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A mysterious Bajoran man named
Teero sits in a musty room with Bajoran tapestries and drawings
of Maquis vessels, reciting a mysterious chant while staring at
a monitor displaying crewmembers from the U.S.S. Voyager.
On board Voyager, Tom Paris
surprises B'Elanna Torres by taking her to his new holoprogram —
a classic 20th century-style movie theater. In the theater, they
discover that Crewman Tabor is sitting nearby completely
unconscious. When the Doctor examines Tabor, he concludes that
his injuries are the result of an attack, as evidenced by the
microfractures on his cranium and contusions along his shoulder.
Janeway then appoints Tuvok to investigate the case. Tuvok's
initial belief is that a member of the crew is responsible.
Later, crewmen Yosa and Jor are working in engineering when Yosa
reports that pressure is fluctuating. Jor then orders him to
check the seals in the Jefferies Tube hatch. As Yosa crawls
through the hatch, the lights suddenly go out. Then, a bright
light shines in Yosa's face as someone approaches. Yosa, feeling
threatened, crawls through another hatch but is unable to get
the computer to seal the hatch shut. Again, the bright light
shines on Yosa and he's knocked unconscious. Jor soon discovers
Yosa and takes him to Sickbay. The Doctor examines Yosa and
concludes that Yosa was attacked, having the same microfractures
and contusions as Tabor. Janeway and Chakotay come to realize
that all the victims are former Maquis.
Meanwhile, Paris and Kim are conducting an investigation in the
holodeck Movie Theater, trying to capture a negative image that
the intruder left behind. Their efforts show two humanoid
figures — one is Tabor and the other is not recognizable. Tuvok
requests that they work on increasing the resolution of the
images. Later, Tuvok tells Kim that for security reasons he read
all crew mail in the last data stream from Starfleet, which
includes a letter from Kim's cousin. Tuvok implies that Kim is a
suspect, by pointing out that the letter mentions the Maquis
killed Kim's friend years ago. As Kim defends his innocence,
Tuvok becomes strangely perturbed. Later, Chakotay finds Torres
unconscious in a cargo bay, and finds Tuvok heading towards him.
To Chakotay's surprise, Tuvok grabs him by the throat and mind
melds with him until he becomes unconscious. While Chakotay and
Torres are treated in Sickbay, the other victims have woken up
out of unconsciousness with no memory of what happened to them.
 Tuvok continues the investigation sleeplessly, with no memory of
attacking Chakotay. At Janeway's urging, he returns to his
quarters to meditate. Suddenly, he gets flashbacks of victims in
Sickbay, Yosa in the Jefferies Tube and Chakotay in the cargo
bay. Then Tuvok enters the bathroom and sees Teero's reflection
in the mirror. Frightened, Tuvok rushes to the holodeck where
Janeway and Kim are investigating, and learns from the computer
that he was in the Movie Theater during Tabor's attack and that
the height and weight of the negative-image figure matches his
own description. Tuvok then hears Teero's voice telling him to
ignore his doubts — and pulls a phaser. Tuvok soon gives up the
weapon and admits to being the attacker, telling Janeway that he
should be detained.
When Janeway visits Tuvok in the brig, he explains there is a
voice trying to control his mind with Bajoran incantations.
Tuvok also says that it was he who attacked Maquis crewmembers
and performed mind melds on them, but without knowing why. Tuvok
recounts that the attacks started after he received a letter
from his son. Janeway, Chakotay, Seven and Paris then view the
letter from Tuvok's son and discover that it contains a
subliminal message, one of Teero chanting. Chakotay recognizes
Teero and says that the Bajoran worked with the Maquis
performing mind control experiments.
Janeway meets with Tuvok again in his cell to discuss Teero.
Tuvok recalls meeting Teero seven years ago at a Bajoran temple.
Then Tuvok gets a flashback of wearing Maquis attire and sitting
in a surgical chair with devices attached to his head as Teero
is performing a mind meld on him. Janeway urges Tuvok to tell
her more, but Teero appears to Tuvok and tells him to complete
his mission. Tuvok struggles to stay in control of his mind, but
cannot. Instead, Tuvok sends Chakotay a command in the Bajoran
language, and his behavior changes. Chakotay goes to Sickbay,
fires his phaser at Paris and gives Torres the same Bajoran
command. Together they gather the other former Maquis members
who were also victims of Tuvok's attacks. They obey Chakotay's
commands and fire at the Voyager crewmembers.
Meanwhile, the ship goes to red alert and Janeway tries to
contact the Bridge, but there is no response. Chakotay finds her
and announces that he is in charge. Chakotay tells Janeway that
Teero helped them remember that they are Maquis members and that
the rebellion on Voyager is not yet over. He releases Tuvok and
detains Janeway in the brig. While the Maquis make plans to
abandon the Starfleet crew on an M-class planet, Chakotay tests
Tuvok's loyalty by commanding him to fire a phaser at Janeway.
Tuvok fires the phaser, but nothing happens because the weapon
is defective. Then, when Chakotay's back is turned to Tuvok, the
Vulcan grabs Chakotay by the neck and performs a mind meld that
brings Chakotay back to normal. After that, Chakotay hands
control of the ship back to Janeway.
Eventually, the rest of the Voyager crewmembers become normal
again, and Tuvok joins Janeway and the others at the movies.
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