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[LeadHead]

Seska appears on screen. The message has static.

Seska: Chakotay, they're going to take your son. When Culluh saw the baby... I hear them coming, I don't have much time. When he saw the baby wasn't his... Please Chakotay, Help us! Not for me, for your son!

 

[Admiral Shran]

CULLUH [on viewscreen]: I told you to stay out of here.

 

[LeadHead]

Seska: (on screen) No, please don't. Don't take him, I beg you! No! Please, No!

 

[Admiral Shran]

CULLUH [on viewscreen]: I'm taking him!

 

[LeadHead]

Seska: NOOOOOO!

 

[Admiral Shran]

[Ready Room]

CHAKOTAY: This is not my responsibility! She has no right to expect me to....

 

[LeadHead]

Janeway: She knows you, Chakotay. She knew how you'd react when you saw your son in danger.

 

[Admiral Shran]

CHAKOTAY: I have a duty to this crew. I can't just leave and go looking for the child.

 

[LeadHead]

Janeway: And I'd never consider letting you go into a Kazon-Nistrim stronghold by yourself. If we do this, we do it together. That's something Seska would know, too.

 

[Admiral Shran]

CHAKOTAY: Do you think it's a trap?

 

[LeadHead]

Janeway: Do I think Seska is capable of manipulating you and me with this? Oh, Yes.

 

[Admiral Shran]

CHAKOTAY: On the other hand, it was time for her to deliver, and that baby we saw did look part Cardassian and part human.

 

[LeadHead]

Janeway: And knowing Culluh, I'm sure his pride was wounded when he realized the child wasn't his. It makes sense Chakotay, it might even be true.

 

[Admiral Shran]

CHAKOTAY: Still, the safest thing would be to ignore this message and resume our course.

 

[LeadHead]

Janeway: I'm not going to resume our course just yet. I want you to think about it, Chakotay. This has to be your decision. If you chose to go after him, I know I speak for the entire crew, Starfleet and Maquis alike, when I say we'll stand behind you.

 

[Admiral Shran]

[Chakotay's Quarters]

CHAKOTAY: A-koo-chee-moya. We are far from the sacred places of our grandfathers. We are far from the bones of my people. But I ask, on this day of sorrow and uncertainty, that the wisdom of my father find me and help me understand my dilemma. Speak to me, Father. Speak to me in my dreams.

 

[LeadHead]

Kolopak: (From the vision) I've never seen you so troubled, Chakotay.

 

[Admiral Shran]

[Forest clearing]

CHAKOTAY: I have a son, Father.

 

[LeadHead]

Kolopak: A Son, Chakotay? Oh, this is the reason for your despair. Was he born with 2 arms? And 2 legs? And a Heart that beats?

 

[Admiral Shran]

CHAKOTAY: Yes, but....