Last Day in Rostengburg
Tianna woke with a start, just had a dreamed where she'd been drowned in a bath tub. Her head felt as if it had been split open, it hurt so badly. However, as Tianna became aware of the pain in her head, she also became aware of the tight pressure around her wrists and ankles-- and of the shallow body of water she was submerged in. Her eyes slid open, and though one was very sore, they both focused on the two figures standing above her. They were dressed in white coats and had masks covering their mouths.
She remembered. She was in Rostengburg now, and though she had no idea for how long, she knew Romeo was dead. Oh god, he was dead. Tianna couldn't cry, wouldn't allow the doctors the pleasure of that. She tried to remember more. She'd been on the beach, trying to find help for her dead brother. Someone had picked her up. Who was it? Tianna pushed past the barriers the drugs had created in her mind. It was that woman, the one Dominic had dated, Letty. Yes... No! That meant she was working for her step father. Fuck. Tianna prayed that Dominic hadn't decided to trust her again. After that all she knew was that she'd been in Rostengburg, that she'd seen Gavin, and been through all the portals of hell. Now, now though she was awake, and aware, and very, very angry.
Tianna struggled violently against the straps that held her down in the water. They tightened with each movement of hers, but she did not stop, even when she could no longer feel her hands. Not even when the only thing was her blood throbbing in her wrists trying to reach her fingers. She tried to scream, but she'd been gagged with a horse bit, and her mouth covered with a leather gag, no allowing sound to escape. She reacted in a way a wild animal might. She struggled, and growled. She fought and her eyes shot forth the curses her mouth couldn't.
"Mart, I do believe she's come around." A familiar woman's voice had said. The woman had mouse brown hair, and gray eyes.
The man laughed cruelly, "Yes it does appear that way. It also seems, that she knows exactly where she is."
"And what's going to happen to her."
"Yes we'd best treat her now and bee done with it," the man had a maniacal gleam in his blue eyes, and his blonde hair was slicked back away from his face, "he'll be wanting her placid, at least until he gets her home. I think then he'd rather enjoy her fighting." Tianna stilled when they had started talking of a 'he' and the man looked down to the young woman, "That's right. Your dear father will be picking you up this evening to take you back home."
Tianna shook her head furiously, and pulled, and fought against the restraints. She couldn't go back to him, she couldn't. Her heart race had picked up so quickly it had hurt, and when she saw the male doctor reach down for a knob that was just above her head, her chest began heaving with short panicked breaths. She heard him turn the knob, the metallic clicking was loud in the water that came up over her ears. She saw the lights flickered above her, then all went black as her eyes squeezed shut and all she felt was that near death voltage tearing ruinously through her body.
"You have to be strong. You have to fight. You have to be strong for him. That is the only way to get back to him."
Tianna's eyes snapped open and focused on the little, blond haired child standing before her. She blinked as she was looking up at the girl, and it took her a moment to realize she was curled up on a damp mess on the floor of the padded room. She had to be strong for him? For who? And then with out hesitation her mind produced the answer, "Dominic."
"Is she ready?"
"Yes Mister O'Brien. The treatment went very well. Tianna has been quiet in her room every since."
"Excellent, will you get her for me please." As the doctor began to walk off to get his step-daughter Aidan called after him, "And Mart, make sure she's well drugged. Wouldn't want her waking up and causing a big scene on the way home now would we?"
"No sir, not at all sir." Mart bowed out, clearly intimidated by the powerful man.
Mart unlocked the door to Tianna's room, and let out a sigh of relief when he saw her leaning in the corner with her knees pulled up to her chest. He'd thought there would be more of a fight when he came in. As it stood though, she seemed unresponsive. She didn't look at him when he entered, didn't blink, and barely appeared to be breathing. This was going to be easier than he thought. "Time to go home, Tianna. Just a few hundred milligrams," Mart said in reference to the sedative he was drawing up into the syringe, "and then you can be on your way back home.
The needle neared the flesh of her wrist, which is where the doctor had most frequently given Tianna her shots, but before the needle could break the flesh Tianna's right hand shot forward, and gripped the man's own wrist so tightly he almost dropped the needle. "I wouldn't have gotten that close if I were you," Tianna's voice was dangerously low, and carried a tone that was uncommonly hostile.
"Lilith?" Mart questioned, his voice wavering.
"Wrong." Tianna struck the doctor hard in the face with a sharp left hook, and when the syringe dropped to the floor she snatched it up and before the doctor could scramble out of the room or call for help, that needle was thrust into the man's jugular. She hadn't bothered to tap out the air bubbles, and sincerely hoped that the man died because out it. She never knew how the air bubbles killed, but she knew they did.
Tianna jumped up, and swiftly kicked the man in the face, before running out of her room and into the hallway. "Right," she started to go right, the stopped and looked back, "Left?" She remembered her dreams suddenly, they did have some significance. When she went right, everything was bright and pretty, but she was still in the institutions, but when she went left, she had to go through the maze of doors but the out come had been freedom-- the outcome had been Dominic. "Left," Tianna decided and ran down the hallway.
"Hey! Stop!" The woman doctor grabbed Tianna by the shoulders and jerked her back. Her attempt to restrain Tianna failed when the pink haired woman's fist slammed into the soft spot between her ribs, connecting with her diaphragm, and knocking all the wind out of her. She collapsed to the cold tile, and her eyes focused on the bare feet running away from her.
Tianna screamed, when she saw the flash of the large fist about to connect with her temple. It didn't stop the act and Tianna was flung to the side with the force of it. She groaned and tried to sit up, only to be forced down hard against the floor. "You had to go and cause a scene didn't you, baby?" That was what Tianna heard through the throbbing pain in her head, and the sharp pierce of a needle breaking flesh.
Tianna couldn't struggle as her hands were bound, and she was carried outside. The sun blinded her as it reflected of the black of the Porsche, and the windows, as the door was opened and she was placed down into the passenger's seat and buckled in. After the door was shut she slumped against the window and tried to regain control of her body, tried to force the sedatives out of her body.
Tia watched the passing buildings as they drove along. Places looked familiar, and Tianna began to realize that Aidan was taking her past the places on purpose. There was Romeo's restaurant, it was dark and empty. She thought she saw Magnus standing outside, and looking in through the windows. Then there was the DT car garage, and The Racer's Edge. She stirred subtly in her seat. Then was the corner store-- Toretto's Market and Cafe. "Dom..." She whispered softly.
"He wont be coming to your rescue, baby. He wont be able to find you." The man's voice was malicious and his laughter showed the blackness of his heart.
Tianna sat up her hands, pressed against the tinted glass. The were about to pass Dominic's house. "Dominic..." She said breathlessly, and struggled lightly against her restraints, she thought she could see him in the window of his room, she could see him. She struggled harder, her hands pulling at the car door handle and fighting against the seat belt. She beat against the door, and her hand slammed down on the button that rolled her window down enough for her face to be partially seen. It was then that she took the opportunity to force all her strength and breath into screaming, "Dominic!" Domin--" The second time she tried though a large hand, with a fistful of her hair, threw her forward, slamming her forehead into the black leather dash board, and knocking her out.
Tianna woke with a start, just had a dreamed where she'd been drowned in a bath tub. Her head felt as if it had been split open, it hurt so badly. However, as Tianna became aware of the pain in her head, she also became aware of the tight pressure around her wrists and ankles-- and of the shallow body of water she was submerged in. Her eyes slid open, and though one was very sore, they both focused on the two figures standing above her. They were dressed in white coats and had masks covering their mouths.
She remembered. She was in Rostengburg now, and though she had no idea for how long, she knew Romeo was dead. Oh god, he was dead. Tianna couldn't cry, wouldn't allow the doctors the pleasure of that. She tried to remember more. She'd been on the beach, trying to find help for her dead brother. Someone had picked her up. Who was it? Tianna pushed past the barriers the drugs had created in her mind. It was that woman, the one Dominic had dated, Letty. Yes... No! That meant she was working for her step father. Fuck. Tianna prayed that Dominic hadn't decided to trust her again. After that all she knew was that she'd been in Rostengburg, that she'd seen Gavin, and been through all the portals of hell. Now, now though she was awake, and aware, and very, very angry.
Tianna struggled violently against the straps that held her down in the water. They tightened with each movement of hers, but she did not stop, even when she could no longer feel her hands. Not even when the only thing was her blood throbbing in her wrists trying to reach her fingers. She tried to scream, but she'd been gagged with a horse bit, and her mouth covered with a leather gag, no allowing sound to escape. She reacted in a way a wild animal might. She struggled, and growled. She fought and her eyes shot forth the curses her mouth couldn't.
"Mart, I do believe she's come around." A familiar woman's voice had said. The woman had mouse brown hair, and gray eyes.
The man laughed cruelly, "Yes it does appear that way. It also seems, that she knows exactly where she is."
"And what's going to happen to her."
"Yes we'd best treat her now and bee done with it," the man had a maniacal gleam in his blue eyes, and his blonde hair was slicked back away from his face, "he'll be wanting her placid, at least until he gets her home. I think then he'd rather enjoy her fighting." Tianna stilled when they had started talking of a 'he' and the man looked down to the young woman, "That's right. Your dear father will be picking you up this evening to take you back home."
Tianna shook her head furiously, and pulled, and fought against the restraints. She couldn't go back to him, she couldn't. Her heart race had picked up so quickly it had hurt, and when she saw the male doctor reach down for a knob that was just above her head, her chest began heaving with short panicked breaths. She heard him turn the knob, the metallic clicking was loud in the water that came up over her ears. She saw the lights flickered above her, then all went black as her eyes squeezed shut and all she felt was that near death voltage tearing ruinously through her body.
"You have to be strong. You have to fight. You have to be strong for him. That is the only way to get back to him."
Tianna's eyes snapped open and focused on the little, blond haired child standing before her. She blinked as she was looking up at the girl, and it took her a moment to realize she was curled up on a damp mess on the floor of the padded room. She had to be strong for him? For who? And then with out hesitation her mind produced the answer, "Dominic."
"Is she ready?"
"Yes Mister O'Brien. The treatment went very well. Tianna has been quiet in her room every since."
"Excellent, will you get her for me please." As the doctor began to walk off to get his step-daughter Aidan called after him, "And Mart, make sure she's well drugged. Wouldn't want her waking up and causing a big scene on the way home now would we?"
"No sir, not at all sir." Mart bowed out, clearly intimidated by the powerful man.
Mart unlocked the door to Tianna's room, and let out a sigh of relief when he saw her leaning in the corner with her knees pulled up to her chest. He'd thought there would be more of a fight when he came in. As it stood though, she seemed unresponsive. She didn't look at him when he entered, didn't blink, and barely appeared to be breathing. This was going to be easier than he thought. "Time to go home, Tianna. Just a few hundred milligrams," Mart said in reference to the sedative he was drawing up into the syringe, "and then you can be on your way back home.
The needle neared the flesh of her wrist, which is where the doctor had most frequently given Tianna her shots, but before the needle could break the flesh Tianna's right hand shot forward, and gripped the man's own wrist so tightly he almost dropped the needle. "I wouldn't have gotten that close if I were you," Tianna's voice was dangerously low, and carried a tone that was uncommonly hostile.
"Lilith?" Mart questioned, his voice wavering.
"Wrong." Tianna struck the doctor hard in the face with a sharp left hook, and when the syringe dropped to the floor she snatched it up and before the doctor could scramble out of the room or call for help, that needle was thrust into the man's jugular. She hadn't bothered to tap out the air bubbles, and sincerely hoped that the man died because out it. She never knew how the air bubbles killed, but she knew they did.
Tianna jumped up, and swiftly kicked the man in the face, before running out of her room and into the hallway. "Right," she started to go right, the stopped and looked back, "Left?" She remembered her dreams suddenly, they did have some significance. When she went right, everything was bright and pretty, but she was still in the institutions, but when she went left, she had to go through the maze of doors but the out come had been freedom-- the outcome had been Dominic. "Left," Tianna decided and ran down the hallway.
"Hey! Stop!" The woman doctor grabbed Tianna by the shoulders and jerked her back. Her attempt to restrain Tianna failed when the pink haired woman's fist slammed into the soft spot between her ribs, connecting with her diaphragm, and knocking all the wind out of her. She collapsed to the cold tile, and her eyes focused on the bare feet running away from her.
Tianna screamed, when she saw the flash of the large fist about to connect with her temple. It didn't stop the act and Tianna was flung to the side with the force of it. She groaned and tried to sit up, only to be forced down hard against the floor. "You had to go and cause a scene didn't you, baby?" That was what Tianna heard through the throbbing pain in her head, and the sharp pierce of a needle breaking flesh.
Tianna couldn't struggle as her hands were bound, and she was carried outside. The sun blinded her as it reflected of the black of the Porsche, and the windows, as the door was opened and she was placed down into the passenger's seat and buckled in. After the door was shut she slumped against the window and tried to regain control of her body, tried to force the sedatives out of her body.
Tia watched the passing buildings as they drove along. Places looked familiar, and Tianna began to realize that Aidan was taking her past the places on purpose. There was Romeo's restaurant, it was dark and empty. She thought she saw Magnus standing outside, and looking in through the windows. Then there was the DT car garage, and The Racer's Edge. She stirred subtly in her seat. Then was the corner store-- Toretto's Market and Cafe. "Dom..." She whispered softly.
"He wont be coming to your rescue, baby. He wont be able to find you." The man's voice was malicious and his laughter showed the blackness of his heart.
Tianna sat up her hands, pressed against the tinted glass. The were about to pass Dominic's house. "Dominic..." She said breathlessly, and struggled lightly against her restraints, she thought she could see him in the window of his room, she could see him. She struggled harder, her hands pulling at the car door handle and fighting against the seat belt. She beat against the door, and her hand slammed down on the button that rolled her window down enough for her face to be partially seen. It was then that she took the opportunity to force all her strength and breath into screaming, "Dominic!" Domin--" The second time she tried though a large hand, with a fistful of her hair, threw her forward, slamming her forehead into the black leather dash board, and knocking her out.
