Lucas moved through his day robotically. His head still ached faintly, and he was bothered by Kat's reaction to him this morning. He hadn't meant to offend or bother her. At the same time he realized that, had he been in her position, he would have been the same way. He sighed, rubbing his face with his hands. He was completely exhausted. These headaches were getting worse and he felt like he was sleeping less.

He was glad when his day was finally over, and he headed straight for his quarters, not even bothering with dinner. He didn't care, he just wanted to sleep, and his head had begun to pound again.

Jason walked down the corridor to Mammal Engineering, looking for Lucas. He hadn't seen him at dinner and was worried. It wasn't like Lucas to miss a meal and with all that had been going on lately; he wanted to make sure Lucas was fine. He was probably hard at work on some computer issue, not realizing what time it was. He walked into an empty room, and his tension increased. Where was Lucas? He turned to go to Lucas' quarters.

"Oh! Lucas! There you are! I was just coming to check on you," he said as he saw Lucas standing in the doorway.

There was no response, Lucas just stared at him.

"Hard day huh?"

Lucas advanced into the room, and there was something about him that made Jason uncomfortable enough to back up.

"Come here Jason, I have something to tell you," Lucas said with a voice that was not his own. It was guttural and horrid.

"Lucas, what are you doing? This isn't funny. Quit messing around."

Lucas laughed an unnatural laugh and kept walking toward him. It was then that Jason noticed the red flash in his eyes. This wasn't Lucas.

He opened his mouth to call for help, but the false Lucas was beside him in a second, his hands around Jason's throat.

"Shhhh…didn't your Mommy ever tell you not to tattle?"

Jason's eyes were wide with fear as he struggled for breath. The knife was the last thing he saw.

Lucas awoke to a commotion from outside. People were shouting. He rolled out of bed, his hand to his head as his headache had intensified. He stumbled into the corridor, following the noise. As he entered Mammal Engineering, he saw the reason for all of the commotion. Jason lay on the floor, bleeding from several wounds.

"JASON!" Lucas cried, rushing to his friend's side.

"Lucas, did you hear anything?" Dr. Westphalen asked frantically.

"No, no I was asleep! Is he going to be okay?"

"We're working on it Lucas. This is worse than Miguel or Matthews. Whoever did this was interrupted, they wanted to kill Jason."

"Where is Kat?" Lucas asked, panicked.

"I don't know, I haven't seen her!"

"Oh God…Kat!" Lucas cried out as he jumped to his feet and sprinted to her quarters. Finding them empty, he headed for the science labs. His head was killing him now, close to the pain that he'd felt the first day that Kat had come here.

"I'm heading out Katy, I'll see you tomorrow," Dr. Levin said.

"Alright Eli, see you then," she said, putting away some of the instruments they'd been using.

She moved around the room, tired. She was worried about Miguel and was hoping he'd be alright. Had it been anyone else, she would have been able to see if he'd make it, but because they were friends, that door was automatically shut to her. She was worried about Lucas too. He hadn't seemed well, and he'd missed dinner. Jason had said that he was going to go check it out. He must've found him because he hadn't come back.

Lucas stumbled down the corridor to the science labs. The pain in his head was becoming so intense it was hard to see or even stand, but he had to get to Kat. He needed to know she was okay. He ran into the lab, seeing her putting things way. A white hot flash of pain seared across his brain and he hit his knees, crying out.

Katya turned at the sound of Lucas' cry and saw him on his hands on knees on the floor.

"Lucas! Are you okay?" she said, running over to him.

"Kat…help me," he panted.

"What's wrong? What's happening?"

"My head…it hurts so bad…make it stop Kat."

"Let's get you to med bay…"

"NO! Something is wrong! It got Jason, it almost killed him!"

The desperation in his voice stopped her. "Jason…" she whispered. "Lucas, you have to tell me what happened before I got here!" Lucas screamed as another flash of pain washed over him. She held him until it subsided a bit.

His words came in bits and pieces. "Nothing…I only remember that I had a migraine attack on the Bridge…"

"And what happened before that?"

Lucas tried to focus. "A man…a pirate, they sent him ashore on the launch that brought you back. He said some weird words and looked at me funny just before I got the migraine…"

Katya looked at him in alarm. "I'm sorry Lucas, I have to break my promise," she said, laying him down on the floor. "Give me your hand, and please don't move." She took his hand in hers and concentrated. So much harder with him conscious, so hard to get past the excruciating pain he was in.

She worked on moving back, back to see what words were said, to see what had happened for herself. She quickly found it as he didn't fight her and let her take the information from him.

"You're not going to win," she heard Lucas think.

She watched as the man turned his attention to Lucas and narrowed his eyes. "Mosha danna luktor winepp pala," he hissed.

"What the hell?" she heard him say. The man started laughing like he was possessed and they took him away. "Okay, that was seriously weird."

"I don't know what that was all about. How's the work coming Lucas?"

"Oh it's…it's…" she watched him say before he screamed and put his hands to his head, falling over and writhing in pain.

She gasped and snapped back to the present. "He sent a demon after you…" There was no response. "Lucas?" she said, shaking him gently. Still no response. "Please wake up Lucas, come on, don't do this…"

"Hello Katya…" said a dark voice from the corner of the room.