Killer Instinct/Short Story

Chapter 26: Killer Instinct/Short Story.

(Six days after Bini's birthday.)

Bini Filters's POV

I got up and slipped on my now usual clothes. A black wool sweater, black belt, black pants, a knife, black boots with lace and no heel, and a big black cloak. That was the uniform I used to wear when I was in the obsidian order. It helped me blend into the Cardassian prisons and facilities or their general environment.

In the Kazon's case, it protected me a little bit to whenever they hit me. Whenever the temperature was too cold. Seska had to put on extra layers that way. She can barely handle the normal temperature since her Cardassian DNA was coming back. Which made my job harder since on those days I had to do most of her work. I am now her "assistant."

In a way I suppose.

I can't really describe what my job is. It is very unclear. Sometimes I am a punching bag for Seska, sometimes I do jobs for her, jobs that she doesn't want to do. Sometimes I am an engineer. Despite the fact that Seska knows I am not a good engineer. Maybe she just didn't tell the stupid guards and officers that I was not as skilled as she probably informed them before this happened.

I slowly opened the door to my quarters with the broken door padd. As it opened centimetre by centimetre I was able to get a good look at the corridor to make sure no one was there, so that I wouldn't have to be beaten up again first thing in the morning in the bawls of the ship.

I peeked into the corridor slowly. The lights flickered in the dark cold corridor...it is going to be one of those types of days. Seska is going to be in a piss-poor mood and overwork me. Again.

It seemed overall empty, I felt a ping of guilt as I usually do that I could have done something, anything to not have left Voyager. I could have warned Sarah and Micheal about what Seska was doing to Tom and I. Hell, I should have told the Captain. Seska still has the goddamn button.

Suddenly, thundering footsteps echoed through the corridor followed by lighter ones coming down the corridor before the bend. I scrambled into my room again, temporarily I forgot to close the door and slammed my body against the wall with alarm inside my "room."

Suddenly they came to a halt and I heard something heavy get slammed into the corridor wall and yelp of pain, I recognized it as Seska. I couldn't help but peek into the corridor, showing as little of myself as possible but I did barely see Seska and Maje Culluh.

Cullah was holding Seska by the throat against the wall. He was clearly very angry about something and that didn't help matters as Seska clawed as his hands that were on her throat. My heart hammered in my chest, I desperately wanted to look away and slam the door but my curiosity got the better of me.

I held my breath as I continued to watch.

Seska managed to let out some harsh swear words and blubbering words to explain whatever she did as her air supply was shortened. Cullah slammed her back down to the ground and she crawled to the other side of the corridor, wheezing and holding her neck casting glares at Cullah as she stumbled back up and leaned against the other wall among the flickering lights of the corridor.

"Wh-What the fuck-I didn't e-expect-" She gasped out, Cullah landed a swift hit with his backhand, causing her to fall to the floor. Now I just feel bad for Seska. Geez, I thought I had it bad.

"I am tired of your excuses, woman! You have brought us flatly equipment, you have brought us a useless child that isn't delivering on your promises. You are lucky you are still fucking alive!" He raged and spat on her. She was shaking in either rage or embarrassment as she got up again.

"My apologies Maje, the technology on this ship is not sophisticated enough to pull off the hacking that is required to get into Voyager's systems. Hell, even the Vidian's systems. She needs better technology!" Seska fought back. Cullah growled and gritted his teeth as he thought through the situation.

"We are approaching a planet that has technology well beyond our own. We will be evading sensors behind the fifth moon where you and the girl will...obtain the technology you need. You better not get caught, alright bitch?" He snapped.

"Of course, Maje." She accepted and Seska started towards my end of the corridor and I quickly panicked and slammed my fist into the control panel, making the door shut faster than usual. Then I hurried to my table and opened the primitive engineering box and tinkered with a control panel in a desperate attempt to pretend like I was working.

The door opened to reveal a pretty pissed off Seska and I barely gave her a glare as I ignored her and continued on my work but secretly I was panicking on the inside.

"Pay attention, midget." Seska demanded and she slammed her hand down, causing me to jump in alert and glare at her as she sat down in the seat across from me. I delicately placed down my tools and looked over to her.

"Nice to see you too, Seska.�� I greeted in sarcasm and thought quickly about how easy it was to go from feeling sympathy than to complete hatred of the mentioned person very quickly.

"Be fucking grateful for once. We have a mission because your sorry ass is useless with the tech we give you." She snapped back.

"Excuse me?! This tech is useless! I don't even know how it runs a ship like this, much less supports life based on what I am working with." I complained.

"Just shut the hell up and listen to me! We are approaching a planet and we are going to steal the supplies you need. So compile a list of shit you need before we get there. Alright?"

"That doesn't give me a lot of info. When we are getting there?" I asked. She got up and stormed towards the door.

"You will receive a report within the hour." She glared at me.

"Alright." I grumbled and she stormed out in a hurry.

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Seska's POV

(One hour later)

I placed the info in front of Bini in the Kazon "conference" room. She picked up the padd slowly and looked it over before looking at me one more time.

"How do you know this is going to work?" She hesitantly asked with her expression laced on suspicion.

"I don't. Just like I didn't know if my insane plan with the Kazon would work but yet it did work so be damn well happy you are still alive." I argued. I swear sometimes I just want to bash her head in.

"I didn't ask for this! How dare you push this on me! This plan is insane and you are a manic for thinking it will work." Bini snapped.

"For Cardassian's sake! What the fuck is wrong with you? Have you gotten fuckin soft?" I yelled.

"Well, it has been a couple of years since I have been tortured by the obsidian Order and their sick followers like you." She growled and slide the padd back down towards me on the table.

We couldn't do this mission if she keeps fighting me on this. Fuck. I might have to re-program her in the Order's exercises. I slammed my hand down, causing her to jump a little and look at me with wide eyes and the smart ass personality was not even there.

"We have to be able to at least tolerate each other to be able to pull this off. I am not a monster, Filters." I demanded. Then straightened my posture and crossed my arms over my chest. "But...I am afraid that I am going to have to re-educate you."

Bini bolted up in alarm and back up into the back wall.

"Re-educated? Shit! Retraining?! Seska- That is an insane plan!" She raged. I gritted my teeth.

"Get this though you sick skull! You need to be re-educated. You have gotten soft. In the Obsidian Order, you killed whoever they ordered too. In the Maquis, you killed Cardassian in cold blood out of anger until you were arrested."

"Your point?" She snarled.

"My point is that you have gotten soft since you were put in that penal colony. That death edge is gone. Your killer instinct is gone. We need to turn that back on." I snapped.

"Now you are really scaring me. Why are you acting so...strange?"

"Just get the fuck ready already. Meet me in the cargo bay in twenty minutes." I growled. She nodded.

"And the bitch is back. Great." She muttered just loud enough for me to hear as I stormed out.

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Bini Filters POV

(One hour later.)

I wiped sweat from my brow as I lunged at the Kazon guard again. So far he was winning in this fight. I gave him and hook kick which he caught in his fist and slammed my body to the ground in a fast motion causing vibrations of pain going through my body.

I groaned in pain as I pushed myself off the floor and looked back up at the grinning evil smile of the Kazon enemy.

"Fight him, Filters! Remember your damn training! Break his arm already!" Seska yelled at me in the dark corner. I wiped my blood onto my black wool sweater

I took some deep breathes and lunged at him. He took a swig and I ducked, I bounced off the wall and gave him a 360 side kick to the face. He crumbled to the ground and as he attempted to get back up I jumped him. I jumped on his neck, causing him to fall back. I quickly gave him another swift kick to the skull and jerked his arm backwards causing a loud snap and a scream to pain from the Kazon below me.

I looked over to Seska, who was smiling happily and letting a slow clap echo across the room.

"Well done...Agent Dash."

She used my code name. I supposed I mostly passed her test after an hour of retraining of hell. Suddenly Seska grabbed something from her pocket and tossed it towards me. The knife clattered to the floor and slide in front of me.

I got up and grabbed the knife then looked over to the very pissed of Kazon that was looking for blood, specifically mine since I just broke his arm. I clutched it closer to me chest and looked back at Seska for answers.

"Go on. Kill him." She ordered coldly.

"K-Kill him?! Why would I do that?" I demanded. She rolled her eyes.

"We can't do this unless that instinct comes back, Dash." She snarled. Great, what have I dragged myself into this time? I hesitantly nodded and looked back to the huge Kazon who had stumbled up.

I pushed my emotions down, something I had become good at during my time. I took a deep breathe and ran toward him. Doing my best to block out how superior his strength and size was. I first sliced his stomach, he had a moment of weakness shake blood fished out and he stumbled back. He punched me, throwing me against the wall. I yelped in pain and rolled out the way as he attempted to killed me with a swift kick.

I took more deep breathes and tossed the knife directly at him. Hitting him straight in between the eyes. Blood dripped out of his mouth as blood garbled up his throat.

His corpse collapsed to the ground silently.

I dropped the knife and looked back to Seska for the same approval I used to each time I completed a task in the Order.

"Good Dash. Excellent." She congratulated.

"What now?" I asked through the struggling gasps of breathe.

"Now, we plan." She simply put and motioned me to follow her as she barked orders at the guards at the doors to clean up the mess as we left.

---End of Chapter: Next: Cathexis.---

AN: I am going to be taking a break from writing for a few weeks. School is insane so I need to focus on that right now. I wrote this chapter to give you guys some perspective on what was going on during the Kazon ship (And a better idea of the relationship between Seska and Bini.) to help the story.

Feedback would be great and any ideas you have for the story. please tell me! I would love to hear your guys' thoughts!