Stirring again Lucia tries to move again, her vision returning she looks over and sees Evelyn, laying in the fetal position, writhing in pain, she gets on her knees and stands up, finding she’s bound in chains she tries to tap into her power to melt the metal but instead feels the familiar pain when she is cut off by a breaker, she tries again, pushing even harder, nothing, the pain lancing up her back again, her nose starts bleeding, she gives up, then someone speaks behind her, chills running down her spine, a voice she thought she’d never hear again, a voice of one of the only 2 people she ever feared. She feels sick and doubles over vomiting.

Rodrigo says to her “Reina, welcome home and don’t worry about the little piggy over there, she’s currently enjoying a treat of Rune Dust, funny thing with it, normal folks they get the most exquisite high for hours, freaks like her? Just a fuck ton of pain and a loss of control of her powers and by extension.” He emphasises the next word with a lot of venom in his voice “yours”.

He continues “You know Castor and I were lucky you didn’t manage to kill Doc Shaw on your little rampage out of here all those years ago, he managed to keep us going and with some upgrades, we’re still kicking today and with how nicely technology has progressed, we actually look human again, you on other hand still look like a freak”

As he finishes Castor walks in holding a ripper knife and a electro whip. Walking toward her he starts to monologue “You know, never in my wildest, most fever ridden wish dreams since that day did I ever expect to see you again Queen, and here you are, delivered to me on a silver platter, oh I am going to enjoy this, no one knows where you are, your weapons are gone and your friend over there? She cannot help you, with the amount of Rune Dust in her? She’ll keep you powerless for the next week. Oh don’t worry she’ll survive, she’s just gonna be the biggest fucking junkie this side of the Tears, the pain will be a secondary concern but you? Oh I have plans for you, by the time I am done you will be that same scared little agreeable girl you were before you became queen bitch of the verse, you are going to beg me to end it.”

As he ends talking he picks up the chains and yanks her forward, as she stumbles forward he hits her in the stomach with his knee, she gasps, her eyes go wide and drops due to the pain. He lifts her again, revs the knife and cuts her jacket and shirt apart.

He remarks “So you’re still marked.”

He’s too close now, she lashes out and head butts him, breaking his nose, she drops low and sweeps his legs, and places her foot on his throat and starts to apply pressure and starts to choke him as she says “Too close…”

Rodrigo now closes with the electro whip and strikes on her legs, she falls to the ground crying out in pain, Castor getting up again, kicks her against the head, she passes out from the blow.

Castor saying to him “She’s tougher than I remember, certainly hits harder than I remember.”

Rodrigo replies “And the pig over there? She’ll be coming off the effects soon.”

Castor replies “Watch her and dose her again when the needed, I need Reina under control.”

Rodrigo replies “Gotcha boss.”

As Castor leaves, Rodrigo walks over to Evelyn and injects her again, she screams in agony as the fresh dose of the drug enters her blood stream, eventually she passes out, her body unable to deal with the constant pain.

Rodrigo looks over at Lucia and thinks “I don’t know what Castor has planned for you, but it is not going to be pretty.”

Dreaming again a nightmare this time, dreams of fire, dreams of falling, dreams of destruction, running through a destroyed city scape she enter s clearing, she grips her weapon tightly, movement behind her, she turns and fires, missed, next moment the figure is on top of her fighting back she’s fighting herself, her own doubts and fears, the figure speaks to her “You’re too weak you know, you gave up something all those years ago”

The fighting continues her doubts becoming too much and then the figure vanishes leaving her with one last chilling thought “You are going to die in here”

The dream ends but she’s still unconscious. Drifting, lost in darkness.