"If you don't stop asking questions I'm going to put all of you in a cargo container and transport you back to the Borg."

Seven entered.

"Come with me", she said to Icheb.

"Where?" he wanted to know.

"To dinner with your parents", he got as answer.

"I'm working."

"You can continue your work after the meal."

"I don't have anything to talk about with them."

"Then it will be a very quiet evening."

"I'm not going."

"Your attendance is not optional."

[In the Mess hall]

Yifay and Neelix were bringing dishes from the galley. Seven and Icheb entered.

"Enjoy your meal." (Seven)

She started to leave, then stood by the door.

"Come, sit down."

"I prefer to stand."

"Mister Neelix let me use his galley to prepare some poma."

"I'm not hungry."

"It was your favourite food when you were little."

"I'm not little anymore."

"No. No, you're not."

"Your mother worked hard on that meal. Couldn't you at least try it?"

Icheb looked at Seven, who nodded. Icheb sat and tasted the food.

"Good, isn't it."

"Nice to see the family back together again, isn't it, Seven?"

"When you were little, you would only eat the inside..." (Yifay)

Meanwhile in the Jefferies tube

"Okay. Everything is alright here. Let's move to the next." (B'elanna)

She and Vorik moved to a ladder, but the half Klingon looked back. Lil was still sitting in the same spot like before, having sweat on her forehead and breathing heavily.

"Lil? Everything alright?"

"I-Is it m-me... or is it really hot in here?"

She inhaled deeply and started to tremble. The other two got back to her and Vorik scanned her when B'elanna put a hand on Lil's forehead. Then suddenly, Lil's eyes rolled back and fell backwards, being caught by B'elanna and Vorik, who, to catch her, was letting the tricorder fall.

"B'elanna to the doctor."

"What's the emergency?"

"We need an immediate place to place transportation."

The three were beamed from the Jefferies tube to the sickbay, where the doctor already waited.

"What happened?" he asked.

"We were working in a Jefferies tube. She was suddenly very hot, started to tremble and then fell unconscious", B'elanna answered when she and Vorik laid the unconscious girl on a bed.

The doctor started to scan Lil's body part for part.

"Well, there are some things that started a chain reaction. But I think she should listen too."

He injected some medication and vitamins into her blood systems. She woke up with a groan.

"Doc?"

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