Initiation - Historical Black Box Data [13th Jan 3293]
05 Dec 2020Avelina Mortem
Historical Black Box Data recovered from Federal Corvette "Warlock Mothership"Ship hull: 100%
Ship shields: 100%
Transferring cargo… 8 units of slaves
Warning: manual data redaction detected… extrapolating data. Playback initiated...
The ship Quartermaster walked through the cargo hold and inspected the canisters containing live humans. He tapped one of the canisters with his knuckles and it sang back to him with a metallic ring followed by some muffled screams. He smiled to himself before exiting the hold and shutting the door behind himself.
He walked through winding corridors of the stolen federal ship and made his way up to the bridge. "Cargo has been collected, Captain."
The Captain got up from his flight chair and cracked his neck before turning around. "Any of 'em still alive?"
The Quartermaster chuckled and then nodded. "I assume they all are, one of em is still screaming. Would you like me to collect the merchandise?"
"We have a screamer, eh?" The captain scratched his beard as he contemplated the situation. "Bring it to the bridge… and prepare *the room.*"
Upon hearing those words the Quartermaster's eyes lit up. "Right away captain!" He excitedly hurried off out of the bridge, rubbing his hands together.
The Quartermaster made his way back to the hold and found the canister he had solo'd out before. He entered a pin code into the top of the canister and rotated a large locking mechanism. Air rushed out of the canister as it decompressed and then he grabbed the top of the canister and shoved it to the ground, causing it to fall over and for the canister to split into two halves. The body of a young girl flopped out; she was breathing quickly and her face was tearstained. She tried standing up but her muscles wouldn't cooperate after being trapped inside the small container for hours.
"Stand up." He commanded. She was terrified and disoriented. "I said, stand up!" He reached down and dug his fingers into her matted hair, pulling her up as she tried her hardest to kick and scream using the last of her energy. "Pfft… what a runt."
He dragged her all the way to the bridge and threw her down on the floor. "Is there anything else you would like, captain?" The captain shook his head and then the quartermaster headed to another room just next to the bridge.
The captain walked over to the girl and held out his hand, seemingly being much more friendly than the quartermaster. The girl reluctantly reached out a shaking hand and he helped her up. "Do you have a name, young lady?"
"A-avelina… Avelina Eden…" she said with a shaky voice.
"Hello Avelina. I'm sorry about my friend here, he gets a little… carried away."
"Where am I? W-where are my parents?" She asked, tears beginning to form in her eyes again.
The captain sighed. "I have some unfortunate news… your parents sold you off as a slave."
"W-what?"
"I know this is a lot for you to process right now… you!" The captain pointed at his gunner. "Get our new friend a drink."
"Yes captain." The gunner left the room.
"Now… where were we. Ah yes." The captain cleared his throat. "I guess you could say we rescued you."
"When can I go home?"
"I'm sorry my dear Avelina but you can't…" he said while shaking his head. "Your parents don't want you."
"W-what?" She stopped crying as the shock of her situation kicked in.
"It's okay though!" He said with a big smile on his face. "You're part of the Warlock family now. We're here to protect you." He reached out and pulled her into his chest, giving her a tight hug. While doing this the Quartermaster arrived back on the bridge and nodded his head. The captain's smile widened. "Now… let's get on with the initiation!"
"Initiation?"
"Of course… we'll get you cleaned up after being stuck in that aaawful canister for so long." He reached out and held onto her hand as he and the quartermaster brought her to what looked like an operating room.
Avelina pulled back on the captains hand in fear, as the room looked terrifying to the young girl. "Don't worry!" He said reassuringly. "This is just the ship med bay, we can give you the best medical attention here." As he said that the Quartermaster closed the door behind them. The captain picked her up and sat her down on the operating table while the quartermaster pulled out a tray with needles and vials of liquid.
"What's that?" she said, looking over at the tray.
"Oh don't worry!" The captain said. "These are antibiotics, they'll make sure you don't have any infections from your… prior mistreatment."
The quartermaster brough the syringe close to her arm. "Close your eyes, it won't hurt at all…" he said with an evil glint in is eye. Bother she knew what was happening the needle was already in her arm and she could feel her shoulder getting heavy… and then suddenly here whole body began to get heavy as she flopped back onto the operating table.
"What did you do to me!" She tried shouting but only weak airy whispers would come from her mouth. She tried to move her arms and legs but she was completely paralysed.
"I'm so sorry, my dear Avelina, but if we told you the whole truth we don't think you would have cooperated."
Her breathing began to quicken and her heart would beat faster and faster.
The quartermaster pulled out a second tray, but this one was full of scalpels and forceps. "Sorry kid." He said with a big grin on his face. "This is gonna hurt."
The quartermaster took a scalpel and began making an incision from the top of her forehead down to the bridge of her nose. Avelina screamed as loud as she could from the pain as blood began to pour out of the wound. He brought the scalpel back up making another parallel cut and then used the forceps to peel the skin away. The blood began to flow down her forehead and into her eyes, staining her vision red.
The quartermaster repeated the process, cutting into the flesh above her lip and removing another small strip. Avelina had almost passed out from the screaming and the pain. She was begging them to stop but her pleading fell on death, sadistic ears.
Next the quartermaster took out a pair of medical scissors and cut off her top, revealing her bare naked chest and stomach. "Now this one is really gonna hurt." He said as he reached in to make another incision. He started just below her bottom lip and began cutting down her chin, then neck, then down her chest and all the way to her navel. Avelina continued to scream in agony. He made another parallel incision starting at her navel and working its way up to her lip. The quartermaster finally began to remove the strip of skin and then finally Avelina passed out from the pain. After the procedure was done he began to spray something over the cuts to stop the bleeding and wiped the blood away.
The captain walked over to her and leant in, kissing her on the cheek. "That wasn't so bad was it?" He said with a smile. "You're a warlock now."
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