Voyager Headquarters, Research Lab
Trixie Maloney shook her head as she looked at the laptop. She wasn't sure how this data it could have anything to do with this project. Nonetheless, the Omnitron seemed to be guiding her, repeatedly, to the tragic and mysterious death of a little boy well outside of Bogg's timeline.
"Stupid machine," she muttered sadly as she shuddered at the images in front of her. "I didn't want to see something like this the *first* time."
"Wendy," she called over. "Are you finding anything in that diagnostic, because this machine just keeps leading me in circles that seem to have nothing to do with …"
Her thoughts were cut off as Jeptha yelled out: "We have a more immediate problem! Dan, you have to come now."
Dan took a look at the readings and slammed the desk.
He grabbed his communicator, tapped a key and shouted: "Mischa, I need immediate authorization for recall! Repeat: immediate authorization!"
"OK, Dan, calm down, I'm on it," Mischa's voice crackled through the device. "You should have the OK … now."
Dan looked at the readings again. He hoped now was soon enough.
"Jeptha! Get him out. Pull the omni ...
"And get someone else in there right away! A man and his "talisman" disappearing into thin air is not going to stop those damned trials!"
Even in this chaos, the Voyager code dictated that Dan's top priority be to preserve the timeline. "Let's hope we didn't lose one of our own in doing it," he thought.
He silently questioned why he didn't insist on calling Bogg back as soon as the red light appeared, but it wasn't worth second guessing Mischa or himself. The important thing was to get this Voyager back, hopefully in one piece, and figure out what was going on.
Phineas Bogg was not going back into the field until Daniel Lang understood exactly what had happened. This was one of his Voyagers, and Dan took his role as monitor and protector seriously.
A bronze omni clattered to the floor, followed quickly by a red-faced, unconscious Phineas Bogg, who fell over promptly without the ropes binding him to the stake.