A mysterious woman arrives on DS9 and encourages Jake to begin writing a novel. Lwaxana Troi, pregnant with a son, unexpectedly visits Odo and asks him to help her escape her husband.

After a rogue band of Jem'Hadar attack DS9, the crew of the Defiant reluctantly join forces with a group of loyal Jem'Hadar in order to prevent the rogues from obtaining a dangerous piece of ancient technology.