Shepard Stories Chapter 36: Inspection, a mass effect fanfic

Shepard Stories II - Ch 36: Inspection

Main Characters – Milizkia T'Loak and Jonathan Shepard.

Armali, Thessia – T'Soni-Shepard Estate, February 2223CE

Liara picked up her datapad off her desk and threw it against the wall as she yelled "Arrrggghhhh! Why can't I find him? It's been months….almost a year!"

Miranda sighed, "All of our sources are looking for him, Lia."

Tears trickled down her face as she jerked her hands down swiftly "I feel like I've failed him….them!" She quickly waved her hand over her desk "All this equipment, credits, resources and I can't find him or her!" She slid her hands across the desk knocking everything off as she yelled "Worthless! It's all WORTHLESS! There's NOTHING on them!" She was breathing heavily as she clenched her fists then knocked the last remaining item off her desk and it flew against the wall "The number one information brokerage in the galaxy and NOTHING! Not a DAMN thing! Where the hell are they?"

Miranda walked up to her as she said, "We'll find them."

Liara turned to her as her tears continued to flow "When?" Her bottom lip quivered as she spoke "When they're dead?"

She wrapped her arms around her and held her as she trembled beneath her hands "He'll be alive when we find him…them."

Her breaths were choppy as she spoke: "I….I see him and hear him in my dreams like he's calling out to me." She touched her heart "Goddess, my heart hurts. I want him back. If you weren't here… I don't know what I would do. You're holding me together, and I feel like at any moment I'm just going to shatter."

Miranda pulled back and looked at her with tears in her eyes, "And I don't know what I would do without you. You're keeping me together as well. We have each other, and we'll get through this. We'll find them both."

Shepard's Prison Facility, October 2223CE

One of the male Eclipse member's guarding Shepard was leaning on the viewing wall. He pinched his brows as he watched Shepard, "What the hell is he doing?"

The technical guard sitting down at the security desk looked over at him, "Ummm looks like he's dancing."

The guard shook his head "I've never seen anything like this. He's been a prisoner for what? A year or so now, and this is all he does from what I heard from others."

The tech guard shook his head, "Yep pretty much. He sings and dances. I honestly don't know how he has the energy. I find it entertaining though and keeps me busy during the long days."

"Yea but how the fuck can he be so happy? Did we zap him one too many times or did that implant in the back of his neck fuck up his brain?"

The tech guard shrugged "I have no idea. I honestly think he does it because he knows we're listening and just tries to annoy us. I know it annoys the other person that sits in here." He quickly pointed to the viewing wall at Shepard flipping them off "There, ya see! He'll do that or pretend to jerk off and do a splatter movement with his hand."

The guard laughed as he crossed his arms then shook his head. "What a nut!"

Shepard's Prison Facility, March 2224CE.

Camilla Inspection Day 1

The tech guard tapped at the incoming transmission. "Eclipse transmission code 81572. Docking in ETA Five minutes."

He grunted as he tapped at his security screen to replied to the message "Standing ready." then pressed the localized communication button "Attention! Attention we have a ship incoming. Stand ready." He looked down at his omni tool when it dinged Inspection! Thorn on board.

"SHIT!" he snarled then quickly hit the comm button "Everyone to their stations! INSPECTION! I repeat INSPECTION! It's Thorn this time. ETA five minutes!" he stood then quickly cleared any junk off his desk and tossed any garbage in the trash.

The door to her vessel opened and Camilla stepped out then stood at the entry as she looked around. Even within the environmental bubble the wind was brisk, and the cold weather stung. Her lungs felt as if they frosted over with every breath. She kept her stern face as if it didn't bother her while others shivered in the cold. As she walked down the steps several asari Eclipse members greeted her.

"Ma'am is there any need of assistance?" said one of the commandos.

"Which one of you is escorting me around this shit hole?" demanded Camilla

An asari stepped forward, "I will ma'am. The name is Erora."

She pointed to herself "Thorn, like a thorn in your fucking ass." She quickly flicked her hand out, "Now, lead the way!"

The other asari pinched their mouths shut as they furrowed their foreheads.

Camilla followed the asari to the building and stepped through the door, and a musty odor hit her. "Ugh...I had a feeling it was going to smell in here." Then reached in her pocket and pulled out a small container then dipped a finger in the gel then dabbed it under her nostrils.

"Yeaaa... that would be the smell of the dungeon. Well, that's what we call it anyway. Not much fresh air gets down here besides whatever comes in through the exit doors. Plus, sweat and whatever else you can think of. Most of us asari would rather work out in the cold than be in here."

Camilla grunted, "mHmm. Take me to Shepard."

She squinted one eye as the side of her face scrunched "Umm... I can take you to the viewing room...ummm which is the security room."

Camilla arched her brow marking, "Whatever just lead the way." As she walked closer, she could hear him singing. "What is that?"

Erora smirked as she pointed to the small speakers on the wall. "Shepard ma'am."

"Why the broadcast?"

"From what I've been told its to play into the illusion. These speakers are only on this side of the facility."

She curled her lip "So, he's not actually here!" When she didn't receive an immediate response, she stopped walking and just looked at her "Did you not hear what I said?"

Erora looked down then replied "Oh, he's here but in a different part of the facility. Only a handful of guards and the doctor are supposed to see him."

She arched a brow marking as she said "We'll see about that."

Camilla walked into the security room, and her heart warmed when she heard him singing his heart out to absolutely no one but his wife in his head. She hissed "What the fuck is going on here?" She looked over and held back her tears as she looked at her dirty and disheveled uncle in his raggedy clothes, long greasy hair, and long untidy beard.

The guard cleared his throat "The prisoner is singing ma'am."

"I can see that! What the fuck for?" She growled out as she held back a smile.

The guard shrugged "It's just what he does…"

She walked up to the control desk and squinted her eyes as she looked down at the monitor and zoomed in at the wounds on his face "What the fuck happened to his face?"

"Oh, some guards went in there yesterday to try and shut him up, but he just keeps singing. He does this randomly throughout the day but a different song."

—/

Camilla raised her brow markings at the heartfelt song Shepard was singing. A song that felt as if he was singing it to his wife he loved dearly "Hmmm…. Interesting song."Over the years she's heard him sing and play before but nothing like this. She knew he loved music…he loved to listen to it, sing it, play it, move to it, share it, teach it, etc. She knew all about music because of him. She learned to read sheet music, play the piano, and love music because of him. Because of him and her interest in music, she taught herself to play the cello. She loved the humming sound it made when the bow brushed against the strings. Every time she was at their home she always made time to play music.

She smiled slightly when she thought back to the first day she discovered his music room in their home.He was playing the piano on that day. The sound the little feet inside made when they hit against the strings, and the vibration of the music caught her attention. The music pulled her deeper into the extremely large room. She had heard music play of course but nothing like this. When Shepard noticed she was there he extended his hand to her "Would you care to try?"

She looked at Shepard in his cell.She knew he sang to keep his sanity and everything he had left inside came out when he sang. To know that his wife was still looking for him and that one day she would find him. When that day would be? He didn't know, but he knew she would never give up on him. Maybe he hoped she heard him. It made her sad inside, and it hurt her heart to see him like this. To see him hanging on through the words of songs or to the images in his mind. She wanted to just kill everyone and get him out of there, but she couldn't, and she had to resist. Could he maintain?Her thoughts were interrupted when the guard spoke as she wasn't really listening to what he had to say.

The guard shook his head "What compels someone to do this?"

Camilla smiled inside as she crossed her arms. "Well, from what I can see. Shepard sings to maintain his sanity." She pointed to the viewing wall as she continue "For example, right now he's singing to his wife."

The guard cocked his head as he pinched his brows "How do you know?"

Camilla rolled her eyes "Because of the particular song and the emotion behind his singing." She tapped at the control panel and zoomed in on his face and could see old bruises "There are no amount of beatings that will stop the music playing in his head or the visions that are projecting in his mind. Especially if he knows it's irritating you."

The guard just shrugged his shoulders. "I don't mind it. Several of the commandos enjoy it but others it bothers and those are the ones that issue the beatings."

Erora nodded, "I enjoy it, he has a nice voice. You can hear the pain in his voice when he sings at times. Like he's hurting and missing his wife."

Camilla turned and arched her brow at her then scowled, "Are you serious?" She thumped her crest then mocked her "Like he's hurting and missing his wife." She shook her head "Would you like to call Jona and tell her you let him go because he misses his wife?"

She rubbed her head, "Owww… Sorry. I was just saying. It's kind of sad though."

Camilla clenched her fist, then pointed at her "Shut the fuck up! You know what…just get out!" when she looked back at the viewing screen she jerked her head back, "Is he… flipping us off?"

The guard shook his head "He always does that. At least he didn't jerk off this time."

She gave a quick laugh, "Comedian huh?"

The guard shook his head "More like a fuck you!"

She slapped the back of his head "I fucking know that you idiot! I was being—." She grunted as he was looking at her with a blank face. She rolled her eyes and waved him off then mumbled "Moron." She pinched the bridge of her nose then said "Alright, get him out of there and over to a room. I want to look him over and talk to him."

"What? No!"

She turned her head slowly toward him "No?" Her hand biotically ignited as she snarled "Did… you just tell me no?"

He swallowed hard "My orders are—"

She shoved her finger close to his face "I don't give a shit about your fucking orders! The orders Jona gave me override your orders! Now contact whoever you need to contact and have him ready!" She hissed

"Yes, ma'am."

"I'm heading over there, and he better be ready to go by the time I get to wherever the fuck he is!" She stormed out of the room. "Erora!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Take me to Shepard!" Camilla demanded

Erora began to stammer but before she spoke, Camilla said with force, "If you say anything other than Yes ma'am, I'm gonna fucking hit you!"

"Yes, ma'am..."

As they headed away from the security room Camilla reached into her pocket and opened a small container and rubbed her index finger on to the contents. When Erora looked over at her Camilla rubbed her pinky on her lips as if she just finished applying lip protectant.

Erora nodded "Yea mine get chapped too."

As they walked Camilla randomly touched the walls with her index finger, marking them. Camilla turned as she dabbed her finger into the contents again then said "A bit of a maze down here huh?"

"Oh yea, especially if you don't know where you're going. You could definitely get lost down here." Replied Erora

As they continued further into the facility Camilla continued to mark the way then she said "About how far down or away is it?"

"Almost three klicks." She said then pointed to the ceiling "There's a hidden entrance top side."

Camilla arched a brow as she said "Is there, now."

"Yea, but that enviro bubble is tiny, and no one wants to walk three klicks in the harsh environment to take that entrance." She shrugged then continued "I mean why would you?"

"So, no one uses it?"

She shrugged "Not really. It's mostly used to get fresh air."

"I see. So, why the separation?" Camilla said as they walked through the maze of corridors to the other side of the facility.

Erora shrugged "I don't know… Precaution I guess." She looked around then said "You know I've heard that his bondmate, Liara is relentless and will never stop looking for him."

"I've heard. I guess, hence why the precaution."

Erora nodded "I wish I had someone that loved me as much as that. Don't you?"

For a brief moment the only person that came across her mind was Benezia and someone she held close to her heart. A solid friendship she knew would never faulter. She knew that if she called Benezia now that she would immediately answer and come to her aid. Someone she missed dearly and on a daily basis. She smiled slightly at the thought then let it fade as she plainly said "No, why the hell would you want love in a merc gang?"

Erora looked down as she shrugged "Yea, stupid. I guess." She cleared her throat as they passed several guards then finally reached Shepard's cell. "This is it."

Camilla trailed her finger on the steel door as she peered through the small window. She turned when she heard someone scurrying down the corridor. "Who is that?" she asked.

"Oh, Dr. Bierly." Replied Erora

The five foot eight husky male with curly disheveled hair and solid black glasses was out of breath as he reached her. "Camilla! Welcome." He extended his hand, "Dr. Martin Bierly."

She nodded as she shook his hand. "Doctor. I am here to inspect the prisoner."

"Of course!" He rapped his fist on the door as he said "Open, Shepard's cell." Then snapped his finger at a guard and said "Where's the….? Get the damn chair!"

The large steel door slid open, and Shepard had his back pressed against the furthest wall. "I'll stop singing! Please don't!"

Camilla pinched her brow markings at his words as she walked into the room "Bring the chair!" she pointed to the middle of the room "Place it there."

After the guard placed the chair, she said "Shepard, have a seat."

Shepard cautiously scanned the room then walked over to the chair and sat "What is this about?"

Camilla walked closer to Shepard then held her hand to her nose as his stench slammed into her. She grunted then said "FUCK! When was the last time he showered?"

The doctor shrugged, "I'm not sure maybe a month ago."

"How the fuck am I supposed to talk to him when I can barely BREATHE!"

"I'm sorry…"

"Just get him fucking cleaned up. You know what… shave his head and face so I can look him over properly. How the HELL am I supposed to do my damn job when he looks like this!"

"My apologies ma'am."

"Oh, your apologies? How did you plan on showing me this implant when his gross mane is draping all over it? Do you think I'm touching that nasty shit? Huh? How the hell do you look at it anyway?

The doctor gave a slight shrug then said: "I just push it aside…"

She looked at Shepard then looked back at the doctor "What the fuck kind of nasty doctor, are you? If he gets an infection and dies. I'll be sure to come back down here and kill you myself because Jona would be fucking livid. She wants him ALIVE not DEAD!"

"I didn't think she cared to be honest."

"She doesn't care, but she doesn't want him dying of a staph infection or some flesh-eating microscopic gross shit!"

He nodded as he scratched the back of his head "I didn't think of it that way. He is pretty disgusting..."

"Oh, ya think. Regular prisoners get showers every damn week." She waved her hand toward the door as she said "Just fucking hurry up!" then looked over toward Shepard and saw him give a slight smile.

As Shepard walked toward the door, he looked at one of the male guards and said "Be a good boy and go get my soap." Then smiled at him as he quickly raised his brows.

Camilla flicked her wrist and caught the guard in a stasis as he was in mid-lunge. "You dare to injure this prisoner in MY presence and during MY inspection!" she snarled then hurled him toward the cement block wall.

The guard groaned as he slowly got up "I was told to keep him in check."

She biotically lifted him and slammed him against the wall as she said "I didn't say you could speak!"

"Clearly." He mumbled.

She slanted her eyes then looked at one of the other guards as she said "Get me a bar of soap. NOW!"

The guard quickly returned with a bar of soap and placed it in Camilla's hand. "All of this over a bar of soap."

The insubordinate guard quickly spoke "Yea, but you don't know the back story."

Camilla quickly replied "You clearly don't learn." She shook the soap at him as she walked toward him, "But let me teach you." When she reached him, she stared him down then said "Open your mouth."

He looked at the bar of soap then at her as he bravely said "No."

She laughed then looked around at the others "Oh, this is gonna to be fun." She knocked him to the ground then quickly forced his mouth open. She put her knee into his chest then crammed the bar of soap into his mouth. As she pushed the bar of soap deeper into his mouth, she could feel the resistance as his teeth dug in and his jaw couldn't open any further. Once she felt it was far enough in, she held it there. He began to choke and gagged on his tongue that was now pressed against the back of his throat. He squirmed beneath her when she pinched his nose closed. When his fight began to weaken, she released him then yelled. "Get him out of my face!"

After the guard was taken out, she walked over to the bar of soap and picked it up then handed it to Shepard. "Get him cleaned up and make it snappy."

An hour later, Shepard and Dr. Bierly walked back in. She smiled within at how much better her uncle looked and smelled. He had on fresh clothes, clean body, and stubbled hair on his head and face. She grimaced as she looked at the time on her omni tool "Are you kidding me with this shit?"

The doctor gave her a blank stare, "Huh?'

"Where the fuck did you go? Did you take him to a damn luxury spa? It's been a fucking hour!"

He cringed, "I'm sorry Camilla."

"I tell you what... you waste my fucking time like this again and so help me!" She growled as she clenched her fist.

He began to speak, and she cut him off "Just shut the fuck up!"

She walked over to Shepard and saw his nails were long and disgusting. She snapped her fingers "Get me some nail clippers."

The doctor looked at her, "Excuse me?"

She looked dead at him as she cocked her head, "Are you hard of hearing?"

He shook his head, "No, ma'am."

"Then get me some damn nail clippers!" She smiled when he ran out of the door. She dug into the side cargo pocket of her pant leg and pulled out the pair she always carried with her. She glanced toward the door then at Shepard as she pressed the nano tracker on to the nail clippers then tossed them to Shepard. "Do something with those disgusting fingernails."

He smiled "Thank you."

"Just hurry up! Before I change my mind!"

—/

After Shepard was done clipping all his nails, he tossed them back to her. "Here ya go!"

She caught them then tossed them back at him. "That's ok, you apparently need them more than I do."

He smiled then placed them under his pillow. "So, now what?"

She swirled her fingers as she said "Let's take a look at you. Remove your shirt. So, I can take note of any damage."

"Huh?"

She hung her head then said, "I swear, is everyone hard of hearing? Your SHIIIIIR-TA! take it off." She arched a brow as he just looked at her then she tapped her light armor chest piece "Ya know the cloth on your upper body?" She nodded when he grabbed his shirt.

He huffed then spoke in the asari Serrician dialect "I understand Serrician you don't need to speak to me like I'm an idiot."

She jerked her head back then replied, "That's riiiight... you don't have an omni tool to translate." She laughed "Sneaky sneaky Shepard..."

He shook his head then replied in an ancient asari dialect that was known by only a rare few and forbidden to be translated "You idiots just all assume I do not understand."

Her eyes widened when she heard him speak the ancient tongue but never knew Liara taught it to him. She rumbled in laughter, "Impressive, Shepard!"

He looked at her surprised that she understood what he said.

She slowly walked toward him as she replied in the ancient tongue as she knew no one would understand but him "Oh, I understand because I'm not the TYPICAL asari. My intelligence far exceeds the idiots within the Eclipse. I know your bondmate will never give up the search to find you. Liara's failure is not searching beyond the typical." She huffed as she shook her head "To be honest, I'm somewhat disappointed, Shepard."

Shepard pinched his brows at her "Well, she can be stubborn in her ways."

"Yes, and I can understand that because at times we fail to see what is in plain sight."

Shepard stared at her for a moment then looked toward the door when the doctor came back in.

"Sorry, I couldn't find any." Said Dr. Bierdly

"Of course, you couldn't because you all are some nasty asses with poor fucking hygiene!" She looked at him "You know when you were gone. I walked his cell and I noticed a few things were missing. For example, what does he brush his teeth with? Fucking spine de rat?"

The doctor pinched his brows, then said, "I'm sorry? Did you say a spine de rat? How would one brush with a spine?"

She dropped her hands to her side "Are you serious?" She turned her head when she heard Shepard laughing.

"He has a sink and a shitter, right?" said Camilla

"Well, yes..." said the doctor

"Ok, what about toilet paper or does he scoop the shit off his ass with fucking seashells?" She turned when Shepard was laughing again then she looked back at the doctor "Fucking answer me!"

He jumped slightly, "Ummm…..he gets the necessary supplies to maintain."

"Uh huh and that would exclude soap, a shower, a toothbrush, toothpaste, and a brush or comb?"

"No one has ever cared enough to raise the question."

"It's not about caring… It's about stating the obvious and fulfilling a duty! Jona wants him alive, and the necessities will help do that. It's not fucking rocket science!" She whipped her head at Shepard still laughing "Shut the hell up! I can smell your horrendous breath from here."

Shepard took a deep breath and let it out slowly then laughed softly.

She shook her head then walked around him, and she held her hand to her nose. "Don't fucking breath! It smells like you took a shit out of your mouth!" She pointed to his back as she talked to the doctor "What happened here?"

"I'm going to say whippings probably."

"Yea they whipped the shit out of me!" replied Shepard

Camilla slapped the back of his head, "Shut up!" She looked at him "Do you want me to thump your skull?"

Shepard stared at her for a long moment, "What?"

She looked dead at him with an arched brow then shoved two fingers into his forehead and pushed his head back "Do you want me to THUMP your skull? Just shut up!" She looked at the doctor "For the love of all that is shitty get this man a fucking toothbrush and some damn toothpaste! I can barely fucking breathe!" She shook her head, "I'm probably losing brain cells with the shit fumes coming out of his mouth!" She heard Shepard laughing again, and she thumped the side of his head, "Shut-up!"

He rubbed the side of his head then covered his mouth "Sorry... can't help it."

She looked the doctor over, "When's the last time you showered?"

He shrugged, "Maybe two days ago."

She shook her head, "Fuckin-A! Nasty leading the fuckin' nasty down here!"

Shepard rumbled in laughter again, and Camilla yelled "Damn it Shepard shut up! Fuck!" then left the room.

Camilla stood in the doctor's office "So, what's going on with this implant in the back of his neck?"

"Well, at first, it was going fine, but now there seems to be consistent issues. Like his body is constantly rejecting it or making it malfunction. I'm not sure."

"This will be the sixth one, and you told Jona these wouldn't fail!"

"I know, and maybe these are faulty. They are a new development on the market that's supposed to be better than the biotic cuffs. Maybe... we electrocute him too much..."

Camilla walked over to a table that had what the doctor called a biotic suppression spider. She glanced back and when he wasn't looking, she placed a micro tracker under the table then picked up the spider. She looked it over and said "How do they work?"

"Well, it's a small surgical implant at the base of the neck. Once activated, these tiny feelers enter the body and attach themselves to the spinal cord, biotic amp implant, and the brain. These biotic suppression spiders can regulate his powers to nothing. So, if he tries to spike it shuts it down immediately."

"Can this thing read his mind?"

"Unfortunately, not. It just suppresses the biotic regulation and the signal to the brain that sends the message to the implant."

She grunted, "Hmm…that's too bad."

"Yes, I know. He's very strong-minded and an extremely powerful biotic from what I've been told. He completely annihilated the team at the first base and blew right through quadruple biotic cuffs. I didn't think anyone had the power to do that. I know Jona or Aria couldn't do it, but he did." He pointed to the small spider-like gadget in her hand "But these are supposed to be the next best thing but apparently not. I take that back they do the job but can't withstand longevity." He raised his finger "BUT…When I was in there, I did see that he had a biotic amp implant that's not even on the market yet. I'm wondering if there's some sort of biotic enhancement on that. His aura changed to red…"

"Yes, it did. The chip could have enhancements or maybe some type of new development that hasn't hit the market yet? The T'Soni-Shepard's are about the richest people in the galaxy." replied Camilla

"True, and a possibility but there's something else."

She arched her browmarking "Oh, yea? What's that?"

"I'm not entirely sure what it is but definitely enhancements throughout. What's interesting is what's flowing through Shepard's entire body, it's almost like microscopic enhancements." He grabbed a blood sample and put it under the scope. "Here take a look at this."

She leaned in and peeked through the scope and saw the microscopic robotic enhancements within his blood. "Hmmm… that is interesting."

"Exactly! What have they done to him? He's half-human half synthetic."

"No idea. Make sure you keep this information contained. No one but Jona and us two need to know about this."

He glanced over at his computer then back at Camilla as he nodded, "Yes, good idea…."

It was Camilla's last day of inspection.

Camilla stood in the security room, watching her uncle sit on his bed singing his heart out to his imaginary wife who walked the room.

She watched in horror as the guards busted into the room and Shepard quickly ran to the far wall and pressed his back against it. "I'm sorry!"

An electric baton came at him swiftly as it struck him in the face then another was crammed into his side, and the electricity continuously flowed through his body. His body shook violently, and when it stopped, he turned on his stomach and slowly attempted to crawl away.

"What the fuck is this?" asked Camilla

The tech guard shook his head as he said "His quarterly shaming order sent by Jona herself."

"His what?" replied Camilla

The tech guard let out a breath "You'll see."

Camilla closed her eyes for a moment as they repeatedly struck him, kicked him, and electrocuted him. He laid there motionless, then an Eclipse member removed his clothing then dragged him to the middle of the room. Another Eclipse member yelled "Chains!" Four slots opened up in the floor, and they cuffed his wrists then his ankles. "Tighten" yelled the same member.

The anger inside her continued to boil at the sight before her, but she couldn't do anything about it, and she couldn't turn away. She suppressed her tears as she tried to just stare into the corner of the ceiling in the room. His fists were clenched and white-knuckled as he screamed over and over again. His back would arch with every shock he received. After several minutes of abuse the door slid open, and a robed asari glided through the door. He looked over and screamed "Noooo no no no…. Please don't! I'll stop singing. I swear!" He jerked at the cuffs and flexed his muscles. "I'll take more electroshock over this. Please…"

Camilla quickly wiped a tear from her face "This happens on a quarterly basis?"

The guard looked at her "Seems that way, yes. Pretty much whenever Jona sends the order. Out of everything we do to him… THIS is the ONLY thing he begs us not to do. He'll scream and jerk at the cuffs all the way through it. When she's done, he'll curl up in a ball and cry then mumble his apologies to his wife. When that ends, he'll scream in anger and cuss for a while until a team comes in to calm him down."

She scrunched her face, "How do you mean? Like they knock him out?"

The guard shook his head "No, they'll bring in buckets of ice-cold water and throw it at him every few minutes. Then they'll do it again throughout the night."

She nodded her head, "You don't mean calm down. You mean to shut him up and a form of torture."

"Yea…"

"What else goes on?"

He shrugged, "Beatings, whippings, shocking… I'm honestly surprised he hasn't snapped. He just sings and dances normally. That's why some of the guards get pissed off because they do all this to him then he sings. Mostly he just sits and stares at the wall, but like he's zoned out. Other times he'll just workout in his room… push-ups and such."

"Zoned out how?"

"Like he's in another world." He fluttered his fingers in the air, "La la land."

She nodded as she walked over to the security desk and leaned against it and carefully placed a micro tracker under the table, "He gets fed daily right?"

"Yea… twice a day. Sometimes he eats and sometimes he doesn't."

She could tell he lost weight and looked unhealthy. "Ok, well just remember she doesn't want him dead. Healthy enough to not get all sickly and shit."

"Yea yea we know. When he doesn't eat the doctor forces protein drinks down his throat."

She leaned back and patted the guard's shoulder "Alright, I've seen enough to compile a report for Jona." She said as she turned and left the facility. Camilla walked directly back to her ship, she went to her room and grabbed her pillow then screamed into it. She took a deep breath, then clenched the pillow as she screamed again. When she was done, she cried softly.