Capture

[Xing]

The command center was filled with officers, running from one console to another. Despite the battle being now passed, activity was still strong. In order to defend adequately the station, another battlegroup of the navy, the 88th, composed of 5 battlecruisers and its whole escort wing, entered in. Alban, despite having received a large defeat, knew what to do.

A young lieutenant notices finally Jimmy and hearing his request, dismissly said;
"General Kaitlynn is in her quarter, room 121, 7th block. She doesn't want to be bothered unless its an emergency."
The man focused back to his console, before turning his head,
"Say, why are you interested in knowing that?..."

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Captain Lavoie had his ship standing by in the defencive line surrounding St-Mitchell, right beside the two dreadnaughts of the 79th battlegroup. These were older version of the Liberty battleship, Freedom class, but still held very good in combat and their components constantly upgraded over the decades, they weren't lagging so much behind the Constellation class dreadnaught he was commanding.

They all knew what would probably come up next. The Order would strike back.

Oh, they doubted it was going to be the decisive battle between the Order and the Navy. It was highly unlikely, even though the obvious outcome would be the Navy completely crushing its enemy. That was only if they managed to assemble a large enough fleet, which never seemed to happen. Heck, they even knew how to get to the order's homeworld.

But for the moment, their mission was a defencive one. And they certainly had enough ships to hold off any kind of attack.

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On the other side of the station, Trinity was having a beating. She wasn't even sure if she told the truth or a lie in the thousand of questions the LSF commander asked. He wasn't even sure if what she knew in her head was true or not. The man apparently didn't cared either.
He...
Another punch came, strong. Trinity tightened her mouth, forcing back a scream of pain.
"Holding your silence longer will only make it last longer. As a matter of fact, we have a lot of time to burn. If I run out of patience, others will replace me. How about you?"
The ring rotated slightly so Trinity was now held completely at the vertical.
As well, the man could now kick him...!
The kick came, going straight to her belly. The air in her came out and she felt like dying...
"We will manage to breack you down just like anyone who's ever passed by here."
Trinity looked around, panicked. There was no refuge. She now understood why such lightning. She couldn't even hide in the shadow, couldn't even find a place to seek comfort.
She was completely vulnerable to someone for the first time of her life.
Another kick, this time near the groin, made her bite her tongue accidentally. Blood came out.
The man wasn't even doing this out of passion, or hatred or any emotion. It was merely a machine doing its duty, calculating her breaking point and torturing without any regret or sadism.

She was the only thing alive, alone in this cell.

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