Differences

Posted on Mon Sep 28th, 2020 @ 3:18am by Lieutenant JG Heather De La Rosa {Kelea-Salik} & Senior Chief Petty Officer Fernando De La Rosa [Taylor]

Mission: SEASON 4: Episode 1: Know Thy Self!
Location: Agony booth deck
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Heather strolled along the corridors making her way towards where the Federation slaves were being tortured in the agony booths. It was part of her duties to assess the mental condition of those being tortured to see if they were truly ready to come out or if promises given in pain were false. Walking into the chamber she was greeted by Fernando De La Rosa the very man who’d been responsible for breaking her in the agony booths a lot of years earlier. Her disdain for him was buried deep inside, one day she would make him suffer just as he’d made her suffer.

“How are our Federation slaves?” She stood hands clasped behind her back as she looked at him, just the way he whistled made her skin crawl.

Fernando stopped his whistling as heather addressed him. Looking at her, he took his time to answer. He wasn't afraid of her. Hell, he had broken her years ago. "Slowly." He finally graced her with an answer. "They are strong willed and determined to resist but it won't do them any good. I will break them." He promised.

“Like you've done so many times before” Heather nodded. “Your Record is second to none when it comes to breaking slaves, but tell me have you ever been in one of your own booths?” She eyed him curiously. “I’m willing to bet that you would break just as easily as them.”

He ignored her compliment and focused on the question she posed. "Me? Break easily? Forgive me Inquisitor but that has all the elements of a joke." He retorted coldly but politely.

“No joke Chief” Heather glared at Fernando. “You’re Mr. big about your record but could you withstand being in one of those? Would you eventually give in and become a servant?”

Fernando gave Heather a ' if looks could kill' stare and replied coldly. "You yourself just said my record is second to none. So apparently others have also made it a big deal and I've already answered you on my withstanding a trip onto an agonizer booth or did you miss that?"

“No I didn’t miss it” Heather glared at Fernando. “I PROMISE you Chief one of these days I’m going to watch you endure time in one of these and I’m going to enjoy it.”

Fernando laughed at her. "Right. Good luck with that. Cause your going to need it and a lot more to see me in an agonizer booth."

Heather walked around looking at the slaves in their booths screaming and crying out for mercy, it brought back memories she’d rather forget of her time in the booths. Now she had a chip in her head that blocked out the pain caused by the booths and acted as her own private agoniser if she ever tried to harm her masters. Her anger was simmering nicely under the surface as she turned back to Fernando. “So this mirror double of yours, I wonder if he’s anything like you.”

"Like me? I doubt it." He waved a hand at the Elysium crew they had captured and were now putting into booths. "He's weak like they all are. Like your mirror is. I have no doubt of that."

“Oh really?” Heather glared at Fernando. “I wouldn’t be so sure about that. I was taken from my home on Betazed, an unspoilt young woman and brought here. I wasn’t prepared for what awaited me, the beatings, the taking of my virginity and the agony booths!” She gritted her teeth as the agoniser in her brain kicked in at the elevated levels of adrenaline caused by the flare up in her anger levels. “She will be ... more prepared than I was.”

Fernando chuckled, "Even if she is more prepared will it change anything? I think not. She'll fall before the might of the Empire. Just like you did, just like these dogs will. The Empire is everything and you better remember that or you could be back for some retraining."

“I don’t need retraining!” She got her anger in check and the agoniser switched off. “I am a loyal inquisitor, the only inquisitor trusted to guard Captain Taylor himself!”

"Yes, yes of course you are. My apologies." Fernando said insincerely. He didn't trust Heather as far as he could throw her. But until she did something he could prove all he could do was keep an eye on her.

Heather nodded. “Keep me informed on the progress of the prisoners, Captain Taylor wants the footage piped into Captain Lalor for her to witness the torture of her crew.”

"Already up and being fed into Captain Lalor's location that being the agonizer chamber she is in. It will continued around the clock. She won't get a break from it." Fernando replied.

“Excellent” Heather nodded. “Keep up the good work Chief, I will relay your results so far to Captain Taylor. With that she nodded and headed on her way wishing she could see his head on a pike in Taylor’s Office.

Fernando nodded, "Thank you Inquisitor. You are most kind." He oozed smarmily. He would still keep his eyes on her and at the first sign of wrongdoing, she would be right back here in an agonizer booth.