I screamed but no one hear me, I felt the cold burn of a blade slicing down my shoulder. Usually they wanted me unharmed, guess these guys must be new to the whole kidnapping thing.

The man in front of me twisted the knife into shoulder. I couldn't see his face because of a ski mask, damn when I find out who this guy is he will see what pain is. I gritted my teeth. No I have to be strong. Can't show them pain. Fear. Helplessness. Or I will die I'll become what They want me to be.

I smirked though the pain "So what's your name stupid, you haven't kidnapped me before?"

"No talkin"

Really that's all I get time to crake up my natural ability to get people to hate me. Maybe if he gets angry enough he'll make a mistake, and I can escape.

I leaned in looking around the dark room, a celler if I had to guess. There was a door, I could make out though the gloom. I could see dark stains on the walls. Blood....

I looked at the guard like we were sharing secrets. "Come on you gotta give me something I mean all I know is you work for them, and your dumb as a rock I mean it's like taking to a wall."

He backhands me, my head snapping  back. Brightstar bursts flash in my eyes. My lip busts I can feel the bruise already on my jaw. I spit a wad of blood on his shoe.

"Please you call that a hit, I've been hit by two bit cronies like you before except they know how to put some power behind it." I tell him. I just don't know when to quit.

He punches me in the gut. Ripped the knife from my shoulder and stabs me.

1 time.  2. Then 3. And 4.  He stabbed me so many times I lose count. I gasp, and scream again, loud and wild.

My head starts spinning from blood loss. "oh a little angry I see." I gasp out spots crowding my vision.

"I've been though worse than this, you really think some second rate lackey who was put on detail to watch a chained 13 year old girl could throw a tantrum and make me brake please." I'm really not feeling well now, I start laughing anyway.

But my words get to him, his eyes flash, he whips back and punches me harder, my nose starts to bleed gushing down my face. He grabs my torn shirt pulling me forward making the chains dig into my wrists and neck. The metal collar making my neck burn.
I just laugh harder "I've been kidnapped by these guys before and guys a lot worse. I've escaped every freakin time. I'll get out sooner or later, and I'll remember this little talk." I pause letting that sink in, "Got all that ski mask, or are you just too stupid."

I need to learn to keep my mouth shut. Because I could see the cold hatred in his eyes. He slammed me into the wall hard. That was the last thing my eyes saw I as darkness closed in.

Next thing I heard was a gunshot. I opened my eyes there was a lump on the ground. I struggled for my eyes to focus.

It was ski mask. He was laying on the ground a puddle forming around him.

A figure stood above him. A voice hissed in my ear, I jumped there was a boy next to me. A boy with gold and red eyes, evil eyes. He said something. Something about the guard not supposed to hurt me, and that he had to be punished, then he mumbled something.  He said it again louder so I heard it.

"Your ours again, you always will be. Even if you get away we'll hunt you down again, for what you did. Nightshade you belong to us now." he laughed long and cold. They were here in front of me now, standing, harsh laughter swirling around me.

The younger one grabbed a needle, and stabbed it into my leg. They injected something, a drug probably, I had to get loose now!  I started to burn, I felt my skin burning feeling like it was being dipped in acid! I tried to brake free, I was screaming!  It hurt, the pain I had to get free.

Free from the pain, their laughter, them, and those eyes the amber eyes with glints of red.

I woke up screaming. I hadn't relived that night in so long.

I felt tears rolling down my face I cried long and hard before I could think again. 

There out there. Its been two days since he texted me. I still haven't told any one. And I won't I thought fiercely.

He's going to keep his promise, the voice in my head chanted.

I will never be free, I can run but I can't hide.

At least that wasn't the night I was most afraid of,  the first time I escaped,  broke the older ones nose. I was there longer the second time, but it was the last time that-

No no stop that thought.... You can't think about that, I told myself that will not happen again,  never again.

I turned over reading the clock and sighed it was 3 in the morning. I hope no one heard me scream, I can't tell them. The Team can't know, I can't tell anyone about this, this is my problem, my night terrors, my kidnapping stalker psychopaths that I have to deal with.

Ha you know a couple years back I would have punched the person that told me I'd get kidnapped and stalked, then shove them in a Looney bin. But I didn't have the birds of prey back then. They helped me loosen up I'm glad to have them. And the Team,  I barely met them but I'm already would give my life for any of them. Kind M'gann, wise Kaldur, silent Connor, funny Wally, and whelmed Dick.

I sigh shook my self before I got caught up sitting here thinking. I looked at my choices.

A) I could try to sleep B) I could go watch TV C) I could go on a shift.

The choice was easy I shrugged on shorts and a hoodie on, and didn't bother with my shoes. I crept outside feeling the cool Maine air. Looking back on the night I just relived I felt almost safe.

I still didn't feel good. The terror kept haunting me. I moved my hoodie off my shoulder and looked at the long jagged scar running down my collar bone. I knew all my scars were still there, from that night and others.

I decided to shift and go hunting on Happy Harbor's coast, maybe roam around Mount Justice a bit. I changed into a wolf, feeling the pops, and cracks, bending, and shrinking before I'm down on all fours.

I ran, ran around the mountain, the coast, though the ocean. When I ran I felt better, my thoughts not as tangled around Them.

I shifted for hours, into a eagle, horse, dog,bagger, cat, dolphin, bird, snake, lion, a few others. I talked to the animals, I let myself go I felt better, not exactly good but better than I had since I woke up. I shifted back into myself and watched the sun rise, knowing it was time to head back.

I stood up, and brushed myself off. Started to walk back up the mountain. Readying myself for questions about what I was doing.

But my mind wandered back to questions it had been asking since I woke up. It thinking off the texts. But the unanswered questions bothered me and I wish I had the answers

Where were They? How did They get my number? What were They up too?