~*Vanessa*~
I felt something soft against my cheek, and a sweet warmth against my bare arms. This was much nicer than that horrible place I was in before. My eyes fluttered open and to my surprise I was on a large, beautiful bed. Wanting to move my arms, I tried, but something was horribly wrong. I couldn’t move at all. I felt my lips curl up into a small smile and a voice that was not mine rang in my head. ‘Thanks sweetie, now I’m free. I didn’t really imagine myself as a pretty young lady but I can make it work.’
‘What?! What’s going on?’ I thought.
‘You’re the one who agreed to this. Didn’t even bother to read the fine print on terms and conditions. But hey, look at it this way, you’re out of the Abyss.’ He thought. A sound coming from the room caught the thing that was in control of my body’s attention and I sat up slowly, stretching. A tall man with dark hair had placed a chair in the middle of the room and a lady in near him was bent down in a chest, digging around for something. “H-Hello?” My voice cracked a little.
‘Help! Please, you over there! Please do something!’ I screamed in my head. My hand immediately flew up to my head as I winced.
‘Quiet…’ He snapped.
‘I will not! Give me back my body you, you thing!’ I continued. That’s when it hit me. The thing controlling me was Rider. A sweet deep voice resonated through the room.
“You’re awake, finally. Does your head hurt?” The man turned to me and asked.
“It does, where am I? Who are you?” I asked.
“Come here, I want to make sure you aren’t hurt.” His eyes shone with kindness as he sat in the chair.
‘He’s handsome for a male isn’t he? Good lord I haven’t flirted in so long.’ He thought. I was horrified. Yeah he was cute but, no, this isn’t me!
“Ok, of course, you’re like my angel.” I smiled and stepped out of bed. As I approached the man, by body stiffened. Before Rider could even think anything, The man grabbed my wrist and smoothly switched places with me. Before any reaction could be made the woman skillfully tied me tightly to the chair, so tightly it hurt a bit, but I didn’t care.
‘Get him out! Get out of my head! I want my life back! Rider get out!’ I screamed at him in my head and he groaned out loud.
“She freaking out isn’t she? There’s no need for the yelling, I know what’s going on. So stop, or else you’ll have a wicked headache.” The mystery man said.
“Neko, what do you want to use?” The girl asked.
“Give me the glove.” He said calmly.
“By the way, I’ve been wanting to do that for a long time.” She whispered in my ear.
“Hey baby, I don’t like it rough alright? Loosen these up for me will ya?” Rider asked.
“What’s your name? Answer me chain.” Neko said darkly. There was no sign of that softness anymore, he was more scary than anything. My brow clenched and I knew I was glaring. “That doesn’t scare me.”
“Go to hell. I’m finally out, and I’m not going back. See, this little sugar cube and I made ourselves a contract. And unless you wanna get a beat down, I suggest you stay out of my way.” Neko raised an eyebrow. The girl laughed.
“I don’t think you should be talking so high and mighty, considering the situation you’re in.” She said. “Now cough up your name, or you’ll be in a world of pain.” Rider hissed softly and the girl grabbed my hair and yanked backward, causing Rider to cry out. “How does it feel?!” She said darkly.
“Ow! Ow! Ok! Ok!” Rider yelled.
“Stop.” Neko grabbed the girls’ wrist and she let go and backed off.
“Rider, Hydra.” Rider said with a nasty glare. Neko slipped a glove on and nodded.
“Here’s the deal, this goes for you and Vanessa. You work for Pandora to take down illegal chains and other enemies. Or, you get thrown back into the abyss immediately. Agree to work for us, it will make things much easier and less painful for everyone involved.”
‘YES YES I ACCEPT!’ I screamed. Rider flinched.
“Ugh, geez, accept it a little louder.” He muttered.
“I’ll go ahead and take that as a yes.” Neko said and stood behind me.
“What’re you gonna-” Then I felt a hard hit to my head, and a tearing, burning sensation shoot throughout my body. I yelled a bit and my head hung down. I couldn’t quite move and the ropes binding me fell away. I was picked up lightly.
“Tie him up with the special chains.” Neko said.
“Where, am I?” I asked quietly.
“You’ll find out.” He answered.
“I want to go home, my parents. And Jason, what about him? John, where’s John? I’m so sorry…” I whispered. It was good to be out of the abyss, but the men were going for my brother too. I was scared that my family was gone.
“John is dead. Jason is still missing. I don’t know about the Mistress and Mister.” The girl said standing in front of Neko and I.
“D-Dead…” I stuttered, unable to believe my ears.
“Yeah, no thanks to you. Surprise princess, it’s your favorite punching bag here.” She crossed her arms.
“What? Mandy?” My eyes widened.
“Mandy, that’s enough. Revenge won’t make you feel any better.” Neko said.
“How long was I in that place?!” I asked, completely overwhelmed.
“5 years Vanessa, and somehow, someway, you got out of that hell hole. Why not Jason? Where is Jason?! Did you see him in there?” Mandy asked. I shook my head, I was actually scared of her now. “Damn it…” She ran out of the room and Neko sighed.
“Don’t worry about that right now. Mandy’s only hope at the moment is that your brother will come back too.”
“John…not my John…” My eyes stung painfully and tears flooded my cheeks. I never got to apologize for the horrible person I was, and am. It was all my fault. Neko wiped away my cheeks and laid me down on the bed again.
“Crying will get you nowhere. Just rest here, we can take care of what needs to be taken care of later. You have been asleep for a couple days already, but after plucking Rider from you, you’re drained again. Just try to rest. Ill know if either one of you wakes up.” He left the room and I decide to just do what I was told for once.
