We dropped of the twins and Mazani, the young girl with a ship from their species. Well, Mazani wasn't from their species but they consented to take her anyway.
This wasn't done after some intense research though due to the Icheb mess up. Icheb is also staying on board of Voyager.
It was a bit sad to see them go, but it was their choice.
A few days later I get a message from the Doctor to report to sickbay. Seven collapsed in the messhall.
"Doc? What's going on?" I ask as I walk inside. Seven is sitting on the biobed, looking unhappy as the Doctor scan her.
"I cant tell him without your premission without breaking confidentiality. I cant force you to tell him but I strongly suggest that you do." he advice Seven before walking into his office.
Blinking I step up "Seven, whats wrong?" as I start to get worried.
She frown before looking at me "My cortical node are malfunctioning. My survival is...unlikely."
I feel like someone hit me in the gut with a shuttlecraft "T-the fuck it is! Cant it be repaired?" I ask as she shake her head
"No. They are not made to be repairable and they are to complex to replicate. In the collective if they are damaged they are simply replaced." she answer and I nod
"What about my cerebral sub processor? It have a similar function."
She shift position slightly before answering "It do, but it's not powerful enough, nor is it compatible with most of my Borg implants. It needed special adaptation to handle your shield generator."
Nodding I sit down next to her and slide my arm around her "So we find some Borg cortical nodes. No matter what, you are not dying Seven, even if I have to rip the collective to pieces to do it."
Frowning she shake her head "I can't let you do that, its to dangerous. I will have the Captain lock you up if I have to but I will not let you run of like a fool, getting yourself killed in a vain attempt to save me!"
"Damn it Annika! I'm not going to just let you lay down and die while I stand there like some...thing that just stand there! I'm finding a way to get you a new node even if I have to do...General Qorak!"
She just blink up at me "Do General Qorak?" and I just shake my head and tap my com badge
"Hiver to Ensign Kim." and I soon get a answer
"Kim here."
"Are we still in com range with General Qorak's sphere?"
"We should be. They lost transwarp ability when they cut of from the hivemind, so they are traveling under warp."
"Contact them. Tell him I need to speak to him at once. Its a matter of life and death."
"On it."
As I close the comlink I give Seven a smile "Look's like I might not need to attack the collective after all..."
AN// For those complaining about lack of butterflies, Nomar hit the spike on the head. I have no problems throwing butterflies the size of pterodactyls around in my stories as some of you that have read my others know. Hell, I even have in this one. Entire species have gone extinct because of the actions of the SI.