It’s lose-lose, any way, we play it. And you want me to wait. Wait for what? For more bodies? There are more buildings and people to protect out there. Should I wait for him to blow a few of them out?”
Didac walked out of the observer room with Annais and Severus trailing him into the interrogation room. “What are the chances that he might break?”
“At this rate, too long,” Severus answered Didac.
“This man will tell me what I want to know.” Didac took a knife and pointed it at him. “My name is Didac.”
“Am I supposed to know you?” The earthling looked stubbornly at Didac with a swollen eye.
“When I enter the room, I question, and you answer, I speak, and you listen. The more time I spend in this room, the more fun it will be for me and the less fun it will be for you.” Didac nicked the earthling on his chest. The earthling didn’t flinch. “Who sent you?” The soldier did not reply. “Do you realize that sitting is a luxury you don’t have anymore?” Didac folded the cuffs of his military uniform and pulled the chain from the suspender till the earthling’s feet did not touch the ground anymore. He took a plastic bag and covered the earthling’s head with it.
“You need to stop this right now.” Annais wrestled to pull the bag off.
“If you want to leave that’s fine” Didac pulled his sister away and watched the man gasp for breath, waited a few seconds and nothing came out the earth dweller’s mouth. It didn’t look like he was ready to surrender. ”What other standards do we have?” Didac asked Severus.
“Flaying him didn’t work. Electric shock or water might do the trick. We could try cutting his toes or fingers off.”
“Are you crazy? You cannot do this.” Annais was horrified, looking at everyone’s faces in the room, their determination evident on them. “Nobody thinks this is wrong. How can you do this to someone and live with yourself.”
The men looked at each other. ”I will have no problems sleeping at night if that is what you are asking me.” Primo finally answered.
“You are free to leave anytime. I can escort you out.” Severus placed his hand on Annais’ arm.
“No, I want to see this.”
Primo placed electrodes around the earthling’s tongue, toes and fingers and his genitals and turned on the machine. Everyone stood there alarmed, instead of the customary reaction, fire sparks came out of him.
That was strange. Esteve took his scanner and ran it over the earthling’s body. ”You will not believe this.”
“Out with it, what are your findings?” Didac looked pointedly at his brother.
“The human appears healthy on the outside, but he is not an ordinary one.”
“What do you mean?” Primo asked.
“His anatomy has been altered. His internal organs are entirely human, but his limbs are robotic. It is very impressive; I have never seen anything like it before.”
Everyone in the room gasped. It was a crime against humanity. Leaders from different planets and galaxies considered this unethical; it undervalued the worth of the lives of all species.
“I’m getting tired of this. I have things to do.” Didac’s big fist succeeded in landing on the man’s face. The earthling’s determination fled under his icy stare. The problem with genetically enhanced soldiers was it just took one memory for them to remember their past.
The earthlings’ face that was devoid of emotion crumbled. His camouflage shirt had been stripped off him. Knife nicks covered his chest. He knew that the man before him meant to kill him. He was as big as his soldiers, with full, heavily built shoulders. His robust legs were braced apart; his posture indicated that he had the ability to kill if he was willing. “Please! Please! Spare my life. I was just following orders. I didn’t want to do it.”
Didac kicked the earthling holding on to his leg. “Take your hands off me, you human filth.” He understood that a good soldier followed orders good
Didac walked out of the observer room with Annais and Severus trailing him into the interrogation room. “What are the chances that he might break?”
“At this rate, too long,” Severus answered Didac.
“This man will tell me what I want to know.” Didac took a knife and pointed it at him. “My name is Didac.”
“Am I supposed to know you?” The earthling looked stubbornly at Didac with a swollen eye.
“When I enter the room, I question, and you answer, I speak, and you listen. The more time I spend in this room, the more fun it will be for me and the less fun it will be for you.” Didac nicked the earthling on his chest. The earthling didn’t flinch. “Who sent you?” The soldier did not reply. “Do you realize that sitting is a luxury you don’t have anymore?” Didac folded the cuffs of his military uniform and pulled the chain from the suspender till the earthling’s feet did not touch the ground anymore. He took a plastic bag and covered the earthling’s head with it.
“You need to stop this right now.” Annais wrestled to pull the bag off.
“If you want to leave that’s fine” Didac pulled his sister away and watched the man gasp for breath, waited a few seconds and nothing came out the earth dweller’s mouth. It didn’t look like he was ready to surrender. ”What other standards do we have?” Didac asked Severus.
“Flaying him didn’t work. Electric shock or water might do the trick. We could try cutting his toes or fingers off.”
“Are you crazy? You cannot do this.” Annais was horrified, looking at everyone’s faces in the room, their determination evident on them. “Nobody thinks this is wrong. How can you do this to someone and live with yourself.”
The men looked at each other. ”I will have no problems sleeping at night if that is what you are asking me.” Primo finally answered.
“You are free to leave anytime. I can escort you out.” Severus placed his hand on Annais’ arm.
“No, I want to see this.”
Primo placed electrodes around the earthling’s tongue, toes and fingers and his genitals and turned on the machine. Everyone stood there alarmed, instead of the customary reaction, fire sparks came out of him.
That was strange. Esteve took his scanner and ran it over the earthling’s body. ”You will not believe this.”
“Out with it, what are your findings?” Didac looked pointedly at his brother.
“The human appears healthy on the outside, but he is not an ordinary one.”
“What do you mean?” Primo asked.
“His anatomy has been altered. His internal organs are entirely human, but his limbs are robotic. It is very impressive; I have never seen anything like it before.”
Everyone in the room gasped. It was a crime against humanity. Leaders from different planets and galaxies considered this unethical; it undervalued the worth of the lives of all species.
“I’m getting tired of this. I have things to do.” Didac’s big fist succeeded in landing on the man’s face. The earthling’s determination fled under his icy stare. The problem with genetically enhanced soldiers was it just took one memory for them to remember their past.
The earthlings’ face that was devoid of emotion crumbled. His camouflage shirt had been stripped off him. Knife nicks covered his chest. He knew that the man before him meant to kill him. He was as big as his soldiers, with full, heavily built shoulders. His robust legs were braced apart; his posture indicated that he had the ability to kill if he was willing. “Please! Please! Spare my life. I was just following orders. I didn’t want to do it.”
Didac kicked the earthling holding on to his leg. “Take your hands off me, you human filth.” He understood that a good soldier followed orders good
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