Seven walked down the halls examining the aliens that covered the ship, she didn't know how long they had been here but they were everywhere and they seemed to be performing experiments on all the crew members. Including the captain. It seemed the only ones not affected was the doctor and Amelia though she was not free from the prying of these aliens. They didn't touch Amelia or get too close, only observe her from a safe distance and taking down notes as the baby observed them. Now that the doctor and Seven knew of the aliens on Voyager they were starting to understand Amelia's almost random outbursts. "They seem to have infiltrated every deck." She moved back into the turbo lift to head back to sickbay. Seven paused as one of the aliens scanned her, the reality that she herself was a target of their experiments had not been absent from her mind but the verification that she was being tested was still uncomfortable all the same. When the lift opened up the alien moved away from her and continued on it's usual rounds to examine other crew members. One of them being Q himself as he walked along the hall and towards sickbay. When he spotted Seven he made a strange face, something between fear and confusion. His eyes flickering away as he tried to move quicker and avoid her. "Ensign Q, Amelia is still at sickbay correct?." They were not to alert the aliens to her ability to see them but Seven needed to know the whereabouts of Amelia Janeway.
Q tried to sneak past her but the moment she called his name he spun around with that same look on his face. "Seven, I was just one my way to sickbay." He paused registering her question. "Yes, she's been there with Tom and myself all day."
"Good, I shall accompany you to sickbay then." Q swallowed hard and looked away from her.
"Fantastic, we can walk there together." He cleared his throat and started following after her. "I'm, trying to avoid Kathryn right now, she's not in the friendliest of moods." Besides sickbay was full of confusing cases lately, Chakotay, Neelix, the numbers just keep rising and with worse conditions than the last, it's stressful. Not as stressful as trying to avoid looking at Seven but still fairly bad. "And without the doctor I guess I am the only one capable of treating people, that and I have Tom helping me out with his limited knowledge." Walking into the sickbay together Q looked over the growing number of patience and rubbed his forehead. Tom looked like he had his hands full, he was needing backup. "Well, duty calls."
Seven looked over to the doctors small office where Amelia was resting. "Ensign Q, I would like to request permission to take Amelia Janeway with me. I..." She paused trying to think of a good enough excuse to bring Amelia to the holodeck with the doctor. "I wish to take part in this, bonding process. If I am to act as a guardian to Amelia I feel it would be beneficial for the both of us."
Q looked over at Seven and back to the patience. "I am busy, take her for a little while at least." Seven glanced back to Amelia noticing one of the aliens walking closer to the baby with one of their scanning devices. Amelia's attention turning to the unwelcomed being as she started to whimper. When the alien aimed the scanner at Amelia a spark ran through the device and up the aliens arm making her drop the device and back off taking greater caution.
With the alien backing away Seven walked over to Amelia and picked her up, for most people Amelia would have thrown a fit if they tried taking her away from one of her parents but the baby always seemed to have a strange trust in Seven. "Amelia, you are alright now." Amelia looked up at Seven with wide green eyes and then to another alien that had gone to follow her father. "I see them as well." Seven assured her, somehow Amelia seemed to show some understanding of Sevens words and appeared reveled. She was quick to get back to the holodeck where the Doctor was hiding inside that captains program. It was the first time Amelia had ever been inside the holodeck and she seemed more than a little amused. "You were correct in your assumption that Amelia can fend off the invading alien intruders." Seven nodded and handed the baby girl to him.
"I figured as much, she didn't have a tag on her when I scanned through the samples." The doctor bounced Amelia and smiled at her making the baby twist her face as if she was going to break down crying. "Sorry." He apologized to her knowing very well she could shut down the whole holodeck is she got upset. "Now, we need to figure out a way to bring these alien beings into phase with the rest of the ship. The others need to know, the captain needs to know about them."
"The captain has been compromised." Seven responded nodding her head a little. It was problematic, they were the only three on the ship who seemed to know what was really happening here. "But I believe I can bring the aliens into phase with the ship."
"Good, you should get to that, I'll keep Amelia here with me." Amelia looked up at the doc and made a valiant attempt at a frown. "Don't give me that look, there isn't much you can do anyways." She continued to look at him, wondering if he was serious. She couldn't do anything? Really? Seven had taken off to get to work while the doctor laid Amelia down on one of the work benches. "Now stay put, and if you know how, you might want to put that little force field around yourself. Just in case." The aliens didn't seem to realize he was here and why would they care? He was a hologram, they couldn't learn from him. However now Amelia was also on the holodeck and they did seem interested in her. It was just nearly impossible to get close enough to her for them to get any real information. A few minutes passed before Seven was able to contact the doctor again. Things hadn't gone according to plan but she had managed to use her phaser to bring one of the aliens into phase with the rest of the ship and alert the captain of their situation. It hadn't been their original plan but at least ti worked. Janeway would be able to take care of the situation from there.
With the crew knowing of the alien threat the doctor felt he would be better off back at sickbay. Turning back to baby Amelia he pointed at her. "You don't go anywhere, I'll be right back or I'll send someone else to come get you. Behave." The doctor walked over to the holodeck controls rerouting himself to sickbay. It was easy enough for him to move between the two places, even Amelia could make that transition in the blink of an eye, she just didn't have full control of those abilities yet. At first when the door opened to the holodeck she thought it would be her father or Seven, someone she knew come to get her like the doctor had promised. Instead it had been one of them, the strangers. She seemed fearful, that glimmer of concern in her eyes.
"I won't harm you little one." The stranger spoke to Amelia but she didn't trust her. Unlike the others this one did not pull out a scanner, instead she got closer and closer bringing herself into phase with the rest of the ship. "You're alright." She tried to make her voice friendly but it didn't work to win Amelia. Blinking her eyes a few times she took in a deep breath, anticipating the stranger trying to pick her up. If she cried now would anyone hear her? Amelia took her chance, her eyes shifting back to the entrance of the holodeck as she opened out her mouth and started to scream for whoever would hear her. It was both a warning and a cry for help but the stranger didn't seem to back off, only crept in closer and closer. Finally the alien had grabbed her, tucking a hand under Amelia's back and making her fall quiet. Amelia had been patient with them for a while now, she had warned them, she had hurt them so they would understand her message. She didn't want to be touched, she didn't want to be bothered and poked at. It reminded her of something she had forgotten, a bad feeling in her chest. A bad thing that had happened before she had been born. Needles, pain, panic, she was afraid, she was angry. The feelings flooded the little Q as she looked up at the stranger, her tiny heart racing, her breathing picking up. She wasn't going to be hurt again.
The stranger picked Amelia up holding her in her arms as the holodeck shut down all around her. Nothing but the grid and the holoemitters remained as her mothers program faded away leaving just the stranger and Amelia behind. Looking up at the stranger Amelia locked eyes with her showing more than average intelligence and focus for an ordinary human child. 'Stop it Amelia.' Someones voice whispered in the back of her mind, not her own voice, her own thoughts, something that was not her, her father, nor Q. Someone who had become apart of her, their energy fused with her own, their memories faded, cloudy in the back of her mind. 'He will find you.' She cooed, confused by the persons voice, clearly the stranger could not hear it. Taking in another deep breath Amelia closed her eyes as the stranger tried taking them both out of phase with the ship. Once the woman hit the button on her belt Amelia clenched her fists and felt for a moment like she had completely faded away. In reality she had, fading away her physical self into a form of pure energy that shot around the room and blowing out the holoemitters. When she opened her eyes again she had been laying on the ground, the strangers body burned and laid out on the ground, the scent of blood heavy in the air. Amelia didn't know what had happened or why it had happened, like all her abilities they were reactions, something she couldn't yet control and harness. 'He'll know where you are now.' The voice spoke up at her again, almost judging her for her actions. 'He'll come for you.' It hadn't been a threat but more a warning. The feeling of failing weighing heavy on her sensitive mind, feelings not entirely her own. Clenching her fists again Amelia broke down into tears crying out for anyone who would hear her.
