Kah'Li sat nervously on her bed. Hael was due to arrive any minute, with
another round of 'questioning'. He always came in around this time,
whatever time it was, and politely and cheerfully asked her questions. She
knew it was all an act, and when the time came that she didn't freely give
him the answers he wanted, she would be tortured.
Her stomach pained her continuously, even when she was in what she called sleep. Her energy was depleted and her head pounded with the sound of a thousand drums. She heard the door swish open, bringing Hael and his relentless questions.
He walked in, his face always lit with a superficial smile. "I've brought you a new friend." he said, the smile always on his face.
He turned behind me and motioned to a guard behind the door. The tall alien guard pulled someone along, a creature without any fur.
Kah'Li gasped. //A human!// she exclaimed to herself. She watched as they dragged the man inside, his head down. He had bruises all over him, one of his wrists hung uselessly as if broken. Her heart pounded, wondering if he knew her father. Then he lifted his head, slowly, tiredly, and she knew it was her father.
~*~
Trip felt himself being dragged along. His right wrist hung limply, as he tried to lift his head. He was vaguely aware of someone else in the room, aside from the guard and Hael. He felt as if he recognized them.
He could hear Hael speak in his annoying voice, his pretend kindness. The other person sat in a corner of the room, trying to hide from Hael's wrath. Trip lifted his head painfully, and almost fainted from what he saw.
//Kah'Li!// he exclaimed to himself. He had found him. Abruptly, the guard dropped him and Trip crumpled to the floor. Hael laughed and exited the room.
Trip tried to get up, but his legs wouldn't cooperate. His head was swimming and he could feel himself falling into unconscious. He was aware of Kah'Li running over and kneeling beside him.
"Kah'Li?" he whispered before collapsing.
Her stomach pained her continuously, even when she was in what she called sleep. Her energy was depleted and her head pounded with the sound of a thousand drums. She heard the door swish open, bringing Hael and his relentless questions.
He walked in, his face always lit with a superficial smile. "I've brought you a new friend." he said, the smile always on his face.
He turned behind me and motioned to a guard behind the door. The tall alien guard pulled someone along, a creature without any fur.
Kah'Li gasped. //A human!// she exclaimed to herself. She watched as they dragged the man inside, his head down. He had bruises all over him, one of his wrists hung uselessly as if broken. Her heart pounded, wondering if he knew her father. Then he lifted his head, slowly, tiredly, and she knew it was her father.
~*~
Trip felt himself being dragged along. His right wrist hung limply, as he tried to lift his head. He was vaguely aware of someone else in the room, aside from the guard and Hael. He felt as if he recognized them.
He could hear Hael speak in his annoying voice, his pretend kindness. The other person sat in a corner of the room, trying to hide from Hael's wrath. Trip lifted his head painfully, and almost fainted from what he saw.
//Kah'Li!// he exclaimed to himself. He had found him. Abruptly, the guard dropped him and Trip crumpled to the floor. Hael laughed and exited the room.
Trip tried to get up, but his legs wouldn't cooperate. His head was swimming and he could feel himself falling into unconscious. He was aware of Kah'Li running over and kneeling beside him.
"Kah'Li?" he whispered before collapsing.