Examination (Possibly NSFW/NSFL for violence)

((Author's Note: This post was originally written for Shalee's blog, but as she's a bad and hasn't posted it, I've found it in my backups and posted here. The events here take place in August of 2015, right after the peace treaty between XIX and Triumvirate))

Darkness.

A lightbulb above his head suddenly turned on. *CLANG*What? Where am I?, he wondered. What is happening to me? He looked left, he could see a little of the metal wall that the bulb cast. He tried to his head, can’t there’s a restraint. Look right, same thing. Look up, a bare metal ceiling. How did I get here? He tried to move his arms, they were both restrained, he tried to look at them and could barely make out a clamp around them. What is this? His heart rate quickened. He looked at his legs and couldn’t see them in the darkness. My legs his heart began to beat faster, what is going on here? Where I am?.  He yelled “WHERE AM I?”

A little Gallente girl came out from the lefthand door carrying a small light to see the way. “Hello Alfani” she said in a rather cheery manner, “we are going to play a very fun game today!” “Game, what game” Alfani replied “Placing me in restraints is not my idea of a FUN TIME!” he boomed, the aristocratic tinge at the last words.  

The little girl replied cheekily “at least I will have some fun then, you big meanie. You enjoyed putting other people in these places, now we will see how you react.”

A metal door slid opening revealing an unconscious man secured to a platform, he began to stir as well as he woke up.

“Vagrani!” Alfani yelled, “You are here also!” “Alfani, you’re here?” there was some relief in the man’s voice “Get me out of here!”

“I’m trapped!” yelled Alfani, “and so are you”. Vagrani replied snappily “I'm stuck here too you idiot”

A light appeared below the platform, revealing a vat of acid. “What the FUCK!” yelled Alfani, “Vagrani, don’t move. Whatever you do, do not move” Vagrani saw the acid “By Omir!”.

Alfani looked at the girl “Let him you go you bitch, let him go or I swear by all that is holy we will hunt you and your family down and torture them to death. Slowly.”

The Gallente girl looked coyly at him “I really don’t think you will be in any shape to hurt anyone after this game.” She smiled happily “we will have too much fun!”

The next door opened, a light turned on. Inside was Vooral, the priest. Vooral was awake and saw Alfani through the opening. “Alfani! You’re here also!” Vagrani yelled “Vooral, they have me as well!” “Vagrani, are you trapped?” “I am, your eminence, and there is *his voice quivered in fear* acid below me!”

Vooral looked around a let out a cry of shock when the pilot light ignited. He relaxed when he saw it was only a small flame, but he looked worryingly at it. He knew all too well what fire did to the human body.  

Alfani yelled at the girl “You have me, you have my enforcer Vagrani, the priest Vooral, do not tell me you also have Miasma.” Please do not have her, I would give it all for her touch.

The last door opened, Miasma was strapped to a metal table. Her hands, arms, feet, legs, and head were all in vices.

“MIASMA!” yelled Alfani. She began to stir “Alfani?” she yelled hesitantly, “where am I?” “You’re trapped my love, I’ll get you out, I swear.”

The Gallente girl laughed at the last comment “So touching! A man and his lover, separated forever. They will never be able to touch each other.”

“BITCH!” yelled Alfani “you better not hurt her!”

The girl chuckled, “I won’t hurt your preceous Miasma. You will”

“I won’t,” sobbed Alfani “I can’t.”

The girl pointed at a clock above the doors “There are 3 minutes on that clock, Alfani. There are 3 buttons that you can press with your left hand. Each button brings their corresponding Raider closer to death. If all three are not dead in 3 minutes, you will die. Your table will become your coffin.” She smirked “those are the rules. Make your choice, live or die.”

The clock being to tick: 2:59, 2:58, 2:57

I can’t do this. I can’t.

2:50 2:49 2:48

He pushed the first button, Vagrani’s platform began to lower. “Alfani, don’t do this!” He quivered,
“please don’t kill me! Please! PLEASE!” He began to sob. “I’m sorrAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!” Alfani’s feet were splashed with acid. He screeched in pain. The girl pointed up, a vat of acid was tilted slightly but had begun to return to an upright position.

She cooed “The faster you go, the more pain you endure. This is all part of your test.”

She pointed at the clock 2:43 2:42 “remember 3 minutes”

He pressed the second button, a burner ignited inside Vooral’s cell. “Alfani!” screemed Vooral, “light them all! Save yourself!”

Alfani pushed it again, another row igniting as Vooral’s face showed the pain he was in. Alfani was started, his table had gotten hotter. Alfani, pushed it again, the table beginning to become uncomfortably hot.

He pushed it a total of 5 times, after the last push Vooral collapsed, his clothes on fire and his face showing the anguish he felt. True to Vooral’s faith, he never screamed apart from the initial cry for Alfani to save himself.

Alfani’s skin blistered from the heat of the table, but it began to dissipate. One was dead, but only 1:30 remained on the clock.

He pushed the last button, Miasma screamed in agony as her feet were crushed by the machine. Alfani’s table began to close on him as well.

Alfani began to sob I hurt her, I hurt her, please God forgive me for what I must do.

He rapidly pushed the last button as Miasma was rapidly crushed. Hands next, then her legs, her arms, and finally her head.

Alfani could barely breathe, his ribs were broken, and he could barely move his hand from the crushing his table had exerted on him. His desire to spare Miasma pain and cost himself. There was only 20 seconds left by the time he weakly pushed the first button.

He screamed as the acid again poured on his feet, the pain distracting him from his hand as it fell limp.

15 seconds, he reached for the button. 13 as he pressed again, mustering all his strength. 12 Vagrani’s platform touched the top of the acid.

10 as Vagrani’s feet began to burn. Alfani’s legs were completely covered from the poured acid.

9 Vagrani was up halfway to his shins.

8 his shins were almost fully covered by some acid fell on Alfani’s hand, and he pulled away as both men screamed from the pain.

7 6 5 4 Alfani pushed the button, Vagrani was up to his thighs

SLAM!

Alfani’s lifeless corpse sagged, as the platform lifted what remained of Vagrani up from the acid pit. The clock read 0:00

Two days earlier

The Brotherhood of the East, a small Sani Sabik sect, had been based out of LXQ2-T for years. Operating out of capsuleer controlled space, they had been responsible for many disappearances of capsuleers and spacefarers. They stayed on the good side of the system’s controllers, attacking only their enemies and neutrals.

Alfani, the leader of the sect, and a member of the even more secretive Aposi had made a fatal mistake. The Armistice. He had followed orders, but he had not anticipated his enemies making peace with LXQ2-T’s owners.

They had tried to flee, to reach one of the backup centers. They always anticipated having to leave, to try and reach safe space. To return to Holy Delve and their Blood Raider mentors. That was not to be. The station was quarantined and their shuttle interdicted by a surprise Triumvirate blockade. They had not expected to be tractor beamed into the waiting carrier, warp drive and local thrusters disabled. The last thing anyone remembered was the strange machine that entered..and a hissing noise.

Present day

Vlad had been watching the game from inside the control room, a myriad of sensors broadcasting everything from EKG to heart rates and tissue destruction. This was the first game, there still 3 more to go. He had soft cloned Alfani, Vagrani, Vooral, and Miasma when he had captured them. Each of them had taken pleasure in blooding space crews, including Trimvirate ones.

He turned to Shalee and asked her “Does that bring some relief, to see those that killed your daughter die? They will not die once * a shot rang out as Vagrani’s tortured body was killed* but be tested four times.”

The medical drones had begun to move the next set of bodies into position as the cells and tables were cleaned. The next game was for Miasma.