When Sapphire woke up, she felt cold metal around her wrists, and cold, damp air around her. 'What? Where am I…?' when reality struck her, she struggled, when malicious, cruel thoughts echoed in her ears, making her feel sick as foot steps echoed through the hall she perceived to be before her.

"It's been a while, Sapphire. Why do you insist on hiding?"

Her head rose slightly at the masculine voice before her, though she couldn't see who it was. This man was what most woman would call a living Adonis or Narcissus, with perfect features and dark green eyes that hardly matched his raven hair. He was wearing an expensive suit that did little to hide his muscles, and he seemed to have a sophisticated air around him. She refused to answer him, trying to block out his thoughts as best she could, as she tried to locate someone else's thoughts, someone she wished was there right now, so she could feel safe and warm instead of afraid and cold.

"Giving me the silent treatment? Oh come now. Stop being childish." "Where are the others?" she questioned softly, her unseeing, misty eyes on the floor. "They should be fine…where did you meet these…individuals?" "I'm not telling YOU…" she said, a touch of hate in her voice. "I'm just curious…it's not every day my men come back saying they fought four mutated turtles and a girl that knows Ninjitsu." She heard the interest in his thoughts towards Amber, though they were only on his ideas of her.

"She's taken." Sapphire answered simply, which seemed to irritate him. "Anyway, it's time you started working for me…finally…and I hope you're choice is wiser than your mother's." "I won't…" he glared at her, concentrating, and she felt pain fill her body, making her squirm, fighting it, until she cried out in pain. When the pain subsided, she heard his sadistic thoughts, and felt like her food was going to come up. "Let's hope you see it my way…unless you want me to bring some of your…'acquaintances'…"

"No!"

She cursed how hastily she answered, and the triumph in his voice was obvious. "Then you'll start tomorrow…and, remember this, you can't get out…and no one can get in…" Let's just say he's never faced five pissed off ninja before…