Because anything more would give things away. And with so little left to go, I need to keep a couple of little secrets, don't I? ;)
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Just A Little Bite-Sized Spoiler... - ~Just One Step At A Time :: And Closer To Destiny...~
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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]
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]
4 comments —
I feel disappointed that we are coming to the end but at the same time I'm excited to find out what will happen. Do you know how many chapters are left?
I feel the same way. I always do when we close something out. I actually got upset the other night over the thought that it's almost done.
We're looking at somewhere between 4 (including the epilogue) and 9 (although I think that's pretty extreme and unlikely, but Anissa wants to keep the option open). I think it'll be more like 5 (including the epilogue). We have a few loose ends to tie up, although some will be in the next story, which will start next year, maybe around March.
Don't worry too much, though. We have a short series that will follow Heirs called Sessions that'll be kinda fun and we'll have oneshots that will catch you guys up the time between this fic and Blood Will Tell.
See, it's not really over. ;)
We're looking at somewhere between 4 (including the epilogue) and 9 (although I think that's pretty extreme and unlikely, but Anissa wants to keep the option open). I think it'll be more like 5 (including the epilogue). We have a few loose ends to tie up, although some will be in the next story, which will start next year, maybe around March.
Don't worry too much, though. We have a short series that will follow Heirs called Sessions that'll be kinda fun and we'll have oneshots that will catch you guys up the time between this fic and Blood Will Tell.
See, it's not really over. ;)
How much time, in terms of the life of the characters, will pass in between Heirs and 'Blood Will Tell'?
Ten years. And that's all I'm telling at the moment. :D
