Kangaroo charges

Now truly helpless, I was dragged like a ragdoll towards a far more ominous-looking chair. It looked like a typical torture chair, complete with wrist and ankle restraints, which HOPEFULLY wouldn't be in play since I'm already immobilized, but those bastards are either ever cautious or ever sadistic as I was strapped down like a prisoner.

"Now, I'm sure you're wondering what we injected into you. It's a modified tranquilizer dart that keeps you awake, allowing for seamless interrogation without worry of a physical outburst. As for how long that sedative will last for, the answer is about 2 hours," Kyutee shrugged.

Two hours, lovely.

"And now, the charges," she snickered as she flicked on her taser, bringing forth the mini-electrical pitchfork.

"Bring forth the charges"... Corny ass bitch! But that thing looks nasty and with her knife, I get jitters fearing she's about to try eating me alive or something.

"Now, Bob, let's present the evidence. Exhibit A, the corpse," Kyutee smiled as she held up Joel's corpse.

His head now drooping to the side like a limp inflatable with his eyes rolled back did unsettle me, I must admit. It's one thing to see pictures of corpses and another to see them up close. Nonetheless, I stood my ground.

"You dealt the finishing blow. I saw it."

"Did I!? Jury?"

"Nope," Bob replied.

"Clearly a biased juror. Chuck him," I snarled.

And that was the moment I was reminded of my scenario as Kyutee clutched my face and tilted it up to face hers. "I am above the law, and more accurately, human laws as you know are about to go extinct."

"Care to elaborate?"

"I plead the 5th."

Bitch.

"But... I did say laws will be a thing of the past, so that means bye-bye 5th amendment rights along with all 27 other amendments in your country's constitution. Now, prior to the murder of poor Joel, you levied the accusation that I was behind a conspiracy. A conspiracy involving..."

"..."

"Ahem! Involving..."

She really want me to spell it out? Well fine. "The VR-"

"NO, I'm talking to Bob!"

"Huh?"

"Did you not see the headset I brought with me on the ship!? Go get it!"

"Y- Yes ma'am!"

Shit, this means they're gonna put that on me.

"Actually, you stay here. I'll get it myself."

Bob stopped mid-motion and wearily nodded as Kyutee hopped into the beam elevator and rode it back up. Now all I could do was wait. Wait in what was likely to be a purgatory of hell. While her wasting time is good for me, I know better than to assume she'd lose track of time. In fact, she's definitely the type that would wait 1 hour and 59 minutes before descending and plopping that damn thing on my head a second before I can move again.

But to my surprise and dread, she came down instantly holding a VR headset.

"Last, last one. Now, let's explain how this sucker works," Kyutee sneered as she grabbed Joel by his mustache.

I'm seriously surprised that big lug's head didn't rip right off with how violently she grabbed him. But fear and tension locked my eyes on the headset as it was placed on Joel's head. Bob tried to get a word in, but cut off at a single syllable after the headset was turned on.

"And... voila!" Kyutee exclaimed as she removed the headset.

Joel's body fell to the floor with a thud in front of me, with a small bloody hole in the top of his head. And the source of said hole, a long bloody needle extending from the headset.

"See, once this baby's turned on, it makes sure things are all set-up before stabbing you right in the brain. Death is instant, but also painless, so guess that's the mercy. Though it would suck if you can still feel pain as once you're like that, we come to collect you and haul you off to a food processing facility," Kyutee malevolently proclaimed.

I felt my heart skip a beat. "W- What did you just say?"

"We're culling the herd. Any human that puts this on dies. And when that happens, we turn their corpses into food. It's mainly the brain though which is why we devised such a mass-killing weapon. But don't get the wrong impression, we aren't doing this just to eat you or drive you to extinction. It's just part of my personal plan to conquer Earth for myself, that's all."

I didn't care. I didn't care about what she wanted. "What about my family!?"

"Your husband? Dead. Just retrieved the body. And your daughter, kicking and screaming."

"YOU F*CKING SHIT WHORE, I'LL KILL YOU!"

"For baby sitting? Relax, this headset here was the last one. And even if there are more being made, I'll halt production and have them destroyed. See, I said I was culling the herd, and the herd that remains, majority are young. Now I can colonize this shit and make all the humans grow up into indoctrinated loyalists or scornful slaves. Oh what fun it will be micromanaging this place!"

I... was honestly speechless. This egomaniac psychopath killed my husband, killed millions if not billions, so she can play colonize the humans!?

Damn that sedative for working so well, because if it wasn't, I'd have burst out of these restraints and beat her head off.

"But now, with the headset gone, just what could we possibly do to you? The answer..."

The crackle of electricity elicited a rare yelp from my lips.

"Well, lets just say, I'll be putting these tools to use to devour that pride of yours," Kyutee maliciously chuckled as she brandished her laser knife as well.

I don't like this. She's going to subject me to something inhumane, and I can't escape it. No, I don't want to scream. I don't want to feel such torturous pain! I don't want to be helpless, dammit!

My worry must have spread to my face as Kyutee stopped and burst into laughter. "Oh you precious toy. You've won your right to survive. And as such, we'll be playing a long-term game with the fate of the human race on the line."

"'Game'!?"

With a smirk, Kyutee sheathed her laser knife, but kept the taser pitchfork out as she slowly inched towards me. "Yes, I plan to subject you to a little experiment. Survive, and it's your move to make, with great power included."

"Huh?"

"Hmm, think of it as like chess. I go first, then you go."

"Idiot, everyone knows White has the advantage."

"True, but there's exceptions. Now regardless of your consent or not, I'm subjecting you to this. So, you consent?"

"I'm going to kill you. Kill you and all your damn invader cohorts to avenge my husband, everyone else you killed... And I'll liberate all you've kidnapped, including my daughter!"

"I'll take that as a yes. Now, time to begin, and as I said before, I'm going to devour your pride," Kyutee smirked.

A circular device then appeared floating about 2 feet away from my face. It was obviously a mirror of sorts as I could see my pretty face and long red hair in it's reflection. But that cued me in to what was about to happen. That bitch was about carve up my face, maybe even skewer an eye out with that taser pitchfork. And worse, I was helpless. I hate being helpless, I hate being a damsel. Nothing irks me more than to be chained up and unable to do anything myself to get out of it.

"F*ck! Someone Deus ex machina over here and save my ass!"

Once again, Kyutee stopped and laughed, but this time it was out of pure mockery. "Wow, what a showcase! You're trying to act tough while losing your pride! What a riot, but no more delays. Time for humiliation," she cackled as she inched the taser pitchfork, closer and closer to my face.