Posted by Commander Dr. Royal Sinclair (Executive Officer) in Deck 9 - Shadows Are Not Immune To Light

Posted by Captain Dira Myqian (Commanding Officer) in Deck 9 - Shadows Are Not Immune To Light

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Everything felt so tight in her chest and it was a struggle to take full breaths, but she kept breathing, making it a priority. “I started coughing and after I got myself into a sitting position he fed me some water. He said how much he missed me, how much he knew I must have missed him. But that he was here and we’d start our lives together finally. So… casual, as if this was always how it would have gone. I knew that in his deluded mind I was just waiting for him to rescue me, so this was all very logical to him. I also knew that if I broke the delusion and he got angry it was unlikely I’d live too long to regret it, so I bided my time and used all my therapy techniques to keep him talking.” Dira’s voice became more distant as she stared at the spot across the space from Royal where she had sat for such an uncomfortable amount of time. Her body seemed to move of its own volition, carrying her closer to the spot and she touched the wall before her hand slid down as the deck rose up to meet her knees. She turned to sit with her back against the wall, not on, but next to the pipe that she had been bound to. She wrapped her arms around her knees. Tiny. Helpless.

She continued talking, but the words weren’t fully registering in her mind. “But every time he hit a point of the conversation where there was a disconnect, like when I asked him to untie me because my hands hurt, he couldn’t reconcile the fact that he truly believed I was a willing party in all of this and yet he was refusing things I was asking of him. I also knew if we moved locations, and if he got me off the ship, it was all over. The odds of an abducted person being retrieved alive went down quickly after that point. But I had no plan of escape. The cable was digging into my skin and I couldn’t get any leverage. But everything changed when the ship shook and I knew it was his doing. Deep down. He didn’t even bother acknowledging that there had clearly been an explosion. He made me so angry,” she said, but the feelings were gone.

Captain Myqian, CO

Royal moved and took a seat on the deck near, but next to, her. “So you bidded time using your skills as a counselor, assessed his mental and emotional state, prioritized your risk, and thought and planned for potential scenarios. Okay… go on. How did you get free.”

Sinclair, XO

Myqian drew in a shaky breath. “I checked how much leeway my wrists had and there was none, but I also realized that if at least one wrist was at a slightly different angle I might have enough room to slip a hand out. But I was really starting to feel unwell, and knew it was likely whatever he sprayed me with. I could use my medical knowledge to diagnose what was going on, but it didn’t help me much. But I made a comment to William about how I was feeling and he got a cool cloth and placed it on the back of my neck.” The shudder that went through her body went unnoticed by Dira. She just kept talking. “When he sat back, he was still close to me and sitting in front, focused on that damn PADD of his. When the ship shook, I knew that things had changed and I was running out of time. So I braced myself and then lifted my feet and drove the boot heels right into his stupid face,” she said, disgust seeping in. “But at the same time I used my momentum to wrench at my left wrist, dislocating it. The pain was enormous, and my shoulder also hurt, but there was no time for any of it. I slipped my other hand out and tried to untie my feet but the knots were too difficult. He was dazed but not unconscious. There was no time! So I just took off my boots and slid the cabling off and hightailed it out of the room into the jefferies tube. But I only had one good hand so I had to sort of propel myself forward. My heart felt terrible and I thought I was going to pass out every second. But I made it to the other maintenance room and all but fell onto the floor. I think that’ how I fully dislocated my left shoulder. And from there it’s like I said before about getting into the corridor and Frigga coming.”

Captain Myqian, CO