She wakes up in a cold, damp room she's never been in before. Her head is pounding from the hit and when she reaches back to check, she finds dry, caked blood mingled with her auburn hair. There's no light except from a small slit under what appears to be a heavy, metal door, and she feels nothing as she feels around the room, blindly. The walls are tough and after checking she determines they're made of some sort of metal. There's no window or any other means of escape and for now she appears to be alone. She sits down and feels along the ground. It's also metal. There's absolutely no way of escape.
A few moments later the door swings open and she's excused by a voice that reaches her over a well-hidden speaker and orders her to make her way over to the recreational area for morning activities. Blinded by the sudden light, she takes a moment to rub her eyes and blink rapidly until she regains her sight and after looking around and noticing that there is absolutely nothing inside her room, she gets up and walks out into the hallway, turning in the direction indicated by the hallway lights and following their blinking lights all the way down the corridor.
"What is this place?" She asks aloud as she wanders down these desolate hallways.
"Isn't it obvious?" A voice she's dreaded since high school speaks up "This is the dungeon A took Emily and Mona and the girls to." Alison explained, remembering it from the 0.25 seconds she spent inside it.
"What are we doing here?" Paige wondered aloud again, her heart thumping in her chest at the sudden realization.
"A must be trying to finish what she started!" Alison remarked nonchalantly.
"But Cece's dead! Alex is gone! Who could be doing this?" Paige asked.
"If I knew I wouldn't be standing here."
Paige rolled her eyes as she continued making her way down the hallway to what she presumed to be the activity room they were supposed to get to.
'this sucks balls' she thought. 'It's not bad enough that I get kidnapped by A, but now I have to deal with her? This sucks serious balls' She repeated again, like a mantra.
But as much as they both hated being here with one another, they were both secretly glad that at least they weren't facing this alone. While it's true that they hated each other, they both had to admit that the other woman was good at what she did and having one another there could prove to be advantageous. Alison knew that Paige was strong and extremely protective of Emily. She knew that in a pinch she could use that to her benefit. And Paige knew that Alison was manipulative and knew how to get to people and that could come in handy when they confronted their captor. Neither girl voiced these thoughts because they were busy observing their surroundings. Both women were very perceptive and it wasn't long before one of them figured out a clue.
This wasn't the Dollhouse. At least, not the same Dollhouse. Paige noted the dampness before but it wasn't until they reached the rec room that she heard the rushing water. They weren't underground, they were in a cave behind a waterfall.
The voice instructed them to play. In front of them there was a table with a deck of cards. Paige picked them up, and shuffled them, dealing Alison and herself a hand. They silently played a round of poker with no incident. Then when Alison shuffled the cards and started to deal out her hand, the word 'cheater' flashed in lights behind her and smoke began to seep into the room from some small vents near the floor, as the din of an alarm filled up the room. Alison groaned and reached into her sleeve, pulling out the card she'd tried to pilfer and condescendingly throwing it onto the table. Paige shook her head, in disbelief at Alison's antics, just before she passed out from the smoke. She awoke back in her room an hour later, hungry, sore and cold. Not only did she have a splitting headache but the place she was hit felt like someone had tried to pry it open with a crowbar while she was sleeping. She rolled up into a ball and tried not to cry as Alison started to wake up from her own nap...