AN/ Breathing some life back into this
Astrid woke with a thumping headache, little black spots danced in front of her closed eyes. She was slumped on a bed. Where? She had no idea. She forced her eyelids open; the light was like a thousand knives stabbing into the back of her eyeballs.
She groaned and tried to sit up, but realised that one of her wrists was handcuffed to the bedpost. Kinky. Then Astrid remembered where she was. Alec. She had watched him gulp down his drink without a single symptom, and then she had begun to feel drowsy. The last thing she remembered was Alec's questioning eyes watch her slip from consciousness. She realised now that she had underestimated him. Astrid reprimanded herself for the foolish mistake, how would she ever survive the Beast, if a mere X5 could outsmart her.
As Astrid's eyes adjusted to the dimly lit room she made out a figure sitting on a chair at the end of the bed. Alec. She followed his gaze as it drifted from her eyes to her handcuffed wrist. She gave a small laugh, they could never hold her, barely even slow her down. When she wanted to leave nothing could stop her, except maybe the Beast.
'Something funny XS?' Alec asked her
For a second Astrid was shaken, what did this man know about her? Maybe he was more dangerous than she had anticipated.
Alec gave her a sly grin. 'I know all about you, 006.' He said confidently.
She was about to give him the finger and a few savage words, when she realised he was playing her. Of course he would have checked her for a barcode, if not he would have no doubt noticed it, while cuffing her to a bed. Alec had no idea what XS stood for, she was sure of it. She had always been a good poker player.
Astrid replied with a patronising smile, which she could tell made Alec uneasy.
There was a silence. Long and uneasy. Astrid was not good with silences; they led to sleep…to the nightmares. She always went to busy places, or filled the noiseless hours with music. It took all her strength not to say anything while she matched Alec's intent stare. If he thought she was going to speak again first he was very wrong.
'So' Alec said, taking a casual tone 'You wanna tell me why you tried to drug me or are we going to sit like this all day'
Astrid triumphantly shrugged. 'Doesn't bother me, I'm not the one who has to work today'.
She had been following Alec for a while now; she knew he could be of use to her. She had watched him bring numerous girls into his place and casually wave them goodbye the next morning, she had observed him slacking off at Jam Pony, and last but not least she had watched him at Crash, with the Beast.