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Come on in.

Excellent!
That's exactly what I needed.

Mr Worf.
And the good Doctor bearing gifts.

Ale from Ennan VI.
Your omelettes deserve no less.

This is not an efficient method
to prepare sustenance.

The computer is more efficient,

but it isn't subtle enough
for great cooking.

It would give you the ingredients,

but wouldn't allow
for flair or individuality.

And flair marks the difference
between artistry and competence.

Historically, the breaking of bread

symbolized friendship and community.

Something we've got away from
in the 24th century.

You've a practised hand, Commander.

- I have my father to thank.
- Your father liked to cook?

No, he hated it.
That's why he left it to me.

I understand in most human families
the woman shares in the cooking.

There were only the two of us.

I never knew my mother.
She died when I was very young.

Where did you get these eggs?

On our last stop.

- At Starbase 73?
- Yeah.

- What kind of eggs are they?
- Owon.

For you, Data, something special.

Don't be afraid.
They won't bite you.

And for you, Mr Worf.

A cook is only as good
as his ingredients.

Delicious.

- Number One.
- Go ahead.

- Would you join me on the bridge?
- Right away, sir.

We've picked up a signal
from a Federation shuttlecraft.

How? I thought we were the only
manned vessel out here.

Apparently not.

What's it doing out this far?
Where's its mothership?

Sensors indicate at least one
life form aboard. Humanoid.

Perhaps someone to answer your
questions. Open hailing frequencies.

Communication is not possible.
The shuttle has no power.

Set course to intercept.

Estimate intercept in three minutes.

Space, the final frontier.

These are the voyages
of the Starship Enterprise.

Its continuing mission,
to explore strange new worlds,...

..to seek out new life
and new civilizations,...

..to boldly go
where no one has gone before.

Captain's log, stardate 42679.2.

En route to the Endicor system,

we have encountered
a Federation shuttlecraft,

which has appeared out of nowhere.

There are no indications of where
it came from or how it got out here.

- We are closing on the shuttlecraft.
- Thank you. On screen.

Magnify.

Prepare the tractor beam.

Target vehicle. We will be within
tractor-beam range in two seconds.

Set automatic locking device.
Alert shuttle bay two.

Shuttle bay two,
prepare for retrieval procedure.

Locking tractor beam.

Number One.

You're with me, Mr Worf.

Dr Pulaski, you are needed
in shuttle bay two.

I've been monitoring.
I'm on my way.

Engage secondary tractor beam.

It's a Federation shuttlecraft,
alright.

Yet there are no bases or vessels
in this area.

NCC-1701-D, USS Enterprise.
Shuttlecraft 5.

NCC-1701-D, USS Enterprise.
Shuttlecraft 5.

How is this possible?

Commander, come here!

- Captain?
- Yes, Number One.

- Are you on the bridge?
- Where else would I be?

Right now, you should be
in shuttle bay two.

Why? What is it?

This you should see for yourself.
Bring Cmdr Data.

Condition?

Life signs are very confusing.
Strong heartbeat but weak pulse.

- Is he injured?
- There's no signs of trauma.

Why is he unconscious?
What happened?

I can't say.

The readings of his brain waves
are very strange.

Strange? In what way?

- Not human? Artificial?
- No, neither.

They're just out of phase.

Can you revive him?

I wouldn't even attempt it
till we get him to sickbay.

Come on, let's get him out.

Counsellor?

I have never felt anything
like this before,

so it's difficult to put into words.

- That person is you.
- No.

He is as much Jean-Luc Picard
as the person I'm standing next to.

Beyond that, there is very little
I can be sure of.

I will have to wait
until he regains consciousness.

I need to know
what's on the shuttle's logs.

Aye, sir.

Captain, both primary and
reserve power has been drained.

I need to connect to the Enterprise
to activate the shuttle's systems.

Geordi, report to
shuttle bay two immediately.

I'm on my way.

- I'll be in sickbay.
- Captain. Seen this?

Looks like the damage
caused by an antimatter explosion.

It must have been just out of range
of the shuttlecraft.

Data, I need those logs.

Counsellor.

We'll be on the bridge.

Lieutenant.

Resume course and speed.
Scanners at maximum range.

Maximum range.

There you go.
You should have power now.

What happened?

The polarity is not compatible.

That's not possible.
The connection's idiot-proof.

The power requirements of the shuttle
do not match those of the Enterprise.

We will need
a variable-phase inverter,

to align the power from
the Enterprise to the shuttle.

Data, what do you think
is going on here?

Not just the shuttle,
I mean everything.

I do not have enough information.

I'm just starting
a complete medical work-up.

His vital signs are distorted.

Some indicators are depressed,
others are fluctuating wildly.

I can't explain any of it.

But he is alive.

The restraints
are for his own protection.

Have you determined
why he's still unconscious?

No, but I have been able
to rule out any head injury.

Wake him.

What happened?

Apparently, the normal stimulant
had the opposite effect.

I'll have to try something else.

Alright, Data.

I think I've got it now.

That ought to give you something.

Making this power adjustment
is very tricky.

By all rights, this should blow
all the shuttle's circuits.

Perhaps you had better
step out of the way.

Alright. But remember, you're not
indestructible yourself, you know.

Increase the power.

Powering up.

Adjust the inverter
two percent positive.

Two percent positive.

The right decision
is having the opposite effect.

Yes.

I can't think of anything

that would cause the circuit
to change so radically.

Adjust the inverter
two percent negative.

OK.

Two percent negative.

That's it.
It shouldn't work, but it does.

Take a look at the stardate.

42679.5.

- Captain...
- Go ahead.

We've been able
to reactivate the shuttle.

The clock indicates that the shuttle
is six hours in front of us.

Captain, do you read me?

If the shuttle's
from six hours into the future,

then so is the other Capt Picard.

Captain's log, supplemental.

Part of the mystery
has been solved.

There are two number 5 shuttlecrafts
because one is from the future.

Six hours, to be exact. And so,
presumably, is the facsimile of me.

Try and wake him again.

- No.
- It's only a sedative.

I know. Don't sedate him.
Let him be. Please.

Let him remain conscious.

I've never seen anything like this.

Are you alright?

Fine. Save your ministrations
for your patient.

I want a staff meeting
in five minutes.

I assume you will remain here.

Yes, I will monitor the conference
from here.

Keep me informed
of any changes, no matter how small.

Captain's log, supplemental.

Mr Data has recovered the logs
from the duplicate shuttle.

I am apprehensive to play back a log

which will not be recorded
for several hours.

We've retrieved
all we can from the logs,

including the last visual records.
Everything else is just a jumble.

Show me.

The distortion is because
we had to use a phase inverter.

The quality will improve slightly.

According to the log,
the Enterprise was destroyed

three hours, 19 minutes from now.

Captain, we also have a portion of
the last log entry. It's audio only.

Captain's personal log, supplemental.

I have just witnessed the total
destruction of the USS Enterprise,

with the loss of all hands,
save one.

Me.

All attempts to obtain
further information have failed.

Well, at least
we have something to go on.

I don't understand how you
could have ended up in a shuttlecraft

- while the Enterprise was destroyed.
- Nor I.

The last thing you would do is leave
the bridge during an emergency.

Yes.

Alright.
Let's proceed on the premise

that what
we have just seen happened,

and that
in less than four hours from now...

..the Enterprise will be destroyed,

and, somehow,
although this is unfathomable,

l, and I alone, escape. Discussion.

Our destination
is the Endicor system.

We'll arrive in three days.

The charts show nothing to threaten
the ship between here and there.

Sensors indicated no other vessels,
Federation or otherwise, here.

- Data?
- I have nothing to offer.

There is not enough information
upon which to base a hypothesis.

The shuttle came from up ahead.

Rather than continuing,
maybe we should stop here

and let whatever it is out there
come to us.

We may already be too late.

What? Stopping, turning, even
reversing our course is pointless?

When we brought the shuttle
and the other Picard on board,

we committed to a sequence of events
which may be unalterable.

Yes, this is not some...
rock on the trail,

which once seen
can easily be avoided.

This is much more complex.

There is the theory of the M�bius.

A twist in the fabric of space
where time becomes a loop

from which there is no escape.

So when we reach that point,
whatever happened will happen again.

The ship will be destroyed.
The other Picard will meet us.

And we do it all over again.
Sounds like someone's idea of hell.

Well, I know this much.
We can't avoid the future.

Agreed. So let's continue on course.

Somewhere out there,
something will happen.

A decision will be made and I will
be separated from the Enterprise.

At the time, the decision will seem
to be correct, but it won't be.

We have to anticipate,
and not make...

..not make the same mistake once.

Something is waiting
for us out there.

Let's try and determine what it is,
quickly.

Doctor?

I'm just beginning to realize
how much of the body

is held together
by its own internal clock.

He was thrown out of time,

which caused his body systems
to change their rhythms.

Now, slowly, as we get closer
to the time that he left,

his internal body clock
is realigning.

Are you saying that when our time
intersects with the time he left,

in that instant
he will function normally, and...

..and there will be two of us?

Right now, that is my guess.

I don't think that's possible.

I'm able to feel
much more from him now.

His emotions
are still a jumble, but...

Counsellor?

He desperately
wants to leave this ship.

Captain's log, supplemental.
We continue on course to Endicor.

We are less than two hours away
from our rendezvous with ourselves.

Worf.

Maximum scan, sir.
Nothing unusual to report.

If this timetable is correct,
we could get an indication soon.

- Bridge, this is sickbay.
- Yes, Doctor?

Captain, my patient is more coherent.

I'm on my way.
You have the bridge, Number One.

How is he?

His vital signs are more normal,
more like ours.

- He is calmer.
- He's aware of me?

Perhaps, in some fashion.

But he knows where he is,
who's here?

I doubt it.

What went wrong?
You know, don't you?

What did you do? What happened?
Why did you leave the ship?

Don't turn away! Look at me!

Picard! Look at me!

- He doesn't understand you.
- He knows I'm here.

Yes, but in a nightmare

of disjointed images
and half-heard voices.

He's in another dimension,
looking at us across a great chasm.

He's feeling remorse
at what he witnessed.

- He's afraid.
- What is he afraid of?

Damn you. Help me.
Why did you leave the ship?

It's no use, Captain.
He can't answer you.

When we get closer to his time,
he may be able to.

- Are you still convinced he's me?
- Yes, but you're not convinced.

Not in the slightest.

Except for his features, there is
nothing about him I find familiar.

Counsellor,
I want you to stay with him.

He'll be able to communicate
with you before anyone else.

I don't know how long anyone
could take this anxiety state.

- There has to be a breaking point.
- He's handling it very well.

He has a lot of anger.

- Because of what he represents.
- And what is that?

Doubt.
He's afraid that seeing him here,

and knowing what happened to the
Enterprise, will make him timid.

Or worse, make him hesitate.

Part of my job
is to anticipate problems.

My duty is to the Captain,
but first to the ship and its crew.

Doctor, the Captain is quite capable
of making command decisions.

Yes, for now.
But this situation has put him

under extreme pressure
of a unique and very personal kind.

We both know that pressure
will only increase.

You said yourself
that he already has doubt.

Which is understandable and healthy.

And could be potentially paralyzing.

If we begin to see signs that
he's acting in an irrational manner,

I have the authority
and duty to relieve him.

I don't think
that will be necessary.

I hope you're right.

What force or phenomenon
could cause the shuttle

to be thrown back in time?

None that we know. In theory,
accelerating beyond warp ten.

Using the gravitational pull
of a star to slingshot back in time?

The shuttle
doesn't have warp capability.

No.
So some external force was needed.

We've never encountered
a natural force that powerful.

Why only six hours?
Why not a day? Or a year?

Are you saying there was
some conscious mind at work here?

There's no evidence either way.

The Traveller moved through time
using the power of his mind.

I don't think that's the case here.

No.

And Manheim's experiments
with gravity and time

were rudimentary and uncontrollable.

Captain, I think this is one instance

where you should suppress
your natural tendencies.

- Really?
- One of your strengths

is your ability to evaluate
the dynamics of a situation,

and then take a definitive
pre-emptive step, take charge.

You're frustrated.
You not only can't see the solution,

you can't even define the problem.

Go on.

What we're facing
is neither a person nor a place.

At least not yet. It's time.

You're saying I should
shut up and wait?

I wouldn't have put it
exactly like that.

- Not something I do easily.
- Your Persian flaw.

Yes, perhaps it is.

Captain to the bridge.

Report.

This energy vortex
has just appeared beneath us.

- There was no warning.
- Well, at least the waiting's over.

Captain's log, supplemental.

We have apparently intersected
with... something.

It is similar to our tractor beam,
only much more powerful.

- Bridge, this is Lt La Forge.
- Bridge.

The pull on the ship is steady.

I'm holding the engines at 30
percent to maintain our position.

Transfer Engineering control
to the bridge.

Captain,
there is a consciousness here.

Not thought, more like instinct.

- What do you think, Number One?
- I think we're being probed.

The beam is coming
from the centre of the vortex.

Sensors show it to be
only a mass of energy.

What is it trying to learn?

I think it's trying to determine
if we are a life force.

- We'll stay and investigate.
- Agreed.

Unless that was the mistake.

- Staying too long.
- Possibly.

- We should go now.
- Well...

That would be the prudent move.

I never thought
I'd hear myself say that.

Under the circumstances, sir,
I think you're right.

But you would rather stay and find
out what it is? What is its intent?

- Engineering, transfer to bridge.
- Mr La Forge.

- Sir?
- Take us out of here. Maximum warp.

Aye, sir.
I've set the velocity at warp nine.

Engage.

Warp engines are at 91 percent.

- Put it to the wall, Mr La Forge.
- Aye, sir.

I can't hold it.

The engines can't handle the strain.

All stop.

- Mr La Forge?
- I'm re-engaging warp engines.

Status?

All decks have reported.
No damage. No injuries.

The hold on the Enterprise
is strong.

I'm at warp seven
just to maintain our position.

Everything we do tightens its grip.

Let's see what we can learn.
Launch a class-1 probe.

Aye, sir.

Mr Worf...

That was personal.

The power drain needed
to hold this position is enormous.

How long can you maintain it?

Just a few minutes
then we'll have to shut down.

Captain, some kind of energy

just surrounded my patient.

- Is he alive?
- Yes.

Arm the photons, Mr Worf.
Lock on the centre of the vortex.

Photon torpedoes on target.

Hold for my order.

Like a rag in a dog's mouth.

I am now at maximum warp.

It's you, Captain.
It was the entire ship,

but now it has focused its attention
entirely on you.

Captain, I can't hold it.
If we don't shut down right now...

Hold this position!

Counsellor,
if I were to leave the Enterprise,

would its attention
still be focused on me?

Yes, I think it would.

You'd never survive.

But in those few seconds,
the Enterprise might break free.

That's what he... That's what
the other Picard must have thought.

- Where are you going?
- You have the bridge.

You're leaving the ship?

We may be on a road
that has no turns.

He's very agitated.

I must get to the shuttle.

I know. Do you know where you are?

The Enterprise.

But you're only vaguely aware of it.
And me? Do you know who I am?

No, you don't, do you?

I must go!

- Release him.
- Do you know what you're doing?

No. Release him.

Security to sickbay.

No! Security, disregard that order
and clear all personnel,

repeat,
all personnel from shuttle bay two.

I don't want any distractions.

You, stay here.

- You're leaving the ship?
- I must.

- Why?
- The energy in the vortex wants me.

- You're certain?
- Yes.

It's an entity, a life form.

It recognizes the Enterprise
as an entity with me as its brain.

Shuttle bay two.

What's your other option?

This is our only chance.

If I leave,

it may be distracted long enough
for the Enterprise to escape.

No. If you leave, the Enterprise
will be destroyed. Remember?

You saw it happen.

If I don't leave the ship,
the Enterprise will be destroyed.

If that's true, then help me.
We both want the ship to be safe.

But there is information
I don't have.

- It's me.
- You?

Captain,
we're about to lose warp drive.

- Understood.
- Understood.

When you say it wants you,
do you mean still you and not me?

You're confusing me.

We're almost out of time.
I must get to the shuttle.

Wait! You can. I'll let you.

But, first, tell me,
what was your other choice?

Stand aside.

You must tell me. What was it?

You don't know
what I'm talking about.

You're locked into a single intent
unable to change.

Unable to alter
any of your previous actions.

I must leave. There's no other way.

There must be.

One. But it would never work.

What is it? What would never work?

I have to leave.

What was the other choice?
We can't fight. We can't go forward.

No, we can't go forward.
That would destroy the Enterprise.

Was that it?
Was that the other choice?

- I must leave.
- No!

Capt Picard!

I cannot allow you to leave.

Before we can go forward, ...
the cycle must end.

Dr Pulaski, report to shuttle bay two.

Bridge.

Number One, we're wasting energy
trying to escape.

Set a course
for the centre of the vortex.

Mr La Forge, on my command,
all the power you can muster.

- Yes, sir.
- We're going in?

- Yes.
- Course set, sir.

Now everyone hold their position.
No matter what.

Engage.

Capt Picard?

Shuttle bay two. The other Picard
and the shuttle are gone.

- Explain.
- They just... vanished.

- What's our position?
- We are back on course to Endicor.

Stand down from red alert.

All decks have reported in.
No damage, no casualties.

You have the bridge, Number One.

A lot of questions, Number One.
Damn few answers.

Maybe none of it was real.

Perhaps we were all part
of a shared illusion.

Or maybe he was thrown back in time,

so that we would be able
to take another road.

Make a different choice.

They say if you travel far enough,
you will eventually meet yourself.

Having experienced that,
Number One,

it's not
something I would care to repeat.

I'll be on the bridge, sir.