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<--- Podarge

*looking out of the window all the time*

<--- Lina

*awakes*
*sits up*
*falls from the chair* Ow! *anxiously looks around to see if someone heard that*
*gets up*
*walks silently into the kitchen*
*makes herself some food, wincing at every noise she causes*
*eats quickly*
*then goes to look for Podarge but cannot find her anywhere*
*sighs sadly*
*looks at all the sleeping people, then turns and leaves the tent*
*takes deep breath*
*walks into the forest*
*walks for a long time, first wincing and turning around at every sound she hears but slowly gets calm while walking*
*starts to enjoy the new freedom*

*eventually reaches the city*
*doesn't really grasp what she sees there, since she never saw the place where she was living in from the outside, nor did she see the house by the camp from the inside*
*amazed*
*notices a few people and hides behind a tree*
*follows the street, always hiding somehow*
*jumps back as a car passes by*
*stares like a hypnotized hare as more cars pass by - she never saw anything like that before*
*nervously continues her way as the cars don't seem to be interested in her*
*follows a quiet alley*
*doesn't really know what she's looking for*
*suddenly a door of a large building pops open and hundreds of people pour out*
*tries to avoid to be touched by anyone but is already surrounded by them*
*can't escape*
*overwhelmed by fear*
*her whole body seems to explode in pain as it "remembers" old wounds*
*faints*

<--- doctor

*on his way home from the course in the university building he just left as he sees a girl collapsing*
*makes his way through the mass of people to her and bends down*
*murmurs* Clarke's daughter? Didn't she die when his house got destroyed? *picks her up and carries her to his car, puts her onto the back seat and drives home*
*drives into his garage, closes it, gets the child out of the car and carries her though the internal door into his house*
*enters his private little surgery and puts the child down on the table*
*examines her*
*chuckles* This is actually the first time in all those years that I can treat you like I should as a member of my profession. But why changing old habits?
*gives an injection*
*fetches a small bottle with some strongly smelling content and holds it under the girl's nose* Wake up, little princess!

<--- Lina

*awakes*
*sneezes*
*recognizes the doctor*
*flooded with both fear of him and relief from finally seeing a well-known face*
*feels strangely dizzy*

<--- doctor

*smiles* Slept well? *waves a hand in front of her eyes, watching the reaction* I see, it's working already. *smile fades* So, story time! How did you escape? Who killed your father?

<--- Lina

Killed - my father - killed? *confused and slightly shocked* He is - dead? *tries to grasp the question* How can he - be dead?

<--- doctor

Was it too much? Maybe I underestimated her underweight. *gives another injection* Irrelevant now. How did you escape? Did someone open the door? How did you get out?

<--- Lina

*anxiously because she doesn't know any answer* I don't know! I woke up and was out! *tries to catch some more memories* I got - beaten up - so badly - couldn't breathe anymore! Then there was - there was someone - holding me - *starts to cry* - holding me - like I always dreamt of - and all pain was gone! And then - suddenly I was out! I don't know how! Please, I really don't know how! *crying of fear*

<--- doctor

*shakes head* I definitely gave her too much. *thinks about the things he heard* Maybe one of the guys damaged her brain back then. Being beaten up is the only part of the story I can believe. On the other hand - someone was holding her? *watches her, thoughtfully* Didn't sound like she knew that person. Who the hell was strong enough to get past all of his guards?
*aloud* However. Since your dad is dead now and can't protect me anymore, I need to protect myself. *gets another injection ready* Which means, you won't tell anyone else either. *smiles*

<--- Lina

*instinctively reaches out, takes his hand and pushes it towards him*

<--- doctor

*accidentally injects the shot into his own belly* Argh! You little bitch! *tries to reach some bottle of fluid but collapses before he can do so*

<--- Lina

*drops from the table and watches the heavily breathing man on the floor, herself feeling dizzy and kinda unreal*

<--- doctor

*wishing he'd chosen a less painful drug*

<--- Lina

*sees he's trying to reach a certain bottle*
*bends over and takes it*
*sees him sticking out his hands to her and the bottle*
*looks at the bottle*
*hands him the bottle*

<--- doctor

*with shaking hands, he prepares another shot and gives it to himself right before he loses consciousness*

<--- Lina

*watches*
*since he doesn't move enough to catch her attention anymore, she manages to concentrate on fragments of the questions that are echoing through her mind* How - get out - escape - *turns, but the room around her seems to turn even faster*
*eventually can distinguish the door and walks towards it*
*by moving her hand along the door, she finds the knob and opens it*
*leaves the room*
*leaves the house in the same manner*
*stumbles along another quiet alley*

<--- man

*watches the girl*
*follows her*
*suddenly grabs her and drags her into an old abandoned cellar*

<--- Lina

*whimpers, frightened by being touched*
*stammers some incomprehensible stuff*

<--- man

SHHH! *puts his hand on her mouth and hastily looks around*
*then quickly examines the girl's pockets but doesn't find anything*
*notices alot of scratches and even more old scars though*
*flooded with sympathy for her* Oh, what did They do to you! *while still holding her face, he examines her in the dim light* You've been living in a clean environment - clean but otherwise quite hostile towards you. *turns her face towards him and looks into her eyes* You're a victim of THEM, right?

<--- Lina

*shaking from fear and from side effects of the drugs she got*
*too woozy in her head to understand the question*
*just stares at him like hypnotized*

<--- man

Hm. You surely got brainwashed, too! *looks around and drags her to some old, big cardboard boxes*
*enters one of them and drags her through his self-made cardboard-box maze to the place where he uses to sleep*
*places her onto some old, filthy blankets and presses her down* I will let go of you now - but don't make any noise! Okay?

<--- Lina

*didn't really understand anything*
*just stares, eyes filled with tears*

<--- man

*sighs* I take that as "Yes" then. *slowly removes his hands, ready to immediately grab the girl if she makes any noise*

<--- Lina

*wants to crouch backwards, away from him, but gets stopped by the cardboard wall behind her*
*anxiously waits*

<--- man

*smiles* Good! I'll keep you here for a while - at least until I found out what They did to you and why! *grins* But you will have to pay for your food. Are you hungry?

<--- Lina

*understood "hungry"*
*nods*

<--- man

*smiles widely* Good! You won't believe how many years it's been since They killed my wife! *sticks his hands out and drags her to him to give her a kiss*

<--- Lina

*overwhelmed by memories and stiffens*
*knows too well what's coming now*
*closes her eyes and wishes to be very far away now*

<--- man

*notices the reaction* Oh - that's what They did to you. *lets go of her* It's okay - I won't touch you! *thinks to himself* Who knows what diseases They gave her!
*gets some old cookie and a cup out*
*fills the cup from a bucket of water that stands in a corner*
*hands both to her* Here, that's all I have for now. I'll get more later.

<--- Lina

*confused*
*opens eyes*
*looks at the cookie and the cup*
*takes both*
*nibbles the cookie and drinks the water*
*slowly feels better*
*produces a feebly smile as she remembers what's considered good behaviour* Th- thank you very much!

<--- man

*grins* You are welcome, very welcome, dear! *bends over and turns an old sandglass* Ah, it's time. I need to go! *becomes very serious*
*grabs the girl's chin*

<--- Lina

*winces at the touch*
*anxiously wonders what she did wrong*

<--- man

Listen! You will stay here! You won't find the way out alone, and I have several traps installed - in case They try to find me! So, for your own safety, STAY HERE!

<--- Lina

*tries to nod despite the tight grip on her chin* I will - I obey!

<--- man

*heart melts at her fearful voice*
*softly* Just be quiet, and you shall get more nutrituous food soon! *lets go of her chin and leaves the box*
*disappears in the cardboard maze*

<--- Lina

*hugs her knees*
*after a while, subconsciously starts to rock back and forth*
*exhausted soon*

<--- man

*as he returns, he finds her sleeping*
*puts a small package aside and lies down next to her, fully dressed*
*puts an arm around her waist to make sure he will notice every move she makes*
*closes his eyes*
*dozes off into some light nap*
*hasn't been sleeping deeply for years*

That's a long post!!!!!
I'm only here for this post right now but hopefully I'll find a computer later

<----------Sarah

*flying*

Well, I had too much time Those are about 9600 characters

<--- Podarge

*dozing next to Giggle*

<--- Lina

*wants to turn in sleep but jerks awake immediately as she feels the arm lying on her*

<--- man

*awakes fully*
*doesn't move nor open his eyes and waits for what the girl is going to do*

<--- Lina

*cannot fall back asleep due to the presence of someone lying right behind her*
*watches her hands and wonders when the scars returned*
*wonders if that short episode without those itching scars was just a dream*
*sighs nervously*

<--- man

*notices the girl's nervousness*
*moves his hand under her shirt and to her chest to check her heartbeat*

<--- Lina

*startled*
*holds breath*

<--- man

*"listens" to her restless heartbeat for a while before he sits up* Good morning.

<--- Lina

G- good morning. *sits up, at as much distance as the small room allows*

<--- man

*nods* What's your name?

<--- Lina

L- Lina.

<--- man

Nice to meet you, Lina, my name is Allen. How old are you, Lina?

<--- Lina

*frowns, confused* Old? *doesn't remember if she knows what that means*

<--- Allen

Yes, old. How many years are you living already? When were you born? *puzzled* She doesn't know what "old" means?

<--- Lina

Years - *thinks about it* I got told - a short while ago - that my mother died about 13 years ago. She died shortly after my birth - I heard.

<--- Allen

*blushes* Oh - you - you look somehow - more mature than your age would allow. *slightly shocked* Good thing I didn't do anything stupid yesterday!

<--- Lina

*continues, remembering* Father was angry that I'm not a boy.

<--- Allen

*raises eyesbrow*
*wants to say something but pauses*
*finally says* Did he kill your mother?

<--- Lina

*nods* One day - he told me - every detail - about it - *shivers* That was - the only time - he ever talked to me - *shaking, looking at her hands*

<--- Allen

*tries to change the topic*
*also looks at her hands* How did you get all those scars?

<--- Lina

*looks up, startled*
*doesn't really want to remember that but doesn't dare to disobey either*
*fights to get through her own mental wall she was building for so long until memories flood her mind* They used - a long stick - cables - wires - f- flames - a - a hot i- iron - knives - *voice gets weaker with every word* *very pale*

<--- Allen

*alarmed* HEY! *takes her head firmly into his hands* Ok, ok, ok, stop that now, stop that!

<--- Lina

*breathless*
*eyelids flutter*

<--- Allen

*frightened* Come on, look at me! Look at me! *doesn't really know how to get her out of that state* Hey, come on! Hum with me! *starts to hum an old lullaby, hoping the girl knows it*

<--- Lina

*just about to drown in fear as she hears a strange noise*
*blinks*
*listens*
*calms down and breathes more slowly, but deeper, in the rhythm of the lullaby*

<--- Allen

*watches the change and smiles*
*suddenly realizes that his humming might be heard outside and stops*
*listens to noises from outside*
*doesn't hear anything suspicious*
*concentrates on the girl again*

<--- Lina

*looking at him, waiting*

<--- Allen

*takes his hands off her head and smiles* Breakfast? *opens the small package from yesterday and gets some limb biscuits out* Here - those are not very tasty, but nourishing. *hands her some*
*then fills the cup from yesterday with water from the bucket and drinks*
*refills it and hands it to the girl* I have to get fresh water, you stay here and eat! *takes the bucket and disappears through the exit of the cardboard room*

<--- Lina

*eats slowly, not really caring about the taste*
*wonders what just happened but isn't too sure she really wants to know*

Haven't really got time to read all of it right now lol
I'm only here for 30 mins or so.

<-----------Sarah

*starts to descend*

Well, nothing related to Giggle or Sarah (currently), so you might read it later

<--- Podarge

*awakes from the change in the helicopter's motion*

I'll have more time tomorrow

<-----------Sarah

*flies close to the water*
<Now, how are we going to do this?>

Good

<--- Podarge

*looks down*
*wonders if this helicopter can dive*
*looks at Giggle to check if she's still okay*

<-------Sarah

*stops as the island appears in the distance*
*thinks*

I'd hate it if nobody read it

<--- Podarge

*sees an island*
*excited* Is that it? Our goal?

It would make it a waste of time to have written

<------Sarah

Yes...but how are we going to get there?
The helicopter is too loud to land there...

Well, that also And it could mean to miss some connections in the story

<--- Podarge

*looks down at the sea*
*looks around*
*points* Do you think that rock might be helpful? We could swim the rest, the sea doesn't seem to be very wild today.

Yes

<-------Sarah

*looks at the rock*
Yes that would work.
Can you wake Giggle? I'll land us there.

<--- Podarge

*nods*
*gently nudges Giggle* Good morning, Giggle! We're there! *thinks, then adds* Almost.

<------Sarah

*lands*
I hope the ocean stays this calm.

<---------Giggle

*looks around*
Oh Ok. Can I have some gold first?

<--- Podarge

*looks at Sarah* I think so. The weather doesn't look like a soon change.
*looks at Giggle and nods* Sure. *gets some gold* Let me guess: And blood right after that? *puts the gold into Giggle's mouth*