The princess was lying in her bed while suddenly her cell's door opens and two guards get in rapidly, catch her strongly and get out while she's shaking and screaming; afraid and scared:
Mina: What did I do?! Answer me!! Let me go!!
And abruptly one of them punches her aggressively that she loses consciousness...
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When she wakes up, she finds herself sitting on a chair, in cuffs, alone in a room containing a desk and another chair.
The woman was studying the place until she hears a sound of opening a door behind her. Then, she hears the sound of steps getting close to her until a man appears and sits on the desk in front of Mina. He's an old man, grey-haired, tall, tiny blue-eyed.
He asks Mina after few seconds:
The man: How are you?
Mina: Fine... except that aggressive punch from one of your guards but I'm fine... Why do you ask me?
He laughs quietly then he starts turning around slowly, saying:
The man: You're funny. No, nothing, just... I noticed something weird happening between you and two other prisoners. I hope you don't mind telling me what's happening here that I don't know.
Mina: I'm trying to make new friendships here inside this jail to not get bored and die alone. I hope you never mind.
The man: Are you making new friendships to not get bored or... to run away from the prison?!
Black gets scared a bit when she discovers that the old man knew about her plan, while the latter continues:
The man: What did you say when you were speaking alone in your cell shows that there is something going wrong... Besides there is a witness from the prisoners... particularly one of your new friends...
Mina: What?! Who?!
The man: That Veranian... His name is Fifter or something like that...
Mina: Chris?!
The old man approaches the chair slowly and continues:
The man: Oh! His name is Chris, isn't? After we tortured him and threatened him to torture him more etc... he revealed all information we needed... Actually, he didn't mention the details of the plan, all what he said that you're establishing a team of aliens though you are... human!
Mina: Not true!
He punches the princess then he screams on her face:
The man: Of course you are!! You are trying to destroy the Universal Jail and to run away?! And you're not even a normal human!!
He stands, takes a tissue from his pocket and mops some blood on Mina's face, and so the latter says:
Mina: I guarantee that you behave really badly with family.
The man: In fact... I see eye to eye with you... I have three ex-wives and seven kids... It's not really important. I'll leave my money to the kids after my death in order to make them love me... So, your name is Mina Black, isn't?
Mina: Yes, and I'm not human, I'm Nitanian.
He screams again:
The man: Mina Black is the name of the princess of the Earth!! What are you planning to do? Ha? Tell me and I won't harm you.
Mina: In fact, you harmed me, but you'll get your punishment soon. And I won't tell you anything, */@#*/!
He looks a meaningful look at two guards standing in front of the door and behind Mina. Suddenly, they pull her chair and drop it. Then, they take a towel and put it on the princess' mouth and nose. After that, one of them takes a bucket full of water while the other one catches the towel and Mina's head tightly. Finally, he drops the water on the towel and Black starts choking and vibrating until the old man asks them to stop and demands:
The man: Who'll help you to perform the mission except the two prisoners?
Mina: Your first ex-wife!
He asks the guards to continue until he stops them and asks again:
The man: Why exactly you're here?!
Mina: 'Cause of your seven kids!
The guards keep dropping water while the light of hope in eyes of our fighter are close to go out...
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At lunch, once Mina sees Chris, she attacks him and catches his hands tightly, yelling on his face, while prisoners get close to watch the new fight:
Mina: Traitor!!
Chris: What did I do?!
Mina: Why did you tell everything about the mission to the director of the jail?!
Chris: I couldn't resist! He was too close to cut my fingers!!
Mina: Chicken! I was choking while the towel was on my face! Though this, I didn't say anything!!
Two guards come and each one of them takes the princess and Fifter away. And when she gets calm, they leave them while the prisoners are leaving also the two "friends", disappointed after they guessed they'll watch an exciting king boxing match.
Panthera comes and puts her hand on Black's shoulder, saying:
Panthera: He tortured me also. You can see the bruises on my face. But I didn't say anything, like you.
Chris: I'm sorry, ma'am. I'd better spend the rest of my life in the Universal Jail than they cut my fingers.
Panthera: Mina, if you're thinking of firing Chris or something similar, you can't; he knows now the plan and its details. And if you'll fire him, he may tell the director. You know. So it's better now to forgive him. Then punish him later on.
The princess of the heroes keeps quiet for few seconds. Then she sighs and looks at Panthera, saying:
Mina: You're right. We have to accomplish our mission, and we have to hurry up before the director knows more about our plan.
Fifter notices that some guards are watching and supervising only three of them. So, he whispers to the two ladies:
Chris: It sounds that the director ordered the guards to watch us.
Panthera: Mina, what should we do?
Mina: We have just to behave as normal people...
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