Stardate 54704.5: A teenage boy appears on the ship and introduces himself as Q. His father, Q, leaves the ill-bred boy to "Aunt Kathy's" care - and threatens that he would be turned into an amoeba if his education should fail. Q Junior continues stirring up trouble at first, but soon chums up with model student Icheb and engages in serious studies. Nevertheless, he steals the Delta Flyer and gets himself and Icheb into difficulties when they run into hostile aliens. When Q Junior is ready to receive his punishment, the alien commander turns out to be Q Senior. Q manages to convince the Continuum to spare his son, under the condition that he takes eternal custody of him. He thanks Janeway by handing her calculations that would shorten Voyager's journey by a few years.

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