Escape
20 Dec 2020Excess Fire
Locked away for cycles, four earth months as it turns out, of being poked, prodded, questioned, tested, analyzed, interrogated, you name it, no connection to the outside, frequently moved from place to place, never knowing where i was, where i was going, always in chains, kept on the verge of starvation, no access to my life water, no ability to regenerate, they had me, damned federation, betrayed to them by my doctor i suspect, what of missy and her father, and Lilo, are any of them alive? Here we go again, guards coming in now, more torture ahead, this time a different human in a white coat, seems familiar, cold, angry, great... I guess they are going to try something new, no point fighting it anymore, i feel the needle, going out again.I wake, as usual in total darkness, their idea being if you cant see you cant escape, makes sense but this time is different. I can see, my eyes have regenerated, I feel aware, strength, i am regenerating, they have discovered my secret it seems, unless i can hide it from them, so i wait, patience is required, escape is once again the goal. Another couple of sleeps pass, I have no concept of time here, even times between doctor visits appear random, this time i am woken by another needle bearing escorted by guards, I dare not open my eyes but my hearing is fine, what the guards hear is "uhuh", what i hear is "next visit, be ready". I breathe out slightly audibly, that's all he needs. A minute later they are gone, it is dark again but hope has returned. All i can do is wait and stretch and strain against my restrains, quietly, steadily, I suspect i am going to need to be able to move on my own
Time passes unmeasurably, two sleeps, or was it three, ahh hell I dunno, could have been more but this time I hear them coming, fast, in a hurry to get to me it seemed. I have the layout of the room in memory, know what to use as a weapon, know they have to release my chains from the wall to move me so position the locks for quick access, know where the guards stand while waiting and how i am going to attack them, I have it all planned, I'm ready. What happened next I never saw coming.
The door slams open and two, three, no four guards come running into the room, grab me and rip me up of the floor, scramble to release my chains to which i instinctively resist and take one of them out, then there is a series of explosions, deafening, all around me, the guards start floating, more like bouncing i think, off the remaining walls, the air is gone and as i pass out i have the distinct feeling of flying backwards through space, still chained to a section of the wall... I'm sure i got a glimpse of Destiny behind me... Impossible, she was destroyed, wasn't she?
Again i awake in a dark barren room, its different this time though, i am no longer restrained, no longer feel the annoyance of medical equipment attached to me, I feel clean, fresh bandages on my torso, and eyes, I feel them on me, I hear breathing, familiar breathing, but the room is unfamiliar, am i still a prisoner? I feel another presence in my head, don't say anything, don't move, assess first, this also feels familiar, more games? no, cant be, that was missy's father at that other place, did he succeed... or is this the result of a failed rescue attempt? wait a moment, I saw destiny didn't I, the colors were wrong but that ice scoop i built was unmistakable, it had to be her, yes, not destroyed after all, just damaged, now repaired, what to do next?
"Uhuh" I mumble quietly... tentatively...