"Gail. Gail stay with me. Come on Gail, fight it!" Sam struggled against the tape binding him to the chair's wooden frame. He slammed his back against the chair and squirmed as much as he could but the tape around his torso wouldn't budge.
Gail watched him swim in and out of focus as the pain took over her body. Her gaze drifted down to her hands which were now nailed to the table in front of her. Blood oozed out from around the foreign object and stained her wrists and the table around them. The pain was unbelievable but it provided some mercy as she felt herself lose consciousness and drift away.
Sam watched her head loll to one side as she passed. He wasn't sure if it was from the fain of the nails, the rounds of electrocution or the smell of burnt flesh. His pant leg chaffed his open burn and he once again clenched his teeth as spasms shot up his leg.
"Looks like she needs waking up" The deep, nasal voice came from behind him as the sound of the box whirring up and kicked in. Her head flew up and she stained her neck back crying out between gritted teeth. The cry turned into a whimper as the electricity's bite faded away.
"Hit him again!"
He heard the amperage being cranked up and waited for the inevitable shock. It came. His head flew back and roared through teeth gnashed together to stop himself from biting his tongue. The pain was indescribable as his muscles all contracted at the same time and his body felt like he was being burned and doused with acid simultaneously. The current stopped and he collapsed back down, panting hard, his eyes fogging up.
"I'm going to ask you one more time." The man's voice was quite, but he spoke with the assurance that this was clearly only his warm up with them if he did not get what he wanted. "The Vault... what is the code?"
Sam looked up at Gail who had a crazed look in her eye pleading him not too, a look that told him that if he gave up those numbers she would break out her restraints and throttle him herself. He leaned forward towards the monster and spat on the floor next to him.
"Go to hell, Jackass."
"Oh, Officer, I plan on taking you there myself."