I'm back! I'm back with a new chapter for Remnant of the Sith. It's been awhile since I updated this, so I hope that you enjoyed this short chapter.
Chapter 23
Tartarus
Isabella Jettster groaned slightly as she slowly opened her eyes. She brought up a hand to nursed the throbbing pain in her head, only to find that she had brought both of her hands up to her head instead of one. She fully open her eyes to see that she had both hands tied together with rope, and that her legs are tied to the front legs of a chair that she is sitting on. She looked around to see that she is being held prisoner in a small tent, with the entrance open, allowing her to see that she is in enemy camp, given the fact that there was Imperium tanks and infantry moving around.
Great, she has been captured by the enemy, and is now going to be questioned or tortured for answers. Great, just great. She had just joined the Sith Military for 5 months now, and to be captured on her first mission. Great, just great.
The view that she had on the moving troops and vehicles was blocked by a Space marine, who entered the tent along with another space marine and an Imperium general. Isabella sighed, her view blocked by the larger man.
"It seems that she is awake" Carus said, looking at the blonde haired woman, who has woken from her unconsciousness. Isabella glared at the man, trying to make herself look menacing.
"Seems so" Isador said, turning to his friend, who was looking at the woman with an unreadable expression. "Brother, allow me to get some answers from this woman, it would be more effective, than standard interrogations"
"No" Gabriel shook his head no "That won't be necessary" He turned his head from Isador to the woman, who was glaring at him. "You do realise the situation that you are in, yes?" He questioned the woman, who scoffed in response
"Of course I am, Space Marine" Isabella growled "It's not like I know where I am anyways. I am guessing that we are somewhere outside the city?"
"Yes you are" Gabriel confirmed. Isabella scoffed once again
"I have nothing of value to tell you"
"I am not looking for anything valuable" Gabriel respond "I just want answers from you"
"And what kind of answers you want?" Isabella asked him
"Who you are, and why you are here" Gabriel said. Over the past few hours, he had been wondering about these mysterious enemies that are fighting alongside the eldar. He would have gotten his answers from earlier if not for the captured soldiers that they have captured during the ambush battles, poisoning themselves, thus killing them, not to mention that the vehicles that they were using, were rendered useless to be searched, due to the fact that they self destructed them. Whoever they are, they really don't want them to acquire any of their tech, or themselves for questioning. He needs answers and this woman is going to answer his questions
"And why you would fight along those xenos" Carus also added, putting emphasis on the last word.
"Those Xenos, have names you know" Isabella growled in response. If this is how the Imperium treat other alien races, according to what she read about them, then she is not impressed. "They are Eldar, and they are only here to do some errands"
"And what kind of errands?" Gabriel asked her
"Don't know" she shrugged "They just hired us to keep you busy" Inside, she was smirking to herself. She is going to be here for awhile, so she might as well fool around with them, misdirect them and lie to them wherever she can.
"She lies" Isador spoke suddenly, making Isabella face freeze. How did he know that she was lying!? 'Oh shit, don't tell me that he's one of those Psykers!' She thought in her mind. "I can tell from her tone" Oh, never mind then.
"Does she now?" Carus said, slowly becoming angry "Then maybe some torture would get her speaking the truth!"
"Fuck you, Imperium dog! Why don't you go and lick your emperor's cock like a good dog you are!" Isabella cursed at the Imperium general in Huttese, making him snarl in response.
"What did you say!?" Carus roared. Whatever she said, he knew that it must have been an insult to both him and the emperor.
"Enough!" Gabriel shouted "I would keep your anger in check General! We will not threaten the prisoner like that, understand!"
Carus nodded. Out of the corner of his eye, Isabella stuck her tongue out at him, making Carus snarled in response.
"I would answer our questions truthfully if I were you" Gabriel spoke to her "Or I am forced to have my friend here syphon the information out of you, and I believe it is gonna be a painful procedure" He gave Isador a knowing look.
Isabella gritted her teeth inside her mouth as she weighed her options. Lying is out of the question, and resisting will only get them nowhere, she won't be unfortunate to see Sith space again for the rest of her life. Sighing, she had no choice
"Alright" Isabella said calmly "I will answer your questions truthfully, on the condition that you let me go in exchange"
"Deal" Gabriel agreed to Isabella's offer "On the condition that all my questions have been answered"
"Fine" Isabella said "To answer your question, we are here to help the eldar in stopping an evil from resurfacing once more"
"What kind of evil?"
"A Greater Daemon, who made this planet his realm until the eldar locked him away. Now with recent events, the creature is going to be released and the eldar are doing everything they can from preventing this"
"Is that why you did those ambushes?"
"Yes, it was meant to stop you from interfering with the rituals and stuff"
"Then what was the point of attacking the city?" Gabriel questioned her
"Don't know" she shrugged "If you want your answer for that, then go ask my Emperor"
"Your emperor!?" Carus shouted "There is only one emperor, and he is-"
"Your corpse emperor! Is not my Emperor!" Isabella shouted back, having enough of this fool of a general "My emperor, is the great Sith Emperor himself! Emperor of the Sith Empire, and Leader of the Sith Order!"
This outburst from the woman gave Gabriel more questions than answers. Sith Emperor? Sith Order? Who is this Sith Emperor and what is this Sith Order that she speaks of?
"Where did you come from?" Gabriel asked her. He needs to know. "I am curious as to what you mean by Sith Emperor and the Sith Empire"
Isabella sighed once more. Perhaps she shouldn't have just snapped like that
"Its an Interstellar empire beyond the Veiled Region" Isabella told them
"Impossible" Carus said "there is nothing beyond the Veiled, there is only-"
"Can you please shut up!" Isabella shouted at him "Your constant shit talking is wrecking my head"
"Why-!"
"Enough, Carus" Gabriel ordered him. He turned to Isador, who was quiet for the whole ordeal "Is this true?"
"She does not lie" Isador shook his head "It is all true"
"Hmmm, I see" Gabriel muttered. This new information troubles him deeply. An entirely new faction is making their appearance into this galaxy. The Imperium, which had stood for 10,000 years, while it can hold off against its enemies, Gabriel does not think that another enemy added to the Imperium's long list of enemies, can sustain the Imperium any longer, especially an enemy that has weapons and technology that they have never seen before.
"This is deeply troubling"
"And why is that?" Isabella smirked "Can't handle another?" she knew that the it would be only a matter of time in the future till the Imperium would be overwhelmed by the number of enemies that they have made. She is rather surprised that they have managed to last this long against nearly everyone in the galaxy.
"Keep her here for now, general" Gabriel ordered the man, turning around and headed for the entrance "I'll have someone fetch her later on"
"Hey! You promised that you'll let me go!" Isabella shouted
"Not all of my questions have been answered" Gabriel glanced back at the young woman "Till then you'll be watched and monitored by my men and I" With that said, he and Isador left her to be alone with Carus
Once they were both outside, Gabriel turned to his old friend, who had a sort of a grim look on his face
"I don't like this, brother" Isador told him "We are not only facing a new faction, but a faction that we still don't know much about"
"I know brother, me too" Gabriel nodded "This Sith Empire, while unknown to us, had showed their strength to us today"
"More of showcasing themselves" Isador added
"We'll have to be more cautious of them, the next time we confront them" Gabriel said "While I'm certain that we can hold our own against their forces, it's the unknown that concerns me"
"All will be revealed in time, right now, our objectives have changed, the Eldar no longer matter. We need to concentrate on stopping this evil before it can rise once more"
"Agreed, brother" Gabriel nodded "Agreed"
END
Next chapter will be a return to Lorn V, at the sight of an ongoing battle, and in the middle, a nasty surprise for the Chaos forces there. Hopefully I did ok with this chapter, god it has been awhile writing this story, busy on other stuff. Anyways, don't forget to leave a review on what you guys think.
Also another, one I am still looking for a Beta Reader for this story, if you want to be a beta reader for this story, let me know, i appreciate the help!