The expendable had just retrieved the crystal, and now the docks of the Hadal Division were being swarmed. Mobile task force members and scientists broke down doors and took every subject they could.

This included Sebastian. Being stubborn, and not wanting to give research to the scientists who tortured him, he.. started chewing on glass? That didn’t end well at all. The glass he’d consumed cut his mouth and triggered his gag reflex, so he was essentially spewing up glass and further damaging himself. He eventually passed out from blood loss, and was taken in against his will.

The worst part?

Painter saw it all. He’d been right behind Sebastian, being carried by a task force member.