Helexa felt like she was floating. Her limbs felt like they were made of air but also weighed a thousand pounds at the same time. As if she was moving in slow motion she had to make an effort to bring her hand up to her face. Once her hand was close enough to fully focus she realized that there was a bunch of wires running from her hand and there were bracelets on her wrists.

Was she a robot now? No. That's silly. Robots don't exist. Oh, wait. She had a roomba. It was like a robot. Don't tell her roomba that robots don't exist. It would probably hurt its feelings. "Oh fuck. I'm high!" Helexa suddenly blurted out as she realized that she was not indeed a robot but instead hooked up to some medicine. Some good medicine. What was going on?!

"Well, it sounds like somebody finally decided to wake up." A familiar, rough voice echoed through the poorly lit room. Helexa tried to turn her head to get a good look at her kidnapper but he stood just out of her line of sight. Anger took over her and she felt her face grow hot. Biting the inside of her cheek to keep the angry tears at bay, Helexa tasted the familiar metallic twang of blood. She was an angry crier, she always had been. It was embarrassing to her but her father had always said there was nothing wrong with showing your emotions. It's what made us all human. Her mother on the other hand had always been a beautiful stone statue when it came to emotion. You would never knew what she was feeling unless she told you.

"What do you want? If it's money, I have it, but you need to let me go. I can't help you from here." Helexa tried to bargain with the man. She heard him scoff and his retreating footsteps. She let out a frustrated yell and tried to sit up. It was then that she realized that what she thought was bracelets earlier was actually restrains. Pulling at them as best she could, Helexa started to cry as her drugged, foggy brain began to pull her back in to the nothing.

Drifting in and out of conscience for a while, Helexa tried to keep track of time but it was nearly impossible since the room she was in had no windows. Finally, after opening her eyes for what seemed like the hundredth time, she was surprised to see three man standing around her. She awoke to the middle of their conversation.

"This is not Kushina Uzumaki. You fucked up my jutsu!" A man with black, long hair and piercing green eyes snapped at her two captors. The big man with the hoarse voice sneered at the green eyed man. "No, you fucked your jutsu up, I filled it in just like you told me to. It took me to this girl. I grabbed her and split!"

The large man slammed a small scroll down hard on to the table beside her. Helexa jumped at the loud bang it made. All three men looked down to her, almost as if they were just remembering she was there. The third man walked over to one of the bags of fluids and checked it. "I'm almost out of the paralytic. This is my last bag. Look. I don't know if she's a shinobi or not but if she is an Uzumaki, I don't want to chance what she can do without this medicine."

"It shouldn't matter anyways since she isn't Kushina. We should just kill her. She's no good to us." Green eyes said as he raked a hand through his hair. Helexa hoped it would fall out. It didn't. "I think we could keep her. We altered the jutsu for a pregnant Uzumaki woman. We got one. She may be valuable in the long run. Get me one more bag of paralytic and we will go from there."

"Fine. I'll get you one more bag but you get as much information from this bitch as possible before I get back." Green eyes snapped and turned and walked away. He exited through a door towards the back of the room. Helexa looked to the two men who were left. The biggest man was staring down at her, his arms crossed over his chest, and a dark look on his face.

Helexa cleared her throat and spoke, her voice sounded raw and hoarse. "Can I have some water please?" The large man turned and walked out of the room. The third man watched her for a while before going over to the sink and getting her some water. Helping her to a sitting position, he helped her still numb hands hold the glass up to her mouth. She drank greedily, it dribbled down her chin but she didn't mind. She was so thirsty. Once she finished her cup, she nodded her head in appreciation. There was a pregnant silence before Helexa decided to speak.

"Look, I don't know who you guys are, but I'm not Kushina. If you just take me home I will forget any of this happened. I have more pressing matters at hand." The man seemed to ignore her as he walked around the room. He dug through drawers and pulled two unknown vials and a syringe out. While he seemed to prep whatever he was doing, Helexa quickly took in her surroundings. She was in what almost looked like a hospital room but it was slightly dilapidated. Her eyes snapped back to him as he crossed the room to her.

He began the process of removing the iv, immediately pressing gauze to the site to stop the bleeding. Then he drew a shot back from on the vials. Cleaning her arm, the man administered the first shot. She didn't even feel it. He then administer a second shot. "What was that?"

"The first one will help you sleep for a while.The second is to help with the withdrawals you're gonna be feeling after I took you off the paralytic. You'll sleep just long enough for the medicine to wear off. Once it does if you go out that door, go down the hall, take the second left, you'll find the exit. Once you get outside, run like hell. Any direction. Once you come across any Shinobi, ask for sanctuary and ask to speak to the Hokage. Tell them what you know." The man said and looked at the forgotten scroll that still sat beside her. He picked it up and slid it in to Helexa's cleavage.

"Rude." She whispered as she felt the medicine taking over her. She heard the man chuckle and lay her back gently. He pushed her hair back from her face and watched her for a moment of two. He watched her eyes flutter shut and she fell in to a quiet sleep. If this was the last pretty face he ever saw, he'd die a happy man. He covered Helexa up with a discarded sheet before exiting the room.

Helexa walked hand in hand with her fiance, Kasch. She smiled lovingly up to the man. He looked down at her and chuckled. He pulled them to a stop and pulled her to him. Pressing a chaste kids against her kjps , he nipped at her bottom lip. Chuckling she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"What're you thinking?" He asking, knowing all too well of how her brain worked. She threw her head back and let out a loud laugh. He chuckled, loving that she was never afraid of to let out her famous, loud laugh.

"I was thinking that if we had a little boy we should name him Taemon. It means well behaved. If we have a little girl to name her RoseJoy after our mothers." She said, revealing what had been on her mind for a while. He chuckled and shook his head.

"You're just now 14 weeks and you're already thinking of names. You get to figure out the gender in 6 weeks. I bet you had those baby names figured out before we were even engaged." He teased, knowing all too well that his soon to be wife liked to plan ahead. He knew she liked being prepared for anything and everything. Snuggling in to her fiance's chest, Helexa shrugged her shoulders.

"There's nothing wrong with being prepared. Besides, if I wasn't prepared for everything how would you ever be on time? Right?" She prodded at her fiancé and looked up to him. He gripped her tightly and pulled Helexa even closer. The look on his face worried her. His lips were pressed in a tight line and he seemed anxious.

"Kasch? What's wrong?" Her eyes followed his line of sight and saw a group of three men standing at the end of the alley. One turned to face the road, a look out. The other two walked quickly towards Kasch and Helexa.

"Baby, stay behind me."

A loud bang caused Helexa to jump. She laid there for a few minutes, blinking her tired eyes as she tried to collect her thoughts. As if she was moving in slow motion, she sat up and moved her head side to side. Swinging her feet over the table the young woman attempted to stand up but her legs gave out once she put weight on them. Crashing to her knees, she sat there for a moment, cursing the man. He had told her that once she woke up that she would over the medicine but she could still feel it's affects.

Suddenly, her captors came barreling in to the room. The large man came flying past her, barreling for one of the doors on the opposite side of the room. Before he left the room fully, his dark eyes turned back towards Helexa. Once more, that dark look crossed his face. Looking towards his partner, he motioned towards Helexa on the floor.

"Kill her. We can't afford her to talk. Make it fast." The big man said and exited the room. The second man came walking back over to Helexa and crouched in front of her. For the first time since being in this situation she felt real fear grip her. Was this man really going to kill her?

"Naozumi."

"Huh?"

"My name is Naozumi." The man said, grabbed Helexa by the shoulders, and pressed a kiss to her lips. Once he released her, he wore a devilish grin on his face. She covered her mouth and frowned at the man. He let out a laugh and stood up. "If that's the last thing I'll do before I die, I'll die a happy man."

With that Naozumi turned and bolted from the room. She watched after him for a few moments before regaining her composure. Surveying her surroundings, she began working out some sort of plan to get out of here when three people came charging in the room.

One of the men that was a part of Naozumi's group held a sword in his hand and seemed to be fighting against the other two. The other two were clad in similar black and gray uniforms and wore what appeared to be porcelain masks. At least, she hoped that's what they were. Both of them had the same strange red swirl on their shoulders though.

It didn't take the two new intruders long to dispatch the thug. One of them ran their own sword straight through the man's chest. Blood splattered at Helexa's feet. She let out a scream, managing to stifle most of it with her hand, but the two had heard her all the same. The one without the sword quickly crossed the room to her and crouched in front of her. He reached a hand out towards her.

Afraid for her own life again, Helexa did the only thing she knew to do, she decked the person with a mean right hook. Thank God her dad was all about her learning ways to protect herself. It was enough to knock the masked man on his ass. "She fucking hit me!"

The second man came over, chuckling, and squatted down beside the other. "Miss, are you alright? We aren't going to hurt you. Can you tell us what you're doing here?"

Helexa blinked at the two men for a minute, chewing her bottom lip as she thought it over. Surely if they sent the big one and Naozumi running then they couldn't be all bad.

"I don't know what I'm doing here. They kidnapped me from my home and have kept me doped up ever since. I don't even know how long I've been here. They're looking for some other girl named Kushina." Helexa offered reluctantly. The two men shared a look, or she assumed they did. They were wearing masks after all. Two other men entered the room and joined them.

"Raven. Check the girl. Status report you two." One of the men said and nodded towards the man she had previously decked. So he was Raven. He moved towards her again, holding up his hands. "You gonna hit me again?"

She simply shook her head no and allowed him to do his thing. She wasn't happy about it though. After everything she had gone through she was tired of being touched. All she wanted was a hot shower, a stiff drink, and a warm bed. Something told her that she wouldn't be getting that for a long time. Once Raven was satisfied he stood up and turned towards their group.

"Heart rate is a little elevated and she's high as a fucking kite. They've got her really doped up. It should be wearing off pretty soon though. What they have her on crashes pretty quickly. She'll probably have withdrawals too. Hey girl, can you walk?" Raven said, turning towards her at the end. She shook her head no once again. Her legs still felt numb.

"Wolf." The leader of the four said. The largest of the group, the obvious muscle, walked over and easily scooped Helexa up. He held her bridal style and was surprisingly gentle with her. The now group of five made their way back out the door they had entered.

The group hurriedly made their way out of what was an underground base. Helexa was amazed by it and the fact that it was so expertly hidden. She was astounded at the fact that she was found at all. Her attention snapped back to when she realized that they were picking up more and more speed. Her heart nearly dropped out her ass when, in unison, the group all jumped up and in to the treetops. Like it was nothing!

She gasped as the quick movement took her breath away. Wolf laughed and whispered to her. "Hold on tight. We've got a long trip to make."

Helexa did as she was told and prayed that he didn't drop her as they went flying through the tree tops.