AN: Sup guys! Figured I'd try out something other than fluffy stuff, granted this will have some fluff at points, but I assure you, It will be very rare and probably never with the same people twice, so no solid pairings.
As I mentioned somewhere, this does sorta relate to the FallOut series, but not enough to be a cross-over. Don't worry, if you haven't plaid any FallOut games, that's okay. Barely anything related to the FallOut will be mentioned anyway, so it shouldn't be too hard to understand. No characters from the FallOut games will be in this fic, just sorta the architectural balance and the use of radiation, because those were inspirational to me personally and I sorta wrapped it up nicely with everything Steven Universe.
I don't own FallOut or Steven Universe nor do I intend to make a profit off anything. I'm just here to write and entertain the public with little black words over a white backdrop.
WARNING! BEFORE YOU READ, this fic is rated M and it's M for a good reason; mentions of rape, mental and physical torture, attempted suicide, blood, harassment, child abuse, chemical warfare, self harm, parental issues, probably meaningless sex, death, drug use, alcohol abuse, and plenty of crime are present in this read. If this seems like this a story you couldn't handle, then click that back button and read something that isn't quite so... well this. Don't say I haven't warned you.
These characters are going to get hurt. A lot.
Also, lemme know if you find something that's off or is misspelled, I don't mind constructive criticism and I genuinely want to hear from you guys. What are your thoughts about this? How does something in this read make you feel so far? What are you eating right now? Be good, make nice friends, and share your cookies!
Alright, enough from meeeeee~
READ ON
"What's the situation?"
"Are you deaf Jasper, or did you just ignore me the first time I told you?"
"Yes" A groan sounded from a grumpy blond tech officer waiting inside an armored van stationed across the street from an abandon wear-house that a few other officers were now infiltrating, awaiting orders from her.
"Get in. Suppress the threat. Undermine the criminals. And invoke justice. Like always." She and one other officer, Pearl, whom was seated in the van shared a glance before she shifted her bright green eyes back to her computer, assessing a few smaller open windows on the screen. These other open windows were the cameras built into the infiltrating officers vests. There were four screens in total, four screens for four cops;
Garnet, her screen was outlined with a deep crimson color with a little number "1" in the corner. Garnet was lead in this outfit currently, one of the tallest and leanest, like an NBA player, people had to literally look up to her and then some when she wasn't keeping her huge Afro concealed under the police hat. She didn't speak much, but was very knowledgeable on foot and forceful at hand. Quick thinker and faster in action, all-around good officer.
Greg, his screen was outlined with a bright violet color (only because he was wearing Amethyst's vest for this mission, Amethyst was in another car at the other side of the building playing lookout in undercover attire) with a little number "2" in the corner much like Garnets'. Greg is a very soft individual, didn't look much like a cop with his long brown hair, really bad tan-lines, and he was a little over weight... He just didn't fit a hard-ass cop profile, and it often compromises missions, but It's a good thing when dealing with some situations, he's a sweet guy and is very motivational, he can often talk a target down without much of a fight.
Lars, sense this kid is a rookie and this was literally his first mission, he got the default white outline and a number "3". This skinny kid barely passed in school and in the police academy guess the force decided he'd make a good asset to the team. His records read that he's only had one other job before this one, in a doughnut shop. His records also showed all of his absences and late showings to said job. Sketchy kid... with his orange "Fo-Hawk" and ridiculous gauged ears.. The experienced technician didn't trust him in the slightest.
And finally, Jasper. Her screen was illuminated orange with the number "4" in a corner. Jasper was a brute, reckless, and rather rude. An act first and think later person. Lots of people on the force didn't even think she was human due to her Amazon-like build with this wild crazy long platinum blond hair. Tall, broad, tan, and hard. Lots of men dreamed of having a body like hers, now if only her brain was as big as the muscles in her middle finger then maybe she would be inclined to use her head more so rather than said finger in problematic situations.
These numbers and colors on her computer screen also pertained to the Individual's outfits. All the vests are black and the uniforms consist of dark grey long-sleeved undershirts, navy blue cargo pants with black boots, belt, and ball caps. The only difference in these outfits is the little number of the unit on the left breast of the vest and some slight color on the clasps, zippers, and buttons. Her own uniform as well as her fellow tech were a bit more special, the vest itself was built lighter and along with the number and respected color, a little "t" was present beside the number to represent TECHNICIAN. Peridot's vest consisting of light greens and Pearls of... well pearl.
"Alright, by the look of the layout, and by the blueprints Peridot unearthed... You guys should be above a small narrow electrical tunnel, Greg, from where you are standing, I need you to lift the third tile from the floor, the material under it should be soft and give way easily. Garnet, I need you to follow up and use your knife to cut an opening in the floor," the red-head adjusted her communication device as she spoke, her brows knitting together, keeping an eye on the cameras. She was tapped into the building's security cameras, making damn sure that none of the police units were in sight. If she could see them, the enemy could see them too.
Greg nodded in confirmation, looking to the floor, counting out the tiles and coming to his knees. He worked with some building instillation back in the day, hell, he practically built a car-wash, removing a single poorly placed floor tile was easy-mush. Well it should be. Apparently the grout was a bit stiffer than they expected and it was taking him some time to get the delicate material up. Jasper wasn't amused by how long this was taking and growled under her breath.
"For real? Come on Greg" The poor man gave her a look and worked his hands a little faster, the panel unmoving. Jasper shifted her weight in her place, making to leave the position.
"What do you think your doing Jasper?" Peridot spoke up sounding slightly annoyed seeing Jasper move from standing guard at the mouth of the hall.
"Out the way, Greg. Lemme show you how it's done-"
"Jasper, let's talk about this!" There was a loud crunching noise that echoed through the halls and made both the technicians cringe. Jasper had lifted one of her big heavy boots and dropped it hard onto the surface once, the tile and the flooring below it caving into the open space below.
Silence...
Wellthat was easy," the brute woman lifted her boot and took a step back, grinning at her work proudly as she could practically hear Peridot's eye twitching over the communicative device. Greg moved to the rubble and scooped out all the debris, exposing heavy industrial tubed wires.
"Peri, you got a visual? What do you think we should do? These tubes all look the same," Peridot looked to his screen, getting a eye-full of the tubs before looking to Pearl for confirmation, In turn, the pasty woman nodded.
"I do have a visual, Greg" She paused, looking the tubs over thoroughly "Garnet, we need your muscle-"
"I have muscle!"
"Cheeto please. Don't even with me right now," The large female's eyes scrunched up at the use of the ridiculous pet name "Garnet, I need you to cut open the tubes and expose the wires, don't cut too deep or you could score the wires and probably electrocute yourself." The tall darker skinned woman nodded, pushing her cop shades up her nose and coming down to her knees, knife at the ready.
"Cutting first tube"
"Anything on those cameras, Pearl?" Lars looked around from his position, keeping an eye out behind them for any enemy's trying to flank them.
"Nothing so far, not even much movement in the cell" Pearl sipped on some coffee as she gazed at the cameras. The cell was their destination, seven or so goons were in there sitting at a table, it appeared to be a meeting of some sorts, one of the lofty dogs walked around the table and occasionally pointed at a chart on a wall. It's like they didn't hear Jasper stomp the floor in.
"Second tube" Peridot was watching Garnet's cam with curiosity, the continence of the plastic tubes was immense, lots and lots of little wires all bunched together and tightly wound. Most of these were suspension, they helped with the building's structure. Finally, the thick black material was pulled away gently from the second tube, exposing a more colorful set of wires.
"Hold up Garnet..." Peridot leaned in closer to her computer, examining the little lines before turning to the blueprints that were placed on the surface between her station and Pearl's "Red and Yellow..."
"Red and Yellow?" Pearl and Garnet said at the same time, though Pearl turned fully to see what Peridot was doing.
"Those are the wires that power the hall they are in now and the ones in the cell!" Pearl exclaimed with a grin "Ready your flashlights kids. Jasper, Greg, and Lars, get ready to move in-"
"Amethyst, get defensive, we'll need you to hound them. They may try to bail out the back" The chunky woman nodded, setting her cup of coffee down in a cup holder as she sat behind the wheel, watching and listening. Garnet looked to her team, the knife set and ready to break the wires when given signal. The air thick, hearts beating hard behind their badges.
"Are we ready?" Garnet had seen shit with this team before, but every instant could very well be the last time she would get to see this team alive. Everyone nodded, even Pearl and Peridot.
Just down this hall, the room called Cell was located just behind a closed door. Jasper would be first to charge down this hallway and break down the door, flashlight and gun drawn. Behind her would be Greg and Garnet, guns and lights drawn. Lars would bring up the rear, still prepared to defend their flanks and provide cover fire.
"GOOOOOO" Amethyst broke the silence and Garnet flicked her wrist. Lights out. Cameras in these arias also went down, now the only way to keep track of the team was through the vest cams and microphones. Pearl looked to Peridot's computer to see the spastic lights flying around the corridor as the team ran, heavy footfalls in their ears.
"Do you think they'll be alright..?" Pearl's voice was like the wind, light and brisk, she sounded worried, and she had every right to be. Peridot turned her head to her fellow technician and offered her a little smile as they heard Jasper kick the door in.
"Maybe.." She wouldn't lie, not to Pearl. No one knows how this mission will play out "I would say they have a 94.5% of completing the mission without casualties. We'll have to fight off Jasper's bragging and gloating rights longer than this mission will take place-"
"There's no one in here-"
"What?" Pearl and Peridot both looked to the computer with wide eyes, the lights danced around an indeed, empty room. A single lone chair sitting in the middle of the floor.
"The hell..?" Lars walked up to the chair and aimed his light down at it "Uh guys...?" The light was a bit harsh for the camera's focus as everyone come to look at it, when all of their cameras did focus, four different screens all reflecting the same image of that chair. Someone had written on it in blue sharpie.
Peridot felt her heart hit her seat and her jaw drop-
E A T
S H I T
"It's a trap! Get out of-" Pearl's words were cut short when the van's door swung open and a person wearing an old potato sack with eye-holes as a mask stepped inside, pointing a rifle at them.
"Not another word" Both the technicians blinked at the new presents, their breaths stuck in their throats. Another person hopped in the driver's seat and bent over, hot-wiring the car easily. Pearl knew instantly that the gun was an AK47, It was common and rather easy to get on the street, she also knows what it does to targets, but she didn't want to think about what it could do to her or her comrade in the back of this van, at point blank. When the vehicle roared to life, the person pointing the gun at them yelled to the other whom nodded and began to drive off quickly, the speed causing the open side door to slam shut and make the two frightened officer's jump.
Potato-bag-gun-buddy dug around in a pocket for a second before pulling out two long white objects and tossing them in the direction of Peridot, who glanced at them, not taking her eyes off the person in front of them for very long "You, put both your weapons on the floor, tie the other, then tie yourself" The blond nodded almost too quickly, looking to Pearl before moving to disarm the red-head, putting Pearl's government issued handgun on the floor between them and the assailant, her own gun coming to rest beside it's twin. Gathering the objects that were tossed in her direction quickly, not making eye contact with the bagged person. Zip-ties. The objects were zip-ties.
Pearl breathed heavily before turning her back to Peridot slowly, bringing her hands behind her so she could be restrained without argument, the shorter tech complied and followed through with the order. Once she had tied Pearl, she tied herself, using her teeth and tightening the zip-tie around her wrists in front of her.
Only when the girls were restrained did their captor move foreword with a hand, taking the guns and opening a side door before tossing them out and shutting the metal door again. Leaning foreword again, this time the being plucked their microphones from their ears and safely pressing a button to turn them off, placing them into a pocket for safe keeping. They continued to drive like this for what seemed like hours, no sense of direction or even much feel for the road, they all just drove in silence. The van had no windows in the back aside from the little one leading to the driver's cab, through it they could see that the night was creeping up into the sky slowly, darkening the clouds.
"What are you going to do to us?" Pearl couldn't take it any longer and attempted a question at their captor whom only lifted a single gloved finger to about the mouth aria of the bag with a quiet 'Shhh'
They were going to die.
They were going to be tortured, then they were going to die.
Peridot's head swam with these thoughts, sure, in the ages of her early twenties, she personally lead a very under productive life that mainly consisted of video-games and junk-food like a dumb kid, she was probably more than expendable aside from her vast knowledge of electronics and what not, but Pearl had a life to live. She was moving up in the ranks, learning quickly, expecting another pay raise, her cat was pregnant, and she was happy. Jesus she was only twenty-four! It wasn't fair!
Suddenly the van turned and went down a gravel road, the interior of the vehicle shook with the rocks under the tires, spilling the half drank cups of now cold coffee and cans of half-flat onto the computers and the floor. The short blond could have cried watching her computer fry before her eyes, sizzling and promptly shutting off, leaving the small space extremely dark. Something in the atmosphere changed when the room went dark, there was a grunt then a loud crash followed by several ear-splitting bangs.
Pearl had launched herself at the captor whom in turn fell backward into some equipment, finger squeezing the trigger of the gun as a reflex. The person took a few hard headbutts from the cop before Pearl was kicked off the trigger-happy thug, crashing into the back of the van beside Peridot once again.
"Try it again and the thing closest to tomorrow you'll be seeing is the street lights from the bottom of the river!" With that there was an angry growl from the person, then a loud and heavy thud as the butt of the gun connected with Pearl's head, hard. Knocking the girl out instantly. Peridot heard the officer fall limp against the cold metal wall of the truck, Pearl's form crumpling and sagging to the floor. The blond was wide eyed at this moment, in a state of panic that rendered her immobile "Same applies to you"
"Wh- What...?"
"Do anything funny, and I will kill you" Peridot deadpanned, all the color leaving her face and suddenly the strong need to throw-up became relevant, but she was too stunned to even turn her head much less louse her lunch.
This is how it was, for a few more hours. Sitting in the dark with no idea where they were or where they were going, and a gun pointed at her head. The smell of blood in the air-
Wait blood?
Maybe Pearl had broke the bastard's nose with those headbutts, that would be nice to see.. or maybe the bastard shot Pearl when the gun went off. She turned her head to where she knew Pearl was laying, trying to hear if the other girl was breathing. She was.
The van slowed to a stop, the driver exiting the vehicle and coming around to open the side door "What happened Boss? I heard shots"
"The fair-skinned bitch jumped at me" The one known as 'Boss' moved a hand at the two cops, more so at Pearl "Carry that one to the Medic's lounge, be sure she gets the best bed" those little black eye-holes looked into Peridot's soul as the next words were spoken "I'm taking that one to the cage"
The... Cage..?
Now getting a good look at the driver thug, that one had a potato-sack mask much like the Boss did, though this one had a blue hand print on it's face. Must be a ranking system or something. Driver-bastard climbed in the back and took Pearl up into some rather large arms and lifted her easily, taking her out of the vehicle. Boss held out a hand to the blond captive, expecting the cop to comply, well... without much choice, she did. Placing her bound hands in the gloved palm of her captor but not without a squeak when she was suddenly yanked foreword toward the gunslinger. The words that left the being almost sounded outer-worldly, deathly calm, sweet even, and it made Peridot sick to her stomach-
"I have big plans for you..."
The short cop was literally dragged from the van by the wrists, falling out of it and landing on her face in the dirt with a strangled noise, her captor stood back and watched the blond get back to her feet with a struggle, spitting dirt and small rocks as she did. Her vision went white as she tried to look around, It wasn't bright out here, but it was still brighter than the back of the van that she'd been stationed in all day. Shaking her head, she cleared her vision enough to see the Boss conversing with a few other potato-sack masked thugs, all of them with blue hand prints on the faces of the bags. The others nodded at something, probably an order, before moving to the vehicle. The aria around them was dust and dead shrub as far as the eye can see, were there any deserts outside the city? Just how long did they drive? Where even is this place?
"They are going to strip the van, any and all electronics are going to be scrapped and salvaged. They will also destroy any tracking devices or anything that could look like a tracking device" Peridot swallowed hard "You... 5t, follow me"
5t?
Oh, her number and position! The little green symbols on her vest! Great, now this is her name.
The being turned from her and started walking toward a large building that looked almost like a bunker. Massive thick grey walls more than likely made of metal and concrete built into the side of a cliff face. Huge circular door that rolled to the left with a grinding/screaming metallic noise, revealing an entrance, It looked like it could only be opened from the inside and probably by some huge mechanism. This building must have been made for the impending nucular attack the USA was fearing about sense the development of the warhead.
Peridot made a move to follow the other, seeing as her options were limited. She couldn't exactly run away with nowhere to go and no direction, she'd be gunned down before she could turn her head, so following Boss was it for now, but before she could try, her leg suddenly gave out- no... It was like it wasn't even there in the first place. She just fell. Face first into the dirt like she had been moments ago.
Confusion and panic ran through her veins as she laid there with wide eyes for a moment, the Boss turning to her to see what the noise was about. The blond sat up and looked down at her legs, what she seen nearly made her pass out on the spot.
Her left knee... didn't exist. In it's place was a huge bloody hole torn in the fabric of her pants, a bullet had connected with her leg. Red muscle matter dripping heavily with blood and in some places, the top of her Tibia could be seen. The Patella was nowhere to be found, likely blown out by a bullet. Her right leg had a heavy and deep scrape on her inner calf, another bullet grazed her there, but that was nothing compared to her left leg.
How did she not notice this before? Sure, she was in a panic and in the middle of a massive adrenalin rush at the moment it happened, but how does one not feel getting shot in the knee? Suddenly, upon seeing the wound, the pain raced through the blond like electric fire. Like becoming aware of the situation had brought it all back. Well, now she knows who's blood she was smelling.
"Hmn... this is unfortunate.." The Boss sighed, eyeing Peridot through the mask as the small woman silently screamed into the air, hands gripping her hair in disbelief and anguish as her back arched off the ground, the pain consuming her fully until her vision faded to black. Peridot fell limp against the hard dusty ground.
With a sigh, Boss strapped the gun over a denim clad shoulder and strode briskly to the blond as if watching the cop wither in pain before passing out didn't have an effect on the being. An easy heave was made and Peridot was carried inside the vault-like building bridal style, the Boss taking the same path the other thug had taken Pearl. Looks like it's two for the Doctor, Boss would have to keep a close eye around the Medic lounge to be sure no one would try anything with these new play things.
"The hell did you do to that one?" A light, slightly gruff, but still very female voice sounded from across the way, a taller, older woman garbed in a white lab-coat and thin glasses had exited the room Boss was heading to probably to retrieve medical supplies "You went into town to get Tech, instead you come back with a skinny knocked out ginger and..." a pause for brief examination of the new patient "..a cannon-fodder collage student?"
"They are Tech. Tech cops"
"Look at them, Boss! They are little girls, i'm sure if you asked nicely they would have practically followed you home!" This person, clearly medical personnel, continued to grumble about the Boss being a big brute and took the girl from the masked being gently "Pistol whip one with an AK, shoot the other one in the knees... God forbid we send you out to get pizza next!"
"Shut up and do your damn job, Sardonyx. No one want's to listen to your shit especially me" Sardonyx, bit her tongue and turned on her heel, taking the blond into the lounge without another word. Boss groaned, leaning on the wall beside the doors, looking down the hall that lead to the bathrooms and other facilities. Judging by today's events, It might be beneficial to change attire into something more comfortable, the girls won't be awake any time soon and if they do, someone will always come tell Boss. Making leave down this hall, the bagged being hung a left into the unisex bathroom, walking up to the sink and removing those god awful thick gloves.
These hands were blue. Or rather the veins under the very thin skin were blue, under those blue veins, dark green and purple ones could be seen as well, running up and down long fingers. Anything but bone-like, but not muscular fingers, almost elegant, perfect for dancing around the trigger of a gun, pulling a pin, or planting a plastic explosive.
Next to come off was this gun, that was laid against the wall gently, in arms reach should a situation arise. A thumb carefully grazed over an indentation in the gun almost lovingly, a carving in the wood of the front grip, the name "Rose" under a warm, blue thumb pad. This was the name of a great woman whom passed the gun down to a new leader when she was gunned down wrongfully. That woman, Rose, died with this gun in her hands.
The blue denim jacket was removed next, reveling a crimson shirt and an old police vest, likely stolen off a cop once upon a time. The numbers and letters, 77ss present in dark blue over the left breast. With the jacket now thrown onto the counter beside the sink, Boss looked to the reflection, admiring the shirt and vest combination, this shirt did little to suppress the awkward color of the skin that the jacket hid though, that same blue-ish color that these hands consisted of also ran up these lean arms, veins riddling close under the surface like a knit sweater of brilliant color.
"Alright, let's see what cop-hag did to your face..." Lifting both arms, Boss grasped the sides of the burlap sack and gently pulled it off, revealing a heaping mess of short light brown, super wavy hair, the sack having really done a number on it. After a few moments of grooming and shaping this wild hair with rusty gross sink water and nimble fingers, the locks were eventually tamed into a desired shape that was sort of a trademark for the being (as if the skin tone wasn't trademark enough).
Face seemed fine, bit of a deep bruise around the right eye and some swelling, otherwise this face was just like the rest. Blue. The eyes? Yeah, those are naturally a stormy blue. Nose? Blue. Cheeks? Still blue. Even the damned freckles were blue. Those little scars across the bridge of that nose and down the chin are even blue, a darker shade, but still blue. Teeth? Well, thank god those are white, looks like they are all still in place too, could maybe use a quick cleaning though... the slender blue being that is Boss pulled back those thin cobalt lips, admiring the fine dental work for some time. When you spend your life seeing yourself like some lame camera filter, It's nice to see a change of color sometimes.
Stepping back to take an over-all look, Boss deduced that everything was fine.
She was fine.
Yes.
Boss is indeed a young lady. Probably only twenty-one or twenty-two.
"Uh, Boss?"
"Mmn?" Turning to the little voice, a small girl practically hid from her behind the door-frame, more than scared of the woman standing in front of the mirror whom was just casually checking herself out.
"Sard- uh.. I- I mean, Doctor said to tell you that cop 6t was..." The darker skinned kid trailed off as the blue being perked up a bit.
"Ah, she's awake! Thank you for the information, Connie. I'll be on my way soon" She dismissed the 'Connie' with a nod, to witch the tan kid turned tail and ran down the hall and around the corner, more than likely to join the other kids in the observatory.
"So much for a change of cloths" She slipped the jacket back on her shoulders, placed the gloves in a pocket, tucked the mask comfortably into the back pocket of her beat-to-shit tattered jeans, and slung Rose over her shoulder before making her way back to the lounge. Mind you, the pace was only called a lounge because that's exactly what it was. It was basically a room with glass walls made to have parties in and relax with a good book, they unfortunately had a huge outbreak of a nasty virus once and that turned the lounge into a big medical station to help all the sick people, It's been that way ever sense.
Walking by the glass windows, Boss looked into the room as she went, the thin cop was indeed awake, talking with Sardonyx whom placed an ice-pack on her head where the gun had struck her.
"Where is Peridot? What did you guys do to her?" The Doctor looked confused by the cops questions, jotting down some things on a clipboard.
"If you mean 5t, shes just over there behind the blinds" She motioned to a section of the room divided by sheets of fabric, lights can be seen through the fabric as well as shadows of other Doctors moving around. Boss also looked to the blinds, curiosity in her eyes as she tilted her head.
"She gonna be alright? She did louse a lot of blood..." The blue woman almost sounded worried, no, she didn't want to louse what she worked so hard to obtain, but it's not like she could have done much. Shit happens.
"B- BLOOD?!" Pearl was hysterical now, eyes wide with full on panic "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?"
"Now now, there is no need to shout. We can hear you just fine. Yes Boss, 5t will be fine. The young woman is quite the trooper" Pearl looked from the Doctor, then to the blue woman, then back to the Doctor before realization smacked her in the face. She slowly turned her head to the only other person in the room that wasn't a doctor or on a medical bed, eyes the color of a robin's egg full of disbelief before they narrowed into slits at the girl.
"You... Your their "BOSS"?! Wh- What?" The woman almost looked like she was going to louse her marbles "Wait... You knocked me out, then you shot Peridot!"
"Uh, no. Actually. I shot her, then I knocked you out" What? It's the truth "Didn't shoot her with intention though, I planned to take you both without such complication, but that is... obviously not how it happened"
Pearl looked stunned before remembering that shots were fired when the lights went out, poor Peridot was just an unlucky person in the wrong place at the wrong time. The doctor touched her shoulder and gave the shaking cop a gentle smile
"Hey, would you like some water? I assure you, 5t- uh... Your little friend, will be just fine." the tech nodded, bringing her knees up to hide her face in as the Doctor turned to fetch a small cup for the girl.
"Why... Why did you bring us here..? Why us?" her voice quivered with fresh hot tears and her body racked with quaking sobs waiting to escape. For some reason, seeing her like surfaced something in the slender being, making her stride to the bed quickly and sit with the distressed woman "What do you want from us..?" Pearl didn't look up as the other came near an didn't budge when she sat, but she did move when she felt Boss place a hand on her shoulder.
"Because, 6t. You and 5t are exactly what I've been looking for. Very intelligent humans with high status among civilian ranks. People will pay big money to get you and the other back, but no amount of money could buy you. You both are priceless."
"So.. we are held against our will without ransom.."
"Correct." A smile crept up onto the blue woman's face before her storm eyes grew dark, watching the fat tears spill down the other's slightly flushed face
"What... What are you going to do to us..?"
"I'm going to break you both. Not to the point of death or making you wish you were dead, nooooo... I'm going to break you, and when you heal, you're going to beg to be broken again and again. You will bend to my every whim, and you cave to my every need" This voice becoming more and more sticky sweet, dripping with a thick foul flavor that sent pinpricks of cold fear down the red-head's spine, making the little hairs on her arms stand up with goose-bumps.
"Th- Then.. W- What do y- you wa... want from us..?" 6t could barely speak, her mouth having gone ridiculously dry as she listened to the blue being and watched those swirling eyes become nearly black in color, paralyzing her on the spot. Boss leaned closer to the frightened woman with a face-splitting grin until she was merely an inch or so from the shaking girl before laying a precise blue hand on her flushed damp cheek.
"I want everything you have to offer" then without warning, she closed the distance between them, dragging out a long, slow, slick lick with a navy blue tongue from the base of Pearl's jaw to the upper portion of her cheekbone, tasting the salty tears and further filling the other woman with a sense of dread. The flavor of the other's sadness and fear made Boss shiver with something akin to excitement, her dark eyes sparkled with her smile as she licked her lips and pulled away from the now painfully still Pearl. Giving a light chuckle, the brunet stood and stretched looking to the sheets that hid 5t from view curiously.
"Here is your water, I see the Boss has already filled you in as to why you and your friend are here, I'll just leave the water here for when you obtain the motor skills to drink" Sardonyx placed the cup of water beside the woman before walking around the bed to stand beside the shorter woman "Excited to see them in action? I know I ammm!"
"Mmn, you have no idea" Boss's voice was back to it's usual stone-emotion grace and her eyes were also returning to their natural smokey blue color "When is the soonest 5t should be functional?"
"Hmn, maybe about a day or so. Her blood-type is O+, so we have her hooked up to some inexpensive plasma right now-"
"Will she walk?"
"Erm... Probably not.."
"Why." That wasn't a question.
"W- Well, It's hard to walk without a Patella and all the muscle that was around the aria are well... gone. We don't exactly have the equipment to make and fit a knee implant much less replicate anything to compensate for the amount of tissue lost.." This made Boss sigh and close her eyes, what a costly accident...
"Amputate it"
"Excuse me?"
"I said amputate it. We'll fit her with a prosthetic, at least then she will have the mobility of a human and not like a small car"
"A- Alright... You are the Boss."
"Damn right I am," with that being said, Sardonyx scuttled over the the blinds before disappearing behind them to discuss with the other doctors about the final decisions. A long yawn from Boss before she decided it was time to take her leave back to her quarters, she informed a nurse before she left that if anything were to come up about the new tech, she was to be told as soon as possible, either someone could come to her quarters, or a representative could personal overhead her. The nurse nodded before hurriedly getting back to work, leaving the Boss to go as she pleased.
"Doctor..?" Pearl spoke up as soon as Boss was out of the room, her body still shaking. She assumed the doctor heard her, as a shadow behind the sheets stopped moving before coming out and into view, a mask over her mouth and nose from the operation that was commencing and that clipboard in her arm as usual "I'm never going to see my family and friends again.. am I?"
"I'm sorry, 6t... You more than likely will not" Sardonyx removed her mask with her words before coming to stand next to the other woman "Most of us haven't seen the sun, trees, or even grass in the entire time we have been here"
"Did she abduct you too? How long have you been here?"
"She didn't 'abduct' me, I was born here and my parents came here by will to work and live"
"What? Why? I mean, no offence, but this place is less than great and you work for a monster." That made the Doctor cringe and look down at her writing or a few moments
"I... well we, the majority that live here, make do with what we have. We get a house over our heads, food and plenty of water, jobs, and plenty of space to go about our daily lives. People from all over come to this place for work, living, and constant safety" Sardonyx lifted her eyes from her read, now looking to the door that the blue woman had left through "Boss... She's a bit hard, very cynical, and down-right evil a lot of the time, but she's got a sense of place about her. She's a good strong leader despite the things she went through for us, she does everything in her power for us and more, this colony really looks up to her. I would personally appreciate it if you didn't call her a Monster."
"O- Oh... I'm sorry. So, she runs everything?" Pearl was a bit calmer now despite a blush from offending the older woman, talking with someone was taking a lot of the stress off her shoulders, she moved to grasp the cup of water before she realized her hands were still bound behind her back "Erm.. do you think you could untie me?"
"That I can do" pulling a scalpel from a surface and returning to the red-head, she peacefully cut the offending zip-tie, allowing the former cop the ability to use her hands effectively once again before handing that cup of water to her, Pearl took the cup with a nod in thanks "Yeah, I'd say Boss runs everything. Sense the fall of Rose, Boss took the position because she was always Rose's right-hand-man!"
"Wait, who is Rose and what happened to her?"
"Rose was our Overseer. She handled all governmental transactions and kept the peace here. She was a grand individual, everyone loved her and respected her. She took Boss under her wing when Boss needed it most and supported the little blue tyke-" Suddenly the Doctor grew very quiet, fidgeting slightly as she stood "No one knows exactly what happened to her, except for Boss... People say Boss watched two police helicopters gun Rose down after she figured out something big, the government seen Rose as a threat suddenly and destroyed her in front of the young kid. After the choppers were done and left, Boss crawled on her hands and knees from the wrecked car that Rose had shoved her into to hide her from the fuzz. Gosh... Boss had to be maybe nine or ten at the time, she looked up to Rose and wanted to be like her one day. They had quite a bond, you know, Rose being more of a mother figure to Boss than her own mom..."
Realizing she was getting a bit off topic, she cleared her throat before continuing "Anyway, she crawled from the wreckage, walking the short distance through the smoke and dust to stand over what was left of the colony's grand overseer. There was no body left to Identify, she was literally reduced to ground beef, bones, entrails, hair, cloths... everything was just bloody mash. Everything destroyed, but her gun remained in tact if only covered in blood and slightly battered from the bullets."
"The same gun Boss is walking around with?"
"Yep. That's Rose's gun. Some people also say, that aside from the gun... the only part of Rose that was in-tact, was her severed right hand. Still gripping the gun, index finger still itching to pull the trigger even after death"
"My god..." Pearl cringed, If these were just roomers, she didn't want to hear the real story "Explains a bit as to why Boss is... well.." Sardonyx shook her head
"There is more to Boss than just that"
"Huh?"
"There is more to all of us besides just what happened to Rose.. I guess I should tell you now, otherwise you might not enjoy finding our later" the former cop watched the other woman with careful eyes, ready to absorb some serious information. Sardonyx took a few moments to prepare herself before turning to the other fully.
"Boss... Isn't exactly human"
"Is that why she's blue? She's an alien or something?"
"No, she's blue because she was introduced to nucular radiation as a child, It fried the melanocytes in her skin that would produce normal human skin-tones. She's not so much blue as she is clear. The blue is the stuff under her skin"
"Gross..." knowing she was looking at a living human petri-dish when she seen Boss was a bit un-nerving to know now "..wait.. Introduced to NUCULAR radiation? What the actual hell?"
"The only price for living here is the ones that are born here are to become a subject to radiation. That was the deal between the government and the founders of this place. The feds got copies of all records pertaining to the study of radiation and Inhabitants got free living. So as long as we turn out records, we aren't a threat to the government, just a side project" This made Pearl's heart sink, so kids were being pumped full of radiation here because the government needed some live human guinea-pigs?
"What logic do these studies even prove? What are they working to achieve?"
"They want to develop a human whom is immune to the radiation produced by a nucular bomb, or well, at least one with the least amount of side effects"
"You.. you said you were born here.."
"I am also a subject to radiation, if that is what you are implying"
"You didn't turn out.. blue...?"
"No, I didn't" with a shy sigh, the doctor put down the clipboard and looked Pearl in the eyes "Don't freak out, 6t-" she began unbuttoning her lab-coat slowly, this put the cop on edge, expecting a big mouth on her stomach with rows and rows of sharp teeth, another human jutting out of her abdomen, or a third eye on her chest. She was pleasantly surprised when none of the thoughts were true, instead, another set of hands parted the now fully unbuttoned coat, revealing a whole new set of arms much like the first pair, but coming out of her sides just above the waist "I'm not exactly human either" the new arms seemed fully functional as they placed their hands on her hips, the upper arms placing hands low on her waist.
"...Well..." the red-head was genuinely interested in these new appendages, her eyes taking them in as a whole. They didn't look out of place on the Doctor, nor did they seem to hamper any mobility. It just seemed so natural..
"Myself and Boss are pretty lucky, some others didn't take kindly to the radiation and well.. they aren't exactly the best bunch to be around today,"
"Just.. exactly how were you 'introduced'?" 6t looked up at the woman whom was folding the second arms around herself and began buttoning the coat back up.
"It was diluted into a jell-like mass and injected into my spine"
"Ow"
"Naaaah, only hurt the first time."
"Do you know how Boss was introduced..?" She needed to know all she could about the blue woman, that being had filled her to the brim with dread, kidnapped her, and blown out her friends legs, so she seen it best to gather as much information as possible.
"I do know, yes.." She sounded like she was beside herself with the situation, if she should tell the tech something so personal about their leader, but if it would help the woman better understand what Boss went through, she was willing to speak. "Like you might have figured out, Boss was born here. Both her parents worked for the government before moving here. Her father a scientist and her mother an agent of the Secret Service. I'm nearly positive those people had a kid so they would have something to..." She shook her head with the thought, those people weren't fit to be parents at all, just remembering them made Sardonyx sick to her stomach "Anyway.. When Boss was born, they ran flame-retardant tubes down her throat and into her lungs to act as a snorkel, then they filled a vat with water and heated it directly with a concentrated liquid form of radiation"
Eyes wide open and jaw hung low, Pearl listened. Her hands beginning to shake and a cold sweat had made them clammy. She was piecing together what those horrible people did, and she could barely believe that someone could do that to their own child.
"They boiled that sweet baby alive. Once a day, for the majority of her life. Eventually she became blue."
"Oh my stars! Who could do such a thing?!"
"They did it for science, and they got away with it too, well, for about thirteen years.. Boss couldn't take it anymore and well.. she just snapped one day." The doctor sat down on the edge of the bed, as she continued to speak "When her mother took her to the vat one morning for the daily cooking, she pulled her mother in with her, bringing her under the water and keeping her there until the woman became motionless, lifeless, Boss let her sink to the bottom of the vat before dragging herself up and out of the rolling, heated water. Her eyes were glowing white hot with something unearthly and every breath in that tube sounded garbled, thick, and wet. The father was stricken with fear at the sight of his naked blue daughter closing in on him, hunched, heat and steam radiating off her small from the toxic bath. She strangled him with the same pipe she pulled from her own throat"
"This... How... You describe it so vividly, It's like you were there"
"I was not, unfortunately, I did clean up after it all though. Security cameras in that sector caught everything on tape, and I must have watched it hundreds of times"
"Did you expect Boss to snap like she did..?"
"Mhmn. We were all sore after Rose, but Boss stayed strong for the people, even if she was living through hell every day. She... suffered more so mentally, I guess, her and Rose went way back, training with Rose and being around her was her escape from her psycho parents, without an escape, she eventually just exploded. The people don't like what she did, but they dislike what her parents did more. After all that, we sorta have a mutual understanding and respect for the young leader."
"...I see.." a pregnant silence passed between them before the doctor stood once more, adjusting her coat and picking up her clipboard.
"I'm going to return to supervising 5t's operation, I request you get some good rest, the next time you wake, you may be awake for a very long time" Pearl nodded, she had so much more to ask the Doctor, but the woman was right, sleep was a good option and she needed it. The cop put her little cup down on the provided bedside table, having drained it's contents as she listened to Sardonyx speak. Laying back on the less than comfortable bed, she watched the Doctor disappear behind the blinds once more, thinking about how nice the Doctor is and how bitter Boss was. Everyone here has seen some shit, obviously, but holly wow.
And its no wonder Boss is a damn crazy.
AN: WOAH! Finished that chapter. Character development. Character development everywhere. Not sure what to feel about Boss yet? I like her, she's def my top favorite so far. Bad-ass Pearl was pretty awesome, jumping Boss like that and headbutting her, must have taken a lot of guts to jump on someone with a gun in the dark, I think I would have probably just shat myself and cried for my mum in that situation...
ANYWAY, lemme know what ya thought! SEE YA NEXT CHAPTER!
