Sentenced

By

1 Abandon

Disclaimer: All characters relating to Farscape are not mine, the story and ideas within are.

Summary: Aeryn is arrested for the murder of the planets Senator.

The sentence is death. Will the others be able to save her in time?

Features most of the crew from series three. Also John Black never existed in this time line. They where never copied.

Setting: Down on Anebus, a wealthy commerce planet.

Authors Note: Just a quick note to say thanks to those who have gave me constructive criticism and I hope you enjoy this one too

1.1 Sentenced

2002 ABANDON a.k.a. Paula McCrossan

Chapter 3: The Sentence







'People of Anebus, I'm sorry to inform you, that Senator Aneli was brutally murdered last night. We are holding someone in custody; and they will be sentenced with in the next solar days. It is with a heavy heart as Vice Senator, that I will become the new Senator of Anebus. I hope you too can accept me Anthos, as the new Senator.' The transmission was picked up from the Planet of Anebus; by now all of the crew had returned back to Moya, they had all heard what had happened to Aeryn from Crichton.

'So it's true then, Aeryn's been arrested for murder, what are we going to do?' As usual Jool was more than helpful. Crichton was getting more agitated by the minute, as for all they knew she might have been already sentenced, and they knew nothing about the laws of Anebus when it came to a crime of murder. He starts to pace the floor, thinking of what they should do to free their crewmate. 'We need to find out what types of laws these people have, just so that where prepared for the worse'. Chiana being Chiana has an idea that she should go back down to The Free Spirit and work her charms on the locals. 'I'll go back down onto the planet and get some information from the colonists'.

The D'argo had decided to join the conversation instead of standing their looking useless. 'And how do you suppose to do that?' 'There are more ways of getting information out of people than beating them to a bloody pulp'. With that she leaves Command and heads back towards the transport bay. He turns to look at Jool, Rygel and Crichton who are standing there looking at him. 'What did she mean by that?'

'Come on D-man, if you had your way, you would probably charge in there guns a blazing'. He knew that Crichton was right, as he is a warrior like Aeryn; you fight first and then think afterwards. 'So what are we going to do?' Crichton starts to move towards D'argo, 'We're going back down to the planet to check on Aeryn'. He puts his hand on his shoulder edging him towards the door. He turns around to face the others. 'You two stay onboard Moya, as we don't know how they're going to react to us now'. The others nod their heads in agreement as they fully understand the situation.

By now Chiana had already left and is down on the planet, D'argo and Crichton have just left on one of Moya's transport pods and are heading towards The Order of Peace, where Aeryn is being kept.



She is being held in The Order of Peace; Lieutenant Knox appears to be in charge of the facility. She is being lead to a cell. The walls are supposed to be white, but now look a grey colour. It appears that the cells haven't been used for some time, as there's dust covering everything. The bars, the bed and even the floor of the cell. As she comes nearer to the cell in which she is going to be placed, she can see what, she thinks is Senator Anthos talking to the other guards. He starts to wall over towards Lieutenant Knox; he stops just in front of her. 'Lieutenant Knox, may I have a word with you, outside please'. Before he leaves with the Lieutenant, Knox hands her over to the other guards.

After a few seconds she is left on her own with three guards, two of them she recognises from when she was arrested. The other one made her feel uncomfortable, for some reason, she knew they were not going to just place her in the cell. The look in their eyes was for revenge, she had often seen this when she was still a Peacekeeper on board the command carrier.

The guard who was holding her tightened his grip on her arms, shoving them harder into her back. The other two guards which were in front of her started to move closer, until one of them was face to face with her. She could feel his breathe on her skin. 'You killed our beloved Senator, you tralk, and your going to pay for it'. She knew what was coming next, a blow to her face, the pain hit her immediately, her sight became blurred for a second, she could feel herself starting to loose consciousness. What the frell did he hit me with? The second blow came to her stomach, the force behind the blow was tremendous, and it took the air out of her lungs. She tried to keep quite but the pain was too much, she groaned as she fell to the floor, she wanted so much to fight back, or even to put her hands on her stomach, but she still had her hands tied behind her back. The pain is excruciating. As her vision comes back to her, she can see that the guard that hit her is holding a small metal pipe. She can feel herself slipping more and more away, as she tries to move she looks on the floor where she fell; she notices a small pool of blood from where her head was laid.

The guards pick her up and throw her into the cell, causing her to hit the far wall. She groans as she feels a sudden sense of pain shoot into her right shoulder. She falls onto the floor in a slump. The last thing she sees is the guard's eyes staring at her, until her world goes black.





Chiana had been in The Free Spirit for about half an arn when one of the locals approaches her. He looked like he was a trader, as his clothes were similar to those who stand on the market stalls. But what he was a trader in, she couldn't tell. He takes a seat next to her at the bar, he looks at the bar man and orders two raslaks. 'So are you an off worlder'. She looks at him with a coy smile 'how did you guess'. By now the drinks had arrived he hands one to her, 'Well you are grey, and as you can see, where a sebacean colony, so you kind of stick out'. After a few seconds of silence she beings to talk. 'It's terrible about the Senator' she takes another swig of the raslak She can see that he is upset about what she said. 'Aren't you with the sebacean who was arrested? As I saw you in here a while back'. He looks at her with great interest, as he is waiting for the answer. 'What that tralk, no, they offered me a drink, and I said yes' she smiles at him and gives him a playful nudge; 'anyway, I'm anyone's friend for a drink'. They both start to laugh; he orders another round of raslaks. She knows that she needs to find out what they will do to Aeryn, after she is sentenced in about 3 arns from now.



D'argo and Crichton have arrived outside of The Order of the Peace, D'argo stays behind and keeps watch on the transport pod. Crichton heads towards the doors, he can feel the colonists staring at him, he carry's on without looking behind him. He goes through the two white doors, whilst inside he can see a table in the middle of the room with an Officer sat behind it. He heads towards the Officer, all the time being stared at by the other Officers inside the room. 'Hi, I would like to see my friend, Aeryn Sun'. The officer behind the table just stares at him, 'leave your weapons here, you can collect them on your way out, this officer' indicating to his left 'will take you to the prisoner'.

He does what the officer says; he leave's Winona with him. All the time, the officer just stares at him with accusing eyes. He follows the other officer towards the cell area where Aeryn is being kept.



'Another round of raslak bartender' she slurred. The sebacean, who had come over to her, was more drunk than her. 'So, what will they do with that tralk they arrested'? 'They will execute her, they will string her up and let her bleed to death'. He says this through slurred speech, he starts to laugh, he laughs so much that he falls off of his stool and onto the floor in a slump. He makes no attempt to get up.

She can't believe what she has just heard; I need to tell the others. She slowly gets off of her stool and heads toward the exit; she walks in manner as if she is drunk. Once the coast is clear she runs towards The Order of the Peace to tell D'argo and Crichton the information she has just found out.



On the way towards the cells he didn't say a word, the tension was rising with each step closer to where his friend and shipmate was being held captive for a crime she didn't commit. As he drew closer, he noticed that there were only about 6 cells in the entire building; he noticed that in the furthest cell there was someone in it. As he got nearer and nearer he recognised it was Aeryn. She was sat on the floor of her cell, with her knees in her chest with her head facing down into her knees.

He walked past the spot where Aeryn had been assaulted, they had cleaned up the blood and now there was a faint wet mark disappearing by each minute.

He stopped directly in front of the cell she was in; the officer looks at her and then he looks back at him, before walking back to the officer sat at the table.

He approaches the cell, he places his hands onto the bars, 'Aeryn, are you ok'. She recognises his voice instantly, she looks up at him, and she can tell he is shocked to see the marks on her face and the side of her head. 'What the frell did they do to you Aeryn?' She slowly gets up, as she is still hurting from the blows to the head and stomach. He hands are still tied, but she has managed to get her hands to the front of her instead of behind her back. 'It looks worst than it is'. She gives him a little smile. He knows that she is lying to him 'like hell it is, I can see your in pain, which one did this to you, I'll frelling kill him'.

'No, let it go, I'm in enough trouble as it is, don't make it worst for me'. She outstretches her hand and places it on his cheek, rubbing it softly. He puts his hand on top of hers 'It's just that, I don't like to see you like this'. She puts her other hand onto his cheek, she looks into those ocean blue eyes of his. 'I'll be fine, knowing that you're here for me'.



Chiana ran through the alleyways, and the winding streets for what seemed like an eternity, until she stopped outside of The Order of Peace. As she stopped to rest, she was clearly out of breath with all the running she had just done. She notices D'argo standing next to the transport pod. She starts to head over to him, and by this time he had noticed her stood they're catching her breath. 'Chiana what's wrong, what's the matter'. She bends over a bit as she still is out of breath, 'It's about Aeryn, I know what they're going to do to her'.

He stares at her edging her on more to tell him the rest of the information she has just found out. 'In two solar days after she appears in court in about half an arn, they will execute her, by making large incision all over her body, and then they will string her up, in this very square, and let her bleed to death'. He can't believe what he has just heard, 'and they call Luxan's barbarians, we need to tell Crichton and warn Aeryn if we can'. Chiana starts to look around her to see if she can see Crichton, 'Where is he?' 'He's in there, talking to Aeryn'. They both turn to look at the biggest building in the square; it's the Order of the Peace. Not one of them attempts to even enter the building, they will simply wait for him to leave the building. They know he isn't going to like what they have to say.



Aeryn and John seem to be lost in each other's eyes, as they didn't even hear the guard approach them. 'It's time'. He just looks at the guard with a look of confusion on his face, 'it's time for what?' The officer approaches the entrance of the cell, he places a key in the lock and turns it, causing the door to open 'it's time for the prisoner to face the elders, to await sentence'. He grabs Aeryn by the arm and starts to lead her back to the front doors. He follows them from behind, not wanting to let her out of his sight.

When they reach the front door, he can see a vehicle of some sort is waiting outside, it appears to be waiting for Aeryn. They place her in the back of the transport vehicle. He could do nothing but watch, he so wanted to unbind her hands and to return back to Moya and forget this had all happened. How many times he wished for it, he knew it wasn't going to happen. The transport vehicle pulls away leaving him stood there alone, the others see him stood there, they prep up the transport pod for him to get into so they can follow Aeryn to the elders of Anebus.



They had only been following them for about 100 microts, when they had stopped outside a circular building. The transport vehicle, which had got Aeryn in, had already stopped and they have already taken her off of it. And they are taking her into the building through the front doors.

As she is being lead into the building, she can see the faces of some of the colonists, there faces and eyes show hatred towards her. She is lead into the middle of, what looks like a great hall, at the back and the sides are spectators, and in front of her are the elders, there's two elders as well as the newly appointed Senator Anthos. She looks back where she has just come from, and she can see that her friends are there, looking at her. She begins to feel nervous and uncomfortable being stared and judged by people who don't know her. The elder on the left of the Senator begins to speak, 'this tribunal is now in session, quite please'. At once, the room is filled with a deathly silence no one moves a muscle. The elder continues, 'You, Aeryn Sun are accused of the crime of murder of the late Senator Aneli, how do you plead? 'No guilty', you would of thought that a crime had just been committed by the answer she just gave to the elders. The elder on the left tried to quieten the spectators, who had got into an uproar with her plead of not guilty. 'Quite, silence all of you, or we'll make you all leave this house of justice'. The other elder sat on the right side of Anthos speaks next, 'there was some un-identified blood on the body of Senator Aneli. Could you please repeat the process of using the DNA identifier'.

He nods to her to proceed to one of the guards stood at the side, he is holding one of the DNA devices. She places her hand onto it, the lights on top start to flash, and then there is whirring sound, and out pops an info strip. The guard then hands it to Senator Anthos, he takes the strip from the guard he looks at it and then hands it to the other elders.

'Aeryn Sun, you are charged with the murder of Senator Anthos, you are sentenced to death, by blood letting, your sentence will be carried out in two solar days, guard's take her away'.

'No, wait, I didn't do it, I didn't kill him'. She can see Crichton out of the corner of her eye, coming towards her, he outstretches his hand for her to grab it. She tries to grab it, but is pulled away by the guards.

'Aeryn, we will get you out of this, I promise you'. Before he could say anything more she was already gone. He wasn't' entirely sure what blood letting involved but he knew it didn't sound good. He turns to face Chiana, who is stood next to D'argo, 'Chi, did you find anything out earlier'. She at first looks at D'argo and then back at him, 'Your not going to like it'. She looks at him, and she can tell from his expression that he wants her to carry on talking. 'Blood letting, is where they make large incisions all over the prisoners body, they then string them up high above the square and leave them to bleed to death'.

His face drops to a grim expression, he can't believe what is happening, in two solar days, his friend and his lover will be executed, and he's hasn't got a clue how to stop it from happening. I just pray she will get out of this ok.

Author's Note: So what did you think, are you still thirsty for more, let me hear

you shout, MORE!!!!!! Please R&R, the next chapter will be up soon. Sorry this took so long, I've just recently completed a farscape website. If you fancy a look its as www.geocities.com/angels_uk2000