Questioning Begins...

Posted on Wed Apr 3rd, 2024 @ 10:18pm by Lieutenant Commander Kurumi Ebisuzawa & Yaeka Sakuragi
Edited on on Thu May 30th, 2024 @ 8:19pm

1,422 words; about a 7 minute read

Mission: Junichi Koyama
Location: Gamma Zednor Detention Center

The door of the cell was opened with force. It swung open and smacked hard against the wall behind it. Three men stepped in, weapons in their hands. "You!" the man in the middle said.

Kurumi who had drfited off into a slumber woke up instantly. Yaeka was still sleeping, her head rested on her knee's. She looked up with disgust at the three men who had entered the cell. She glanced briefly at the window, it was now dark outside.

"What?" Kurumi asked as Yaeka stirred.

"You're coming with us. We have some questions for you."

Usually Kurumi would put up a fight, but they didn't give her a chance to do that. The other two rushed forward and grabbed her wrists pulling her away from Yaeka. The young girl was woken up in the struggle, and cowered away from them, curling up into a ball. She pulled Kurumi's jacket around her and tucked her face under.

"Oh look, she's still alive." The man in the middle chuckled to himself. "Shame, your disgusting bloodline should have ended by now." Choosing to ignore the girl he turned to Kurumi. "Take her."

Kurumi was dragged out of the cell, and down a long hallway. A few moments later she was pulled into a seperate room and thrown into a chair. The room wasn't anything special, but it did seemed 'cleaner' than the cell. Kurumi looked around taking in her surroundings. A large metal desk stood in front of her and several computer consoles were built into the wall. At the moment they looked like they were on standby, but Kurumi instantly recognised the LCARS system that was commonly used on Federation Starships.

Her hands and legs were bound, tied to the legs and the back of the chair. Kurumi couldn't move as she was restrained, she wanted nothing more than to break free and put this man against the nearest wall.

The man who had first entered the cell sat opposite her, leaning forward he placed both hands on the desk. "So." he began. "What is your mission here?"

"What mission?"

He reached into his pocket and placed the phaser and tricorder onto the smooth surface of the table. "This is Starfleet Technology. Type One Phaser, easily concealable. And what seems to be a standard issue fleet tricorder. Set to active scanning mode." he said with a smile. "So tell me, what is your name, rank, position and your mission."

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Kurumi replied as she turned her head away from his gaze. She didn't want to let this man know any information about her or why she was on the planet.

"I see..." he said. He looked over to one of the other men. "You might take some pursuading..."

Without even the smallest hestitation, the other man tightened his fist and drove it straight across Kurumi's face. A loud crack echoed around the room as blood began to stream from her nose. Kurumi coughed on the blood slightly. "I'm not telling you anything!"

"Oh you will..." he said. The man delivered another punch, this time to her stomach knocking the wind right out of her.

The pain in her stomach was intense and she struggled to breathe. Obviously the man had strength behind his punches. He knew exactly where to hit someone; it was no doubt to Kurumi that he had done this many times before.

"Going to talk?"

"I have nothing to say to you." Kurumi said spitting some of the blood from her broken nose out of her mouth. "You'll get nothing out of me!"

The man laughed. "Well, whilst you were looking after that little street rat. I did a bit of digging...". Out of his pocket he pulled a PADD and slid it on the table to face her.

"Lieutenant Commander Kurumi Ebisuzawa. Assigned to the USS Myogi as Chief of Security." He said. A moment of silence fell upon the room. He had obviously known from the start, but he seemed to be enjoying this far too much.

"Congratulations. You found out who I was. That just makes it worse for you!" Kurumi said with a slight laugh. "Assaulting a Starfleet Officer is a serious crime and you will be..."

"You think I care?" he replied. "You honestly think I give a shit?" he asked. He rose to his feet. "You see 'Commander'. I've done far worse than simply 'knock around' a Starfleet Officer or two."

"Like what?" Kurumi asked.

"I'm the one asking the questions!" he snapped at her, his voice raised. He picked up the tricorder and threw it at her, striking her directly on the forehead. The hefty metal of the tricorder hurt as it struck her head. She winced as it made impact.

"You want to know something. You want to really know who you are dealing with?!" He asked his voice still raised. "I took command of the police in this sorry state of a colony for Governor Hartley. He gave me all the power I wanted to rid the place of the problomatic Sakuragi family. They had been too influential, too powerful for too long! And thats what I did!" he laughed.

"That 'thing' that shares your cell. She'll be dead too, just like her parents..." he paused. "Although, even I am not a monster. I won't kill a child outright. But if she gives up hope and chooses to die, then who am I to stop her?"

"How could you!" Kurumi snapped back. "She's innocent! She's only a child! What has she ever done to you?!"

"She exists. Thats what! She has dirty blood running through her veins! The blood of a family who controlled by old fashioned ways! By using violence, murder, theft and gang wars!" he replied. "I have no place for people like that in my city!"

"It almost sounds like you're describing the..."

"The Yakuza..." he said. "She's all thats left of it. It took far too long to crush them."

"They represent the people!" Kurumi said. "They're not like the way they were back in Japan!"

He rushed over and slapped her hard across the face, knocking her clean over still attached to the chair. "Don't you DARE speak of that horrible backwards place! It was the best thing we ever did back in ninety forty five!"

"What are you..." Kurumi's eyes opened wide as she suddenly remembered her Japanese History. "Surely you can't be serious?!"

"I'm totally serious. If I had my way their disgusting culture, paedophilic and violent culture should be wiped out. You all should be..."

Kurumi couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Which is why you're going to help me exterminate every last one of them."

"I won't do any such thing!" Kurumi protested. Her response was replied with by his boot beind driven into her face. She screamed out in pain as he continued to kick her in her face, then proceeded to kick her in the stomach.

"You think I'm giving you the choice!"

He grabbed her by the hair and used it to pull her up, ripping out a handful as he did so. Kurumi winced as she was pulled up by her hair. He moved in closer, so his face was close to hers.

Kurumi could feel his breath on her skin, it made her stomach churn as if it was making butter. "What is it you want?"

"I want the codes to your starship."

"No way in hell!"

He smiled at her before placing a hand on her shoulder. He pushed her back. She fell backwards. Being bound to the chair she had no control over stopping herself from falling backwards. She slammed into the concrete floor, her head striking it. She could feel her head throbbing after the impact and she felt something warom oozing through her hair.

"Get her out of here! Take her back to her cell! She's getting her filthy blood all over my floor!" he ordered. He turned to leave, but before he did he took a look back at Kurumi on the floor. "You will give me those codes. The Myogi has a lot of your 'kind' on board. I will fix that infestation and then use that ship to send a message to the people on this colony who stand against me or Hartley!"

With that said he walked out of the door. Kurumi's eyes fluttered as she lost conciousness.

To be continued...

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Lieutenant Commander Kurumi Ebisuzawa
Chief Security/Tactical Officer

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