Acts of Redemption: Star Trek Into Darkness AU (Lots of Khan!)

ALLIANCE

I tried to speak, but I couldn't. The emotion I was feeling was choking me. I swallowed hard, and my jaw tensed under the pressure of emotions in my throat.

"Or have you taken your revenge and I have yet to take notice?"

Dr. McCoy was watching me, waiting for me to answer Khan.

I walked up to Khan. He still sat on the biobed, his posture perfect. I looked him right in eyes. "What you did to me and to my family was horrible." My voice trembled. "You caused me some of the worst pain I have ever experienced in my life," I whisperd, trying to steady my voice. "You did horrendous things."

"What do you plan to do with me? How will you harm me, Miss King?"

I clenched my eyes shut and bowed my head, trying to hide the free falling tears. Finally I looked up. "I forgive you. I am not condoning or excusing what you have done, but I forgive you for it. I won't exchange hatred for hatred. I don't want to be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good. It is the only way to break the cycle of hated. "

He just stared at me in disbelief. I thought I saw a moment of vulnerability and fear.

"Watching you suffer won't me happy. It wouldn't make my father happy and it certainly wouldn't make him well. More pain...and more bloodshed and loss won't fix anything. Forgiveness ends the pain to a certain extent. It at least causes healing."

Looking at the man who severely injured my father and offering him forgiveness was hard, but also a great relief.

"Is that why you are so kind to me? That's what you want. The cure that I used on the Harewood girl, you want it for your father."

I shook my head. "It would be quicker for me to torture the information out of you, wouldn't it? I mean...I would be lying if I said I didn't want a cure for my father, but it is not the reason I am showing you kindness. My forgiveness is not an insincere elaborate attempt to get a cure out of you. It is real."

"The remedy was a one time use only. It's gone. I can't cure your father. Do you still forgive me, Miss King?"

"Yes. I wish you no ill will."

Suddenly Carol's voice was broadcast the ship. She was pleading with her father.
"...Please, you are not listening. Miss. King was only trying to help me! I was snooping around Section 31. I stole some information from an agent's office, and those agents attacked me to get it back. Violet saved us! She saved me. Dad! I...I don't believe that the man who raised me is capable of destroying a ship full of innocent of people. And...if I'm wrong about that, then you're gonna have to do it with me on board."

"Actually, Carol, I won't,"

Carol started screaming.

"I think he's beaming her aboard his ship," Dr.McCoy said in shock.

"Can we intercept the transport signal?" Kirk said.

"No, sir," a lieutenant replied.

"Jim," Carol screamed.

"Carol! I can't stop him."

"Captain James T. Kirk: Without authorization and in league with the fugitives known as John Harrison and Ella King, you and your crew went rogue in enemy territory, leaving me no choice but to hunt you down and destroy you." He looked to his right. "Lock phasers."

"Wait, sir! Wait, wait, wait! "

"I'll make this quick. Target torpedoes on the renegade's bridge." Marcus turned away from his visual pick up.

"Wait! Admiral, I take full responsibility for my actions. But they were my actions, and mine alone. I'm sorry." He was pleading, begging for mercy. "My crew was only following my orders. From my first officer ... to the lowest-ranking new inductee into Starfleet, they acted only as instructed. Following a captain's orders should be reason for commendation, not termination. If I transmit Violet's exact location to you now, all that I ask is that you spare them."