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Worn out and exhausted, Christie soon found herself fainting and collapsing into a soft patch of dirt after being trained half to near death with her stomach being empty and in need of food. Her clothes stuck to her musty, oily and unclean skin, making it known that she was in need of a fresh bath.
Raven realized that the training was too great and she was in need of rest. He scooped her body up into his bulgy arms like a small child and activated a trap door that had been well hidden beneath the ground. Beyond the door was a secret underground hideaway where some of his associates dwelled within. He told his colleagues to take care of Christie and left without giving any hints of where he was going.
Obeying orders, they did as told and took proper care of the young Brazilian female during his time away. In a small room, Christie woke up lying in a comfortable bed with quilted blankets and a few large pillows bunched together. A shower and a bathroom were in the far corner with a new set of dry clean clothes to put on. Christie stepped out of bed and into the tiled floor bathroom undressing from the smelly, dingy clothes she was currently wearing.
After dropping the rancid smelling clothes on the floor and closing the sliding glass door, she turned the little knobs on the shower and out came sprinkles of warm water. On the rack sat a bar of soap and a bottle of conditioning shampoo. She rubbed the soap everywhere on her body with the use of a washcloth before rinsing it off. With her body now washed, it was now time to do her hair.
She grabbed the shampoo bottle and dumped a massive portion of it into her palms and rubbed them together to form a nice lather. Christie was always uptight about the cleanness of her hair and wanted to make sure it was perfect and lively. If it were dry and dull looking she'd practically do everything within her power to maintain its bright and shiny appearance.
Placing her hands on her scalp, Christie massaged the shampoo in deep and rinsed it out. Outside on the shower door's rack hung a draped towel for her to dry off with. She wiped the dripping wetness from the top of the head right down to her toned legs and feet.
While gazing in the crystal clear mirror of the bathroom, she fixed her loose hair back and tied it into a ponytail. Normally Christie had it hang loose down to her shoulders, but a ponytail was fine for now. Before leaving, she took the clothes down off the hanger that hung on the door and slipped them on. She put on a pair of black denim jeans with a black denim jacket, yellow blouse and black tennis shoes. It felt a little awkward wearing the shoes on her feet since she was very much use to wearing sandals that exposed her toes, but she felt she could adjust to them perfectly without any problems.
Now that Christie was clean and deprived of filth, she felt it was time to eat and luckily for her there was a plate full of vegetables and meat sitting over by the bed stand. While she ate, one of Raven's associates walked in and made a startling entrance.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't me to be rude," he said, noticing he startled Christie while she ate.
"No, its ok, you can come in," Christie said, welcoming him in. "What is this place, and where's Raven?"
He walked in and pulled up a chair to sit down. He seemed to be friendly and more polite than Raven.
"You'll be safe here," he began. "Raven is attending his duties elsewhere."
"You mean, investigating the murders that have being going on?" Christie knowingly said.
"How did you know that?"
"He told me," Christie playfully smiled.
There was a long pause before he spoke. "Well, anyways, it is best you stay down here with us until things get settled."
The associate left the room not saying a word more. Christie didn't like sitting back and waiting for things to unfold. She was a girl of action and wanting to help get things done, but staying put was the only option at the moment. The rest of the day, she remained confined in the room bored and feeling lonesome with nothing to do.
Raven soon made his return back to the hideaway, but didn't check to see if Christie was ok or doing well. She heard him come through the entryway and peeked out the door to spy on him. Through her doorway, she could see him preparing to leave again with a helicopter making its way over to pick him up. Judging by the conversation Raven was having with his associates, it seemed he had discovered the hideout of the murderers of Eddie and his master, Christie's grandfather.
After Raven departed from the area, Christie decided to follow him and not be left in boredom. She cunningly snuck past his comrades and pursued him to the outside and crawled into the back of the helicopter without being noticed. Looking for revenge, Christie couldn't wait to get her hands on the murderers of her grandfather and Eddie.