A day later, Hoshi walked onto the bridge. It was during Delta shift and the illumination of the bridge was a bit lower than usual. Normally, she'd be in bed at this time but the person she needed to see was on duty during the late shift. Counselor Nycz sat in the center seat of the bridge. She saw Hoshi round her normal seat she sits in when the captain is around. She also saw the look on Hoshi's face.

"What can I do for you, Commander?"

"Well…" Hoshi let out a small laugh. "It's really little but I feel like I need to talk to someone about and I don't want to bother Commander Zofchak at this hour and since you're the counselor, I figure that you'd be the best person to come to."

"Okay, come with me and we'll talk."

Christine stood up from the chair and headed for one of rear doors that led to the observation lounge. She figured it'd be the best place for privacy with the exception of the captain's ready room but she didn't want to use it because it was called the captain's ready room.

"Mister Oliverio, you have the conn."

"Aye, sir." He said as she passed.

The doors to the conference room, where the senior staff usually held their meetings, opened and Nycz and Sato walked through. Christine took the chair on the end while Hoshi took the first seat on the corner where Commander Sparhawk usually sat.

"So what did you want to talk about?"

"Well." Hoshi hesitated for a few seconds before continuing. "I think I….I think I witnessed my own death."

Christine raised an eyebrow. "What makes you say that? Did you actually see yourself die?"

"Well, not exactly. I had a dream and I think I saw an older version of me but the place looked like the past compared to now and it doesn't make sense but… I don't know."

Hoshi was clearly frustrated. She rested her elbows on the table, rubbed her face and then slid her hands through her hair.

"Can you describe the events of your dream to me?"

Hoshi began her story.

Hoshi Sato walked from behind a large boulder. The sky was gray overcast and no end in sight. It went past the mountain line that was in the distance.

Where am I? Compared to the places I've been, this looks like the past. Why am I here?

She saw people piling into a building. She was compelled to follow. As she was walking to the building she saw a group of young teenagers standing nearby as if they were hiding. She entered the building and everyone was either seated or standing. It was overly crowded and hard to maneuver through. It seemed as people didn't acknowledge her existence. The people she accidentally bumped into didn't even move or even notice that they were bumped into. She bumped into an elderly woman long grey hair. She instinctively turned to apologize but the features of the woman stunned Hoshi. The woman was of Asian descent and looked like an older version of Hoshi.

Is that me? That can't be me.

A man next to the old woman pulled her close. He too was of Asian descent. The couple had a worried expression on their faces, as well as everyone else.

"The revolution is successful." A voice said.

Hoshi turned around to see a man with receding red hair, a red mustache and beard.

"But survival depends on drastic measures. Your continued existence represents a threat to the well-being of society. Your lives mean slow death to the more valued members of the colony. Therefore, I have no alternative but to sentence you to death. Your execution is so ordered, signed Kodos, Governor of Tarsus Four."

A frenzy almost immediately erupted. People rushed to the doors that were closed and barricaded in their faces. Kodos left the building by other means. Hoshi followed him out of the building. She passed a group of people who surrounded the building. Some were closing the windows and others lit torches that ended up being thrown to the base of the building. Hoshi could hear the screams of the people inside. She closed her eyes tightly and covered her ears. The attempt was futile; she could still hear the screams. She couldn't take it anymore and she ultimately screamed herself.

Christine sat attentively as Hoshi finished her story. Her left leg rested on the knee of her right with her hands clasped around the knee.

"You mentioned Kodos and Tarsus Four." Christine said. "A long time ago, Governor Kodos executed four thousand colonists on Tarsus Four because of some food epidemic. I'm not sure of the details but that's pretty common knowledge these days."

"Yeah, Dustin and I had covered that in my history lessons but we didn't go into extreme detail about it."

"I'm not sure why you would be connected to it. Have you ever looked up your personnel file?"

Hoshi shook her head. "No. I wasn't sure I wanted to know what it said."

"That's understandable but just remember that your file is on the Hoshi Sato of this universe not you, so if there is something on there that bothers you try to remember that. I know that's not too reassuring but it may help. Okay?" Christine put a comforting hand on Hoshi's shoulder.

Hoshi nodded before getting up. "Thank you, Counselor."

"Don't mention it. That's what I'm here for."

At that Hoshi left the room.

After a nights sleep without the dream of the Tarsus IV massacre, Hoshi awoke and after getting a shower and dressed, she strolled over to the computer terminal on her desk. She wasn't sure if she was ready or not to find out about her counterpart of this timeline. She figured she'd feel better about it with someone there. She tapped her comm. badge.

"Sato to Zofchak."

"Zofchak, here."

"Are you busy, Commander?"

"No not really."

"Do you mind coming to my quarters?"

"Sure. I'm on my way."

A few minutes later, Hoshi's door chimed.

"Come in."

The doors opened and Dustin entered. Hoshi spoke up before Dustin could ask his question.

"The reason I asked you to come to my quarters, is because I want to look up my personnel file and I feel like I need someone here with me and since you're the closest person to me on this ship minus Counselor Nycz, I figured…I figure I'd feel better with you here when I look at it."

"Sure." Dustin said. "I have no problem with you calling me here to look at your file with you."

A smile crept across Hoshi's face. She turned to the screen.

"Computer, display personnel file for Hoshi Sato."

Moments later a display appeared with a picture of Hoshi, looking to the upper right smiling, when she was first stationed aboard the NX-01 Enterprise.

"Born in Kyoto on July 9th, second child of three..." Hoshi skimmed the beginning of her profile because she knew it all until she reached the section after the Xindi missions. "In her late thirties, Sato created the linguacode translation matrix, married Takashi Kimura, she and her family moved to Tarsus Four." She stopped because she knew where this was headed. She looked to Dustin who came over and placed his hands on her shoulders. It seemed that his touch sent his strength to her. She turned back to the screen and continued to read. "Tragically, Hoshi and her family were among the four thousand people who died on Tarsus Four in twenty-two forty-six, when a food shortage caused by an exotic fungus threatened the colony's population. Governor Kodos ordered the deaths of Sato and the others in order to save the rest of the colony. She was buried in Kyoto with her husband."

Hoshi remained quiet for a few moments after reading that last paragraph. More information came after that paragraph but it was all about the Hoshi Sato from the alternate timeline.

Dustin lightly massaged her shoulders. "You okay?"

Hoshi nodded. "Now, I know what I dreamed but I want to know why?"

"You and me both." Dustin said.

Hoshi turned around and looked up to Dustin's face. "What do you mean?"