De-Borgification

The link was broken by Damara's husband, and Vec's eyes snap wide open while Damara's eyes slowly open and look about the room. "Where, where are we?" Vec tries to hop off the bio-bed but is dizzy and sits back down.

Jen walks over to him and says, "You're in Sick Bay, are you all right?"

"I think so." Vec replies.

"Lt. how far did we get, are you borg-free?" Captain Damara asks.

"Hold on one-second Captain," Vec says, and concentrates hard to check himself. "The dermal implants are still there as well as the transceiver. The cloaking implant is completely gone, we over loaded it. I have these two left." He points to his right hand and over his left eye. Damara hops off the bed she is on and puts the device she had back in her pocket. "Is that satisfactory? I think I can live with it this way."

"Vec. are you sure? You seemed to want to go through with this all the way," Damara responds.

He smiles, "You have never been a part of a collective, I am not going through with this completely."

She touches the implant over his eye. "Everyone can see these now."

He shrugs his shoulders, "Oh, well. They will have to live with it. Doctor

run a full scan on the both of us, please."

The nurse comes out and runs a scan on them both. "Vec.'s heart rate is up 50 beat per minute and the Captain is fine. Must have been the shock of the link breaking. Most likely it was."

Vec hops off the bed and stands on his own this time. "That is better. Come on if you're done here and all is well we could go back to my place and have something to eat."

"Wait a minute Lieutenants, I need to make a final report." Damara looks at Vec and begins tapping the PADD she just picked up and recalling what happened during the link. "OK. go ahead, you're excused."

"Thank you Captain," he solutes her and nods his head.

"Thank you deeply," Jen says as she grabs Vec's arm. "Come on we don't want to be late, I had the computer time a meal."

"You're quite welcome. Now go don't keep the lady waiting there." Damara responds with a smile.

"Yes, sir!" Vec replies with a smile of his own.

As Vec. and Jen leave, Damara says, "Nurse please keeps taps on Lt. Vectra for the next week, just make sure he is perfectly fine."

"Yes, sir. I will do that."

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