Sacrifice

Slave

Gary itched at the collar around his neck.

"What does this even do?" he asked angrily.  The Lord Commander looked down from his chair, then smiled.

"Oh, it does this when you make me upset." He said, and he pressed a button on the collar he was wearing himself.  Suddenly, a burst of electricity shot through Gary's body, causing him to spasm on the floor.

"AHH!!!!" screamed Gary, writhing in pain.  Once it stopped, Gary rolled over, breathing heavily. "You still want me to take you to the key, don't you?" he asked.

"Of course.  But you're not going to be treated any differently.  You're mine now, after all.  You said you'd do anything I want, and I want to see you suffer." he answered.

"Damn...'"  Gary hissed in pain as he pulled himself up off the floor of the ship.  "Anything to keep them safe... That's what's important." he finished.

"You know, you need to grow up." hissed the Lord Commander. "Friends will always turn their backs on you, mistreat you.  They will lie to you and steal from you, all why making you think that everything is fine.  Well, it's not.  And the sooner you understand that, the better.  You think those creatures on that ship care about you?  That Infinity Guard Captain?  Please.  She can do better.  Mooncake?  He's an alien that you offered him protection from me.  That's the only reason he sticks around.  Face it, you've no friends.  What was this even worth?" he asked.  Gary looked down at the floor.

"Yes...You understand.  You know what I am talking about.  You just don't want to admit it.  None of those people care about you, The Gary.  Take it from me, this life is better.  I have power, and I have men that follow my command at the snap of my fingers.  That's the life worthy living, The Gary.  Not some life hoping someone is giving a crap about you." He laughed.

"Just let it go..." muttered Gary, before the Lord Commander gave him another shock, causing him to fall down once more.

Meanwhile, Quinn paced back and forth, Mooncake following her around in the air.

"What are we going to do?  We can't just let him be taken!" she shouted. Lil Cato tried to calm her down.

"We'll find him.  And then we'll slit the Lord Commander's throat." he said.'

"Perhaps we could track their ship and follow them." said Hue.

"No, what about Gary?  He wanted us to run.  I don't want to but hey, he said we could go." said KVN, attempting to eat a cookie, even though it just smashed into his metal chest.

"No!  We're not leaving him!  He made that entire story up to save us.  He walked straight into the Lord Commander's hands because he knew we would be freed and get a head start on getting the hell out of here.  But where would we be without Gary?  He's always put us first...It's time we do the same for him.  We're going after him." said Quinn.

"What will we do?  This is just like many of the other times we have tried to defeat the Lord Commander" said KVN.

"Well, this time we have someone we need to save, and it's Gary." said Quinn, and Mooncake yelled in agreement.

"Hue, follow that ship."  Commanded Quinn.