The doctor smiled, amused. He shook his head turned around, and walked off, not a care in the world. She definitely could not take him, especially in her condition, but Dr. Matthews didn't care. Maybe she actually would get out and something interesting would happen for once.
Nora looked down at the ground and spotted her options: a boot or a piece of scrap metal. She grabbed the boot and chucked it at the doctor's head. That should make her feel better. She then grabbed the scrap metal and continued on her way. It would make a good weapon.
Dr. Matthews didn't look behind him as he heard something clatter to the ground behind him. The girl throwing something at him wasn't exactly unexpected.
Rowan sat there, thinking. She moved her legs around, enjoying the freedom she had to do that for the first time in forever. She wondered what Nora was doing, and how much she was worrying about her. She hoped she wouldn't do anything rash.
Nora moved slowly through the hallways, checking every room she could. Every time she heard someone come near, she hid. She was definitely in no shape to fight.
A few minutes later, she spotted Rowan chained up. "Rowan!" She whisper yelled and went over there as fast as she could on her broken leg. "Are you okay? I'm going to get you out of here." If they could pull this off then they could actually get away.
Rowan looked up. "Nora?!" She looked around, alarmed. "What are you doing here? People come down this hallway, someone could spot you!" She would never forgive herself if something happened to Nora because of her.
"Shh, don't talk so loud." Nora looked over her shoulder with great concern. They're completely screwed if anyone heard them. She wobbled over to her and examines the restraints. "I'm getting you out of here and then we're going to make a run for it."
"Nora. . . . " Rowan looked down at the ground. She wanted to tell Nora that this was a bad idea, that she should just go back before anyone noticed she was gone. But Nora looked so concerned, so determined. So against her better judgement she said, "Okay."
Nora studied the restraints for a few moments. All she needed was a hair pin or anything similar to that. She glanced down at her clothes. The waist of the pants had been safety clipped due to the large size. She unpinned it and got to work on unlocking the chains.
Rowan looked around nervously. That freaked her out too much and worrying wouldn't really do her any good in this situation, so she chose to focus on Nora and her intense face of conversation. Who knew how long she would get to look at that face.
Nora unlocked the chains successfully before she scrambled backwards. "Okay, let's go." The pain in her leg just kept building up and building up so they needed to go before she ended up collapsing. "I have a weapon on sorts so we should be okay."
Rowan nodded. She ducked under Nora so that Nora's arm was around her shoulder's. "Here, put your weight on me." She moved her face towards Nora's and kissed her quickly, before setting off.
Nora sighed heavily and leaned on Rowan. "I love you so much." The thought of getting out of her gave her a new burst of energy and the ability to tolerate the pain a little more.
"I love you too." They started to hobble down the hallway. Rowan looked over her shoulder every three seconds, hoping each time she wouldn't see anyone behind her. A guard up ahead passed by. He stopped and turned, immediately noticing them. Rowan sucked in her breath. "Oh shit."
Nora swore under her breath the second she noticed the guard. "Batter up!" She raised the heavy piece of metal, wielding like a baseball ball. A few seconds passed before she took a few deep breaths and swung the metal at the guard with all of the strength that she was able to summon.
The guard looked stunned. Before he could get the chance to recover, Rowan grabbed the scrap from Nora's hands and whacked the guard on the head until he passed out. "Sorry," she said, smiling sheepishly at Nora. "I think I have more strength right now. I've taken less of a beating." Another guard turned a corner and ran at them and Rowan swung the pipe into her stomach, causing her to double over in pain, so Rowan could smack her over the head. She handed it back to Nora. "You can have this back."
Nora's jaw dropped as she watched Rowan beat up the guards. Damn. She stared at her for several moments before she blinked. "Don't apologize, that was really hot." Seeing that side of Rowan was really interesting. She took the pipe back and used it as a crutch as they headed down the hall. "Do you have any idea on how we can get out of here?" They could try to find their ship but she wasn't sure if it was even here. The idiots who captured them could have destroyed it.
Rowan shook her head. "No. No clue." She heard the sound of footsteps coming towards them. "Shit, they probably heard us." She turned to Nora. "You want me to take these guys?"
"Yeah, please get them. I need to rest my leg for a minute." Nora leaned up against the wall heavily. Walking around on a broken leg was not her best idea in the world.
Rowan nodded once, took the pipe from Nora and held it up, ready. Six guards ran at her, their boots echoing on the metal floors. ‘Oh shit,’ Rowan thought. That was a lot of guards. She took a breath and swung the pipe to the left, hitting one guard in the side. She swung the pipe to the right, hitting another guard. She stomped down hard one the boot of one and heard a crunch. Rowan hit the same guard over the head. She used the pipe to hit another one in the ankles. He fell to the ground with with force of her hit.
Nora watched the fight carefully, her eyes not leaving Rowan for a second. She was beyond worried that something would happen and that she wouldn't be able to stop it. The broken leg, broken thumb, numerous cuts and bruises made her weak. She would be more of a hindrance than a help. "Watch your left!" She yelped upon seeing a guard approach. She hated that Rowan was outnumber. Those guards weren't going to play fair and she knew it.
Rowan gasped and ducked down. Still bent down, she rammed her body to the left, shoving her shoulder into the guards stomach and propelling him backwards. As she straightened back up the sixth guard grabbed her around the middle, pinning her arms down. Rowan grunted and propelled her body forwards so her head went towards her toes. The guard fell forward and landed on her back.
Nora limped forward as fast as humanly possible and grabbed the pipe. She raised it up and bashed the guard over the head with it. "Okay, we definitely need to go now." This wasn't going to end well unless they got the hell out of dodge. There had to be a ship or something around here somewhere that they could steal. Anything would work as long as it got them out of here and back to people who didn't want to torture them.
Rowan nodded, panting. She was just staring to turn to go when her eyes widened. She grabbed Nora by the shoulders and pushed her down to the ground. She brought her head forward and it came into contact with the head of a guard that had been behind Nora. He fell to the ground. Rowan held one hand to her head and the other out to help Nora up. “Sorry.”
Nora slammed into the ground and yelped as pain shot through her leg. She let out a string of swear words and clutched her throbbing leg. Once the first wave of intense pain died down, she looked up to see what was going on. Well, that certainly explained things. She grabbed Rowan's hand and hauled herself up to her feet. "Are you okay? Did you get hurt?"
Rowan rubbed her head. "No, no I'm fine. Just a little out of practice is all." She turned her head to face Nora, worry in her eyes. "Are you okay? How's your leg. Sorry, I should have warned you or something."