["Okay, I've been here for about one day, and here is what I know. This ship, good. The Captain is like my distant granddaughter that, by my time, hasn't been born yet. Oh, and those robot things, the Borg, they have Reese and they're evil."]
"Malcolm, target their shield generators with a photon torpedo and fire on my mark." Janeway commanded.
Malcolm tapped his console, "Ready."
"Fire!" Janeway ordered. On the view screen, a yellow light hurtled at the Borg cube.
"Direct hit. No effect!" Malcolm replied. The ship rocked underneath their feet. A white blast shot from a console behind them.
"Shields are down to 70 percent!" Malcolm shouted. On the screen, the Delta Flyer bobbed and weaved in front of the cube.
"The cube is charging weapons!" Harry Kim stated.
"Target their weapons matrix and fire!" Janeway stated.
"Direct hit! They lost weapons."
The room beeped as Tom's voice called through the comm "Delta Flyer to Voyager. I'm in range, transporting both boys to sickbay!"
"Acknowledged." She replied, "Get a security team down their fast!"
* * * *
"Tom, we got them." Janeway stated over the comm.
"Acknowledged. I'm returning to the cube now." Tom replied. He flipped several switches and pressed a couple buttons and the Delta Flyer soared back to the cube. A white blast shot from over Tom's head.
"Shields down to 93 percent." The computer announced.
"Computer, reengage cloak."
"Cloak enabled." The computer replied. Outside, the Borg cube fired blindly for a few seconds, before stopping.
"Delta Flyer to away team." Tom stated, tapping his comm badge, "Paris to Chakotay… Seven… Doc?"
* * * *
Seven and The Doctor crouched behind an alcove. Chakotay stood out front, rifle ready, having readjusted the phaser frequency. Seven was adapting The Doctor's program to create a holophaser. The Doctor thought the idea up first, since a phaser fires laser, and laser is essentially light, which is the primary component in holograms.
"I've completed the modifications." Seven announced.
A phaser appeared in The Doctor's hand. "I'm not quite used to being on this end of one of these." The Doctor stated.
"Best grasp it fast!" Chakotay ordered, firing at a drone.
The Doctor stood up and walked to Chakotay's side. He leveled his arm and blasted a drone. "One step ahead."
"Commander. There should be an information junction up ahead. I might be able to tap into it and lower the dampening field." Seven stated.
"Lead the way!" Chakotay replied. The trio rushed down the green tinted halls, sporadically firing at drones.
Taking a left, they finally came upon the junction. Seven pried the cover off the wall and tapped several of the green buttons underneath. "Be ready. The Borg Queen will not let leave us alone." She ordered. Chakotay and The Doctor readied themselves on both sides of Seven. Behind them, Seven lifted her metal covered hand and pierced the console with her assimilation tubules. Her eyes darted back and forth as she deciphered and input information.
The Doctor fired at a drone. As the beam hit the drone, a greenish field glowed for a brief second, then disappeared. "Recalibrate your phaser! They've adapted!" He shouted over the phaser fire and static of shielding taking effect on drones.
Chakotay tapped his rifle, as a drone grabbed him around the neck! Chakotay let his rifle fall onto the strap around his shoulder as he grabbed the Borg's other hand. "Doctor!" Chakotay gasped, trying desperately not to be assimilated.
A yellow-orange light flashed over Chakotay's shoulder and blasted into the drones face. "Holding your own?" The Doctor asked, trying to be funny.
"Joke later, after we leave this damn cube!" Chakotay replied tersely. The Doctor frowned.
"I'm finished Commander." Seven said, retracting her tubules from the console.
"Away team to Paris! Get us the hell out of here!" Chakotay ordered into his comm. A drone stalked towards the away team, as they faded away in blue light.
