[Gobusters soap opera universe, lol]

[interpolate]

I'm flat on my back with my hands clasped over my face, the chain connecting the cuffs between my teeth, and it hurts but that's nothing compared to the static in my head, the splitting pain.

Fear, absolute terror. Anger, unbridled rage. Amusement? Laughter?

My back arches, I stare at the guards and they stare back. Guns drawn, aimed at my face. Everything fades in and out of focus.

I don't want this.

"S'il vous plaît," I'm begging, but for what? A bullet? "S'il vous plaît..." I twist and the guards twitch nervously, but they're still not shooting. Maybe they should be. Maybe they can stop this, before my friends have to do it. To save themselves. "S'il vous plaît!"

Black.

Then white.

Then slowly color focus. A shudder runs through me.

Curious.

The guards are moving closer. Fools.

"Salut, salut, salut!" I lift my arms, smirking, and my cables swiftly disarm them and throw them both against the walls before either of them can scream. The handcuffs split and fall away and I rise slowly to my feet.

I am in their base. So is my computer. Once we are reuninted, my majesté, Messiah will be freed from the subspace.

My goggles are still in an inside pocket of my coat. Very nice. I put them on before I step into the hallway. There are other soldiers out here. But not the Gobusters. So I have little to fear.

I lift one hand with another smirk. "Ça va."