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Beginning Scenes Written
27th October 2004

Rest Re-Written
Sometime between 14th August and 17th September
24th - 28th September 2005

Parts of Episode Originally Written
(some of the lines were recovered from next episode's recap)
27th - 30th October, 3rd & 6th November 2004

Present Day:
"Of course, only a man who likes pain would find that enjoyable," Tom muttered.

Sid, who was standing next to them on the stage, stamped his foot as hard as he could, "I demand an encore of that." Everyone looked on in despair.

"No," Tom quickly said. "Anyway Lisa has volunteered to sing us her song."

Lisa rushed up behind the two, she pushed Sid off the stage. He grinned as he crashed to the ground, "thanks!"

"You're welcome," Lisa said sweetly. "I need Danny for this, we did both sing it."

Danny blushed as people looked at her, "yeah but it doesn't mean anything, really."

"Come on Dan," Lisa moaned with a pet lip.

Danny rolled her eyes, "fine, hang on." She quickly downed the glass of alcohol she had, then Ian's as well. She headed for the stage. The two stood in a line in front of microphone stands. Tom quickly rushed off it.

Electro poppy music started blasting from the speakers. Danny and Lisa then started to sing like they didn't care along with it, "there was a guy, you know, he had a little play of my platform game. But he rushed it, didn't finish, oh."

"Ok are they making this up as they go along?" Harry asked.

"He should have jumped to the top and collected all the little things," the two girls continued to sing in monotone. "Instead of being lazy, it was game over."

Two days earlier:
The same music was playing while Lisa walked down a corridor. "I let very few play with me, all only lasted one level." She watched one guy go passed, "ever since he tested me, the very few have scored higher."

Danny was meanwhile going down the corridor in the opposite direction. "Here's a small tip, you have to make a bigger effort, to get higher scores," she sang in a high voice. The two stood opposite each other just as they started to do a basic routine. "Here's a small tip, you have to make a bigger effort, to get higher scores."

Present Day:
"Nobody wins my game, by rushing through it all. There is no cheats, you know well I like the points," the girls sang with the microphones separated from the stands. They were swinging the stands side to side.

"If you want to score, higher than anyone else," both of them knelt down as the stands stood straight again. They slowly straightened themselves back up to sing the rest. "You'll have to play it right, don't give it up." The stands were swung back and forth again.

"Ooooh, oooooh," the girls sang just as Lisa spotted the same guy winking at her. She pushed her microphone to the floor and jumped off the stage.

Danny stared blankly, "ok uh ahem." She signalled the DJ to cut to the end of the song, she continued singing, "oh play with me, don't just play me now. Ooooh ooooh." She stared blankly at the audience again, "ok thanks very much." She rushed off the stage herself.

"Well that was pointless," Harry said again, glancing behind him briefly. What he hadn't noticed was that something was slipped into his drink as he did so.

Two days earlier:
Zare strolled down a corridor on Deck Twelve muttering to herself. "I can't wait to be rid of him forever ugh."

Two men walked out from another corridor and stopped behind her. "Maybe I can help with that," one said.

Zare turned around looking confused, "huh, that's not right." She got a fist in her face, knocking her to the ground.

Frenit walked over to her, "oh, somebody got a boo boo."

"Dude that's lame," the other guy with him sniggered. Frenit glared at him.

"That's the point!"

Zare pulled herself back up, "what are you doing here?"

"You're with that watcher, why don't you ask him, he'll know," Frenit sneered. "Get rid of this guy for me first though." He whispered something in the guy's ear and walked off.

"Wait, no!" Zare yelled after him, the big guy lunged for her though. She just pushed a knife into him, he turned to dust. She looked around for Frenit, but he had gone.

The Mess Hall:
Jessie walked through the busy tables looking for a place to sit, she tapped the padd she had in her hand impatiently. A table of guys continually looked at her until one of them tapped her on the arm.

"There's a spare seat here," he said.

Jessie groaned, "fine." She sat down next to him on the only spare chair in the room.

"So, why the long face?" one of the guys asked.

"Look I didn't sit here to chat with you, I sat here cos I had to," Jessie muttered.

The guy's eyes widened, "ookay, just asking."

"Now boys that's not how you talk to a girl," the first guy said. The others groaned and rolled their eyes. "Let's introduce ourselves first. I'm David, that's Steven, John and Chris."

"Whatever," Jessie groaned.

"That's a pretty name," Chris sniggered.

"Hmm no wonder you guys are asking any old girl to sit with you," Jessie said. "You can't get girls to talk to you the normal way?"

"Don't listen to him, he doesn't speak for all of us," David said. He leaned his elbow on the table, "now, what is your name?"

Jessie stared at him with a raised eyebrow, "sorry, nowhere near interested."

The rest of the table laughed as David sulked behind his hand.

"My turn," John said. "Is there any guy on this ship that'll be at least a little bit jealous of us?"

"No cos only a big loser would be jealous of mini losers like you," Jessie replied, smiling sweetly. "If you mean annoyed at me sitting with annoying little men, then maybe..."

"Ooh, I've always wanted to have a fight over a woman," Steven sniggered, clenching his fist. "I bet I'd be a very good match."

Jessie tried not to laugh, "ok the guy I'm thinking of would give you brain damage by flicking your head."

"Brain, what brain?" John sniggered.

"Yeah good point," Jessie said as she stood back up.

"Hey where are you going?" Chris asked.

She stopped next to a table full of girls who had stopped talking to watch them. David was the first to get back up. "Ok give us one good reason why you're ditching us, and for being rude." Everyone but Jessie and the two tables looked pretty freaked out as music started to play.

Jessie turned around, the girls pushed their chairs and stood up. "Baby can't you see I've fallen, there's no guy like you." The girls behind her began a strange dance routine involving the chairs. For some reason Jessie didn't seem bothered that she was singing, so she continued, "no warning, I'm dangerous, easily jealous."

David and the other guys seemed to be enjoying the performance, the others climbed out of their chairs.

"There's no reason, I can stay, really mad at you," Jessie continued to sing while dancing differently to the others. "Baby can't you see you're oblivious, it's obvious."

Jessie walked over to David as he held out a hand for her, instead she just pushed him out of her way. The girls walked over to the table, they did the same to the other guys. Jessie used one of the chairs to step onto the table itself. The girls settled for standing on the chairs themselves. They all started to do a different dance routine, mainly moving their arms around.

Jessie managed to hit a few high notes while doing her part of the dance. "Too hard to calm down. She's in my hair, and my mind's screaming. Can you hear me now?"

As the music started to change the dancers jumped down, gathered in front of Jessie. Two of them held out their arms, she held onto them as she walked back down to join them.

The men quickly got out of their way as they headed for the exit they were facing. Jessie continued to sing as they walked, "from the feel of your kiss, to your gentle touch. You're addictive, I'm under your spell."

The girls stopped when they got outside, the dancers stood in a circle around her. They all continued to dance. "Like an alcoholic to her glass of wine. I'm crazy for you, don't you know you're addictive. And I love what you do, don't you know you're addictive." Jessie separated from the dancers, they continued dancing as she walked away.

Half way down the corridor she stopped, "what the?" The music cut off. She blushed madly, "oh god no." She rushed off as fast as she could.

"Well I enjoyed it," one of the dancers muttered, the others looked at her. The men quickly joined them but they immediately looked disappointed.

"Aaaw you finished, I was going to video, uh, watch," Chris moaned. The girls all walked away in disgust. John elbowed him.

"Look at what you did, you ruined it," he snorted.

The Bridge:
Almost everyone had ear muffs on now so nobody could hear the music playing in the background.

Chakotay looked at the padd in his hand, humming to the tune. It didn't take him long to break into a quiet song, "Is it you and me? Are you going to tell me soon? Always him, coffee or teasing me around. Will you give me a chance or maybe wait around."

He turned to the side computer instead, "Is it yes, no? Do you want to be with me?" He stopped singing and sighed, "oh great."

Sickbay:
The Doctor groaned into his hand, "Kes!"

Kes rushed to the office doorway, "yes Doctor?"

"Would you mind doing some scans on other crewmembers?" the Doctor questioned while rubbing his forehead.

"No, it's no trouble," Kes replied. She turned to leave.

"Oh and Kes," the Doctor said.

Kes glanced back at him, "what?"

"Last I heard Mr Neelix was singing a love song about you," the Doctor replied.

Kes shuddered, "right thanks for the warning." She walked away.

The Mess Hall:
Kes slowly walked into the room, glancing around nervously. She headed further into the room while fiddling with the tricorder in her hands.

"Ah my sweet, you're a sight for sore eyes," a familiar voice said.

Kes groaned, looking up from her tricorder. "Yeah we kinda swapped places."

Neelix looked confused, "what you have sore eyes?"

"Exactly," Kes replied. She tried to walk away from him, but he just followed her.

"Well um I was wondering if you'd like to give it another go, us I mean," Neelix blurted out.

Kes' eyes widened, "oh god." She turned around to face him, "I really don't want to."

"But I made a foolish mistake, and I hope you forgive me," Neelix said.

"Ok you still don't know, I made you jealous on purpose so I wouldn't have to dump you," Kes said. "I'm sorry it's the truth."

Neelix stared blankly at her, "but why?"

"Why!? Why do you think," Kes grumbled. Three male crewmembers walked up to her, two stayed at each of her sides while one stood behind her. She started to sing as the men did a cheesy dance routine. Of course a pop song was playing in the background.

"What was I to do to get my life back. How was I supposed to live my way," she sang, joining in with the dance routine. "I just had to break up with you cos. All you ever did was overprotect me."

Neelix backed off a little, "uh."

"I can hang out with the guys when I want, without you," Kes sang, she stopped dancing but the dancers didn't. "But even apart you try to butt in. Lessons that I wanted I couldn't do without hearing a nagging voice. Realised you're over jealous."

Meanwhile:
Kathryn and Tuvok walked down a corridor discussing something.

"If it's not medical then what else is left?" Kathryn said.

"I do not know Captain. I have never heard about this type of phenomenon," Tuvok replied.

The two could hear the faint sound of music coming from around the corner, not to mention singing. They tried to ignore it as they turned the corner. About four unknowns were dancing around using phasers as pretend microphones.

"They just don't realise and they wonder why," one wailed.

"We got... Half the mind of a Borg drone, half the spirit to live. Torn from everyone we love or could have done," all of them sang.

"We need to find a solution fast," Kathryn sighed as they both walked passed them.

"Indeed before somebody gets hurt," Tuvok said as they managed it.

"Only half the way home," the group wailed.

"How would that happen?" Kathryn asked. She heard a phaser shot behind them and a few gasps. They stopped to turn around. One unknown was lying on the ground with a nasty phaser wound on his face, around his mouth. "I see your point."

Meanwhile again:
"Great, I should have known I hadn't seen the last of him," James muttered.

"If he's aboard, there must be others hiding somewhere," Zare said.

"No way, somebody would have spotted them by now unless," James said.

Zare frowned, "unless?"

"Unless they're stupid enough to hide on Deck Thirteen," James replied.

"Why would they do that?" Zare asked.

"That place is messed up, lots of strange things happen there. Frenit would feel right at home," James replied.

"Oh," Zare sighed. "What are we waiting for then?"

"We'd better split up to cover more ground. We'd better check Deck Twelve first," James said.

"Good idea, I'll check Thirteen, you check Twelve," Zare said.

"Um I don't think..." James muttered.

"Glad you agree," Zare smiled. She walked off quickly.

Deck Thirteen:
Zare stared out of one of the windows. Yes you guessed it, she started to sing quietly to herself. "My greatest fear is nearing. I don't know what I will find, down in the depths of no sunlight."

Meanwhile just on the deck above her James was walking down the corridor, fiddling with a crossbow rested in his right arm. He attached it to his side. He started to sing too, "there's something I'm not buying. No, vampires aren't on my mind. I'm just hoping that I'm ready for the fight."

Just on the below deck, Frenit and a big bunch of vampires were having a meeting. They burst suddenly into a dance routine, and of course singing too. "The lowdown. There's no light, no clouds in sight."

The group clapped their hands, they twirled around with their arms in a defensive position. They stopped to clap again. "Out in space, stars are too far away to affect us. They know we're hiding away, on Deck Thirteen."

James walked directly above them, if there was a camera it would have moved upwards through the floor. "I don't know if they've seen us, coming from above them." He turned the corner, and stopped in his tracks. "Nothing can give away who I really am."

The shot moved back the way he came, then went back down through the floor. I've decided there's a camera now. It focused on Zare as she walked down the corridor loading a crossbow. "So why do I even make a fuss of finding a vampire den. When I'm torn between different worlds, I give a damn."

The camera divided into two shots, one of Zare and the other of James. Both started to do the same routine, but a different one thankfully to the vampires. "Sun's down, is vampires haven, it's a paradise. They'll be nested let's get ready now." They both leaned on the nearby wall, which was in the same place, except on a different deck obviously.

"To take them down. We know they're stuck on Deck Thirteen," they both sang. Zare did this as she did a little waist movement while falling slowly to her knees. James did something similar, he knelt down on only one knee.

Meanwhile on Deck Thirteen, the vampires changed their routine. The females did the same as Zare, except not up against a wall. The guys stood with their legs wide apart, had their elbows pointed out, fists clenched and facing upwards. They started doing a really strange arm routine while the girls did a slow belly dance as they stood back up. While this was going on, an instrumental part of the song was playing.

The screen again split up. One side showed the vampires dancing, the other had James and Zare. They both, while staying on their knees, leaned over and rested on their hands. They rolled to lie on their backs, they again rested their hands, pushing up the upper half of their body.

The girls seemed to tag the boys as they walked passed one another, their backs were facing each other. James and Zare both leapt to their feet, by putting their weight on their hands. The vampires then did backwards cartwheels and met back up in the middle. The screen then went back to single view of the vampires.

It quickly changed to Zare, who had backtracked to the window. The music slowed down, "it's time. There's no need to fret, so here it is. We are meant to be, you and I but of who we are, you with another. It is wrong."

James surprised her by walking up to stand beside her. They sang together again, facing each other, "we're getting sidetracked so we'll start looking for them on..."

The camera moved to Frenit, who stood in front of all of his vampires doing stupid poses. "We're ready, so bring it on," he sang or rather rapped.

James and Zare at the same time finished their sentence above with, "thirteen."

Meanwhile
The FDA ship:
Damien and his crew were in the middle of an important meeting, sitting around their new rabbit head shaped table.

"This table is really dodgy, if you get what I mean," Gareth pointed out.

Damien smiled, "you're just jealous cos you don't get to sit in between the ears." Sure enough he was sitting at the top of the head, in between two straight up ear shapes.

"Oh no no, we're good," Gareth muttered. He whispered to Johnny, "dodgy."

Johnny Junior tilted his head to the side, "if you look at it in a different angle it kinda looks like a sea monster about to eat Damien."

"Don't do that!" Damien snapped. "Now we need to discuss what we're doing in this season."

"Well I was thinking we take over the Borg, that would be cool," Justin said. Everyone stared blankly at him.

"Ookay, any sane suggestions?" Damien suggested. Everyone's blank stares turned to him instead. "Ok saner and more realistic."

"What about recruiting some of the cute boys from Voyager," Myleene giggled, licking her lips. Everyone groaned.

"Right we've tried uh.. what have we tried?" Damien asked.

"Good question," Gareth replied. "We were being good guys, we could do that."

"It's not really my kind of style. We were only being nice so we could have another chance to get Voyager for ourselves," Damien said.

"Why do we even want it, this ship is better," Justin asked.

"Well the series isn't called Fifth FVDA Ship, is it! If we get Voyager we will be the stars of the show," Damien replied.

Gareth frowned, "Fifth Fifth Voyager Destruction Association Ship?"

"I like it!" Justin blurted out.

Damien narrowed his eyes, he pressed a red button that was on one of the ears. Two needles came out of Justin and Gareth's chairs and poked them in their arms.

"Shouldn't it be Fifth Apple Destruction..." Johnny Junior muttered. Damien hovered his finger over the button again. "Ok never mind."

"How does the button know who to stab?" Myleene asked.

"More importantly what's in those needles?" Johnny added on. He pulled out a mirror to look at himself with.

"A slow poison, they'll be dead in a few seconds," Damien said. Justin and Gareth's eyes widened. "What's the point in looking at me like that, you never stay dead."

"Was that the original plan though, to become the main castmembers?" Johnny Junior asked.

"No that's only the beginning, I'm full of many ambitions," Damien smiled evilly. "You look at me like you have some... wait that can't be right. As I'm the only one that can actually think. You don't have a thing to add," he sang along to a weird tune in the background.

Gareth rubbed his arm, "I try to help but you keep..."

Myleene leaned on the table so she could look at the back of her jeans, "damn, does my butt look big in this?"

"I am wondering why I'm teamed up with you guys," Johnny Junior sang. He pulled a face.

"Why did you leave me all alone," Justin cried in a bad tune. "Cry me a..." Damien leaned over to smack him across the head. He pulled a face while wiping his hand on his chair.

"One day they will," Damien said with the tune picking up a little. "Build statues of me, and the Voyager crew will..." The music stopped for a few seconds, then picked up again. "All bow before me." He stood up, "they'll write books about me, and make documentaries."

Gareth started to look pale, he fell off his chair looking a bit limp. Justin also hadn't moved after being hit by Damien. Myleene was trying to look at her butt but she ended up falling head first onto the table.

Johnny was busy cooing into the mirror, "I want to go home and do married couple stuff." He started kissing the mirror, "I'll write you a poem too babe."

Junior looked like he was going to be sick, "how can you do married stuff with a mirror, you sicko."

Damien sighed, he sang his last line quietly, "while these fools all wish I didn't screw them over."

Voyager:
Kathryn was sitting on the bridge, cradling a cup of coffee in her arms. She sat up after drinking the last drop. "Sooner rather than later, I'm drinking lots and lots." She stood up, headed towards the turbolift. "I'll stop when I feel content." She turned around in front of the door, put her hands on her hips. "I'm far passed eighteen, but I'm acting over twenty and I'm stuck in a fifties life." She walked in.

On Deck Five Kes was waiting for the same turbolift. She turned around, she swayed her right arm around and brushed it against her cheek, while putting her other hand on her hip. "Life was kind of boring, not in it for the journey, but I knew that I had to fly." She started to walk down the corridor, the door opened and Kathryn stepped out.

"Life's going to catch me but only if I let me take a glance back at home," Kes sang, stopping to let Kathryn catch up with her.

Faye, only a couple of metres away was walking towards them. She turned the corner just as they walked passed, they stood in a line, Faye moved to the middle and walked in front. "Why is the trip no fun, but the stops are so risky." They all stopped to stretch their left arms out, and sway them over to the back of their heads.

"And why can't the kids see the sights that the 'fleet want us all to see," Faye sang as they all turned around.

"I'm caught up in the riddles, crashing into hurdles," all three sang. They stopped, put their hands on their hips and swung them lightly. "I'm dying just a little a day, ah ah."

Meanwhile:
B'Elanna was busy working on her own at one of the warp core stations. "Midnight has me on the go, no fun, no I'm all alone. I'm speaking all in code," she sang. Turning around, she leaned back on the station. "Well I may as well be."

Lisa started to sing from a nearby station, "I'm coming out of the flap, passing all the crap." She turned around as B'Elanna headed straight for the main exit, she quickly joined her. "Falling for all the prats." She turned to smile at some of the guys who were watching, B'Elanna stepped out. She waved her finger at them, "there is no pleasing me."

They quickly were united with Claire, she walked in between them. "I've got fifty girls with me, but I'm around the guys," she sang. "We have to try and tame the boys." The girls stopped, they waved their fingers at the same time while shaking their hips. "Cos we don't wanna play their games."

Kathryn, Kes and Faye stepped out of a nearby turbolift, this time Danny was with them. She was walking alongside Kes. "Everybody from the 'quis are treated as criminals," she sang.

"It doesn't really bother me, but I hate that image," Danny sang as they headed straight for the other group. They all mixed up, Danny stayed in the centre while the others lined up against the wall. "What I see in the mirror, is not the same as me. Acting out of character is a surprise for them all, oh!" She turned around, so did everyone else and danced against the wall.

Kes, B'Elanna and Claire turned around first, swinging their hair back and forth with their hands on their hips. The remaining girls turned around quickly with their own arms around them, they brushed their own faces with their left hands.

Jessie stepped out of the turbolift, she stared at all of the girls dancing more or less out of character. Suddenly the rhythm got her, and she walked over to share the centre with Danny.

"Everybody's freaking about the trip," she sang, kneeling down onto the ground. She rested her head on the back of her right hand, "all want to get home, but I see nothing there." She turned to the side, pushed herself to her feet. "They try and quicken the ride, but I'm not in a rush. I've gotta join the crowd to avoid the crush."

Everyone started to change positions, "I'm caught up in the riddles, crashing into hurdles." Once there they put hands on their hips, then swung them slowly while turning their heads the opposite way. "I'm dying just a little a day, ah ah. Cause something's always making it harder or someone's causing trouble. We're flying but we're going nowhere, ah ah."

They all separated into two groups, one group headed one way while the other went the other way. "I'm dying just a little a day."

Present Day:
Tom tapped his foot impatiently as he stood on the stage, "no one?"

Neelix jumped up and down with his hand in the air, "oooh, ooh pick me!"

Tom tried to ignore him, "no? Ok, let's see, who hasn't sung anything yet?"

"Almost everybody," Chakotay muttered.

Tom narrowed his eyes, "yeah thanks, that helps."

"Me me!" Neelix yelled.

"Ok I'll pick somebody at random," Tom said. He started to point his finger around the holodeck.

James rolled his eyes, he put up his hand much to everyone's confusion.

"No no, this is karoake not pick on Tom," Tom muttered.

"Hmm that sounds good too," James said. "I only put my hand up because you were going to randomly pick me anyway."

Tom shrugged, "well either you or Chakotay." He smiled cheekily, "I bet you two would have some lovey dovey love song to sing, not to each other of course."

James pulled a disgusted face, "eew."

"So what are you going to sing then?" Tom asked.

"Just some random song I did years ago," James replied. He headed for the stage, "this is the result of a really dull English lesson."

"It's not about that is it?" Tom frowned as he joined him on the stage. He backed off a little.

James shook his head, "ok shove off."

Tom pouted, "don't be so rude." He wandered off to the side of the stage.

Danny glanced at Jessie, "ok, this is not like him."

"What, he snaps at Tom all the time," Jessie said with a smirk. "Oh you mean Tom being within two metres of James without wetting his pants?"

"No I meant James actually wanting to sing in public again, especially after that last time," Danny replied. "But now that you mention it, Tom wasn't as scared as he usually is. Maybe he's been drinking to help calm him."

"Maybe James has too," Jessie said with a shrug. "And you said you'd never mention that last college gig again."

Danny smiled sweetly, "sorry, I was surprised that's all."

"Well rest assured, I'll not be getting on a stage like that ever again," Jessie said.

The DJ fiddled around with an mp3 player, he hooked it up to the speakers. "Ok ready."

"Not yet," James said, looking around the room. A waiter rushed over to hand him a bottle. He quickly downed the whole thing, "ok now I'm sorta ready."

Tom glanced at Harry, both standing offstage. "Get the video camera ready to record."

Harry looked worried, "do you have a death wish?"

"No, he'll think it was you and only you," Tom said, smiling evily.

"And why's that?" Harry questioned looking nervous.

Tom decided against responding. The DJ started to play the instrumental track anyway. Harry swallowed a lump in his throat as he raised a small digital video camera. The music playing was just a soft ballady type tune.

"After all you put me through you'd think I'd hate you," James just spoke into the microphone. "But in the end, I should thank you. Cos you prepared me for the future." The music picked up, it now had a cool rocky beat. James started to sing along to it.

Meanwhile Chakotay was watching Kathryn drink a few coffee shots. "Um shouldn't you be watching this?"

Tom quickly climbed back onto the stage, he grabbed James' microphone just as he let go of it. He took it off the stand and rushed away.

Kathryn gasped, she tossed a shot cup over her shoulder. "Oh my baby's going to sing, aaw." She immediately put on her proud face.

"You missed it," Chakotay muttered.

"You were, breathing down my neck trying to make me in your image," Tom sang, or rather yelled to be heard over the music.

James just watched him with a raised eyebrow, "ok, wasn't expecting that one."

Harry continued to video tape the whole thing, "damn you Tom, damn you."

"After all of the yelling and snapping you probably think that I can't stand the sight of you!" Tom screamed down the microphone. The DJ quickly turned up the music a little. "But, oh no, you're wrong. Cos if it wasn't for all that you tried to do I wouldn't be here, have a second chance. Should I say thank you?"

He failed to notice James walking over to him, he was too busy belting out the chorus. "That's the wrong lyrics you moron," he said as he snatched the microphone back off him.

The music continued to play on it's own. Tom looked nervous, "not really, I just re-wrote them."

"Why did you do that?" James asked.

Tom stepped closer, he tried to hide the little fear on his face. He put a hand by his mouth and whispered, "Harry blackmailed me. Now continue singing." He continued to sing the chorus into a new microphone, "so why do you make me fight you!"

James cringed as Tom started to sing loud and screechy "woah, woah, oooh!"

He put one hand over his left ear, then started to sing again. "Never saw what was coming, all of your hate 'n anger. Just cos you knew that I was stronger than you ever could be."

"Oh thank god, he can actually sing. It sounded like Tom was strangling a cat," Danny said. Tom overheard and pouted his lips, folding his arms.

Jessie looked at her with a bemused expression on her face, "um no, that would make no sound besides hissing and claws scratching. He sounded like James was doing the strangling, and he hates cats." She and Danny laughed quietly, glancing at Tom briefly.

"Bitches," he grumbled. "James groupies."

"You wanted me to be like you but you made me into what I am now," James sang, while trying to keep a straight face. "Cos if it wasn't for all your torture I wouldn't know how not to be like you, and I'd know when to back down. Should I really say thank you?"

Tom raised his microphone, everyone quickly blocked their ears. Kathryn screeched bloody murder, "hey, stop trying to steal the spotlight, get out of here!" This cut the song off abruptly as the DJ even jumped in shock. He accidentally knocked a different song on. Tom had turned an interesting shade of white, he hid behind James who couldn't keep a straight face.

Danny's eyes lit up, "I love this song." She rushed to the stage, James watched her with a frown on his face. "DJ, pause a second." The DJ did as he was told. Jessie meanwhile covered her face with her hand.

"No no," she groaned.

"What? I love this song," Danny giggled. She glanced at James, "should we get Jessie to sing it too?"

Jessie's eyes widened, "oh god no."

The song restarted, Danny put the microphone back onto the stand. James quickly hurried off the stage, Tom panicked and followed him.

"Touch me, I'm electric," Danny whispered in a sultry voice, she did this another two times. "Take me out of your pocket, plug me into your socket," she started sniggering as she sang the next bit. Everyone at this point had realised why she liked the track, unless they knew what it was beforehand. "If you want me then later."

"Danny, censored version, this is a PG!" the DJ yelled out.

"Ahem, touch me I'm electric," Danny whispered again, it sounded totally out of place. "yeah, yeah, yeah."

A couple of girls rushed over to the stage, where James and Tom were. James was busy talking to him and hadn't noticed. "I'm not protecting you from Janeway, it's your own fault. And why on earth would Harry blackmail you to sing on stage?"

"Hi there, we loved your performance up there. You have a nice voice, and you're not that hard on the eyes either," one girl said. The others giggled.

Tom quickly jumped out from behind James, instantly better of course. "Aaw it's always nice to meet the fans."

Jessie meanwhile was watching, practically seething, clenching her fist. With a growl she stood up.

"Eeew," one girl pulled a face. "You sounded like a cat being swung by its tail." The girls turned their attention to James. "You should have your own band or something." Tom collapsed animé style.

"Oh, it's never me," he moaned.

"Duracell got nothing on me," Danny sang really fast. The DJ cleared his throat. "Um, oh oh oh, whatever, asshole," she muttered. She continued the chorus, "Yeah baby I’m electric, pent up electricity."

Jessie marched over to James' new fans. He looked pretty nervous, "um that's nice but, I'm not really interested in singing."

"Oh but you'd be great. You could just settle for being a male model or something," another girl giggled.

Jessie finally reached them, "sorry to interrupt this little nauseating sight." She looked at the girls in disgust, "but I'd like to point out that James here should have mentioned that Tom didn't sound like a cat being swung by it's tail. He knows exactly what it sounds like, that poor kitty never saw that one coming."

The girls gasped, James glanced at Jessie briefly with wide eyes and glanced back at them. "You swung a poor kitty by a tail?"

"Of course he didn't, she just wants to take all the attention away," another girl said, she put a hand on his arm.

"Um actually I did, I was a kid but that doesn't mean I didn't regret doing it," James said, looking nervous. The girls all gasped again, Jessie just smiled in victory.

"Tonight let’s start a fire, yeah, yeah, yeah. Feel..." Danny sang. The DJ again cleared his throat. Danny lost her temper and threw the microphone at him, knocking him out cold. "Stop ruining a good song, even those crappy music channels didn't censor it that badly!"

Jessie shook her head, "hey wait a minute, aren't you the girls who were in the Mess Hall during the 'Addictive' song?" The girls looked at each other, then Jessie looked back at James. "Never mind that, if you're not put off yet I know another good cat story." The girls rushed off.

Tom jumped onto his feet, "no, you fool, you could have denied it. Damn those girls were hot!"

James stared blankly at him, "I thought you wanted them, why do you care?"

Tom sighed, "you simply don't understand what's it like to be a real man do you? Jeez, you could have at least put in a good word for me." James started to glare at him, he cowered and ran off towards Harry.

Jessie turned to James, "oh by the way, you passed." She walked off.

"Passed? That was a test?" James said.

"No, not at first," Jessie smiled as she turned back around.

"Wait a minute, what was the Addictive song?" James asked.

Jessie's eyes widened, "oh, er nothing." She ran off.

Tom reached Harry, "well did you get it?"

Harry nodded, "yep I sure did. Congratulations, cos you got on stage with James he won't ever think that you were behind the video." Tom smiled and nodded.

"I mean you wouldn't send out a video of you getting snubbed by slutty, easy girls who chose James over you, and then him snubbing them. And the best part, you calling Danny and Jessie bitches and groupies." Tom's smile disappeared. "Oh yeah I got that, now what were you saying about me blackmailing you earlier?"

Two days earlier:
Zare and James quickly walked into a busy Mess Hall. Zare's cheeks were red, James was just smirking, but she hadn't seemed to notice.

"I can't believe it, how embarrassing," she grumbled.

"Why, nobody saw you?" James said. They sat down on the closest empty table.

Zare glared at him, "are you laughing, why are you laughing!?"

James put a hand over his mouth, "no reason."

"Don't make me smack that smirk off your face," Zare grumbled. "You saw me sing, and that's enough ok."

"What's the matter, you're not that bad," James said, still smirking a little. "I didn't get what you were singing about but..."

Zare rolled her eyes, "ugh, you can talk with yours."

"Don't even start, I sang in the past and I gave that up. You don't have to tell me," James said.

"No you can sing, I was going to say your girly voice," Zare said, she decided to join in with the smirking.

James stared blankly at her, "girly?"

"Relax I'm kidding with you. You just have a soft voice, it's pretty good actually," Zare said. She groaned into her hand, "ok that's embarrassing"

"You've got to stop doing that," James said.

Zare raised an eyebrow, "doing what, getting embarrassed? Yeah I'm trying."

"Never mind," James muttered.

"No really, what?" Zare questioned. She looked over his shoulder, Jessie had walked in and was watching them. "Oh you mean giving Jessie reasons to think I like you, when I don't."

James frowned, "no." He glanced behind him, Jessie quickly turned around and walked back out. He glanced back at Zare, "excuse me a sec." He got up and rushed after her.

Zare sighed, she shook her head, "what the hell, why was I singing that? Nah can't be."

James managed to catch up with Jessie, he stood in front of her to stop her. "Ok Jess this is got to stop, me and Zare, there's nothing."

"I know that. I never said there was, you obviously didn't listen to me," Jessie said.

"I did, I just wanted to tell you that," James said.

Jessie nodded her head, "ok. I was going to the Mess Hall to talk to you and sort things out but..."

"We can still do that," James said.

"No, you obviously don't get why I was mad at you. Talk to me when you do," Jessie muttered. She walked around him.

"Wait," James said as he turned back around. "I get it, you think Zare likes me. I don't see it, neither does anyone else."

Jessie stopped to glance back at him, "I watched you two for a while, I'm not stupid." She turned around again, "look I've changed my mind about talking about this when I saw her acting like that. It's not you I just can't right now. I'll see you later." She continued to go down the corridor, James stared after her with a sigh.

A minute later Zare walked up to him, "I gotta check in with Ligod."

"Are you going to tell him about Frenit?" James asked.

Zare stopped in front of him, "I guess I have to. The least we can do is seal off the thirteenth deck, and maybe keep the decks above and below off limits."

"I'll do that, I gotta keep myself distracted," James said.

Zare smirked, "what from singing?"

"No, from putting my fist through a wall but yeah singing is a possibility too," James replied with another sigh.

"Give her time to cool off. You're worrying too much, everyone gets jealous at least once. We work together, we have a lot in common. I don't blame her. I'd be the same way," Zare said.

"I know but it's just, we trust each other a lot. We shouldn't get jealous," James muttered.

Zare raised an eyebrow, "we?"

"Well I suppose Tom counts as one incident," James muttered quietly.

Zare tried not to laugh, "Tom really? That's a good example, some people get jealous of anybody who may or may not like their partners. Jessie wouldn't ever lower herself to Tom, and that's saying a lot considering I don't like her."

"You're going to have to work on that little problem if we're to stay friends," James said.

"I should have expected that. Just get her over that jealousy problem and I may give her a second chance ok? Now I'd better go, good luck with the Frenit thing," Zare said, she walked off. "If I haven't heard from you in a while I'll go down to give you a hand."

Deck Fourteen:
As usual the corridors were quiet and empty, the darker lights gave them a creepy atmosphere.

James walked around one corner looking a bit creeped out. "Computer, can't you raise the lights a little bit?"

"No it can't," Frenit's voice said from around the next corner. He and a dozen vampires showed themselves, and stood a few metres ahead of him.

"Ok whatever, let's get this over with," James said.

"If you insist," Frenit smirked. He waved his arm, the dozen vampires charged forward, he just slowly walked towards him instead. Instead of running right towards James, some of them went passed, stayed in front or stayed at the side.

"Ookay, what are you doing?" James muttered. His eyes widened a little as the vampires started dancing. "Ohno, no not now."

Frenit looked on in disgust, "this is just ridiculous."

"Ok this'll make it easier to kill you guys," James said as he pulled out a dagger.

To his horror Frenit started to sing as he started to pace back and forth. "Under a light blue sky you cannot hide from you, and no-one's gonna beat around."

The vampires swapped positions, a girl and a boy moved over to James. "You think it's us that's wrong well just wait until, till the sun goes down," Frenit continued to sing. The girl was the first to get stabbed in the heart, she turned to dust. James shuddered as the guy put a hand on his arm, in a friendly way. He quickly stabbed him too.

"Just try to listen. Don't hide from our kiss, and you know, that you know that you can't fight the nightlife," Frenit sang. At this point he was oblivious to all of his minions, he was obviously enjoying himself too much.

One girl moved over to turn her back against James, before she got a chance to do anything else she got it in the back. Like the others, she turned to dust.

"There's no escaping us. Once a gentle fool, then thieves take away your heart," Frenit sang. Just as he said heart one guy got staked.

James shuddered again as he watched the remaining nine vamps circle around him. One girl ran forward to grab his arm, on instinct he threw a punch, she ducked and grabbed a hold of his left hand. She tried to dance with him.

"No matter what you feel, it won't be too long. Till you figure it out."

The girl was pushed away with the knife in her chest. She turned to dust. One guy got mad and lunged for him, he ducked to the ground. The guy crashed into a wall.

"Don't try, you're never gonna win."

Two guys attacked at once while he was still on the ground, James quickly pulled out a crossbow from behind his back. One turned to dust, the other jumped but he missed completely as James rolled out of the way. He picked up the knife.

"Underneath the moonlight. You think that's your right."

The five remaining continued to circle him. The guy who crashed into the wall lunged for James again, he turned and easily staked him. One girl jumped onto his back, wrapped her arms around his neck and hung on for a dear life. She of course tried to bite him, he threw her off.

"You just do it for the thrill. Who's worse?"

One guy grabbed a hold of him from behind, he kept a tight hold of his arms.

"You or I!"

The other guys lunged for him then, while the last girl danced in the background wildly. James kicked both of the guys at the same time, then threw the guy holding him over his shoulder. The knife quickly ended up in all three's hearts.

"Deep in the dark. You've surrendered who you are and you know, that you know that you can't fight the nightlife."

The last girl looked panicky, she attempted to run away. James fired the crossbow, she was soon dust.

"No, you can't fight it," Frenit sang. He struck a pose with his eyes closed. "It's gonna take away who you are." He opened them, he glanced around. "Uh."

James walked over to stand two metres in front of him, "ok, that was disturbing!"

Frenit narrowed his eyes, "all of them?" James nodded. "Damn, this wasn't our time anyway. See you around Jamesy." He ran off. James quickly threw the knife but Frenit was too fast, it got stuck in the wall.

"Crap, not again," he muttered.

Deck Six:
Lisa stood waiting for a turbolift humming to herself. She immediately broke out into an upbeat pop song. "There's not a thing I need, can't pretend, that he's anything I would ever need. To me in the end, he'll never see me there."

She sighed and continued, "cos now he's gone, there's nothing holding me back. I shouldn't be thinking like this, this is driving me insane!"

"In the land of make believe, you're there with me. But that's just the part that I don't understand," she sang pressing her hands on the wall. "But I can dream away, that my best friend I love, will love me back soon. I can't seem to lose, this stupid dream of lovers pure, it's a land of make believe." She rested her head there as the music faded out.

"That's a nice song," Craig said.

Lisa jumped a mile, she turned around, "what?"

"That song you were singing, it was nice," Craig said.

Lisa smiled nervously, blushing a little, "um thanks."

"What exactly does it mean?" Craig asked.

Lisa pretended not to hear him, "huh, what?"

Craig groaned, "Lisa, tell me."

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Lisa stuttered.

"The song, Lis," Craig muttered.

"Oh that. It's about wishing about things, yes," Lisa stuttered. She walked away quickly.

Conference Room:
"Great, maybe now we'll be forever known as the Voyager Opera crew," B'Elanna muttered.

"No we won't," Chakotay said.

"We will be if we don't find a cure soon," the Doctor said.

Chakotay shrugged, "we will eventually, we always do."

"No no, not that song again," Harry groaned.

"I can't take this anymore, almost anything we say is turned into a song," Tom said.

"I know, I sang about going to the bathroom," Harry said. Everyone stared at him, most of them sniggering. "Ok I shouldn't have shared that."

"Yeah well, we have been singing about everything but not something like that," Danny giggled. She glanced at Jessie, "right Jess." She wasn't paying attention, she was watching James who had been looking at her. He quickly looked away with an uncomfortable look on his face. She frowned.

"Oh, I saw that," Danny smirked. "What's up?"

Jessie glanced back at her, "maybe he knows about the song I sang. I was a little, um angry at the time."

"I doubt it," Danny whispered. "Was it about Zare?" Jessie glanced away with a nervous look on her face. "Ah right."

"We need to figure out somethings. When was the first incident?" Kathryn asked.

"This morning," Chakotay replied.

The Doctor sighed on the monitor screen, "I'm afraid with the illness theory being knocked out of the park, we have nothing to go on anyway."

Jessie looked down at the necklace around her neck, she pulled the rest out from underneath her uniform. "What else could it be?"

"I checked the computer systems and it's not responsible for the music that appears out of nowhere," B'Elanna replied. "I'm at a loss with this."

Jessie stood up, "I doubt I'm any help so I'll just go." She headed out just as James got up too, he rushed after her.

"Wait Jess," he called out as they left the Conference Room.

She stopped, "ok, why are you following me again?"

"We need to talk," he said.

"Right now? There's something I need to do," Jessie said in a worried tone of voice.

"Uh, like what?" James questioned. "Can it wait?"

"Not if we're going to argue, I don't want to argue anymore," Jessie replied. She beckoned her head at the door next to her.

"No I don't either," James said, glancing briefly at the same door. "Oh well, I'll just wait then."

Jessie smiled weakly, "great." She walked through the door and into the public toilets. She stood in front of the mirrors while fiddling with the necklace. "Nah, can't be." She looked up at the mirror, "you couldn't have."

James paced just outside the door, Jessie bumped into him as she rushed out. "Oh sorry."

"That was quick," he said.

"I didn't um, go. I just realised I have to do something," Jessie stuttered.

"But don't you have to go?" James questioned.

"Yeh, no. I just had to sort my hair out. You know me," Jessie replied.

"Ok do you want any help? Not with the hair, the other thing," James questioned.

"No it's ok, thanks," Jessie replied. "I uh..."

"I know, you have to go. Can't we talk first?" James asked.

"Ok are you angry with me? Is this why you looked at me like that?" Jessie questioned nervously.

"What? No no, I just wanted to know something. We can talk about it later, it's fine," James replied.

"Are you sure, it's just this is important and I don't want this to turn into some romance post argument song," Jessie said.

James developed a smirk on his face, "romance post argument song?"

"Yeah you know what I mean," Jessie said. "I'll talk to you later when this musical ends. But first, what did you want to know?"

"I was wondering if you sang anything already," James replied.

"That's what was so important?" Jessie asked, looking bewildered.

"No, not exactly," James replied.

"I'll tell you later," Jessie said, tilting her head to the side with a smile. "We won't argue will we?"

"No, I just wanted to say that you don't have to worry about Zare. If she did like me it doesn't affect us," James said.

"I know that, that's not the issue," Jessie said. "It never was, I just wish you'd see what was in front of you and..."

"I do, right now I see my jealous girlfriend in front of me. Come to think of it, if I go on like this we will end up singing," James said with a smirk. Jessie smirked with him before glancing behind her briefly. "I know." He stepped closer to kiss her on the cheek, then he turned around and walked back the way he came. She smiled before walking in the opposite direction.

Present Day:
"Soo, did you tell him that you sang some bitchy song about Zare?" Danny asked in a teasing voice.

Jessie narrowed her eyes, "no, and since that scene was deleted why mention it?"

Danny shrugged, "shame."

The pair jumped as Kathryn started screaming abuse at a waiter guy. "Damn it what do you mean by cut off!?"

The waiter looked nervous, "um, somebody told me to not give you anymore coffee."

"But I ordered a large cup of espresso, five espresso shots and a frescato!" Kathryn snapped.

"I know, you can't have them," the waiter stuttered, he ran off as quickly as he could.

Kathryn growled as she jumped onto her feet. She marched over to the stage, "give me that damn microphone!"

Tom's eyes widened, "uh, why?"

"I want to know who cut me off," Kathryn growled in response.

"Oh ok," Tom said, trembling. He handed the microphone to her then ran off.

Kathryn walked onto the stage. As she brought the microphone to her lips everyone in the room watched her in fear. "Hey Dj guy, play a tune, any tune."

Even the DJ looked pretty scared, "yes ma'am." Some loud pop rock music started blasting from the speakers.

"Where's my coffee!" Kathryn screeched into the microphone. "Where's my coffee?" Everyone, well excluding Sid of course blocked their ears. "It's like a lover, that is so selfless. I get to kiss it all day, it's my heaven. When I get real bored, or I'm just thirsty, I grab a cup and pour some in."

Chakotay covered his face with his hands, "ugh god, not again."

"Where's my coffee! All I want is to have a drink. Where's my coffee, drink all night until I fall asleep. Where's my coffee!" Kathryn continued to screech down the microphone.

"For god's sake just serve her," Chakotay muttered to the scared waiter.

"Yes sir," he said.

Two days earlier:
Kathryn climbed off her sofa, she headed for the replicator. "Coffee black." As the replicator obeyed her command, something caught her eye. Right beside the sofa stood a small box. She took the cup out of the replicator, then knelt down next to the box. Inside it was a dark red photo album. Tears started to fill in her eyes.

She softly began to sing, "I told everyone that I was just away, to escape for a little while." Kathryn climbed to her feet, holding the album against her chest. "I was really hiding a really big secret. Everyone bought it 'cos reality was surreal. I was lying to protect only myself."

Kathryn clenched one fist as she headed for the bridge. The doors opened for her. "What did I throw away? What would it have been like if I had stayed." She stood in front of her chair. Everyone on the bridge just ignored her singing. The music picked up a little. "My life may have been better. But it might have been, a lot worse."

The song turned into rock, Kathryn climbed onto her chair. "I'll keep watching from behind the scenes. Saying that I'm just a concerned leader. I say that I have the right!" She hugged the album while singing at the top of her voice, "But I'm lying, I'm lying!"

Jumping down from the chair, she began to sing a little quieter, the music toned down. "I hid away from everyone, just so I could be with him. Two years wouldn't pass so quickly, but I was wrong."

"What's she doing?" Harry asked an unknown crewmember. He ignored him. "Fine be that way!"

The unknown frowned at him, "what!"

"Time sped by at warp speed. It wasn't long until I had to pack my bags. Now it's twenty years later!" Kathryn sang as loud as she could.

"I'll keep watching from behind the scenes. He'll walk right passed, and not notice, the pain I have cos I let him go. I say that he means nothing to me," she sang while sitting in her chair. "But I'm lying, I'm lying."

She glanced around the room, "I hate the taste of coffee and don't want to be home." She again climbed onto her chair, "I hate my crew and I don't give a damn. I'm single and childless yet I'm not alone." She threw the album to the ground, placed her palms against the sides of her face. "Liar, liar. Liar, liar," she whispered.

"Oooh, I want to be his mother but he can't ever find out," she sang quietly in a sad voice. The music stopped.

"I said, what is she doing!" Harry yelled at the unknown.

"Dude, I can't hear you," the unknown said. He took out an ear plug, "now what?"

Harry blushed, "oh yeah, I forgot Chakotay told us to put these on."

Later:
Tom sat in the corner of the Mess Hall, sulking while stirring a cup of coffee to death. Sad, slow depressing music started playing.

"I fell for, the girl I should be with but she, laughed and hit me in the face. I fall for, girls who love to hate me. That's wrong, why can't I find someone." He got up and headed for the door, leaving his coffee behind. He failed to notice Kathryn run up to it and steal it.

Tom left the hall, just outside the door was a band. One guy was playing the drums, another had a guitar. Tom walked up to the microphone stand. The guys started to play a loud rock anthem. "The girls are playing a cruel joke on me now but it still feels like, a game to me."

Tom turned to the camera with the saddest look on his face possible. "It's one of her bad girl days," he whined.

Meanwhile Craig sat in his quarters, looking just as glum as Tom. "She used to be, so much easier to talk to. But now, she's different, it's hard to be around her." He headed for the door. "I fall, for every girl who walks passed. But she's, only just a friend to me."

Like before, a band joined him as he left his quarters. He stood at the microphone stand, "surely she's playing a cruel joke on me now. But it still feels like, a game to me. It's one of her bad..."

Meanwhile again James walked down a corridor somewhere in the middle of the previous singers. "I have to get out, but I wanna stay in. It's hard to understand, I just want her. She should know that, but I can't convince her."

He turned the corner, the other two guys and the band were there. "This whole thing's a joke, it has to be, it can't be like this," he sang.

The guitarist handed Craig the guitar, the drummer handed Tom the sticks. He pulled a face as James was able to take the microphone. They all joined in together anyway.  Tom drummed like a mad man to get attention.

"Maybe the girls are playing a cruel joke on us now. They really don't care, it's just a temporary thing. It's one of their bad girl days."

James glanced back at his new bandmates, they continued to play their instruments. "Um guys?"

"Hang on, I got a good beat going here," Tom said, rocking his head back and forth. Craig did the same while playing the guitar. James rolled his eyes and walked off.

Present Day:
Harry stood on the stage, "now as Tom recovers in Sickbay from uh, the incident beforehand." Jessie and Danny smiled at each other. "I'll be taking over. Now we're getting more requests, obviously this has been enough time for plenty drinks to be passed around. Anyway, welcome a number of people." He clapped, then jumped down.

B'Elanna, Kes, Danny and Ian rushed onto the stage. B'Elanna and Kes looked like they had one too many drinks, Danny and Ian looked pretty much normal.

"Attention the entire crew. Grab a crowd and sing for them," Danny sang into her microphone stand.

"No one cares," Kes sang.

"When you're baring your soul in the middle of a song," Ian added on.

"To hell with 'em all," B'Elanna sang.

"It feels good, don't leave without giving it a try," Danny sang.

"Don't be scared of the rhythm, think that you're singing in the shower. I wanna hear your story, I wanna hear your story," Ian sang pretty quickly.

"Don't fear, you're on your own. Let me hear you sing. Let me hear ya. All the members of the crew. Let me see you dance, I wanna see ya," the group sang together.

"You're almost there," Ian sang.

"Don't feel bad, it's hard at first," B'Elanna sang.

"No one can hear ya," Kes sang.

"Everyone has a song to sing," Danny sang.

The group again sang together, "I can hear it's beat. From the A to E, from pop to rock. C'mon, it's your turn. Let me hear what you're all about." They moved the stands to the side briefly. "Hey Voyager, all secrets can be told. Get over here there's song you can parody. Sweet and silly, a song about your lunch today. Anything will do, just give your lungs a work out."

"God this is dull," Kathryn yawned, "another coffee."

Chakotay groaned, "you can't possibly be tired after thirty cups and five shots!"

Two Days Earlier:
Kathryn sighed as she worked at the holodeck controls. She walked into the holodeck itself with a guilty look on her face. "My attention fades, I keep thinking of you, I've still got a picture of us, so blue," she sang softly. The holodeck created an image of Mark, but it didn't move.

"My focus fails, I'm now thinking of him. That's one more secret I'll keep to myself," Kathryn sang, turning away from it. "Computer delete Mark hologram," she muttered.

Harry stopped just outside, he noticed the holodeck was already in use. He leaned against the wall, he began to sing too. "Yes, I miss the touch. You know I liked the feeling. But out here I'm all on my own. I don't want to cheat." He straightened up, continued down the corridor. "One thing for a man to do."

The screen split into two, one for Kathryn and the other for Harry. "Programme it, programme it. It won't capture anyone right. Programme it, programme it. But I'll be warm in your arms tonight."

Harry continued down towards Holodeck Two, singing on his own this time. "I'll say the words and the image appears. What's left of you is right here." He stopped outside. He walked in after keying in something. A hologram of Libby was there motionlessly waiting for him. "No I won't deny what I feel for you. So this empty image will have to do."

Back to Kathryn, she was singing while resting her head against the holodeck controls. "I awake with a sweat, I'll whisper your name, then the image goes every time." She turned around, "dreams won't do, I need something else. I need to see you one last time."

The two sang together again, instead it swapped single shots of them. "Programme it, programme it. It won't capture anyone right. Programme it, programme it. But I'll be warm in your arms tonight."

Harry walked over to the Libby hologram. "We're lightyears apart, don't need a degree. You'll be babysitting grandkids when I get back. So I'll move on like you, and begin again." He walked out of the holodeck. "Computer end."

Kathryn watched the Mark hologram she re-created, "yes, I've got the touch. You know I love the feeling. Out here I'm not on my own." She smiled and shook her head. Again she headed for the doorway. "I feel like such a cheat. One thing for a woman to do."

The camera moved to Harry again, he sat down on the ground singing his little heart out. "Programme it, programme it. It won't capture anyone right. Programme it!"

Kathryn walked down the corridor, passing Holodeck Two. "You can't just programme it!" she sang loudly. "Programme it, programme it," the two sang quietly to themselves.

Meanwhile:
The Mess Hall was dark, only Chakotay occupied it. He finished off a drink he had.

In: "Janeway to Chakotay."

He tapped his commbadge, "yes Captain."

In: "We're off duty, you don't have to call me that. Um can you come by my quarters, I need to talk to you."

Chakotay sighed, "I'm on my way." He tapped his commbadge, "Kathryn." I think you know what's going to happen next.

"I glanced into your eyes, I saw all of your soul. I couldn't see anything else cos your beauty had me in awe," he sang to a slow ballad, standing up. He headed for the nearest exit, "I can't help myself, I can't leave you alone. I don't want to try."

Meanwhile again
James/Jessie's Quarters:
James sat on his own on the sofa, he had a picture of him and Jessie in his hand. He placed it by his side, "I am not good enough. But you're under my skin. I've got more strength than the norm. But you always leave me weak." He headed for the door.

Chakotay was now standing in a turbolift. "You make my knees weak, you make me stare deep. Fallen far this time."

He stepped out of it, "and you're all I see, yet you're all I fear. I love you, yeah I love you now."

James continued to sing halfway down the corridor and around the corner, neither of them noticed the other. "I feel I'm slipping away. Everytime you're not here."

"I see me in your eyes when you're in my arms," Chakotay sang. "If you let me, I'll look after you or I'll lose my mind, oh."

The two men began to sing at the same time, from different parts of the deck. "I'm too in love with you, love with you, love with, everything about you I see. I watch you sleep, watch you breathe. I just think about you everyday. I'm too in love with you."

"I'm crazy, in love with you, and I want to tell you everything, everything," James sang just as he was about to turn the corner. "Nothing scares me more."

"I'm too in love with you, too in love with you. Love with, everything about you, I see," they both sang, slowly closing the gap between them. Chakotay turned one corner, they still didn't notice each other. They walked passed one another. "I watch you sleep, watch you breathe. I just think about you everyday."

"I'm too in love with you," James sang.

"Too in love with you," Chakotay sang.

They both stopped in their tracks, turned around. The music faded out leaving two very embarrassed men. "Let's never speak of this again," Chakotay muttered.

"Uh huh," James said. They both continued on their way.

Deck Four:
Jessie stopped outside one of the doors nearby the turbolift, she pressed the door chime. "Jeez, this better be the right place." The door opened, but nobody was there to greet her. She stepped inside.

"Hello? Is this the guest quarters?" she called. Looking around she found that nobody seemed to be home. "Ok then, moving on."

She turned to leave when three of Derna's little servants marched in. "Can we help you miss?" one asked.

"Ok, where's that woman who bosses you around. Thinks she's a witch?" Jessie questioned.

The men glanced at each other. "She's not here," one answered.

Jessie sighed, "fine I'll wait."

One of the men spotted the necklace she had around her neck. "Oh no no, she will be a while. She might be visiting our ship now."

Jessie narrowed her eyes. She walked over to the coffee table, to their surprise she started to sing. "Somethings I can stand. Like a knuckle crack or a joke from Tom."

They glanced at each other, looking worried. "Things like this I can't. It all grates on me, like Janeway high," Jessie sang, walking closer to them.

"We don't know what you're talking about. We don't know how this all happened to us," the men all sang together.

Jessie pulled a disgusted face, "ugh, it seems like strangely, something I've done started this." She began to do a slow dance while pacing the room, the men did their own dance too. "This singing and musical craziness. Someone tell me how to stop this, or we'll live forever like this."

"It's creeping everyone out. Like Neelix streaking, or Tuvok smiling," Jessie sang, shuddering slightly.

Derna stepped into the room, she smiled at the display in front of her.

Jessie tried to look intimidating, "why won't these runts tell me cos it's obvious to me, they're doing this."

"Oh they're not," Derna said.

Jessie turned to look at her, she continued to sing, "just tell me how to stop this or I'll beat the crap out of you and your runts too."

Derna stepped forward. She began to sing, and do the same slow dance Jessie did before. "Strangely, that spell I cast on you was wrong." She shrugged her shoulders, "not really, cos I intended to do all of this."

The aliens started dancing in formation. "It seems like strangely. Something you did started this. This singing and musical craziness," they wailed.

Jessie covered her ears, "oh my god."

"We'll have to tell you how to stop this cos we'll live forever like this," the aliens continued.

Derna faced her again, "Strangely, the route of the spell is in that pendant. Just break it, and our troubles will all be over."

Jessie pulled the necklace off and dropped it onto the floor, she stepped on it. The music stopped abruptly, everyone sighed in relief.

Present Day:
Somebody actually ok at singing was singing a slow ballad on the stage. Most of the crew there weren't really paying attention to her though.

James walked around some of the back tables, and passed by the comfortable looking sofa like chairs on the wall. Sitting at one of them was Kathryn and Chakotay, obviously trying to hide their heads from everyone else.

"You can be one soppy guy, can't you?" Kathryn said.

Chakotay smiled nervously, "um yeah well, I'm pretty sure it was James' fault though."

James stopped and turned to them, "I wasn't even around when you had obviously started singing."

Kathryn and Chakotay jumped a little before glancing at him. "Is this true?" Kathryn asked.

Chakotay sighed, "fine, it is. So what, I shouldn't be ashamed."

Kathryn smiled at him before turning back to James. "I don't need to ask why you were singing the same song."

"It wasn't the same, they kinda meshed," James said quickly.

"Uh huh. Where is she anyway? She's always around you," Kathryn questioned.

"I was looking for her actually. You obviously haven't seen her then," James replied.

Chakotay did a quick scan of the room, he pointed at one of the other sofa's. "She's over there, now..."

"I know, I don't want to see you guys talk about soppy stuff or worse," James said, he quickly walked away.

Kathryn pulled a face, "hey."

Chakotay smirked, "did you really want him to see that?"

"No, but that's not the point," Kathryn muttered.

James got to Jessie and Danny's table, the two stopped talking and looked up at him. "Oh don't stop when I come over, it's really worrying when people do that."

Danny smiled at him, "they're usually talking about you when you do."

"That's what's worrying about it," James said.

"Don't worry, we finished talking about you a while ago," Jessie said. She stared at Danny with a raised eyebrow, "though it was about me too."

"Ok I can take a hint," she said, shaking her head. She got up and headed away.

"She sure can," Jessie said with a smirk. James sat down in Danny's old seat. "So, you wanted to talk about something."

"I told you, I wanted to know what you sang about," James said.

Jessie giggled nervously, "nothing important really, it's just... What did you sing about then?"

"So, I hear you sang something about me," James said, smirking a little.

Jessie's eyes widened, blushing madly, "what, no I didn't. It was Danny, really I didn't..." James leaned in to kiss her, she smiled afterwards. "Ok I did." They both continued the kiss, unaware that Ligod was watching them.

Later:
Everyone was minding their own business, doing their own thing when somebody else stepped onto the stage. Nobody really cared or noticed until Baby One More Time by Britney started playing from the speakers.

Justin cleared his throat, "ahem." He took the microphone off the stand and started what he called singing. "How was I suppose to know, that everyone despised me. Oh why oh why."

"How the hell did he get on board?" Tom asked while trying to cover his ears.

"Does everyone feel the same, oh. I mean, what's it all about yeah," Justin squealed like he was getting his crotch kicked.

"Damien must have left him behind after the finale," Harry stuttered.

Justin started doing his Michael Jackson tribute dancing, "I don't know, is it about my looks. Tell me now, is it my acting career, tell me now." He stopped to do a stupid pose, "my bad luck, is killing me."

Security rushed into the room, they heard the noise and all of them backed off or ran back out. One of them dropped a phaser rifle. Tom quickly picked it up.

"I must confess, I'd rather stay," Justin squealed. Tom tried to fire the rifle at him but he dodged it by continuing his dancing. "That way!" Again he posed, Tom tried again but he just continued dancing.

"Oh my god, somebody must be able to do it!" Tom wailed. A lightbulb switched on the ceiling above him. He turned to Zare and James, "you two do it."

"Than put up with bad luck almost everyday!" Justin screeched.

Zare pulled a face, "me, who is this freak anyway?"

Justin posed again, "give me a break."

James took the rifle off him, "I'll do it."

"Kill me baby one more..." Justin squealed, he screamed at the end and fell to the ground.

"Well, that's it. Welcome to Season Three," Tom smirked. Crewmembers with gloves on dragged Justin off the stage.

****THE END****

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