Sorry about the wait. Been working a lot. Hope you enjoy this next chapter.

Base gathered the others together and transported them to the ship using her powers. Since she had been there several times, she knew which areas were less frequented than others.

They arrived in a small landing bay where there was only one guard. Wesley knocked him out before moving back to Base.

"What now?"

Base looked around at her friends. Honestly she hadn't thought any farther than becoming stowaways on the ship.

"First we need to find a place to hide," Base said thinking on her feet. "If we don't then they'll find us."

The others nodded and followed Base into the maintenance tunnels of the ship.


Dr. Crusher looked down at Roxanne, who looked more like she was sleeping peacefully than passed out.

Data was standing next to her bed staring down at the girl with slight fear in his eyes.

"Is she going to be okay doctor?"

Beverly smiled at Data and nodded. "It was just the shock of it all at once. I am going to wake her up now, so be prepared for her to faint again."

Data nodded and turned his attention back to the young woman resting on the bed. Beverly leaned over and gave her a shot, which woke her up instantly.

Roxanne's eyes fluttered before slowly opening. As her eyes focused, the first thing she noticed was Data hovering over her like a worried lover.

As the thought passed through her head Roxanne's eyes widened as she remembered what happened and what her father had done. She sat straight up and stared at Data with surprise in her eyes.

"It's true," she said. "You have your emotions again. I was afraid it was all a dream."

Data smiled, a smile Roxanne hadn't seen in a long time. "I promise you that this is no dream."

Roxanne pulled Data into a tight hug, tears streaming down her eyes. Data smiled and hugged her back, though not as tight.

Picard entered Sickbay and witnessed the sweet reunion.

"It is very nice isn't it?" Dr. Crusher said from behind him. Picard nodded and turned to the doctor.

"It is wonderful for them. After all these years apart and all they have gone through, it is nice that they can have time together like this. But I can't help wondering how long this will last with each of them living such different lives now and being separated like they will when we leave and she has to stay."


Base moved through the maintenance tunnels quickly, trying to avoid accidentally triggering any sort of alarms they may encounter.

They missed triggering alarms, but ran into someone else instead.

Geordi was working feverishly on repairing the replicator system in the guest quarters and was forced into the maintenance tunnels to work. It was taking him much longer than anticipated because his mind wasn't solely on his work, but on her.

He never thought that he would run into her here of all places.

He finally finished fixing the problem after three hours of work, despite the fact it was a minor problem, and slid on his back into the main tunnel, right under Base.

She looked down at him and he looked up at her for what seemed like hours. Finally Wesley broke the spell.

"Geordi? What are you doing here?" he said from behind Base. Geordi looked under Base's arm to discover a group of people following her, all of different races.

"Working. I think the correct question would be, what are you doing here?" Geordi said going for the people behind her to Base herself.

She was speechless. She hadn't expected to just run into him like this, or at all until the ship was well away from Sernus 9.

"I…I…" Base didn't know what to say.

"Follow me," Geordi said getting in front of the group. "We have a lot to talk about."


Roxanne and Data sat in his quarters just sitting in each other's arms. It was a feeling Roxanne had missed all these years.

"I wonder what Base is going to say when she finds out?" Data said placing a kiss on Roxanne's head.

The mention of her daughter shocked Roxanne back into reality. She sat up abruptly, and gasped.

"Base! I totally forgot about her. How is she going to understand all this? How are we going to make this work? How are we…"

"Relax," Data said putting his hands on Roxanne's shoulders. "It will all work out in the end. Trust me, okay?"

Roxanne nodded and leaned back into Data's embrace. "I trust you Data."