In a matter of days, I became an empty shell and Murlough got bored of me. One night, when I awoke, I was hanging upside down, my hands and feet bound. I heard shuffling in the pipes and felt a twinge of fear. Then I saw Murlough…dragging a familiar, unconscious snake boy. I gasped. "Evra!" I screamed. Murlough kicked me when he came by and I let out a yelp of pain.
He cackled. "Silly pretty! Look! Murlough brought you a Snakey! Snakey will be gone soon though…mmm! What a tasty dinner we'll have!" he cackled. I growled. "Don't you dare!" I said. He frowned. By then, he had hung Evra upside down as well. Then he came over, grabbed my face, and slammed the back of my head against a wall behind me. I groaned as everything went fuzzy…
"Darren no! Don't do it!" a familiar voice cried. I opened my eyes and saw Darren talking to Murlough, a look of pain on his face. "Darren?" I moaned and realized I was upside down anymore, but was tied to a smaller pipe that came up from the ground and to the side of the wall. He looked at me, a hint of relief on his face. Evra looked at me. "Vanessa, he's giving Murlough a human girl, Debbie!" I froze and my soul was thrown out of my body and into the past. I saw Darren walking around, depressed. Then a pretty little girl came and talked to him…that must be Debbie.
My soul slammed back into my body and I had a coughing fit. Darren and Evra looked concerned, unlike Murlough who was cackling. "Yay! Take me to this human little Shan, or you will never see your friends again!" he sang out. I then saw that Darren's hands were bound with a rope…a rope Murlough was holding. I cringed when Murlough kicked Darren, ordering him to move.
When I could hear them no longer, I groaned. Evra looked at me. "Vanessa, are you okay? We've been worried sick! What did he do to you?" he demanded. I sighed. "I'll be okay Evra and…it's to horrible to even think of." I looked at him. His eyes widened. "He didn't…" he started. I nodded as tears fell down my face. He started fuming, but he didn't say anything.
A little while later, we heard footsteps…footsteps I recognized and had grown up with for 10 years. "Mr. Crepsley!" I cried out as I saw him and Darren some around a corner. I started crying then and he was immediately by my side. He snapped the chains binding me and I threw myself onto him, tears running down my face. He took his coat and carefully wrapped me in it as Darren carefully cut Evra down.
"I am so sorry, Vanessa. I should have never brought you here. Please forgive me." He said quietly, rocking me back and forth as though I were a child again. I sniffed. "It's okay; it wasn't your fault… I just want to go back to the Cirque." I said, the tears running dry. He nodded. "It is okay now, Vanessa. We will go home." He then turned to Darren and jerked his head, giving the order to leave. Darren nodded and he and Evra led the way out of the tunnel.
Wow! That was pretty short :o well, I kind of felt it should be so…yeah! R&R! Tell me what you thought! And, I was thinking, every once in awhile I get questions and comments on my story and how people don't see how it relates to the series so in your reviews, leave whatever questions and as long it's not mean and sarcastic (flames, agh!) I'll dedicate my next "chapter" as FAQ Q's and As' kind of thing :3 so, yeah, I'll try to post that on…December 30th I guess. Thanks for reading you guys!