The chains weighed heavy upon the vulnerable body of Kanaya. The pain of getting beat from the sober clown purple blood troll started to bruise up her grey skin in many different areas.
"Such a pretty thing you are." The fuchsia blood empress laughs at the weak troll's pain.
Kanaya glares at her, feeling her blood turn cold. She thought that she would never be here, kneeling before the empress who killed the Signless, the person who murdered the name Kankri Vantas, her brother, the person who took her away from the Dolorosa, her ancestor Porrim Maryam, and away from her other brother, Karkat Vantas. She never thought that the Condensention would choose her to be a personal slave out of the other members of the rebellion who were captured after Kankri died. Seeing the Condense face-to-face, the long black tangled hair covered her entire back, those pink eerie eyes held the reason why the lowbloods feared her. Even with one look, that look caused Kanaya's fear grow within her. How could she serve her when she fears her empress? She lowers her head, keeping her eyes on the cold black floor. It wasn't long before the Condense placed three fingers under Kanaya's chin lifting her head up.
"What is the matter, child?" She grins, "Do you fear me?"
Kanaya's body started to shake.
"Trembling now, are we?" The Condense mocks.
"I . . . I have a right to tremble, don't I?" Kanaya's voice quakes a little.
"Don't use that tone against me." The empress tightly grips onto Kanaya's chin, "you are my personal slave, I took you away from that pathetic ancestor of yours, and had your savior killed."
Kanaya struggles to break free from her restraints, hearing the chains clank together.
"They are more to me."
"He is dead," The Condense pauses, "your ancestor has been sold! And you, I spared your life from that sober troll. I chose you to be my personal slave."
"I would rather been murdered by him." Kanaya hisses, "I stand true to what the lowbloods believe, Empress, I still believe we have a chance to beat you at your own game."
"Who said this was even a game?" The Condense holds tight on her trident.
"When you first became empress," The fear grows stronger inside Kanaya's body, "lowbloods had more freedom than this, you have sent all of us to our deaths!"
The Condense's anger showed in her eyes.
"You tore my family apart! How can I even forgive you for that?!" Kanaya pauses, jade tears flowing down her face, "You are an empress alright. The empress of murder!"
The Condense jerks her hand off of Kanaya's face, slapping her cheek hard enough to leave a mark.
"You need to learn to hold your tongue, jade blood." She pauses, "10 lashes should teach you a lesson."
Kanaya keeps her head away from the Condense.
"If this continues, there will be additional lashes." The empress pauses, "Are we cleared?"
Kanaya stayed quiet, glancing at the loose moldy strapless green shirt she wore upon her chest, and her torn up knee high skirt.
"Look at me when I am talking to you!" Condense hissed.
Kanaya's tears continued flowing out of her eyes as she turns her head, glaring at the empress.
"Are we clear, jade blood?!"
"Perfectly." Kanaya answers back.
"That will work for now. Guards!" The empress turns to the captain of the guard, "Take the jade blood to the human, place a mask over her head so they don't see who it is, tell them 10 lashes, got it?!"
"It shall be done, Empress." The captain says.
Kanaya feels the chains being tugged, she stood up slowly, following them out of the throne room to a hallway. The princess slowly walks past them, her long pink gown covered her feet, she glances at the guards leading Kanaya away. Feferi couldn't believe her eyes, seeing Kanaya so frightened made her mind turn. Every step that was taken, seemed to be in slow motion to her, Feferi witnessed every moment. There's nothing to change the mind of the Condensention, even if Feferi begged her heart out, it wouldn't be enough to change her ancestor's hardened heart; Feferi's already in a lot of trouble with her ancestor for helping Sollux escape the ship before it took off. She is the princess of Alternia. Even with her friends out there, struggling to survive, there's nothing she could do, until she became empress. The guards slam Kanaya to the metal floor on her knees, roughly. The metal cuts into her skin, making them bleed a little. The black mask the captain held in his hands as he placed it over Kanaya's face, she could see out of it, but no one could see in. Feferi witnessed everything that happened, seeing the pain that Kanaya was already in before the guards slammed her on the floor. There's nothing that Feferi could do to help Kanaya now, for Kanaya isn't her personal slave. If only she knew that Kanaya was aboard before they took off, she would have helped her friend escape with Sollux. The fake Feferi has been destroyed by the princess herself.
"Princess, the empress has asked to see you in the helm's room." A voice rang.
Kanaya knew this voice. It belonged to someone she hasn't seen for a while.
"The helm's room?" Feferi asks, "Why there?"
"She wouldn't explain why," the blonde human girl pauses, "hurry."
Feferi takes one glance back at Kanaya, seeing the guards lead her into the dim room where every punishment happens, the princess turns around and left. Inside the white room, Kanaya saw the walls covered in dried colored blood of the past.
"Ready, Roxy?" The captain asks.
"Everyone is waiting for your signal, captain." She says.
Kanaya couldn't wrap her mind around the fact that the humans are here, their lives were spared, and now the are slaves to the Condensention herself. It seemed only yesterday the humans were captured, Kanaya thought that her quadrants would have shattered. Her thoughts are interrupted when the guards pull her to the cold buppy wall. Those threatening pushes kept her body moving, even though she didn't want to. She feels her other chains being taken off of her, feeling the blood flow into her shoulders again.
"Dave! Dirk!" The captain orders out.
Kanaya turns her head to the right, glancing at the two boys, seeing their different shades over their eyes.
"Captain." Dirk answers.
"Make sure she is properly chained on the wall before you cut the shirt."
"You got it." Dave says.
Dirk grabs a hold of Kanaya's arm gently after the guards stood guard outside the room. Acrossed the dim lit room, Dave came up behind the two.
"Another lowblood?" He asks.
"What's with this?" Dirk sighs, "But, we have to do our job."
Kanaya felt the circulation into her wrists being cut off.
"Who is this?" Another voice asks.
"Not sure, Jake." Dirk says.
Tare! That's all what Kanaya hears. The two brothers tare the back of the shirt, exposing her back.
"Rose, it's your turn." Jake says.
Kanaya's eyes widened.
"Rose." She whispers to herself.
The humans didn't hear her.
"Really?" Rose pauses, "I thought it was your turn Dave."
"Hell no, dude," he pauses, "I did it earlier."
"Alright, let's just get this done." Rose says.
While the human prepares herself, Kanaya turns her head, seeing the blood spattered wall.
"How many?" Rose asks.
"10." The captain replies.
For a minute, Rose thought about asking the captain who was behind the mask. Except she knew that it would get her into trouble. She brushes her blonde hair out of her face. The cold wall kept Kanaya's arms, chest, and forehead cool. Maybe then she wouldn't scream as much. The sound of the cracking whip as it hits the ground. Rose takes a deep breath in before releasing the whip again, against the grey skin of Kanaya's back. She screams out in pain, feeling the pain of the skin cracking open and gush out jade colored blood. The last three lashes let her eternal screams out. Loud painful screams echoed in the room, the pain is too much for her to handle. She opens her eyes, seeing some of her jade blood on the black mask, her screams died down, the pain still kept her still. Rose breathes heavily watching the guards unchain Kanaya from the wall as the shirt falls off Kanaya's body. She sees them place the jade blood in the neck chain. Laughter from the Condense fills the air of this small room as she takes a hold of the chain, yanking the rainbow drinker closer to her. She grabs a hold of Kanaya's chin before jerking the black mask off. The humans stood there, seeing who the troll was, all of them held a look of horror in their eyes, a look of "what have we done".
"Have you learned your lesson, Kanaya?" Condense asks, grinning.
"Yes," Kanaya pauses, "I will never speak of the rebellion in front of you, empress."
"Good." The Condense stands up, glancing over at the captain, "take her to her room. Feferi will be waiting there."
"Yes, empress." He answers back.
"Be gentle with her!"
"Of course, empress."
Kanaya glances at the humans, seeing them before her restraints were tugged again.
"And as for you." The Condense pauses, "Clean this up, its a sty."
"It will be done, empress." Jake says, still shocked.
The Condense takes her leave to the throne room. The humans took one more glance at Kanaya, seeing the lashes on her back. Rose clenched her fist, seeing the guards take Kanaya out of the room to her own room, where Feferi waited.
