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 4: Hidden Truths
After The Court of Justice was emptied, they had escorted Aeryn back to the jail cell, which they had only taken her from over an arn ago. Jool and Chiana had gone back to Moya, to tell the others the verdict. Secretly deep down, they all knew that they needed some kind of a miracle to save her. Crichton and D'argo were the only ones left in the courtyard where there ship mate will be executed in two solar days. The Luxan warrior tried to comfort the human as much as he could, but to no avail.
'I don't believe this, what are we going to do, we can't just leave her down there', He couldn't believe this was happening, he so much wanted to take her with him, but he knew he couldn't possibly do that. He knew that this was a battle that could only be won with science, in the form of evidence to prove that she didn't commit the murder of Senator Aneli. 'We have to prove that she didn't do it'.
'And how do you suggest we do that', he just stared at the human who was clutching at straws to try and save the woman he loves.
He frantically paces around trying to think of a way of proving that she is innocent. The Luxan feels for his friend, as the pain he must be going through must be excruciating. 'Look, D'argo, I don't know what to do, the only thing I am sure of, is that in two solar days, the woman I love will be up there' he points to the building where they will be tying her up and letting her bleed to death. 'And I can't do anything to stop it'.
D'argo grabs him to try and calm him down, 'Crichton, we'll do everything we can to try and help Aeryn'. 'I know D-man, it's just that I don't want to watch her die again'. With that, they both walk towards the transport pod that they had left there earlier. They are heading back to Moya, to think of an idea how they can free Aeryn, without getting anyone killed.
'I want you to get rid of her, she has filled her purpose, there is no longer any need of her'. The figure was dress as if stealth depended on his very existence, as he was dressed in black clothes. He looked as if he was part of the shadows, someone who didn't want to be seen.
In front of him, was a pathetic excuse of a colonist, there was nothing there except for skin and bones, but with the look in his eyes, was that he would do anything for any price. 'Why kill her, when in less than two solar days, she is going to be executed? The tall, dark, shrouded figure approached the scrawny little man, 'a lot can happen in two solar days', he turns to walk away and starts to disappear into the shadows, as a creature of the night, when he turns around to look at the sebaccean male, 'make sure it looks like a suicide' and with that he carry's on walking away, before disappearing into the darkness of the night, he says something else, but he never stops walking, 'fail, and you will be the one who dies', within a flash the faceless figure is gone.
All the crew are back on Moya, they have all gathered in Command. No one speaks; the silence in the room could be cut with a knife. They can all see how much pain Crichton is in. The silence is finally broken by Pilot, his face appears in one of the clamshells, 'Commander Crichton, I have finished that scan you asked me to do of the compound where Officer Sun is being held'. 'Thank you pilot, I'll be up there in a minute to look at the data'. He is about to leave the room, when Chiana stops him, 'Hey old man, I hope your not thinking of doing anything stupid'. 'Look pip, I just like to know the layout just in case'. D'argo decides to join in the conversation, as he knows what Crichton is thinking of doing, 'don't', the human turns to face him, he try's to act like he doesn't know what D'argo's on about 'don't what?'
By now the Luxan was in front of the human, 'don't try and break her out, you will die and get her killed in the process'. 'Hey, D-man, I wasn't thinking of doing that', he can tell by the expressions on Chiana's and D'argo's faces is that they don't believe him 'alright, maybe I was, it's just that I can't loose her again, I would rather die first'. His friends seem to understand what he is saying; he leaves the command and heads towards pilot's chamber without any more interruptions from his friends.
'Personally, I think we should leave now' they all turn around to see Rygel hovering above them. Jool joins in the conversation, 'don't you have any loyalties at all you animal'. 'Of course I have loyalties, and that's to my stomach, and those loyalties need to be fulfilled so if you excuse me'. He hovers out of the room and towards the dining area and to the food cubes. The others are left just looking at him with disgust, for the unfaithfulness he has just displayed.
Back down on the planet, Aeryn couldn't help feeling something was wrong, she had, had this same feeling earlier when they first got onto the transport pod. With each arn there seemed to be less and less guards on duty, which made her feel uncomfortable.
She gets up off the cold floor and heads towards the cold steel bars; she tries to look for anyone passing when the lights go off. What the frell is going on. She hadn't heard the person behind her before it was too late; she felt the noose go around her neck, before she was able to defend herself she felt herself lift off the ground.
He knows the others are right; he can't just go down there and rescue her. He knows deep down that it could get them all killed. He hits his comm. badge, and speaks, 'I'm going back down to the planet, I just want to be with Aeryn ok'. He then heads towards the transport bay.
He gets into one of Moya's transport pods, and heads back down to the planet of Anebus.
She tries to look where the rope is attached to, there is a small hook in the ceiling, with the rope passing through it, the more she tries to free herself, the more the noose tightens. Fear and panic spread through her, she doesn't want to die like this, she has so many things to do and say. She tries to calm down, but the lack of oxygen isn't helping, her vision and her thoughts become blurred as her breathing becomes less and less. She can make out another figure in the cell with her before her world goes black.
He starts to make his way towards the Court of Justice when he hears the voice of Lieutenant Dax over his comm. badge. 'Commander Crichton, come quick something has happened to Aeryn Sun'. 'I'm on my way'. I hope to god she is ok, I knew something was wrong. As he tries to think what could be wrong, he races as fast as he can to the Court of Justice.
He had only be running for about 30 microts, when he saw the building coming into view. As he got closer, he could hear his own heart beating in his ears. He ran past the guards on the desk and down the corridor to the cell where she is being kept, he hadn't prepared himself for what he saw. He saw the body of Aeryn Sun on the floor of the cell, with a noose of rope around her neck; he could see that she wasn't breathing.
The Lieutenant notices him and tries to tell him what has happened, 'she has committed suicide, I'm sorry but she's dead'. He can't believe what he is hearing; he pushes the Lieutenant out of the way, he feels her for a pulse, nothing, but the body is still warm. He tries to do CPR on her, 'Come on Aeryn, breathe, don't you do this to me now'. It must have seemed like an eternity, but he had only been pumping on her chest for about 15 minutes. The Lieutenant places an arm on his shoulder 'she's gone'. He shrugs the hand off his shoulder and carries on pumping and breathing oxygen into his lovers' body. When she suddenly takes a big gulp of air, she starts to groan and cough. 'Aeryn, baby, I thought I had lost you'. He picks her up and takes her to one of the officer's room, which has got a bed in it. The Lieutenant and several other officers accompany him into the room; the Lieutenant turns to the officers 'could you please leave the room for a moment, whilst I question the prisoner'. The officers do as they are ordered; the last officer out of the room closes the door behind him.
The Lieutenant heads toward Aeryn 'are you ok'. She turns to look at him, she is rubbing her neck, breathing slowly she answers him 'yes…I will…be fine'.
Crichton grabs the Lieutenant's arm to turn him around 'this was no suicide, someone tried to kill her'. 'I know, and I think I know who maybe behind it'. He is shocked by the Lieutenants comment, 'what! You know who did this, then why aren't you out there bringing him in for attempted murder'. 'It's not that simple Crichton, the person who is responsible is Senator Aneli', he starts to pace the room making sure the fellow officers are not watching them. 'You mean the guy who sentenced Aeryn, he's behind all this'. He grabs him and moves him further more into the dark, 'If you want to save her, you need some proof, to connect the Senator to the murder if Senator Anthos, I will keep her safe, by becoming her watch guard'. He needs some more convincing that his lover and friend will not be in anymore danger 'you promises to protect her with your life, cos without her I'm nothing'.
'I give you my oath, as an Officer of the Court of Justice, that I will protect her, to the best of my ability, however, my jurisdiction will run out tomorrow morning'. He understands what the Lieutenant is saying. And with that He heads off towards the Senators private dwellings to see if he can find anything that will incriminate the Senator for the murder of the late and great Senator Anthos.
He has managed to locate the Senator's dwellings from the instructions given to him by Lieutenant Dax. From the outside the building looks impenetrable, but as he is surveying the area more closely. He sees a door at the side of the building, he tries the door handle, and to his surprise the door opens. He enters the house slowly, the room is cast in shadow, and the only light that is visible is coming from a door on the opposite side of the house. He cautiously moves nearer towards the light source, as he draws closer, he can hear muffled voices coming from where the light is. As he gets closer and closer the voices start to become clearer, he recognises that one of the voices is the Senators and the other he doesn't know. As he positions himself close enough to hear them, but not to be seen, he hits his comms badge, and whispering into it, he asks pilot to record the conversation between the two men.
'Did you take care of the girl?' A sudden rage starts to fill his body; he can't believe that the Senator was behind Aeryns near death incident just over an arn ago. 'Yeah, its been taken care of, she didn't know what hit her' an evil laugh followed. The laugh went throughhim; it chilled him to the bone. The Senator and the mysterious man, start to move towards the door, 'And what about the blood samples of the girls?' 'Destroyed, there's no evidence to connect us'. He quickly moves out of the way, and hides in an open closet, he closes the door just as the Senator and the other male sebaccean walks through the other door. As he leans closer to the crack of the closet door, he knocks something over, which draws the attention of the Senator and the sebaccean. Oh shit! There was nothing he could do, as two pairs of hands grab him roughly and throw him to the hard, cold stone floor. As he's about to get up, he feels the sole of a shoe hit him against his face, he falls back down, the last thing he saw was the ceiling, before he blacked out.
There's only one more chapter to go, before the story is finally resolved. Soz about the delay, I've been applying to Uni and finishing off my college work. So I hoped you liked this chapter, please R&R.
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 4: Hidden Truths
After The Court of Justice was emptied, they had escorted Aeryn back to the jail cell, which they had only taken her from over an arn ago. Jool and Chiana had gone back to Moya, to tell the others the verdict. Secretly deep down, they all knew that they needed some kind of a miracle to save her. Crichton and D'argo were the only ones left in the courtyard where there ship mate will be executed in two solar days. The Luxan warrior tried to comfort the human as much as he could, but to no avail.
'I don't believe this, what are we going to do, we can't just leave her down there', He couldn't believe this was happening, he so much wanted to take her with him, but he knew he couldn't possibly do that. He knew that this was a battle that could only be won with science, in the form of evidence to prove that she didn't commit the murder of Senator Aneli. 'We have to prove that she didn't do it'.
'And how do you suggest we do that', he just stared at the human who was clutching at straws to try and save the woman he loves.
He frantically paces around trying to think of a way of proving that she is innocent. The Luxan feels for his friend, as the pain he must be going through must be excruciating. 'Look, D'argo, I don't know what to do, the only thing I am sure of, is that in two solar days, the woman I love will be up there' he points to the building where they will be tying her up and letting her bleed to death. 'And I can't do anything to stop it'.
D'argo grabs him to try and calm him down, 'Crichton, we'll do everything we can to try and help Aeryn'. 'I know D-man, it's just that I don't want to watch her die again'. With that, they both walk towards the transport pod that they had left there earlier. They are heading back to Moya, to think of an idea how they can free Aeryn, without getting anyone killed.
'I want you to get rid of her, she has filled her purpose, there is no longer any need of her'. The figure was dress as if stealth depended on his very existence, as he was dressed in black clothes. He looked as if he was part of the shadows, someone who didn't want to be seen.
In front of him, was a pathetic excuse of a colonist, there was nothing there except for skin and bones, but with the look in his eyes, was that he would do anything for any price. 'Why kill her, when in less than two solar days, she is going to be executed? The tall, dark, shrouded figure approached the scrawny little man, 'a lot can happen in two solar days', he turns to walk away and starts to disappear into the shadows, as a creature of the night, when he turns around to look at the sebaccean male, 'make sure it looks like a suicide' and with that he carry's on walking away, before disappearing into the darkness of the night, he says something else, but he never stops walking, 'fail, and you will be the one who dies', within a flash the faceless figure is gone.
All the crew are back on Moya, they have all gathered in Command. No one speaks; the silence in the room could be cut with a knife. They can all see how much pain Crichton is in. The silence is finally broken by Pilot, his face appears in one of the clamshells, 'Commander Crichton, I have finished that scan you asked me to do of the compound where Officer Sun is being held'. 'Thank you pilot, I'll be up there in a minute to look at the data'. He is about to leave the room, when Chiana stops him, 'Hey old man, I hope your not thinking of doing anything stupid'. 'Look pip, I just like to know the layout just in case'. D'argo decides to join in the conversation, as he knows what Crichton is thinking of doing, 'don't', the human turns to face him, he try's to act like he doesn't know what D'argo's on about 'don't what?'
By now the Luxan was in front of the human, 'don't try and break her out, you will die and get her killed in the process'. 'Hey, D-man, I wasn't thinking of doing that', he can tell by the expressions on Chiana's and D'argo's faces is that they don't believe him 'alright, maybe I was, it's just that I can't loose her again, I would rather die first'. His friends seem to understand what he is saying; he leaves the command and heads towards pilot's chamber without any more interruptions from his friends.
'Personally, I think we should leave now' they all turn around to see Rygel hovering above them. Jool joins in the conversation, 'don't you have any loyalties at all you animal'. 'Of course I have loyalties, and that's to my stomach, and those loyalties need to be fulfilled so if you excuse me'. He hovers out of the room and towards the dining area and to the food cubes. The others are left just looking at him with disgust, for the unfaithfulness he has just displayed.
Back down on the planet, Aeryn couldn't help feeling something was wrong, she had, had this same feeling earlier when they first got onto the transport pod. With each arn there seemed to be less and less guards on duty, which made her feel uncomfortable.
She gets up off the cold floor and heads towards the cold steel bars; she tries to look for anyone passing when the lights go off. What the frell is going on. She hadn't heard the person behind her before it was too late; she felt the noose go around her neck, before she was able to defend herself she felt herself lift off the ground.
He knows the others are right; he can't just go down there and rescue her. He knows deep down that it could get them all killed. He hits his comm. badge, and speaks, 'I'm going back down to the planet, I just want to be with Aeryn ok'. He then heads towards the transport bay.
He gets into one of Moya's transport pods, and heads back down to the planet of Anebus.
She tries to look where the rope is attached to, there is a small hook in the ceiling, with the rope passing through it, the more she tries to free herself, the more the noose tightens. Fear and panic spread through her, she doesn't want to die like this, she has so many things to do and say. She tries to calm down, but the lack of oxygen isn't helping, her vision and her thoughts become blurred as her breathing becomes less and less. She can make out another figure in the cell with her before her world goes black.
He starts to make his way towards the Court of Justice when he hears the voice of Lieutenant Dax over his comm. badge. 'Commander Crichton, come quick something has happened to Aeryn Sun'. 'I'm on my way'. I hope to god she is ok, I knew something was wrong. As he tries to think what could be wrong, he races as fast as he can to the Court of Justice.
He had only be running for about 30 microts, when he saw the building coming into view. As he got closer, he could hear his own heart beating in his ears. He ran past the guards on the desk and down the corridor to the cell where she is being kept, he hadn't prepared himself for what he saw. He saw the body of Aeryn Sun on the floor of the cell, with a noose of rope around her neck; he could see that she wasn't breathing.
The Lieutenant notices him and tries to tell him what has happened, 'she has committed suicide, I'm sorry but she's dead'. He can't believe what he is hearing; he pushes the Lieutenant out of the way, he feels her for a pulse, nothing, but the body is still warm. He tries to do CPR on her, 'Come on Aeryn, breathe, don't you do this to me now'. It must have seemed like an eternity, but he had only been pumping on her chest for about 15 minutes. The Lieutenant places an arm on his shoulder 'she's gone'. He shrugs the hand off his shoulder and carries on pumping and breathing oxygen into his lovers' body. When she suddenly takes a big gulp of air, she starts to groan and cough. 'Aeryn, baby, I thought I had lost you'. He picks her up and takes her to one of the officer's room, which has got a bed in it. The Lieutenant and several other officers accompany him into the room; the Lieutenant turns to the officers 'could you please leave the room for a moment, whilst I question the prisoner'. The officers do as they are ordered; the last officer out of the room closes the door behind him.
The Lieutenant heads toward Aeryn 'are you ok'. She turns to look at him, she is rubbing her neck, breathing slowly she answers him 'yes…I will…be fine'.
Crichton grabs the Lieutenant's arm to turn him around 'this was no suicide, someone tried to kill her'. 'I know, and I think I know who maybe behind it'. He is shocked by the Lieutenants comment, 'what! You know who did this, then why aren't you out there bringing him in for attempted murder'. 'It's not that simple Crichton, the person who is responsible is Senator Aneli', he starts to pace the room making sure the fellow officers are not watching them. 'You mean the guy who sentenced Aeryn, he's behind all this'. He grabs him and moves him further more into the dark, 'If you want to save her, you need some proof, to connect the Senator to the murder if Senator Anthos, I will keep her safe, by becoming her watch guard'. He needs some more convincing that his lover and friend will not be in anymore danger 'you promises to protect her with your life, cos without her I'm nothing'.
'I give you my oath, as an Officer of the Court of Justice, that I will protect her, to the best of my ability, however, my jurisdiction will run out tomorrow morning'. He understands what the Lieutenant is saying. And with that He heads off towards the Senators private dwellings to see if he can find anything that will incriminate the Senator for the murder of the late and great Senator Anthos.
He has managed to locate the Senator's dwellings from the instructions given to him by Lieutenant Dax. From the outside the building looks impenetrable, but as he is surveying the area more closely. He sees a door at the side of the building, he tries the door handle, and to his surprise the door opens. He enters the house slowly, the room is cast in shadow, and the only light that is visible is coming from a door on the opposite side of the house. He cautiously moves nearer towards the light source, as he draws closer, he can hear muffled voices coming from where the light is. As he gets closer and closer the voices start to become clearer, he recognises that one of the voices is the Senators and the other he doesn't know. As he positions himself close enough to hear them, but not to be seen, he hits his comms badge, and whispering into it, he asks pilot to record the conversation between the two men.
'Did you take care of the girl?' A sudden rage starts to fill his body; he can't believe that the Senator was behind Aeryns near death incident just over an arn ago. 'Yeah, its been taken care of, she didn't know what hit her' an evil laugh followed. The laugh went throughhim; it chilled him to the bone. The Senator and the mysterious man, start to move towards the door, 'And what about the blood samples of the girls?' 'Destroyed, there's no evidence to connect us'. He quickly moves out of the way, and hides in an open closet, he closes the door just as the Senator and the other male sebaccean walks through the other door. As he leans closer to the crack of the closet door, he knocks something over, which draws the attention of the Senator and the sebaccean. Oh shit! There was nothing he could do, as two pairs of hands grab him roughly and throw him to the hard, cold stone floor. As he's about to get up, he feels the sole of a shoe hit him against his face, he falls back down, the last thing he saw was the ceiling, before he blacked out.
There's only one more chapter to go, before the story is finally resolved. Soz about the delay, I've been applying to Uni and finishing off my college work. So I hoped you liked this chapter, please R&R.