what day is it?
She knows that once she entered this door. One way or other she would know the truth. She could feel beneath the surface of her skin. She was a little glad that Libba stay away, not seeing what she was. She was also grateful that she wasn’t alone. It feels like everything when in slow motion as Toot open the door.
She rushed inside, surprising anyone inside. She didn’t feel the cold inside. She didn’t notice the smell of sweat or blood. She didn’t notice straight away the metal chair in the corner. Or the chains that hung form the celling. Or the blinding eyes around the room. Making it easy for her to see her, but not if you were on the other side. She didn’t see any off this. Everything faded away. She could only one of her love, SCYLLA.
The first thing her mind registered, when her brain started to catch up on her surrounds. Was that she wasn’t in her uniform that she was wearing at the wedding. She was a little surprising. She wasn’t sure why she thought she would be in them. But there she was in her under wear and Bea. Nothing else.
She could see the blood stain and old injures that had been healed. She could also see the brutal attack that was covering her body. The red marks that cover her belly, her right arm. Was telling. And that just want she could see not internal or her back.
The next big this was the short chains that was around her ankles that was connect to the floor. Pairing closer she could see that her wrist was also chained but with cuffs. Lucky for her there when connect to the floor. Looking around finally she noticed the chain, with a hook. That hung right above her.
She knows what that meant. She had to force herself to stay calm. There had used her as a punching bag. Her mind racing back to when she had seen the Camarilla had down. This was a little less bloody, but if she didn’t know any better. She could have thought it was them.
She was about to step forward when a hand stops her. She looked over to see, Toot looked at her and then pointed at the floor. Without words. Following her gaze. That when she noticed it. The fade symbol that was around Scylla. Again, she knows what that means. It was basic it was a circle with four symbols, at 12, 3, 6 and 9. If you were looking at a clock. This whole thing would then be activated with a mind seed. To keep the victim under a delusion. This on top of the beating she could tell she had suffered. Mean she had no rest since, most probably since the wedding. Which only made her angrier.
Without thinking she knelt down and started the seed of deactivation. Toot quickly catches on and followed. Both of them not sure of their words. Once their felt confident that the trap was de-active. She crawled over to Scylla. That when she noticed three things.
One, she had a gag in her mouth. The straps come up, across her face to the back. The side come around to the back and was tied together.
Second, she wore a collar, stopping her from using any seed.
And third, that she was awake. Her eyes where open. She hadn’t picked up on that. But once her hand touches her arm, she quickly closed her eyes tight. This only sadden her.
Toot come forward and removed the Gag. Being her back to present. She moved down and unlocked her ankles. Which was simple. As she looked back up, she saw her throwing the gag away. As she was about to remove the collar. She rushed over and stopped her. She could see that Toot had tear in her eyes.
“go, check the other room down the corridor, use you sight, see if you find, something to cover with”.
Toot didn’t ask why. Or protest. She just pushed herself up on her feet and left.
Once she was gone. She removed her chains around her wrists. She could see the redness. Most probably from being held up by them. Which only added fuel to the fire. She then rolled Scylla head to the side and trace the seal on the back of the Collar. With a little click the collar fells open.
Allowing Scylla gasp. Filling her lung, which seems she could do that before. She rolled her head back and removed her hair in her face. Making her gasp, moving her head back. Raelle didn’t move.
Finally spoke, “what to hear me scream” her voice seems hollow.
“Scylla, look at me”.
She didn’t. She could this was trick.
She leaned over and removed her hair out of her face once again. And whispered in her ear.
“you finally save, I’m going to sleep you. When you wake again, your be in the arms of Libba and ME.”
“why, please stop”. Followed by a small whimper. Making Raelle heart ack. Then she simply placed her hand over her forehead and whispered her words.
‘Ask and it shall be given to you. Seek and ye shall find. Knock and it shall be opened unto you. For everyone that asketh, recieveth. And he that seeketh, findeth. To him that knocketh, shall be open. That blind the kingdom, the power of the lord. Forever and ever’.
As she finished, Toot comes back and knelt beside her. She looked over to her.
“I had to sleep her; she didn’t think this was real”.
“I found something to cover her with”.
Carefully she pulled Scylla up onto her lap, Toot moves close and together wrapped her in an army issues blanket. She noticed her left leg, just below the knees was broken. She wished could stay put and heal her. But the risk of being caught is getting higher and higher the long er there stay put.
“can you carry her”.
“yea, I pretty good, why”.
“the ring that we deactivated, as a side effect. It tells the user of it deactivation. I need you to take Scylla down the corridor to one of the rooms. Stay put until I come get you. If I one hour I don’t come. Message Libba”.
Toot placed her hand on her shoulder.
“help me pick her up”.
With Raelle place her under Scylla knees and one around her back and stood up. Toot jumps up beside her and carefully Raelle transferred her over. She followed them out into the hallway. But didn’t follow. She watched her enter a room not too far down. and the click of the door shutting. Raelle turned around and re-entered the room. closing the door behind her.
She quickly got the room ready for her guest. Broking the lights that surround the cell and the remaining one she pointed at the door. She moved the chairs to the middle of the room, the one with chains she bolt down, using a seed. And there in the back of the room she waited.
******
She smiled at seeing Quartermain enter, holding a tray.
“Quartermain” she says laced with Sarcasm. While stepping forward from the shadows.
Startling her, making her drop the tray, that had food and medical equipment. A needle with three small containers. If Raelle was less so herself, she would have attack her right then. But she wasn’t, bad for Quartermain.
“have a sit, we have a lot to discuss”. Giving no room to argue. Her voice heightens with a low seed.
She didn’t move.
Raelle watched her as she used a low seed. Of convincing.
She could see know that she was trying to fight it, blood trickled down from her nose.
“I said sit”.
With everything she had, she could stop herself form walking over to the chair and sitting down. Finally, her head stopped pounding. She was about to stand again but other low seed hit her.
“chain yourself”.
She looked around to find the person who was doing this to her. But all she could see was threw the blinding lights.
“why, should I follow your orders.”
“the more you resist the more it will hurt”.
“I can deal with a little bit of pain.”
Raelle smirk to herself, she really pushing her luck. ‘find you think you can handle it, let’s see’.
“put it on, or I will kill you. And don’t worry you ain’t my first kill”.
Quartermain checked form the corner of her eye. Again, she was expecting that or any of this. Maybe someone trying to free her. But not, Scylla gone. Or this trap.
‘Again, with the low seed. What the hell was this.’
She could really stop herself from picking up the chain and locking them around her wrists.
Once that was done, she made her way around, pulling out her knife she had carried with her. Without warning she step forward and stab Quartermain in her upper thigh. She didn’t have time to register that it was Raelle standing before her before the stab.
She shouted out in pain. Not hiding how painful it was.
“oh, SHUT up. I’ll fix you” she said while removing the knife. Getting a groan from Quartermain.
As Raelle moved to stand behind her she put her knife away before she place her hands on her shoulder. And mutter to herself. Not the words of healing. Her quickly linked with Quartermain’s.
Flashing of what she did to Scylla flood her. She grits her teeth together.
When she finally steps back, she didn’t know how long she had been standing there for. But her legs she could tell it was a while. Stretching her back a little. She moved in front of Quartermain again. the wound still bleeding out. Darkening her pants leg.
“you did that to my love, your lucky. Libba not here. And that Scylla is alive. Because if both had been the case. You would be died. By morning.”
“she is spree” she manages to say.
With a smirk, “ex- spree”.
That got Quartermain to look up at her.
“you know, she was spree”.
“I will not say it again, she was ex-spree. Gathering information and giving to you and Alder. Once a week. And for her trouble you beat her to an inch of her live, healed her and did it again. That along it below you. I would say, I think some Camarilla would be impressed on your skill.”
“Camarilla?”
“you people are, so blinded by the spree. That there can’t be other enemies, well”.
She paused this her game, get her talking for them to get here. With a smile Raelle pulled out her knife again. She leaned over her, placing her hand on her shoulder and stab in her gut whispering, “let’s see if anyone finds you before you bleed to death”.
She steps back leaving her knife inside and removing Quartermain's scourge.
She didn’t say a word just back out of the room closing behind her. With a deep breath she places her hand over the door. ‘for though who died, be with you’.
*****
She rushes down the corridor, following where Toot had gone and with checking burst into the room.
“we need to move”.