Corruption and Change

[Zepphos]

"We wanted to bring you here so we could have a talk about both of our agendas. Your personal agenda, of course."

Harrisson suddenly realised what he was here for. If they want information from me, he thought, they must know what I'll want in return. They know I'm willing to give information for personal gain, and they obviously know how to get things done, and efficiently. This could be a really good opportunity to get what I really want! Harrisson smiled slightly, and then grimaced. As he had become more relaxed, the pain in his shoulders increased.

He muttered, "Damn shoulders."

She looked half concerned,

"Oh, they must be getting tired. You seem interested in what I have to say, so no need for those chains anymore, don't you think?"

She stood and reached for her bag, unzipped it, and took out some large chain cutters.

"Sorry, there are no locks on those chains. Welded together, just incase our captives get a little frisky."

She leaned up towards the chains with the cutters. Harrisson longed to get these restraints off so he could sit and rest. Then he felt a strange sensation. Something cold was sliding along the knuckles of his fingers. He looked up at his hand... She smiled back at him. The warmth had left her.

He felt the two blades of the cutters close in on his fingers. The skin broke, the bones snapped with an echoing crack, his flesh tore apart, his two fingers dropped to the floor. His scream was deafening. His blood, black in the blue light, streamed down his arm. He began to whimper, trying to grab his mutilated hand with his other. He backed off toward the wall, pathetic and weak. His left side covered in his own blood.

"Y-you... why?! WHY?!"

"Who do you think I am? Do you really think I came here just to talk?"

Her smile stretched across her face. She looked uncontrollable. A complete maniac at the sight of his pain.

"Don't judge me by your first impressions... Judge me when I'm finished with you!!"

Her laugh echoed around the cell, as if a demon of destruction had possessed her entirely.

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