Captive

Chappie one: Where am I?
Disclaimer: Don't own Veronica Mars, but I love watching it!

She woke up and very nearly instantly regretted it. She had the worst headache, and could hardly move. Veronica struggled into a sitting position and opened her eyes.

"Jackass," she muttered passionately, her features twisting into an elegant sneer. Where the hell was she? The room was dusty, ill-kept, and windowless. The floor and walls were concrete; it looked a lot more like a garage than her bedroom. Why was she here? Sure, she'd been kidnapped before, but at least they'd had the decency to leave her a cell phone.

She leaned over a puddle of oily water near her and clenched her jaw. She had a black eye and further analysis proved that her arms, legs, and shoulders were mottled black and purple. What had she ever done to whoever this was? There was also blood on her shirt, but she had no flesh wounds. Ironically, this made her very happy. Whoever had put her here, well, she hadn't gone down without a fight.

Her good mood was very short-lived. She tried to get up, only to fall over onto already bruised arms. Eyes finally adjusted to the dim light (an absolutely pathetic one light bulb lamp, well, she should consider herself lucky she had ANY light) she saw her legs bound together with a two-inch thick layer of duct tape, and arms bound behind her in a similar fashion.

How had she ended up like this? Let's see, she remembered very little of the previous day. She had gotten up, gone to school, halfway through first period she had been called to the office for Lord-knows-what, then blank. That was it.

How was she going to get out? If this was some very sick person's idea of a joke she should be out soon. But what if it wasn't? Suddenly Veronica felt like someone had dumped a bucket of ice water on her. What if they intended to never let her go? What if they intended to kill her?

'Calm down' she ordered herself 'it can always get worse. At least you still have your underwear.'

Keith Mars fixed the skinny black teenager with a glare that would have anyone who didn't know him out the door and up the nearest tree. "What do you mean by Veronica was called to the office during first period and never came back?"

So, what do you think? Please review, I would really appreciate it. Oh, and since this is one of four fics I've got going it might be a while before I update.