Base arrived on the ship earlier that day. She was waiting in Engineering for her father. The idea of actually talking to the man frightened her a little, even though she never would show it.

Finally she saw him rounding the corner with Geordi. Base could feel her heart in her chest. She was definably falling for the Head Engineer, and she wasn't afraid to admit it to herself. He was handsome and kind to her and she wasn't going to be leaving this ship if she had her way.

"Hello there Geordi," Base said rushing up to them. She shifted her attention to Data and smiled.

"Hello…Dad."

Data blinked before replying. "Hello Base. We will go for a walk around the ship and leave Lt. LaForge to his work."

Base's smile never wavered, but her heart fell as she realized she wasn't going to be spending the day with Geordi.

Base and Data headed down to Ten Forward.

Meanwhile, Riker and Deanna were asked to view the images on the memory chip on the holodeck. He saw the same thing that Data and the captain had seen, but after the memory ended, it switched to another memory, on from farther in the past. Apparently the memories were jumbled on the chip.


Lore was standing in the corner watching as Roxanne was trying to teach Data how to dance. It wasn't going well.

"OW! That was my foot, Data!" Roxanne screamed as she took a step back from Data. Data looked sad and upset.

"I am so sorry. What can I do to help?"

Roxanne looked at him with fire in her eyes. "You could stop stepping on my feet for starters."

Lore smiled to himself. This was turning out to be a wonderful lesson, at least from his point of view.

"I will try better," Data said.

Roxanne looked up into his eyes and was distracted by them. There was so much concern and pain hidden in those eyes.

"I trust you will Data," Roxanne said with a smile. She placed a hand on his cheek and smiled. Lore frowned and glared at his brother.

"I will go get some ice for you foot," Data said before leaving the room. As soon as he was out of sight, Lore marched over to Roxanne and took her hand.

"I love you," he said. Roxanne sighed and removed her hand from Lore's.

"I know you do. You have told me a million times before," Roxanne said trying to get him to understand. "You just aren't my type."

"But Data is?" Lore was pulled her up with him as he stood and shook her. "He and I are exactly alike, how can you choose him over me?"

"I don't know what you are talking about?"

"I saw you," Lore said glaring. Roxanne went rigid. "I saw you lying in his arms by the pond where you taught us how to fish. I saw you together. I know that he sneaks into your room at night. I know everything you do with him."

Roxanne looked afraid. "Release me Lore."

Lore threw her down to the ground, but before she had the chance to move, Lore was on top of her.

"If he is good enough for you than so am I. If you give it to him freely, I should get the same treatment."

"You aren't anything like Data," Roxanne said through clenched teeth.

Lore raised his hand to smack her, but the contract never came. Data was standing behind him holding his hand.

"What is going on here?" Data said with anger in his voice.

Lore smiled wickedly. "I was just going to take this little android whore for a ride."

Lore started laughing, making himself vulnerable. Roxanne reached up and deactivated him. Theroom went blank.


"Something doesn't make sense," Deanna said turning to Riker as the video ended. "She told us that she removed herself from both Data's and Lore's memories, but I remember hearing from Data that he asked Dr. Soong to remove his memory. And this obviously means that she didn't remove the memories from Lore's mind either. She also said that she was on Sernus 9 when Base was born, but this claims that she was on Starbase 32 when it happened. She's hiding something from us."

"Yes," Riker said starting out of the holodeck, "and I intend to find out what."

The images started to change again. Deanna turned to look back at what was coming up.

She fainted at what she saw.