Vryemnya
By Alex and Dave
The third chapter in our first story longer than 8Ks. We don't own the characters because they belong to Square.
Rinoa decided that the first step of getting out was finding out where the hell she was. She stood up and put her hands in front of her and walked forward slowly. After about 5 steps she kicked something. She got down on her knees and felt around the floor. Her hand rested on something circular. It was a ring. As she explored a little more, she found another ring, and a small chain. It was her necklace.
She put the necklace back together and put it around her neck. She stood back up, put her hands out in front of her again, and stared taking baby steps forward. She stopped as her fingertips hit something hard. She flattened her palms against it, and realized it was a stone wall. She felt along the wall to her left until she came to another wall. She felt along that wall and came to a set of bars. Her heart sank and her fears expanded. She was in a prison cell.
Rinoa sank to the floor and sighed. She curled herself up in a ball, and hoped that her clothes were in here somewhere. She felt around on the floor on her hands and knees. She cursed as her head hit something hard. She sat up and rubbed her forehead. She reached out with one hand to discover that she had hit a bed. She crawled on top of it and found something like a sheet, but it wasn't. It had a big hole in it, no, three big holes in it. A robe of some sort. It's better than nothing, she thought, and put it on.
She sat on top of the bed and hugged her knees. She had nothing to do but think.
Where was there a prison in the world? It had to be abandoned. She didn't hear anyone else, and normally prisons weren't completely dark.
Would the man who raped her return? Was he the only one or were there more? Would they feed her and give her water? Why did they bring her here? Why not kill her like they had Angelo?
Why didn't she say yes to Squall? She really did love him. We're too young. Aren't we? No, people get married all the time at 19. I guess I was shocked. I never expected him to do that. I guess I just got scared and didn't know what to do.
She wondered what he was doing right now. Was he looking desperately for her? Did he even know she was gone? Would he ever find her? She didn't even know where she was, how could he possibly find out?
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Squall was stumped. They had searched Winhill thoroughly and there was no sign of Rinoa. They had searched the fields, mountains, and the ocean, and they didn't find anything. She wasn't in Winhill, and they were sure of that. But that was just one town. The world was big, and it was going to be a long and vigorous search, but Squall was determined. And he wasn't alone. He had the others on his side, and they would help each other to get though this; even if they never found her, they'd be there for each other.
He had assigned each of them to a different area with a large search team. Irvine's team was in the Balamb area; Selphie's team was in the northern area of the eastern continent, above and around Trabia; Quistis's team was in the southern part of the eastern continent, near Esther; Zell's team was in northern Galbadia; Xu helped out by taking a team to southern Galbadia; and finally, Squall had his team located in the Centra Islands.
They had been stationed this morning and the search would begin at daybreak tomorrow morning. They would search all day and rest at night until they found Rinoa.
If they couldn't find her then, it was hopeless to keep searching.
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Rinoa's eyes had started to adjust to the darkness. She could make out some shapes. She knew for sure now that she was in a prison cell. She couldn't see what was past it though. She didn't dare go up to check and see if she could; she was scared the man would jump out from somewhere and rape her again. She hadn't heard him leave the cell, so it was most likely he was still here. She couldn't see him anywhere in the cell, and that frightened her more than anything. If she couldn't see him, he was most likely under the very bed she was sitting atop.
Rinoa wanted to be sure though. He might have slipped out when she nodded off. Then again, he might not have.
She couldn't think of a way to find out. Peeking under might result in something bad. She couldn't just feel under there, he might grab her hand and that would lead to worse things. But she had to know.
Then it hit her. She felt so stupid for not thinking of it before. She started to concentrate, and when she was focused enough, she moved her hands under the bed and let loose a bolt of lighting. The room light up briefly and she heard a painful scream from under the bed. When things quieted down, she carefully looked under the bed. She saw a man, his skin burnt badly. If he was still alive, he wasn't going anywhere soon. She got off the bed and went to inspect.
She got on her knees in front of the body. As much as she didn't want to, she reached out and took his pulse. Nothing. A sick thought ran through her head. If they didn't feed her, she might have to live off of this man. She couldn't live off him forever though.
She had to get out of here.
Part 4 coming soon.