Star Trek: Terra Alpha

Dominus woke up in his bed chambers, two women were laying next to him, both naked and both sporting some fresh welts and redness.

"Wake up." Dominus said as he used a slight electro shock finger to wake Kirby up. "Find out how far Jack has progressed with the clones. If he is too far behind... take one of the woman's fingers."

"Since when do you send me to do that? I thought you enjoyed doing that yourself?" Kirby raised an eyebrow as she looked around for her clothes but found the remnants in the fireplace. "Did you really burn my clothes?"

"They're my clothes and I choose if you wear them or not." Dominus said in a low, yet firm tone of voice. "And if they are attempting anything... other than what I commanded them to do, you and Riddick are to take care of it."

"As you wish Lord Dominus." Kirby said in a defeated voice, she was long past trying to stand up to him. It was better to just let him do what he wanted, tell him what he wanted to hear and attempt to carry it out. Although she hated when he got in these moods and she was left without anything to wear. At least until she was able to scrounge something up, but she also knew that he knew that when she was naked in the corridors, she usually was molested in some way. And he wanted to keep breaking her down.

"That is what I wish." Dominus said and moved the passed out brunette at his side to under his feet and propped his legs up on her back. He nudged her ribs to see if she was still alive, last thing he needed was another dead whore crapping her last in his bed again. He smiled when she moaned slightly and was still out cold.

Kirby nodded her head and exited his room, almost immediately the other 'Dingos' as she called them started to cat call and paw at her. Dominus chuckled as he reached for his padd and checked to see if his people had reported any movement on the Alliance, it was only a matter of time before they attempted to rescue Jack. Especially his wife. He glanced at the brunette, her face was a bruised, battered mess. He wondered if Jack would be quick to react to seeing 'his' Kinsey dead at his feet or if he would somehow know which was which. It was something he always wanted to test with Jackson. The entire station was lined with psiblocking technology boosted from this reality's version of himself. Not that Dominus had not already enjoyed himself with the Kinseys of a few different realities. Lavender eyes coated in resin floated in a lava lamp type jar light in a corner. He had a pair of gloves made out of the tanned hide of a Kinsey. Even had a couple of blade handles and phaser grips made from the bones. There was one Kinsey he had passed around to his men, came back to him missing most of its skin, an eye, an ear, all of its teeth and minus a few fingers. He wasn't sure what they had done to her in the span of 24 hours but it was clear they had some serious grudges against the 'former Empress'.

Dominus wanted to see just how far Jack would go... if he would turn just as hard and cruel as his 'hated' counterpart. Even if he managed to get free, would he be the same man? Would those that professed to love and care about him, still feel that way? That was the only reason he kept Kirby around, debased her when he could. Gave her a measure of freedom, but she was still very much a prisoner and one of his favorite killers. Originally he wanted to send her back to stir the pot, but Marcus was killed and her son seemed to be doing quite well for himself. So he kept her. Always with the understanding that he would kill her at any moment that he felt she no longer served a purpose. Which was why every Thursday she presented herself to him, cleaned, made up, eager to please. No matter how rough he would get, she would show how much she enjoyed it. He even suspected she began to enjoy it herself. Now and again she'd make it a threesome. After all, she could go far longer than he could and he enjoyed watching her. Perhaps he and his counterpart were not so different, they both had a 'thing' for smart blonde girls. And a seeming disregard for brunettes... he shifted his weight and crossed his legs, still using the 'Kinsey' from another reality as a foot rest. He glanced at the hash marks he had made on her skin. It was already the third day without feeding her, wouldn't be too much longer now at this point. Glancing at the time on his padd, he figured that would put things in just the right timeline if he presented this one as 'his' Kinsey...

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Jack was pretty much spending all his time in the lab, having had a small sleeping area set up for him and Ashley. Given that most of the guards had pretty much felt she was fair game, at least if she was in the lab as much as possible, she'd be protected. In the weeks since they had started cloning, he had managed to get a few dozen of the tanks up and running, a few were still malfunctioning and didn't keep the embryos alive, so it was a constant race to monitor and if needed, transfer the embryos to working tanks and then repair the malfunctioning ones. Riddick had been keeping guard, so no one else would intentionally make their work harder.

He was adjusting the time dilation field within a couple of the tanks to help artificially accelerate growth when he saw the door open up and Kirby walked in, completely naked. It wasn't exactly unusual sight but then he realized that another week had passed.

"Enjoy your evening?" Jack said over his shoulder and gestured with his thumb. "Second storage unit to the left, moved the clothes to make room for the slush."

"Slush?" Kirby raised an eyebrow.

"The stuff that this fluid turns into when we take out an embryo. I need to dump it somewhere but I'm trying to see if it can be filtered and re-used. I truly do not like this whole concept but I'm making it work as best I can with what I have." Jack said.

"So... are you on track? Because Dominus wanted me to take one of her fingers if you weren't." Kirby said with a roll of her eyes. "I don't give a shit, but you know he's got eyes and ears everywhere."

"Actually progressing further than expected. Despite the shoddy tanks, but then again it's a wonder any of this stuff works at all." Jack said and wiped his forehead. "I wish he would stop using you like that."

"Only reason I'm still alive. I put on a smile. I act like I'm enjoying it. I do what it takes. What I've always done." Kirby said and sighed heavily and leaned against the wall. "I suggest you do the same, no matter what he does to you too if you know what's good for you. I seriously doubt any of us are ever getting out of this place even close to how we came in if at all, but just play along. Do what he tells you to do when he tells you to do it. Defiance will just... hurt too much."

"I understand... and we are getting out here someday... " Jack said as he looked around the lab. "After all... fully developed clone soldiers will still take a while and I am positive there's a rescue attempt underway."

"If they know what's bloody good for them, they'll stay away unless they're packing enough to end this once and for all." Kirby said and shrugged her shoulders and walked over to where Jack kept some clothes for her. "Yoga pants and a t-shirt?"

"They were all Ashley could find on her last run." Jack winced.

"Eh, at least they're pants. Thanks Jack. Hopefully tonight Dominus will be too busy with his Friday girl to wonder where I went and you can tell me more about my son and grandson." Kirby said with a slight smile.

"I'd be happy to." Jack said and watched her walk out of the lab. "Ohhh Kinsey... I hope you get here soon."

"Oh blood hell!" Ashley shouted. "We lost another one!" Sighing she pressed the recycle button, and set the tank on a decontamination cycle.

She shook her head and picked up a tricorder, and moved onto another tank. "Well, the good news is these specimens are doing exceptionally well. Their genetic structure is stable. I am not reading any indication of replicant fade, and the time dialation seems to be growing them faster than expected. Looks like we found our perfect technique."

She handed Jack the tricorder and stretched her aching back, and letting out an exhausted yawn. "Getting too old to be pulling all nighters anymore. But the science is fascinating. It's good to get back into it. Too bad the ethics are so highly questionable."

She sighed and picked up the muzzle, and pulled it on and locked it in place. "I better get his lordship his breakfast." There was a underpinning of sarcasm in her voice. "And I'll see if I can get Kirby something better to wear."

"Be careful." Jack said as he watched her put the muzzle on. "Kirby or Riddick can shadow you."

"Don't worry about finding me clothes, I've got ways of getting what I want anyway." Kirby said and shrugged her shoulders. "Last thing we need is something to happen to you Walker, and then I'll have to figure out all this science stuff. Biology isn't my thing. I had a hard enough time gestating one child."

"And he turned out to be a big, strong, leader of men." Jack reminded her. "Ashley... still, be careful. I'm going to see what caused that last one to crash." he pulled up the logs and started going through each line of code and DNA. "Oh and if one of you could get me a phaser emitter I'd appreciate it, need the beam emitter crystal mostly, but the rest of the assembly I can use for keeping the wires in place, need it to replace one of the incubation warmers."

"Careful would have meant ratting you two chums out," she said sardonically. "Careful would have kept me bloody light years from here. But, the way I see it. I've outlived my usefulness to Dominus. Why he kills me doesn't much matter does it? It's going to painful, either way. At least by helping you there's an ever so slim chance you bloody know what you are talking about, and you will get us off this station."

"By m'self, I'd have no chance of getting out of this place, but with somethin' of a team... we've got a chance. Of course, if someone were attack this station, we could escape in five minutes in the confusion." Jack said as he reset the chamber he was working on. "In the meantime... I do as you and Kirby keep saying, do what he tells me to do and keep my head down. I'm also trustin' in my wife leadin' the charge. All the years we've been together, we find our way back to each other's side, even if she's a bloody nutter risk taker at times."

"Usin' my words..." Kirby teased. "I'm entirely shocked you two stuck together and not at all shocked she died once and came back. Woman always liked to dive head first into danger. Girl after m'own heart. Still can't believe that my boy and her little sister are married and gave me a grandson... I always worried that Zeke would be like his father in the bad ways."

"Well, they did elope behind my back... and the little ones haven't had a kid yet, although I do suspect that may not be the case for long. There are two sets... future versions from a dead timeline." Jack said with a roll of his eyes. "Lots of duplicates."

"Yeah... that's what I hear... used to that. But you haven't figured out how to return them or get there at will... Dominus has and that makes everything incredibly dangerous here." Kirby said and smiled when she found a band she could use to hold her ponytail back. "For all I know we're not even in the reality you know, there are other Starbase Pythons out there."

"Need to get our hands on that tech... and get it out of his." Jack said with a sigh. "But one problem at a time."

"We could just design an army of clones that answer only to you Jack, and hate our overlords. Send them to kill Dominus and Bob's your uncle."

She shrugged out of the lab coat, and hung it neatly on a hook on the wall. She took a deep breath. Here she was safe. Out there she was groped, fondled, and abused. Maybe dying wouldn't be so bad in the long run. She certainly didn't have much to lose. This was no way to live. They treated their animals better.

Sure, Dominus would torture her to death. But, that could only last so long, and then there would be the release. Then the thought struck her. There were knives in the galley. She could bring one back for everyone.

No... that wouldn't work. They would notice it missing. No, this was something she could only do. The other two were on their own. If Jack is right rescue will be along shortly.

"Well, I'm off. It was good to work on my passion again."

"I'll go with you. If they're going to get a grope, may as well get two of us." Kirby said with a slight smile. "I'll try to guard you as best I can." she said with a playful swat on her butt. "And you never bloody told me you were a scientist... how many focking years have we been here, hell I've slept with you more than once and you never said you were this brilliant." she shook her head. "Keeping you alive and as unmolested as I can."

"You do know my sister still sleeps in your t-shirts..." Jack said with an amused chuckle.

"Good! I hope she still has them, I want a couple of them back. You used to tease me about losin' my clothes on missions, your sister... she was much worse. At least she's skinny, my t-shirts were like dresses on her." Kirby laughed and shook her head. "I miss that crazy girl."

"You should see her now... Jackson cloned her, she looks like Angel, at least in the body, face looks like how she looked before she took that face plant off our tree."

"Seriously? Wow... haven't seen that face in like forever. Okay, now I'm chuffed to get out of this... got m'motivation back. B'sides, not often y'get to help a Princess out." Kirby whispered. "Oh don't act like you're THAT good at hiding that... I guarded ye when you were in school once, FSS hired me to shadow you when your usual shadow was on medical leave. Was only for a week, but I never forget a face.'

She frowned, "I bloody joined Starfleet, and not the Royal Navy so I could do it on my own merits, not because of who my family is. And bloody part of that was anonymity." She sighed, "Besides, I am not that girl anymore. Hell, none of us are."