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A/N: I swear I didn't forget again! I didn't have an internet for a couple of days. But it's back so I'm going to continue updating this to get it caught up to where the story is at on AO3.
Chapter 4
Gai waited a few minutes to make sure he didn't hear Basco coming back. He nodded to himself and went back to the grate. He did his best to pull at it, not being able to move his hands too far apart. He managed to work his way around it, gently pulling it out of the wall. He smiled when he had removed it and set it on the ground gently. He waited a second to make sure he didn't hear anyone coming, then climbed into the vent. He winced as the chain from his shackles clanked loudly on the metal beneath him. He gathered up the chain in his hands and tried to crawl with his arms.
This made it very difficult, considering the fact that the space around him was very small and not easy to move in. He tried to move as silently as possible. He knew that escaping past Basco would be difficult. He could only hope that the ship was landed somewhere, otherwise he'd have a real problem. He wondered where the vent would let out and what he would do after that. He still needed his Gokai cellular back. And his ranger key. He smiled when he saw another vent coming up and headed for it. He pushed it open and crawled out of the vent.
"Very smart Gai-chan." Gai felt his heart sink when he heard Basco's voice. He turned to see the villain smirking at him. "Almost as smart as when some of your friends tried it once before." He reached down and grabbed Gai by the arm, hauling him to his feet. Sally laughed and followed the two of them as Basco dragged the gokaiger back. Gai tried to pull away or get Basco to let go but it was to no avail. "Now, Gai-chan," Basco said as Sally opened the cell door. "I'm going to give you some ground rules, since obviously you're going to make this difficult.
"Rule number one," he threw Gai onto the ground in the cell. "no escaping. Not even an attempt. Every time you try, I'll be forced to punish you." He suddenly put his foot on one of Gai's legs and put all of his weight into it. Gai screamed in pain. He figured Basco must have some kind of super strength or something, because he felt something in his leg snap. He screamed even more, which made Basco smile more. "Have I made my point?" Gai didn't think it mattered at this point. His leg was broken, there was no chance he could run. "Rule number two, never lie to me. Because I will know if you are. And the consequences," he kicked Gai as hard as he could in the ribs, causing him to roll over and scream more. "will really not be fun."
Gai tried to focus and breath as pain shot through his chest. He was pretty sure Basco had broken a couple of his ribs. "Rule number three," he continued, circling Gai as the silver gokaiger moaned on the ground. "you are not allowed to talk unless I say you can. Again, break this rule," he smiled and slammed his foot onto Gai's head, slamming it into the floor. Gai yelled again as the pain radiated through his skull. "and the punishment will be painful. Do you understand the rules?" Gai decided not to answer. Basco shook his head and nudged him with his foot. He put it on Gai's throat, cutting off his airway. Gai tried to push the foot away but it was no use. "Do you understand?" Gai nodded urgently, needing to breathe. "What was that?" Basco asked, moving his foot just enough that a little bit of air could get through.
Gai took several fast breaths and stared up at Basco with hatred. "Yes," he responded quietly.
"Yes...what?" Gai stared at him confused. He was pretty sure the question was a simple yes or no. Basco kicked him again, this time in the side. Gai tried to curl up into a ball, but that was hard to with his broken leg. "Yes what?"
"Yes...Basco?"
"Good," Basco praised. "Now." He took out his pistol and pointed it at Gai, crouching down. "Let's get down to business shall we? Tell me where I can find a sentai who has a grand power the other Gokaigers don't have yet."
"No." Gai yelled as Basco smacked him in the face with his pistol.
"You can make this very easy Gai-chan. Tell me what I want to know, and I'll give you back to your friends...relatively in one piece. Give something to get something, yeah? So-"
"No! Ah!" He screamed when Basco shot him in the non-broken leg.
"It's rude to interrupt people Gai-chan. Didn't Marvey-chan ever teach you any manners? Tell me a team and where to find them."
"N-no! I won't!"
Basco sighed and shot him in the shoulder. Gai was pretty sure it wasn't possible for this to get any more painful. "You can make this a lot shorter if you tell me. Any team at all."
Gai shook his head. "Never."
"You're very stubborn. I see why Marvey-chan likes you so much. Tell me now." He pointed his pistol at Gai's knee. He smiled at how Gai's eyes widened in fear and anticipation. He suddenly stood up and put his weapon away. "I'll leave you here to think about it. Good night Gai-chan." He smirked as Sally shut the cell door and locked it. "Sleep well." He left Gai alone, but not before shutting the light off and casting him in complete darkness.
Gai lay on the floor, in more pain than he'd ever been in. It was worse than that time he'd actually died. He moaned as he started dragging himself to the back. He winced and cringed, but kept going. He lay down on his non-injured back and stared up at the pitch black ceiling. "They're coming," he whispered. "They're coming." He closed his eyes fell into a blissfully pain free sleep.