Chows voice snapped through the noise of Jack and Kim as they continued to cling to each other, tears falling freshly down both pain stricken faces. Jack, terrified and embarrassed by being reduced to something so low, weak and needy before his daughters eyes. Kim also terrified and shaken by her fathers condition and the fact that she knew the same brutal treatment would only continue until they finally killed him. What scared them most, although only silently confirmed, was their inability to stop this, to do something. They were both aware of how out of their hands this was.
The soldiers moved on Chows order, trying to separate the two as chaos broke out in the small confined space. As Jack was still slumped against the floor they grabbed Kim's arms to try and move her. Two almost identical men tried to grab her as a third began to force Jacks arms away. Kim screamed and wailed as the men tried to drag her away, she was hysterical and the mere contact with these beasts made her shiver in anger.
Jack pulled against the small young man holding him back as Kim was finally pulled away. He was surprised he could still struggle at all, his efforts increased with each of his daughters cries. He panicked each time he herd her voice, they were holding her at the other end of the small room, he had to get to her. Frustrated he threw a feeble punch at the man before more soldiers advanced to quieten him down.
Jack watched as they advanced, suddenly mad at himself for fighting back. What would they do now, to show him his place here? Would they hurt him in front of her, or would they make him watch as Kim was hurt in his place? He felt himself shaking as the mean faced man grinned down at him, eyeing his foot menacingly. Not knowing it, Jack swallowed hard as his eyes fixed on his still wailing daughter, telling himself the punishment would be worth it.
His upper body slammed back down onto the floor as the largest mans fist had landed on his jaw. Jack turned his head against the cool concrete to try and relieve the pain as he spat gobs of thick blood out onto the ground. Part of him was relieved that he could handle the pain while the other half of him feared more punishment.
Kim was still pleading and Jack was still furious but much too weak to try and save her. He slumped onto the ground defeated as he silently prayed they wouldn't hurt her.
It was only then he realised that her cries of fear hadn't been for herself, but for him.