A/N - So here's the second chapter! Trying to get back into the swing of things, so any and all feedback is much appreciated! Please R&R!

Chapter Two - The Creature

Jenny strained to see more of the creature, forcing her eyes to stay open, against the salt water that stung them mercilessly. She couldn't make out much more than shadows, but she could deduce a few things from it's movement. Firstly, whatever it was had some sort of 'hands', it had grabbed her and continued to hold on even as it swam. Second, it was strong, no matter how she struggled against it, kicked and flailed the creature never broke it's grip. And Finally, whatever it was certainly didn't have a hard time with the lack of oxygen the water provided as it didn't seem at all affected.

Fascinated though she was with the creature, and the small victory she had hardly celebrated, she couldn't help but question her own actions as the spots of colour began to flood her vision. Had it really been a good idea to leave the Messaline? She didn't have long to think about it now. Her lungs ached as they had finally seemed to find a depth the creature liked, but no sooner had she thought it, they took a sudden dive down into total darkness.

Her muscles ached and her lungs were hungry for air, the creature pulling her along like a rag doll now, nothing left for her to give. Her brain ordered her mouth to open and her lungs to fill and she felt defeat like nothing she had yet experienced. She closed her eyes tight and stopped fighting, her mouth opened and her lungs instinctively gasped for air, but were sadly met with water. She felt her body try to dispel it, only to be met with more water. Her muscles spasmed and her body instinctively thrashed against the creature who just kept pulling, as if unaware of her distress. Darkness ebbed at the corners of her vision, and she began to drift off.

The creature dragged her upwards for only a moment longer and tossed her up out of the water and easily onto the rock shelf. Her body remained motionless against the black rock, her blonde hair sticking to her bleeding face. The creature pulled itself from the water easily and moved towards her, assessing the body before it.

Her body felt heavy and her brain felt groggy, as she tried to force her eyes to open and focus. Her head hurt as she tried to focus on her surroundings in the flickering glow that filled the strange room she appeared to be in. She lifted her arm to find it wrapped tightly, the movement restricted almost completely. A cast, she thought miserably, it must have been broken in her sketchy touch down in the middle of the forever waters.

She slowly tried to sit up, using her other arm as a lever to bring herself upright. She didn't get very far, finding her other arm bound to the side of the bed she laid upon. She pulled it a couple times for good measure, yanking as hard as she could on the restraints before deciding that they weren't going to give. Other than making her other wrist sore she accomplished nothing, flopping back down in defeat, she looked over the room once more.

It was strange, dark and medieval looking, as if from another time. The walls seemed to be made of some kind of stone, possibly the same black rock the she had smashed into on impact. The furniture in the room was like nothing she had ever seen, built of what looked like seaweed and coral. She couldn't imagine how it could all actually stay together, but clearly they had that information in their arsenal.

There was no windows, making it impossible for her to tell where she was in relation to the last thing she remembered - water. Footsteps echoed from a corridor she suspected was behind the door just beyond her left shoulder. She waited in anticipation, to finally set eyes on the creature that grabbed her and dragged her into the forever waters, attempting to drown her, or so she had thought anyways. Yet here she sat now, unsure whether she was a patient or a hostage.

The foot steps were close now, and as they grew closer, Jenny felt herself holding her breath. Eyes locked on the doorway, and then they stopped. Not able to contain herself any longer she shouted into the air. "Hello?" The was no response."Hello? I know you're there! What do you want from me?" Jenny opened her mouth to shout one more time and froze. The creature stood there now, violet eyes seeming to peer right into her soul.

She was surprised at her first sight of what she was calling 'the creature'. They shared some similarities between them, the creature more humanoid in appearance than she thought. It's skin was a pale green, and if it weren't for the small fan of fins that appeared folded along the side of it's calves and forearms she would have thought it might have been sick and that she was in some sort of sick bay or hospital.

It spoke, a strange and melodic, musical sounding voice escaped it's lips. She stared back at it blankly, unsure what to think of it. It frowned and approached, it's eyes slanting upwards slightly like a cat's, made for a strange look. It spoke again, and once again a strange melodic sounding voice came out. "I, I don't understand." She responded, looking at the creature as it seemed to hesitate.

"What..." it said, it's tongue seeming to stumble over the words. It was as if she could see the words processing in it's brain, trying to piece them together. "Meaning... here?" it was strange to hear the voice that produced the same melodic, musical tones only seconds ago, speak and sound jagged and broken, misplaced on it's lips.

"Um, I'm searching for different worlds. I don't mean any harm, you can unchain me!" She spat out quickly, yanking halfheartedly on on her ties. The creature eyed her warily and covered the last few steps between them quickly. He grabbed a tool from the strap that came across his bare chest and with ease he had her bounds undone and was grabbing her arm and pulling her up.

"We're not going into the water again are we? I don't want to go in the water!" She shouted as it began to lead her down the corridor. Torches lit the way, their golden light flickering off the walls, casting shadows upon her captor, making it look even more intimidating than before.

Directing her attention back ahead again, she noticed the corridor widening. What sounded like music bounced off the walls, echoing through the corridor and she wondered if it was really music or the voices of many creatures. The corridor opened more and she could see the light becoming stronger. The creature's grip tightened on her arm, she whimpered slightly, her muscles still seeming bruised.

Then she realised why. They emerged in a large cavern, full of creatures and it was like she imagined, this was the new world she had been searching for.

A/N - If you got this far - woohoo! Thanks for reading! Flames are welcome so go on and hit that button and tell me what you think!