The Pain Inside the Electrical Storm
Chapter Five - Encounters
Pain, that's all that Percy was really aware of. That, and the low murmurs and whispers from several voices that seemed to be hovering somewhere above her. She struggled to open her eyes, but they were too heavy. So she stuck with lying still, and listened to the words that were being said around her. They were distant at first, but with a few moments of relaxing, she could understand them perfectly.
"Well who the hell is she, then?" A man's voice, a young man's voice by the sound of it, cried out suddenly in a strange accent.
"Patience, we will question her later, Dimitri." An old man's voice cut through the whispers of agreement from all around her.
"She's too young to be kept here! She would probably resist too much to our ways!" A voice from somewhere behind her spoke quietly but clearly nonetheless.
"She could be useful. Supposing she has family or friends that would do anything to get her back?" The first voice spoke again, a little more calmly than before.
"A bargaining chip? Yes, a good idea, but there is a chance that she will bring more trouble to our ship should we try to bargain her away." The man spoke again. Percy was outraged. They were probably talking about her, like she was an object. A possession. Well, she most certainly was not!
Percy forced her eyes open, ignoring the pain, and looked around. She adjusted her eyesight to the dimly lit ship around her just as an old man stepped out of the shadows to her right, and smirked down at her.
"Awake now, are we?" He chuckled with his hoarse voice, and coughed a few times before he continued. "Good, good, good." Percy finally got a good look at his face, and she suppressed a gasp of shock. He had messy and graying shoulder-length hair, piercing ice blue eyes, and a jagged scar that ran down from just passed the tip of his right eye, across his crooked nose, and all the way down to above the left corner of his mouth.
"What is your name?" A man just behind the older man with the scar demanded with his slight Russian accent. Percy concluded that he must've been Dimitri.
"Montana. Percy Montana. What's it to you?" She questioned with hatred in her voice. She had also noticed that the two were wearing black leather trench coats with Raider emblems on the front of each one.
"it's a lot to us, Percy, darling." The old man grinned, revealing his many crooked and yellow-stained teeth. Several of which were missing or had been replaced with dirty silver fillings. "Welcome to the 'Martiza,' Miss Percy Montana. My name's Pheonix Four."
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A quick, short chapter! But a little more plot action now, which is better! :)
I'm currently writing another chapter for this, but at the same time, I'm writing a much longer story for Starhunter(just an idea I had gotten when I heard Starhunter was cancelled). So it may take me a little while longer to write the next chapter. But I promise you all that before Thursday or on Thursday I will have the next chapter up! As my present to all of you!
That and I'd feel bad not updating before my birthday(which is Thursday! YAY!). So the next chapter is definitely underway! Expect another update very soon! :D
Thank you VERY much for reviewing! All of you!:
FreakOTU: Heh heh, thanks for reviewing! Yeah, I definitely think that Marcus won't ever do it again. Unless it frustrates him again, hee hee. Thanks a bunch!
macisgate: Thanks! I'm glad you love it! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, too! Hopefully Percy will be back in her right-mind soon, but I can't say for sure about anything at all yet. Thanks for the review! I really appreciate it!
bloodredcherry: Hee hee, I enjoyed writing the part with Marcus, it was entertaining, although I know I probably shouldn't take delight in other people's suffering.. But that was a fun part to write. I'm glad you liked it! Yeah, subtle yet not so subtle hints, hmm... Makes me wonder where I should take this story. Yeah, they've been cancelling and ending a lot of really excellent shows recently! It makes me mad, and right when it was getting good. What bugs me more, though, is that we'll never know if they found Dante, or what happens, or how everything unfolds at the end. And don't worry, I won't be ending this fic anytime soon. In fact, I think I might keep it going for a while. Depending on where my writing takes it. But... I was also thinking of doing Stand-A-Lone/One shot fics... Also about doing a Percy/Marcus one. Or rather, several. And if you ever write one, I'll definitely read it! :) Thanks, I definitely think that I'll write some episodes, or MANY! :) Thanks very much for reviewing! I always love getting reviews!! :) I also hope you won't mind me taking a while to get the next chapter up(I know it's sometimes annoying when you've read further ahead than others, and no new chapters have surfaced.) But I'm updating now, so expect another chapter quite soon! Thanks again! :) (Sorry for the long reply!)
Fan-Kitty: Hey, thanks for the review! Sorry for any delay in updating. I hope you like this chapter, too! :)
Really, thanks a bunch everyone! I ALWAYS love and appreciate getting reviews! It makes my day! And sometimes, it makes my day, several times over. :D So thank you all a bunch! A whole bunch! You're all awesome! Thanks!
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