Thawing Out (Harley, Bryce Bantam, Echo Kora)

[Jorus Merrill]

Not long after the Underground placed a bounty on former Black Rose members, one sought out General Jorus Merrill on Kal'Shebbol. With help, he defeated her. She was found guilty of murder by local authorities, then extradited to Demonsgate, where the Kathol Outback's impromptu tribunal tried her for participation in war crimes. Though evidence was compelling and she'd confessed, she was found not guilty by reason of insanity. She was frozen in carbonite and placed on an Underground medical frigate for monitoring, under heavy guard. The medical frigate remained in the Demonsgate system, offering support to rebuilding efforts on the surface.

Now, an Underground operative has been tasked with interrogating her, finding out what she knows about other former members of the Black Rose. But to do that, he has to thaw her out of carbon freeze -- and then keep her under control. The scene: a locked room, two guards inside, two guards outside. A medical droid to oversee the thaw. Two chairs, and a slab of carbonite with a manic grin sticking out of it.

Not all threats are internal, though. If someone happened to be insane enough to navigate the Kathol Rift alone, braving its hallucinations for weeks on end -- and if they happened to be flying a small, low-profile ship -- then maybe, just maybe, they could sneak up on the medical frigate...

[member="Harley"] [member="Bryce Bantam"] [member="Echo Kora"]

 

[Bryce Bantam]

BB motioned for the two guards to stand aside and allow him to enter. Being one of the few TKO members planet side for the trial he had been selected to get the crazy girl out of the carbonite and "talk" to her about the other Black Rose members that may be hiding abroad. BB couldn't believe he had been chosen for this, while a member of this group for over a year handling Sith, especially one as off her rocker as this one was something that was intimidating to say the least. For now though all he could do was follow orders so he went inside to prepare the prisoner.

An old storage room had been converted into a jail room of sorts and only stark gun metal gray walls greeted him as he entered. Walking over to the floating slab of carbonite he began the process by lowering it to the floor so it was laying flat with the grinning image of Harley facing the ceiling. As he worked he wondered if anyone else had been tasked to join him, but in the mean time he started the re-animation process and prepared the revival procedures to bring Harley back from her cold sleep.

[member="Harley"] [member="Echo Kora"]

 

[Hailey Sosis]

When she came out being frozen, she was shivering in her red jump suit. Her eyes had glazed over, and she could not see. She was for first time actually scared, she moved instinctively to a corner. She was grabbed by someone, and then placed on what seem like warm metallic chair. Though if it was not for her core body temperature being so cold, she realised the chair was cold. She could see anyone around her, she did not know who was here. All she did know they said she was insane, who had the right judge that, hell who was sane. She began cackling to herself a bit, and then asked Who's here? Her voice was faint, and lacked the same luster she had before she went into the freezer. This was not because her spirit was broken, but she was so cold, she was still shaking from it.

[member="Echo Kora"] [member="Bryce Bantam"] [member="General Beyyr"]

 

[Bryce Bantam]

BB placed a Force Suppression Collar around Harley's neck and handcuffed her to the chair as the guard held her down. BB didn't like treating anyone this way but it would have been foolish not to restrict her while they "talked". Grabbing hold of her for head he tilted her head back so she was looking up at the ceiling and placed bacta drops in her eyes. Finally he injected her with a general bacta solution to aid her in recovery before he handed his medic kit back to one of the guards and took a seat at the opposite side of the table from Harley.

"BB and I'm sorry for the rough treatment Harley but given your reputation it would be foolish for is not to take some precautions. So how are you feeling?" BB said trying to start a conversation.

[member="Harley"] [member="General Beyyr"] [member="Echo Kora"]

 

[Hailey Sosis]

[member="Bryce Bantam"] [member="General Beyyr"]

She did not see him coming with the collar, all she felt was someone grabbing her head. The next she felt some getting wrapped around her neck, she panicked and began to struggle. Though she could not put up much of a fight, she then heard a clicking noise, and then she could no longer feel the force. She began to cry, it was one of the worse thing they could done to her. She loved the force, as without she nothing more than daughter of whore. With it she ran helped run gang on coruscant, before the republic lost control. The sith did not exterminate her, with the cull of other criminals, though she managed to save a few gang members from the won't work gang. Her tormentor who she could not see or feel in the force, asked her how she was feeling, her reply was simple please take it off, I do anything, anything.

 

[Bryce Bantam]

please take it off, I do anything, anything.

The words hit BB in the chest, ripping at his heart. BB didn't like seeing Harley like this, hurting, confused, scared. These were things he fought against, he helped people feel better.... but not today. He swallowed deep pushing his emotions back down. He had to remember, she was a murdered, clinically insane. This must all be a ploy, a trick to try and gain an advantage so she could gain her freedom. BB could only imagine the death toll she inflict upon this ship. The people she would slay effortlessly just for the fun of it. He couldn't let that happen, he had a job to do.. a duty to fulfill.

"We can talk about that but first you need to help with the Black Rose, I want names, places, assets. Provide those and we can talk about concessions."

[member="Harley"]

 

[Hailey Sosis]

[member="Bryce Bantam"] [member="General Beyyr"] [member="Darth Veles"] [member="Darth Ayra"]

She did not want to wait get it off her, she was blind due to carbon freezing, and could not feel anything due to collar. She grabbed it with her hands, and began trying to pull at it, hoping to rip it off. Though without access to force, she had no real strength, it did flex however and began to cut into her throat, as well as her hands. She was scared and was not co-operating with them, as she pulled blood began to drip a little. She then shouted GET IT OFF ME NOW! Her face was going red in frustration, she been cut off from the force, and could not see what was going on.

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Echo would have decided that it was time she did something that needed to be done. She would break into Demonsgate and attempt to break Harley out. She had been planning this for a while but today was the day. She would have been piloting a stealth ship trying to not give away her plan. She would have been not to far away

[member="Harley"]
[member="Bryce Bantam"]

 

[Bryce Bantam]

GET IT OFF ME NOW!

Kark she was panicking BB though as he raced back over to the table to restrain Harley. Ordering the guards to grab her arms he proceeded to take up his med kit again and treat Harley for the lacerations she had inflicted on her neck. After cleaning the wounds and dressing them with bacta bandages he grabbed hold of her hand and said.

"Harley, this is not going to help. You can't power out of this, please listen all I need are names, places they are hiding out. Give me those and we can talk about getting this thing off your neck."

BB tried to make his voice calm and reassuring, she may be his prisoner but that didn't mean he was going to inflict any more harm on her if it was not absolutely needed. He only hoped his kind touch and calming words would get through to her...

[member="Harley"]

 

[Hailey Sosis]

[member="Bryce Bantam"] [member="Echo Kora"]

She felt two men suddenly grab her, and force her hand of the collar. She was struggling against them as best she could, but hundred thirty pounds of her, and her muscles being cooled could not put much resistance up. Then she felt a needle go in to her, she tried to head butt one the people holding her but to no avail. Then she heard his voice again, trying to calm her. As he spoke the bacta began to help her regain her eyesight. It was still blurry, but she could make out lines of people who where talking.

She still being held in place though, she said Get it of a me now! almost growling at him as she did. She was stubborn as a mule, and despite her fear she was not giving in just yet.

 

[Bryce Bantam]

Get it of a me now!

BB continued to hold her hand as gently as he could while Harley growled her request again. But they were making progress, as a growl was not as panicked as a scream. He could see in her face she was still afraid but not completely hysterical as before. See her blinking and beginning to squint BB assumed her eye site must be returning and so let himself edge a little nearer to her and took a knee so he was not towering over her but rather at her level as an equal. Motioning for the guards to step back he continued to hold her hand as he said quietly and calmly.

"Names, places, give me any and all of those you know in the black rose and I will be able to help..."

 

[Hailey Sosis]

[member="Bryce Bantam"] [member="Echo Kora"]

She spat at him in frustration and anger, she just wanted the collar off, and she was not going to be blackmailed by people she could not trust. Take the collar off first, then maybe we talk. She through word maybe in, as way seeing how reacted. She may be slightly deranged, and her IQ may below par, but she knew enough the deck was stacked against her. So she have to offer him something, or she was going back to being an ice block. Something that mean her fate was in hands of others, and that did appeal to her as her employers would not care, as she was not family. Though she did remember two names she could give them, [member="Darth Ayra"] and [member="Darth Veles"], what they where up to now she had no idea, after all she was just a minion. She was never one the elites, and the even middle management come to that matter she was just a foot soldier.

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Echo had gotten word that Harley was to be thawn out today so she decided now was the time to move and get her out of there. Echo had brought bombs with her that she planned to blow up the wall if it came down to it. She was almost there now

[member="Harley"]
[member="Bryce Bantam"]

 

[Bryce Bantam]

Take the collar off first, then maybe we talk.

BB wiped the spit from his face, as he did one of the guards went to slap Harley in the face but BB caught his hand and motioned for him to step back. Fear, anger, pain, all these emotions were swirling in Harley, BB didn't need the force to see that it was written on her face. Without malice he knelled back down again waiting for a pause in her fury to speak.

"No, it stays till I get what I came for, names, hiding places. It is that simple Harley. Why are you protecting these people, they care nothing for you. They left you here to rot because you're only a pawn to them. Look I know you got guts because you flew all the way out here to confront Merrill, so stop being afraid of those who care nothing for you, you're better than that. "

BB was trying to reverse tactics, kindness wasn't working so much so he hoped engaging her ego would....

[member="Harley"]

 

[Hailey Sosis]

[member="Bryce Bantam"]

She did not like this intolerable disposition she was in, she then asked him a simple question return.
Why should I trust you?
It was simple enough question, one which was true. She did not trust him, after all what did the Jedi ever do for her, when they ruled coruscant.
At least the sith helped the lower orders, gave them jobs.
Admittedly it was making war machines, but atleast they got paid for it.
Under The Republic, she was nothing more than daughter of whore, who got mixed up in gangs.

 

[Bryce Bantam]

Why should I trust you?

It was a damn good question, one BB didn't have a good answer for. Truthfully this was a one sided arrangement, one that relied on her to see reason. But given her history a snowball had a better chance on Demonsgate that she did to see reason. So the truth would have to do...

"Because you don't have a choice in the matter. We want those criminals, those who you worked for. In exchange I can see to leniency in your sentence I just need you to provide me something I can work with."

Exasperated BB stood up and ran his fingers through his red hair. We could go round and round like this for days, the choice was all up to Harley.

 

[Hailey Sosis]

[member="Bryce Bantam"] [member="Echo Kora"]

She pondered for a moment, she worked out that one of them was coward anyway, so why not give up her name to test this.
Okay then one the people in charge was [member="Sanya Val Swift"], not sure what her role was but she was in charge of something!
She knew like most people did she ran crying to the republic, which have brought her into the fold, possibly out desperation.
She waited for her capture to reply.

 

[Bryce Bantam]

Okay then one the people in charge was Sanya Val Swift, not sure what her role was but she was in charge of something!

Ok there we go, it was a start. Sanya Val Swift, we had a name. To show he was serious about his end of the bargain BB lowered the settings on the collar so it would allow her some sense of the force, not enough to do anything but akin to lighting a small candle in a pitch black room. A person would be able to see shapes and movement but not color or substance.

"Ok that is a start, who else can you think of?"

[member="Harley"]

 

[Hailey Sosis]

[member="Bryce Bantam"] [member="Echo Kora"]

She ponder for a moment, she wanted to stall. ​I think my bowls have just defrosted! She exclaimed, as she started to shift about on her seat. She was not sure if this would work, but you wanted to escape, even if she gave them every name of every soldier, they still never let her go. She may be slightly mad, but she knew the score.

 

[Bryce Bantam]

​I think my bowls have just defrosted!

BB signs as he rubs his forehead, just as he thought he was getting some where she bring up her bathroom needs. Signaling for one of the guards he asks for him to fetch a chemical toilet and a changing blind. Minutes later the guard returns and sets them up on a corner of the room behind [member="Harley"] . BB points over to the set up and says.

"Have at it"