WARNING: There is violence in this chapter. It gets quite bad...so much that I changed the rating for this story just to be safe.

Base and Data spent the whole day together. They talked about Base's life and all of her friends on Sernus 9. Then came the hard conversation.

"Um…Dad?"

Data turned from watching Spot to look at Base. "Yes."

"It is hard to get my mind to wrap around having to call you that. I always assumed that my father was dead, with the way Mom never talked about him."

"I see."

"It is not everyday that you wake up and find out you have a father."

"Or you are a father."

Base sighed. "I forgot how hard this must be on you. How do you feel about all this?"

"I have no emotions, therefore I feel nothing."

"Oh…" Base turned and watched the orange cat chase a small ball. "I forgot."

The two sat in silence for several minutes, both just watching to small cat chase the ball that he kept knocking away with his paws.

Finally Base spoke.

"I do not want to return to Sernus 9"

Deanna's eyes opened slowly. Both Dr. Crusher and Captain Picard were standing by her.

"What happened councilor?"

"I…was in the holodeck. I can't believe what I saw. It is a good thing Data destroyed Lore…a very good thing."

"What did you see Deanna?"

Deanna brought her hands to her face as she started to cry. "It was…it was…I just…so much pain…"

Picard looked up at Crusher. "What do you think she saw?"

"It's hard to say, but from what I gather. It was on Lore's memory card, and it had something to do with Base and Lore."

Picard looked down at the sobbing councilor before leaving. He was on his way to the holodeck to find out exactly what had upset the councilor had seen.

Base walked through the corridor alone. Data didn't understand why she didn't want to return to Sernus 9, why she hated living there.

It had nothing to do with her friends, or anything like that. It was the fact that she couldn't do what she wanted…and she didn't want to break Wesley's heart.

He had told her that he was in love with her and wanted to be with her, but she didn't feel the same about him. It had been four months since then, but he kept trying to get alone with her. The last time she had decked him with a ball and sent him onto the Enterprise. Ever since it happened, she had tried not to be alone with anyone, even her mother.

But, when I am alone with Geordi, I feel safer than I ever have before. I know he won't hurt me. I think that I'm in love with him.

Base sighed to herself. "Enjoy it while it lasts, because it will not for much longer."

"Enjoy what?"

Base jumped at the sudden voice, lost her balance, causing her fall into the arms of the speaker. Base looked up into Geordi's visor.

"You scared me…" Base said standing quickly. Geordi laughed and smiled at her.

"It must not take a lot to scare you then."

Base smiled. If she only had a little bit of time, then she was going to enjoy it while she could, before she couldn't see him again.

Geordi and Base started off towards Ten-Forward, talking about turbo-lifts and computers.

Picard entered the Holodeck and started the program. He watched a couple memories he had already heard about when he reached the one that Deanna had talked about.


Lore sat up after being re-activated. Base was standing on the other side of the room. She was older, about 15 by the looks of her. She didn't even notice Lore getting up. It was just the two of them in the room.

Lore walked over to Base before grabbing her and throwing her across the room. Base hit the wall with such a force that she almost made a hole in it.

"You little bastard child. You bastard child."

Base looked up at Lore with fear in her eyes. She tried to stand, but her leg was broken and she was bleeding from the cut on her head.

"Your mother is nothing more than a little slut…and that makes you one too."

"MOM!" Base screamed as Lore approached her. He looked crazy. His eyes were wide and filled with anger and hatred.

Lore grabbed Base and started beating her against the wall. He would stop periodically and slap and punch her. Then he grabbed a small knife from when Base's dinner was sitting and held it at her throat.

"By killing you my dear little niece, I will sever the tie between Roxanne and my brother and claim your mother for myself. Besides…I will be doing the world a favor by riding it of one more whore."

Lore slowly cut Base's cheek before lowering the knife to her stomach.

"See you in hell," he said before he started stabbing Base in the stomach several times.

Roxanne rushed into the room to see Base fall to the floor, stained with her own blood. Lore was standing over her with a grin on his face and a bloody knife in his hand.

Roxanne walked over and grabbed the knife out of Lore's hand before transporting him with her powers onto the table. She tied him down tightly.

"No need to worry about the little slut my dear," Lore said halting Roxanne in her progress. "She was just another obstacle in my way to completely possessing you."

"You're crazy…but you are the only one who can save my daughter now."

Lore blinked as she finished tying him down. "Excuse me?"

Roxanne used her powers and closed up Base's wounds and then moved Base to the table next to Lore and put an IV in her arm. Then she turned to Lore.

"My blood wouldn't work for her, now that I've closed up her wounds all I have to do is a transfer."

"A transfer? Of what?"

"This." Roxanne stabbed the other end of the IV into Lore's arm. The blood-like fluid passed from Lore's arm to Base's while Lore glared at Roxanne in anger.

"You bitch…when I get out of here I plan to…"

"You know the best part of this procedure?" Roxanne reached to the switch on Lore's back. "I can shut you down and then when I'm finished…I plan to dismantle you so you can never cause Base, Data, or me grief again."

Roxanne hit the switch and the memory ended.


Picard understood now why Deanna had fainted. Just watching that memory himself he had almost fainted at the amount of blood Lore had shed in his attempt to cure his obsession with Roxanne.

"That poor girl…" Picard said as he headed back to the bridge.