Dmitry tugged at the chains on his wrists the moment he gained consciousness, trying to get closer to Anya who was on the floor after being drugged by Maksim. He knew exactly what had been given to her, Maksim had always bragged about his experimental drugs that were intended for interrogations.
"You have to fight past it, Anya." He said to her calmly, finally managing to carefully pull her over with his feet. She reached up to grab onto his shoulders and lean on him, her hands limply trying to reach for the chains to try and free him.
"Hey, no. You need to focus on your strength right now, okay? Just lean on me." He said, wanting to put his arms around her more than anything. All he could manage was to lay his head on hers while she was trembling against him.
"Wasn't there that song you and your grandmother had? The one you're always humming at night after a nightmare?" He asked.
She nodded, softly humming in a stuttered and cracked voice, the tune obvious though.
"You'll be okay…I won't let him hurt you." He promised, humming for her after awhile until she was able to fall asleep.
"Well, that is quite adorable." Maksim said to Dmitry as he walked downstairs.
"Leave her alone…if you even touch her then I swear I will kill you once I'm out of these." Dmitry threatened.
"You owe me! Part of that reward money you gave up was supposed to be mine! I taught you everything I know to help you survive hard times and only asked that you use those skills to help me out when I ask. You were free to use your part of the portion for whatever, you wanted out and you got out, but you messed up so you're just being dragged back into hell again." Maksim said frustrated.
"Her fever is getting worse already, she isn't handling the drugs well." Dmitry tried arguing. "Please…I'll owe you for life, I'll spend every second of my life paying back to you what I owe you if you let her go."
"You already do owe me for life. You also interrupted a very important meeting of mine. That very much displeased me." Maksim responded coldly.
"She needs blankets and water, and medicine or she could die." Dmitry continued.
"I'll find something to give her if it'll shut you up." He responded dismissively and going back upstairs. Dmitry noticed Anya start mumbling in her sleep and moving around more, like the start of whenever she would have a terrible nightmare. Usually his arms would be tightly wrapped around her and he would do everything to comfort her. She started thrashing around more and yelling in her sleep, unable to wake herself up.
"I can't leave for two even two minutes can I?" Maksim said rushing back down in frustration, pulling a gag from his pocket to silence her.
"No! She'll choke on that, just let me go to her, just for a moment…" Dmitry pleaded. Maksim sighed and loosened the chains enough to give his arms freedom. Dmitry pulled Anya tightly against him and shook her awake.
"Anya! Wake up, I'm right here." He said to her, embracing her tightly. "It's just a dream…you—" he had started to tell her she was safe but stopped, he couldn't promise her that, nothing about this was safe. "I've got you…I've got you." He whispered, letting her sob into his shoulder.
"Please don't let go of me…" she whispered to him.
"Never. I'm holding on as tight as I can." He promised. Sighing with relief as Maksim tossed him a bottle of medicine. Dmitry helped Anya to swallow some of the liquid after opening the bottle.
"There. Satisfied, Dmitry?" Maksim asked with crossed arms.
"Never. Unless you plan on letting her go?" He challenged. "We can work to get you that money.."
"Oh, it's hardly even about money anymore, I didn't realize at first how…satisfying…it would be, seeing the prideful smirk so quickly washed away from your face, to see you beg and plead for her life, it's almost…entertaining. I think you both will be sticking around for some time." Maksim said laughing. Dmitry held onto Anya tighter.
"I won't let you hurt her anymore. You know me Maksim, I will get free, and if you even lay a hand on her, the first thing I'll do is kill you." Maksim just laughed again in response, pulling Anya away from him and restraining her back into her chair from before. Anya lifted her head up to weakly give Dmitry a smile of reassurance that she would be okay.
"Tomorrow is when the real fun begins, so try and get some sleep. Open up Anya, it's going back in." Maksim said to her. She sighed and opened her mouth slightly to let him pull the gag into her mouth. "You too." He said to Dmitry and doing the same to him next. After checking their restraints, he returned upstairs and left them alone.