She was afraid to touch anything. Everything around her had a grimy repulsive feel to it, so she sat perfectly still on the edge of the bed. She balled up her hands and held the sleeves of her dress against her palms and pushed against the bed to scoot herself back. The bed shook and swayed threatening to collapse. So she quick returned her hands to her lap and remained perfectly still, happy not to have to breathe.

“Are you comfortable, can I get you anything?” Asked Drain. He pushed the last of some liter into the corner with a broom leaving a trail of bristles.

“I’m fine,” she whispered.

He was watching her; she could feel his eyes on her even though she wasn’t looking at him. She rubbed her hands against her arms as if she were trying to warm herself, but she felt so disgusting from her burns and scars, that she didn’t want to be looked at.

She wanted to scream. She felt violated in every way, but she couldn’t even begin trying to explain that to Drain. He meant well when he gave her the rat to drink blood from. He even picked out the biggest and juiciest just for her. She choked down that course blood and forced herself not to throw it back up, but when he kept looking at her forcing her to smile it was almost too much to bare.

He took a big puff of his cigar and smiled at her. “Everything’s gonna be alright, you’ll see. Nothing bad can happen to you down here.”

“Thank you Drain,” she whispered. She just wanted to be alone.

She was glad for not having a reflection and she wondered if the burn scars would ever heal, or if she would be forced to live in the sewers forever.

Forever is such a long time.

At least she had some private time, Drain had gone to meet with Valek about something.

She slipped her dress off over her head and examined the brand mark on her hip. The symbol of the Carmillia hadn't healed yet. It still showed like a big scar she would never be able to hide. She ran her hand over the brand, it felt rough to touch and brought back the memory of being held down by 10 ghouls while one pressed the hot brand against her skin. She winched and covered herself up. Someone was watching her. She couldn't see them but she could feel their eyes on her.

She lay down and tried to get some sleep

(Great posting adrianna

(( oh yea everyone i have her in my haven... I am sucky ar writing posts so ill just jumpinto this one.))

Drain finnised with Valek He stopped at a flower shop on his way to back to check on Adrianna. The place was closed but that didn't stop him. He forced the door with his shoulder. The security camera was blinking. So Drain ripped it out of the wall. The first order of business was to find the recorder. With a passion that was new to him he tore the place up. Finelly coming to a small room in the office that had 2 vcrs recording the servalience cameras.
He tore them from the shelf and smashed them, and tood the tapes for himself.
Next he started looking for the biggest bunch of Flowers he could find. Sh sniffed around but he had a terable sence of smell. So he just grabbed as many of them as he could and left. when he was in the tunnells he spyed an old shopping cart. Drain then proceded to fill it with all sorts of goodies. He went back to get more. The sirens of the approaching police cars runied his seleting the right ones. So he just grabbed several more arrangements and the display case with the get well cards in it.

He sprinted back to the manhole cover.(leaving a trail of flower peddels and cards)
when safely in the sewers he started attempting to make a pretty arangement for his guest. He hurried home thinking he had done a great and wonderfull thing.


(( ok now Drain did not leave a trail all the way to his haven. and i do have a scapegote for the crime, i just have to go to work so i can't finnish now.))

(( ::has a feeling she's going to be the scapegoat ... lol ... ::

She stood in Gabriels office, having a conference about what to do with Adrianna's situation. Kiya sat there silently for a few moments, anger ripping through her at the fact that it seemed that everyone was too obsessed with themselves and not the well being of another.

"May I say something sir?" She looked at Gabriel.

"You may speak anytime you wish in my office Kiya."

She smiled slightly. "I'm extremely displeased with the living arrangments of Adrianna. For her to be living with a male of any kind is insane."

"Kiya I spoke with you about this situation already." Valek seemed somewhat annoyed by the conversation being brought back up.

"Valek, I did my research, I'm the only one that has any idea what she may have gone through, and maybe Sorenti.

They both looked at her curious about what she meant by research. "I gave some files to Sorenti about this Jules guy months ago when she dissapeared, it obviously fell on deaf ears."

"Do you have copies of any of this?" Valek asked, arms crossed, staying mainly silent like always.

"I do have some copies back at my haven. If I'm going to do the research, I'm going to keep what I did." She almost laughed at the question.

"Would you be able to bring copies for Valek and I?" Gabriel looked at her. They seemed surprised to an extent that Kiya would actually know anything about the entire deal.

"It would be my pleasure sir." She smiled to him. She was determined to get Adrianna out of that situation as quickly as possible, and she was going to be sure that it happened.

Looking at the cities surveillance cameras he noticed a....."thing" in an office destroying some VCRs.
"What the......."he asked himself.

Soon nothing but static was left on the monitors.Matt then decided to go check it out.
When he arrived he herd sirens in the distance.As he was quickly walking away he noticed a small trail of flowers leading in to the sewers.He stood there and debated for a bit whether or not to go down but his curiosity got the better of him and he started down the ladder.

Drain pushed the cart down the sewers.. Squeaking his way along the tunnells. Thinking how to best deliver them. Reached into a crevice and pulled a unnoticeable lever, which opened a well construted doorway. He went inside and quickly closed the door. He called his ghoul Lathirous on his phone and told him to escort the woman to the enterance to the Zoo. then he quickly made his way there to intercept them.
(( i have my own hidden way into the zoo LOL))

-----------LATER-------------

Drain sat outside of the hatchway smoking a cigar and looking at the Reptile house. Thinking best how to deal with the whole Kiya mess. When the hatch way opened and Adrinna climbed out. looking dirty and unkempt.
"Hello my dear.. I don't wish you to feel like a prisoner, so i thought you may like to take a walk out. And i figureed that it has been a long time since you had the chance to just stroll around in the Cascaia Zoo." Said Drain.

:Adrianna smiled slowly looking like life had beaten her.
"I don't think i have ever been here before" She Replied.

"well there is a working shower over in that building if you woild care to get cleaned up. I know my accomidations are not quite what you are accustomed to what you are accoustomed to." Drain said with a strange and sad look in his face.
"Thank you" The lasambra replied." i think i will get cleaned up. and then we will look around this place." :smiled
when she walked into the tool shed she was overwelmed with the smell of Flowers. There were bunched hung everywhere. and rose peddells strune all over the floor of the shower.

In the distance he could hear some squeeking of somesort of wheels.He tried his best to not loose the noise but it stop and could no longer be herd.Matt reached into a deep coat pocket and pulled out a pair of nightvision goggles.He kept looking around trying to find something,anything that would help him find out what had left the trail of flowers on the street and part way in the sewer and hopefully what that "thing" in the office was.Then there it was a lonely rose peddells off in the distance.It was the only one but better than nothing.Matt kept looking around and kept seeing nothing but sewer.

((Matt is now near the entrance to the zoo but hasn't got a clue that there's an entrance near him.))

"The Zoo!" It was the first time she felt like laughing since returning to cascadia. She always loved the zoo as a little girl, but hadn't been since... since... She thought of Jules and her smile fadded. She felt so out of place. Why did he pick her to be a vampire? what did she have that other people didn't? None of it made sense.

Still, She looked at the flowers all around her and breathed them in. Drain is a sweety she thought. He prolly put on this whole seduction scene just to catch her naked in the shower.

She felt her hands shaking for a moment. She din't feel like being watched, but her professionalism kicked in just as quick and she steadied herself.

As long as he just looked and din't touch she could play his little game, but it was prolly gonna gross him out to see her burns, they hadn't healed as fast as she hoped. oh well, she could only wished she had some music to perform to.




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[ This Message was edited by: Adrianna on 2001-12-19 11:20 ]

(( ok you are in my house now boy))
Squeaking was heard from all around. loud sqeaking, and scratching claws. From behind MATT came 6 of the biggest damned rats he had ever seen. He started running the other way as fast as he could. The Rats were chaseing him as fast as he could run. Up ahead he saw more sets of eyes. He was trapped.

Lathirous was walking with down the tunnell and listening to the sounds. The Rats must have found something. He immedately went to investigate. He came to the secret door and opend it slightly. only to see the Rats run past chaseing something. One stopped and sniffed him for an instant before continueing on its hunt. The Ghoul unholstered his semi auto and flowwed at a discreat distance.

(( there is more but i would like to see how you escape from this first))

Drain sat outside watching the only enterance to the building. It was safe enouth to let her alone for a few.

She finally came out Wet and looking much better. Drain began walking around the zoo showing off the animals and in general acting like a tour guide. The animals were going crazy in their cages chirping and howling at the two figures of Death walking just outside thier cages. Drain started asking about her time in LA and who it was that caused her so much pain. Why was it that she was returned? and if she really wanted to stay here in cascadia.

It felt good to be clean, almost good enough to forget all about LA. But she couldn’t get over feeling uncomfortable. She found herself walking with her head down, her arms across her chest and her shoulders hunched forward. She felt herself forcing smiles so that she din’t hurt Drains feelings. He had gone to so much trouble to do all this. The flowers, the shower, the zoo, it left her wondering why.

Drain had never made her feel like this before and she couldn’t place what was wrong now. She just didn’t understand what he wanted from her.

“So,” he said looking her straight in the eyes. She continued looking at the pavement waiting for the big declaration to come out.

“Are you glad to back in Cascadia?” he asked.

And that was not at all what she was expecting, but she still wasn’t sure what he was getting at. Of course she was happy to be back in Cascadia, but she was still a prisoner. And if he asked what happened to her and who did it, what then? How could she say it was the Carmillia that did these things, that to some vamps she represented the Sabbat. Evil little vampy Adrianna, god the thought of her being evil made her want to scream. She really was just helping that little boy find his mother. She would have never hurt him. She felt like crying but she swallowed and forced another smile.

“yes I’m glad to be back.”

he seemed delighted with her answer. “oh, how was LA. Anyway, it’s been so long since I’ve been there.

“Entirely too sunny” she said.


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[ This Message was edited by: adrianna on 2001-12-19 20:37 ]

He walked next to her knowing full well that the smile she wore was false. But the fact that she was attempting to please him comfortated him. Drain let her contimplate all of her asnwers befor going on to the nsxt line of questions.

"You do know that i am here not only as your Guard but also as your Friend. A term that i do not use litely. But with the recent attacks against the city by the sabbat and the know fact that LA is been a nest of Sabbat for a long long time. I am here to protect the city against any futrure attacks. So my line of questioning may at times be harsh, and my reactions maynot please you but do take it into concideration that I am doing my job." Drain said

Adrinna nodded slowly. and continued to listen to him.

He continued to talk."I need to know all about the one called Jules. and why he wanted you back so badly."

(( topping

Friends, she thought. The smile was real this time.

She touched his arm with her hand, "I will tell you what ever you want to know..." she paused and bit her lip.

"tonight can we just be friends at the zoo... I don't want to think about me or vampires right now."