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FINAL DRAFT

OCTOBER 5, 2000

VOYAGER:"Shattered" 10/5/00

SETS

Interiors & EXTERIORS

VOYAGER

ASTROMETRICS LAB

BRIDGE

CARGO BAY

CORRIDOR

ENGINEERING

JANEWAY'S QUARTERS

MESS HALL

READY ROOM

SICKBAY

TRANSPORTER ROOM

TURBOLIFT

SPACE/VOYAGER

BORGIFIED CARGO BAY

HOLODECK

CAVES

CHAOTICA'S LAIR

CAST :"Shattered"

CAST

JANEWAY

ICHEB

CHAKOTAY

NAOMI

KIM

ADULT ICHEB

PARIS

ADULT NAOMI

DOCTOR

ROLLINS

TUVOK

SESKA

TORRES

RULAT

SEVEN OF NINE

DOCTOR

CHAOTICA

NEELIX

LONZAK

COMPUTER VOICE

Non-Speaking

N.D.

SUPERNUMERARIES

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

ANTARIAN an-TAR-ee-an

GRAVIMETRIC GRAV-ih-MET-rik

NEUTRINOS new-TREE-nose

CHRONOTON KRAHN-uh-tun

KAZON KAY-zahn

AL-BATANI albuh-TAN-ee

TARIS SETI TAHR-is SEH-tee

NEUROGENIC NOOR-uh-GEN-ik

CHAOTICA kay-AH-tih-kuh

ARACHNIA a-RACK-nee-ah

LONZAK LAHN-zak

OCAMPANS oh-KAHM-puns

NETRAZINE NEH-tra-zeen

ANALEPTIC AHN-uh-LEP-tik

VOYAGER:"Shattered" 10/5/00

TEASER

FADE IN:

EXT. SPACE -VOYAGER (OPTICAL)

At impulse.

INT. CARGO BAY

NAOMI and ICHEB are sitting on the floor, surrounded by the pieces of a large, partly completed PUZZLE of a humanoid DNA molecule. Naomi searches through a pile of loose pieces, finds the one she's looking for, then lays it into a gap in the puzzle, completing a protein "rung" of the DNA "ladder." Icheb nods approvingly.

ICHEB

Excellent. You recognized the complementary base pair.

Naomi picks up another piece, studies the puzzle agaln.

NAOMI

Actually, I just found two pleces that fit together.

ICHEB

You're missing the point.

NAOMI

I thought the "point" was to finish the puzzle.

ICHEB

And learn something about genetics.

NAOMI

If you really want to help, find me a green piece that looks like Tuvok's ear.

Icheb gives up and begins combing through the loose pieces. But when CHAKOTAY ENTERS, he stands up, embarrassed.

ICHEB

Commander. ..

CHAKOTAY

(lightly) At ease. I'm just passing through.

He begins moving some cargo containers aside, looking for a specific one. Icheb approaches him.

ICHEB

I apologize for the condition of the Cargo Bay, sir. I've been tutoring Naomi.

CHAKOTAY

(re: puzzle) Looks like you found a creative approach.

ICHEB

Thank you. But I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell Seven.

(confidentially)

I'm supposed to be writing a paper on transwarp instability.

Chakotay nods understandingly as he opens a container, starts digging through the contents.

CHAKOTAY

Don't worry, your secret's safe...as long as you keep mine.

Icheb reacts, curious, as Chakotay pulls out a dusty bottle of an amber liquid, explains:

CHAKOTAY

Antarian cider. Not the replicated stuff. There are only a few bottles left...(pointed)...and I don't want Mister Neelix getting his hands on them. Icheb indicates another storage area.

ICHEB

Then you should store them with the salvaged Borg components.

Neelix never inventories those containers. He says they "give him the creeps."

Chakotay claps him on the back.

CHAKOTAY

Officer-level thinking, Icheb. (re: the bottles) Would you mind?

ICHEB

Of course not, sir.

Icheb smiles, relieved, as Chakotay EXITS cheerfully with his bottle.

INT. JANEWAY'S QUARTERS

Where JANEWAY's sitting on the floor, surrounded by pieces of her disassembled Replicator, which she's trying to repair. The door CHIMES.

JANEWAY

Come in.

She glances over at Chakotay as he ENTERS.

JANEWAY

You're late. (rueful) Unfortunately, so's dinner.

CHAKOTAY

Let me guess --you burned the roast again.

Janeway picks up a part, fits it into a larger component that she's reassembling.

JANEWAY

Once... a long time ago... I called this Replicator a "glorified toaster." It never

forgave me.

Chakotay moves to the table, where he uncorks the cider and begins pouring a couple of glasses.

CHAKOTAY

I didn't know Replicators held grudges.

He sits beside her, setting the glasses down and picking up a couple of components... smiling to himself as he fits them together. Janeway notices.

JANEWAY

What's so funny?

CHAKOTAY

I just left Icheb and Naomi assembling a "jigsaw puzzle" in the Cargo Bay.

Janeway smiles too, as she works.

JANEWAY

Find me the thermal regulator. (as he looks around) How IS Icheb?

Chakotay hands her a component, light:

CHAKOTAY

A few more years and he may be running the ship.

JANEWAY

I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to retire just yet.

Suddenly, there's a SHUDDER and the room goes to RED ALERT. Janeway rises, hitting her combadge.

JANEWAY

Janeway to the Bridge --report.

INTERCUT: INT. BRIDGE

Red Alert.KIM is commanding a night-shift crew ofN.D.s.

KIM

That was some kind of gravimetric surge.

Janeway and Chakotay quickly head for the door.

JANEWAY

Source?

We CONTINUE THE INTERCUT as they EXIT into:

INT. CORRIDOR (CONTINUOUS -RED ALERT)

as Janeway and Chakotay ENTER and keep moving.

KIM

Seven's trying to localize it...

Another TREMBLE, stronger than before.

KIM

Engineering says the warp core's destabilizing.

CHAKOTAY

I better get down there.

Janeway nods, stepping into a Turbolift as Chakotay peels off down the corridor.

INT. ASTROMETRICS LAB

-ON SEVEN OF NINE as she works a console, then reports to com:

SEVEN OF NINE

A spatial rift is opening directly

ahead of us...

INTERCUT:

INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

TREMBLING as before.

SEVEN OF NINE

(continuing) ...it's emitting high levels of neutrinos and chronotons.

Kim nods to an N.D.

KIM

On screen.

The N.D. works and the Viewscreen displays a view of a jagged RIFT etched across space --a cosmic "fault line" that's widening, revealing currents of energy SHIMMERING inside. Janeway ENTERS from the Turbolift, eying the screen.

JANEWAY

What is it?

KIM

(working)I don't know...

Suddenly the ship JOLTS HARD as:

EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

The rift discharges a MASSIVE TENDRIL OF ENERGY that

RIPS into Voyager's Engineering section!

INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

Red Alert. TORRES and Chakotay work the console in front of the warp core, N.D.s working around them.

TORRES

We're losing containment! Everyone out --

Suddenly, a TENDRIL OF ENERGY bursts out of the warp core, STRIKING Chakotay and knocking him to the deck! The ship SHAKES violently, throwing Torres and other N.D.s around as well!

INT. BRIDGE

SHAKING... a console SPARKS... lights FLICKER... as Janeway and the crew hang on!

EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

As Voyager SHIMMERS in a strange PATCHWORK effect, as though different parts of the ship are out of phase with each other.

INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

Torres picks herself up from the deck, sees Chakotay lying nearby, his body SHIMMERING. She moves to him... hits her combadge.

TORRES

Torres to the Transporter Room

INCLUDING CHAKOTAY (OPTICAL)

His body is SHIMMERING with the same PATCHWORK EFFECT as Voyager. Half his face has aged into that of an old man. but the other half is still youthful!

TORRES

(continuing) Beam Commander Chakotay to Sickbay... now!

OFF Chakotay's strange, shimmering features...

FADE OUT.

END OF TEASER

ACT ONE

FADE IN:

(NOTE:Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)

INT. SICKBAY -POV FROM BIO-BED (SEASON TWO)

As the DOCTOR gradually comes into focus, holding a tricorder.

DOCTOR

Welcome back.

CHAKOTAY tries to sit up, but the effort makes him wince.

DOCTOR

Lie still.

CHAKOTAY

What happened?

DOCTOR

You were transported here... your body was in a state of temporal flux.

CHAKOTAY

Temporal flux?

DOCTOR

You had the liver of an eighty-year-old man, and the kidneys of a twelve-year-old boy.

Chakotay reacts.

DOCTOR

Fortunately, I was able to create a chronoton-infused serum that brought you back into temporal alignment.

He moves to a console, checks his tricorder readings against some data there.

DOCTOR

Anywhere else, that antidote would've earned me a prestigious award.

(beat) Of course on Voyager, it's just

another day in the life of an under-appreciated EMH.

The Doctor is a bit more prickly than usual. That's because, this is the Doctor as he was in Season Two. As we'll learn, this Sickbay is trapped in an earlier time period in Vo¥ager's past. But for the moment, Chakotay doesn't realize this. He glances around the empty room.

CHAKOTAY

What about the rest of the crew? No other casualties?

DOCTOR

Not that I'm aware of. I've tried calling the Bridge but no one answers. Were we attacked?

Chakotay rubs his temples... reacts to a lingering pain.

CHAKOTAY

I don't think so. We ran into some sort of... anomaly.

DOCTOR

Naturally, no one thought to inform me.

Chakotay swings his legs off the bio-bed.

DOCTOR

What do you think you're doing?

CHAKOTAY

Leaving. And you're coming with me.

DOCTOR

(confused) I am?

Chakotay grabs a medkit from a console.

CHAKOTAY

There may be other injured crewmen.

DOCTOR

In case you've forgotten, I'm a prisoner of these walls.

Impatient and a little confused, Chakotay eyes him.

CHAKOTAY

Where's your mobile emitter?

DOCTOR

(confused) My-?

Chakotay's beginning to realize that something's wrong here, though he's not sure quite what. He starts for the door with the medkit.

CHAKOTAY

I'll be back.

The Doctor follows anxiously.

DOCTOR

Wait.. .

ut Chakotay just EXITS.

The Doctor calls after him longingly :

DOCTOR

...tell me about this... "mobile emi tter."

OFF the Doctor...

INT. TURBOLIFT (OPTICAL)

Chakotay ENTERS carrying the medkit, speaks to com:

CHAKOTAY

Bridge.

The doors CLOSE and the lift begins to move. A beat, then a WAVE OF RIPPLING DISTORTION passes rapidly down Chakotay's body, as if he and the elevator are rising up through an invisible PLANE. As the distortion wave reaches his hands, the MEDKIT he's holding suddenly DISAPPEARS! Chakotay reacts... but a moment later, the lift stops, the doors opening to REVEAL:

INT. BRIDGE (PRE-SEASON ONE)

Chakotay steps out of the Turbolift to find the Bridge at Red Alert, crewmen busily working their consoles. But many of them are unfamiliar.

Suddenly, Kim crosses in front of him, moving from an aft science station to Ops. Chakotay snags his arm.

CHAKOTAY

Harry... what's going on?

KIM

Sir?

Kim eyes him uncertainly, notes the pips on his collar.

Suddenly, two Security Guards with drawn phasers converge on Chakotay. Janeway strides up.

JANEWAY

Take him into custody!

As the guards grab Chakotay's arms, he looks to Janeway who's followed by a Security Officer, a human man named ROLLINS. But this is Janeway as she appeared seven

¥ears ago at the start of Voyager's mission, her hair styled as it was then. (NOTE: on the Bridge, it's Pre-Season One.)

JANEWAY

How did you get aboard this ship?

Chakotay is naturally stunned. He eyes her uncertainly.

CHAKOTAY

Kathryn.. .?

JANEWAY

I didn't realize we were on a first-name basis.

Rollins glares at Chakotay, who by now is thoroughly befuddled.

ROLLINS

We should've known the Maquis were involved.

CHAKOTAY

Involved in what?

Janeway regards him dryly: does he really think she's that naive?

JANEWAY

Just when we're about to chase your ship into the Badlands... our systems start malfunctioning, and you step off the Turbolift-

Chakotay's beginning to realize the truth: somehow, he’s ended up seven years in Voyager's past. For a second, he wonders how much he should tell Janeway, but he sees no alternative- Haltingly:

CHAKOTAY

Captain, I know this may be hard to believe...(beat)...but I think I've somehow been... thrown... seven years into Voyager's past.

JANEWAY

(dry) Really? (beat) Let's try another theory: you learned Voyager had been assigned to capture you, and you managed to get on board to sabotage her.

CHAKOTAY

Check your sensors. See if they're showing any strange temporal readings.

Before Janeway can respond, Kim interrupts, calling out from his station:

KIM

Captain, the environmental controls are fluctuating.

Janeway starts toward Kim's station, looks to the guards re: Chakotay.

JANEWAY

Take him to the Brig.

Chakotay sees she's not going to listen... allows the two Security Guards to lead him back into the Turbolift. OFF Janeway, watching as the doors CLOSE...

INT. TURBOLIFT (OPTICAL)

The lift moving. A beat, then another RIPPLE OF DISTORTION passes through it. This time, however, it rises ~ through the floor, in the opposite direction from before. The Guards DISAPPEAR as if they've been erased from the feet up! Chakotay reacts.

CHAKOTAY

Halt Turbolift!

The Turbolift stops. Chakotay takes a beat to steady himself... considers what to do next. Finally:

CHAKOTAY

Engineering.

The lift starts moving again. CAMERA lingers on Chakotay's troubled expression for a beat, then:

INT. ENGINEERING -ON THE TURBOLIFT DOORS

(SEASON THREE)

as they OPEN and Chakotay takes a few steps into Engineering... and stops short when he sees:

CHAKOTAY'S POV

Several KAZON WARRIORS working consoles, making repairs to damaged systems. The room is at Red Alert.

A Cardassian woman turns from the warp core console to face him --it's SESKA (as seen in "Basics").

CHAKOTAY

Seska?

Before he can say anything else, the butt of a PHASER RIFLE ENTERS FRAME, smashing him in the head! As he loses consciousness, we FADE TO BLACK.

FADE UP ON: CHAKOTAY

A short time later, as he opens his eyes to find himself being held down in a chair by two Kazon warriors. He's got a nasty gash on his forehead. Seska is standing

nearby, opening up what looks like an Engineering kit. She removes a dangerous-looking Kazon device from the kit, moves toward him with it. He instinctively jerks away.

SESKA

Hold him still.

The two Kazon grip Chakotay's shoulders tighter. Seska holds the device close to his wound, activates it. It emits a gentle BEAM of light.

CLOSE ON SESKA as she manipulates the O.C. tool.

SESKA

You didn't really think I'd hurt you?

NEW ANGLE

As she straightens up... and we see that Chakotay's wound has been healed. Chakotay glances around the room, taking in the Kazon warriors, all of whom are eyeing him suspiciously, weapons at the ready.

As he'll learn. the encounter with the anomaly has fractured Voyager into a number of different "timezones" in its history. Here in engineering it's the

brief Ideriod when Seska and the Kazon_were in control of

the shiId. at the beginning of Season Three.

CHAKOTAY

How did you get here?

SESKA

Don't tell me this little bump gave you amnesia. (beat) It's time you accepted that I'm in control of Voyager now.

Still groggy, Chakotay glances from Seska to the Kazon warriors at stations, a realization dawning:

CHAKOTAY

That was FIVE years ago...

SESKA

(confused) What are you talking about?

CHAKOTAY

Look, Seska, there's some kind of temporal anomaly --

Without warning, she BACKHANDS him viciously across the wound she just healed! Chakotay winces in pain.

SESKA

I want to know how many more of your people are back on board.

Realizing he's not going to convince her, Chakotay decides to "play along," gives her a defiant look.

CHAKOTAY

All right... I'll tell you... (beat) I've got a dozen officers with me. We've already locked you out of every key system. In less than an hour, we'll be in control again.

Seska seethes, grabs a weapon from one of the Kazon N.D.s, points it at Chakotay's head.

SESKA

In less than a minute, you're going to be dead if you don't give me access to those systems.

Chakotay looks from Seska to the other N.D.s posted around the room: the main doors are guarded and so are the entries to the Turbolift and Jeffries Tube. The only possible means of egress seems to be the ladder leading to the second level. A beat, and then Chakotay seems to acquiesce, nodding toward the console closest to it.

CHAKOTAY

I'll need to use that console.

Seska gives him a warning look, issues a threat:

SESKA

Just don't do anything you'll regret.

Seska motions to a Kazon warrior -RULAT -who roughly pulls Chakotay to his feet, then shoves him forward. Chakotay deliberately hesitates, encouraging Rulat to shove him again.

RULAT

Move!

This time Chakotay stumbles forward onto his knees. He grabs the console... struggles to hoist himself up... but when Rulat angrily steps forward to yank him to his feet, Chakotay suddenly spins and wrestles the weapon away with one hand shoving Rulat back hard with the other. Another Kazon standing near Seska raises his weapon to FIRE, but Chakotay SHOOTS first, dropping the Kazon to the deck. Seska shouts to the others, re: Chakotay.

SESKA Take him down!

But Chakotay shoots again --BLASTING a console which immediately begins spewing a powerful JET OF VAPOR!

COMPUTER VOICE

Warning. The primary coolant system has ruptured.

Chakotay uses the distraction to leap onto the ladder and begin to climb.

(OMITTED)

ANGLE FROM ABOVE

as Chakotay rapidly climbs, billows of VAPOR partly obscuring the room below him...

SESKA rushes through the vapor toward the ladder...

CHAKOTAY (OPTICAL)

has reached the top of the ladder, but as he throws the weapon ahead of him up onto the upper level he sees it SHIMMER and DISAPPEAR, just like the medkit in the Turbolift.

He reacts as.- ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

Seska gets to the bottom of the ladder, aims at him.

SESKA

Don't make me kill you!

Chakotay hesitates.-. then hoists himself through the opening, just as Seska FIRES!

HER POV (OPTICAL)

Chakotay SHIMMERS and DISAPPEARS! The phaser beam DISSIPATES along the invisible barrier...

CHAKOTAY emerges onto the upper level, glances back down:

HIS POV -HIGH ANGLE

a puzzled Seska is looking up the ladder.

HER POV there's no one there.

Chakotay can see her. but she can't see him because. as we'll discover. he's just stepped through another one of the "temporal barriers" that divide the 2 into different time zones. Because of the serum the Doctor gave him, he's the only one at the moment who can cross through them, or for that matter see or hear through them.

RESUME CHAKOTAY'S POV -HIGH ANGLE

Seska continues to stare up in confusion as Rulat joins her at the bottom of the ladder, then grabs onto a rung, about to go after Chakotay. But Seska puts a restraining hand on his arm.

SESKA

No. Scan the perimeter... report any anomalous readings. (beat) There's something wrong here.

OFF Seska as she looks back at the place where Chakotay disappeared. ..

FADE OUT.

END OF ACT ONE

ACT TWO

FADE IN:

INT. SICKBAY (SEASON TWO)

Pacing nervously, the Doctor --the same Doctor from Season Two we saw in Act One --reacts to a SOUND coming from behind the hatch to the Jefferies Tube. He grabs a PHASER, aims it at the hatch, draws himself up... tries to sound commanding.

DOCTOR

Whoever you are, I suggest you surrender. I'm armed... and quite capable of defending myself.

The hatch creaks open... Chakotay pokes his head out.

CHAKOTAY

It's only me, Doc.

The Doctor's a bit embarrassed but relieved. He sets the phaser down and helps Chakotay climb out.

DOCTOR

Commander... please tell me what's going on.

CHAKOTAY

If you tell me the Stardate.

DOCTOR

(puzzled)49624.

CHAKOTAY

No wonder you didn't know about the mobile emitter. You don't get it for another year.

DOCTOR

I don't understand.

CHAKOTAY

I can't say I understand it myself, but the ship has been... fractured somehow...

DOCTOR

"Fractured? "

CHAKOTAY

(nods) Different areas seem to exist in different time periods.

The Doctor reacts.

DOCTOR

How many of these... "time periods" . . . are there?

CHAKOTAY

I'm not sure. On the Bridge, it's before Voyager even left the Alpha

Quadrant... and in Engineering it's the time when the Kazon took over the ship...

DOCTOR

(alarmed) Kazon? We've got to protect ourselves!

CHAKOTAY

Don't worry. So far I'm the only one who can cross from one zone into another. (beat) That serum you gave me... it must've made me immune.

Chakotay considers.

CHAKOTAY

(continuing) Normal technology won't pass through the barriers... (an idea) Can you replicate a chronoton-infused hypospray casing using the same principles you used to make the serum?

DOCTOR I think so. Why?

CHAKOTAY

I have to take some of it with me.

DOCTOR

What for?

CHAKOTAY

If I'm going to put this ship "back together" again, I need help.

OFF which...

INT. BRIDGE (PRE-SEASON ONE)

As Chakotay steps out of the Turbolift, clenching a hypospray in his palm. Kim immediately draws a phaser on him.

KIM

Captain...

Janeway and Rollins approach from their stations.

JANEWAY

Where are my officers?

CHAKOTAY

The Turbolift passed through a "temporal barrier." They couldn't get through.

Janeway and Rollins share a look.

CHAKOTAY

If you're willing to hear me out, I can explain... at least partly.

JANE WAY

You mean about your being from the future?

Chakotay eyes her.

Then:

CHAKOTAY

Your first Starfleet posting was on the Al-Batani, where you once knocked out power to six decks by misaligning the positronic relays.

JANEWAY

Nice try. But you could've read that in a Maquis intelligence file.

CHAKOTAY

(beat) How's Molly?

Janeway reacts, surprised.

CHAKOTAY

Your Irish Setter. You rescued her from a pound on Taris Seti Four. She was the runt of the litter, but you thought she had "spunk. "

(as Janeway reacts)

CHAKOTAY (cont'd)

You love music but you never learned to play an instrument, something you still regret. You--

JANEWAY

How do you know these things?

CHAKOTAY

Because you told me...

(beat)

...about three years from now.

JANEWAY

My Ready Room.

INT. READY ROOM

A short time later. Janeway's at her desk, using a tricorder to scan the hypospray, while Chakotay stands in front of her. Rollins keeps watch nearby, his hand close to his holstered phaser. Mid-scene.

JANEWAY

It's a fascinating story.

(beat)

But as the Ferengi say: a is easier to believe than good lie the truth.

CHAKOTAY

(a challenge)

So you're saying no one on your crew has encountered any of these "temporal barriers?"

Janeway and Rollins exchange a look. She turns back to Chakotay, gestures to the door leading to the corridor.

JANEWAY

My helmsman disappeared when she tried to walk a few meters down that corridor. But that doesn't prove she passed through a "temporal barrier."

CHAKOTAY

If you inject yourself, I can take you down that corridor... and you show that everything I've said is true.

A beat. Then Janeway stands, holds out the hypospray to Rollins.

JANEWAY

Have Mister Kim run a full spectral analysis. For all I know, this is poison, and Mister Chakotay is trying to assassinate me.

As Rollins approaches, Chakotay takes quick action, snatching the hypospray out of Janeway's hand, grabbing her around the neck with his other arm as he pulls her back toward the door! When Rollins draws his phaser, Chakotay holds the hypospray to her neck.

CHAKOTAY

She's right. It's poison. And I'll use it.

The doors OPEN as Chakotay backs himself and Janeway through them into...

INT. CORRIDOR

Also at Red Alert. Chakotay backs Janeway away from an open doorway, as Rollins follows them out.

ROLLINS

Let her go.

Chakotay holds the hypospray tight to Janeway's neck.

CHAKOTAY

Lower your weapon.

Rollins hesitates, then lowers his phaser. Suddenly, Chakotay INJECTS Janeway with the hypospray, causing her to react slightly, then yanks her backwards... Rollins raises his phaser again... but as he does:

ROLLINS POV (OPTICAL)

Chakotay and Janeway SHIMMER and DISAPPEAR, having backed through a TEMPORAL BARRIER.

ROLLINS

Captain!

Instinctively, he steps forward, phaser raised... but he stops himself short of the barrier.

INT. CORRIDOR -THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARRIER

where Chakotay's still holding onto Janeway as they both watch Rollins. From their perspective, he's only a few feet away, but he clearly can't see them as he hits his combadge.

ROLLINS

Rollins to the Bridge. I need help here.

JANEWAY

Rollins!

But Rollins doesn't hear her. Instead, he looks back toward two other N.D.s who ENTER with phasers and tricorders.

CHAKOTAY

He can't hear you. We've moved into a different time frame.

ROLLINS

(to the N.D.s)Scan the area...(indicating)...but don't go past

bulkhead that.

As the N.D.s begin scanning, oblivious to Janeway and Chakotay who indicates the opposite direction.

CHAKOTAY

You want more proof? It's right down that corridor. You just have to trust me.

JANEWAY

That isn't easy when you're holding me hostage.

a beat… then Chakotay releases her.

CHAKOTAY

Stay or go, it’s your choice.

Janeway looks from Chakotay to the hypospray he’s still holding.

JANEWAY

Now that I’m inoculated, I can go anywhere on the ship I want?

CHAKOTAY

That’s right.

JANEWAY

(a challange)

Then I suppose I don’t need you anymore.

CHAKOTAY

Without me, you’ll be stepping into a future that you don’t know anything about.

OFF Janeway...

INT. ANOTHER CORRIDOR

Janeway and Chakotay on the move.

JANEWAY

Where are we going?

CHAKOTAY

The Astrometrics Lab.

JANEWAY

(suspicious) Voyager doesn't have an Astrometrics Lab.

CHAKOTAY

Harry designed it... or will design it.

Janeway reacts with surprise.

JANEWAY

Harry Kim?

Chakotay tries to forge a connection with her.

CHAKOTAY

I realize from your perspective, he's new to the job. But he's going to become one of our best people.

She eyes him skeptically as they EXIT into...

INT. TURBOLIFT -CONTINUOUS

Chakotay speaks to com.

CHAKOTAY

Deck Eight.

JANEWAY

"Our" people?

Janeway eyes him coolly.

A beat, then:

CHAKOTAY

I'm going to be your First Officer.

Janeway eyes him: it's hard to believe.

JANEWAY

Maybe. (beat) But as far as I'm concerned, we're strangers. Understood?

Chakotay's not about to argue.

CHAKOTAY

Yes, ma'am.

JANEWAY

What's the reason we're going to this... Astrometrics?

CHAKOTAY

It has temporal sensors that can help us "map" the ship, tell us how many time frames we're dealing with.

JANEWAY

(still suspicious)

Now you're trying to tell me Harry Kim invented "temporal sensors?"

CHAKOTAY

No- (beat) We used Borg technology for that.

JANEWAY

Borg?

CHAKOTAY It's a long story.

JANEWAY

(considers) Maybe you should keep it to yourself. (pointed) The Temporal Prime Directive. The less I know about the future, the better.

INT. ANOTHER CORRIDOR

This one is DARK and spooky. It's a few minutes later. As Chakotay and Janeway round a corner, they come upon a number of crewmen lying unconscious on the deck. Janeway crouches beside one, checks his pulse.

JANEWAY

He's got a pulse...

Chakotay picks up a TRICORDER lying beside one of the crewmen... scans...

CHAKOTAY

I'm detecting an active neurogenic field... (considering) This could be the day the telepathic "pitcher plant" put us all into comas... or it might be the time aliens invaded our dreams.. .

Janeway reacts, eyes the unconscious crewmen, concerned.

JANEWAY

We've got to get them help.

CHAKOTAY

Don't worry. We managed to get out of both situations.

A beat as Janeway eyes him. and follows him. Then she reluctantly rlses

OMITTED

INT. NEW CORRIDOR

Picking them up on the move a few minutes later. The LIGHTING is again back to normal. Chakotay leads them to the door to Astrometrics.

INT. ASTROMETRICS LAB (OPTICAL)

As Chakotay and Janeway ENTER, a man in his thirties and a woman in her twenties, both in Starfleet uniforms, turn from the Domescreen, which displays a 3-D GRAPHIC of Voyager. As we're about to learn, they are ADULT ICHEB and ADULT NAOMI. Chakotay doesn't recognize either of them at first, and Janeway of course has no idea who they are.

The young officers are speechless at the sight of Janeway and Chakotay, as though they were seeing ghosts.

ADULT ICHEB

How did you...?

He trails off, unable to even articulate his question. Finally, Adult Naomi steps forward.

ADULT NAOMI

Captain...?

JANEWAY

I'm sorry. I don't recognize you...(noting her pips) ...Lieutenant.

ADULT NAOMI

(rattled)It's me...(beat)...Naomi Wildman.

Chakotay's eyes now move from her to Adult Icheb as he begins to put things together.

CHAKOTAY

Are you... Icheb?

ADULT ICHEB

Yes.

But both Adult Icheb and Adult Naomi still look dumbfounded. Janeway picks up on this.

JANEWAY

Something tells me you weren't expecting us.

ADULT ICHEB

No, ma' am. ..

Adult Naomi seems overwhelmed by emotion.

ADULT NAOMI

You both died...

As Janeway and Chakotay react, Icheb nods.

ADULT ICHEB

...seventeen years ago.

OFF the moment...

FADE OUT.

END OF ACT TWO

ACT THREE

FADE IN:

INT. ASTROMETRICS LAB (DISTANT FUTURE -OPTICAL)

A moment later. Adult Icheb and Adult Naomi are still recovering from their shock.

CHAKOTAY

The Captain and I haven't "risen from the grave." The ship's been fractured into different time frames...

Adult Naomi nods: they already know.

ADULT NAOMI

Thirty-seven to be exact...

JANEWAY

(surprised) How did you calculate that?

ADULT NAOMI

We've had seventeen years to upgrade the sensors.

She moves back to a console, works...

ADULT NAOMI

A chrono-kinetic surge interacted with the warp core ... On the graphic of Voyager, the warp core FLASHES, then sends out "shockwaves" that ripple through the ship, causing FRACTURES to appear, dividing the ship into separate color-coded areas, some comprising small sections, others spanning a couple of decks.

ADULT ICHEB

It "shattered" the space-time continuum aboard the ship.

Janeway looks from the Dome to Chakotay.

JANEWAY

The accident that occurred in your time frame...

CHAKOTAY

(nods) The question is, can we repair the damage?

Janeway looks back to the Dome, considers.

JANEWAY

If we could get to a section of the ship that still exists in that time period, maybe we could counteract the surge... stop it from happening.

ADULT ICHEB

That section was the focal point of the surge. (searching for words) It seems to have been... obliterated.

Adult Naomi considers the problem, rueful.

ADULT NAOMI

Too bad Seven's not here.

Janeway eyes her, curious.

JANEWAY

"Seven?"

CHAKOTAY

Someone who knows more about temporal mechanics than any of us.

ADULT ICHEB

(grim)She's dead too.

Chakotay considers.

CHAKOTAY

Maybe we can find her... in another time frame.

Janeway nods, they start to go, but she stops, her curiosity getting the better of her, turns to Naomi.

JANEWAY

I have an Ensign Samantha Wildman on my crew.

ADULT NAOMI

(nods) My mother.

CHAKOTAY

(still working) Naomi was the first child born on Voyager. A few years later, we rescued Icheb from the Borg.

ADULT NAOMI

When I was little, there was nothing I wanted more than to be the "Assistant Captain."

Janeway smiles gently, not quite sure how to react to the young officer's obvious admiration.

ADULT ICHEB

In case you were wondering... I never told Neelix where you hid that cider.

As they share a smile...

INT. CARGO BAY (BORGIFIED -SEASON FOUR)

As Janeway and Chakotay ENTER. The room's been TRANSFORMED into a miniature Borg Cube (as in "Scorpion, Part II). Alcoves line the walls, filled with DRONES; others move about as though they belong here. Janeway and Chakotay react...

JANEWAY

Maybe you better fill me in.

Chakotay glances around the room.

CHAKOTAY

This looks like the time you forged a temporary alliance with the Borg.

SEVEN OF NINE (O.C.)

What's happened to this vessel?

REVEAL a fully Borgified SEVEN OF NINE striding up to them. As a surprised Janeway eyes the imposing figure_..

CHAKOTAY

Captain Janeway, meet Seven of Nine... Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One.

INT. CARGO BAY -CLOSE ON A BORG MONITOR (VPB)

displaying a SMALL GRAPHIC of a BORG CUBE flying through a transwarp conduit.

ANGLE TO REVEAL (VPB)

Seven of Nine working an alcove control panel as Janeway and Chakotay look on.

SEVEN OF NINE

(continuing) To keep the different sections of the Cube in temporal sync, we project a chronoton field throughout the vessel.

JANEWAY

How?

SEVEN OF NINE

Each Cube has specially designed conduits.

She works the console again, and the Cube is replaced by a small graphic of Voyager, divided into time frames as seen previously. A pattern of LINES representing the "conduits" appears in each time frame.

SEVEN OF NINE

If we install similar conduits throughout this vessel... then generate a sufficiently powerful field... we may be able to force Voyager back into temporal sync...

CHAKOTAY

"Temporal sync" with what?

Seven works... the "conduits" FLASH... and the temporal barriers DISAPPEAR-

SEVEN OF NINE

The ship would return to the moment of the original chrono-kinetic surge.

(beat) Since the surge lasts for six or seven seconds, Commander Chakotay would have a short time in which he could try to counteract the warp core reaction.

Chakotay reacts: it's a tall order.

CHAKOTAY

Even if we could replicate these conduits, we'd have no way to get them through the temporal barriers.

Janeway eyes the graphic of Voyager thoughtfully. An idea hits her.

JANEWAY

The bio-neural circuitry.

CHAKOTAY

Captain?

JANEWAY

It runs through every section of the ship, almost like a nervous system.(beat)

If we could inject the gel packs with your serum, we could use them to transmit the chronoton field.

Seven of Nine nods, catching on to the idea, impressed.

SEVEN OF NINE

I believe the warp core could be recalibrated to generate that field.

Janeway nods, ready to swing into action.

JANEWAY

Work on it. Chakotay and I will see about modifying the serum.

SEVEN OF NINE

Your plan is inefficient.

JANEWAY

Why?

SEVEN OF NINE

There are only two of you. (matter of fact) If I were to assimilate you into a small Borg Collective, you could then assimilate others. The work would proceed more rapidly.

JANEWAY

(wry) Sorry, but I like my plan better.

Seven's about to object, but Janeway's already heading for the door, Chakotay in tow.

JANEWAY

We'll be back.

OFF a perturbed Seven as they EXIT...

INT. CORRIDOR

as Janeway and Chakotay ENTER from the Cargo Bay, Janeway remarking dryly:

JANEWAY

That was an interesting experience...

CHAKOTAY

If it makes you feel any better, you're going to develop quite a knack for dealing with the Borg.

As Janeway gives him a look, not exactly cheered by this prospect.. .

INT. SICKBAY -ON JANEWAY (SEASON TWO)

as the Doctor drapes a sash-like BANDOLIER over her shoulders. It has "loops" to hold hypospray cartridges.

DOCTOR

I've replicated these belts to resist the effects of the temporal barriers, just like the hyposprays.

JANEWAY

I didn't realize you were programmed to be so versatile.

DOCTOR

I wasn't. But when you're thrown into the "deep end" of the galaxy and left running for as long as I've been, it helps to develop a few extra subroutines.

He helps her remove her sash, then takes it to a console, where he begins loading it with AMPULES of serum. Janeway eyes him, her curiosity beginning to get the better of her.

DOCTOR

Almost three years... ever since our original Doctor was killed.

JANE WAY

(reacts)

Killed? How?

The Doctor seems surprised she doesn't know.

DOCTOR

In the incident that stranded us here in the Delta --

Chakotay, ENTERING from the Medlab with a TRAY of ampules, overhears and cuts him off.

CHAKOTAY

Doctor. The Temporal Prime Directive, remember?

DOCTOR

Of course. (to Janeway) I'm sorry.

He moves off as Chakotay finishes loading ampules into his bandolier. Janeway looks at him.

JANEWAY

The Delta Ouadrant? Is that what he was about to say?

But Chakotay decides not to expand on this. Instead, he dons his bandolier.

CHAKOTAY

Ready?

Janeway nods, unsure what to make of this latest revelation, but trying to let it go for now.

JANEWAY

I'll take the upper decks, you take the lower.

CHAKOTAY

I don't think splitting up's a good idea.

JANEWAY

We'll get the job done faster.

CHAKOTAY

As your First Officer, it's my duty to protect you. I know a lot more about what's out there than you do, and we have no way of communicating if something goes wrong.

( firm) It may take a little longer, but we should go together.

A beat.

Then Janeway acquiesces.

JANEWAY

After you... Commander.

It's the first time she's used his Starfleet title. Chakotay nods, then leads her to the door.

INT. CORRIDOR -CLOSE ON WALL PANEL (OPTICAL)

as Janeway and Chakotay remove it, exposing a series of NEURAL GEL PACKS. There are empty loops on their bandoliers, indicating they've already been at this for a while. Janeway seems preoccupied as she works a small control panel while he fits an ampule into the base of a hypospray. After a beat:

JANEWAY

Can I ask you something? (beat) I started out with a crew of a hundred and fifty-three. I already know I lost my Doctor. How many others?

Chakotay answers carefully.

CHAKOTAY

We'll suffer casualties, like any other starship. But you'll gain new crewmen as well.

JANEWAY

Like you. How do you get to be my First Officer?

CHAKOTAY

(hands her hypospray) Our crews will be forced to work together after we get stranded.

JANEWAY

In the Delta Quadrant. (beat) How does that happen?

CHAKOTAY

You sure you want to know?

Janeway isn't. She turns back to the gel packs and INJECTS them, causing them to SHIMMER briefly.

Suddenly, there's a low, wasp-like BUZZING SOUND and a weird organic object darts into view from around the corner. It's a MACROVIRUS, as seen in the episode

"Macrocosm." Chakotay reacts, grabs her elbow.

CHAKOTAY

Run!

They take off down the corridor... and a beat later run through a TEMPORAL BARRIER.

NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

Chakotay and Janeway turn in time to see the macrovirus DISAPPEAR as it flies into the barrier. A beat as they catch their breath.

JANEWAY

What the hell was that?

CHAKOTAY

A "macrovirus." They infected the ship a few years ago. Janeway shakes her head, not happy about it.

JANEWAY

Sounds like it's going to be one disaster after another on this ship.

As they start walking again, Chakotay tries to reassure her:

CHAKOTAY

You once told me that Starfleet Captains don't choose their missions; the missions choose them. (beat) You're going to have the opportunity to study things no human has ever seen before.

JANEWAY

(dry) Including some very large germs.

OFF the moment...

INT. HOLODECK -CAVES (OPTICAL -BLACK & WHITE) as Janeway ENTERS, Chakotay following behind. She immediately reacts to the grey-toned surroundings.

JANEWAY

A monochromatic environment?

CHAKOTAY

It's called "black and white." (off her look)

CHAKOTAY (cont'd)

It's one of Tom Paris' Holodeck programs. He based it on some old science fiction serials.

Janeway stoops to examine a discarded ROCKETPACK (as seen in the episode "Night").

JANEWAY

Interesting technology.

CHAKOTAY

Captain Proton's "rocketpack."

JANEWAY

Captain Proton?

CHAKOTAY

The "Savior of the Universe."

JANEWAY

Doesn't sound like Mister Paris's tastes are very sophisticated.

CHAKOTAY

(smiles) That's why we love having him around.

He indicates another cave opening.

CHAKOTAY

The access port should be in there.

They EXIT into:

INT. HOLODECK -CAVES -CHAOTICA'S LAIR (B&W)

As Janeway and Chakotay ENTER. This is the larger cave chamber containing a number of "retro" control consoles, as well as two "mad scientist-style" surgical tables, surrounded by menacing pieces of equipment. They move to a cave wall where they both begin feeling around for the edges of a hidden panel.

JANEWAY

I think I found the panel. Give me a hand.

They start to remove a panel, but suddenly LONZAK and SATAN'S ROBOT (characters previously seen in "Bride of Chaotica") burst into the room, along with an N. D. SOLDIER brandishing a RAY GUN.

LONZAK

Halt in the name of Chaotica! (to the Robot) Seize them!

As the Robot lumbers toward them, arms flailing, Janeway gives Chakotay an irritated look. He speaks to the com:

CHAKOTAY

Computer, deactivate program.

COMPUTER VOICE

Unable to comply. Holodeck controls are off-line.

The Robot grabs Janeway and the N.D. grabs Chakotay as DOCTOR CHAOTICA now steps through a cave opening. Lonzak bows obsequiously.

LONZAK

Thieves, my liege. They were attempting to rob your laboratory.

Chaotica eyes Janeway and reacts.

DOCTOR CHAOTICA

Fool! Don't you recognize the Queen of the Spider People?!

He approaches Janeway.

DOCTOR CHAOTICA

Arachnia, my bride, I knew you'd return to me one day...

He strokes her cheek with a long "Fu Manchu" fingernail.

DOCTOR CHAOTICA

...so I could watch you die.

He throws his head back and laughs maniacally, the sound ECHOING off the cave walls. OFF Janeway, as she gives Chakotaya forbearing look.

FADE OUT.

END OF ACT THREE

ACT FOUR

FADE IN:

INT. HOLODECK -CHAOTICA'S LAIR (OPTICAL -B&W)

Janeway and Chakotay are now strapped to the surgical tables, guarded by the Robot and the N.D. Chaotica arrogantly issues orders to Lonzak, who's manning a console.

DOCTOR CHAOTICA

Raise the Lightning Shield! Power the Death Ray! Her fleet may be lurking nearby!

Janeway turns to Chakotay, her movements hampered by her restraints.

JANEWAY

I'm open to suggestions.

CHAKOTAY

Our best bet is to play along.

JANEWAY

Don't let me stop you.

CHAKOTAY

I'm not the one he's in love with.

Chaotica approaches, brandishing a hypospray and an ampule.

DOCTOR CHAOTICA

Arachnia... you beguiled me once with your foul potions. Did youthink you could toy with my affections again?

JANEWAY

(to Chakotay) Were these characters always this ridiculous?

Angered, Chaotica's hand flies to a big control dial.

DOCTOR CHAOTICA

One twist of this control, and you'll never mock me again!

Janeway reacts, exasperated. Chakotay gives her achiding look.

CHAKOTAY

Arachnia...

Realizing she has no choice, she makes a halting attempt to get into character.

JANEWAY

Please... my liege... I meant it was "ridiculous" to think... I would ever try to deceive you.

Chaotica seems slightly mollified. encouragingly.

Chakotay nods

JANEWAY

I've come to warn you of a... fiendish plot...

She glances at Chakotay for help.

CHAKOTAY

...byaliens... from the Eighth Dimension.

Chaotica laughs derisively.

DOCTOR CHAOTICA

"Eighth?" Everyone knows there are only five dimensions!

Now it's Janeway who gives Chakotay a chiding look. He shrugs. She turns back to Chaotica, speaks more forcefully:

JANEWAY

If you don't believe us, examine their handiwork for yourself. (nods to cave wall) There's a hidden panel above that console.

DOCTOR CHAOTICA

Very well, I'll humor you. (gesturing) Lonzak!

Lonzak scurries to the wall, finds the panel that Janeway and Chakotay left slightly open, and removes it, exposing another series of gel packs --their bright COLOR contrasting with the black and white surroundings.

LONZAK

I've found it, Highness!

A bit clumsily, Chaotica manages to inject the gel packs. Once again, we see them briefly SHIMMER.

Chaotica moves back to her, fervently clasps her hand.

He pulls a lever, RELEASING Janeway's restraints. helps her sit up:

He smooches her hand.As Janeway gives Chakotay a weary look.. .

Chaotica approaches, reacts in awe.

DOCTOR CHAOTICA

They've sabotaged my laboratory!

Janeway indicates the hypospray he's still holding.

JANEWAY

That vial you're holding... it's a. .."neutralizing potion"...(re: gel pack)

If you inject their device... you'll render it harmless...

JANEWAY

Release me, and I'll disarm all their devices... throughout your realm.

DOCTOR CHAOTICA

Arachnia... you do love me.

JANEWAY

How could I resist your... magnetism?

DOCTOR CHAOTICA

Or I yours!

DOCTOR CHAOTICA Together we'll rule the cosmos and grind our enemies into dust.

INT. CORRIDOR

Janeway and Chakotay on the move again, wearing their bandoliers of ampules.

(CONTINUED)

JANE WAY

If we restore the time-line, remind me to cancel Mister Paris' Holodeck privileges.

OFF Chakotay's smile...

OMITTED

INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (SEASON ONE)

Torres, in her Maquis uniform, and a few other Maquis N.D.s are clustered around an open panel at the other end of the room. (NOTE: This is a time period just

after Voyager arrived in the Delta Quadrant.) B'Elanna turns as Chakotay and Janeway ENTER, then angrily approaches Chakotay.

TORRES

What the hell's going on... why are you wearing that uniform?

CHAKOTAY

It's a little complicated.

TORRES

(perturbed) I'm not going anywhere.

CHAKOTAY

(beat) Voyager's had an encounter with an anomaly. It's fractured the ship into different time periods.

JANEWAY

We're trying to undo the damage. But we need access to that panel.

Torres looks from one to the other, clearly finding this hard to believe. She lashes out at Chakotay.

TORRES

(re: Janeway) First she destroys our only way out of the Delta Quadrant, and now you're collaborating: with her?

The other Maquis have gathered around... the situation's growing tense. Chakotay addresses all of them.

CHAKOTAY

Try to understand, I'm from a time period in your future... when all of us will be working together.

TORRES

(still suspicious) That's pretty hard to believe.

CHAKOTAY

B'Elanna... I've never lied to you before, and I'm not lying now.

A beat as Torres eyes him, then she grudgingly stands aside.

OFF Janeway, looking from Torres to Chakotay as he moves to inject the panel...

INT. CORRIDOR

Janeway and Chakotay on the move again, Janeway looking troubled. A beat, then:

JANEWAY

That woman blamed me for stranding Voyager in the Delta Quadrant.

CHAKOTAY

She was angry.

JANEWAY

But was she right?

CHAKOTAY

You had good reasons for doing what you did.

JANEWAY

What reasons?

She's pressing Chakotay, who's still reluctant to reveal details about the future.

CHAKOTAY

You were trying to save lives.

JANEWAY

Whose?

CHAKOTAY

An alien culture. The Ocampas.

JANEWAY

In other words, I'm going to choose to help strangers at the expense of our own people.

Janeway seems angry with herself.

Chakotay eyes her.

CHAKOTAY

It isn't like you to second-guess yourself.

JANEWAY

In this case, I'm second-guessing a decision I haven't made yet.

OFF Chakotay, concerned...

INT. MESS HALL (NEAR FUTURE)

as Janeway and Chakotay ENTER to see that the room has been turned into a makeshift hospital. Sick crewmen lie on rows of cots as Paris, Neelix and a few N.D.s tend to them. This "time zone" is several da~s after the initial accident. Chakotay and Janeway pause as they take in the scene, then Chakotay leads her toward:

PARIS

(who's giving orders to an N.D)

PARIS

Keep dispensing the netrazine until we run out, then switch to the analeptics.

The N.D. nods and moves off. Paris turns to see Janeway and Chakotay approaching and reacts with surprise. From his perspective, he's had no contact with anyone outside the Mess Hall for a while.

PARIS

How'd you get in here?

CHAKOTAY

There isn't time to explain.

JANEWAY

(re: sick crewmen) What happened to these people?

Paris is surprised she doesn't know.

PARIS

Radiation poisoning... the EPS relays overloaded when we ran into the anomaly.

(beat) We need the Doctor, gnd medical supplies, or we're going to have a lot more casualties.

CHAKOTAY

I'm afraid that's not possible right now. Do the best you can.

It's clearly a tough situation for Paris, but after a beat he nods.

PARIS

Yes, sir.

He moves off to treat another patient, Janeway watching him, until Chakotay touches her elbow.

CHAKOTAY

There's an access panel in the Galley.

NEW ANGLE

as they move to the Galley, and start to remove a panel.

NEELIX (O.C.) Coffee, black.

Janeway turns to see Neelix at her side, holding a thermos and mug. Naturally, she doesn't recognize him.

JANEWAY

How do you know how I like my coffee?

NEELIX

(puzzled) You haven't changed your standing order in seven years.

JANEWAY

(takes the mug) Thanks. It's just what I needed.

Neelix puts a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

NEELIX

Don't worry, Captain. You'll get us out of this. You always do. Janeway watches, both touched and troubled, as Neelix moves off. Chakotay closes up the panel, having already injected the gel packs.

CHAKOTAY

All done here.

ANOTHER ANGLE

He starts for the door, Janeway following. But a familiar voice stops her, calling out weakly:

TUVOK

Captain...

Janeway turns to see a feverish TUVOK lying on a nearby cot, partly covered by a blanket.

JANEWAY

Tuvok?

She moves to his side... Chakotay remaining a few feet behind her. Tuvok has RADIATION BURNS on his face and he's perspiring, struggling to stay conscious.

Janeway's pained to see him in this condition.

TUVOK

I'm... pleased... you're here. I didn't think I'd see you again.

Janeway eyes him, curious.

TUVOK

I want you to know that it's been an honor to serve with you... and to be your friend.

Tuvok's body stiffens.

Alarmed, Janeway calls out:

JANEWAY

Mister Paris!

Tuvok holds out his hand to Janeway in the Vulcan salute, his fingers trembling slightly.

TUVOK

Live long... and prosper.

Tuvok closes his eyes, grows still. Janeway is still staring at him when Paris arrives... scans him... and shakes his head somberly.

OFF the difficult moment...

INT. CORRIDOR

as Chakotay and Janeway ENTER from the Mess Hall. walk silently for a beat, Janeway clearly lost in thought, then EXIT into:

As the doors CLOSE, Chakotay speaks to com:

CHAKOTAY

Deck Eleven.

The lift starts. A quiet beat as Janeway's expression grows resolved. Finally:

JANEWAY

I can't let this happen... not again.

CHAKOTAY

What are you talking about?

JANE WAY

Voyager getting stranded... these deaths... this entire future --it's my fault. I have to do something to change it.

CHAKOTAY

(concerned) What do you have in mind?

JANEWAY

(a decision) Maybe we can find a way to modify Seven's plan... put Voyager into temporal sync with the time frame.

CHAKOTAY

Captain --

JANEWAY

Now that I know what to expect, I can avoid ever getting trapped in the Delta Quadrant in the first place... maybe even send you all a warning --

Chakotay cuts her off forcefully, to com:

CHAKOTAY

Halt Turbolift. (the lift stops) Seven's plan is dangerous enough. Trying to alter it is too risky.

JANEWAY

It's worth the risk.

She's determined... and Chakotay thinks he knows why.

CHAKOTAY

If Seven's idea works, Tuvok and those other crewman will be fine.

JANEWAY

They'll still be stuck in the Delta Quadrant. If the temporal anomaly doesn't kill them, something else will. The Borg...telepathic pitcher plants... "macroviruses" ...

(beat) The Delta Quadrant's a deathtrap.

CHAKOTAY

What about the Temporal Prime Directive?

JANEWAY

To hell with it.

A beat as Chakotay absorbs this. Then:

CHAKOTAY

With all due respect, it's a little presumptuous to think you have the right to change everyone's future.

JANEWAY

From what I've seen, they'll thank me.

CHAKOTAY

All you've seen are bits and pieces. You're not getting the whole picture.

JANEWAY

Really? Just what am I missing?

Chakotay makes a decision: it's time to fill the Captain in on a few more details.

CHAKOTAY

It's not "what," it's "who." (beat) People like Seven of Nine, a Borg Drone who'll become a member of this crew after you help her recover her humanity.

Janeway reacts.

But Chakotay's not finished.

CHAKOTAY

Or Tom Paris, a former convict who'll be our pilot, chief medic, and a husband to B'Elanna Torres.

JANEWAY

That angry woman I just met?

CHAKOTAY

She's going to be your Chief Engineer.

(off her reaction) Two crews --Maquis and Starfleet --are going to become one.And they'll make as big a mark on the Delta Quadrant as it'll make on them... by protecting people like the Ocampans... curing diseases... encouraging peace.

(beat) Children like Naomi and Icheb are going to grow up on this ship and call it home... (pointed) And we'll all be following a Captain who sets a course for Earth and never stops believing that we'll get there. Janeway's taken aback, and a bit chastened. his words sink in.

JANEWAY

Are you going to be lecturing me like this for the next seven years?

CHAKOTAY

Don't worry. You'll always get the last word.

A warm look between them.

JANEWAY

In that case, let's get back to work.

OFF the moment...

INT. CORRIDOR

JANEWAY

So who is this "Seska?"

CHAKOTAY

She was a member of my crew who turned out to be a Cardassian spy. She formed an alliance with the Kazon and took over the ship.

Janeway reacts.

CHAKOTAY

It's all right. We got it back.

JANEWAY

Sounds like she's not going to be as cooperative as the others.

CHAKOTAY

(nods) I suggest we take a page from your rule book...

She gives him a curious look.

CHAKOTAY

We try diplomacy.

JANEWAY

Fine. But the next page in that book says that when diplomacy fails, we need a backup plan.

CHAKOTAY

Something tells me you've already got one.

OFF THAT...

INT. ENGINEERING (SEASON THREE)

Chakotay, still wearing his bandolier, is being held by Rulat, while Seska, a phaser on her hip, examines one of the serum ampules. In the b.g., warriors guard the various entrances, while others work consoles. Mid-scene.

CHAKOTAY

We've already injected the gel packs in the other time frames. That just leaves the ones here. (beat) It's in both our interests to work together. (beat)

It's in both our interests to work together.

Seska takes a beat, then :

SESKA

I agree.

(to Rulat) Let him go.

RULAT

(surprised)

You believe him?

SESKA

His story's too preposterous to be a lie.

She hands the ampule back to Chakotay, who's a bit surprised himself

NEW ANGLE

as she leads the way to a nearby station... indicates his bandolier of ampules.

SESKA

I'll admit it's an ingenious solution.

She removes a panel, exposing some gel packs. As Chakotay begins working...

CHAKOTAY

I'm glad you're cooperating.

SESKA

Oh, I believe in cooperation...(smiles) ...as long as it benefits me.

Chakotay nods and they move to a console by the warp core. Chakotay works the console, as Seska watches.

SESKA

You know, it's true what they say.

CHAKOTAY

What's that?

SESKA

Men just get more distinguished as they get older. A few lines here, a little grey

there --it adds character. (beat) Too bad their minds start to go.

Chakotay eyes her warily.

SESKA

The last time you were here, you had that nasty head injury... and you mumbled something about my taking over the ship... five years from now.(beat) If that's true, then you're from a future time frame... which means that at some point, your crew is going to regain control of Voyager. (beat) I can't allow that to happen.

She draws her phaser.

SESKA

Step away from the console.

When Chakotay hesitates, Seska nods to Rulat, who

approaches and jerks him away. Seska begins to work the

controls.

SESKA

It's an ingenious plan. It just needs a slight modification.

CHAKOTAY

What are you doing?

SESKA

Recalibrating your pulse to bring the ship into temporal sync with with my time frame.

CHAKOTAY

That's not possible...

SESKA

When will you learn to stop underestimating me?

CHAKOTAY

If you make even the slightest miscalculation... you'll destroy the ship... kill everyone.

SESKA

What other choice do I have? If I can get Voyager into my own time frame, I'll be able to ensure that you never retake the ship. (off his look) Don't worry: I won't kill you. You can start fresh... with me.

Chakotay gives her a defiant look.

CHAKOTAY

Sorry, but that's not the future I have in mind.

Seska's reacts as though stung.

SESKA

In that case...

She nods to Rulat, who points the muzzle of his rifle at Chakotay's head.

SESKA

Goodbye, Chakotay.

OFF the threat...

FADE OUT.

END OF ACT FOUR

ACT FIVE

FADE IN:

INT. ENGINEERING -HIGH ANGLE (SEASON THREE)

As before --Rulat pointing his rifle at Chakotay --only now we're watching from above.

CHAKOTAY

Seska... what you're trying to do is too dangerous...

REVEAL that we are looking down from...

INT. ENGINEERING -UPPER LEVEL

where Janeway. Paris and Kim are peering down on the scene from the same general area where Chakotay was able to observe Seska unseen at the end of Act One, hidden by the invisible temporal barrier. The high angle is Janeway's POV.

CHAKOTAY (O.C.)

...there are too many variables...

Janeway turns to Paris and Kim, not waiting a moment longer to implement her back-up plan:

JANEWAY

Do it!

Paris and Kim vault over the railing!

ANGLE FROM BELOW (OPTICAL)

as Paris and Kim seem to drop out of thin air, landing atop Rulat and another Kazon N.D., taking them down! As Paris and Kim wrestle the weapons away. Chakotay quickly moves to a console, hits a control, causing:

THE MAIN DOORS to SLIDE OPEN.

Adult Icheb and Adult Naomi now rush in.

(NOTE: as we'll come to learn, these other characters were injected with the serum to allow them to come to Chakotay's aid.)

Adult Icheb grabs a surprised Kazon from behind and wrestles away his rifle, while Adult Naomi moves to a console, works it, causing: A CONSOLE ACROSS THE ROOM to BLOW OUT, knocking a Kazon standing by it to the deck! As the rapid action continues:

KIM tosses his commandeered Kazon weapon to:

JANEWAY (OPTICAL)

who's descending on the elevator. She catches the rifle and starts FIRING before the lift touches ground. Across the room:

A KAZON N.D. takes aim at Janeway. But before he can fire, Torres and a Maquis N.D. rush in from the Vertical Jefferies Tube and grab him, wrestling the gun away.

SESKA (OPTICAL)

crouching behind an alcove, watches as Janeway FIRES, makes her way behind her, then springs out, grabbing Janeway from behind and putting a phaser to her head. She warns off Chakotay, Paris, and Kim, who are approaching with leveled rifles.

SESKA

Stop!

Chakotay signals for the others to stop, as Seska retreats a few steps, dragging Janeway with her, until her back is to the main entrance.

SESKA

Put down your weapons!

JANEWAY

Don't listen to her.

SESKA

Your faithful First Officer isn’t going to let you die...(to Chakotay)

...are you?

A beat, and then Chakotay sets his rifle down, and

signals to the others to do the same. Seska glares at

him, ready to turn the situation to her advantage.

SESKA

Very clever, Chakotay... (re: his commandos) ...inoculating them with serum.

(beat)

Now it's time to inoculate ffi¥ people, so we can have access to the rest of the ship.

CHAKOTAY

I won't do that.

SESKA

Then you just lost your Captain.

She's about to squeeze the trigger when the doors to the main entrance HISS OPEN, revealing a seemingly empty corridor outside. But as Seska turns at the sound:

SEVEN OF NINE (OPTICAL)

suddenly APPEARS, striding through a TEMPORAL BARRIER separating Engineering from the corridor.

Still holding onto Janeway, Seska FIRES at Seven, but the beam is deflected by a green BORG FORCEFIELD that springs up around the Borg. Undaunted,

Seven strides right up to the startled Seska and grabs the phaser from her hand. Then, she pulls Seska into a choke hold. It's over.

JANEWAY

Thanks.

Seven of Nine nods. For Seska, there's nothing left to say. OFF the moment...

INT. ENGINEERING -LATER (SEASON THREE)

Chakotay and Seven are working by the warp core, Paris,

Adult Icheb, Adult Naomi and the Maquis N.D. at other consoles. Torres and Kim, both still holding Kazon phaser rifles, are reporting to Janeway.

TORRES

Seska and the Kazon are secure ln the Jefferies Tube.

Janeway nods.

Chakotay turns to Janeway from his console.

CHAKOTAY

I'm ready.

JANEWAY

The rest of us should return to our sections.

He nods his agreement. She addresses the group:

JANEWAY

After Chakotay initiates the warp pulse, he should find himself back in his own time. He's going to have a few seconds to try resetting the deflector polarity... to divert the chrono-kinetic surge.

(beat)

If the time-line's restored, the rest of us should have no memory of what's happened here...

A long beat as Janeway studies the faces of her mismatched crew: Chakotay... Seven of Nine... Paris... Kim... Adult Icheb and Adult Naomi... Torres and the Maquis N.D.

JANEWAY

...so I'd like to thank you now... for putting your doubts aside...(glancing at Chakotay) ...and helping me put mine aside as well. (beat) Good luck to each of you.

The "crew" starts to file out, Janeway watching them go. A beat, then she moves beside Chakotay, who's entering a a few final commands at his console.

JANEWAY

Mind if I ask you one last question?

CHAKOTAY

(smiles) Will I have to break the Temporal Prime Directive to answer it?

JANE WAY

Maybe just a little. (beat) For two people who started off as enemies, it seems we get to know each other pretty well.

(beat)

I've been wondering... just how close do we get?

Chakotay gives this some thought, then:

CHAKOTAY

Let's just say, there are ~ barriers we never cross.

Janeway smiles, understanding. She holds out her hand... and Chakotay grips it warmly.

JANEWAY

See you in the future.

OFF Chakotay as he watches her head to the door...

INT. BRIDGE

Red Alert. Janeway ENTERS from the Turbolift and takes

her seat. Kim is already back at his station. Rollins

and the other N.D.s are at their posts.

JANEWAY

Ensign?

KIM

(off console) Chakotay should be initiating the pulse in ten seconds.

CAMERA PUSHES IN on Janeway as she waits silently, her expression thoughtful. A beat then:

KIM

Five... four... three...

INT. ENGINEERING (SEASON 3 -OPTICAL/INTERACTIVE LIGHT)

Chakotay hits a control and there's a LOUD FRITZING SOUND as the warp core suddenly FLARES with energy, filling the room with a BRIGHT SHIMMERY LIGHT.

INT. BRIDGE (PRE-SEASON ONE -OPTICAL)

as the same BRIGHT LIGHT fills the room, and Janeway, Rollins, and some of the other N.D.s brace themselves...

BACK TO:

INT. ENGINEERING (SEASON THREE/PRESENT)

ON CHAKOTAY as the bright light FADES and we find ourselves in present-day Engineering (as seen in the Teaser), at Red Alert. Torres is now beside him at a console, N.D.s working intently at other stations.

A beat as Chakotay reacts to the changed surroundings, realizing where and when he is: It's seconds before the warp core surge. Then he takes action, moving to another console as he calls out to Torres, while he works.

CHAKOTAY

Reroute main power to the deflector, and set the polarity to the frequency I'm inputting.

Torres looks at him, surprised.

TORRES

Why?

CHAKOTAY

(as he works) Ever heard of a "lightning rod?"

(off her look) In about three seconds, we're going to need one.

Without asking another question, Torres works her console, as Chakotay intently works his.

INT. BRIDGE (PRESENT)

Which now appears as it did in the Teaser. Janeway's just entered, Kim is still in her chair. Red Alert.

JANEWAY

What is it?

KIM'S COM VOICE

(working)

I don't know.

Suddenly, Kim reacts to his console, puzzled.

KIM

Main power's being re-routed to the deflector dish.

JANEWAY Who gave that order?

Suddenly the lights DIM... the ship TREMBLES. Janeway and Kim react as:

EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

Once again, the rift discharges a massive tendril of

energy, only this time it’s magnetically attratcted to

the deflector dish instead of the hull.

The tendril FRITZES, CRACKLES OFF in another direction, missing the body of the ship.

INT. BRIDGE (PRESENT)

The trembling subsiding...

JANEWAY

Damage?

KIM

The deflector's been burned out...

(beat)

...but we're okay.

OFF Janeway...

EXT. SPACE -VOYAGER (OPTICAL)

as it veers away from the rift at impulse.

INT. BRIDGE -(PRESENT)

Moments later. Janeway is back in her command chair,

Kim at Ops, as Chakotay ENTERS from the Turbolift. Janeway eyes him, annoyed, as he takes his chair.

JANEWAY

Do you mind telling me why B'Elanna burned out the deflector dish?

CHAKOTAY

Actually... I ordered her to do it.

Janeway reacts, surprised.

JANEWAY

Why?

CHAKOTAY

Trust me: it was better than the alternative.

JANEWAY

(beat) Which was what, exactly?

A beat as Chakotay considers.

CHAKOTAY

I can't tell you.

JANEWAY

Why not?

CHAKOTAY

The Temporal Prime Directive.

Janeway reacts. Chakotay changes the subject.

CHAKOTAY

B'Elanna's already got a team working on repairs. What do you say we finish our dinner?

OFF Janeway, her curiosity piqued...

INT. JANEWAY'S QUARTERS

Chakotay and Janeway are sitting at a small table, drinking glasses of cider, having just finished a meal. The mood is relaxed. Mid-conversation.

JANEWAY

Forget particle fountains and subspace inversions. There isn't an anomaly scarier than a thunderstorm on the plains... especially when you're six years old.

(beat)

I remember watching a bolt of lightning split an oak tree in my grandfather's yard. I climbed it just a few hours before.

CHAKOTAY

(smiles) Good timing.

Janeway eyes him curiously.

JANEWAY

So... what would've happened if you hadn't turned our deflector dish into a "lightning rod?"

Chakotay gives her a chiding look.

CHAKOTAY

We've been down this road before.

JANEWAY

We have?

CHAKOTAY

(nods) You wanting answers to questions you shouldn't ask.

Janeway knows he's right. But at the same time, she can't help trying to glean a bit of information even from this brief exchange.

JANEWAY

But something did happen... outside the normal space-time continuum. ..

Chakotay doesn't answer. Janeway muses.

JANEWAY

It's strange thinking there's a piece of your life you don't know anything about.

CHAKOTAY

(shrugs) Sounds a lot like the future.

A beat as Janeway reflects, lightly.

JANEWAY Any predictions?

CHAKOTAY

(re: cider) Only that in a few minutes, this bottle will be empty.

Janeway smiles.

JANEWAY

Then maybe you should go to the Cargo Bay and grab another one.

Chakotay's a little surprised.

CHAKOTAY

How do you know that's where I keep it?

JANEWAY

(shrugs) I can't tell you.

CHAKOTAY

Why not?

JANEWAY

(straight-faced) Temporal Prime Directive.

A beat as Chakotay eyes her: was there some other

temporal anomaly? Is she kidding? But we'll never know

as we go OFF Janeway's mischievous smile...

EXT SPACE (OPTICAL)

Voyager at impulse.

FADE OUT.

END OF ACT FIVE

THE END