The crew of Voyager experience vivid memories and dreams of a battle they don't remember having, with an enemy they have never encountered. Captain Janeway worries about crew members suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders after Chakotay, Neelix, Kim, and Paris return from an exploration.

A Borg ship captures a Voyager shuttle with Chakotay, Kim, Neelix, and Paris on board. Janeway enters hostage negotiations with a gang of dangerously erratic Borg children, who the Borg rejected as unworthy drones.