Title: Searching For Friends
Rating: M, for Mature
Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize.
Summary: Everyone is gone…

-Between Ordeals-

It was a familiar sound to him—the sound of dripping water. The same sound that wakened him into this nightmare. The cell they were contained in leaked from the ceiling, tiny drops of cold water occasionally landing on his skin. They were taken there shortly after their capture by the three men they met in the alleyway. Sitting there in the enclosed space he wondered why she didn't resist—was it okay to trust her? He hardly even knew her—but he did what she asked anyway… Why? He looked over at her—she was waiting calmly in the opposite corner looking blankly through the steel bars. It still amazed him how she could look so much like Lita—he secretly hoped that at any moment she would confess it and tell him it was going to be okay...

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"What were you thinking, you stupid idiot?"

The Legend Killer stared up at the redhead, his vision doubling from the beating he took. "Lita…?" He winced, feeling a rather painful sting from his lip. He'd admit, it was a little bold of him to go out and try to take on all of Evolution that night.

Lita sighed, dipping a cloth into the bowl of warm water she had beside her, then ringing it out gently. She proceeded in carefully cleaning some of the blood off his face with it before pressing it delicately onto his busted lip. "It's going to be okay…"

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"Tell me about her."

Randy jolted, slightly startled out of thought by the sound of her voice. "Huh?"

"The girl," she clarified, now sitting with her knees up next to him, brushing a strand of gentle red hair away from her face. "You said her name was Lita…?"

He nodded timidly, still a little shaken from his memory lapse. "Y-Yeah…" It was a little awkward for him to be sitting so close to her, his mind still juggling the thought of her being Lita. "When I saw you… I thought you were her."

"You must have a million questions to ask."

"A million and one," he replied, now turning towards her. "Who were those guys? And why did you let them put us in here?"

"We call those men Suits," she answered, leaning her head back against the rough concrete wall. "They get that nickname from the blue suits they wear—it's their uniform. The Suits are very aggressive when provoked… I couldn't take them all on at the same time—not only because it would be too much for me to handle, but also because I couldn't let anything happen to you."

Randy sent her a quizzical look. "You were protecting me…?"

"I know this is going to sound strange," she continued, avoiding eye contact with him. "But my first intentions in that building where I found you… were to kill you."

At that moment, he could've been afraid of her—he should have been. But for some reason it didn't bother him. Maybe it was because they were both locked up in a prison cell and there really was no use distancing himself from her. Besides, there was still so much more he wanted to know—and she was his only source of information. "So… why didn't you, then?"

The redhead shrugged, dropping a knee. "I don't know… it was your story. I was hired by these guys to kill you—I'm an assassin. But when you looked at me—calling out to me the name of your friend, I just had a feeling that I should spare your life."

"So, the Suits were watching you to make sure you got the job done, right? And that's how you knew we were being watched out near the alley?"

She nodded. "Exactly. The Suits are all Geblers… Right now, we're being held in the Gebler precinct—where people are taken who do against their will—notice how I didn't say criminals. The leader of the Gebler forces is a man called Domino. I have never seen him before and neither have most people. I don't know why Gebler wanted you dead… but, that's what I'm trying to figure out now…"

"No offense," Randy said, standing up and walking to the steel bars, gripping them with his hands. "But, I don't think we'll find out much locked up in this cell…"

"Oh this little thing?" the redhead playfully asked, a smirk on her face. "This is only temporary…"

Their conversation was interrupted when the door to the cell room creaked open. A man in a hooded robe entered followed by two Gebler guards.

"What's going on?" Randy whispered to her, moving back to his original spot.

"We're about to find out our sentence…"

Final Notes: This chapter was used mainly to give everyone a small insight into what's going on. You now know that Rhoda was an assassin hired by the Gebler leader Domino to kill Randy Orton. Why are the Gebler interested in eliminating Orton? Stick around and read more to find out. On a side note, get ready for more familiar faces to begin making their appearances. Again, hope you enjoyed reading! Thanks to all who reviewed the last chapter. You know who you are! :)