Playing Hero's

The feeling of cold metal along her back had become a normal feeling for Mel. She's lost count of how long it's been since she'd been kidnapped and brought to this research base. She's forgotten how long ago she'd imagined her brother rescuing her from these people. She's forgotten how long ago it's been since she found out that the Union, the people she had faith in growing up, were the ones who were doing all of this stuff to her. Not just her, other's as well. She was only one of the last few original survivors.

"No, no I don't want to!" Mel screamed and thrashed about as two well-toned men dragged her towards the examination room. They easily ignored the small girls' attempts at escaping and pushed her onto the all to the familiar table. "Please, not me. I don't want to go through this again so soon!" Mel tried to reason with the men who were ignoring her as they strapped her wrists down on the table as well as her ankles.

"Noooo!!!" Melek screamed as a mask was put over her nose and mouth. Calming gas slowly started to seep through the mask for her to breathe in. "No." Mel sobbed quietly as she shook her head, trying to get the mask off of her, with no avail.

As soon as Mel started to relax on the table, two scientists walked into the room. One was a plump woman who looked to be in her forties. She wore dark-framed glasses that shouted to the world that she was a nerd. Then, there was a man, he wore glasses as well, but he wasn't as thick at the women. He was older though, his snow-white hair was a dead give away of it. Both of them wore the standard scientist uniforms of the research base. Light blue scrubs and a white doctor jacket.

The two scientists went about talking to each other, Mel tried to listen to what was going on, what they were going to do to her this time. Bit the relaxing gas was making her conscious move in and out. A small groan escaped from Mel as she fought sleep. Then, she turned her head towards the male scientist as he made his way towards her. A small whimper escaped from Mel as the man held up astringe that was filled with some sort of red liquid. Her bright green eyes clenched shut as she waited for the prick of the needs and whatever sort of effect it'd have on her body.

It never came through, instead, she felt the table she was on shake violently. Then, she watched the scientists running off, leaving her on the medal table. Leaving her to die in whatever was going on in the lab. Slowly, accepting her fate, Mel closed her eyes and waited for whatever was going on to pass.

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Maverick had heard tale of a science experiment that the Union had been trying to perform. They were trying to make super soldiers; ones that would be able to take down the empire without much aide at all. The thought alone was laughable to Maverick but if they were going to try to do something so foolish... that wasn't really his problem. If they wanted to waste their time on something that would never be, then it meant that it was less time for them to focus on their war efforts. It was a joke to Maverick and just about everyone in the empire.

Until word started to trickle up to the Emptire's command that the Union was becoming more successful in their efforts. Maverick had been selected to find the facility and storm it. He was to bring a soldier or two back alive, if he could, but that it was most important that they halted their efforts.

Maverick led the team that attacked the facility, taking out anyone they stumbled upon. It wasn't hard considering there hardly was any security around - most of the people inside were scientists. They weren't people trained to fight. The thought alne was enough to make him laugh, if he hadn't been so focused on his actions. They couldn't afford for any mistakes; they couldn't afford to lose someone in case any soldiers were managing to hide out.

Bursting into the room that Melek was inside of, Maverick was almost immediately glad that his face was overed with a mask. His eyes widened slightly as the sight in front of him as he moved forward, a slight frown on his lips as he brushed his fingers against the cuff tying Melek down. He exhaled, reaching up to lift his mask enough to reveal himself to her.

"No time to talk," Maverick all but ground out, his hands lingering on the cuff around her wrist. His eyes locked with hers as he raised an eyebrow. "You have two options," he paused, stepping back. He pulled a knife from his side, holding it up as he pointed it in her direction. "You come with us or you die here." Maverick would turn and walk away from her if she chose to remain behind, he wasn't going to waste time trying to reason with her at the moment.

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The sound of the door echoed in the quiet experiment room that Melek laid in. Her bright green eyes only cracking open as she turned her head in the direction of the door. The gas mask that she was wearing stopped working when one of the scientist tripped over the tubing in their haste to escape. Meaning that Mel was slowly waking from the affects of the gas, but was still quite out of it.

Blinking her bright eyes slowly, confusion slowly grew on her face as the man took his mask off. He looked familiar to her, like she had seen him before. Yet, she couldn't pinpoint where. Her mind was coated in fog from the years of torture in the research base. Dreams and memories mixing together to become one. Kind of like reality and fantasy mixing together.

At the mans words, Mel's lips pursed together in a thin line. Her eyes going towards that knife he threatened her with and then looking back to those dark eyes of his. He was crazy if he thought she'd stay in this place any longer then she had to. Mel was a prisoner, but she'd rather be an actual prisoner than a science experiment. Well, maybe it was the drug that was injected into her before the attack or the relaxing gas, but Mel wasn't afraid of what could happen to her if she followed this man. She just had a feeling it'll be better then staying here alone.

"I'll come." Mel mumbled quietly through the mask that was still covering her face. She wasn't sure if the man heard her or not, but she hoped that he did. She'd do just about anything to escape from this lab, to feel wind on her skin once more. To feel the heat of the sun or the splashing of rain. She craved to feel like a human once more. She wanted to go back to her family.

Taking in a deep breath through her nose, Mel slowly exhaled it through her mouth. She could feel herself sub coming to the medicine she had been breathing in moments ago. It was taking it's toll on Mel as she tried to fight it. Did everything she could to escape from this place on her own two feet, but, it was seeming like that option was slowly slipping away from her.

Maverick only yanked off the mask from Mel's face when she agreed to come with him. He smirked as he stared down at her, wordlessly undoing the cuffs on her wrists with a key he kept in his pocket. He shoved it back inside, his fingers wrapping around Mel's arm. He dragged her up, shoving her in front of him. "I do not like to repeat myself so don't make me.." he paused, clearing his throat. He waited until he had her full, undivided attention. "You try to run, you try anything funny, we will not hesitate to kill you. Understand me?" He growled the words, pulling his rifle up. He shoved the muzzle of it into her back, nodding toward the door that they had come through.

"Go on. Don't want to sit here too long, do we? We won't protect you," Maverick ground out, having already replaced the mask over his face. Maverick led the way out of the experiment room, wasting no time in retreating back to the choppers that had landed and were waiting for them to make a getaway.

Maverick nodded to the open door, fixing Melek with a hard glare. "Get in. Or get left behind. I don't care," he stated simply, climbing in. When Melek climbed in, he was quick to reach forward and secure her seatbelt. He sneered as he lifted a black bag, dragging it over her head.

"I don't want to hear a single sound out of you, Melek," her words were all but purred, a smirk settling on his face as he settled back in his seat. "I'm going to be very honest with you. Your time will be a lot easier if you decide to give up the information that my bosses demand from you. I'm certainly not going to risk my head for you, sweetheart."

It was all a farce, of course, but Maverick wasn't going to let her know that. He wasn't going to let her know that he was the one wholly in charge of this mission. A looming threat over her head was good, Maverick thought. Unless he was given another reason to tell her the truth.

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Seeing the man's hand reach towards her, Mel all but flinched away from his touch. Too scared to think of that he could try to do to her. Thankfully it was only to take that damn mask off of her and pull her to her feet. Me's legs felt like jelly and she had to have a hand on that cool metal bed as the man started to speak. Her breath catching as she felt the gun to her back.

On shaky legs, Melek followed the path that the man was pushing her in. Hesitating momentarily as he urged her to go in a direction that she's never been before. A sense of panic washing over her as the past staff only entrances or past a dead body on the ground. Many shivers ran down her back as the stench of the dead filled her nostrils. Her empty stomach turned at the realization that these were people who were alive just moments ago, but are now gone from the world. Yet, they were also the monsters who had tortured her since she was a young girl, tainting her mind and ruining her body with who knows what they've done to her.

Stopping in her tracks as they reached the outside of the base. Melek could feel her heart rate starting to pick up. Something in her mind was telling her that she needed to get back inside. She needed to go back to that table and wait to be taken back by the guards. Then, the breeze from the chopper's blades washed over her barely clad body and she was brought back from her thoughts. She was being taken from this place, she was going somewhere else, away from the needles and the odd feeling after-effects of everything.

With shaky hands, Melek accepted the proposal and climbed onto the chopper with the man and his subordinates. Settling in next to him. Her body froze as he reached over and helped her with the buckle. Her mouth opened to thank him but quickly clamped shut as a bag was pulled over her head. Instinctively, Mel reached up to try and take the bag off of her head, but her movements froze as the man spoke. Her hands slowly fell back onto her lap as she listened to him. Fear causing her to shake as his words meaning made her realize that she might have chosen the wrong side. An wait, how did he know her name? She didn't have a nametag or anything. She was just called a number at the lab.

As Mel contemplated how the man knew her name, her body slowly grew heavy. The last of the relaxing drug was doing its job and making her fall asleep on the helicopter. Her head slowly lulled back and towards the right as the chopper flew through the sky to who knows where.

Maverick nearly laughed as he noticed Melek start to fall asleep. He was sure that it had something to do with the drugs that the Union had been giving her but he still thought it was foolish that she was falling asleep. If it had been him, he would have fought tooth and nail to stay awake. To remember as much about his journey to the base he was being taken to or not. He cleared his throat as he settled back in his seat, glancing toward his second in command.

Lifting the mask from his face, Maverick shrugged as he undid the chin strap of his helmet. "Melek is my old best friend's little sister. Her brother is part of the union," Maverick explained, disgust evident in his voice. "We were best friends growing up. It doesn't surprise me though. He left his sister to be experimented on?" Maverick scoffed, shaking his head as he ran a hand through his short hair.

"It doesn't surprise me. Typical fucking piece of shit union support," Maverick growled.

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Maverick was the first to jump from the chopper, after undoing his and Melek's seatbelt. He grabbed her arm, dragging her from her seat. He didn't bother to pick her up, dragging her after him. He was heading straight for his room, not caring whether Melek was still fast asleep from the affect of the drugs that had been forced into her system or not.

Tossing hte girl onto the bed, Maverick smirked as he stalked forward. He reached forward, pulling the bag off of her head. "You know. I always did want to fuck you before. I never thought I'd get the chance though.." he trailed off, palming hmself through his jeans. "I didn't think your brother would abandon you like he did."

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Sleep came as swiftly as the effects of some of the drugs that she was injected with. Vivid colors turned into mashes of memories. Some good and some bad. Things that Mel could barely remember as her mind was warped to forget her old life and accept that she was nothing more then a union test subject. To be used by them and die by their hands. She was just a object to be used by the scientists.

The feeling of her seatbelt was the only thing that pulled Mel from her thoughts before she felt a tight hold on her arm yanking on her. Legs weak from disuse and from being half asleep stumbled after whoever was holding onto her. Pulling at a harsh speed, a speed that to Mel's short posture could only be considered as a run.

A small whimper escaped from her as she heard the opening of a door and then hearing it slam shut before she was tossed like a doll onto what could only be assumed was a bed. "Ow." Melek mumbled quietly as the bag was ripped from her head, leaving her hair to fall all over the place as she stared up at the man in confusion. "Who are you?" She asked quietly, her memory not registering this man. "What brother?" She asked, confusion evident on her face as she slowly sat up on her knees. Her shorts and sport bra being the only thing she wore did little to conceal her from the man who seemed to be turned on for some reason.

Maverick could barely contain his laughter when he realized that Mel didn't remember him at all. He wondered briefly what the union had done to her but he didn't find it in himself to care. He was going to continue to manipulate Melek in any way that he could because he found it far too amusing that she didn't seem to remember much of anything at the moment. She didn't remember him or her brother. She was clueless as to what she was capable of even, Maverick was almost sure. He couldn't help but wonder if she even remembered any of the training that she had gone through.

"You can call me sir. Because that is what I am to you," Maverick answered. he moved to the edge of the bed and was quick to reach out, wrapping his hand around her ankle. He dragged her toward the edge, smirking as her legs spread for him.

"If you listen to me. If you behave, then.. I can promise your life here will be just a bit better than what it will be if you fell into the hands of my boss. You don't want that, do you?" Maverick teased, dancing his fingers over the skin of her calf. "Are you going to do as I say, little girl? Or do I have to force you to?"