Paris, France

Tears are starting to come to Raven's eyes, but she does her best to hide it.  "I don't know what to do..."

"I'll tell you what, we're going to get you healed up, we're going to go to the mansion and kick some DE ass!

"And HOW am I supposed to do that when I can't use magic?!  Sure, I know martial arts, but that's only good for a quick escape plan!!"

"Well that's exactly what we do then! I go in, cause some trouble, he goes to stop me and while he's distracted, you go Jacky Chan on his ass!"

Raven sighs, "I don't know...  There's a great chance that we'll get caught..."

"Never stopped us before..."

After a few minutes, Raven just finally passes out from all that anger, rage, fury, and frustration that she was feeling, not to mention the injuries that she still has.

OOC Archibald: "Huh, that was easy..." *picks up Raven and runs*

IC

Topher lays her down on the floor, as the warehouse had no adequate bedding or furnishing.

After a long, long time, Raven finally comes to, rubbing her head.

Topher was not in sight, but a note was left on the table, 'Gettin' food, make yourself at home, just don't go into Joachim's pod, you probably wouldn't like it.."

Raven reads the note and sighs, sitting up, trying to get her thoughts together.

Topher comes back in with some food, "Hye Ray... feeling any better?"

"I guess so..."

"Good, here..." He hands her a bag with pastries, "I didn't know which ones you liked so I got all of them..." Topher chuckled.

Raven takes the bag, looking at it, thinking. "Thank you..." She doesn't want to admit that she's touched.

Topher picked out a chocolate doughnut from the bag and started eating it. "You sleep good?"

Raven just picks something random out.  "I'd sleep better if Archibald was dead..."

"Do you just wake up and just instantly start planning someone's doom?"

"When someone is out to enslave me, YES!!"  She scowls, "What would YOU do in MY situation, Topher?  You don't seem to understand how severe this is!"

"Well yeah... I don't know, you're right I'm not in your shoes..."

"Sorry for making light of it.."

"Thank you!"  She sighs, trying to calm down a bit.  "Topher, as far as my knowledge goes, you've never been enslaved.  It's Hell.  It's more Hell than living on the streets.  Knowing you'll get punished or beaten, even if you do something completely right. Having to sleep in a cold, dark, dirty room.  Getting fed just enough so you'll stay alive the next day.  Not having the freedom to do anything."  The insane, Crouch-like beast has disappeared from Raven for the time, replaced by a tortured human being.  "I don't want to go through that again, Topher.  I don't want to lose my will and freedom to someone else ever again."

OOC http://smilingldsgirl.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/hypocrisy.jpg

IC

"Yeah... okay then, let's go do this then.."

Raven nods, "Thank you, Topher... Really..."  True sincerity lies in her eyes.

"Hey! Don't mention it!" He smiled at her and gave her a thumbs up.

Raven smiles a little, looking like her old self back before Crouch corrupted her mind.