Trapped Like Rats

[layla]

(Set the next morning after An Unfriendly Reunion. Open To Layla and Musa for the first page or two and then open to any assassins coming to taunt/torture them.)

Layla woke up a little dazed as she saw Musa laying down a couple feet away from her. She tried to reach her but found she was shackled to a wall.

"The last thing I remember was fighting in that alley and being knocked out trying to save Bloom. Looks like the witches captured us. But did they get Bloom, Stella, and Flora too?" asked Layla, thinking out loud.

She hoped they got away somehow and had gotten back to the agency safely. She turned her attention back to Musa as she tried to nudge her foot on Musa's arm in an attempt to wake her.

"Musa. Wake up! Are you alright?" asked Layla.

[Musa]

Musa stirred slightly, her navy eyes opening before shutting them again tightly. Her head hurt like hell. Where was she? "Huh?" She asked getting up before realizing iron chains restrained her. "Where are we Layla?" She asked rubbing her head. Before long the events of the previous night came back to her. Icy, Stormy, Riven...all of it. Ugh, next time she saw hims he was going to smack him. Acting or not he was getting on her nerves. He stood there and watched them get the snot beat out of them.

"Oh yeah...we got our butts beaten by the witches." She looked around her, realizing it was only her and Layla. "Where are the others?"

[layla]

"Hopefully not here. We may have to wait for a rescue mission. I don't know about you but I'm still exhausted and they might have put a spell on us like they did to Flora. But even if we were at full strength we'd have to be experts at stealth or risk fighting the entire assasin agency. And I don't know if we'd last very long against all of them." said Layla.

She sighed, as she hoped Bloom and Stella had gotten away like Flora did.

"This may sound selfish but I'm glad you're here. I don't know if I could handle being here alone. Although I'd prefer if we were both back at Animation HQ, but at least we're together. " said Layla.

[Musa]

"I think they're safe, for now..." she said. "I can't remember what happened to them. After I hit the wall I passed out. Last I remember Bloom was okay, it's Stella I'm more worried about." She said, wondering what happened to her blonde friend. "It's fine." Musa said at Layla's comment shaking her head. She knew where Layla was coming from. Being trapped with a friend was better than being alone, as weird as it sounded.

"Besides, this is probably my fault anyways" She and the others had dragged Layla into their problems and now she was in danger. She also felt it was somehow her fault personally because of Riven. She didn't attack him and tried her best to make sure no one did. Stella got hurt because of it, and they were down a fairy.

[layla]

Layla shook her head. It wasn't just Musa's fault. They'd all been there. Perhaps if they had fled with Flora they could have avoioed all this. But she thought back to the fight. The witches seemed to have it in for Musa and the other fairies even Flora. They must have been enemies prior to last night. But what could have happened between them?

"It's not just your fault. We all wandered around the slums at night. So they're the ones who stole Bloom's powers and summoned the army of decay right? Then you guys stopped them and now they're out for revenge?" asked Layla.

[Musa]

Musa shook her head yes. "Yeah." She said. "I don't know how they got out of light rock, but they did and now they want to get back at us. And we dragged you into it, I'm sorry Layla." She said sadly. She just wanted to get out of here before the witches decided to finish them off. "Now who knows what they're going to do with us. Darcy already has a target glued to my back because of Riven, lord knows she'll use that against me. And Now stormy seems to have some personal vendetta aginst me too." she said.

"I just hope Bloom and the others can come and get us soon."