So that was a no, then? Elissa didn't think that Lynx's words suggested it was a yes, but she had no idea what these people were like. Besides murderers, you mean, her mind added, making her think back to that horrid night again. Thinking about that and not being able to do anything was its own kind of torture.
Fox sighed. "So that's a no?" He asked, leaning his head on Lynx's shoulder.
Lynx nodded a little bit. "Yeah, you fucking idiot, it's a no for now." He held Fox close.
Elissa was getting slightly annoyed by the boys now, even though there was no logical reason for her to. It just wasn’t fair that they got to be together when her grandma was dead because of them. It wasn’t fair because she hadn’t seen her father since the day before and might never get to see him.
They stayed cuddled up for a while, Fox leaning into Lynx as the two spoke quietly. Lynx's scars made it difficult for that side of his face to move correctly, and it twitched a little bit as he spoke.
Elissa had given up on trying to get any information a while ago, having started thinking about her grandmother again. She didn’t realize the two were even still talking until several minutes later because she was so deep in thought.
Lynx reluctantly pulled away. "I have to go. We'll work on getting you out, dumbass." he kissed Fox's forehead, slipping out of the cell and shaking his head. Fox nodded, watching him go with a slightly forlorn look on his face.
Elissa finally snapped back to reality, watching Lynx leave. Well, at least he had been allowed to talk to Fox, so that was good for him, right? But what did she care? She was just a lonely little girl trapped in the belly of a beast.
Fox let out a breath as the door closed, sitting down and closing his eyes, shaking his head a little bit.
Elissa sighed, still unsure whether she was angry or sad. She didn’t know why she thought keeping a thin sliver of the mask of control even mattered anymore. It wasn’t as if there was anything she could do.
Fox glanced over at her for a moment, shaking his head slightly, then closed his eyes, tilting his head to the ceiling.
“What happened?” Elissa asked after a moment. She might as well try and understand the powers at play here.
"Um. Be specific, and I can answer that." Fox replied, opening his eyes to look over at her.
“Specific? Okay, then,” Elissa responded. “What did Wolf tell him?”
"Basically that I can't be allowed out for…a good while." he replied.
“Oh,” Elissa responded. “So it seems we’re stuck here together for a while, then.”
He laughed a little bit, slightly bitter. "Yeah, we are. And I still don't know why the fuck Dmitri thought it was a good idea to bring you."
“I don’t know why either, to be completely honest,” Elissa added, scrunching her eyebrows in confusion. “Have you guys ever kidnapped someone before, or am I the first one to have the honor?”
"Ehhhh…" he rubbed the back of his neck. "You're hardly the first, just the first with– no offense –with no real value." he replied, wrinkling his nose a little. "We can't really ransom you, we can't use you to press an advantage, we can't do…anything with you."
"Then why kidnap me?" Elissa asked, not caring about the value comment. Okay, not caring about it much. "What's the point, if you can't do anything with me?"
"I don't know!" Fox replied, shaking his head. "That was all Dmitri's choice, not mine." he ran a hand through his hair.
Elissa sighed, twirling a lock of hair around her finger. “Maybe he has something in mind,” she muttered. “Though I can’t imagine what. Any chance he suddenly developed a heart and couldn’t bear to kill an innocent girl?”
Fox snorted. "What, the Wolf, have a heart? No." he replied, shaking his head and seeming amused by the idea. "More likely, you caught his interest in some way."
Elissa’s stomach lurched, unsure she wanted to know the answer as she asked, “And what way do you think I caught his interest?” Any response seemed bad, from wanting to recruit to to using her as an example to wanting her merely because she was pretty.
Fox blinked. "Well, you put up a good fight, so that'd be why. Don't worry though, he isn't really the type to do anything to you. Not…well, not sex, if that's what you're worried about."
Elissa pursed her lips. “Well, I guess that’s a relief, though I can’t say that being here for any reason would be good,” she admitted. “So what do you think is going to happen to me?”