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Everything hurt. But everything always hurt. It just felt worse now because they were starving him. They had stopped feeding him ecto to see how his body reacted. They had been amazed when Danny’s body had started cannibalizing its own ecto. He was getting thinner and his bones were showing. This amazed them even more. They wondered why his body would’t first cannibalize its ‘unnecessary’ bones and organs.
At least they weren’t doing any medical experiments on him besides observing how starvation affected him.
But he was worried.
He had overheard them talking. They were excited about what was coming next.
And he had been right to be worried.
He was strapped to the table again but it was placed in an upright position, as if he were standing. One scientist brought a tube and with a click, Danny’s muzzle unlocked.
No. Something terrible was about to happen. But Danny had to be good. If he wasn’t good they wouldn’t let him listen to space and then everything would hurt even more. He had to be good.
So he tried not to resist as they fed the tube down his throat. He gagged and spluttered and cried, but he did his best not to move or do anything that could be constituted as resisting.
“We will begin with testing how the specimen reacts to ingesting different substances. The first substance we will be testing is vial 2AZ.”
With that, a liquid began to pour down the tube, and Danny inwardly panicked.
What were they giving him? What would it do? What– The liquid made it to his stomach and he thrashed as a burning sensation began in his stomach and spread throughout the rest of his body.
He tried to scream but couldn’t. Tears poured down his face.
He did his best to drift away only becoming more conscious when the pain lessened.
“Test 1 of 20 complete. Moving on to test 2.”
Danny sobbed.
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Sam and Tucker stood with Jazz in the park in the middle of a clump of trees. Sam and Tucker had been relieved that whe had known and had been doing what she could to help. She had sabotaged several of her parents' weapons and used her parents' access to the GIW to destroy some of their own weapons and communication devices. She hadn’t been sure if they knew. But now there were three of them. And hopefully, Valerie would join them.
“We have to get her attention somehow.” Jazz said.
“I still think it would be better to approach Valerie instead of the Red Huntress.” Tucker grumbled.
Sam rolled her eyes. “We need to grab her as Red Huntress, so she can’t deny that we know.”
“But it’s just going to make her angrier!”
“Quiet, both of you.” Jazz said, holding the Fenton Shocker in her hand. It would hopefully disable Valerie’s suit.
“Fine.” Tucker grumbled, taking a device from his pocket. It would emit an ectoplasmic signature that would hopefully bring Valerie to their location in search of a ghost. “Let’s do this then.” He activated it, and Jazz slid the Fenton Shocker into her pocket.
It was only a few minutes before a figure on a hoverboard appeared in the sky.
“Down here.” Sam shouted, and Valerie looked down before descending slowly.
“Where’s the ghost?” she said gruffly, the helmet distorting the sound slightly with static. She was looking at Sam and Tucker, so she didn’t see Jazz come up behind her and jab the Fenton Shocker into the neck of her suit.
Valerie jerked and stumbled to the ground as the hoverboard and suit both retracted.
Sam was on her in an instant, holding her arms behind her back as Valerie struggled against her. Both girls were strong, but Sam was more desperate.
“We just want to talk.” Jazz said, stepping around in front of her.
“Really?” Valerie muttered sarcastically.
“Yes.” Sam said as Tucker dragged his hands down his face.
“Then why attack me?” Valerie growled.
“You would never have admitted you were the Red Huntress if we had just confronted you.” Sam said.
“And how do you know?”
“Danny.” Sam said plainly, and Valerie stopped struggling.
“Do you know what happened to him?” she said quietly.
“We do.” Jazz said. “And we need your help.”
Valerie was silent for a moment. “Fine.” she muttered. “Get off me and tell me what you know.”