The Mirror: Chapter 7
"Uugh!" Kowalski grunted as he was thrown to the floor, by Reflection Rico.
"I gotta say I'm impressed, you managed to both kill all chances of you escaping AND get rid of my stupid person for a while" Reflection Private smiled.
Kowalski tried to get up weakly but reflection Rico held him down, laughing.
Reflection Skipper sat at the table thinking, why doesn't he give in?
Reflection Rico sat him up roughly and looked at Reflection Skipper. "What are we going to do with him?" R. Rico smirked.
R. Skipper took a deep breath. "Keep him here. I'd like to speak with him"
R. Private and Rico exchanged glances and nodded at their leader. Then they left the lab.
R. Skipper watched as Kowalski slowly got up. His eyes never leaving R. Skipper; assuming the worst. Skipper shook his head, "Get over here Kowalski, I just want to talk."
Kowalski hesitantly went over and took a seat across from R. Skipper.
"You can't win" Skipper said, "There is no way that you could ever win. Why don't you just give up?"
Kowalski thought about this for a moment, "because I was taught to never give up. No matter how bad a situation is… the only things I ever think about are ways to escape… there's always a slight chance that you need to find."
R. Skipper looked at him intently.
"Not like you would know anything about that. Honor… justice… trust."
R. Skipper narrowed his eyes. He hadn't heard those words for a long time. "You really aren't scared by any of this are you?"
Kowalski shook his head, "and if you're trying to intimidate me I'm certainly not afraid of you either"
R. Skipper narrowed his eyes, "you really are smart, I respect that"
Kowalski crossed his arms, "oh really?"
"Sure" Skipper replied
"So… my reflection lied"
"What?"
"You weren't the leader were you? He DID chose to be a villian"
"What… what are you talking about?"
"My reflection was the leader before you were, you're only leader because my reflection left, but let me ask you something…"
R. Skipper glared at him.
"This whole villain thing. Is it what YOU want to be known for? A dirty horrible villain? You have a strong team. You can turn all this around." Kowalski explained. "The mirror world doesn't have to be dark"
"Like I would ever want to change anything" R. Skipper replied, "let's go"
As R. Skipper left Kowalski followed him, but as soon as the entered the HQ R. Private grabbed him.
"Don't think you might actually enjoy it here. You're worthless. One talk isn't going to happen often with the captain" R. Private growled.
"PRIVATE!" R. Skipper snapped, "get over here"
R. Private scowled and went over to R. Skipper the two had a conversation that Kowalski couldn't here. R. Rico kept an iron gaze on Kowalski. Kowalski started to back up, but R. Rico growled, and Kowalski decided staying still would be the best thing to do.
"Skipper! Why are you treating him like a guest! He is our SLAVE!" R. Private hissed.
R. Skipper shook his head, "not yet. He's not afraid of us yet"
A devilish smile crossed R. Private's face. "Does that mean-"
R. Skipper slapped him. Leaving R. Private to wipe the grin from his face, "of course it means that you idiot."
R. Private nodded this time only letting a small smile cross his face.
"good, so you know what to do." R. Skipper smirked, "show him how things are in our world"
R. Skipper left the HQ, but paused by the fishbowl hatch, and waited. After waiting for a few minutes, he listened as Kowalski's screams of agony began. Of course, he had not forgotten Kowalski's words, this whole villain thing. Is it what YOU want to be known for? R. Skipper shook his head, sure R. Kowalski had been the power crazy one… but since then R. Skipper had been along with him… R. Skipper closed the hatch. The HQ was sound proof but the screams still echoed in his head. You're living a LIE! They began to say, You're hurting an innocent person. You're torturing the one person who ever proved to you that reflections don't have to be dark.
Back in the HQ, Kowalski couldn't scream anymore, warm tears came down his cheeks as he wept. He had failed, nobody was going to save him… and his reflection would harm his friends… and there was nothing… he could do about it. He let out a shriek as Rico got another blow at him. His flippers stung from the ropes that bound them together.
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Skipper entered the HQ. He was surprised when he didn't see anyone in the HQ. "Kowalski? Private!" He called.
Rico pointed at the lab door.
"Yeah you're right Rico, they might be in there"
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