Chapter 33
"All I Have to Give"
The next day at dawn as promised the humanoid and a few other guards opened the cell doors. Now the prisoners were dressed in rags that were dirty and old. The smell of them made Deanna's stomach churn with disgust. The prisoners were taken to the fields men in one line woman in another children following behind. There were hundreds of them of all races most were telepathic or had some telepathy. Deanna wondered why children were taken especially the young boy Ethan. He was only six betazoid don't develop their telepathy until adolescence. He was years away from it. Why she wondered was Ethan here.
"I don't understand Wil? Ethan is just a child even if they wanted him for his telepathy he is too young why don't they let him go?"
"I don't know why did they take me. I don't have telepathic skills I'm not even an empath. I'm just a human I don't have any special skills most of the prisoners here have."
"I don't think they took us for telepathy I think they took us to get control of the federation. You are a captain of a federation flagship. They need you to get the codes I am so thankful Lily wasn't with us and that she's safe back on the TITAN."
Wil and Deanna continue to work in the fields. Deanna's hands were blistered and sore. As much as she tried to hide her pain Wil could see it.
"Are you alright Deanna?"
"Yes, I'm just not used to working with my hands like this."
Wil places his pick down and moves over to Deanna side. He takes her hand to examine them.
"Oh Deanna, your hands maybe we can talk them into letting you leave the fields. There aren't very many females on the fields."
"No Wil its just a few blisters I don't want to leave you."
"But your hands?"
"Wil please I want to stay with you as long as I can. I can sense they are planning on moving the females to another cell block."
"Why aren't you working female?"
Wil and Deanna turn with surprise.
TBC...Chapter 34
