Title: Pressure Valve

Author: C.J. Grant

Rating: PG, Drabble

Summary: B'Elanna struggles with the news that her Maquis comrades are gone. A POV drabble. Pre-"Extreme Risk"

A/N: Paramount owns all things Star Trek. No money was made in the creation or enjoyment of this story.


Over and over I saw them fall. Their faces were charred by disruptor fire. Their bodies were twisted. And Cardassian p'tahk!
Everywhere! They mingled amongst the bodies as if death wasn't final enough for them!

I tried to fight them. I tried so hard! My fists flew threw them. My punches never landed. I maneuvered around them, yelling,
cursing, goading. They never once looked up.

At some point, I just gave up. I don't know when it happened. It just did.

The very next day I found myself on the Holodeck.

"Warning: disengaging safety protocols presents extreme risk of injury."