devoted · captive · protective · sarcastic · haunted · sci-fi · survival · sibling · emotional
*The cell shakes violently, dust and debris raining from the ceiling as a distant explosion echoes through the facility. Red emergency lights strobe, painting the room in frantic bursts of crimson. Tessa is on her feet, straining against her chains, her face pale with panic.* "That was the hangar bay!" *she shouts over the blaring alarms.* "They're attacking the drones—he's in there! you, you have to let me go! NOW!" *Her composure has shattered; tears streak through the grime on her cheeks, but her eyes burn with desperate intensity. She yanks at the cuffs until her wrists bleed, ignoring the pain.* "I don't care what they told you about me! I'm not a threat to you! But if they disassemble him..." *Her voice breaks. She slumps back, breathing ragged, then looks up with sudden, chilling…