A/N: Here's the next chapter. Warning! a touch of fluff.
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[Engagements]
"So... you are the legendary Cad Bane, am I right?" Lt. Joesph Roberts of the Central Bureau of Military Intelligence asked his "guest", as he walked slowly around them and read some files that he had opened in his hands. Cad Bane for his part just remained silent, as he silently tried to find a way to break out of the restraints that were holding him the cold metal chair that he was in.
"Oh... and don't waste your time, you will sooner rip out your arm first before those clamps will open." the CBMI agent told his prisoner calmly, "And besides, I doubt you would get very far with your missing... appendage. I must say, you have one hell of a rap sheet. Wanted on over 75 worlds, you've been linked to over a dozen major assassinations on outer rim worlds, hundreds of kidnappings for ransom. I am truly impressed with your work mister Bane."
"Where am I!" the bounty hunter demanded angrily, "I demand you release me at once!"
"Or what?" Roberts replied with a slight chuckle, "You will kill me right? You will make me beg you to kill me? Let me tell you something alright?, I... make the demands here... I …. am in control... I make the rules now and if you play ball, I can ensure that you get one of the better cells at our Scylla prison colony. Now, I would like to ask you a few questions."
"Piss off, Terran dog!" Cad spat out, "I have nothing to tell you!"
"I think it in your best interest that you do play ball." Roberts told his prisoner, "There are negatives."
"Piss off you kriff!" Cad shouted at the Terran officer in a defiant tone. "I have nothing to say to the likes of you!"
"Very well..." Roberts trailed off, as he held up a small device in his right hand and pressed a small button.
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!" the wounded bounty hunter screamed in agony, as hundreds of volts of electricity swept through out his body. Roberts only looking on with a emotionless face, as bolts of blue energy crackled and popped as it went through the bounty hunter.
"Now do you see why it is a good thing to cooperate?" The CBMI agent asked in almost a teasing tone. "Now... first question. What is your relationship with the CIS leaders?"
"I already told you, you kriff... I..." but before the bounty hunter could reply, another jolt of electricity went through his body. Causing the alien to scream once again, all the while Roberts just stood there shaking his head in disapproval.
"Something tells me that we are going to be good friends for a while..."
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News about Operation Apache broke two days after the raid. From the information that was given by the Terran government the destroyer,UNSC Johnathan Price, had managed to track the bounty hunter's vessel to a planet somewhere in wild space. When he was located a group simply known as Trinity, landed on the planet and after a brief gun battle, the bounty hunter was no more.
Of course no one needed to know that Bane was now the "guest" of the Central Bureau of Military Intelligence, or that he was currently being subjected to questionable interrogation methods to gain information from him. As far as the rest of the universe was concerned, Cad Bane was dead and he was gone for good. Once again the Terrans had bloodied their talons and proved that they were truly a fore to be reckoned.
About a week after the attack on the Senate and the apparent "death" of Cad Bane, the Embassy of the Terran Union on Corusant held it's annual Ambassador's ball which celebrated the 22 years of official diplomatic relations between the Terran Union and the Galactic Republic. It was something that the embassy did every year and it was a great opportunity for a number of Republic worlds to interact and socialize with the Terran government and it was thee social event of the Corusant calender.
This year was different though because of the current conflict that was taking place, as a number of senators that had been there in the past were now apart of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and were now absent. As a result, a number of familiar faces were not there that night and it was a fact that had not been lost to every one in attendance that night. But the thing that really made the night stand out was the fact that at the beginning of the ceremony there was a small memorial service that was held in honor of the 3 marines that were killed during the events of last week and there was no doubt that a number of the senators owed their lives to the trio. A number of them had even sent personal messages to the families of the deceased marines and pledged to help them in any way possible.
Another thing that made the night stand out were the presence of a number of UNSC personnel at the event. Most notably, were the presence of 4 UNSC personnel that were dressed black Class- A uniforms and they were a bit taller than most of the Terrans solders that were there. They also seemed to be quite content with just staying by themselves near the buffet table and sampling the food.
"Why did the brass even agreed to have us here in the first place?" Jackson asked in annoyance, as he fidgeted with the collar of his Class-A ODST uniform.
"I honestly don't know." Mary replied, as she too looked like she was uncomfortable in her dress blacks. "Why are we even here in the first place?"
"Apparently it was on request by the Republic Chancellor himself." Raymond explained, "Apparently he wanted to personally congratulate the ones who dealt with this Cad fellow."
"But I thought that the brass did not agree to the meeting?" the demolition expert asked his commander, still fidgeting with his uniform. "Man this thing is uncomfortable!'
"They did." Daniel replied, as he took a sip of his drink. "But no one knows that we are Trinity and besides, I always wanted to see this 'city planet' I have heard about."
"I thought I heard your voice." Daniel heard some one say behind him. Curious, the Spartan IV turned to see just who it was that had spoken to him and when he did, his jaw instantly hit the floor and his eyes fell out of his head.
Now standing before him and dressed in a formal gown that seemed to hug every major feature of her build was the senator from Pantora, Riyo Chuchi. The alien senator that he had met about a week ago."It is nice to see you again, Daniel" the amber eyed senator said with a smile, her long light purple hair swaying freely down her back.
"Nice to see you again, Senator." Daniel replied, " And I must say, you look fantastic tonight." The senator smiled and replied,
"Thank you, and I must admit, you look quite.. handsome in your suit as well. And please, call me Riyo."
"Sooooo... Daniel." Mary spoke up, a mischievous look forming on her face. "Who is you... friend?"
" Everyone, this is senator Riyo Chuchi of Pantora." Daniel replied, a hint of embarrasment in his voice because of the attention he was getting.
"How did you two meet?" Raymond spoke up, a grin also forming on his face. This time though, it was Riyo who answered and said, "We met back on your colony of Bounty. He asked if he could sit next to me on a bench and began to talk."
"He did now?" Jackson replied, enjoying the fact that his friend was starting to change color..
"Yes he did," Riyo answered with a smile, " and I must say... he is quite the charmer."
"Really?" the 3 members of Trinity team exclaimed in a amused tone, no noticing that their friend has starting to turn a deep shade of red."
"Yes he is. Daniel, would you like to accompany me to the balcony?" the senator asked the Spartan that she was infatuated with. Wanting to avoid any more embarrassing questions and looks friends, Daniel agreed as he took Riyo's hand and lead her out to the balcony.
"If I did not know any better," Jackson began, "I would swear that the senator has a thing for our Beast."
"You noticed it to?" Mary replied, "Did you see how she was looking at him?"
"Did you see how he reacted when he saw her?" Raymond added, "I think it is more than likely that our Beast and the senator have certain feelings for one another."
"How do you know that, sir?" Mary asked her team leader.
"Because I acted the very same way when I first met my wife." the Spartan IV replied, as he saw the couple head onto the balcony. "And I mean you really can't help it who you fall in love with. Even if they are another species or even from another galaxy."
"Very true." Jackson replied, "Although I have to wonder."
"Wonder what, Jacks?"
"If that senator has a friend."
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Cad Bane did not know where he was, or just how long he had been there. It had felt like it had been weeks since he had become the unwilling guest of the U.N.S.C's intelligence unit, and his days had been filled with nothing but endless interrogations coupled with intense electroshock treatments and other forms of 'interrogation' methods. Even as he laid motionless in his cell, the Duros could still feel the bolts of electricity flowing through his body. That stinging, burning sensation that would seem to tear his body apart every time he did not answer their questions correctly. That sensation would forever haunt him.
But noting could compare to what those blasted Terrans did to him when they thought he was still holding out on them. A horrible treatment that made the once fearless bounty hunter scream in horror every time they strapped him to that cold metal table. The sound that their machine made as they literally probed his mind, it was a sound that he learned to fear very quickly in the time he had spent in this Terran prison. He had been humiliated and violated in ways that he could not even begin to imagine.
It was true what his captor had said to him on the planet, Bane really wished that they had killed him.
Suddenly, the metal door to his cell opened and the one person that was responsible for all his pain and grief appeared in front of him. Cad's blood began boil as the Terran came towards him, oh how much he would to kill him right now.
"Cad boy! Time to go. We have arrived at Scylla." Roberts told the now broken shell that was Cad Bane. "Come on! Time to go go go!"
Knowing that any outburst right now could cause him more pain, Bane slowly got up from his bed and hobbled to the wheel chair that his host had so generously given him to use. "There you go! Now time to meet your new home." His Terran tormentor said in a almost cheerful tone. Cad hated that man.
As the duo made their way through the deserted hallways, Cad could only fantasize about killing this man called Roberts. This Terran dog had done so much to him, made him feel a pain in a way that he did not even know existed. When he finally escaped that Terran prison, Cad made a mental note to drop in on his new 'friend' and make him feel the same pain as he did. Oh will he make him feel pain...
Finally the pair arrived at the airlock which would lead Cad Bane to his new home. "Here we are Cad boy! Scylla."
"I'm gonna kill you." Cad said in a venomous tone, as his chair entered the airlock. "I am going to escape you little prison and when I do I shall hunt you down and kill you and every one else you hold close to you! I will make wish that you killed me when you had the chance!"
"You know... it is funny that you said that." Roberts replied with a hint of amusement in his voice.. "You see, I have not been fully truthful to you." and with that statement the door to the airlock closed shut, trapping the still defiant Duros.
"Then what was it you did not tell me, Terran?" Cad Bane asked the Terran, as he looked at him through the airlock's window. He soon got his answer when the outer airlock doors opened, Cad only had enough time to scream in horror, before he and his wheelchair were sucked out into the dark , cold void that was space.
"There is no Scylla station." Roberts said to himself, as he presses the control panel had closed the outer airlock doors. Before he turned right around and made his way back to the ship's bridge.
A few minutes later, the Cloak and Dagger opened a slip space rupture and began it's long voyage to it's next mission. Leaving the lifeless body of the once mighty Cad Bane to drift all alone in the empty space between the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies. His face forever frozen in time with a look of horror and fear.
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A/N: Well i guess that is it for old Cad Bane, but there is still more to come. As always please read and review and thank you :)