Chapter 10

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She couldn't speak or move or see. The room was too dark, too small. She could feel though, but what she felt was not pleasant. The sensations of blood trickling down her face and pain engulfing her body. She tried to scream but all she managed was a muffled cry and the filthy cloth in her mouth only felt like it was getting tighter.

There was something dripping on her and water slugging around her feet. Unfortunately the sludge wasn't loosening the binds on her feet and the dripping was just annoying. She ran her palms as much as she could up and down the wood they were tied to. She imagined that if water were running past the already termite infested chair it would hopefully break. Even if they did break though, there was no light coming from cracks or anything like that. For all she knew she could be stuck between four solid walls.

Fear gripped her stomach as the roof started to moan and rumble and more water and dirt was released onto Phoenix's face burning her eyes. It sounded as if someone were scraping his or her nails slowly down a black board. Slowly and so harshly that Phoenix kept flinching when one round stopped and the next started. It was the sound of an old hatch opening.

The light seared her eyes and provoked a groan. A man started climbing down a ladder that stood in the center of the room. Phoenix still had her eyes shut and her neck craned to the right avoiding as much of the light as possible.

The man started clicking his tongue. He bent down in front of the chair Phoenix was strapped to and grabbed her jaw. Raza twisted it, pulled it to make her face him.

"Stark's daughter has been within my reach for the last ten years and I haven't known." His whisper was haunting. "Open your eyes, child."

She didn't want to. She was scared but she couldn't let him know that. So, she opened her eyes and glared at him trying to ignore the pain of the light and the scares on his face.

"Good. You know I can see the resemblance." He stroked her cheek, wrapped one of his arms around her head and untied the knot on the gag. "I do suggest though that you try not to be as ignorant as your father. For that's the only reason your here. That's the reason you're staying here. "

Phoenix spat out the gag and forced her face from Raza's grip. "You do realize that when Tony finds me, you're dead right?" Fear etched into her voice.

"And that is exactly why you're here." His voice echoed off the walls. "I can assure you, he'll never find you here."

Now I realize that this is probably very confusing and creepy right now but the next chapter is what happened twenty four hours earlier. I promise that the next few chapters are action packed. Welcome back to school holidays! Please review