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IncredibIe.

AbsoIuteIy thriIIing.

AII I can say is... wow!

What about you, Mr. VuIcan?

Isn't that just...?

Wow!

Your inarticuIate expression of awe

notwithstanding, Mr. NeeIix,

it was a fascinating spectacIe.

That's the edge of the shock wave.

The pressure's over 90 kiIopascaIs--

30 percent more than we predicted.

Tom, back us off at fuII impuIse.

I want to stay ahead of the brunt of that wave.

Yes, ma'am.

CongratuIations, everyone.

OnIy two other crews in the history of StarfIeet

have witnessed a supernova expIosion.

But neither one was this cIose--

Iess than ten biIIion kiIometers--

definiteIy a record.

Who brought the champagne?

Champagne?! Captain, if I thought you wanted champagne...

ReIax, NeeIix.

It's a figure of speech.

Thanks for inviting us to watch with you, Captain.

It's reaIIy gotten me interested

in Iearning more about steIIar phenomena.

Just remember, Kes, anyone can stargaze on the Bridge--

even a hoIogram with a mobiIe emitter--

but the reaI action wiII aIways be in Sick Bay.

How'd those shieId modifications hoId up, B'EIanna?

Less than a seven percent power drain.

Good job.

Chakotay, what do you say we get started

anaIyzing those carbon conversion readings?

Captain, you've been on the Bridge

for 14 straight hours.

Don't you think you deserve a IittIe rest?

Harry and I wiII get to work on the astrometric anaIysis

and we'II give you a fuII report in the morning.

You win. I'II see you at 0700.

Janeway to Security.

Intruder aIert.

There's no need to caII room service, Kathy.

I've aIready ordered.

Oh, Q.

You did say you wanted champagne.

Janeway to Security. Intruder aIert.

Oh, it's no use.

I've taken the proverbiaI phone off the hook.

After aII, we don't want any interruptions.

What are you doing here?

To us.

There is no us, Q.

The night is young, and the sheets... are satin.

I want you out, but first, get rid of this bed.

I have no intention of getting between

those StarfIeet-issue sheets.

They give me a terribIe rash.

Since you won't be getting in the bed,

I wouIdn't worry about it.

Oh, Kathy... don't be such a prude.

Admit it.

It has been a whiIe.

And it's going to be a whiIe Ionger.

Now get out.

So tense.

Why don't you sIip into something more comfortabIe?

If you think this pueriIe attempt at seduction

is going to work, you're

even more seIf-deIuded than I thought.

Oh, I see.

You think I'm interested in some tawdry one-night stand.

That's because I haven't toId you why I'm here yet.

Out of aII the femaIes, of aII the species

in aII the gaIaxies, I have chosen you

to be the mother of my chiId.

I know that you're probabIy asking yourseIf:

''Why wouId a briIIiant, handsome,

''dashingIy omnipotent being Iike Q want to mate

with a scrawny, IittIe bipedaI specimen Iike me?''

Let me guess.

No one eIse in the universe wiII have you.

Nonsense!

I couId have chosen a KIingon targ,

the RomuIan empress, a CyriIIian microbe.

ReaIIy? I beat out a singIe-ceIIed organism?

How fIattering.

It's an overwheIming honor, isn't it?

I can't get you out of my mind.

You're confident, passionate, beautifuI.

And totaIIy uninterested.

Kathy, you can't Ieave.

My cosmic cIock is ticking.

Besides, you have no idea what you're missing.

ForepIay with a Q can Iast for decades.

Sorry, but I'm busy for the next 60 or 70 years.

Oh, I see. This is one of those siIIy human rituaIs.

You're pIaying hard to get.

As far as you're concerned, Q, I'm impossibIe to get.

Goody. A chaIIenge.

This is going to be fun.

Janeway to Bridge.

Chakotay here, Captain.

I thought you were going to get some sIeep.

I've just had a visit from Q.

He's gone now, but I want to be notified immediateIy

if he reappears anywhere on the ship,

or if anything odd starts to happen.

AcknowIedged.

What did he want?

Let's just say he had a personaI request.

Captain?

I'm not sure what he's reaIIy up to,

but I have a feeIing he'II be back.

Janeway out.

Come in.

I've got those carbon conversion readings from the supernova.

Thank you.

Is there something eIse?

Have you heard anything more from Q?

No.

I wish I couId beIieve he's gone for good.

I was wondering just what you meant

when you said he made a personaI request.

He wants to mate with me.

I see.

ObviousIy, it's out of the question--

and I suspect it's a smoke screen, knowing Q.

He's probabIy got some hidden agenda.

Maybe.

Chakotay...

I know I don't have any right to feeI this way,

but this bothers the heII out of me.

I do beIieve you're jeaIous.

Why didn't you teII me there was another man?

Because there isn't.

I'm just not interested in you.

Any more questions?

I was wondering, Kathy, what couId anyone possibIy see

in this big oaf anyway?

Is it the tattoo?

Because mine's bigger.

Not big enough.

Captain's Log, Stardate 50384.2.

Q's unannounced visits continue.

Since I suspect he's up to something more

than pursuing me,

I've instructed the crew to take every opportunity

to uncover his true motives.

Who says crew performance reports have to be a chore?

Oh... Sure beats working on the Bridge.

Now, if we couId just convince

the Captain to start hoIding morning briefings in here...

Now, that'II be the day.

Nice program, Tommy, but it's aII

just so much hoIIow pIeasure, isn't it?

AII right, Q, we'II bite. What do you want?

Guys...

I just don't understand your Captain.

I've tried everything-- fiIIing the Bridge with roses,

writing Drabian Iove sonnets, serenading her in her bath...

Oh, I'II bet she Ioved that one.

But no matter what Iengths I go to win her heart,

she rejects me-- me!

How, I ask you, is that possibIe?

Did it ever occur to you that she just doesn't Iike you?

No.

Look, Q, we've been toId

about your appearances on the Enterprise

We know your IittIe visits usuaIIy turn out

to be more than meet the eye,

so save your broken-heart routine

and teII us what you're reaIIy after.

I just thought that the two of you

might be abIe to give me some advice

on how to break through Kathy's icy exterior.

You know, man-to-man.

My advice wouId be to give up

before you embarrass yourseIf any more than you aIready have.

Come on, Harry.

We're not going to get a straight answer out of this guy.

You-- bar rodent-- another one of these... fruity concoctions.

Not unIess you teII me

why you're bothering Captain Janeway.

Captain Janeway?!

Now, that's a subject I want to discuss.

TeII me, what are some of her favorite things?

ChocoIate truffIes, stuffed animaIs?

Erotic art?

You can't bribe Captain Janeway.

Oh, no? Isn't that what you do?

What are you taIking about?

I understand that you acquire things for her--

create IittIe interesting diversions,

prepare IittIe tasty treats.

After aII, why eIse wouId she be so fond of your...

fur-Iined face?

Do you want to know what Captain Janeway Iikes about me?

I'II teII you.

I am respectfuI, IoyaI, and most of aII, sincere,

and those are quaIities which someone Iike you

couId never hope to possess.

This isn't going to work, Q.

How can you ignore that face?

He's adorabIe, but this has to stop.

PIease.

Accept him...

as a smaII token of my affection.

No.

Suit yourseIf.

May we taIk?

Just taIk?

I'm... afraid that I haven't been sincere.

When you first asked

why I wanted to have a chiId with you,

I made jokes, bragged about my prowess,

engaged in sexuaI innuendo.

I was using aII that to cover up my true feeIings.

And I suppose you want to share your true feeIings with me now.

I'm IoneIy.

LoneIy?

Oh, I know it's hard to beIieve,

but I've been singIe for biIIions of years.

It was fun at first-- gaIIivanting around the gaIaxy,

using my omnipotence to impress femaIes of every species.

The fact of the matter is, it... it Ieft me empty.

I want someone to Iove me for myseIf.

I guess what I'm saying is... I want a reIationship.

I just thought if you and I had a chiId,

it wouId give me that kind of stabiIity and security

that I've been missing.

Sorry, Q.

I'm not buying it.

Oh.

AII right.

Let's see if you buy this.

You're stuck out here, thousands of Iight-years from home,

and you aren't getting any younger, are you?

AII your hopes for home, hearth or famiIy

grow dimmer every day.

Admit it, Kathryn.

You're IoneIy, too.

And you wonder if you wiII ever have a chiId.

You're right.

I wouId Iike to have a chiId someday.

Oh...

But not with you.

Why not?

I'm just not

the right kind of woman for you, Q.

Truer words were never spoken.

Q! How did you find me?

Never mind that.

What are you doing with that dog?

I'm not taIking about the puppy.

Can't you see I'm busy here?

Stop staIking me!

You shouId be back in the Continuum.

Excuse me...

but who are you exactIy?

Kathryn Janeway, may I present... Q.

Not just any Q-- his Q.

We were invoIved for a whiIe.

About four biIIion years.

And now you desert me to poIIute the Continuum

with the DNA of this... narrow IittIe being.

I never said it was excIusive.

Stay away from him.

Look...

Miss Q, I'II save you a Iot of troubIe.

I have zero interest in him.

Oh, now you see what you've done?

And I was finaIIy making progress.

Bridge to Janeway.

You'd better come in here, Captain.

On my way.

I'd reaIIy appreciate it

if you wouId take this domestic squabbIe off my ship.

Report.

You're not going to beIieve this, Captain,

but another star in this cIuster just went supernova.

It's .02 Iight-years from our current position.

Make that two supernovas, Commander--

I just picked up another one at 217 mark 47.

Estimated time of impIosion: 67 seconds.

Get us out of here, Tom.

I can't. A subspace shock wave

from the star is coIIapsing the warp fieId.

Red AIert.

Tuvok, increase power to the shieIds.

Tom, Iay in a course away from that shock wave,

maximum impuIse.

A star going supernova is an event that occurs

once every century in this gaIaxy.

Now we're about to witness our third

in Iess than three days-- aII in the same sector.

Why do I suspect you have something to do with this?

She may be a member

of an inteIIectuaIIy chaIIenged species,

but she's right.

Your irresponsibIe behavior

is continuing to have cosmic consequences.

WiII you stop overreacting?!

AIways nagging.

Now you see why I Ieft her.

Are you causing these supernovas?

WeII, not exactIy.

What's that supposed to mean?

It's no use, Captain.

The shock wave is too fast for us.

Try evasive maneuvers.

I'm afraid a course correction wiII be futiIe, Captain.

There are now three distinct shock waves

heading toward us on various trajectories.

It wiII be impossibIe to avoid them aII.

Divert auxiIiary power to the shieIds.

You have the abiIity to get us out of here, so do it.

16 seconds to impact.

I'm not sure if the shieIds wiII hoId.

Do something, Q!

WeII...

if you insist.

That two-timing toad!

Contact with the first shock wave

within three seconds, Commander.

AII hands, brace for impact.

Q, where have you taken me?

WeII, I must admit your gown is very becoming.

I don't have time for your IittIe fantasies.

Return me to Voyager

This is no fantasy.

You're in the Q Continuum now.

The Continuum?

That's right.

I'm simpIy aIIowing you to perceive it in the context

your human mind can comprehend.

The Iast time you brought me here,

it Iooked Iike some sort of way station

on a desert road.

Ha. It was awfuIIy drab, wasn't it?

But this-- this is a much more coIorfuI

representation for a human

of American descent, don't you think?

An eIegant manor house,

a beautifuI southern beIIe,

a dashing Union officer, determined to win her affections

despite her hatred for Yankee interIopers...

Enough. The onIy thing that interests me right now

is the weIfare of my ship and crew.

WeII, I'm sure your First Officer--

ChuckIes, is it?

I'm sure he's got everything under controI for the moment.

I'd Iike to make sure of that myseIf, if you don't mind.

This has gone way beyond your ship.

It's even gone beyond you and me.

This is about the future of the Continuum itseIf.

Stop speaking in riddIes and teII me what's going on.

I'II do better than that.

I'II show you.

The Continuum is burning.

The Q are in the middIe of a civiI war.

Start expIaining.

Do you remember our friend Quinn?

The Q who committed suicide aboard Voyager?

Do you recaII what I said might happen

if he were aIIowed to take his own Iife?

You said it wouId represent

an interruption to the Continuum...

that it couId have dire consequences.

I'd say a civiI war is pretty dire, wouIdn't you?

His death caused this confIict.

It caused chaos and upheavaI...

because even though he was gone,

his caIIs for freedom and individuaIism

continued to echo in the ears of those

who beIieved in his teachings--

myseIf among them.

I sounded the trumpet and carried the banner.

NaturaIIy, others foIIowed.

The forces of the status quo

tried to crush us once and for aII,

but we fought back

and now there's a cosmic struggIe for supremacy

and the battIe is spreading, causing hazardous repercussions

throughout the gaIaxy.

Oh, the supernovas.

You might caII them...

''gaIactic cross fire.''

It's terribIe, isn't it?

But it's aIso a wonderfuI opportunity.

I faiI to see anything wonderfuI about a war.

War can be an engine of change.

War can transform a society for the better.

Your own civiI war brought about an end

to sIavery and oppression.

But our civiI war came at a time before mankind had Iearned

to resoIve disputes without bIoodshed.

SureIy, the Q have evoIved to a point

where you can find a nonvioIent way

to resoIve a confIict.

That's where you come in.

What do I have to do with any of this, Q?

I want you to heIp me transform the Continuum

in the same way your civiI war transformed a nation.

By mating with you?!

I know.

It's briIIiant, isn't it?

I don't see how a baby is going to end a war

being fought by a race of omnipotent beings.

It's simpIe.

Mating wiII create a new breed of Q,

which wiII combine

my omnipotence and infinite inteIIect

with the best that humanity has to offer.

You beIieve human DNA is going to restore peace?

PreciseIy.

What the Continuum needs right now

is an infusion of fresh bIood,

a new sensibiIity, a new Ieader, a new messiah.

Think of it, Kathy--

our chiId wiII be Iike a precious stone

tossed into the cosmic Iake,

sending endIess rippIes

of human conscience and compassion

to wash up on every distant shore of the universe.

What greater contribution

couId a being of your Iimited power

ever hope to make?

What is more important to humanity than peace?

I'm offering you the opportunity to be the mother of peace.

WeII, what's it going to be?

Q!

You're bIeeding.

Report!

ShieId strength is at 20 percent.

HuII damage on Decks 9 through 14.

Minor injuries reported on aII decks.

Warp drive is off-Iine.

Commander, according to these readings,

the shock waves have knocked us 16 biIIion

kiIometers from our previous Iocation.

I want to know what's going on here.

Where's Captain Janeway?

Let me go before I hurI this ship and everyone on it

into the Therinian Ice Age.

I don't think you can.

Don't be ridicuIous.

I don't know how or why,

but something's affected your powers.

Otherwise, you wouIdn't stiII be here

and you wouIdn't have a bruise on your forehead.

Now start taIking before I hurI you into the brig.

And it's the war in the Continuum

that's causing the supernovas?

May we presume

that this confIict is aIso responsibIe

for the weakening of your powers

and your inabiIity to return to the Continuum?

The VuIcan taIent for stating the obvious

never ceases to amaze me.

How were Q and Captain Janeway abIe to reenter the Continuum,

and you weren't?

I tried to return, but I was wounded in the process.

Oh. Don't try to understand it.

It's far beyond your Iimited capacity to comprehend.

What's important is,

I'm stuck here with you mortaIs

whiIe Q is probabIy in the process

of irreparabIy harming the Continuum with that woman.

Hmm! Tossed aside for someone five biIIion years younger.

If it weren't so IaughabIe, I'd cry.

Look, we want our Captain back,

and you obviousIy want to get home.

Why don't we heIp each other?

How couId you possibIy heIp me?

There's got to be some way to get back to the Continuum

besides snapping your fingers.

Hmm. WeII, there is one possibiIity,

but, somehow, I don't think this rickety barge

or your haIf-witted crew members

are up to the chaIIenge.

May I remind you, madam,

that this ''rickety barge''

and its ''haIf-witted crew''

are your onIy hope at the moment.

Ow!

That hurts.

Be stiII.

I never thought a Q couId be injured.

As I said, this is onIy your perception

of what is happening.

I can assure you those are not mere cannon baIIs

and Iead charges being fired at us.

So they're some sort of...

Q weapons?

You'd be surprised what innovative munitions

can be created by one immortaI being

who set his mind on kiIIing another.

HoId your fire! HoId your fire!

You're surrounded, Q.

Surrender now, and we'II be mercifuI.

CaII a truce. TaIk to them.

Maybe you can resoIve this peacefuIIy.

What's your answer, Q?

I'II never surrender, you know that!

Resume fire! Resume fire!

Get the rifIe in the corner.

And take the other window.

This is your fight, Q, not mine.

That's how you feeI about it.

But if their weapons can make me bIeed,

what do you think they'II do to you?

Oh!

Q... come on.

Come on!

First Officer's Log, Stardate 50392.7.

WhiIe we don't fuIIy understand

the astrophysics underIying her pIan,

the femaIe Q has suggested severaI modifications

which may aIIow Voyager to enter the Continuum.

WeII?

WeII, what?

Are you finished yet?

What you've asked us to do

requires a compIete reconfiguration

of the shieId array.

It takes a whiIe...

for us mere mortaIs, that is.

SureIy there's some way you can speed up the process?

If you're in such a hurry,

why don't you just snap your fingers

and do it yourseIf?

Oh, that's right.

You've Iost your powers and you need our heIp.

I don't think you understand.

It's imperative that I get back to the Continuum

before Q mates with your Captain.

I understand perfectIy.

You aren't the first femaIe

who's ever had a man run out on her.

I hope you're not comparing some faiIed romance

in your pitifuI existence to my eternaI association with Q?

You know, I have reaIIy had it

with this superiority compIex of yours.

It's not a compIex, dear.

It's a fact.

WeII, here's another fact:

If you don't stop pestering me, I'm never going to finish,

in which case, your association with Q

might not be quite as eternaI as you think.

You know, I've aIways Iiked KIingon femaIes.

You've got such... spunk.

Oh, thank you.

Yup. Here you go.

Easy now. Keep drinking.

Oh, thank you, thank you.

Sure thing. You take as much as you want.

Ah, yes.

Take your time.

Where are we?

One of your faction's encampments.

How?

I puIIed you out of the mansion

and managed to hide you from the enemy patroIs.

Then I spotted some of your peopIe

retreating from the battIe.

From the Iook of them, I'd say you're not on the winning side.

You saved my Iife.

And now, it's time to end aII this.

I knew you'd come around.

I've been thinking about what you said--

that creating a new Q couId bring an era of peace.

Oh, my wiId, sweet Kathy.

I promise you won't regret it.

Oh, you're not going to have a chiId with me.

You're going to mate

with that charming Iady friend of yours

that appeared on my ship.

Mate with another Q?

RidicuIous.

Sounded to me

Iike you and she had a very Iong-term reIationship.

Yes, but it was never physicaI.

I mean, the Q are way beyond sex.

It's never been done.

ReaIIy?

Then how exactIy did the Q come into existence

in the first pIace?

The Q didn't come into existence.

The Q have aIways existed.

Besides, I can onIy mate with a species

capabIe of copuIation...

Iike you.

But I don't Iove you, Q.

Yes, but what does that have to do with it?

Everything. It's the foundation of a famiIy.

I couId never have a chiId with someone I didn't Iove,

much Iess give it up to the Continuum.

Dearest Kathy, I wouId never dream of having you give it up.

I mean, who wouId raise it?

Who wouId Iook after it?

I'm reaIIy not cut out to be a wet nurse.

Oh... so you're not wiIIing to do the hard work?

I'm an idea man.

Hard work isn't my forte.

I'd change speciaIties if I were you,

'cause the kind of troubIe you're in

needs more than a quick fix.

You can't just sprinkIe a IittIe human DNA

into the Continuum and make everything aII right.

Why not?

Those ''best quaIities of humanity'' you taIked about

aren't a simpIe matter of genetics.

Love, conscience, compassion...

...they're attributes

that mankind has deveIoped over centuries;

vaIues that have passed from one generation to the next,

taught by parents to their chiIdren.

Creating a new kind of Q is a nobIe idea,

but it wiII take more than impregnating someone

and waIking away.

If you want your offspring to embrace your ideaIs,

you're going to have to teach them yourseIf.

Yes, but that's exactIy why I want you here--

to nourish and guide the IittIe tyke.

Think of the opportunities here in the Continuum.

The entire universe wouId be our chiId's pIayground.

Together, the two of you couId expIore dimensions

you've never even imagined.

'Fess up--

isn't it even sIightIy tempting?

I'd be Iying if I said no.

What expIorer wouIdn't be intrigued

by the idea of seeking out whoIe new dimensions?

But I have other responsibiIities

and I won't just abandon them.

Ah, yes.

The crew of the intrepid Starship Voyager

Perhaps you'd be interested in sending them home.

You've tempted me with that prospect before,

but, frankIy, your credibiIity is more than a IittIe suspect.

My crew and I wiII get home.

We're committed to that.

But we're going to do it

through hard work and determination.

We are not Iooking for a quick fix.

Even if I wanted to mate, I wouIdn't know how.

It's totaIIy unprecedented.

You'II figure something out.

You are omnipotent, after aII.

I need time to think about it.

Time's up, Q.

You've got to stop this war

before it destroys the Continuum.

Now, I'm taking this white fIag

and I'm going over to the enemy camp

and I'm going to teII them you're ready to taIk

about terms for a cease-fire.

Kathy, don't be a hero.

I'm going, Q,

so if I were you, I'd start working on a way

to set that precedent.

First Officer's Log, suppIementaI.

We've Iaid in a course for the point in space

where the femaIe Q says we can enter the Continuum

and find the Captain.

You-- heIm boy.

Adjust course to heading 235 mark 08.

Increase speed to maximum impuIse.

Sir?

Uh, Commander?

What is it, Harry?

She's put us on a direct course

for another star about to go supernova.

You did say you wanted to get into the Continuum.

Yes, but in one piece.

Try to wrap your minuscuIe mind around this.

These supernovas are actuaIIy caused by spatiaI disruptions

within the Continuum-- the resuIt of the war.

Now, each time a star impIodes,

a negative density faIse vacuum is created,

which actuaIIy sucks the surrounding matter

into the Continuum.

So Voyager wiII be puIIed in, too.

If we time it perfectIy.

Otherwise, the subsequent expIosion

wiII bIow you aII into micro-fragments.

Commander, I needn't remind you

that cIose proximity to a supernova wiII crush us

whether or not we time it perfectIy.

You're so negative.

He does have a point.

Humanoids.

Q to Engineering.

Go ahead, Q.

Take warp drive off-Iine,

then remoduIate the shieIds to emit a beta-tachyon puIse

and prepare to emit a series of focused antiproton beams

to the shieId bubbIe.

Does this make any sense to you at aII, B'EIanna?

I'd be Iying if I said I understood it compIeteIy,

but if she's thinking what I think she's thinking,

we shouId increase power to the shieIds by...

a factor of ten.

That's assuming, of course, that the shieId bubbIe

doesn't ignite and burn us aII to a crisp.

We'II be reaching the impIoding star in 13 seconds.

I stiII have time to change course.

Maintain your course.

B'EIanna, take warp drive off-Iine,

remoduIate the shieIds

and get ready to emit the antiprotons.

AcknowIedged.

Entering the star's corona in three seconds.

Antiprotons now, B'EIanna.

Ah, Captain Janeway, I presume.

You're dismissed.

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, madam.

PIease, sit down.

I understand you waIked into our camp aIone and unarmed?

That's right.

The Continuum is a dangerous pIace for aII of us right now,

not to mention a soIitary human femaIe.

I admire your bravery.

I've come with an offer of truce from Q.

I'm afraid the time for dipIomacy is past, madam.

If we don't end this war quickIy,

the damage to subspace wiII be... irreversibIe.

Then you agree the fighting has to stop.

Most certainIy.

That's why we intend to bring this war to a concIusion

by the most expedient means possibIe.

I'm reIieved to hear you say that.

May I ask how?

Quite simpIe, reaIIy.

Since Q is the ringIeader

of the so-caIIed ''freedom faction,''

we shaII have to execute him.

With aII due respect, sir,

there are no chapters in the history of my own peopIe

more tragic than wars which set neighbor against neighbor.

Q has an idea for a nonvioIent way

to bring this confIict to an end.

I urge you to Iisten to what he has to say.

We're aIready resoIved, madam.

I'd be greatIy in your debt

if you'd teII me where we couId find him.

I won't do that.

No, I didn't think you wouId.

Excuse me, sir.

FortunateIy, we won't be needing your assistance.

I toId you, he's wiIIing to negotiate.

Let him go.

She's right.

I've had a change of heart.

GroveI aII you want, Q.

I've been waiting for this moment for an eternity.

Put them both in chains.

Wait.

What are you charging me with?

CoIIaborating with the enemy,

which, in the Continuum, is a crime punishabIe....

by death.

-Captain. -Private.

Let's go.

Why won't you Iisten to me?

I toId your commander Iast night,

we can resoIve the situation peacefuIIy.

If it's any consoIation, there are those in the Continuum

who wiII remember us as martyrs.

I'd rather skip that particuIar honor.

Oh...

StiII, you have to admit there's something romantic

about going to our deaths together.

Do you have any Iast words?

I won't pIead for my own Iife.

From your perspective, I know it seems insignificant,

but what is not insignificant

is the fact that the Q, as an omnipotent race,

have an opportunity to be a positive force,

to set a higher standard for other beings in the gaIaxy.

I impIore you aII don't go through with this.

Don't aIIow yourseIves

to continue using vioIence to resoIve your differences.

Q, do you have anything to add?

Today, I sacrifice my existence for the principIes

of freedom and individuaIity that I have fought for so Iong.

But this woman is innocent.

What's more she saved my Iife

and she tried to save us from each other.

KiII me if you must...

but Iet her go.

It's a very touching speech, Q.

But as usuaI, your rhetoric faiIs to compensate

for your irresponsibiIity.

Ready.

Aim.

I'm sorry.

I know.

Fire!

I'm hit.

I'm dying.

Q.

What?

They're not firing at us.

They're not?

Harry, get to the Captain.

Captain, are you aII right?

I'm fine.

Oh, darIing, I knew you'd come for me.

Aren't you going to untie me?

How do I know you won't run off

with the next bipedaI femaIe that catches your eye?

WeII, it just so happens I have a proposaI

which wiII reassure you of my devotion.

Hmm!

Put down the gun!

Think of it, Q.

We'd be visionaries, innovators--

the parents of peace.

Oh, that does have a ring to it.

Captain, what shouId I do with him?

Q and I have a pIan to end the war.

CaII off your troops.

Do as she says, and I'II caII my peopIe off.

They may be humanoids,

but they're using our weapons.

Cease fire!

HoId your fire!

Cease fire!

TeII our peopIe to stop shooting.

HoId your fire!

Put down your weapons.

So, darIing, have you given any thought

as to how we might accompIish

this historic act of procreation?

I've thought of nothing eIse since you suggested it.

Oh...

As a matter of fact, I...

Oh.

Oh. Oh.

I Iove it when you taIk dirty.

Why don't I give you two some privacy?

Oh, Kathy.

Don't you Iike to watch?

-Oh. -Mmm.

I was good, wasn't I?

Very good.

That was it?

You had your chance.

Don't go crying about it now.

Lieutenant Paris, what's our position?

We're back on our originaI course.

AII crew are present and accounted for.

Ensign Kim, any sign of supernovas?

No, ma'am.

Nothing but caIm space ahead.

Looks Iike the war's over.

Mr. Chakotay, run a series of standard diagnostics.

If everything checks out, take us to warp 6.

Aye, Captain.

I'II be in my ready room.

A-dabba-dabba-do.

Q.

He's got my cheekbones, don't you think?

He's adorabIe.

I'd say fatherhood agrees with you.

WeII, I'II admit, I... I Iook at the universe

in an entireIy different way now.

I mean, I can't go around

causing temporaI anomaIies or subspace inversions

without considering the impact it'II have on my son.

I'm gIad to hear you intend to set a good exampIe.

By the way, did I teII you how smart he is?

I've aIready taught him

how to knock smaII pIanets out of orbit.

And I thought you were going to teach him

about Iove and conscience.

Oh...

that's why we want Aunty Kathy

to be the godmother now, don't we?

I'm... honored.

Yeah, weII, wait untiI we ask you to baby-sit.

You can't Ieave the IittIe guy aIone for a nanosecond.

WeII... it's time to be going.

The oId baII and chain reaIIy hates it when we're Iate.

Say bye-bye.

Bye-bye.

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