When Onyx woke, it took her a few minutes to really look around, even though doing so made her head throb. Groaning, she went to stand up, but found she wasn't able to with the chains keeping her against the wall. Her blood ran cold as she began pulling on them, trying to loosen them, but knew it wouldn't be stupid to waste the energy. Especially when her wrists began bleeding from the cuts the metal was causing.

Looking around once more, her eyes widened as she finally put together where she was.

She was back in Kyr's possession.

She began pulling again. She'd be damned if she got stuck with him again. She'd actually prefer to lose her hands than stay there.

She froze as the door to the small room slid open, revealing Kyr and Galen, who was currently limping.

Sitting up straight, she glared at them, ignoring the blood that ran down her arms.

Kyr smiled as he approached her, kneeling in front of her and grabbing her chin to force her to look at him. "I'm impressed. You actually thought you could get away from me."

"I'm impressed you can fit all of your vocabulary into one sentence."

She felt the sting of his hand as it made contact with her skin, reopening the cut in her lip. She glared up at him as he stood. "That'll teach you, I'm sure... Or maybe it won't. But that's okay. There's much more where that came from."

"I have friends now, Kyr. Friends that you won't be able to fend off."

"Or so you thought. Last I checked, they weren't even making an effort to come after you."

"You're wrong. They'll help me because he's still alive." She motioned with her chin towards Galen, who sneered at her.

"Actually, I'm not. If they do come for you, you'll be dead and we'll be long gone."

"And once again, you're wrong. Because I'm gonna slit your throat once I get out of here."

Turning to her, he kicked her in the side. She gasped as something cracked, leaving her to try and catch her breath, which caused her even more pain than the kick had.

"Keep talking and see what else happens. Ungrateful bitch."

Panting, she glared up at them as they left. She didn't show it, but she was scared. So much more scared than she had been before.

"We've gotta get her back. She doesn't deserve to be back there." Darling looked at Nykyrian, worry plain as day on his face.

Jayne nodded and looked at him. "I agree."

Syn frowned. "Weren't you against her being here."

"At first. But...her and I had a talk and she's not half bad." She sighed. "I don't think it'd be fair if we just left her in Kyr's hands."

"Plus, it'd be a good slap in the face," Hauk added.

They all watched Nykyrian as she stared at the table. He hadn't been expecting there to be League assassins, but at the same time, he wasn't surprised. They had known that Galen was sent by Kyr to take care of Onyx. In his mind, someone should've been in the house with her, even if they weren't necessarily in the room with her. At least then they would've had a chance to get her out before one of them got her. "She could be dead by now," he finally said. Though he hoped those words weren't true.

"We still have to try," Darling replied.

Syn finally sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "I agree, too."

Nykyrian opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by the door sliding open. Looking up, all eyes landed on Callen as he entered the room. "I got here as fast as I could. What's all this about?"

"Onyx was taken by a League assassin. We're working up a rescue team. You up for it?"

"Saving a cute girl? Count me in." He slid into the seat beside Darling and looked at them. "So what's the plan?"

Onyx sat against the wall, breathing as shallow as she could. She knew that Kyr had broken a rip, and if she had to take another deep breath, she was probably going to pass out from the pain.

She sighed as she rested her head against the wall and closed her eyes. She'd been so stupid. She should've just shot Galen in the head and left before anything else had happened. Maybe then she would've gotten away with the little injuries that she'd had.

Before she knew it, tears were sliding down her cheeks. She'd been stupid. And doubts were beginning to creep into her mind. The longer she spent there, the more she believed Kyr. Perhaps The Sentella wouldn't come for her. Why would they? She'd only been a temporary bump in their lives. She couldn't imagine that they would actually take the time out of their day now to come find her.

Using the chains, she pulled herself up into a better position, hissing at the pain in her side. She would just have to get out of there on her own.

Looking around, she tried to find something in the nearest vicinity that she could possibly use. But the room was bare, save for her a few other chains. She groaned in frustration, then winced.

She went to move again, but stopped as the sound of footsteps reached her ears. Her heart began to pound as the door slid open, Galen limping inside.

Onyx smirked. "Well, that puts a damper on things now doesn't it?"

He shrugged. "You missed the face. That's all I care about."

"Awe, but now the girl's gonna have to do all of the work, and that's just no fun."

"You know, Onyx, if I wanted a bitch, I would've brought a dog."

"I bet you were up all night trying to come up with that one."

He knelt down and brought his hand across her face, so hard that she got dizzy from it. More blood poured from her lip, which she felt had torn even more just from the force. Turning her head, she spat it out, watching in satisfaction as it hit his cheek.

He wiped it away before reaching forward and tearing open her battlesuit, revealing the black lace bra that covered her breasts. She felt her heart skip a beat as her throat tightened up. He smirked as he ran a hand across the top of her chest.

"Does Kyr know you're in here?" she finally choked out.

He smirked as he looked up at her. "What he doesn't know won't hurt him."

She laughed. "You don't know Kyr. Because you're right: it won't hurt him. But it's certainly gonna hurt you."

Ignoring her, he leaned forward and placed his lips against her neck, causing her to gag as more tears slid down her cheeks. Memories flashed through her mind, digging home just how helpless she was at that moment.

An explosion suddenly rocked the building as Galen made his way to her collarbone, cursing as he hit his leg on hers. Standing, he glared and pulled out his blaster. "I'm not through with you," he said coldly, making his way to the door.

"Take your dear sweet fucking time," she said after him, watching as the door shut.

Grabbing the chains, she yanked at them. She'd gotten lucky, but there was no telling what was going on, or how long it would take for him to scope out the situation and make his way back to her. And she didn't want to be there when he got back.

Blaster fire sounded outside her door, making her stop. Who was she kidding? It would be better if whoever was out there came into the room and just shot her between the eyes. At least then if Kyr or Galen did anything to her she wouldn't feel it.

Letting go, she allowed her hands to hang there as she watched the door slide up. She looked away before she could see who it was. "If you're gonna kill me, make it quick."

"Not gonna happen, gorgeous."

Her head snapped up at the familiar voice, but the helmet he wore covered his face.

Running over to her, he knelt down in front of her, pulling out a lock pick and going to work on the chains.

She looked up at him. "Caillen, right?"

"The one and only."

"Why are you here?"

"Syn called me for help."

Syn? She couldn't believe that. But a part of her felt relieved. So they had thought about finding her.

She let her left arm fall to her side as he began working on the right, cursing as he saw how raw her wrists were. "You really messed yourself up, didn't you?"

Onyx nodded and gasped as he picked her up by her right arm. "Sorry," he said quickly before putting an arm under her legs, picking her up and holding her against him.

She quickly shook her and tried to get down. "You won't be able to use your blaster."

"Syn's right outside the door. He can cover us."

She sighed and rested her head against his chest, deciding not to fight back. As they stepped outside, Syn shot at another assassin that ran towards them. "About time you go out of there." Looking at them, he winced. "You look like hell, Lauristen."

She gave him a droll stare. "I feel like it."

Shrugging, he made his way down the hall, Caillen following close behind. Onyx almost felt like laughing. She felt like this was all some big dream and she was just going to wake up in her beg back at the academy.

Suddenly, Caillen stopped, setting her down as blaster fire went past his head. "Leave her here and we'll let you out alive!" she heard Galen shout from down the hall. Frowning, she pulled herself up, looking at Syn and Caillen as they aimed their blasters.

"No," she said, holding her hand out. "He's mine."

The two looked at her as she glanced at Caillen's blaster. "May I borrow that?" He nodded and handed it to her, pulling out another one that he had hidden.

Slowly, she made her way past him, at this point forgetting that her battle suit was so revealing.

Galen stepped out from behind the wall, keeping his blaster aimed at her. "Call your dogs off."

Holding her left arm out, she glanced at them, nodding at them. Hesitantly, they put their arms down.

She looked back at him, her face devoid of emotion as he slowly stepped towards him. "Good. Now you're coming with me and-"

Without hesitating, she aimed her blaster, shooting him in the side. He gasped and doubled over, holding his side. Stepping up to him, she brought her knee up into his face, watching as he hit the ground. Putting her foot on his side, she dug her heel into the wound, glaring down at him. Aiming at his face, she pulled the trigger, not even bothering to blink as blood spattered around him.

Tears began to stream down her face again as she dropped the blaster and fell to the floor.

The last thing she heard was more blaster fire and Syn shouting.