This is bit different to all the other fanfics I've written but hopefully people will like it :) please review it makes my day! (plus I have no life so I will probs respond within about five minutes. okay, chow chow (soz weird Italian moment)

Nero crawled, through the knee high water of the sewer, sucking in breaths of fetid air. He must have gone miles by now, he paused, resting for a moment. This was stupid doing this himself, he could have got much better trained people, he wasn't Raven. But Raven wasn't here Nero reminded himself, she was locked up somewhere in a dark room were people tortured her endlessly for secrets that she wouldn't say, that she would never say. Nero took deep breaths his head was spinning, he needed only to think of Raven to convince himself to keep going. He crawled another few metres before a clicking sound made him pause, as he glanced around for the source of the noise a small screen slid down from the low roof of the sewer to Nero's eye level. He stared at it puzzled then concerned, they knew he was here, suddenly the screen began to light up and it showed an image of a clear glass ball with a knife reflected in it before fading away.

"Hello Nero" said Anastasia Furan

Nero stared at the screen, unsure whether she could hear him or not,

"Oh don't worry I can hear you" she smiled "I can't see you though, putting camera's in the sewers is such an unnecessary expense" she tilted her head on one side "what with the millions of pounds worth of section equipment down there" Nero sighed, she'd known all along that he was down here, she was just watching him suffer. "You see what this is, Nero" she said pulled a smooth sliver controller with a single button on it from her pocket, "this is a detonator" she examined it as though she was seeing it for the first time, "state of the art, cutting edge and rigged up to a small mine right under where you are." Nero tried scrambling away but her voice stopped him, "don't bother, there are mines all along here, I can blow you sky high before you make a move" Nero grudgingly came back before the screen. "Now that's better isn't it, don't worry though, I'm not going to kill you yet, I'm going to show something, you want to see your 'pet assassin' fine. But I will remind you that she and her skills belong to the Furans, ever since we plucked her off the streets of Moscow"

The screen cut away from Anastasia to another darker place, the screen was large and high resolution so Nero could see ever detail. Raven was bound tightly at the wrists with rope but she wasn't resisting, her arms were stretched out either side of her, involuntarily supporting the weight her legs could no longer hold. Her face was turned down but her hair was down past her shoulders and burnt in places, she wore the same clothes Nero had seen her in on the day of her capture only torn and dirtied beyond repair.

"Natalya" Nero whispered and moved up so his face was inches from the screen taking in every injury from her chaffed wrists to a nasty looking cut on her leg. As she began to move her head up Pietor Furan stepped in front of the camera, dominating the screen and blocking Nero's view of Raven.

"Your little assassin, Nero?" He chided "our little assassin, there wouldn't be any little assassin if it wasn't for me and Anastasia, she always was my greatest project."

"And what now" Nero spat, venom back within him inspired by Raven's state "your project failed, if you were true to your word you would destroy her, but no you keep her here and torture her"

"You still don't get it do you, Nero?" He shook his head "this is all for you, if we had her we knew you'd come after her, this was all planned to get you" Nero had nothing to say but felt as though he had been punched in the stomach as the truth hit him, he had caused this. Him. It made him want to break down but he had to remain strong, that's what they wanted, he could still save Raven. "Cat got your tongue" Pietor chanted evilly and snapped something in Russian at Raven before stepping away from the camera, Raven lifted her head, Nero was horrified, the long cut down her cheek was sliced open the blood fresh and streaming down her face. The worst thing wasn't the huge cut though, but the look in her eyes, he thought he had seen Raven's fear, he had been wrong.

"Natalya" Nero said again,

"Do you have anything you want to say to your little friend Nero" Pietor asked

"Natalya I can still help you—we can get out of here—oh god—I'm so sorry" he started. The expression in her eyes was icy, more like what he had seen before, but it was different there was more resignation.

"It's too late to rescue me" she said looking straight at the camera "I'm already dead, I died all those years back at the glass house" Nero let himself fall backwards into the water, not moving even when his head was submerged, he watched his last bubbles of oxygen float up and felt happy in a strange way as he lost consciousness.

Did you like it? I guess it was bit dark but it will lighten up in the next update and there is a surprise :) please review it only takes thirty seconds.