[center]When Robin pulled the dart from her neck, Dominique didn't wake up for another hour. However, when she did wake up, it was with a loud gasp and a jolt upwards. Her head was pounding as she flailed out of bed, standing up and looking around. Thankfully Robin had moved away from Dominique quickly, managing to avoid getting hit by her arms and legs. Dominique squinted at the light, checking her surroundings as she relaxed. Looking to Dominique, she visibly did a once over on him, not surprised to see there was no sign of physical harm on his body, accept for the blood that was on his shoes, which he had yet to change. "I heard them come in, but... They drugged me too fast." Dom sat down on her bed, looking tired, despite her extra sleep. Her and Robin talked, Robin explaining what happened while she was asleep, Dominique visibly getting distressed.
"I should have expected this, of course they wouldn't let you go unpunished... I had time to stop them, I-I..." Dominique was pacing the room, clenching and unclenching her fists. She started to grow agitated, but before she could lash out Robin had stood up, and grabbed her shoulders, forcing Dom to look him in the face. The two didn't say anything, just looked at one another, as if Robin was saying 'I'm okay'. Dominique slowly relaxed, nodding her thanks to Robin as they both sat back down. The two sat in silence, Robin reading his manual while Dominique lay back in her bed, thinking.
A long while later the pin to the door could be heard beeping, the door opening to reveal a very blank looking Henry. There was a large bruise on his jaw, which looked very painful. He didn't look at Dominique just stared right above her head. "Come with me, Miss Barrel." Dom silently rose, glancing to Robin before following Henry out of the room. The two walked down the hall silently, Dominique glancing occasionally at Henry, who continued to refuse to look at her. "You know I had to do something, right?" Dom broke the awkward silence. Henry didn't respond for a moment before mumbling, "You used me, and managed to break my heart at the same time... You had a choice, and you chose the wrong one." Dom scoffed, finding the whole thing amusing more than anything. "You're just upset that you got beaten by a girl." Henry didn't respond, but there was obvious anger on his face.
Henry escorted Dom to the lab, where Dr. Luxuria was waiting, smiling to Dominique, who gave a sarcastic smile back. "Our escape artist is here, I see! Today's the last day, before you have your big fight!" Dominique didn't say anything, just went over and sat down on the table. "If you keep acting so cheerful about me killing someone, I'm going to hit you again," Dom mumbled, smiling at the fear that flashed across Luxuria's face. "No need to be so mean... Take your shirt off and lay back." Dom did as she was told, looking down when she heard a loud click, like a hand cuff. There was a thick cuff around Dom's bionic wrist, which was heavily welded to the bed frame, making it impossible for Dom to easily pull it off, unless she wanted to somehow manage to tip the bed over. The rest of her limbs were bound as Luxuria grabbed the usual needle full of the strengthening serum.
Once again the pain was intense, but Dominique refused to pass out or scream. She pulled against her bindings, but the metal cuff held strong. When Luxuria finally extracted the needle from Dom's heart, her patience was panting heavily, sweat dripping down her face. Dominique waited for the bindings to be released, but no one came to undo them. Looking over, she could see Luxuria messing with something on the tray, but couldn't see what. "Now, do you know what conditioning is?" Luxuria asked, not turning around. Dominique looked confused, glancing to a grim-faced Henry, noticing the usual fear creeping back onto his face as he watched Luxuria. "Isn't that some sport thing?" Dominique asked, looking at the back of Luxuria. The doctor gave a mirthless laugh, shaking her head. She turned around, reveling two electrically charged paddles, much like the ones asylums would use for electric shock therapy. "Not exactly. Mental conditioning is essentially me training your brain. For dogs, they can be trained to expect a treat when they hear a snap. Each time you snap, you give them a treat. After a while when you snap, the dogs look to you, expecting a treat." Luxuria started to mess with some buttons on the machine the paddles were attached to, the machine humming menacingly.
"You've made a bad habit of thinking you run this place, by attacking anyone who challenges you. With Mr. Slater we can easily subdue him with darts, however your body also adapted faster reflexes than your partner, so we can't really subdue you easily. I've decided to condition you. When you hear a sound, you'll expect pain, but that involves me to torcher you until you're conditioned." Luxuria was smiling like a crazy woman, obviously enjoying the terrified look on Dom's face. Dominique glanced to Henry, who was now looking away, the terror on Dom's face mirrored in his. Dominique looked back to see Luxuria suddenly getting on top of her, straddling her hips. "Now, most people would go for your brain, just like in the asylum. However, I've worked hard to make you who you are, so it'd be a waist to damage such a beautiful brain like yours. That, and I know much more painful places to shock you." Luxuria was talking in a very husky, aroused voice, looking clearly excited physically and sexually. She grinned as her eyes scanned Dom's body. "For example, I can shock your bionic arm, and it would spread through your entire body. I can shock your heart, and it would feel like your heart is stopping. However, my favorite area of torcher is the ribs. Not only will it be more painful, but the pain will spread to your lungs, and it'll feel like you're suffocating."
Dominique had started to cry, staring up at Luxuria, pleading wit her eyes to not do what she was about to do. Luxuria, of course, only found joy in the tears, continuing on with her plan. She pulled out a dog clicker from her pocket, calling Henry over. "Each time I tell you, I want you to press that button. I'll give her a nice couple seconds of electricity, and then we'll give her a processing period, then repeat until she expects pain whenever she hears the clicker." Henry reluctantly took the clicker from Luxuria, finally looking at Dom, who was still crying. Luxuria pulled the cart holding the electric machine closer, still straddling Dom's hips.
"Now," Luxuria said. Henry clicked the button, a small 'click' coming from the object. Right away Luxuria pressed the small paddles against Dom's ribs, the electricity coursing through Dom. Luxuria was right, now only did the burning sensation spread through her ribs, but her lungs seemed to compact, the feeling of suffocating making the pain even worse. Dominique tried not to scream, but before long she was crying out, trying to fight against her bindings. Luxuria pulled the paddles away, looking both shocked and overjoyed back Dom's reaction. Dominique lay panting on the table, bawling as she looked at Henry, mumbling please of mercy. "Again," Luxuria commanded. Once again Dom's insides burned worse than ever, forcing her to scream and writhe, trying to get away from the source of the excruciating pain. For the rest of the morning Dominique was torchered, screaming and crying until eventually whenever she heard the click of the dog clicker, she'd flinch away, squeezing her eyes shut as she tensed up, feeling the phantom pain in her sides and lungs. Luxuria put the paddles down, sliding off of the exhausted Dominique, looking smug and joyful that her conditioning worked.
"You did very well, Dominique. I'm proud of you for being such a trooper," Luxuria smiled down at her as she undid the bindings, feeling completely safe now that she had Dominique trained. Dom slowly sat up, her sides aching from the hours of torcher. Her eyes burned from crying so much, but the tears refused to stop flowing, expressing her physical and mental agony as she stared at the floor. Luxuria helped Dom put her shirt back on, still smiling triumphantly. "I hope you do well in your fight tomorrow," Luxuria purred before walking away. Henry slowly walked up to the silent Dominique, carefully offering his hand. Dom took it, allowing Henry to pull her off of the bed, and lead her back to her room. When they got there Henry gave Dominique a hug before opening the door, Dom walking into the room.
Robin was sitting in his bed, but sat up and looked at Dominique when she entered the room. She hardly managed to look at Robin before falling to her knees, bawling loudly once again, shaking as curled into herself, her lungs still burning.[/color]