There is No Reason to Be Afraid.

Stardate: 49578.2

[Drayan moon]

(Lush vegetation and a crashed shuttlecraft. A crewman is lying on the ground nearby. Tuvok fetches a medkit.) 

TUVOK: 

Tuvok to Voyager. 

Voyager, do you read?

You must lie still. 

BENNET: 

I can't, I can't feel my legs. 

TUVOK: 

Several of your vertebrae have been fractured. 

BENNET: 

Isn't there anything you can do? 

TUVOK: 

I'm afraid the shuttle's medical supplies are inadequate. 

We must wait for Voyager to find us. 

BENNET: 

It's getting worse. 

My whole body feels numb. 

TUVOK: 

I want you to slow your breathing, and relax your muscles. 

Try not to move. 

BENNET: 

All this time I thought I was so lucky…

No Family back Home. 

Nobody to miss. 

Now it seems kind of sad 

not to leave anybody behind. 

TUVOK: 

I believe Ensign Macormak 

would Miss You a great deal. 

BENNET: 

You think so? 

I was never really sure how she —

(Bennet dies. Tuvok sets up a stasis field over his body then hears a rustling in the bushes. He takes out his phaser and turns to see that it is a young girl. She tries to run across the clearing and he grabs her.) 

TUVOK: 

It's all right, don't be frightened. 

I won't Hurt You. 

TRESSA: 

Let me go! 

TUVOK: 

Will you run if I do?

(She struggles then gives up.) 

TRESSA: 

No.

TUVOK: 

My Name is Tuvok. 

Who are you? 

TRESSA: 

Tressa. 

You don't look Like Us. 

TUVOK: 

I am not A Member of Your Race. 

I am Vulcan. 

I thought this moon was uninhabited. 

Do you live here? 

TRESSA: 

We came here on a ship, 

but it crashed like yours. 

TUVOK: 

Where are your parents? 

TRESSA: 

Dead. Is he dead too? 

TUVOK: 

Yes. 

TRESSA: 

What were you doing to him? 

TUVOK: 

I put a stasis field around His Body 

to protect it until I can take it 

back to My Ship. 

TRESSA: 

Why? 

TUVOK: 

Some cultures, like Mister Bennet's, 

consider an appropriate burial 

to be a Sign of Respect. 

Tressa, is there anyone else here with you? 

(She nods.) 

TRESSA: 

It's all right. 

(Another girl and a boy come out of the bushes.) 

TUVOK: 

There is no one looking after you? 

TRESSA: 

Everyone Else died in The Crash. 

We're alone. 

TUVOK: 

There is No Reason 

to Be Afraid. 

I Will Take Care of You Now 

and See That You Get Home Safely. 

(The second girl and the boy run over and hug Tuvok, then Tressa joins in.)