Hey everyone, TopHat here! Sorry for the long wait, but the end-of-year exams blindsided me, but now school's out, I'm free to write in peace. Hope you all enjoy, happy summer, and I'll catch you on the flip side!
Cierra woke up, her head pounding. She sat up on the concrete floor, and looked around. She was in a round cage, with a skylight, the only source of light. The floor was a pattern of purple and yellow, and when she looked closely, she saw a silhouette of a bat. 'Just like my symbol', she thought, suprised. The only other things there were a bed, a door which led to a cramped bathroom, and a lunch tray, which had a milk carton, and a small ration of something. Cierra leaned down, and poked it. 'Guess this is going to be my meal for a while', she thought, sighing. She was being encased by thick iron bars, and anything past it wasn't visible in the continuous pitch black. Cierra was worried. Not exactly about herself, but the others. 'Where are they?', she asked, confused. She walked back and flopped onto the bed, which was a bad decision. The mattress was barely anything, which meant her back hit springs, causing some pain. She winced, then sat up, listening tentatively. 'Did I hear something?' She listened again. There was definitely something. Something with feet. With four of them. With CLAWS. Cierra pulled herself off the bed, and squinted into the darkness. Something slithered slowly into the light, and glared at her. It looked like a lizard, but 7 feet tall, dark green with lime-colored spots all over, with an exception of purple spines running down its back. It had yellow, reptilian eyes, which looked to Cierra as if they were staring right through her. She stood petrified, in awe and disbelief. 'This couldn't be happening. It couldn't!', was all she could think, her brain feeling clogged and swampy. Her vision started to grow dark, and a few seconds before she fell to the ground, the lights jolted back on. She caught glimpses of a huge warehouse, then passed out. The eyes that had been staring at her had belonged to none other than...Prince Fang.