"You jerk!" I spoke as I slapped Jace on the face. Hard. Danielle snorted. 

"Nice one." She murmured. 

"Oh, Dillan!" Valencia purred from the door. "I've been expecting you." She swiped her hand towards me and I didn't have time to react as the syringe plunged into my neck. I snarled at her, and tried to stay awake as hard as I possibly could. I hit the ground hard, and all I could see was a blinding whiteness that latched onto me and no matter how hard I tried, it just wouldn't let go.

*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

"Get up!" Valencia hissed into my ear. I curled back, not wanting to touch her. T Ome, she was the living version of Evil, and Evil  should be her name. 

I straightened myself out and looked around with a sense of dread curling around me. This was the place that will forever haunt my dreams. The fire. My fire. The death trap. 

"What do you want, Evil?" I sighed as I slapped her hand away from my face. Yup, that would be her new name. I wasn't going to call her Valencia, that would be too nice.

"Just a few.....tests." She spoke boldly. "Maybe an operation or two but, nothing too bad." She ran out of the room quickly, not bothering to explain why I was even here in the first place. Tests? Trials of death. Operations? Suicide. Plus, how the heck did she expect me to get up in the first place? My leg was gone. But, as I looked around at the room, I understood. I was stronger now. I could get up and hop using the pipes. Hopefully.

This was a test, and I was sure I wouldn't let her win. I dragged myself up to the beam  and hoisted myself up. As soon as I reached the doorway, I was greeted by a scared looking Valencia holding Danielle in some sort of headlock with a gun shaking as it rested messily on her head. I couldn't help it, I laughed until I fell and then I laughed some more. Danielle could easily get out of that hold, she just chose not to. 

Danielle swiftly elbowed Valencia in the ribs before she grabbed the gun and put Valencia in the same position. "Man, that was uncomfortable. Much better!" She said as she smirked at an absolutely terrified Valencia. "Now, can Dillan and I leave, or are we stuck here? It's so stuffy and frankly, I hate you already so....yeah...." 

"Fine!" Valencia screeched. "Just don't kill me!" 

"Mkay!" Danielle released her instantly. "Let's go, Dillan!"

We walked-er, she walked and I hopped- out of the front door, just like that. 

"What are we going to do with your leg?" She asked as I struggled down the road causing many people to stare. At least Danielle was there to help me move. 

"That's a semi-easy fix. Go down the road to the Helderhart Cemetery. That's where my brother, Mike was buried. I hid an extra prosthetic leg there in case."

"I'm case of what?"Danielle laughed. 

"I didn't exactly know at the time but, I'm sure glad of it right now!"