Protecting the Family ***Content warning!!***

Posted on Fri Jan 3rd, 2025 @ 12:40pm by Captain Mattias Richardson [Reece]

Mission: Tales from the other side of the Mirror
Location: Erisia Prime, Imperial home
Timeline: (Immediatly following, "Healing the Family")
814 words - 1.6 OF Standard Post Measure

PREVIOUSLY....

The Emperor then exited the room, followed closely by Micheal. As they left the Royal Apartments, a full squad of handpicked warriors fell into step, surrounding their Emperor in a ring of lethality, as they made their way down to the dungeon. Everyone present was angered beyond words. The guards silently wished that the Emperor would allow them the honor of flaying the traitors alive. However, they also knew that He was far deadlier than they were. So, they would be content, to stand back, watching and learning.

......AND NOW, THE CONTINUATION....

***WARNING! THE JP BELOW CONTAINS GRAPHIC SCENES OF TORTURE! READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED***

Entering the vast dungeon, Emperor Mattias strode past tge various prisoners that were the current residents. Few ever saw freedom, once they entered this sublevel of the Imperial Palace.

Stepping over to where the two new prisoners were currently restrained, he looked them over carefully, the roiling anger he felt inside filling his eyes. "So," he finally started, after a few beats of relative silence. "The both of you wished to harm not only the Empress, but the Royal Princess as well? And you thought you wouldn't get caught?"

The nursemaid didn't reply straight away. But eventually under his gaze she did. "They threatened my family."

"Who?" The word, though small, conveyed the absolute power that the Emperor possessed. "Speak true and I will ensure you are fed well."

The young woman trembled with fear as she replied. "I...I never saw ther face, Excellency! Three of their goons grabbed me and took me to a warehouse in the eastern outskirts of the capital. As they held me there, their leader, a tall man with a northern accent, spoke to me via a PADD, which was showing a live feed of my home. My husband and our three children were being held captive! As I watched, the masked man cut my husband's right eye out!" She stopped speaking, breaking down in uncontrollable sobs.

Though the Emperor was filled with rage, he couldn't help but be moved slightly by the woman's story. "If your family was in danger, why didn't you come forward? The Empress and I would have had your family rescued, and the offenders dealt with." He turned away, deep in thought.

With his back still towards her, he continued. "Instead, you chose to side with the enemy, striking out at not only the Empress, but our daughter, the Crown Princess!" He nodded to a pair of dungeon keepers, and they quickly moved to grab the woman and secured her against a giant wooden X-shaped cross, her back to the Emperor. She tried to struggle free, but to no avail. As she did so, she pleaded for mercy again.

The Emperor turned back to her and pulled out his dagger
Walking over to her, he used the blade to cut all of her clothing free of her body, finally leaving her completely nude. "However," he finally continued. "You instead chose to cause harm to the woman I love, and, more egregiously, our child!" He used his blade to begin flaying of her skin, starting at her shoulder blades, and moving down to her ass, her screams of agony filling the dungeon.

For the next hour, he continued to slice her skin off, before she finally passed out from the shock. He had her revived, then continued, surgically taking her apart, one piec at a time, careful to avoid anything vital, for the time being. She passed out a dozen more times, each time, he had had her revived.

Finally, when she could take no more, he reached into her exposed body and physically ripped out her organs with his bare hands, finally ending it, when he crushed her heart.

For several moments, he stood there, breathing heavily, his clothes covered in her gore. Turning to the chef next, he asked the same questions, receiving similar answers. For him, he had him doused with sweet nectar, then lowered into he sand hornet pit. Once the vicious insects detected the aroma, they swarmed the enclosed pit, stinging and devouring his flesh. The chef screamed nonstop, for nearly ten minutes, before he finally succumbed to the venom and physical damage of the bugs eating him alive.

Mattias stood there, silently, as he watched. His family had been attacked. However, he had punished all who were responsible. He would have his men round up the families of the two and have them all executed, as an example. Then, he had their heads removed ND displayed on the front courtyard of the palace.

Hours later, finally feeling spent, he returned to the royal apartments a cleaned up, the Empress and their daughter were both fast asleep. Choosing not to wake either, he moved t the private study and stretched out on one luxurious couches, falling asleep quickly.

~END~