Okay, so this didn't change at all, but I decided to repost it anyway, as the story just wouldn't be the same without it.
But I will place my disclaimer for the whole story here! I own nothing but Inara and her family! All other OCs belong to their respective creators!
As she slowly drifted back to consciousness, she came to the realization that she was lying on a cold, metal floor. Her eyes shot open and she sat up, a dull pain shooting through the entire right side of her body as she did so.
She winced slightly as she began to study her surroundings.
There were three solid metal walls around her, the one to her right holding a small sink and toilet, and the one to her left holding a small, metal cot. Thick, metal bars made up the fourth wall. There was no door that she could see.
She raised her hands to her head as her memory slowly started to return. She'd been walking to the bus stop after school when she'd been grabbed from behind. A funny smelling cloth had been placed over her nose and mouth. She'd fought for as long as she could, but whatever was on that cloth made her sleepy.
She'd been kidnapped. Remembering that her brother would have been waiting for her at the bus stop, she wondered if he'd been kidnapped as well. She moved to stand, the right side of her body protesting in pain, and slowly made her way over to the bars, "Alex? Alex, are you here?"
"Your Alex is not here, little one," a kind voice with a heavy accent she couldn't quite place answered.
The voice brought to her attention the fact that she occupied one cell in a row of at least ten. Across a wide passageway sat an identical row of cells, and in the one directly across from her sat a family of three. The father sat on the metal floor near the bars, looking down the passageway to her left. The mother and daughter, who looked to be the same age as her, were huddled together on the cot.
Though it saddened her to know that she was alone, she breathed a sigh of relief. "If he's not here, then he must be safe," she muttered to herself.
The man tensed, having heard her words. If she was here for the same reason his family was, her Alex may not be as safe as she thought. Then again, he thought, a small smile playing on his lips, if that was the case, Piotr would surely look after this Alex.
Now go read the new (and hopefully improved) chapter one!