She tries to get up from the cold wet ground but she can't. Between the rain and the pain her limbs feel as if they have cinder blocks attached to them.

Move your arm Julianna.

Just try and get yourself up off the ground.

Walk. You remember how to walk don't you?

Turnover and push yourself up.

Don't lie here like a moron and let the rain soak you to death.

With one hand behind her head for support, she manages to gather enough strength to turn over and prop herself up on one knee.

What the hell just happened? Where am I?

She tries to settle her mind but, much like her body, she can't seem to do that either. She searches for a memory…a recollection….something that will remind her of how she got here or even where she came from. Wiping her hand across the front of her face, she looks down to see stark red contrasted against the paleness of her skin and the darkness of the muddy ground.

A nosebleed….Great.

It was something else to add to the pain, to the unknowing, and to the absolute nothingness which was all that surrounded her. She's in the middle of the jungle. She could be eaten, killed, or completely dismembered and no one would find her out here.

Does anyone even know where I am?

Repositioning her arms, she thinks she can push herself up off the ground, its worth at try. She makes to her feet and then it hits her like a bullet to the stomach. The blood trickles down over her lips, the pain pulsates from her eye to the back of her head, and the nausea settles in the pit of her stomach, threatening to push her organs out through her throat. Her legs buckle from underneath her and just as her mind begins to go black, her body falls into the strong arms of a stranger.

A/N: Thank you to those who have read this first little tidbit. Longer chapters are to follow; I just wanted to get this first little bit out of the way. This story has been turning in my mind for some time now and now that I am out of school for Christmas, I think it's time to get it down on paper. So comment if you wish and read on! Your favorite characters are coming I promise.