Tessa Raindance slowly stirred awake. She had a slight headache as she opened her eyes. The last thing she remembered was the weapons factory exploding, and running for her life.
She glanced around and groaned. It was dark in the room she was in. She looked down and frowned. Tessa was restrained to an inclined apparatus, unable to move her hands and feet. Her breathing became rapid as she realized the horrible truth. She was a prisoner of the First Order.
"Why?" Tessa thought to herself, trying unsuccessfully to get out of her binds. "Did they find out about my step-father? Are they going to take their revenge out on me?"
She shook nervously. Tessa needed to calm herself down. So she started to breathe, slowly and deeply. She had done this many times before, relying on the Force within her to calm herself from her fears.
"Even from beyond the grave, he is causing me pain!" Tessa hissed to herself about her step-father, Shaw Harden. He was a weapons dealer, respected and feared by the people of their home planet of Arkanis. But to Tessa, he was a bastard, who abused her in all sorts of ways.
"If people only knew what a snake Shaw Harden was," Tessa thought, as she continued to study the room she was imprisoned in. She was definitely in a holding cell.
"I tried to warm them, but they wouldn't listen." She softly sighed before hearing the door handle turn. Her eyes immediately looked in that direction, and she did her best to not be shocked by the person who walked into the cell. The man, who was tall and intimidating, was followed by two Stormtroopers.
Tessa had met the man once before, when she was thirteen. He had visited her home, to extend the contract Shaw has with the Order. To Tessa, he was a handsome but serious man. He was the only person to dare challenge Shaw and put him in his place. Which she thoroughly enjoyed.
She was shocked at that time when she heard the man's thoughts about her, as he and her step-father negotiated the contract.
"I would rather sleep with your step-daughter than negotiate a contract with you," Tessa heard in the man's mind. She blushed knowing this.
Once the contract was signed, the two men shook hands. Tessa was surprised again when the man's thought was about her.
"If you were eighteen, I would take you as my lover," the man said to himself, before leaving Tessa and Shaw.
She had dreamt of him since that meeting years ago. But her dreams were never like this. She was a prisoner of the man that now approached her. Tessa tried to remain calm. as she looked up to the high ranking officer.
"Inject the serum into the prisoner," the voice of General Hux commanded. A Stormtrooper came and inserted a needle into Tessa's arm. She closed her eyes, hating having any sort of needle stuck in her.
"Leave us!" Hux told the guards. They left the room. Tessa could not help but to tremble in fear. Hux knew what she did. She opened her eyes, and saw his icy blue ones stare at her.
"You have been injected with a truth serum," Hux explained to her. "I will ask you some questions. If you tell the truth, nothing will happen to you. But if you lie, your body will be shocked. If you tell too many lies, you will die. So I suggest you tell the truth, if you want to live."
"In fact, let's test out the serum. I want you to respond no to this question. Are you afraid of me?" Hux asked.
Bracing herself for the shock, Tessa replied,
"No." The shock that went through her body was painful. She bit her lip to stop a scream from escaping her mouth.
"You obeyed, even thought you knew you would be shocked," Hux uttered, a little impressed by the girl.
"So now you know what to expect if you lie." Hux pulled a chair and sat down to the side of Tessa. He had a data pad on him.
"Look at me, my dear," Hux commanded her. Not wanting to incur his wrath, Tessa turned her head to face the general.
"Very good." Hux typed for a minute before pressing a button on the device.
"This interrogation is being recorded, starting now," Hux told the vulnerable girl.