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Ivy opened her eyes to a blurry room Where am I? _She thought. She tried moving her head around to check her surroundings, but all she could feel was a jarring pain in the back of her head. "God, what the hell happened?! My head feels ready to explode. Was I hit with a hammer or something?" She muttered to herself, still trying to recollect her memory of how she got here. _That's right. I was kidnapped... she recalled as flash backs from the rainy night poured into her mind. She pulled herself from the memories as she began to hear something... somewhere in the room moving about. Not quiet footsteps, but definitely moving. She tried using only her eyes to glance around the room, but the only thing there was to see was a small light bulb dangling from a cord, the bed to which she was tied down to, and worst of all the shuffling mass of blackness coming toward her.

Out of the shadows came a deep, monotone voice "Well my dear, you are close. It was a mallet that I hit you with, but I suppose in the end the product is the same."

The figure kept moving closer and closer into the small circle of light casted around Ivy. Finally, she could see the body the voice had came from. It was a tall, white snake with milky colored eyes that lacked a pupil. He had scales missing all over his body. This snake was ancient by all means. He slithered toward the chair Ivy was being kept in. He bent down, flicked his tongue in Ivy's face and said "My my my, you smell appetizing. I could swallow you whole in a matter of minutes. You're just lucky I'm still full from my last meal." The snake smirked and gestured with his head to the lower portion of his body. A thick lump in his body rose out of no where. It pulsated, and every so often gave a faint wiggle.

Ivy narrowed her eyes at the snake and spat "You're a sick bastard you know that?"

The snake let out a loud laugh that echoed the room " Ah, a feisty one are we? Rhys will love that in you, I for one find it rather unattractive in a lady. You are a lucky one my dear." The snake said calmly as he pulled a chair toward him with his tail. " If it were I who had you as a prize, well we both know where you would be." He once again gestured toward the lump " But, since you are Rhys' new... pet shall I say? You will be given the opportunity to live."

Ivy lifted her head to the best of her current ability and stared down the snake. " I will NEVER be anyone's pet. You got that you cold blooded prick?!"

The snake let out another echoing laugh. "Cold blooded maybe, but I promise my dear I am as far from "prick" as they come. I pride myself on being a gentleman among gentlemen. I..."

Ivy cut him off " If you are such a gentleman why did you hit me in the back of the head with a freaking mallet huh?"

The snake cut his eyes at her " It is rude to interrupt girl." the snake sighed and continued " I suppose I have been rather rude my dear. I don't believe I have even introduced myself."

"What does it matter if I know who you are?"

The snaked flicked his tongue in amusement. " Well love, the more you know about thine enemy the better you will be fit to survive. Now, my name is Milo D'stretous. What is yours?"

"I'm Ivy."

"and your surname dear?" Milo quizzed

"I.... I don't know." Ivy glanced away from the snake.

" How does one not know their own name?"

" My parents were killed when I was very young. Young enough that I didn't even know I had more than one name. Someone broke into our house and killed them. I guess they didn't notice me there and I managed to escape. I ran as far as I could, and from then on I've been an orphan."

"That is positively dreadful love. Sounds like you have had a rough life Miss. Ivy."

"It's been rough, but not too bad. I learned to live on the streets, or in the forest."

"I see. That explains how you managed to get away from us for such a long time."

"Why do you want me anyways?"

The snake smiled and said " Rhys and I are apart of an organization trying to turn over this corrupt government controlling all of us. A while back ago Rhys and I were on a mission to scout out a government party and collect some information on the subjects at hand. We not only got information, but were able to successfully capture one of the subjects." The snake once again nodded toward the lump. " Because of this. Our leader let both of us have one prize. I of course chose the lovely meal you see before you. After we finished collecting all of the information from our subject we needed a way to dispose of him. Naturally, that's where I come in. As for Rhys, we had to go out and collect his "prize" for him. Our leader has his ways of making people seem to never have existed before, so with that kind of power Rhys could have anyone in the world her wanted."

"Okay so I'm some kind of prize, I get that, but why does he want me?"

"Rhys is an odd fellow. He likes collecting young ladies and... dolling them up so to speak."

" Oh so he has his own harem huh?"

The snake laughed " More or less, but I will warn you my dear. Rhys is known to have a temper. If one of his girls isn't doing what he wants he will end their life. I may be considered one of the deadliest breed of snakes in the world, but my venom is no where near as potent as Rhys' anger."

"I see.." Ivy's voice trailed off.

" Though, he tends to go for the more girly girls, I've seen many girls come and go, but none like you."

"I thought you were blind. How can you see?"

Milo chuckled " I may be blind, but I am a snake after all love. I can sense heat signatures, and from there I can make out facial features, as well as body types and so on."

"I understand."

Milo sighed and stood " I suppose I will let you be for now. You will need your rest. Rhys likes to start his day's a tad later than most. It is 7:00 in the morning now, he will be here to fetch you around 1:00 or 2:00 later this afternoon. I do implore that you take my advice my dear. You will need as much strength as you can muster for what he may have in store for you." he began to walk back into the shadows away from Ivy.

"Thank you for the information Milo. I will try to rest as much as I can, but I do have one question for you though."

The old snake turned toward the weak fox " what is that my dear?"

" You seem like such a nice well mannered person. Why would you be up to something so evil?"

" Well... We all do what we can to save the ones we love. Sometimes that is running away and working undercover, and for other's that's hiding away from them all together. I am both of those at the same time. I will not bore you with that story though, it is not the time for such dreadful tales."

" I see."

"Sleep well young lady."

With that Milo sunk back into the shadows of the room, and Ivy once again closed her eyes and welcomed the sweet embrace of sleep. She didn't have a single clue of what lay ahead for her, but how could anyone?