Chapter 12
Meeting Joanna
Dawn opened her eyes to a candle lit chamber. She realised her hands were tied up behind a pole and wouldn't come lose. She looked around and saw other girls tied up, too. Some were sleeping, others were trying to pull their hands free. One girl was looking around with wide, frightened eyes.
"Hey," a voice beside her said softly. Dawn turned her head to see a girl her age smiling at her despite their situation. The girl had long, black hair and grey eyes.
"Uh, hi," Dawn responded.
"How are you? You've been out since they brought you back last night."
"I'm fine, but what's going on?" Dawn asked her.
"From what I know from listening to them talk the Klakarec demons are making their yearly sacrifice to their master, Klarstik, and we're not just here for show," the girl explained.
"Oh, great. Who are you?"
"I'm Joanna Lee. I live in San Fransisco. I was kidnapped one night three weeks ago right under my sister's nose. Our parents were away at the time. I don't know how I've lasted this long. They don't feed us, you know. I was the third girl taken captive, and when the first girl died they came after you," Joanna explained.
"I'm Dawn. Dawn Summers."
"Summers? You're the slayer's little sister!" Joanna exclaimed.
"Yeah, but how do you know about my sister being the slayer?"
"I know Faith, who's a friend of my older sister, Natalie Lee, who's also a slayer," Joanna explained.
"When did your sister become a slayer?" Dawn asked.
"When Faith was running from the police a couple months ago, she got shot and died for a few minutes, which--"
"Activated the next slayer," Dawn finished.
"Exactly. My sister's probably searching for me now. Hopefully her watcher will send her to your sister here in Sunnydale."
"I hope so. I wonder why Buffy hasn't found us yet."
"I think she almost did. There's a chamber above us that's empty to throw enemies off so they can't find us. A few hours ago I heard a girl say, 'It's empty,' and then some British guy said something and then they left," Joanna told Dawn.
"That's Spike and Buffy. They'll never find us before...when is the sacrifice?"
"I don't know. Tomorrow night, I think," Joanna said as they exchanged worried glances.
"Let's not say anything to the others," Dawn suggested and Joanna agreed. "Hurry up, Buffy," Dawn said to herself. "Find us."
END OF CHAPTER 12
Short chapter, but I kinda liked it. Review please! By the way, keep an eye out for my poem 'The Vampire & The Slayer.'