The Same Mistakes
She awoke, instantly aware that her presence was a vision. It was a relief knowing whether her experiences were real life or a vision of what could be. Seven had also learnt that her involvement in real life had affected the outcome of what was to happen. Instead of going to the bridge like her vision had indicated, Chakotay had taken her to her quarters.
She was still in her quarters and the officers were still guarding her door. The door automatically opened and Captain Janeway walked through.
"Ok, I believe you. Tuvok says we have an hour and a half before the Borg Cube reaches us if we maintain our current speed. Meeting in the Briefing room, 20 minutes." The Captain decided.
"It would be wise to have the senior officials there as well, but I suspect you have already thought of that." Seven stepped out of her room and walked along the corridor beside the Captain.
Twenty minutes later, the Captain, Chakotay, B'Elanna Torres, Tom Paris, Harry Kim and Seven sat around the Briefing Room table. Captain Janeway had explained that their situation was part of something larger and left the rest to Seven.
While Seven explained all her visions, she couldn't help but look at Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres. When she died in her vision, Mr. Paris was a broken man; she saw in him no reason to continue living. However, at this very moment he seemed as content and carefree as he had always been.
"Surely we can do something other than run here." Tom Paris said optimistically.
"In my vision, Voyager tried to fight, but lost." Seven replied.
"Why do the Borg even want you back? I though if you got disconnected from the collective mind, they left you." Tom asked.
"They seem to think that I have vital information which could bring about their demise." Seven replied. The Borg had gotten in contact again and had told the Captain in her ready room and had informed Seven.
"Do you?" Tom asked, smiling.
"No." Seven replied.
"Bummer. That could've helped." Tom smiled, defeat in his voice.
"I have an idea." B'Elanna volunteered after a long while of silent thinking. "What if we disrupted the Borg's sensors? They're shielding is connected to them and we could temporarily disable them for long enough to destroy the Cube."
"We tried that. Tuvok didn't have enough time to download the disruptors. Anyway, the engines shut down." Seven replied. She left out the part about Deck 11 in sympathy to Mr. Paris.
"How long would it take?" The Captain asked.
"To input them and then take effect on the Borg Cube – I could have it done in about 2 hours." B'Elanna responded.
"You will fail." Seven argued strongly.
"Seven, you must understand. Our ship cannot run from the Borg forever, more Cubes will come after us. Now that we know what will happen, we can change the outcome." The Captain said.
"True, but you would have to do as I recommend, otherwise my visions would be meaningless. At the moment you are blatantly disregarding what I'm saying, it will get you killed." Seven argued.
"We have to take the risk." The Captain whispered.
"Captain, the last thing the Commander said to you was 'it might be time to consider the possibility that Seven was right' and you replied 'you're right'." Seven said, leaning down towards the Captain.
The Captain considered this for a moment while her senior officers looked to one another. They knew it wasn't common for Captain Janeway to admit defeat.
"That will not happen this time. B'Elanna start to put those disruptors online. Tuvok, we will also need extra power to the photon torpedoes." The Captain ordered.
"Captain, this is not wise. You are making a fatal mistake, putting your pride in front of your crew." Seven challenged.
"My pride is my crew. I will not be bullied by the Borg. If we know what will happen, we can prevent it." The Captain responded.
Seven stormed out of the Briefing room, hearing a faint "Dismissed." Come from Captain Janeway.