Warning this chapter does depict torture. Author's notes will be at the end. Sorry if I missed any errors. Leave a review when you are done.

The dull throbbing pain coming from Amanda's head and nose woke her. Her mouth was dry and she could taste blood that was in her mouth. Her eye lashes fluttered as she blinked rapidly. She couldn't focus on what was in front of her. She blinked trying to clear the grogginess she felt as her vision focused. The buzzing of the artificial light made her fully aware of her senses. Anxiety filled her as she remembered what had happened to her father. A few tears started to roll down her cheeks. She used her hands to wipe the tears away and noticed she was wiping away blood that had dried on her face. She used her hands to do an examination of her face and she knew it was swollen. What happened after she blacked out?

She looked at the small room around her. It was barely enough for her to lie down on. A feeling of nausea hit her as she thought about what could have happened to her when she was blacked out. She was wearing a grey prisoner jumpsuit with a number. Amanda started to think about how normal her life was. Now that she was a prisoner all the behavioral credit she collected her whole life was now gone. Her anxiety was the highest it had ever been in her life. A feeling of self-pity overcame her and she knew her death would be soon. It was a matter of if it would be here or at a correctional camp.

Her thoughts spiraled down the bleak path before. She had heard stories from one of her father's friends about the camps. She would be boarded on a shuttle crammed with hundreds of other sentient species. There would be no room to stand for the long journey; they would get there and they would be branded with a number and that's what they would be known as until they died. Then she would have to work the rest of her life mining or working on weaponry. The Imperial Starfleet officers in charge of these camps were the most demented and power hungry. Human life meant little to them and they killed for fun. Her death could come down to so many different factors. It could be through radiation poisoning or getting stabbed to death. She could even get murdered by another inmate, or die a miserable death through starvation. A shiver ran down her spine as she recalled the conversation.

More tears escaped from her eyes as she mourned the dismal and hopeless future before her.

Her body shook with sobs for an unknown amount of time as her tears mixed with the dried blood and got onto her grey jumpsuit. After a time the tears stopped falling and she felt a numb feeling overcome her. All she could do was survive. Her eyes scanned the small room again. It was cold and she could see her fuzzy reflection on the metal walls. It looked as if there was no door. There was only one light shining from above. Amanda accidentally stared at the light for a moment too long and she winced in pain and looked away. It felt like her brain was trying to hammer its way out of her skull. The headache she currently had had to be from all the crying and damage done to her face.

How long had she been in the room? It could not have been that long if her face was still swollen and aching? She moved closer to the metal wall in hopes of getting a better assessment of her face. The reflection was hard to see but Amanda was able to look at herself. She didn't even recognize the person in the reflection. Their face was bruised and battered, and the look of hopelessness and despair she saw in her eyes was like seeing another person. This was not her. She had more will to survive than that. Amanda felt a small sense of determination to survive well up inside of her. She had no other choice. It was either life or death. It was worth it to fight for her life.

As a child she went to a standard Terran Empire school and she learned basic self-defense techniques. With her father being Admiral, she had to learn to protect herself. She was not as well-trained as a Starfleet officer, but she knew enough.

She would prove that she was innocent and that she knew nothing of her father's treason. She stood on her legs and tried to stand up. A bought of vertigo made her feel bile climb up her throat. The wall next to her gave her support as she tried to shake the black spots from her vision. She stood there for a moment waiting to stabilize. Her fingers ran over the walls of her cell. She could not figure out where the door was but she jumped and felt adrenaline enter her veins when the door slid open.

In the doorway was a large Imperial Starfleet officer. The color drained from her face. Whatever was happening next would not be good. The man grabbed both her wrist and put handcuffs on them. He grabbed a hypospray from his pocket and Amanda's eyes widened. She struggled and the man put the hypospray on her neck. It hurt and Amanda could feel the substance surge through her veins in an instant. She had no idea what it was but it did not cure her pain or make anything better. Instead, it made her lightheaded and she looked at the guard confused. Her vision started to blur and refocus. Oh no. This was not good.

He grabbed her forcefully from the cell and dragged her through a hallway with low lighting. Amanda looked and there were a dozen of other cells that had prison numbers next to them that started to swirl in her vision. She could hear the painful moaning of other inmates. The buzzing sounds of agonizers and a laser saw reached her ears. The screaming made her uneasy but the laughter that accompanied the sounds made her blood run cold. As she was dragged through the corridor the sound of the screaming started to grow louder. The cacophony of horrific sounds was too much for her. Amanda's heartbeat accelerated and she could feel a cold sweat on her face. A sense of hysteria started to consume her, and she looked at the officer, "No! Don't!"

She tried to shake her hands free. The guard slapped her on the face and Amanda could feel her mouth pooling with blood. Blackness filled her vision but she did not pass out. Her head continued to feel strange as she tried to get a better idea of her surroundings. She was able to focus on the guard and he gave her a sneer. She was brought into a room with a medical table that had straps. Amanda knew they were going to strap her down. The guard strapped her down and as he did so she saw how his eyes lazily went down her body. Amanda felt disgusted by the man's actions and did not want to be alone with him in the room.

His hand reached for her breast but Amanda spit the blood that was in her mouth on his face. Her head was reeling and her vision was splitting. She knew that whatever they gave her made her disoriented, but not enough to stop her from fighting for her life.

"Don't you dare touch me!"

The man was livid and grabbed Amanda by the throat, "You little bitch! I'll make-"

The door to the room slid open and two other officers walked in, "Petersen, let go of the girl."

Petersen looked at Amanda and she stared back with the best of her abilities. Amanda wore a slightly angry look of defiance at the man. She couldn't breath and she coughed out more blood. The man squeezed his hand tighter on her throat then walked out of the room.

Amanda turned her focus to the people who had just entered the room. This was only the beginning of this hell that she was in. The woman had olive skin and something in her eyes made her shiver. The man was older and he had a long scar on his face that went from his temple to his chin. She could have sworn that she saw the man grow sharp teeth and had glowing green eyes. She blinked and the teeth were gone and his eyes were no longer glowing.

"So you're Grayson's daughter?" The man spoke as he approached Amanda. His voice on her ears sounded weird and her hearing started to feel strange.

Amanda did not want to speak. Whatever was going on with her perception of reality was off and she started to take short breaths. She decided to remain silent.

The man frowned, "Oh you don't speak? We will just have to cut your tongue off then. Lieutenant, hand me your dagger."

The man grabbed Amanda's face and brought the cold dagger to her cheek. A snake started to crawl around the man's arm towards Amanda and she started to squirm. Blood dripped down her chin as she tried to speak .

"I can speak! I can speak!" After her frantic response, she looked again and the snake was gone.

"She does speak. I guess that will not be necessary." The man took the blade away for a moment but then surprised Amanda by cutting a gash under chin.

The man wiped of the blade and then handed it back to the lieutenant, "Do you know why you're here?"

"My-my Father's treason." Amanda fought to get the shakiness out of her voice and grasped at the frays of her rational mind.

"Correct. And do you know what happens to those who commit treason?"

"They pay for it with their lives."

"It looks like you remembered what you learned in secondary school. Very good. Now we need to know what role you played in all this."

"I'm innocent!"

"You are not. You don't even have any behavioral credit left! You cannot be trusted."

The man pulled out a small device and Amanda's eyes widened in shock. It was a small agonizer. She started to shake and use all the force she could to free herself but she wasn't successful.

The man wore a wicked grin, "Tell us what you know."

The device slowly moved closer to Amanda and she spoke, "I know nothing. My father never said anything to me. I swear!"

"Wrong answer."

The agonizer touched Amanda and she let out a scream. Her nerves felt like they were exploding and it made her head hurt until she couldn't think straight. Her veins felt like they were on fire and burning through her skin. She didn't know how long she was in pain but she wished it would just end. Finally, the man relented.

"Will. You. Tell. Me?" He got close to her face and could feel his breath on her face.

Amanda's eyes had a small sense of determination even through the haziness of her consciousness was starting to overcome her. She would prove her innocence. "I know nothing. I worked for the Terran Empire Youth Academy. Every person who worked there was screened for their loyalty to the Empire. I am not a defector."

"We know your whole file Amanda Grayson. If you think talking your way out of this will work you are deeply wrong."

"Words are all I have left." Amanda said with honesty. A ringing was starting to fill her ears and she wondered if it was because of the drug they gave her.

"Fine, I guess I will have to spell it out to you. Your father Admiral Grayson was in liaison with Klingon insurgent groups. He aided them with weapons from Andromeda IV. He tipped off a small smuggling group that delivered the weapons to the them. This happened over the course of 5 years until he was found out by Captain T'Latya. She bugged his office with mics and then intercepted some recordings. She immediately reported your father and the Empress waited for the right moment to make an example of him. He was planning on leaving Earth to join the insurgents, but he didn't tell you anything? You his only family? His only daughter? He must have not cared if he left you to this fate."

The man laughed at Amanda's angry facial expression. Amanda spoke, "Don't speak like you know him!"

"Feisty. You best learn to know your place if you want to survive here."

Amanda glared at him and he continued to speak, "I actually knew your father. We went to the Academy together. I always knew he would amount to nothing one day. He was a coward."

Amanda clenched her fist. She wanted to punch the man for all the disrespectful words that were spewing from his mouth. Her vision blurred for a moment but she spoke. "He was no a coward."

"Enough. I'm tired of talking about the dead. Now tell me what you know."

The drug was making Amanda feel stranger and it felt as if words were coming out of her mouth against her own will, "I only noticed his weird behavior before the Terran Empire delegation. He never talked to me about anything to do with his job ever. It's the truth I swear."

"I don't believe you. Lieutenant, let's speak to prisoner Grayson in a way she can understand."

Amanda started to shift on the table as the woman walked towards her and turned on a device that made it so she couldn't blink her eyes. Amanda felt anxiety rise in her chest.

Her breaths became shallow as she waited for what they had planned for her. The man and the woman walked out of the room, and Amanda knew something terribly wrong was about to happen.

A low humming started to increase in volume and Amanda looked around her as she started to panic. She couldn't move her head and a light started to turn on. She winced and started to squirm. This was not good. Terran were light sensitive. She could go blind. The light increased and the pain Amanda felt made it feel as if someone had burned her eyes. She tried to close her eyes but she couldn't.

A scream escaped her mouth as the light intensified. It hurt so much. The pain was too much and she could hardly bear it. Terrans were cruel and Amanda never knew how much until now. A part of her felt this anger at her father for getting her in this situation but also anger at the Terran Empire. How could they torture someone who was innocent? Amanda's scream continued but the light didn't go away. Her eyes watered and ran down her cheeks. The pain became unbearable and her vision blackened and she lost consciousness for a time.

Amanda's eyes blinked rapidly she felt a sharp pain on the front part of her head. Her eyes felt strained and in pain. It felt as if her skin was crawling with tons of insects, and that she had a fever. Her vision was blurred, and she knew that the light did some major damage to her eyes. She had no idea if her vision would go back to normal. Even though she felt pain all over her body a sense of anger filled her. How dare they take her eyesight from her? She was innocent!

She moved her limbs to see if she was still in straps. She thought she felt something claw at her leg and she started to scream. She heard the sound of a door open, and her hallucination disappeared. She heard the man's voice and could hear his boots hit the cold metal floor.

"Looks like you are awake. Are you ready to tell us what you know? Or would you prefer to go completely blind?"

Amanda spat saliva towards the sound of the voice, "I told you I am innocent!"

The man walked over to her and hit her so hard that she was back in the void of blackness.

Sarek woke from his sleep. For some reason, his dreams were of Amanda Grayson. The logical side of his brain knew that dreams were fictitious but part of him sensed that they were not. It unnerved him slightly but he moved past the fleeting thought. He would never see the Terran woman again. Her fate was sealed with her father's. Sarek's eyes scanned the room around him. He was still on the ship taking him back to Vulcan. After the delegation, he changed from his robes and went into a sonic. Within 2 hours he was on a ship going back home. He could hear the humming sound of the ship in warp.

The death of Skon left this aching pain in Sarek's chest. He was not extremely close to his father but he respected and admired him deeply. It angered him to know that T'Latya was the one who brought about his demise. Sarek always knew his death would come but he did not anticipate it's emotional impact.

He swore to himself that he would find evidence of T'Latya's betrayal to his clan. Sarek knew that many clan members would engage in a thorough investigation of what exactly occurred. The thought of T'Latya getting the Governor's seat when the Emperor revoked her decision, made his blood boil. Sarek knew his emotions were unstable and he fought to squelch the emotional turmoil inside of him. He would use logic and reasoning to bring T'Latya to her downfall. He looked out his window. Once he was on Vulcan he would do all he could to clear his father's name and bring him justice.

Author's Notes:

Well, the Terran Empire is a very cruel place. If you are wondering what the whole light-sensitive thing is from, it comes from Star Trek: Discovery, but I won't spoil it completely if you haven't watched it.

It seems like it will be awhile until Sarek and Amanda are married but I swear we will get there. Only a couple more chapters until that happens.

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