Disclaimer: Same as previous chapters

Author's Note: I know this is a ridiculously short chapter, but I'm actually leaving for vacation, like now, and I didn't want to leave you completely empty handed. So here's a snippet of a chapter and my promise that in two weeks I'll be home with two long chapters to make up for my lack. Deal?


Chapter 3

It took some time but eventually Lucy's eyes adjusted to the darkness that surrounded her. Unfortunately there still wasn't much to see. As far as she could tell she was strapped down to a bed in a room with white walls and…and well that was it. The silence in the empty room was beyond eerie and Lucy's body began to respond as such, her fists clenched and her breathing began to pick up.

To calm herself she began to mentally go over what it was she knew. There was an explosion. I was in it. I'm not dead. Amy is not here. Amy is safe. While she didn't actually know if that last assertion was true, she forced herself to believe it for the time being. I'm strapped down. My body hurts but not as much as it should considering the circumstances. And I'm alone. I'm alone.

Despite her badass reputation, one of the things Lucy feared most in the world was being alone. Whether it was Scud or Amy, she always had someone she could turn to when the familiar loneliness crept up on her. But here she realized she was painfully alone and in trouble as the panic began to creep through her body again.

"Okay! Okay, I'm awake! You can come make your demands or spout your dastardly plans for me and the world. Come tell me the horrible things that are in store for me!" she began to yell into the empty spaces, trying to dispel the remaining darkness.

She struggled in vain against the straps. She would swear she could feel them tightening with each move she made. "Hey! Someone? Anyone? You won't get away with this you hear me? They will come for me! Amy will come for me!"

A noise above her caused Lucy's attention to shoot upwards. Slowly entering her limited view a piece of black fabric seemed to be floating down through the air towards her. Unable to move her arms Lucy tried unsuccessfully to blow it away from her face. When at last it landed covering her face there was a sudden sharp pain in her arm. There was a numbness in the spot that quickly spread through her entire side. Then with a shudder Lucy was out once again.