The only Bell at the Ball
Posted on Mon Nov 25th, 2019 @ 7:11am by Commander Curtis Thibideaux & Lieutenant Commander Bella O'Donnahue
938 words; about a 5 minute read
Mission:
New Beginnings
Location: Miradorn Ambassadorial Suite, SB80
Timeline: MD001 16:10
When you can’t see, you have to depend on your other senses.
Bella had been blindfolded for nearly, to her best guesstimate, seven or eight hours. They’d taken led her to the turbo lift near the visiting officers quarters she and Natan had shared.
Finally, after felt like hours they’d entered someplace that had carpeted floors and where the air felt…different. Warmer. Lived in. They’d put her in a chair, hooked her binders to it and left.
After at least an hour sitting with her thoughts, Bella heard movement and sensed at least two beings standing near her. Suddenly, the hood was removed and seconds later, the blindfold peeled away.
Blinking, her eyes adjusted rapidly to the semi-bright light and she found herself in a rather opulent room. Deep blue, heavily piled carpeting ran from wall to wall where cream colored paneling of some kind sheathed the room. Book there were a few storage cabinets around the perimeter and the ceiling was actually paneled in multi colored wood. Centered was the light source, which currently shown light down over her directly, with other lighting around the room accenting the walls. There was minimal furnishing or decorations.
There was however, beings. She’d felt the two klingons who were standing near her, one tucking the hood and blindfold into his belt. There was also a third. This one she recognized.
Bella felt all it going on around her, Looking at them all "You're going to regret this" She spat at the klingon, but when she herd the romuilan voice she froze "You better hope I don't get out of these binds" she said trying to pull on the, frantically, panic setting in as she flashed back to the dominion war and before when she was kidnapped and tortured by this very romulan whos name was Vrimiuhk.
“Hello, Bella. So good to see you once more. Have you missed me?” Vrimiuhk watched her for a few moments then continued, "I for one have missed you ever so much." The Romulan stepped forward, obviously confident in the woman's bindings. "Our last discussions, while not completely fruitful were memorable in so many ways. Tell me, do you recall those times fondly? I do." He reached out, running a smooth hand over her jawline, deftly moving it away when she tried to bite him.
"Ahh, the old fire is still there I see. Very good. Unfortunately, we don't have all that much time to move our relationship along slowly, like the last time. But, we can build upon our experience from before my dear. You do remember those delightful days, don't you Bella?"
The door opened then and a human male came in, spoke to Vrimiuhk who's face angered at the intrusion and he said simply, "Deal with it as we planned, Pabl. I am not to be interrupted again." The Romulan then pointedly turned away from the human as if he were already gone from the room and smiled to Bella once more.
"Where were we? Ahh yes, our past days together. You do remember them, don't you Bella?"
Bella froze like a deet in the head lights, He brain going into over drive, unable to move she just stared at the romulan infront of her, Her O'donnaghue fire retruned though spitting at him "Your a vile and unrepentant Rat and im telling you now i'll have you head on a spike and i dont my husband will closely followed by my brothers so eitehr way you play this there will be an army arriving at your door"she said trying to get out of her binds "Oh i remmber them all to well so does my starfleet councillior she retired after that" He said biting down hard on her lip "Get me out of these binds or so help me god what you did to me all those years will seem like a fairy tale" she yelled at the top of her lungs, so people would hear her frantic efforts.
The Romulan smiled broadly and began swaying into a dance, spinning in place as she screamed. After a time, he stopped and smiled at Bella, "Ahh delightful. And with no use of naught but your memories and fear, Bella. Simply Delightful!" Then he snapped his fingers twice and Bella felt a coolness wash over her as a hypo-spray activated at the back of her knee where it was secured to the chair.
"That was another old friend," he informed her. "As delightful as I find your screams. And they are delightful. I will replay their recordings along with the others again and again, we must now turn to matters." He paused as the station rumbled and the cur-thumps of explosives sounded in the distance.
"Ahh, our time-table shrinks," he said absently as he moved closer to Bella and peered at her eyes. "Tell me, Dear sweet Bella. Do you think of me often? Do I walk your dreams?" His tone oozed. There wasn't any better word than that. As he spoke, Bella felt words forming of their own accord.
Twenty minutes later, the Romulan felt the station shudder and sighed. Setting the pain stick down on a nearby table, he sighed. "Ahh, that sounds as if our hand has been forced then. Well, that is alright," Dehshan said absently as he looked to the guards. "Remove her to the ship and prepared to depart. Set the covering charges for twenty seconds after we leave dock. Focusing his eyes back on Bella he pattered her heaving shoulder, "Come my dear. We shall continue this soon."
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