Act Two, Scene One

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The Captain looked at Dr. Bell for a moment before turning his attention to Dr. McCoy. "I realize I am only a Starfleet Captain with little knowledge of science or its mysteries but are you really telling me that you cannot even tell if its human or alien?" The annoyance was obvious in his voice. Dr. Bell started to speak but the Captain held up his hand, "Dr. McCoy?"

Dr. Bell lowered his head in disappointment but accepted the orders of Captain Campbell. Dr. McCoy stepped forward and padded Dr. Bell on the back, "Captain, normally it would be easy to tell what genome a being came from. However this level of splicing has made it almost impossible to tell. I understand that you might not be impressed with Dr. Bell, but he the closest thing to an expert that we have aboard. With over twenty years of experience in genetics as well as exobiology, I urge you to hear him out." With that, she moved aside and allowed Dr. Bell to continue.

Taking in a deep breath, "Sir, the level of splicing that we see in the three samples has never been done before in humans. I had to go back nearly two centuries till I found a match in technique. Sir, have you ever heard of the The Suliban Cabal? They were an interstellar terrorist organization active in the 22nd century. According to sealed Starfleet records that predate the Federation its self, The Cabal took their orders from a mysterious figure who was humanoid and rumored to communicated to them from the 28th century. The report goes on with this outlandish story that this person was a representative of a faction in something called the Temporal Cold War. This individual used the Cabal as his foot soldiers in his attempts to alter history towards his own ends."

Dr. Bell took a moment to allow the information to sink in before continuing, "No, I do not suspect that this Temporal Cold War is behind what is going on. Truthfully, I don't even believe such a thing actually ever existing. But within this file, were details of very similar techniques in splicing genes. It is my opinion that this sealed file was used as a frame work to create Maura then later Seona. Based on this, I was able to narrow down what we can know from the genes. This unknown donor you are asking about, Sir. Well, the closest thing that we can be assured of is that there is a 60% accuracy that it was male and a 43% that it was from Indo-Asian region of Earth. I am sorry Sir, past that we have nothing else."

Looking back at Dr. Bell Captain Campbell sighed before adding, "Forgetting the why for a moment, how is this possible? What series of events would lead to these DNA patterns? Is the Major a clone using part of my DNA?"

Dr. Bell listens to the Captain questions and shakes his head, "No captain. Not a clone. You and the Major and Seona are all independent life forms. You each are basically human and not clones of any other life form. As far as your own genome goes, I cannot confirm if alien DNA was used in the building blocks nor can I eliminate the possibility of it either. My colleagues and I have not been able to identify evidence either way of this. You have to understand the remarkable nature of all of this. None of us had ever seen a life form created in such a way. And I don't think we ever will again. Who ever did this, had remarkable access to scientific data. Some of these files were sealed by the Federation Council in 2268. And just like the Suliban Cabal, knowledge of them were very limited. Even in this meeting, I am unsure if we are breaking Federation Law or not."

It was on that note that Dr. McCoy stepped forward, "thank you Dr. Bell" she said softly. She knew that there was nothing more that Dr. Bell could offer. "We will speak more on this later today. Please thank your friends for their help." She waited for him to leave before turning her attention back to the captain. "Captain," Dr. McCoy says looking back at him. "There is more that does not include your DNA and past that needs to be mentioned." Taking a breath and continuing. "the Interview with The Gul prove to be...interesting. I reviewed his medical file and found that when he was apprehended there were doses of a drug called Cal'ix in his system. Cal'ix was developed by the Cardassians to destroy memory of a subject. It was highly effective in causing victims to suffer from a calming effect and euphoria. Yes, I understand that this doesn't match the behavior we witnessed. However that answer came when Dr. Vanlaere took a blood sample during our interview with him. Within that sample we found in his system not only Cal'ix, but also a street drug of similar design called Cal'ex. Unlike Cal'ix, Cal'ex stimulates the mind's memory and creates powerful hallucinations from them. With Cal'ex, the victim are forced in to reliving heightened emotional scenes from their past. These two drugs differ only by a small margin."

She paused a moment before continuing, "I had my team run tests on the Gul's blood sample as well as that of our intruder. The Gul's blood has both Cal'ix as well as doses of Cal'ex within his system. The intruder has only Cal'ex in her system but at a nearly five to one ratio of that of Gul Bolon. So my surprise, the Cal'ex in both Seona's blood as well as in Gul Bolon were created by the same black market lab. I spoke with Law Enforcement experts on this street drug. They knew the drug in question as well as the supplier who created it. The man who created this drug was arrested on Earth back in November, 2376. His black market lab was seized and shut down as well. They had matching samples of this drug in evidence."

"After speaking with them, I came to this conclusion. What ever someone wanted Seona to forget would be nearly impossible for her to ignore now. Based on what experts have told me about this street drug, with this amount of drug in her system it is possible that the damage to her mind could be permanent. Just like with Gul Bolon, it is my belief that with that little bit of drug present he is going to be reliving those final scene with the Major for a very long time."

Dr. McCoy looked down as she took a seat next to Captain Campbell. "Sir, I can't help but feel for Seona after learning what I have about this drug. If this intruder is Seona, is reliving the waking nightmares of whatever hellish past she has. Gods save her if it is Seona and the nightmare of the prisoner camp she was in. A fate that I would have rather chosen death over."