Janeway paced in her room and tugged at the long dress. She had spent half the night searching for an opening, a crack, anything that may lead to a way out. After a quick nap and a morning breakfast that was delivered by another non-talkative woman, she was getting anxious and bored. She decided to do one more cursory inspection. A sharp jolt of electricity sat her down hard and made her head swim.

"You won't find anything. There is no way out," Hayden said.

"How did you get in here?"

"It was not through any concealed or secret passageway, I can assure you."

"I would have heard the door. That bolt is loud enough."

"Are you sure? You were concentrating pretty heavily on subverting my hospitality." He nodded towards the bed. A full black leather jumpsuit similar to his lay across it along with an empty weapons belt. "Since you dislike your dress so much, here is your new wardrobe."

Janeway walked over and picked up the belt. "This will do me no good empty."

"Those items you must earn. Get dressed. I think you'll be more comfortable in it although that dress is still lovely on you." He ran his hand down her neckline and she quickly moved away.

She walked into the bathroom and changed. The new jumpsuit covered everything except for her arms. The top was fashioned as a v neck with no sleeves giving her full range of motion and the rest of the suit was surprisingly flexible despite its leather appearance.

"My assignment?" Janeway asked.

"Not so fast. You must be trained and more importantly tested."

"I can handle any challenge you give me. I'm very glad you decided to trust me, Hayden."

"Trust must also be earned. I have no doubt of your skills. I'm sure your previous training will stand you in good stead. However, I'm more interested in your loyalty. You are an unwilling recruit and that makes you the most dangerous member of any militia. You have an internal agenda that may not be compatible with our goals."

"Well, you've made it clear that I'm not going home. There is no precedent for returning me to where I've come from. I'd rather not spend my days locked away in a room inventing ingenious methods of breaking your neck or anyone else's after I've become insane with boredom."

He chuckled and brushed a strand of loose hair from her face. "My world has many driven females. But it is rare to find one from the outside that does not lose her strength when she is repopulated. I do not trust you, Kathryn Janeway. You will prove that you deserve this opportunity to find your own way here. You will betray me as you test my boundaries and this world's parameters and I will overlook them as the small temper tantrums you must perform before finally accepting your new life here. However, make no mistake. I will kill you if I determine you are no longer worth the effort. That is your first and final warning."

"How was she?" Molly paced around Hayden's huge conference table, her fingers trailing along the cool black stone.

Hayden was seated behind a matching black marble desk in his private cavern studying his padd. "How was who?"

She perched herself on the edge of his desk. "You're latest flame."

"Which one?"

Molly grabbed his padd and flung it against the stone wall shattering it into pieces.

"That was our latest tactical data."

"I don't care."

"Why doesn't that surprise me?" He stood up and said, "You seem to have no investment in our plans, Molly. Why is that? Our support is waning in Molti. We'll need to remedy that if you want to maintain the Moltese corridors at their current casting levels."

"What? Stefan has always been loyal to me. Why would he test us now?"

"Probably because you didn't give him the troops he wanted to help quell his rebellions. The protesters are getting very active in his sector. We are losing valuable resources in that province."

Molly paced around the table again. "It's high time they were dealt with."

"I agree," Hayden said. "The problem is finding them. Most of their followers are scattered around the old tunnel networks."

"Then we must seal off their access," Molly said.

"Where do you want to start? Tactical shows that most seem to be moving in from Neve."

"Neve?" Molly waved her hand. "No. That's not true."

"It is and you would know it if you read one of those things instead of breaking them. You'd also know it if you spoke to your brother."

"Well, you handle the details then! That's what you're here for. I have a much more pressing matter at hand."

"Which is?"

Molly waved her hand again. "Nothing to concern you."

"It does concern me since it is distracting you," he said. "What is it?"

She faced him and said, "Gene's gone missing."

"Your brother? Captured? When? Why am I hearing about this now?"

"Everything will be okay. He probably just couldn't handle all of this or maybe he actually did go looking to find…" She shook her head. "No. No! For his sake, he better be among the tunnel walls because it will be a much more pleasant experience for him than if I get my hands on him and find out he went after them. He can't do that. Not without me!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't question me!"

"I will question you when it concerns us! This is not a game!" Hayden drew a deep breath. "Your brother has always voiced concerns about tactics but his loyalty has always been solid."

"His loyalty has always been silent."

"What does that mean? Brother or no brother he needs to be dealt with if he is threatening our plans."

"This has nothing to do with our plans. This is personal." She walked back. "I know what he is up to. My brother has access to the casting runs at Neve."

"Of course he does. He's the commander of their militia. Or was from the sound of it."

"Those three that came in yesterday," she said. "They came to us but we didn't cast for any new property. I'll bet if you pull Neve's logs, he did. He cast for them but delivered them here to us."

"Why?" Hayden said. "Who are those three to him? Why here? Why not Neve?"

"Because his unauthorized cast was detected and he needed to drop them a shorter distance which is us." She pointed her finger. "You're new girlfriend and her two companions. He purposely brought them here."

"Okay but why? They didn't seem to know us or this place. That woman captain has been all over anyone for information to leave here."

"Captain?" Molly said. "Of the Starship Voyager?"

Hayden stared. "How did you know that? I haven't named her in any of my reports."

"You didn't have to. I want her and the others brought to me. Now!"

"Who is she? Are these friends or foes your brother has brought in? Is she with us or with the rebellion?"

"I will handle my brother. I want those three and him brought to me at once. Gene is not to be harmed in any way. If he is, I will kill you and anyone else I find responsible for it."

"Molly..."

"You have your orders. Implement them! Now!"