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Here's the companion piece.


It Ends Tonight - All American Rejects

Spock was the one who was assigned to write up the report – which meant that Caroline had to retell her story to him.

She trusted the half-Vulcan and she felt like she could tell him these things without it getting too uncomfortable. Lord knows she would never be able to tell Scotty about her ordeal. She had successfully managed to recap those painful memories without shedding a tear. Although it pained her to recount them, she slowly felt the pieces of her heart slowly coming back together.

"One more question, why were you the only one who was treated like a prisoner?" he asked carefully, referring to the fact that she was in chains when they found her.

She looked down at her lap and swallowed loudly. She then looked back up at him, eyes shining.

"I fought back," she stated.

"I tried sabotaging their equipment, just trying to make their lives miserable in general. At first they just punished me," she shivered as she thought about the scars on her back from being beaten.

"That didn't stop me though, they eventually got fed up when I tried to send a distress call to somebody, and locked me up. I was sixteen," a tear slid down her face.

She was wordlessly trying to convey to him that it wasn't being used, abused, or humiliated that broke her spirit, oh it certainly lowered her self esteem, but it didn't destroy her will to fight back. It was all those things in addition to being locked up that broke her.

And surprisingly, he understood.


A/N: These have been really angsty. I'll try and make the next one I upload more light-hearted, but I can't promise anything. Feedback would be lovely!