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B'Elanna's shuttle runs into an
ion storm upon her return to Voyager. As the shuttle hits the
deck, she is thrown forward and hits her head. She is diagnosed
with a mild concussion and she retreats to her quarters to rest.
Chakotay brings her a metal slat with a Klingon insignia that
was found attached to the rear of the shuttle.
B'Elanna puts the object down
on her table and she notices that blood begins to pool out of
it. She also hears haunting screams and otherworldly cries of
pain radiating from the artifact. Tuvok suggests that she was
experiencing a subconscious manifestation of her hatred of her
Klingon heritage.
Neelix decides to throw a party to celebrate the discovery of an
object from Voyager's Alpha Quadrant. Just as B'Elanna is to say
a few words, a group of Klingons appear and kill Captain Janeway.
No one else sees what is happening and as B'Elanna tries to
escape, she too is attacked.
B'Elanna finds herself lying on the deck of a Klingon ship. A
Klingon approaches her and holds a branding iron to her cheek.
However, it doesn't embed the Klingon emblem since she is only
half Klingon. A Klingon male named Brok'tan tells her that she
is on the Barge of the Dead traveling to Gre'thor, or Klingon
Hell, where dishonored souls are taken.
Next, it is announced that another dishonored soul has been
delivered. B'Elanna is completely shocked to find that it is her
mother, Miral. Suddenly, B'Elanna wakes up in the Sickbay.
Apparently, she was in a coma after her shuttle was caught in
the vicious ion storm.
 B'Elanna tells Chakotay that she thinks she died and was on the
Barge of the Dead. Later, after reading old Klingon scrolls, she
tells Paris that she sent her mother to the Barge because of her
dishonor. B'Elanna believes that she can save her mother before
she passes through the gates of hell by restoring the honor that
was lost.
B'Elanna has a difficult time convincing Captain Janeway to
alter her vital signs. Janeway only gives her one hour to
accomplish this task. B'Elanna loses consciousness and finds
herself back on the Barge of the Dead. Brok'tan will help
B'Elanna get to her mother by distracting the guards.
Initially, Miral believes that her daughter is only an illusion.
B'Elanna finally convinces her mother that she can save her from
Klingon hell and send her to Sto-Vo-Kor. After performing the
ancient Klingon ritual, B'Elanna and Miral and disappointed with
the failed results.
B'Elanna's only other option is to die for Miral and take her
place in hell. B'Elanna agrees and Miral is taken up towards the
sky to Sto-Vo-Kor. The gates of Gre'thor open ahead of the Barge
and B'Elanna is lead to her own hell aboard Voyager.
Suddenly, Miral appears to B'Elanna and tells her daughter that
she can be saved by freeing herself. All B'Elanna has to do is
live with honor and discipline, like a true Klingon. Suddenly,
The Doctor begins to bring B'Elanna out of her comatose state.
Miral tells B'Elanna that they will be reunited forever in
Sto-Vo-Kor.
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