A Survivors Spirit

[Ashley Grey]

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"I'm fine again, don't worry Cal. And yes, I'll be scolding you." Seemingly relaxed and smiling Ashley turned towards the window. "Not much though. Just calm down a little. The last thing we need now is a conflict. They got us locked in here for a reason. As stupid as it might sound though, I understand it. Therefore it might be best if we just stay calm until this is all over and we can return to our normal life and forget about that incident." Caledon considers her words for a moment, before letting out a breath and nodding. "Alright Ash, I'll follow your lead, you always where the calm one." Ashley lets out a small chuckle and turns towards Caledon again. "You know what they say about me, 'she's always calm and takes the right decisions, even in difficult situations.' *chuckles* I suggest we just wait until the breakfast is delivered. I'm already starving. Also, they're hopefully telling us what they have planned next." Caledon silently nodded and went towards the bed and sat on it, waiting for the breakfast.

After an hour of waiting the door opened and a man entered the room, carrying two trays. "Your meals.", those were the only words the man said and left the room again. "Thanks. May I ask you something?" The man stopped for a second. Without turning towards Ashley, he answered in an annoyed tone. "No." With a loud click the door was closed and locked behind the man. "Hell, this one was grumpy. At least we got our food. What do you think? How long are they gonna keep us here? It feels like I haven't seen mom in ages. I wonder if she's alright. Dad's sudden death was hard for her." "It was hard for us all. Suddenly getting the information that he passed was hard. Don't you remember? We were on patrol when we got called back." "I remember. We never thought his disease would kill him that quickly though, that way it was a shock for all of us." "Let us not start with that topic. It's really not the time to talk about this." "Yes, you're right. I just try to think of something else. The situation isn't that comforting as you might know." Without an answer Caledon and Ashley started to eat, waiting for something to happen.

The door opened again, this time though there were several people. Two men entered the room and forced the twins outside. As a result of that, both of them were surrounded by the LSF agents. "Now, we're finally ready. I have to excuse myself for not being able to prepare this earlier. We didn't expect someone to arrive out of nowhere. Now, follow me, I don't want to let you wait any longer. And one thing, don't try to resist, it might not end the way you like it." Ashley sighs while she looks around."Fine, we're following and we won't resist." Turning towards Caledon she grabbed his shoulder. "Please Cal, don't do anything stupid." "Now, if you are done calming your brother, we can move on." Both of them are being pushed through the silent corridors, the only sound was the humming of the ship and the steps of the group.

Suddenly the whole groups stops in front of a door. After the door opened they saw what lay beyond, an interrogation room. Inside the room were a few chairs and tables with straps attached, used to hold the questioned in place. On the other side of the room they saw two of such tables, angled ones. Ashley grew uneasy and started to shout. "What is this supposed to be? Are we being hold hostage? Are you really going to strap us to those tables? What is going on here?" A quick look over to Caledon showed her that they somehow made him unable to move, though he was fully aware of the situation. "What have you done to my brother? Tell me! Now!" "Quiet! Or we have to paralyze you as well." "How am I supposed to be quiet? My brother is paralyzed! And you are going to strap us onto those... those things?" "Fine. Give her a small dose as well, she's starting to resist quite a bit." As soon as they brought a syringe close to her she was able to hit it and throw it onto the ground. As a result of that, the syringe broke and the content was lost. "Oh my, quite the impulsive one. Strap her to the table. She's the first one." A second man came and grabbed Ashley, pushing her towards the table, forcing her onto the table and tighten the straps. "How is it? I hope it's comfortable. This might take a while, especially if you continue to resist."

"Now, where to start." The man said and turned around. "You might have figured out by now, that we are no normal LSF agents, Junior Officer. And yes, we found your LPI records. Seems like they declared you missing." Grabbing a datapad from the table he turned around and showed it Ashley. "Here, looks like your file, and here's the one from your brother. A shame that they are going to vanish like the rest of your records." Seemingly angry, Ashley started to shout again. "Who the hell are you?" "Oh my, still not sure? Let me show you." The man started to smile as his eyes began to glow in a purple light. "Now, is it clear now?" Ashley was frightened and started to stutter. "I... We... never thought that... that..." "Oh stop it, I suppose you know what happens next." Ashley grew pale and started to shake. A cold shiver ran down her spine and she was unable to speak. "Are you frightened? There's no need to. It is a gift, not a curse. And I will share this gift with you." As the man brought his head closer to Ashley, she began to scream. "No! NO! Stop it!" "Don't resist dear, we're nearly done." The man forced open Ashley's mouth and something that looked like a tentacle went into her mouth. Ashley had to choke as soon as the strange tentacle retracted from her mouth again. Something was forced out by that thing that made it's way into her stomach. "It wasn't that hard, was it? Now, make yourself comfortable and watch what happens to your brother." Ashley started to cry as she looked over to her brother, saliva dripping out of her mouth. "Ash... we're in this together." Caledon was barely able to speak though he smiled at his sister while tears started to roll down his face.

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