'Follow me.' Ulquiorra ordered me, and I obeyed. What was I doing? Part of me was doing this to save my friends, another part….felt unusually calm around my captor. As though I enjoyed this.
By this point, Ulquiorra had led me and the arrancar guards holding me into a thin, dark hallway with one room at the end of the hall. Cold, bare concrete, and a small window at the top of the room was all the space was made of. A finely carved wooden dining table sat in the middle of the room, and a grey wool blanket sitting by the wall was all the room contained.
'Leave us be. That is all.' commanded Ulquiorra, and the guards dropped me harshly on the ground. My heartbeat quickened as the arrancar locked Ulquiorra and I together in the cell.
'Food will be coming in a short while. Eat it within an hour, or I will personally shove it down your throat.' I gasped as his icy, pale hand brushed the hair off my cheek, and I was trembling from both terror and thrill.
'Be careful with yourself, Inoue. And that,' he glared at me with his piercing green eyes, 'is a command.' As he left, I fell to my side and broke into a soundless howl.
I woke up, and sunlight was shining through the window. I found a plate of food on the table across the room, and it was still warm. A note sat beside the steaming plate of eggs and toast that read:
'Inoue- you had fallen asleep before dinner. I figure that you will be hungry when you wake, so I made a guard prepare some morning food. When the sun shines directly on the middle of the table, I will visit you. If the food is not eaten, there will be consequences. -Espada 4'
I quickly ate the eggs and toasted, which tasted more like water and cardboard, not wanting to upset the Espada. At the moment I finished my last bite of toast, I heard the cell door unlock, Espada 6 and 4 stepping in.
'Hey girl- thanks for fixing my arm. Now I can rip your friend Kurosaki to shreds.' Grimmjow howled with laughter, anger started boiling up inside me. 'That runt can never stand a chance against me!' Grimmjow let out another cackle, and I lost it. I stood up and bitch-slapped him as hard as I could. Hate dispensed out from every breath I took. Grimmjow looked at me with a poker face.
'HAHAHAH! DID YOU MEAN TO HURT ME? That felt like a feather to me, girl.' Ulquiorra stood behind it all, not speaking a word.
'Lord Aizen wants you immediately, Inoue. Come with us.' Ulquiorra stated, his emotions not visible. Grimmjow locked my arms behind my back, dragging me to meet my fate.