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~In A Tight Spot~

Bad things happened to heroes. That wasn’t news. Steph had been threatened, beaten up, and kidnapped (once by her own dad), and a couple times the bad guys had tried to kill her. None had succeeded, and even during the other stuff she hadn’t felt like she was in a huge amount of danger. Well, not most of the time. There was always Batman or Batgirl or Robin on the way. Plus the people who tried to hurt her often underestimated her, and that worked to Steph’s advantage. Especially as Robin—the bad guys were too busy laughing at a blonde Robin with boobs, and they let down their guard enough for her to get her licks in.

Now, though, she was scared. After standing up and moving her arms rhythmically within the limits of the cuffs, she got enough feeling back to try working on escaping. First she took stock of her situation. The cuffs were welded to a chain that ran up to a high ceiling somewhere in the darkness overheard. She was nauseous from the blow to her head, and aching all over from the fight earlier and hanging unconscious by her wrists. Her kit was gone, including the lock-picks normally stashed in her gauntlets. She just had her costume itself and her wits.

After a few moments, Steph realized why this situation frightened her so much. It wasn’t being held captive, it wasn’t waking up alone in a big dark room and having to wonder what the bad guys wanted. It was a small detail: the welded cuffs. Someone had taken the time and trouble to weld a set of steel handcuffs to a chain. That meant they used this setup a lot, and didn’t want any chance of someone slipping away.

It meant this might’ve been an unplanned capture, but whoever had her had done this before.

~Love and Other Headaches:
Won't See Me Closing In
[Chapter Thirty-Three]

Enter The Joy That Is Fandom

March 2019

A Minute Ago | | A Minute From Now

27 June 2008 @ 12:10 am

Dear Sickness, Can I Have This Week Back, Plz?

So, I'm finally up out of bed and refuse to stay there any longer. The swelling is gone, the spider bite has nearly disappeared, and I'm just going to have to deal with the Shakey. The inactivity of this week has been for the birds and I'm more than ready to get back to the Real World. That and I've MAJORLY caught up with my sleep backlog. I'm back to work tomorrow and we'll see how it goes. I never thought I'd be so happy to be back there! *wonders if she should have her head checked*

Other good news? The computer we thought died last year? That we couldn't repair? I'm currently using it! *YAY!* The only bad thing? All of our icons, pics, and other goodies are on the other computer. The transfers will occur this weekend, although the writing is updated here. Expect Unfamiliar this weekend before

12days_of_clois closes out the Clois 100 for the month and the Little Secrets postscript fic, The More Things Change... before the end of next week.

It's good to be home. I love you all!

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januaried on June 27th, 2008 04:22 am (UTC)

YAAAAAAY!!! You're feeling better and back to the flist! *bounces happily* And the computer? That's awesome! *huggles*

Dammit, knew there was something I was forgetting...I think I officially fail as a beta. :P

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kalalanekent on June 27th, 2008 05:46 pm (UTC)

I'm still feeling like a kitten here, pretty weak, but it's time to get back to reality. I've missed somuch this week! And I love having the old computer back, but there's so much to transfer!

*hugs tight* And it's fine! Just don't forget to review when it comes out, okay? ;)

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januaried on June 27th, 2008 05:59 pm (UTC)

Hey, you're alive! ;P *snuggles you* (YES, I am finishing my geology. Tell EPBOD Lana to stop glaring at me!) Are you on YM now?

I definitely won't forget to review Unfamiliar, no way! And maybe I'll be able to beta the postscript fic...*ponders*

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kalalanekent on June 28th, 2008 05:39 am (UTC)

Yes, I'm alive and feeling like my usual self again, God help us all. And nope, I was back at work, doing a nine-hour shift like a moron.

*LOL* Good girl, I guess this means I had better send someone to collect Ms. Lang, huh? ;) Very proud.

And I still get to see you for a couple more days, right? *whimper*

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lere8 on June 27th, 2008 04:58 am (UTC)

It's great to know you are feeling better and back to us!

Today I'm delivering a monster warm hug from Brazil, my friend!

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kalalanekent on June 27th, 2008 05:49 pm (UTC)

Well, I'm still working on the "feeling better" part, but I'm so happy to be up and around. I really can't remember much of this week at all and that really bothers me.

And I've missed you guys madly! It's good to be home! *monster hugs right back*

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repmetsyrrah on June 27th, 2008 10:09 am (UTC)

*hugs*

I couldn't hear your voice posts but a spider bite doesn't sound too good. I'm glad you're feeling better. It's been odd not seeing you so much on the f-list page. (insted I get the same post from 3 different coms about the awards)

And I have no clue about the computer but fixing things is always good!!

*more hugs*

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kalalanekent on June 27th, 2008 05:58 pm (UTC)

*hugs* Awww! That's awful! I need to get back to posting! :)

I'll write you a better explanation later, but it was just that I got one sickness, only to turn around and get an infected spider bite before the other illness was over and it just got progressively worse as the week went on. This has been the first day I've really been up and around for a long period of time. Long week, otherwise.

And getting the other computer working is awesome because that means I have a lot of stuff for Reeveverse now that I haven't had access to in a year. :) And I'm thrilled about it.

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sean_montgomery on June 27th, 2008 10:12 am (UTC)

WOOT! You're feeling better! You're up and around without feeling like you're going to kill yourself! You're...

... ready to go back to work...? *wonders if she should take you back to the doctor*

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kalalanekent on June 27th, 2008 05:52 pm (UTC)

...*whispers* If I don't go back to work, I don't get any stronger. Which sucks. And this 'getting tired after two hours' thing is for the birds. *makes face*

But yes, doing much better now. Hopefully I'll be myself again after a few days. I actually miss being me. *LOL*

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saavikam77 on June 27th, 2008 02:04 pm (UTC)

I'm so glad you're feeling better, sweetie! ^_^ *gentle hugs* And hooray for working computers!

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kalalanekent on June 27th, 2008 05:53 pm (UTC)

*hugs tight* Thanks, Ella. And the working computer is awesome, simply because I finally have access again to all of my media files, including ALL of my SR videos and my Reeveverse stills! I'm so thrilled!

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babettew54 on June 27th, 2008 07:30 pm (UTC)

Ohh, you're back and I can tell you're so much better now! I was so worried about you.. {{hugs}}

Yayy!! It's always good when 'techology' cooperates, huh. And your posting fics...???!! *giddy*

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kalalanekent on June 28th, 2008 05:30 am (UTC)

Awww! *grateful hugs* You guys have no idea how much the fact that you care means! I reallt think that that's the reason I got better so fast. I really expected that it would take longer to recover, but surprise! *grins like a dork*

And yeah, remember how we thought we had lost all of our stuff last year when the comp blitzed? Suprise! We finally had the guts to check and it's all here! *giddy laughter*

And yep! Expect Unfamiliar before tomorrow morning! ;)

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chickadilly on June 28th, 2008 04:40 am (UTC)

Oh wow - I'm so sorry that happened to you - and I apologize that I missed your post about the spider bite. I've been behind on the flist because it's hard to keep up at times here.

But I'm glad you're feeling better! That's so scary. What kind of spider was it? A few years ago my friend Don got bit by a brown recluse and almost lost his arm! So, yeah ... so glad you're okay. *hugs*

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kalalanekent on June 28th, 2008 05:36 am (UTC)

Lea, don't apologize! If anyone needs to be doing that, it's me! I've been reading your entries faithfully, but I just haven't had a chance to reply. *snuggles you tight and pleads forgiveness* How are you, sweetheart? Have things calmed down any more sinc I read last week? I feel awful for not being caught up!

Oh, and it was just some kind of garden spider, we think. We never did find out, except for the fact that I'm allergic to it. *makes face* Seeing as how I hate them anyway, I guess it's only fair.

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