"Now is not the time for more hysterics, Roxanne, "Soval said firmly.

"It isn't?" Roxanne asked rolling her eyes, "Ok, So T'Lyn has been missing now for five days and the only thing we have to go on is some blood smears on a mirror. " She rounded on him, getting into his face, "When is the time, because I'd love to know. Can I get hysterical when we find her dead half eaten by those furry things with fangs? How about if we find never find her, and Solok and Sovar come back. Especially if they just lost T'Pel! So tell me!" she grabbed him by his robes, "Tell me Soval just fucking when can I get hysterical, because I'd love to know!"

Soval did not react, he simply let the human woman rail against him. When she fell silent again he spoke in an even tone, "You need to rest and you need to take nourishment. You have your unborn child to think about, Roxanne, and T'Lyn would be most displeased to see something happen to you both."

Sarek came in from the outside, covered in dust and sand. He looked at the scene before him and Soval eyed him. He shook his head no. He turned his attention back to Roxanne, "Come now, let us eat and calm ourselves. I know the situation looks dire, but logically, it will not do T'Lyn or anyone any good if we do not keep our strength up.

Roxanne ground her teeth. She didn't understand how Soval could be thinking of food or and being calm at a time like this. She knew he was right though, and she knew she couldn't risk the health of her child. If T'Lyn was dead, Solok was going to need her and the hope of their new child. She let go of Soval, promising herself if he opened his gob one more time she was going to deck him in the face just for the principle of it all.

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Letant looked over the schematics of on the data crystal. It had the troop movements , guard changes, security codes, everything he'd need to get in and out of the house, with a succinct beam in and out. It made the Romulan queasy. "Too easy," he said softly.

"You think this may be some kind of a trap?" Solok asked looking over the disruptor Letant had given him a few moments before.

"I don't think it is, Solok. I know it is. There is no way my father would have allowed a simple concubine to gain all this information. He isn't sloppy and that is damned sloppy." He looked away from the screen and holstered his own disruptor. "I've cross referenced the prisoner manifest with the Federation data bases, and there are more than three humans of interest. In fact, only one human is interesting. " he tapped at the screen, "Amanda Grayson, late wife of Ambassador Sarek. " he pointed at her picture, He tapped again and brought up the full list, "Silik, Ambassador's Soval's son. L'Vek, cousin of Kuvak. It lists him as deceased though. Does this sound familiar to you, Solok?"

Solok nodded as he looked over the list, "Many of these are people from previous times, people that were influential." He pointed at the screen, "Kang of the Klingon Empire, deceased. " his fingers trailed down the list, "Humans, Feregni, Klingons, Vulcans, Trill…" He trailed off.

"It's like a damned Federation summit in my father's dungeons." He tapped at the screen, "it flashed and brought up a data file, T'Lyn's picture flashed on the screen."

Solok jumped, "What did you just do?"

"I simply tried to extrapolate how they might all be connected. " he whispered and leaned in, "It reads here that there was a botched attempt at kidnapping her, that his agent failed and was killed in the subsequent explosion. It notes that she is believed to be dead, but then it alters the record to state she is alive."

Solok stood, his hands balling into a fist. "Why my daughter?" he ground out barely able to control the sudden onslaught of rage.

"It doesn't say old man, it just has a partial map of her mind, almost like a cortical scan."Letant gathered four blank data rods, "I'm making copies of this data rod. This and everything that may be contained in on the rod is enough to start a war."

Solok looked at Letant, "What do you mean?"

"I mean he couldn't have done this alone, Solok. I mean this goes much farther than him and the people responsible are going to pay for what they've done."

"You'd betray your government?" Solok asked looking at Letant incredulously.

"They aren't my government, Solok. And this thing" he spat, "Is not my father. The slave girl said he had gone to Vulcan to search for Surak's treasures. Well, Old man, I don't know what you Vulcans would consider treasure, but I doubt it's gems. " he sneered, "He's gone to Vulcan to finish what he tried to start when your daughter was ten, the very thing that killed Cleo."

Solok paced slowly, "Mother was a ruse to take us from the Forge." He realized.

"Exactly, and now we are going to leave and retrieve the prisoners we can." Letant called in a young man, " Placing one of the data rods in a small box he handed it to him, "Take this into Federation space, and stay hidden until you hear word from me. If you hear nothing from me in a week, take it to earth."

The young man nodded, "It will be as you say father." He looked at Solok and then ran out of the room.

Solok crossed to Letant, "We need to return to Vulcan now, Letant." His barely controlled hiss echoed in the room.

"We will old man. The needs of the many, my friend. The Federation my not believe my data rod, but they will believe the word of some of those prisoners. The Klingons won't need so much proof to attack the Empire, but the Federation," he his thoughts lingered on the implications of his words, "They will need more."

Solok reluctantly nodded, "I will send word to Kuvak where to meet us. We leave as soon as we retrieve the prisoners." He closed his eyes and tugged at the bond he held with Roxanne. He could feel her discomfort, and tried to send to her the security that he was coming.

Letant handed Solok one of the data crystals, "In case I don't make it, old friend. I put the frequency to send the message to my son. We will not allow this mad man to succeed. Come now, we have much to do before we get back to Vulcan."

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S'Vec held the tiny child in his hands, "T'Lyn you have a boy. I'd say he was beautiful, but he looks too much like Surak for my tastes."

T'Lyn held her hand up to try to touch the child and S'Vec pulled away, "No, no, my pet. You may look but you may not touch. He doesn't look like he is thriving though. He looks like he struggling." S'Vec smiled, "That's good. If he lives it will make him stronger. Just as this whole experience will make you stronger, my pet." He placed the child on a blanket on the floor and approached T'Lyn. "You have had enough of a break from the emotion device don't you think? I do." He tapped at his bracer, and reveled in the weak jolt that ran through her body. "Oh that is wonderful. I am going to miss this special time with you little one. Too soon now, I'll deliver you back to your friends, and I'll miss you terribly. Rest assured, we will see each other again." He caressed her face, "We will, T'Lyn I promise you that. When we do, you will beg to have me as yours. You will fall on those beautiful little knees before me, and you well rend your clothes until I take you into my arms." He kissed her cheek, "Don't worry though, I'll have you." He winked, "I might make you beg, perhaps kill some people for me, but in the end…I'll deny you nothing." He tapped at his bracer again moaning as she jolted harder.

T'Lyn's head lulled away from him, "You are insane, S'Vec."

"NO!" he screamed and struck her face splitting her lip, he calmed himself a moment, "No, T'Lyn, I'm not. I see everything clearly. I could see where you who are still blind might see me as mad. One day though, T'Lyn, you'll see things as I do, and then you'll truly understand. " he grinned, "Until then, I forgive you my dear. After all, it's not your fault…You've been tainted by Surak, and that damned Q! But I'll make you clean again, T'Lyn. This is just the beginning. I think you are stronger already. " he ran his hand over the hot angry scars and open wounds on her stomach. "So beautiful." He whispered, " I look forward to the day you give yourself to me, T'Lyn. And then we'll find Surak's Katra together, we'll take the hidden knowledge and we will make love as it flickers and dies."

He turned away and whispered something into his bracer. The baby was beamed away, he clapped his hands together. "I suppose I should get you ready. We have a bit of a walk to get you back to your home. "He tapped his bracer again and the table T'Lyn was laid on began to bring her to a standing position. "It is shocking how fast five days goes isn't it. I imagine your perspective is far different than mine though." He moved in to undo the collar holding her to the table, and felt her nails slash across his face over his eye. He jumped back clutching his face, "You bitch!" he spat, and looked at the book on his hands. He smiled brightly, "That's my girl. Already you are given to violence." He breathed, tapping his bracer she jolted and screamed, "But we will save it for the bedroom, T'Lyn. " He approached her again snapping a chain on the collar. He pulled it tight and released her feet.

T'Lyn fell into the dirt at his feet, "See now, my dear, get used to that position. It's how you'll live for all eternity." He kneeled and lifted her head, forcing her to look at him, "My only regret, is that I didn't get Surak killed sooner than I did. You and Vulcan would now be mind. "he licked the blood on his fingers, "Soon now. I feel the dogs of war baying to be fed. Let them slip their chains T'Lyn. Revel in the death." He pulled her to her feet, "Now, let's teach those stoic friends of yours some lessons in pain, shall we?"

He tapped his bracer again and T'Lyn began to shake. He watched her, "That tears it, I'm going to take a Reldai home with me to play with in your stead, while the seeds of hatred grow in that Vulcan heart of yours. No one takes the machine like a well-disciplined mind. Though your mind is special and I won't expect her to last as you have, but…"

"You talk too much." T'Lyn groaned as she struggled to remain standing.

S'Vec laughed, "I suppose I do my sweet, but one day you will give my mouth far better things to do." He winked and pushed her out into the heat and sun of the Forge.

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Solok and Letant beamed into the dungeon area of S'Vec's estate. They both pulled their disruptors, a lone Romulan guard sat at a desk. Letant fired, killing him instantly. Solok looked at his friend, "We could have disabled him, Letant, was that needed?"

"Yes." Letant whispered and pushed the dead mans' body out of the way. He tapped at the screen and the door opened. "Trust me, I did the man a favor." He frowned and looked down the hall of cells. "The Grayson woman is in the last cell to the left. You grab her, I'll unlock the rest of the cells. I have three ships waiting. Grayson will go with us, the rest I have split in hopes some of them will live." He handed Solok a small control, "Press this when you get to her, Solok and they'll beam you up. If I am not with you in five minutes, the captain has orders to do as you direct. Get your father and Kuvak, and beat hell back to Vulcan."

Solok nodded and ran down the long corridor to Amanda's cell. He waited until he heard the hollow buzz of the door unlocking and entered. She was laying on a small cot, and as Solok looked over her she looked thin, but in good condition. "Amanda Grayson?"

She rolled over, "What?"

"I am Ambassador Solok. I am here to take you back to Vulcan, your husband lives."

"Sarek?" She whispered, and stood, "He is alive?"

Solok nodded and took Amanda in his arms, "You are safe now." He clicked the controller, they both de-materialized from the cell.

Letant ran from cell to cell, even as the alarm began to ring. Some he shot to put them out of their misery, and the rest he slapped a patch on signaling for them to be beamed away. He only managed to get a third of the people out of the cells, before disruptor fire crackled down the hall. He closed the door to the cell and sighed. He was no hero, he knew. He clicked a control button, he knew he had ten seconds to get out before the small bomb exploded. He looked out the window of the cell over his home land. He knew this was likely the last time he'd ever see it. With a long sigh he activated his transporter a moment before the explosion.

Stepping from the padd he saw Kuvak, Soval, Solok and the human woman. He nodded and sent signal the ships to disperse, "Cloak and set course to Vulcan maximum warp."

The Captain commed back, "The other two ships, Senator, Both exploded. "

Letant punched the wall, "Damn you father! Damn you to the worst gates of hell!"