（外文电子版资料）Star Trek - TNG - Imzadi 02 - Triangle- Imzadi II - Peter David.doc

Imzadi II NOW After the scream, he had more or less been numb. He had held the body of his beloved Jadzia Dax, his wife, in his arms, and he had howled the Klingon death scream. Even though she had not been truly Klingon, in many ways she had attended to the teachings and standards of his race with more diligence than he had. And now he had shut down. Jadzia was dead. It had been so futile, so pointless, and above all, so sudden. They had just been speaking of having a child, just that very day, and just like that, she was gone. Once upon a time, the Klingons had had gods. But then they had killed the gods because they were too much trouble. As a result, Klingons knew that once one was put into the universe, one was on ones own. There was no looking to a god or gods for answers, for none were ever going to be forthcoming. There was no court of higher appeal for the unfairness of life, there were no prayers to be served up asking for personal gain, support, or understanding. At this particular moment, Worf wished with all his heart that there were gods once again.... He stood in his ... ... their ... ... his ... quarters . . . preparing for the funeral. And yes, oh yes, he desperately wanted the gods back again ... so that he could find a Klingon god, wrap his fingers around the gods throat, and demand whatever explanations there were to be provided before he crushed the deitys windpipe and slaughtered all the bastards personally this time. In their quarters, he growled to himself. And what he growled was: I did everything right. It was an incomprehensible statement for someone who was not sharing Worf s thoughts. The burly Klingon, serving in a permanent position on Deep Space 9, was speaking to no one in particular. It was simply a general address to the universe at large. I did everything right, he said again, and couldnt comprehend why things had turned out the way they had. It just wasnt right or fair. I tried to change ... tried to learn ... and grow ...