Disclaimer: I own nothing of Sigma 6, which is owned by Hasbro. Only the plot is mine.
Note: This was written at the request of Shiary. I know it's not exactly what was asked for, but I hope it suffices.
Part 1 of 2
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Agony, complete and total agony. Everything was sheer pain as Duke regained consciousness. Even the very flow of his own blood in his veins felt painful.
As he laid face down on the cold floor, a nervous voice asked, "Duke? That's you right? It's you?"
Gritting his teeth against the pain, he shifted his head as much as he could to look upwards. Kamakura was standing over him, looking scared but determined. He had a thick book in his heavily gloved hands and Jinx was just behind him with a pair of shackles that seemed to be shimmering, also holding them with heavy gloves on.
The man wondered why she had the thrice-blessed shackles out and why Kamakura had a book of the sacred texts. Then the memories slowly trickled back into his brain and he groaned. Licking his painfully dry lips, and tasting blood in the process from his split lower lip, Duke croaked out, "Yeah, it's me."
Remembering procedure, he stayed on the floor and waited. It wasn't long before there was a heavy weight in the middle of his back as strong hands grabbed his wrists to cuff them tightly behind his back. Duke hissed in pain a couple of times, but that was more from the horrific soreness he was experiencing than anything Snake Eyes was doing. There were a couple of light pats on his upper back, likely where some holy seals were being placed.
Once Duke was properly sealed and bound, Snake Eyes got off his back and pulled him up, having to practically support him as Duke's legs nearly refused to support his weight. Looking at Kamakura, Duke tried to ask about the rest of the team but his dry throat betrayed him.
Thankfully, the young vampire seemed to get what he was asking about and told him, "Everyone else is okay. Scarlett and Spirit are hunting Firefly right now, and Hi-Tech is in Medical."
Duke nodded and let Snake Eyes lead him away, to be put in a containment cell until he could be examined to ensure there was no trace of demonic possession left. But even after he was cleared from that, he'd have to be taken off duty until he was cleared to work again.
But most of all, Duke was wondering how the traitor Firefly had even gotten the box holding the demon's soul into their base. There were so many procedures and protections in place, it unfortunately pointed to Firefly having an accomplice in their team.
Duke wasn't sure which was more upsetting: the idea that there were other snakes in their team or the possibility that there were more demonic soul boxes in the base.