I may, a Rigelian bark Tea. Good for stabilizing your thoughts." He said as he placed a bowl of soup, some flatware and a steaming mug in front of her. She smiled as she paused and looked to the side.

"What is it?" he asked as he noticed her confused glance.

"Thought I saw something."

Sorry, it's only me Captain. I figured I would get out of the way and let you eat.

She yawned hard and long as she started on her food.

"Long day Captain?" Neelix asked.

She nodded. "Yes. I'll probably go to bed after this. Not bad Neelix. Could use some salt though." She replied as she reached for a salt shaker that had been placed on the table near her.

"Thank you"

You're welcome

"What?" Neelix asked.

Janeway looked up confused "Whats wrong?"

Neelix shook his head. "Nothing. Nevermind." He said as he paused for a moment and turned looking at the door. He could have sworn that the door opened for no reason.

Janeway looked up at Neelix as he shook his head.

"What is it?" she asked her spoon halfway to her mouth, he shook his head uncertainly. "I don't know. It's just that…" a strange look covered his face as if he wasn't even sure if he should tell her. "I could swear that door has opened twice now with no one going in or out."

The captain turned and looked at the door quizzically. "Computer. Check maintenance on the Mess Door. See if there are any technical problems that would cause it to open on its own."

A beep was heard. "No problems found Captian."

They looked at each other. Neelix shrugged.

"I don't know captain." He said as he turned to finish the stew before the main group of people eating came in. He knew how it would sound if he told the captain that he was certain that it did. But it was useless to argue the point.

It still turned in the back of his mind.

Janeway watched as Neelix worked and finished her stew, she wasn't sure what was going to happen. An unknown person was on her ship and in his eyes he was surrounded by unknown people. The bad part was that they didn't know if he would turn on them. It would be unlikely that he would get far but how many would be hurt or killed on the way?

And then there was the door opening. She knew Neelix was no fool, and there was no maintenance issue but still…

She stood up and handed Neelix her bowl. "It was delicious Neelix. Could use some more salt though. Neelix smiled and took it from her placing it in the sink. "Of course captain. If I might suggest you look tired. Why don't you go to bed early?" he asked.

She nodded. "That sounds like the best idea I have heard all day."

She walked out as she saw a woman who had cybernetic implants looking around the hallway. "Seven? What's wrong?" she asked.

The part Borg woman looked up at her Captian. "I don't know… I could have sworn someone ran down this hall a few seconds ago… Did you see anyone?" she asked.

Janeway shook her head. "Have you slept yet?" Seven nodded. "They were down below when I woke up. That's why I was following them."

Janeway looked concerned and touched her communicator.

"Tuvok!" she called.

"Yes Captain."

"Take a security team and meet seven down below. Someone was there when she woke up, see if they return."

"Aye Captain" they called.

Seven nodded and turned to meet them.

Janeway watched. She wondered if that's where he was hiding during the sweep. But there would have been no way that he could have gotten there before being cut off by security. She shook her head, this was getting weirder and weirder and she was losing patience.

Deep in the Jerry tubes the Jedi laid on his back pondering what he had been seeing lately. He felt better now that he had eaten and the man he watched was rather nice. The woman must have been the captain of the ship. She seemed worried knowing that he was on her ship. He felt a lot of anxiety with the recent events. He sighed, it was probably a bad idea running off like that but it couldn't have been helped. He shrugged and rolled up to his knees and began to breathe slowly and deeply. He could not change the past. It might be best to find a nice out of the way but conspicuous spot and wait for them to stumble on him like he had been there the whole time.

Nevertheless it wasn't going to do with him racing his thoughts. He took a deep breath and relaxed his shoulders and body.

"There is no emotion. There is peace…"