Phasers to Stun

by moogsthewriter

Currently posted: Friends in Odd Places: She'd never imagined she'd be friends with James T. Kirk. Responses to the lj reboot drabble challenge. Characters, ratings, warnings, prompts posted inside. No slash.

11. But for the Grace

Title: But for the Grace
Prompt: 13. Uhura, but for the grace of God
Genre: Gen, angst
Rating: PG/K+
Characters: Uhura
Pairings: None
Word count: 100
Spoilers/Warnings: As far as I know, the backstory for Uhura is something I made up.

Once, when she was younger, her mother took her back to the remains of the village where she'd been born. It had been destroyed by raiders less than a week after her birth. She had stared at the skeletal remains of the buildings with wide eyes as her mother firmly declared, "It is by the grace of God that we are both here today."

Years later, as the Enterprise passes by the remains of the Farragut in the heat of battle, she hears her mother's voice echo in her mind, and she knows she has barely escaped death yet again.