Chapter 6
Data was very happy to see again his friends. He passed a lot of time to explain what happened aboard of the Atlantis and of his fears not to reach the Enterprise. But he admitted that Captain Lars wanted something from the Federation, but she didn't want to tell him the truth. She said only that she was waiting for the right moment to have help from the Enterprise.
La Forge accompanied his friend in the engineering where he repaired his damaged chips and then he replaced the artificial skin on his body and the artificial eyes.
Geordi continued to repeat: -"It is a miracle, Data, a real miracle… the Romulans have made a great job with you, really. It's fantastic to have you aboard again! You are our hero! And you must know your brother. Thank to his microchip we came to save you from the enemies. You sent to us a distress call, isn't it?"-
Data seemed perplexed: – "My brother? He had a strange microchip? I think that it could be a trap, Geordi. I did never send to you a distress call, I am sure. I wanted to do it, but I could not. I was in fact a prisoner of the Romulans, not a guest. We are in danger, Geordi. It could be a plan of the Remans, they were in fact the only ones to be able to modify the circuits of my brothers."-
Geordi finished to smile. –"Are you serious, Data? We must immediately refer it to the captain. We must return near to the Earth and refer it to the Admiral Janeway."-
After two intensive hours of maintenance, they returned to the bridge and explained to the Captain the situation.
-"Captain, we are in a terrible danger. We must return immediately to the Sector One. We must speak with the Command."- Data said resolutely.
-"OK, Mr. Data. Perhaps you are right. We must refer everything to the admiral Janeway. I hope that she won't be too much angry with us. We remained in fact too long near the border."- Picard replied.
The ship arrived to his destination in one day. B 4 was set under constant surveillance in order to prevent any risk. Picard didn't want that an android should die aboard of his ship. He hoped that a solution would be found in a reasonable time.
Meanwhile Data returned to his apartments. He found again his cat, Spot, and understood that Picard wanted him as First Officer aboard, as if the battle against Shinzon didn't exist. He was so happy to be into his room again, but the danger of the Remans could perhaps ruin everything. He tried to examine the microchip of his brother, but it became green and it seemed not to function any more. It was curious, because neither he nor Geordi found out it when they deactivated the extra device of Shinzon in the body of B 4. Who could access to the body of his brother except Doctor Soong and Shinzon? The entire story was a complete mystery to him and it wasn't good.