From the mind of littlewolf! This week's prompt is: Stockholm Syndrome I can't wait to see how you meet this challenge!

Nice stamp! This should be interesting....

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KT -- Part of me wants to shout "It's obviously Ken and Jun!" However, I have my "Wait, that's TOO obvious!" alarm going off...it could be Joe and Sandy.

Joe and Sandy is a nice thought EW, but this is a new year, and a new story, so I don't think it would be her.

"This band is awesome!" Jinpei cried over the din, his messy hair swaying wildly as he thrashed to the beat. "Nothing beats the Demon 5." Jun sniffed, her nose wrinkling distastefully at the harsh sounds emanating from her jukebox. "Give it a shot! It takes awhile for it to grow on you. At first, you hate it, but then, you love it!" Jun threw up her hands in disgust. What else would you expect from a band named Stockholm Syndrome?

KT, knowing that it is a new story, I can see this happening with a Galactor prisoner. They're so good at brainwashing and mind-controlling...

Interesting, KT...I'm wondering who the couple is, too... TJ, very clever! It definitely sounds like a band name! Lol!

KT: From the kind of academic talk I'm wondering if it's Nambu ... TJ: LOL

Lol TJ, sounds very typical of Jinpei to find to most unpleasant music to play. Full volume too, no doubt. Some interesting theories about the couple in my prompt piece too... I like it

Princess wasn't sure exactly how long she'd been in the cramped, dimly-lit cell. She'd sent several BirdScrambles, but she had no way of knowing if they reached the team; she had no idea where she was or how far away she was from the rest of G-Force. The only certainty was this: she was Spectra's prisoner. G-Force had reached the colony of Umm al-Dunya to find the place completely abandoned. When the distress signal reached Center Neptune, there were just over fifty thousand. So where were they? What happened to them? The team split up to investigate. As soon as she was out of sight of everyone else, Princess felt herself being hit from behind by -- what? A wrecking ball? And then she woke up here. She hadn't been interrogated, no commander in a goofy costume came to her cell to gloat. All that happened was that a soldier would appear every few hours to bring her food -- Swiss cheese and chocolates. Nothing else, just Swiss cheese and chocolates. But why? * * * * * Commander Nerthus sat in the control room, staring at one small monitor showing this system's distant star. Just a little to the right of the star was a pinprick-sized blue dot. He wasn't sure what it was about that dot that fascinated him, but it did. Even now, as he sat in a hidden base on an unnamed dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, that tiny blue dot held his attention. "Sir!" A green-uniformed henchman came up behind the commander and saluted. "The food has been delivered to the prisoner as scheduled." Everything about this one proclaimed that he really was green -- very new and overly-eager to please. Nerthus rotated his chair around to face this goon. The young soldier seemed to struggle a bit to keep his composure when he saw his commander -- Nerthus wore a mask that looked like a squid made of poison ivy, and the rest of his outfit was lederhosen of assorted shades of green. Nerthus did not have the body to wear lederhosen well. "Well?" Nerthus had a slightly menacing tone, "Do you have any questions?" "Um," the soldier stammered while still saluting, "sir, could you explain the reason behind the way you're treating the prisoner?" "Soldier, do you know anything about Earth people?" "Not really, sir." "Well, I'm what you might call an Earthophile. I've studied these people more than the average Spectran, so I have knowledge that can be used to our advantage." The rookie stood there, slightly slack-jawed, but still saluting. "For example," the commander continued, "the Earthers can develop a condition called Stockholm Syndrome...when they're imprisoned, they can develop an attachment -- even feelings of devotion -- to their captors. So, I thought I'd trigger this syndrome in the female member of G-Fore by feeding her foods from the country of Switzerland." "But, sir, isn't Stockholm in Sweden?" "Different names for the same place." Nerthus tried not to grit his teeth. "Uh, I don't think so, sir..." Still saluting. Nerthus took a slow, deep breath. "Return to your duties." His voice was colder than the frozen methane covering the dwarf planet. "Yes, sir!" the soldier cried. Still saluting, he clicked his heels together, turned, and left. Nerthus cleared his throat. "Yes, sir?" a soldier monitoring the exterior sensors replied as he rotated his chair until he faced his commander. Nerthus made a very slight gesture. "Yes, sir!" The soldier stood, saluted, and left. The commander let out a snort as he thought about the rookie's comments. "Well," he muttered, "I'll have the last laugh when she gladly 'helps me' by being my double agent!" A couple of moments later, the image of the still-saluting rookie's corpse floated by. Commander Nerthus felt better.

EW: I don't think that's going to end as well as he thinks it will.

Teehee...Nerthus is the typical Galactor Commander...at first I thought he was feeding her those things to fatten her up...with a steady diet like that it probably wouldn't take too long...lol

Where are the cheese and chocolate fondues? Those could probably buy my allegiance.

KT, that's a date breaker. Most men run screaming from that one. TJ, Jinpei is very impressionable. He would be a prime candidate for Stockholm Syndrome. EW, that's one stupid 'Earthophile'.

KT -- I agree with Becky, whoever the guy is, he has to show considerable restraint and not bolt for the door when he hears those magic words TJ -- Actually, that's a very good name for a band! EW -- Well, if you're going to be a prisoner, you might as well as be given swiss cheese and chocolates! The last line caughe me by surprise -- very chilling!

Originally posted by Daniella T The last line caughe me by surprise -- very chilling!

But you can take comfort in knowing how this is bound to turn out, right?

Originally posted by ElectricWhite

Originally posted by Daniella T The last line caughe me by surprise -- very chilling!

But you can take comfort in knowing how this is bound to turn out, right?

Yes -- with Princess gaining a few pounds!!!