Harry: Ka-zu-ma-a! this isn't fair!
WOULD YOU SHUT THE F UP?!
Pain shuddered through Draco's skull as he was jolted awake. A sledge hammer of a fist hit his ribs with enough force to snap his spine but he could feel his throbbing legs so he wasn't paralyzed. A nasty looking man was in the cell now and he was wailing on Draco who had no idea what was going on. He got punched again as he looked around for Persephone. She was thrown cruelly aside and she was struggling to stand.
"I'm the top dog here, pretty boy!" The brutish prisoner spat. "You do what I say when I say it!"
"Leave him alone…" Persephone ordered weakly. "…I'm the one you should be mad at. I'm the one who kicked your ass last time."
The prisoner dropped Draco and started kicking the platenium blond in the torso repeatedly. Draco fuzzily saw Persephone raise a hand that was shaking and close her eyes.
"I told you to leave him alone." A weak aura flickered around her and her eyes weakly shot open with solid light. The prisoner looked over at her scared like he had expected her power to be gone in her condition. Draco scrambled to his feet, ignoring the searing pain of his body and rushed with a slight limp to Persephone's side. "The cells…they'll shift soon…"
"Can you hold him until they do?" Draco asked half-blinded. Her body was shaking and her aura was flickering like a candle about to be snuffed out.
"Not…sure…" Persephone seemed to surge power into the power now gripping the prisoner's throat. He slammed into the opposite wall and Persephone collapsed. Draco caught her and held her against his body as he dropped to the floor. The cells shifted, taking the other prisoner with it.
"He's gone, Persephone. He's gone." Draco informed Persephone who looked far too weak for his liking. She rested her head on his collar and took a few deep labored breaths. "I don't like being a victim or having you push yourself to save me. Teach me what I need to learn to protect you. And then we'll escape. I'll take you wherever you want to go."
"…Push ups…crunches…typical training for the martial arts…I hope you're up for it…" She answered weakly, her eyes closed. "…It'll be brutal…"
"At this point, I couldn't careless."