"Ha!" Steel's fist connected with Sender's abdon again as the door opened and the captain walked in. He looked over for only a second before he continued punching the man. Sender's body was already covered in cuts and bruises. He was hanging from the roof by his hands tied with a tal chain.
Sender was in the sa pair of pants as when he was detained. The rest of his clothes had been stripped off. Not even his shoes or socks remained.
Steel on the other hand was in a black military shirt with military pants and boots. His hands had the infantry gloves on them, he did not want to break his fingers while punching the man. He had barely broken a sweat since he began beating on the man an hour and a half ago.
"I did not realize torture was your form of relaxation." The captain joked as Steel walked over causing Steel to chuckle in response. "What have you gotten from him?"
Steel shrugged, "I have yet to ask anything. You want to start? I am feeling a little parched so I will get a drink." Steel took off the gloves, tossing them onto a tal table. The sound of tal on tal made Sender flinch. Then Steel chuckled as he walked over to a box and opened it up pulling out a bottle of water.
ndez sighed and shook his head, this cadet was going to be trouble no matter where he sent him. He honestly gave the cadet permission to interrogate the prisoner in hopes that he would ask for help. He did not think the kid would co out the gate using torture tactics. "Okay Sender, what information have you sold to the info brokers?"
"I sold a lot of information. I gave him intel on locations of witnesses. I gave him intel on people we keep a close eye on because we think they might be spies or traitors. I sold him intel on people who have been contacted by rebels and foreigners in hopes of turning them, and have turned them down or been turned down in so cases. I sold locations of interest that are in the empire." He narrated quickly, hoping the beatings would stop.
"Okay stop. Steel you mind taking a lunch break while I get soone in here to write all this down." ndez asked Steel with a look of annoyance.
"Ha… I don't mind, I guess. Don't worry Sender I will be back!" Steel called out as he left getting a moan of pain and fear in response
Steel walked straight to the cafeteria. When he walked in his eyes instantly snapped to a figure he saw was eating. He smiled and grabbed a tray and his food before he walked over to join them.
As he sat down the person across from him was struggling with holding her fork. It fell out of her hand again as he sat.
"How is the new hand treating you Charlie?" Steel asked.
"Steel," she looked up from her tray. "It sucks. I am learning how to use my arm all over again. But you seem almost chipper. I heard you were the one that figured out the shit with Sender, what did you do with the scum?"
"Actually I just ca from interrogating him. I have been beating on him since I woke up. It was quite relaxing, but ndez ca in and actually started asking questions." Steel explained before casually jumping to another topic like it wasn't strange. "How is your physical therapy going?"
"It is going well enough. The system already recognizes the new arm. But it is like I have to train a whole new arm." She went to pick up her utensil again when her head shot up, "wait what the hell did you say? You casually ntioned torture like it was nothing, I noticed this last ti as well. You had no qualms or difficulty with killing either."
Steel just shrugged, "because it is not my first ti doing either. When I was in the slums I had to beat a man to death with a candelabra. He was trying to rape a young girl in the orphanage that I was in. I did what I had to because it was part of what I needed to do. Another ti I helped torture a man that had kidnapped a bunch of other kids at the orphanage. I asked the local gang for help but they said they wanted sothing in exchange so I learned how to torture people and beca good at it."
She seed mystified by the way he was responding and unsure of how to proceed. "I apologize… I guess."
"It is fine." Steel shrugged, "so the arm? How is it?"
"Yeah… it is annoying. I am still going to need ti off. But I need sothing to do while I wait and am stuck in dbay. What do you think?" She asked. Intent on moving on to sothing else.
"Well the ship doctor seems nice. I am sure he could provide you with busy work while you are stuck there. Maybe learn so skills beyond just first aid." Steel recomnded.
"What? Beco a doctor and a soldier. My parents would beco livid." She joked.
"Look, everyone has their talents. Mine happens to be programming and machines-"
"And fighting." She interrupted.
He chuckled, "and fighting." He leaned forward, "you just need to find yours. Try a few things out to see what pops out at you. Once you find it, use it to help yourself grow as much as possible."
She leaned back. She beca lost in thought. Her hand, the one she lost, began absentmindedly tapping the table. She probably had not even realized she was doing it. Well that was interesting, he spotted soone else spotting it out of the corner of his eye. Steel smiled and finished his al before leaving.
Ti for more relaxation.
He walked back to the room he was interrogating Sender. When he walked in he smiled as Sender began struggling against his chains. ndez was there with another person he had never seen before.
"Sir?" Steel stepped forward.
"He has given us all the intel he can rember selling. Specifics as much as he could rember. I think we could stop… but I have a feeling you don't want to?" ndez stated causing the person he brought to write all the information Sender was giving to them.
"No, there are plenty of other things I am sure he has yet to volunteer. So I will continue until he squeals everything from the dirty thoughts he had as a child. To the nas of the won he violated." Steel slid on the gloves. Making fists to make sure they were on correctly.
"Wait wait wait-" There was a sickening crunch as Steel landed a punch right in his rib cage.
"Not right now. Now it is the beating ti. The captain and his writer will co back whenever they feel like it to get more intel out of you. Until then, you get to be my punching bag." ndez sighed and led the other person out of the room while Steel gave Sender a grin.
Steel spent another thirty minutes punching the man when he suddenly started laughing. He stopped and frowned. "What's wrong?"
"I can't feel… anything." His speaking was becoming slurred.
"Ah!" Steel smiled again. "You know, growing up in the slums you encounter so pretty nasty stuff. For instance there is this outlawed drug for nano humans, it was originally developed to help the rapid repair of organs and damaged bones. A life saving drug." He chuckled as he walked over to the sa drawer that had a water bottle.
Inside were several syringes most had green liquid in them but a few had a translucent blue. As he pulled it out and walked over, Sender started twisting in his chains and struggling.
"It was actually fairly difficult to acquire unless you knew so good underground doctors. Which is why I could only get it if I was working for a wealthier gang. Fortunately on board this ship we have a very knowledgeable doctor that very much dislikes you." Steel narrated as he uncapped the syringe.
He squeezed the plunger causing a spurt of green liquid to pop out. "Luckily the good doctor was able to make a special variant of the drug I got to use only once or twice. Ambrosia Version B6-08, not only does it rapidly repair origins even if bones and other things are out of place. It makes the entire body extrely sensitive throughout the experience and for several hours afterwards." He stabbed it right into a vein in the man's neck and emptied the syringe before pulling it out.
Steel smiled as the man began convulsing and spasming as he scread in pain. This would be the longest two days of the forr Inquisitor Sender's life.
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