6. The Raven

Seven of Nine, having recently been liberated from the Borg collective, is starting the process of learning to be a human again. She begins having hallucinations involving the Borg and a large black bird. The Doctor diagnoses her with post-traumatic stress disorder. He decides to help her move forward by starting her on a diet of real food; now that she has been relieved of her Borg implants she'll need to take in nutrients. Neelix, the ship's chef, prepares a first meal for her to start on, and coaches her on the basics of chewing and swallowing. Suddenly she is struck by another vision, and a Borg implant grows from her skin. She jumps up and threatens to assimilate Neelix.

Captain Janeway is in the middle of negotiating passage through space governed by the B'omar. Her duty is made harder when Seven steals a shuttle and leaves Voyager, trespassing into B'omar space. Crew members Tuvok and Tom Paris covertly cross B'omar security lines in a shuttle to try to retrieve Seven. Tuvok transports to her shuttle, but Seven is able to subdue him. She explains that she is following a Borg homing beacon to a nearby moon, although Tuvok tells her there are no Borg ships anywhere in the vicinity.

Onboard Voyager, Janeway is trying to figure out what caused Seven to leave. Reading Seven's logs, she finds a reference to her hallucinations of a raven. She orders Voyager to scan for any Federation ship other than their shuttles and to set course for B'omar space.

On the moon's surface Seven and Tuvok find no Borg, only the wreckage of an old Federation ship. It shows signs of Borg invasion and partial assimilation. Seven feels that the ship is familiar to her: This is her parents' ship, the Raven. She and her parents were assimilated by the Borg on this very spot. The B'omar attack, but Seven and Tuvok are able to escape the Raven and are beamed back to Voyager, which flees B'omar space.

Later, Janeway mentions the existence of records on Seven's parents, and Seven decides that one day she will read them.