Because not Everything is as it Seems (Crystal)

[Light]

Serenity furrows her eyebrows, "Must be... sleeping gas." She grumbles relaxing onto the floor.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"Crap," Nora stated. "Now what?" She settled onto the floor, prefering not to fall if that gas worked fast.

[Light]

"Don't breathe too much and keep still." She replies holding her breath as she talks.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Nora nodded and breathed as little as she could. She started feeling light-headed real quickly, though.

[Light]

Serenity finally lets out a breath shaking her head out, "They've stopped the flow coming in, the effects should start soon."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"Who's doing this?" Nora asked, anger creeping into her voice. "And why?"

[Light]

"Dunno- they might be doing this to clean the cells while we're asleep." Serenity answers sleepily.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Nora hoped that was what was going on. It was a lot less worse than the things that had been going through her head.

[Light]

Serenity sighs a bit, "Just calm down and go to sleep- if they decide to kill us atleast you won't feel it."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"Great," Nora said sarcastically. She was not going to die before she got to marry Seth, not a chance.

[Light]

Serenity laughs a bit under he breath as she falls asleep.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Nora felt her eyelids drooping, and in a few seconds she was out.

[Light]

(Time Skip)

Serenity was laying beside Nora, drool on the side of her mouth as she twitched in her sleep. They had moved them in the same cell and removed the bonds on the younger girl.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Nora groaned as she blinked her eyes open. If she'd thought she was cold and stiff before, it was nothing compared to now. She was surprised to see Serenity beside her. When she saw the drool, her hand went to her own mouth just to make sure.

[Light]

Serenity's eyes fly open and she jumps up happily, "I'm FREE!" She rubs the side of her face frowning, "Man they went heavy on the drugs that time."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Nora frowned and glanced around the cell, trying to determine why they would have put them together. It wasn't like there weren't enough room down in the cells for other prisoners.

[Light]

Serenity's hand's start rubbing her wrists where the bonds were. "Now that I get a good look at you- your that much older than me are ya?"

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"I wouldn't think so," Nora said, studying her momentarily. "How old are you anyway? Sixteen? Seventeen?"

[Light]

"Seventeen," Serenity clarifies looking at the other female curiously, "What 'bout you?"

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"Nineteen," Nora responded. No way she would ever think of this girl as her daughter. A friend, maybe, or a little sister, but she was too close to her age to be a daughter.