Emeraldas finally woke up laying on a hard dirty floor. She struggled to stay awake but she could feel the drug wear of. She also remembered staring to came back as the guards had put a new shot into her, apparently one that made the first drug wear of quicker. She could not move for several minuets and lay still just focusing on breathing. After a little while she could finally get herself up from the floor and sitting supporting herself to the wall. Her head were spinning around and it was hard to focus her mind at anything again.

Apparently I was drudged with this so called sleeping juice before too. Wonder how long I have been out. As well how long I was out since I was captured. I have no idea how long I have been here or were I am at all. Emeralds growled and looked around in her new dark cell. It was a simple grey stone cell with two doors. One was the one she had been thrown in to and the other she still did not know. She got more and more control over her body again but she could not yet stand up and look.

Tochiro, you must be death worried by now, you and Harlock would have found Angel by now. Thinking back to her wolf friend that she still did not know if she were alive, she could feel a small needle of worry. I hope you are aright my friend. If only I could have helped you back then. She sighed as she realised that there was nothing she could do. Still she was glad to be free from the chains and especially from the damn gag. She stroked her lips feeling the cut on his face made by it. She tried to pull of the ring around her neck but it did not move even as hard as she pulled.

This is bad. If I don't get this thing of... she did not finish the line of thought. She struggled to her feet and had to force her body over to the door she had came in by and looked out. It was tightly locked but the hall was empty. Trying a few times to get the door opened she sighed. Struggling over to the other door she realised that on the other side there were a large arena. The arena was empty now but she got a really bad feeling seeing it.

I have heard of these places. Rich people comes in with warriors of their own and they bet money on how will be killed. Often the warriors are not volunteers. She growled to herself as the situation finally became clear to her and what Gokai had meant with something special planed for her. She would have to fight for her life until someone won over her. He had completely ripped her freedom from her. There was no hope for her future. She growled angry.

There were a lot of things you could do to her but stealing her freedom was something she could never ever forgive Gokai for. She would fight to the day she could take her freedom back and performable with the madman's head as well.

She sunk back down to on of the walls, her body protested to standing for so long and there was nothing more she could do but to wait for her fate in the arena.

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She had fallen back asleep and had not noticed as a tray of food had been sent in to her through a opening in the door. Emeraldas woke up as a voice suddenly were booming in to her. Forcing herself up she could see the seats were now filled with eagerly prepared men waiting to see a great show. She looked around in her cell again and noticed the food. Carefully smelling it to see it there was any more nasty surprises in the food. She dared only to drink the water and eating a little of the bread she had been given. The water clenched the burning thirst, that she had been bothered with for the time she had been there.

"Now my good sirs and lady's, we will now begin today's show and do we have many good pieces for you. First of the good General of the northern planets have been so kind to bring us his champion of pain, the brutal captain Death!" The announcer called out, as one of the doors opened. Out of it a large mechanized man stepped with a gun for hands. He turned around hearing the applause he got and growled lowly to get even more. Emeraldas grinned.

Just a big brute. I can take him down in just a few seconds. She smiled to herself, not denying that she looked forward to getting some of her anger out.

"And the challenger coming to take his place as the General's favourite, The brave Mr Force." A new mechanized man came out, a strong man but still a shrimp compared to the other one.

"And go" the announcer called and the battle began. the battle ended quickly and Captain Pain stood tall as the winner. Other battles began and ended with someone's death. Emeraldas took in all of it waiting for her turn, wondering if Gokai had only broth her there to take away some of her fight. She smiled to herself.

He will have to do better than this to take away some of my will. This only gets me more fired up to kill the bastard.

"And now lady's and gentlemen, we have a real treat for you. Our sponsor Knight Gokai have broth in one of his newest Warriors and we get to see her first fight. So get ready for the show of your life. As I am proud to present the woman that does not shed tears, one of the most feared pirates in the galaxy. The great female pirate Queen Emeraldas." It seemed like the whole crowd were holding their breath as the door to Emeraldas cell opened. She stood tall and made her way into the arena looking up at the crowd looking for the one that held her there. No one dared to breath as she looked over them. Finally she found who she was looking for. Gokai sat on what looked on a throne and looked back at her. He smiled evil as he stood up.

"My dear Queen, I have something for you. Something you can play with." He smiled as he said this. Emeraldas growled low to her herself before she turned her emerald green eyes in his eyes again.

"The only thing I want from you is your head." She snared.

"Well you would still want this." He said laughing at her. He nodded to the announcer.

"...Well the good Knight has presented a gift to the pirate queen. The man that put the final stroke on her in her capture. The man that dared to lay his hands on her." He said as the door opened out came that man that had held her up by the rope and choked her.

Emeraldas snared to herself feeling her hate blast up seeing him. She turned up at Gokai again her anger more burning that ever. Turing her look again at the man she noticed that he was armed with a long chain. She did not for a second doubt that he knew how to use it.

He suddenly swung it around his head and whip lashed it after her. She backed up quickly and moved to the side as the next came at her. She jumped backwards and flipped backwards out of the way from the chain.

"Wow, lady's and gentlemen this is astonishing. He did not even wait for the signal to start and has the pirate queen pulling away and rendered it hopeless for her to get close to him." The announcer yelled out stretching to see the fight. Emeraldas ducked under yet another attack and stood up tall. As the next strike came she moved only out of the way with only a inch to spare, but before he could pull the chain back again she grabbed it, and pulled it making the man lose his balance, jumping at him as he fell forward. Before he could get back in balance, she kicked him, sending him flying for a few meters. She stood tall again in the middle of the arena, her fire red hair fell down behind her again and her green eyes were looking strait at Gokai, shining in anger. He looked at her with a face that seemed to long for her.

Suddenly she ducked and turned around kicking away the footing of the man she was fighting as he had tried to sneak up behind her. She landed on top of him holding his head fast.

"I have a few questions for you. Answer me truthfully and I will give you a quick death. Lie to me and I'll make you suffer. I am not in a really good mood today so don't anger me any more." She snared to him. He nodded slowly.

"Good, then tell me, the white wolf that were with me, What happened to her?" Her green eyes seemed to glow. The man shook in fear in her grip.

"The white wolf was not moving as we left but I heard a howl as we broth you into the ship." He said. Emeraldas could see that he was not lying. She could not help herself from sighing relived to know that.

"Where are we?" She asked, the man shook his head.

"I don't know. As he drudged you down, he also drudged us to not let us know where this place is." Again he was not lying to her. She sighed and looked up at Gokai again. He only grinned looking down at her from where he sat. He had been enjoying the show. Seeing the pleased look on Gokai's face, angered the man as he knew that he would be killed, ether by Emeraldas or Gokai for failing.

"There is no escape. You will be killed sooner or later here." he suddenly spit at her.

"Bad move." She said and broke his neck in one quick move. She stood up moving away from the dead body.

"Now what? Are you gonna drug me down again?" She snared, asking Gokai. He stood up again and came up to the edge of his throne.

"I have a few more surprises for you yet, my Queen." He said coming to a stop.

Suddenly three more men came out from the sides around her. All three of them armed to their teeth. She snared to herself looking around.

The bastard had this planed all along. Blasted bastard. She snared looking only shortly up at him before turning her look back to the three others. Gokai was still grinning seeing her so out manned.

"I want a fair fight, after all a massacre is no fun." He suddenly said and threw down a gravity saber to her. Her gravity saber, as she quickly recognised the skull on the handle.

She grabbed her gun and jumped out of the way from the first one's attack. Turning around she avoided the bullets from the other one, and shot one shot hitting the third one. As he fell she shot one more shot and the first one fell as well. The last one drew out a massive gun and blasted out after her. She jumped out of the way and let herself fall and shot the last one. As he fell to the ground she stood back up. She breathed a little heavy but was not gonna show Gokai that. She looked back up at him and snared.

"Any more you want killed?" She snared. He smiled, He had not moved away from the edge and she suddenly lifted her gun. Shooting that one shot she was surprised as the laser bulled just dissolved in front of him.

"You did not really think that it would work did you, my Queen?" He asked as she lowered her saber.

"Sadly, I don't take to kindly to my warriors trying to kill me so I have to punish you." He said and lifted up a control. Emeraldas braced herself as she remembered what Harlock had said about those blasted rings, and she remembered well the wounds on her friend that was caused by them. Yet nothing in the universe could prepared her for what happened. The ring did not get burning hot, nor did it send wave after wave of electricity through her, sending her into a word of pain. Instead it sent one powerful shock through her, It paralysed her completely and took away all her strength. She was forced down on her knees and were gasping for air as she held to the ring. She looked up at him, feeling her anger burn again, as he still were smiling.

Suddenly a new powerful shock went through her and this time she could not breathe at all and passed out from the lack of air.

This was nothing like the one Harlock had on. The bastard must have done something with it. Her last thoughts were as she again fell down into the darkness.

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Emeraldas came back to herself feeling someone stare at her. As she came back she found herself back in the first cell chained up again, this time she hang by her arms over head. Hanging like this took away all her strength. She cursed to herself as she realised that again she had the cursed gag on again. In front of her Gokai stood grinning to himself. She struggled in the chains wanting to get free and break his neck. He grinned as he saw this.

"My dear Queen, I do not really want to punish you but I have to take away some of that will of yours or you will never be mine." He said and came up to her. She growled angry. He took his hand to the ring around her neck.

"I got this from a black marked. It was invented by some professor or doctor, I think but that ever was clear. I found this thing to be too brutal for my use as it killed one of my finest warriors. He got a really bad burn around his neck, killing him, and his hands as well as he was chained. I found that I had to fix it, to make it more paralyzing than painful, before I put my plan in motion to capture you. I could not dare to think what that could have done to your beautiful neck. I have been waiting for years to put this plan in motion. I have followed your every move carefully and I know you as well as yourself." He said as he stocked his hand up her scar and stroked her face. She snared and tried again to pull her head away.

"I am afraid I have to punish you for trying to kill me now." He said and moved up to a small table he had broth with him. He took up a new syringe and came towards her again.

"You have already felt the sleeping juice as well as the wake up juice but this.." He said as he came up to her and showed her the silver coloured fluid that he had in the syringe.

"This is the happy juice. My favourite of them as I have made them all." He said and put the needle in her neck. She growled in pain as the fluid made its way into her blood.

"This will amplify your feeling of touch." He grinned as he pulled the needle out again. Moving away from her he picked up something from the table again. As he turned to her grinning, she saw that he held a stick covered in leather straps.

"This is a whip that was made to strike horses with. It will not make wounds only red marks on your skin, but with the happy juice in your wanes it will feel like I have ripped your skin apart, even trough your clothes." He grinned and lifted her head with the whip's end. Her green eyes glowed in hate again as she realised what he was gonna do.

"The juice should kick in any minute now." He smiled as he took the whip away and stroked his hand up her stomach. She was angry and tried again to get her hands free.

Suddenly to her shock, the feeling of his hand on her stomach felt like the hand was on fire. As she suddenly pulled her body away, he grinned evil.

"Looks like the juice kicked in then." He said hand took hold of her chin again forcing her to look at him. The mere touch to her skin felt like it was hurting her.

"This will hurt, my Queen." He grinned evil to her and let her go as he moved behind her.

The first strike hit her over her back with a painful sound. It felt like it ripped her back in two and she could not hold back a whimper of pain as she had no idea of how much it would hurt. She had her eyes closed shut and her head was pulled backwards in pain, it hurt long after he had striked her. He grinned behind her back hearing the sound of pain. She had never felt pain like this before. Her back felt like it had been ripped asunder and every cell in her back cried out in pain. Her body were paralysed by the pain and the only thing she could do, and struggled to do, was breathing.

Suddenly a new strike fell over her back, making her gasp for air as the pain hit her like a wall. She had been tortured before. Her whole body was covered with scars after her long travels in the sea of stars, but never in her life had anyone managed to hurt her like this. Now he was striking her again and again. The chains that held her rattled in sync with the sound from the whip, as her body was thrown forward for every strike. She managed to be silent even as much as it hurt her. She bit down on the gag so hard that blood started to drip down from her mouth. Every new strike was more painful than the next and he almost never missed a new spot on her back making her whole back hurt like it was on fire.

Gokai stopped suddenly and let her feel the pain, grinning to himself as he heard how hard she was breathing now. She hang almost life less and gasped for air. Her fire red hair covered her face as her head hang down. Gokai moved up in front of her again. He grinned as he used the edge of the whip again to lift her head up and force her to look at him again.

"Hurts doesn't?" He asked grinning. She gasped for air but still her eyes held the same emerald green fire that burned within her.

"Good, seems like I am still far from breaking you. Good, I hoped you would not let me down, and break too simply." He said and moved his head closer to her. He took hold of her chin again and held her head fast. To her surprise and anger he suddenly forced his lips down on hers and kissed her. She was sicked down to the last fibres of her body and struggled to get free from him. As he took his lips away he grinned seeing the burning look in her eyes, before he licked the blood away from her chin with a grin.

"Seems like that was not as good for you, as it was for me then." He smiled as he saw the sicked look she gave him and moved behind her again. She braced herself knowing full well what would be coming. As a new rain of whip lashes striked her back the sound of the whip lashes and the rattling of the chains seemed to echo in the cell.

As he finally stopped, Emeraldas could hardly breath as her whole body hurt now. Her back were on fire, every cell on her back hurt like it was glowing hot.

He came around her again and looked at her. Using the whip's end to lift her head up to make her look at him. Her eyes still burned in hate but her eyes had a tired look in them.

"Lookes like that last round took away some of your spirit." He smiled lookeing in her eyes. She lifted her head herself and her eyes glowed back in hate.

"Hmm, not yet then. Good, that is why you are my Queen. My unbreakeble Queen." He laughed at her and used the whip to stroke her face.

Her eyes narrowed and she drew her head away from his whip.

"Well, well. You still have the figth in you then? Should I keep on then?" He grinned to her. Her eyes glowed in hate as he said this and she growled to herself.

"No, I have a better idea. You must be wonderling why I named the potion the Happy Juice rigth?" He said and put the whip back on the table. She looked at him narrowing her green eyes even more.

"You see, I started to make this juice to use it on you. As i tried to mix it perfectly, I had a lot of tries on my warriors, that was not a pretty. When I finally got the mix rigth, I found that it had a really interesting side effect." He smiled as he came towards her again. Emeraldas could feel a small chill go up her hurting back as she saw the look in his eyes. It was a evil hungry look that made her stomach twist. To her sudden surprice, he suddenly reached out and took hold of one of her brests and closed his hand hard around it. She gasped out, both in pain and something else. He grinned as he saw this.

"That was different wasent it?" He lauged and took his other hand up to the other brest and did the same on it, as he did she gasped out again. The drug he had given her not only made pain feel like being slowly killed, but as well made the feeling of pleaseure intensed to the point were she thougth she was gonna pass out. She growled in pain as he did it again this time to the both of them.

"This makes you happy rigth? That is why I named it my Happy juice." he grinned seeing her twist as he moved his hands around. She closed her eyes before she turned her emerald green eyes to him again and this time she was furius.

Bastard, you dare to do this. I will tear you appart for this. I will hunt you to the ends of the universe, that I swear. She swore to herself as he grinned seeing the look in her eyes.

"Good, my Queen?" He smiled and licked her up the cheek again. She was sicked to her bones being in his grip like this. She struggeled in the chains again trying to pull free.

"Give it up, my Queen. Like I said. I know you better then anyone. These chains were made just for you. Every teknic you know to get out of things like these, I took in count as I made them. You wont get out of them, no matter how hard you try." He said and streched out to hold her head again. Emeraldas pulled her head away from him and looked angry. She tried to pull her hands free, looking up at the chains, trying to find a new techince to get free. He grinned seeing the determintion she still had.

Suddenly her intrie body stiffend and she stoped breathing. Her eyes were shut tigth as she feelt her whole body screamed out. He had placed his hand between her legs and were moving it around grinning like a hyena.

Bastard, that was why he chained my legs appart. He wanted to this all along. That was the last clear thougth she had before her mind became a mess of strong feelings even she could not hold back. He grabed suddenly hard mixing the pleasure with intens pain, that had her gaping for air. He laughed seeing her twist around in the chains. Her fire red hair swung around as she held her emerald green eyes closed tigth.

"That you liked rigth?" He laughed, the sound of his laugher angered her even more. Her inner eye saw Tochiro clear before her. His kind smile hurt her more than the pain Gokai had given her.

Tochiro, forgive me. I cant... She whispered inside of her, before gasping again as he grabbed her hard again making her head spinn. She knew she was not far of from passing out as her body could not handle much more of this. He lauged and stroked his other hand up to her face and hold her head fast as he stroked his thumb up to her scar. He smiled with the hungry look in his eyes again. Grabing her hard one more time, he also forced his lips down to hers again. After a few minuts she passed out with one last gasp for air. Gokai grinned.

"Now you are mine forever, my Queen. Mine alone." She heared him whisper in her ear as she fell into a even darker darkness then before, seeing Tochiro before her eyes. If Gokai had not turned and left he would have seen something no one would ever see again. As Gokai turned around the corner, the great pirate queen Emeraldas hang lifeless in her cell and then a single tear fell from her left eye, the woman that were said to never shed tears shed one lone tear.