I think I wrote most of these when I was stuck at work because of a snow storm. Oh, yeah. Usual disclaimers apply and this is Mary Sue and stuff like that.

Chapter Six: A Knight in Shining…Blue Jeans?

Lisa drifted between complete attentiveness and total disorientation. The guy hadn't even given her back her glasses. He was analyzing the "prescription". Those glasses gave her the enhanced vision.

Help…

She kept projecting it over and over, but her mental strength was giving out. Whatever he was giving her was making it harder and harder to concentrate, and, yet, it did seem to be wearing off, but not fast enough.

Suddenly, she heard a door open and Von Braun's voice, sounding extremely angry. "You!"

"Let her go!"

The voice clicked in Lisa's dim memory. "Gary?" Her voice was thick and scratchy; she was sure neither one of them could hear her.

"Let her go or I'll smash it!"

Lisa lifted her head and squinted, trying to see. All she could make out was a human-sized blur with one arm in the air, and with her arms and legs bound, she couldn't even sit up to get a better look.

Groaning in frustration, she let her head fall back, it banging painfully onto the thing she was laying on. Maybe the stuff was wearing off faster, as she was coherent enough to start to become extremely annoyed. Yet, she still couldn't focus enough to use her powers.

"Who the hell are you, anyway?" said Von Braun.

"Her rescuer."

The German laughed. "Security is on its way, son. Now, hand me that vial and I may consider letting you go."

"No," Gary insisted. "I'll smash it, I swear. Let her go."

Von Braun fell silent, apparently weighing the options in his mind. Lisa could hear snippets of thoughts being projected through her confusion.

"Well, why not? She's drugged enough to not be able to escape."

Lisa saw Von Braun's blur move to her and began working at her bonds. "Glasses…" she said. "I want my glasses."

"Yes," he said, drawing out the word like a snake. "Of course." He untied both her wrists before stepping away.

"Hey, I said let her go!" Gary said.

"And the lady wants her glasses. Haven't you ever heard the expression, 'Ladies first'?"

There was a sudden sound of bodies bursting through a door. Lisa sat up, but too quickly and a wave of dizziness lanced through her skull. She slammed a fist into the table under her, aggravated with the weakness brought on by Von Braun and his drugs. Fighting through it, she worked at the bonds at her ankles while she heard struggling and shouting.

"Get the boy out of here so I can continue my work." Evidently, he'd gotten a hold of the vial, because the next thing Lisa knew, Von Braun was coming at her with a syringe.

"No!" Gary shouted at the same time as Lisa.

She launched herself off the table, but one ankle was still tied and she fell to the ground, positive that ankle was twisted. "Damn!" she yelled.

Next thing she knew, Gary had somehow – because she still couldn't see – maneuvered himself away from the security guards and tackled Von Braun. She heard Gary cry out, but was unsure of what brought it on.

As she quickly undid the one restraint that held her down, her head finally cleared enough for her to use a power or two; her hand shot out, her glasses flew into it and she put them on.

"Much better," she quipped.

Now that she was able to see, she didn't pause to take in her surroundings. A lab was a lab, and the security guards coming after them looked rather trigger-happy. Quickly, she sent a blast of telekinesis and knocked them to the floor, dazed for a few moments. Glancing around, she saw Von Braun unconscious, and Gary stagger upright with something in his hand. The syringe…and it was empty.

He backed away and threw it down; Lisa could see a tiny rivulet of blood fall from the palm of his hand. Before she could do anything, he'd tripped over Von Braun's unconscious body and fell backward, his head thumping audibly on the hard floor.

Noting that the guards were starting to collect themselves, Lisa limped to Gary's side and took him up into her arms. Shutting her eyes, she concentrated with all the willpower she could gather, and they both disappeared in a flash of light.

End chapter six.