Sweet Girl

“Oh no no no no no…” I watched in fear as she trembled, her small frame shaking. She was just on the other side of the room. I could see her so clearly, and as relieved as the sight made me it also broke my heart. “Vivi-Anne please” She didn’t hear me. Maybe the sound reached her ears but I could see it in her face, she didn’t process it. I ran as fast as I could too her, the pain in my sprained ankle feeling like nothing. I owed it to Lazerbeam to save his daughter, no matter what.

“Please, Vivi, listen” the moment I got close to her she began to squirm. Thrashing, kicking, screaming. It broke my heart. Poor girl didn’t deserve this. She had no business being roped into her and father and I’s secrets. Especially not like this.

I kneel down before her, reaching out to hold her. “No! Stop!” Her voice was desperate, shaky. She backed as close as she could to the wall behind her, and as far as she could from me. “Vivi-Anne… please, I’m just trying to help you.”

She shook her head. She didn’t believe me. She curled into a tiny ball and hid her face in her knees. “Vivi… please.” I searched desperately for something, anything, I could do to help the poor girl. Before finally, with no other foreseeable option, I took off my mask.

“Vivi, please. It’s just me.” She looked up at me, her teary eyes widening with suprise and recognition. “U-uncle..?” I forced a smile. “Yes, sweet girl. It’s me.” She smiled, a hopeful relieved smile.

“I’m going to get you out of here,” I grabbed the chains of her handcuffs “Do you trust me?” She nodded. I smiled, just a second ago this poor girl couldn’t even bare to look in my eyes. It warmed my heart how much she trusts me.

I yanked the chain, successfully breaking it. I opened my arms up and Vivi-Anne jumped into them, nuzzling into my neck. “I’ve got you, sweet girl.”

I looked down at the chains constraining her ankles to the wall. My hands ached from the strain I had already placed them on. That didn’t matter. What mattered is getting Vivi-Anne out of here. I yanked the chains out of the wall. The cuffs will have to stay on her ankles till it I can get her somewhere safe. Her dad’s laser powers are probably the safest way to get them off her without breaking something.

“Let’s get you out of here.”