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on the porch, she was also commando. Agent’s shirts usually doubled as their bra support and Dani didn’t need a whole lot in that area, always having been a lean girl, and her panties were strung up to dry. At least she could yank them down in the morning, the other items would take longer to dry.
Deciding to get one more drink of water, Dani made her way to the sparse kitchen. Not much different than his bedroom and bathroom, the kitchen contained little, only what was necessary, if that. On the way back to the bedroom, she glanced out the window to see the large sleeping form stretched out on his side in front of the door. His back to the door, his front facing out, ready to take on any danger that might threaten his place. If Mercury knew what filled in the blanks in her backstory, he would be facing the door instead.
Ignoring the anxiety at the when, not if, scenario of the Guardians learning she hadn’t been a prisoner, Dani crawled into bed glad she didn’t know where the light switch was. They dimmed slightly once she settled under the minimal bedding. Freaky. Mercury must’ve done that mind magic that his kind could perform. What would it be like to manipulate things with her mind? Recalling the two events from earlier in the evening when her wishes came true, maybe she already had an idea.
Before she could get much farther, sleep claimed her.
“ Dad!” Dani screamed.
Deep, male laughter that left an evil taint in the air came from the brute to her left. Another one, dressed similar, like homeless thugs with lank, greasy hair stood to her right. She clutched her mother as they huddled together.
A third male, similar looking, was beating her dad. A constant dinging could be heard from the family’s car where the door had been left open when her father had gotten out to check their suddenly flat tire. Her dad had been shot in the leg as soon as he stepped out, and while Dani and her mom screamed, they were all dragged onto the road where the women were forced to watch, with terrified incomprehension, as a fanged male with what looked like clawed fingers beat her father.
Dani was glad her mother got 9-1-1 dialed as soon as they had car trouble in the middle of nowhere. Now Dani just prayed for cell reception and a thorough cop who would decide to follow up on the dropped call.
When her father’s body went completely limp, the creature pulled out his gun and pointed it as her dad’s head. Seeing the writing on the wall and taking advantage of the other two’s rapt fascination with impending death, Dani’s mom spun, taking Dani with her and ducked between the two males.
“ Run!” she cried.
And they did. Darting around the car to gain a distance advantage on their captors, they flew down the ditch into the surrounding trees. Relief flooded Dani when she heard distant sirens wailing, though they were still a ways off on the desolate highway.
“ Kill ‘em if we can’t play with ‘em,” one snarled not far behind her.
Bullets started hitting dirt around her. One male, baring his fangs was fast approaching on her side, his gun, pointed at her torso. He was so close, there was no way he’d miss.
Dani was shoved to the side, her mom turning her body to cover as much of her daughter as she could when the next shot rang out.
Dani was taken down to into the brush with her mother’s falling body weight.
“ Mom!”
“Fuck! Daniella!”
She came to in the stark, white room. A breeze wafting over her skin. Looking down the length of her naked torso, she found her feet in stirrups, and Agent T between her knees.
“Ow! Shit, Daniella!”
He had her pinned, her wrists manacled in his hand, she couldn’t move. His weight was crushing her. Agent T came back to finish what he had started.
“Daniella! Wake up!”
With a gasp, Dani’s eyes flew open. Her wrists were caught up in Mercury’s hands, his grip already loosening as he gauged her alertness. But he still held on, from the red claw
Deciding to get one more drink of water, Dani made her way to the sparse kitchen. Not much different than his bedroom and bathroom, the kitchen contained little, only what was necessary, if that. On the way back to the bedroom, she glanced out the window to see the large sleeping form stretched out on his side in front of the door. His back to the door, his front facing out, ready to take on any danger that might threaten his place. If Mercury knew what filled in the blanks in her backstory, he would be facing the door instead.
Ignoring the anxiety at the when, not if, scenario of the Guardians learning she hadn’t been a prisoner, Dani crawled into bed glad she didn’t know where the light switch was. They dimmed slightly once she settled under the minimal bedding. Freaky. Mercury must’ve done that mind magic that his kind could perform. What would it be like to manipulate things with her mind? Recalling the two events from earlier in the evening when her wishes came true, maybe she already had an idea.
Before she could get much farther, sleep claimed her.
“ Dad!” Dani screamed.
Deep, male laughter that left an evil taint in the air came from the brute to her left. Another one, dressed similar, like homeless thugs with lank, greasy hair stood to her right. She clutched her mother as they huddled together.
A third male, similar looking, was beating her dad. A constant dinging could be heard from the family’s car where the door had been left open when her father had gotten out to check their suddenly flat tire. Her dad had been shot in the leg as soon as he stepped out, and while Dani and her mom screamed, they were all dragged onto the road where the women were forced to watch, with terrified incomprehension, as a fanged male with what looked like clawed fingers beat her father.
Dani was glad her mother got 9-1-1 dialed as soon as they had car trouble in the middle of nowhere. Now Dani just prayed for cell reception and a thorough cop who would decide to follow up on the dropped call.
When her father’s body went completely limp, the creature pulled out his gun and pointed it as her dad’s head. Seeing the writing on the wall and taking advantage of the other two’s rapt fascination with impending death, Dani’s mom spun, taking Dani with her and ducked between the two males.
“ Run!” she cried.
And they did. Darting around the car to gain a distance advantage on their captors, they flew down the ditch into the surrounding trees. Relief flooded Dani when she heard distant sirens wailing, though they were still a ways off on the desolate highway.
“ Kill ‘em if we can’t play with ‘em,” one snarled not far behind her.
Bullets started hitting dirt around her. One male, baring his fangs was fast approaching on her side, his gun, pointed at her torso. He was so close, there was no way he’d miss.
Dani was shoved to the side, her mom turning her body to cover as much of her daughter as she could when the next shot rang out.
Dani was taken down to into the brush with her mother’s falling body weight.
“ Mom!”
“Fuck! Daniella!”
She came to in the stark, white room. A breeze wafting over her skin. Looking down the length of her naked torso, she found her feet in stirrups, and Agent T between her knees.
“Ow! Shit, Daniella!”
He had her pinned, her wrists manacled in his hand, she couldn’t move. His weight was crushing her. Agent T came back to finish what he had started.
“Daniella! Wake up!”
With a gasp, Dani’s eyes flew open. Her wrists were caught up in Mercury’s hands, his grip already loosening as he gauged her alertness. But he still held on, from the red claw
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