I wrote this a while back as a drabble for Blythe's 'art challenge' drawing in the Shadow Gallery. If you haven't seen it yet, I encourage you to check it out. If you're too lazy to go and see it, I shake my finger at you, but I will give you a very basic description: it's basically a picture of a spiral staircase with a hand disappearing around a corner and V emerging from the shadows beneath the staircase.
WARNING: SMUT (please don't flame)
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, blah blah blah
"Hummm…" Evey murmured as she prowled as silently as possible through the gallery. Where could V be?
She had already checked in the library, the kitchen, the cinema room…but no V was to be found.
"My, my, my. Very sneaky, Mr. Vigilante, but I shall be the one to have victory this time," Evey muttered to herself. If she found him, she would be the one to pick the next activity. She smiled wickedly at the thought of another 'game' they might play.
She was now in the back of the gallery, opening various doors and peeking around corners.
"What's this?"
A single solitary door loomed at the very end of a long, empty hallway. Cautiously, Evey pushed open the door and gaped at what she saw.
The door had led her to an elaborate spiraling stairway. It seemed to be constructed of a solid cherry wood with intricate designs carved into the baluster.
"Wow, he has a whole second floor," she said as she approached the foot of the stairs. "Well, ready or not, here I come." Then she began to climb.
Meanwhile, in the dark shadows beneath the staircase, a smirking V emerged. He produced a small pocket watch from his trousers. Evey had only ten minutes left to find him before he would claim the prize.
The 'prize' was obvious. But what to do with the prize? V smiled devilishly.
Oh, well. He still had ten minutes left to contemplate that delightful idea. Swiftly and silently, V left the stairwell and headed back to the main area of the gallery. It would certainly take Evey more than ten minutes to search the entire second level, so he would wait patiently for her there.
But the wait was nothing compared to what was in store for his Evey. Yes, he would be sure that he added his own little meaning to the game of 'hide-n-seek'.