Stardate 78183.1: The situation is hopeless as the Titan is without power and is being pulled into the center of the anomaly. Riker and Picard apologize to each other for their conduct on the bridge. The admiral uses the time that is left to get to know his son and spends time in the holographic Ten Forward with him. Meanwhile, Seven keeps chasing the saboteur, but Riker tells her to do so with discretion. Captain Shaw gives her the advice to look for some sort of vessel that the Changeling would hide in while regenerating. On the Shrike, Vadic talks to her superior, who manifests himself from her hand and orders her to pursue the Titan. As the portal weapon is gravity-based, she has to drop it in order to enter the depths of the anomaly. Just as Seven is going to take the bucket with "resi-goo" she has found to the biolab, the Changeling attacks again, and she doesn't manage to kill it. On the holodeck, Captain Shaw interrupts the admiral's talk with Jack with the bitter tale of his Wolf 359 experience, for which in his view Locutus aka Jean-Luc Picard is to blame. Beverly has discovered that the energy surges that hit the ship follow a pattern, as if the anomaly was giving birth. Picard and Jack come up with a plan to "hitch a ride" and use the energy to power the ship. After initially refusing the plan as too dangerous, Riker suggests that it could work if someone opened the protective nacelle covers manually. Picard asks Shaw to do this work, as he is most familiar with the design. Assisted by Seven, he opens the covers on one side and then works on the other side, as Ensign La Forge enters to support them. Shaw trusts her, but Seven recognizes that this is not Sidney La Forge. She kills the Changeling. Maneuvered by Picard with support from Jack, the Titan evades the asteroids, successfully rides the wave and escapes from the anomaly. But the Shrike is already waiting. Riker swiftly decides to use the tractor beam and throw a rock at the enemy ship. It turns out the anomaly was actually giving birth as Beverly surmised. The Titan can warp away now. But Jack continues to be plagued by horrible visions, and by a voice that tells him "Find me."

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