With the Borg Sphere now in the Hands of Starfleet intelligence and the Founder delivered to a Dominion vessel. The Hayashi returned to DS9 as quicky as her warp drive could push her
Thrall recovered rather quickly thankfully not having been assimilated but Sato?
His recovery was taking a bit longer. The treatment created by Xalls wife or well found was proving to be effective. The Nanoprobes in Sato were either destroyed or damaged beyond function and the assmilation process was stopped thankfully before any serious permanent damage was done. But now Sato had been in critical condition from extreme radiation poisoning. He was stablizied then transported to a Federation hospital in a nearby sector where he was being treated
Doctors were hopeful that he would pull through but warned Tadashi that his immune system was highly compromised due to the radiation and that recovery was going to be long
Tadashi was just grateful that he was alive and once more his crew survived dangerous odds. He'd be happy if they never saw another Borg ship in their lifetime
The Hayashi was under repair from the damage sustained and the others were told to try and relax and enjoy a few days off the Bajoran transport authority gave them a month off after Odo put in a good word and Colonel Kira pulled her own strings saying Odo was thankful for the rescue of the Changeling and that they had earned their break
Tadashi wondered what was next. Seemed as though the Gamma Quadrant was just as dangerous and it left him wondering if it was a good idea to take contracts into that region
What ever was next he was sure his crew was ready and that together they could keep going