The three men entered the room. They were dressed in what looked roughly like LSF/LPI uniform, but the darkness obscured his vision.
The man in front turned off the weak light and the room was plunged into darkness. Core thought they were going to kill him with the lights off, but in a second the room was lighted up again, far brighter than it was before, as the man turned on a different light.
Core could see more clearly now, and noticed that, yes, these were LPI uniforms, but they were ragged, stained and drained of most of their original colour.
One of the flanking goons pushed him into the swivel chair in the centre of the room. One stood behind him, the other behind the man who had turned on the light, who was obviously the leader.
The interrogator spoke. "Now. As you have almost certainly realised, you are no longer on board your ship. You were brought here, to the the prison ship Dakota. You are in the California system. Do you understand?"
"Er... yes, but-"
"You are being charged for illegal possession of Cardimine, resisting arrest, and the destruction of two Defender class fighters and the deaths of their respective pilots. Do you understand?"
"What?! I didn't destroy any Defenders! I shot at them a few times, but-"
"So you admit to attacking Liberty Police ships?"
"Yes, but-"
"Very well. You will be taken to your cell, then sent to Planet Houston for... processing. Do you understand?"
"What?! I didn't-"
"Do you understand?"
"I didn't... you can't-"
The interrogator sighed, and nodded to his goons. Core Zaire jumped out of seat and ran to the door, just in time to be punched in the stomach by a man built like a gorrilla.
Core Zaire collapsed, wheezing. The interrogator leaned over him, reached into his holster, pulled out a long tube and pressed it to his neck. A slight zap was heard, as well as a breif shriek from Core, then silence.
The interrogator stood up.
"Take him away."
-TO BE CONTINUED... WHEN I CAN BE BOTHERED TO WRITE THE NEXT PART, PROBABLY TOMMORROW, MAYBE LATER TODAY IF I CAN BE BOTHERED-
Edited by - ~Corsair#01~ on 5/9/2004 5:38:00 AM