A pair of drabbles
Jul. 15th, 2007 03:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jeriendhalJust a couple of random Terinu moments.
One of the damned problems with having half of your face replaced with plastic, Gunny thought irritably, was that you couldn't blink in surprise at someone without looking like you were winking. Which wouldn't have bothered him so much except that Lance was definitely a bloke.
"Let me get this straight. The Mother damned bastard arrested his own daughter because she called him out on humans hiding what they knew about the Ferin?" he asked.
"That's about it," Lance confirmed.
"Not to mention putting his niece in a position to be kidnapped by an agent of the Hive."
"Yep."
"I hope you're calling because you need a sniper."
"Naw," Lance said. "But if we're going to break Leeza out of prison, we're going to need someone who can frell with the monitors there so we can slip in."
Gunny smiled. "I'll get Joker right on it."
This next bit was inspired by... Well, just pop over to chaypeta's and start reading "A Matter of Honour".
* * *
Terinu threw himself foward, yanked short by the wrist and leg cuffs pinning him spreadeagle to the cell wall. He fell back and slammed his head against the bulkhead, trying to snap the inhibitor collar locked to his head.
He was starting to frelling hate these wierd universes they kept dropping into, where people traveled through circular Stargates, and others where there weren't any aliens at all, just humans and some genetics mods like the Quaddies. But those were simple to deal with compared to the one he was in now, and the tormentor he faced.
"Listen t' me!" he shouted at his captor. "Y' gotta let me go! Y' gotta help the others! Matt, Leeza, Rufus... Chan's gonna kill 'em!"
"So what's that t' me, Twin?" his mirror answered. The other Ferin boy looked back at him with Terinu's own face, arms crossed, leaning against the opposite wall. His hair was shaved short, the better to show off the three gold rings hanging off his right ear. He wore black fighting leathers, and over one hip was slung Terinu's own sword, and the other a wicked looking plasma gun. "Why would I want t' screw with my boss?"
"You'd let her kill Matt?"
"Hey, she let me kill Brooks. Not that the stinkin' bastard didn't deserve it." His mirror smirked. "Matt was always to much of a wimp to make it worth hangin' around him, anyway."
"Y' think Chan is yer buddy? She'll run you through the second she thinks yer not worth her time!"
"Maybe," his other self allowed, and then his grin sharpened. "Which is why I'd better stay on her good side. So I think I'll just leave y' where you are, Twin."
Terinu's fingers wrapped around the chains of his cuffs, pulling them tight in frustration. He had only one card left. "Listen to me," he said carefully. "You let those three die, y' think y' can just walk away? What are y' gonna say to Melika about it, if y' see her again? What would Melika think of y', if she ever found out what you are?"
His mirror frowned, looking confused for a moment. "Who's Melika?"
One of the damned problems with having half of your face replaced with plastic, Gunny thought irritably, was that you couldn't blink in surprise at someone without looking like you were winking. Which wouldn't have bothered him so much except that Lance was definitely a bloke.
"Let me get this straight. The Mother damned bastard arrested his own daughter because she called him out on humans hiding what they knew about the Ferin?" he asked.
"That's about it," Lance confirmed.
"Not to mention putting his niece in a position to be kidnapped by an agent of the Hive."
"Yep."
"I hope you're calling because you need a sniper."
"Naw," Lance said. "But if we're going to break Leeza out of prison, we're going to need someone who can frell with the monitors there so we can slip in."
Gunny smiled. "I'll get Joker right on it."
This next bit was inspired by... Well, just pop over to chaypeta's and start reading "A Matter of Honour".
* * *
Terinu threw himself foward, yanked short by the wrist and leg cuffs pinning him spreadeagle to the cell wall. He fell back and slammed his head against the bulkhead, trying to snap the inhibitor collar locked to his head.
He was starting to frelling hate these wierd universes they kept dropping into, where people traveled through circular Stargates, and others where there weren't any aliens at all, just humans and some genetics mods like the Quaddies. But those were simple to deal with compared to the one he was in now, and the tormentor he faced.
"Listen t' me!" he shouted at his captor. "Y' gotta let me go! Y' gotta help the others! Matt, Leeza, Rufus... Chan's gonna kill 'em!"
"So what's that t' me, Twin?" his mirror answered. The other Ferin boy looked back at him with Terinu's own face, arms crossed, leaning against the opposite wall. His hair was shaved short, the better to show off the three gold rings hanging off his right ear. He wore black fighting leathers, and over one hip was slung Terinu's own sword, and the other a wicked looking plasma gun. "Why would I want t' screw with my boss?"
"You'd let her kill Matt?"
"Hey, she let me kill Brooks. Not that the stinkin' bastard didn't deserve it." His mirror smirked. "Matt was always to much of a wimp to make it worth hangin' around him, anyway."
"Y' think Chan is yer buddy? She'll run you through the second she thinks yer not worth her time!"
"Maybe," his other self allowed, and then his grin sharpened. "Which is why I'd better stay on her good side. So I think I'll just leave y' where you are, Twin."
Terinu's fingers wrapped around the chains of his cuffs, pulling them tight in frustration. He had only one card left. "Listen to me," he said carefully. "You let those three die, y' think y' can just walk away? What are y' gonna say to Melika about it, if y' see her again? What would Melika think of y', if she ever found out what you are?"
His mirror frowned, looking confused for a moment. "Who's Melika?"
