Author Notes: EXTREMELY short chapter, probably shortest one in the history of short chapters.. but I needed to show what happened to Crystal and I have to get off the computer, so, hopefully you'll enjoy this little chapter of tha story!

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Chapter 8

"Get your grimey hands off me!" She screamed as she finally spat the cloth over her mouth off.

"Don't worry 'bout a thing," the kidnapper said with a snicker. This guy sure had a attitude.

"Wha.. What do you want with me?"

"Don't worry, you won't be hurt,"

"You didn't answer my question!" Crystal squealed, "What do you want with me?"

"Shu'd up! We don't wanna make a scene! Now keep your mouth shut, or you'll be sorry." said the man more harsh than before, Crystal had obviously made him angry. She squirmed a bit, and the grip and her arm grew tighter. It was starting to cut of her circulation, so she stopped and just gave up, letting the man get away with what he was doing.

They finally got to this alley where the strange man dumped Crystal into a hidden storage room, that was behind a couple of barrels. "Ow!" Crystal whimpered.

"Don't do anything crafty. We'll get back ta ya's later. So just stay here and for God's sake keep your mouth shut. Like I said before, if you don't, youse'll be sorry." And he walked away leaving Crystal alone in the cold, dark cellar. She leaned against the freezing wall, and shivered. She had barely and clothes on, well, to be living in these conditions.

Suddenly, a figure crept up and said, "Pst.. hey!" Crystal whipped her head around to see the person. She looked like a girl about her age, not very tall. She tried to focus her eyes, but found it difficult. The girl got closer to her and Crystal realized..

"BELLE!" She cried, "Wha.. Why are you here? Wha'd they do to you?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine. Someone took me last night, when I was walking home from Tibby's."

"Oh, that's why you weren't in the house this morning," Crystal thought. Then she said, "What do ya think they're gonna do to us?"

"I dunno," Belle replied, looking down at her hands, which were shaking, "It's so cold, they can't keep us in here for that long, can they?"

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Notes: Yay for shortness! Please review.. next chapter will hopefully be up later today or tomorrow.. thanks!