The Torment of Sub-Visser Seven

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

The Sub-Visser stared stonily up at the ceiling, still holding Paco under rigid control. The fugue was coming. He knew it. Everyone knew it.

Paco in particular was taking a double-handful of joy in it.

Suffer and die, you sluggy bastard, he said. I am going to grind you into the floor when you fall out of my head. You're going to be paste.

Does your precious little best friend know that you take such pleasure in others' slow deaths? the Sub-Visser sneered back, flicking Paco's eyes down toward his right wrist, where the tattoo Paco had gotten when Jaime had disappeared was currently covered in bandages. One of the many watchers had caught the Sub-Visser rubbing that wrist against the restraining strap, wearing at the skin and scratching up the tattoo.

It was petty, yes, but oh so satisfying.

You tried to shoot him in the head, Paco retorted. His heart bleeds, I'm sure.

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[helipack-jack.livejournal.com]

Jack Spicer has a remarkable talent for annoying people that are probably best when left un-annoyed. This is especially true when they can't do much about it. He's been trying to figure out this "yeerk" thing since he heard about it, and so far they seem to have failed at whatever evil plan they were trying to work out.

How lame.

"So, is the head honcho evil dude still alive in there or what?" he asks conversationally, wandering over.

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

Oh look, someone to distract the Sub-Visser from his last hours of tormenting his host. As if he couldn't multitask.

"You will address me as 'Sub-Visser', human."

[helipack-jack.livejournal.com]

"Yeah? Okay, why should I?" Jack smirks a little bit. "You're the one strapped to a table." Technically it's Paco, but still.

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

"Because, you idiot, if you were to unstrap me, I would be able to give you power beyond your wildest dreams."

Where do you get your dialogue? My memories of B-Movie Nights?

[helipack-jack.livejournal.com]

Oh really?

"Then why aren't you using it to escape?" Jack's heard that one before. He's definitely interested, but he's gotten a little bit more savvy since being out-villained by the likes of Wuya and Chase Young.

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

The Sub-Visser rolled Paco's eyes.

"Because it's not in the Med Bay," he said. "Obviously."

[helipack-jack.livejournal.com]

Hmm. "And lemme guess, you're not gonna tell me where it is right?" But Ja-ack, REAL ULTIMATE POWER, Jack!

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

...Sweet mother of god, tell me he's not that gullible.

The Sub-Visser gave Jack a smile. "Ahh, so you're not actually an idiot. Very cunning disguise you have there."

[helipack-jack.livejournal.com]

Oh Paco, you have no idea.

Jack gets sidetracked here. "Disguise?"

[shes-intense.livejournal.com]

Brenda has been asleep in a chair next to Paco's bed for a while, but she wakes again when she hears him stirring. Sliding her chair closer she leans over his bed, touching his hand gently to get his attention if he can spare it.

"Hey you... are you back with us yet?"

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

It's so easy for the Sub-Visser to slip into 'Paco', even this late in the feeding cycle. He gives her a grin. "Yup. Untie me please? I've been fighting with that slug for control over my bladder for the past hour, I really need to pee."

DON'T LISTEN TO HIM!

[shes-intense.livejournal.com]

She slides her finger to the buckle of his wrist, relieved beyond words to hear Paco in that voice. She stands up, leaning over the table to see whether the slug that's bled it's way out of his ear looks any more hideous than the one that came out of Kate before... and a chill runs up her spine when she sees nothing there.

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

Brenda! BRENDA!

The Sub-Visser yanked Paco's hand out of the loosened restraints and grabbed Brenda by the throat.

"Man, am I going to enjoy beating you to death," he said cheerfully, still totally, 100% Paco-sounding.

BRENDA! YOU &#%$ING $&#% GET YOUR HANDS OFF HER!

My hands? I don't have hands, the Sub-Visser said gleefully, squeezing Brenda's throat. These are your hands, Francisco.

[shes-intense.livejournal.com]

Brenda jerks back not quite fast enough, not even having time to shriek before his hand is around her throat and squeezing inward. His voice is Paco but oh god his eyes are NOT and adrenaline slams through her as she struggles for breath, for the dizziness to go away so she get free.

He's got her in a pinch hold, right over those major blood supplies to the brain. She remembers, far and away now, the way they both glued themselves to the discovery channel, fascinated to learn how few seconds it takes to knock someone out with a choke-hold like this.

She remembers him saying something that warranted it, what doesn't matter...

Brenda reels one fist back and clocks him in the face as hard as she can manage.

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

And she clocked him but good. Paco's nose crunched under her fist and blood went damn near everywhere. Paco wrenched control of his hand back while the Sub-Visser was stunned and slammed it back into the restraints, which responded like he'd hoped they would and wrapped themselves around his wrist again.

"Going to &$%#ing kill you, you little--"

Paco took control of his mouth too, and snapped it shut.

I'm going to laugh while you die slug, you hear me? I'm going to laugh and I'm going to piss on your corpse!

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"What did you--"

By damn, red-headed girl, you are full of stupid.

"Do not," says the green guy, checking the restraints, and then going to treat Paco's nose, "free any of the infested until you have a visual confirmation of a Yeerk exiting their body or it's been confirmed it with a scan. Brainless, red-headed girl, what is your name?"

[shes-intense.livejournal.com]

Brenda staggers back until she hits the wall, fingers bloody, gasping for breath. Her vision swims for a moment and she already knows she'll be bruised.

But none of it stops her from storming forward and grabbing Paco by the chin.

She flips the green guy off without a second thought and puts her face down low next to Paco's, hissing in his ear with more venom than she's really prepared the fathom right now.

"You listen to me you &$*&ing little maggot. You can piss me off all you like, but in a few hours you are going to be dead and not a &%*#ing thing you do to me in those next few hours is going to mean jack shit once you take your last breath."

"If you think you can make me afraid of him like you did to Kate you have another god-dammed thing coming. I KNOW him. I know him better than you can EVER understand. And everything you say to me to try to make me hate him? Will make me laugh in your spiteful bastard face, do you understand me?"

She stands up straight again and glares across the table at Brainy.

"It's Brenda. Call me brainless again and I'm punching you too."

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Y'know, I didn't get to ask earlier. How was that big heaping dose of your own medicine earlier Sub-Pisser?...oh wait. That was supposed to be a V wasn't it? Sorry." Danny is not sorry at all.

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

"You're a riot. Your friends must love you," the Sub-Visser replied. "Too bad they're not here."

Aww, did mean ol' Danny hurt 'ums widdle feelings?

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"And you're avoiding the question."

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

"My prerogative to do so. You're the ones torturing me to death, after all." The Sub-Visser raised one of Paco's eyebrows. "That makes me the 'good guy', I believe."

Hah. Hahahahahahaha. What the hell color is the sky in your messed up universe?

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"What the hell color is the sky in your messed up universe?"

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

"Oh, so very clever," the Sub-Visser rolled his eyes. "Do continue to astound me with your wit."

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"What, you think the multiverse revolves around you? This isn't to impress you. This is just to amuse me and possibly Paco while we wait for you to shrivel up like an old prune."

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

"Francisco is busy reliving some of his worst memories, but if you would like to come back later, I'm sure something could be arranged," the Sub-Visser said, baring Paco's teeth in what looked almost like a grin.