Present: USS Voyager Brig

B'Elanna Torres growled as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok and Lieutenant Ayala escorted to the brig, erecting the force field. "The Captain will be here to speak with you once she smooths things over with the Surakans," Tuvok said, turning to leave the brig. The engineer stared at Ayala, who was left to observe her, for a second before walking over to throw herself on the bench thinking about what had just happened.

Flashback: Surface of Suraka

B'Elanna had been accompanying the away team, which consisted of Kathryn Janeway, Harry Kim, Neelix, the Doctor, Ayala and Tuvok to participate in the trade negotiations for supplies. She had been observant of their hosts, especially the leader, Brelim. He was smug, arrogant. He reminded her of a Cardassian, with textures on their gray skin. She stood back, her arms folded across her chest, watching him as he spoke with her Captain. There was something about him that she didn't like, that she didn't trust.

The Surakans had been honest about their intentions for trade so far. Harry, the Doctor, Neelix, and Ayala were with some of the Surakans looking over the inventory requests. Janeway, Tuvok, and her were negotiating for some engineering needs. B'Elanna was growing irritated with how long the conversation was taking. She didn't like the way that Brelim was looking at the Captain, it was disturbing. He would reach out to grasp her hand and stroke the back of it. She couldn't see Janeway's face, but swore she saw the woman's shoulders tense at the unseemly attention.

B'Elanna was growing more irritated, especially when she noticed that he would look over at one of the other humanoids off to the side. Something was going on and B'Elanna didn't like it. Her anger was growing to the point she wasn't going to be able to control it much longer if they didn't get out of here.

Ending negotiations for the day, Kathryn declared they were going to return to Voyager. She would have an answer for Brelim in a few hours. The Captain and Security officer turned to leave while B'Elanna continued to stare at Brelim. She watched Brelim reach for Kathryn, grasping her by the elbow, turning the Captain back to face him. "Would you stay behind, Captain?"

B'Elanna snapped, "Get your hands off of her," she growled. She couldn't stop herself from yanking his hand off Janeway's arm, throwing a punch in the leader's direction. The humanoid came up behind B'Elanna to defend Brelim.

"LIEUTENANT!" Kathryn snapped.

Tuvok had quickly rushed over to pull the angry half-Klingon off of the Surakans. B'Elanna heard none of the apologies and none of the angry words from Brelim. The Voyager away team was being dismissed. Tuvok dragged B'Elanna out of the room.

Present: USS Voyager Brig

B'Elanna was laying down, staring up at the ceiling of the brig. She couldn't shake the look in Brelim's eyes. Her stomach was twisted in knots at the thought of something happening to Kathryn Janeway. She had reacted with a mixture of anger and need to protect her. She heard the doors swish open and close, not looking over at the visitor. She knew who it was.

Kathryn looked at Ayala, "You're dismissed, Lieutenant," she said, her tone even as she stared at her Chief Engineer. She stepped up to the console and deactivated the force field. Kathryn walked into the cell, waiting for B'Elanna to get up. When the engineer didn't rise, she gave the order, "Stand up, Lieutenant Torres."

The brunette took a deep breath and dragged herself up and to attention in front of the Starfleet Captain. "You've crossed a line this time, Lieutenant. Do you have any idea what you have done? You could have cost us everything!" Kathryn snapped. "You still may have! What do you have to say for yourself?"

"I lost my temper," B'Elanna replied.

"Try again, Lieutenant," Janeway said.

"Alright, fine, I did not like the way he was looking at you, Captain," B'Elanna said, lifting her eyes to lock with the Captain's.

Kathryn blinked at the words, "Excuse me?"

"You may have not noticed it, Captain, but he was looking at you as if he ready to fuck or hurt you, and I did not like it," B'Elanna said. "Don't even get me started on the way he touched you."

Kathryn stared at B'Elanna, trying to figure out why she would snap over a look and touch. "Lieutenant, just because you don't like someone's looks, does not give you the right to lose your temper."

B'Elanna looked down for a moment and took in a deep breath, "I felt the urge to protect you, Captain," she said.

Kathryn arched her brow, "I don't recall giving you a promotion to a security officer, Lieutenant."

"And what if…" the engineer paused and took a step closer to her Captain. "I felt the urge to protect Kathryn, the woman underneath the pips," B'Elanna said.

"B'Elanna…" Kathryn trailed off, looking down between them, taking notice of how close B'Elanna was to her now. No one had ever made the declaration they wanted to protect her and actually followed through with their instinct.

Silence hung in the air as they stood there, so close they were practically breathing each other in. Then, B'Elanna leaned in and kissed Kathryn. It was slow at first and then it quickend with a need. Kathryn pushed B'Elanna against the nearest wall, catching her engineer off guard, as her hands began to open the gold and black uniform jacket. B'Elanna mirrored Kathryn's movements, tearing open the command jacket, moving her hands up to squeeze her breasts firmly in her hands eliciting a moan from Kathryn. Both women began pulling at shirts, untucking them from uniform slacks as their hands touched skin.

Kathryn pushed her hand down the front of B'Elanna's pants and underwear, her hand cupping her sex, pushing fingers in between her labia. She began to stroke her clit, pushing her fingers into her. B'Elanna gasped, holding tight to Kathryn, "Kathryynnn… ooh… harder," she moaned, moving her hips down against the fingers until she was orgasming, moaning the Captain's name.

B'Elanna flipped the positions once Kathryn had removed her hand from between legs. B'Elanna watched Kathryn suck her fingers as she dropped down to pull the Captain's uniform slacks down. She could see the dilated blue eyes watching her. "Take one leg out," B'Elanna said, helping Kathryn with a grin as she placed the now bare leg on her shoulder. She kissed up the side of her knee and inner thigh until she reached her intended target then dove in. She began to explore Kathryn's sex with her tongue.

"Fuckkk, B'Elannnnaa…" Kathryn groaned, reaching down to grasp onto the engineer's hair. Kathryn moved her hips against the tongue inside of her, wanting more from her engineer. "More… please..." She moaned when she felt fingers push inside of her and fill her.

B'Elanna sucked and flicked her tongue over the bundle of nerves until her captain came undone in her mouth. Helping Kathryn to redress, she smirked as she stood up. They both fixed their uniforms, staring at each other, their cheeks flushed with what had just happened.

"I need to see if I can salvage these negotiations. Report to my quarters tonight, Lieutenant," Kathryn said, reaching up to grab her Chief Engineer's jaw. "I have another punishment in mind for your insubordination." She pulled her in to kiss her with a smirk.

"Yes, ma'am." B'Elanna watched Kathryn leave with a grin.

-The End