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[Nov. 14th, 2011|02:51 am]
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Katsuko’s tunic had been ruined when Kaminari cut her out of it, so they strapped her to the gurney naked as the day she was born. Cold air ghosted over her skin, but she didn’t shiver; she lay there with her eyes closed, feeling heat rise from her body in waves. Eventually, in slow increments, the world beyond the backs of her eyelids began to register.

Someone was singing.

No, a lot of someones were singing. The thought was ludicrous enough for Katsuko to open her eyes, staring at the ceiling as it rolled past. Her chakra roiled, tearing at her pathways as it fought to settle. The seal on her stomach pulsed, pressing at her insides like a thousand needles. She whimpered.

“The hell is going on?” the orderly pushing the gurney growled. The voices were getting louder as they got closer to the cells. Katsuko twitched, hands opening and closing in their metal restraints. The gurney jerked to a stop underneath a large, black water-stain she’d seen a thousand times before; one of the orderlies ripped open the door to the cells and stood still on the threshold.

The prisoners were singing. Katsuko lifted her head, heart pounding, and stared into the darkness of the cells. The gurney lurched, rolling forward, and the voices echoing in the cold stone hall broke and scattered like leaves on the wind. A few brave souls continued, even as a group of orderlies started down the hallway with murder in their eyes.

“Katsuko! What’ve you done to her, you bastards?” Asuma’s shout cut through the fog in her head; she blinked in surprise and looked over to find him pressed up against the bars of his cell, face pinched and white.

The orderly ignored him, opening the door to her cell and wrapping meaty hands around her bare shoulders and under her knees to lift her from the gurney. Katsuko braced herself as his muscles bunched and he tossed her inside with a heave; she hit the ground with a short yelp and curled into a ball on the sticky rushes, keening.

There was a short scuffle in the hall; Katsuko looked up in time to see Asuma reeling the orderly in against the bars of his cell, face twisted in a snarl as he choked the man. There was a sharp crack and the orderly reared away, gurgling and clutching at a broken jaw.

Ha,” Katsuko croaked.

Then she passed out.
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