Chapter 4: New world, old habits
Shego awoke to the rush of cold water hitting her face. She let out a shocked yell and tried to raise her hands in defense, only to find they were tied behind her back. The icy water hit her again and she screamed in frustration. She found herself in a tent with two women dressed in armor.
"Enough!" She yelled at her assailants, the sound of buckets hitting the hard ground echoed through the air. They spoke in a language she could not understand. Shego screamed in frustration. "Would you all just speak English? I can't understand a damn thing you're saying!" She felt as though her blood would boil soon.
"Look at her skin." One woman noted.
"Would you stop staring?" Shego retaliated, she hadn't taken notice to her sudden understanding, and her anger was blinding her from the change.
"Silence!" Boomed the other woman.
Shego growled in anger, she wasn't going to stand for this freak show audience. She ignited her hands and burned through the ropes that bond her. She laughed and leapt to her feet. The women gulped and drew their swords.
"You can save yourself a lot of trouble if you both just back down now." Shego warned with a wicked smile. The women scoffed and lunged at her; Shego easily dodged the attacks, kicking one woman in the stomach and punching the other in the throat. They fell to the ground gasping for air, Shego kicked their swords away and kneed down between them.
"Okay you have three seconds to tell me where I am and what I'm doing here." Shego warned.
"We are instructed not to converse with prisoners." One woman said through gritted teeth.
Shego frowned. "Wrong answer."
Before she could begin her torture tactic she felt a slight sting in her shoulder. Her eyes became heavy and everything around her slowed down. She fell to the floor and blacked out. A group of women circled around her swords drawn.
"Fire coming from her hands? We'll have to keep an eye on this one until we return home. I have the feeling I'll be in the queen's favor for this." One woman said, sliding her sword back into its sheath.
"Yes captain." The women said in unison.
"Secure her in chains. I want the two best warriors on guard. We head home at dawn." The captain said. She turned on a heel and exited the tent.
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Shego awoke to a blinding head ach; it felt as though it were about to split her head open. She looked up to find she was alone in the middle of a small a cage. She scoffed at her luck and at her surroundings. The air was filled with the sounds of horses' hooves beating the dirt. She saw a troop of women seated perched atop huge houses behind her; a pair of horses pulled her along while she sat in her cage. She looked over her shoulder to see she her hands chained. She rolled her eyes and moved back against the bars of the cage.
"So is there an in flight movie on this trip or what?" Shego asked loudly. She decided she would have some fun and be as obnoxious as possible. When no one answered she pushed further. "Do I get anything to read at least? I mean, hell, I don't have anything else to do."
"Silence." A woman commanded from behind.
"I'm just sayin' it's not very hospitable of you to lock a girl up in a cage with nothing to entertain her." Shego teased.
"Silence!" The woman said again as she struck the cage.
"Fine, fine. Guess I'll just have to entertain myself." Shego said with a mischievous smile.