"Take that one, test him, and then come back for the rest," Robyn demanded of Ash as she entered the room. "He's already weakened, which is unfortunate, but he'll cause us less trouble. What's his name?"
"It's Brian."
"All right Brian, you're coming with us."
"Hey, you can't just do this! What do you want, money? Just please don't hurt my cousin!" Kevin was the first to speak out. AJ and Howie were shouting from their cell as well. Nick grabbed Brian's arm tighter.
Robyn eyed Kevin. They had brought a load of hotties this time. "Since we're sure you'll have no one here to tell, we belong to a government agency. In other words, you're money has no use to us. We're not going to hurt him...yet. We have to run some tests to see if he's all right. See, there's some things about Jansin that you don't know. Really, we're not all bad, we're preventing a plague. A plague which you all might have." Kevin's mouth dropped open in surprise. "Side effects take up to six months to occur. And even then they're hardly noticeable."
Kevin sank to the ground and put his head between his knees. "This isn't supposed to happen to us! It's...a government conspiracy...it's supposed to happen to Will Smith. Not me, oh no, no, no."
Robyn sighed. "It's not all bad, sugar." Ash whispered in her ear his name.
"Ahh, this is Kevin. I guess you're all pretty distraught. Think of it this way: No more screaming girls, plenty of quality time, and no more long trips."
"No more Mc. Donald's," AJ croaked, pressing his face against the bars.
"Oh, geez! Fine, if you're good only though! Pop stars..." She shook her head. "Who are you again?"
"We're the Backstreet Boys. Backstreet Boys. We're very famous, thank you very much, and we don't much appreciate being cooped up. Obviously you've been in this hell hole so long that you still think the Beatles are still a group!" Nick flopped down next to Kevin, hardly noticing as Dakshana sat down beside him.
"I'm not that old! Evil child, I give up! Well, I win anyway, so it doesn't really matter. Baldy here doesn't really fit with you preps."
"I'm the keyboardist, thank you, and this hairstyle is much easier to maintain. Take off that hat, let's see how much you got." Tommy smirked at her, and he saw her calm expression turn into anger.
"Perhaps I used the wrong choice of words. Never mind, no more stalling. Ash! Bring..." She snapped her fingers, trying to remember his name, "bring Brian along. The rest of y'all behave." Ash pulled a stretcher over to Brian and lifted him onto it. They watched as she tied him onto it, helpless to do anything. This time they noticed Ash's gun.
"Perhaps we should test the girls first, considering that Jansin may have had a more sexual contact with them. Brian, how do you feel now that Jansin has betrayed your trust? You're about to meet him again soon." Robyn looked down at him as he frowned.
"I feel violated. But not more by him than you."
"It's not like I stripped you or anything...yet." Robyn and Ash laughed and exchanged high fives. "Don't be shy now, it's useless here. If we need to test something, we'll test it, no matter what it takes.
They brought Brian to another white room, but this one wasn't padded. It was nearly empty, with only a white chest and table. The table was littered with long needles.
"Now are you going to cooperate, or do we have to keep you tied up? It's not very comfortable..." Brian watched as five men dressed in white filled and fiddled with the needles.
"Ahh, I'll behave. But this won't last long, my girlfriend will..."
"You're girlfriend will what?" Ash was outraged to hear this.
"She'll..."
" Shut up." Robyn commanded. She snapped her fingers, and the man on her right brought her a (you guessed it ) white camera. "Do it Ash."
Ash untied Brian eagerly. She then squirted a white substance onto the palm of each of his hands.
"Put your arms around me and press your palms on the small of my back."
Brian looked at her strangely. He did what he was told, and found that after he couldn't move his hands. She had crazy glued him to her shirt.
Ash wrapped her arms around Brian and lowered him onto the stretcher.
She then kissed him, slow at first, and then wilder. Brian struggled to bite her and kick her, but it only made it look like he was enjoying the kiss more.
Meanwhile, Robyn took pictures from all angles.
Ash released him, although she really didn't want to, and Robyn approached him. " If I give your girlfriend these, she will want nothing to do with you. So you have a choice. Break up with her on the phone, or I'll give her these."
"She'll never believe you!" Brian shouted, but he looked doubtful.
"Thirty seconds. Doo doo doo do do doo doo doo do do do do doooo do do do do do doo doo do doo do doo dooo, do do do do, do, do, do, doo doo. Times up!"
"I'll call her." At least that way I can hear her voice one last time, Brian thought to himself, getting choked up.
"Good choice!" Robyn handed him the phone. "Remember, this is non trace- able, cos we tap the lines, we are the government. And if you decide to buckle or release any info, you're going to be pelted with bullets. Everyone in this room has a gun, except you."
"So why don't they all just shoot you?"
"Because, unlike you, they're very respectful and know what happens to people to act out of line. Do it!"
Brian dialed the number with shaking hands. Robyn didn't even say anything when it took him three tries to get it right.
"Hello?" "Leighanne, it's Rok." He wanted to scream where he was, but he held that feeling back as best he could.
"BRIAN! Where are you guys? Are you okay? You sound upset. We are so worried about you!"
"I'm...fine."
"But..."
"I..uh..I..I called to...um...this isn't working out Leighanne. I'm breaking up with you." Brian sniffed and a tear rolled down his cheek. He really didn't want to do this.
Leighanne had started crying too. "Brian, you're not like this, please tell me what's going on! I thought we were in love!"
"I thought so too. Good-bye...Leighanne." At this point Brian had started crying so hard that he actually broke down, and Ash had to hang up for him.
She slammed the phone on the ground so that Leighanne wouldn't get the wrong impression.
"There, now that wasn't so bad, was it?" Robyn cooed, watching as Brian buried his face in his hands. "Testing time!"
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