You awaken again, similar to last time your senses seem to take their time and take turns to return. You don't seem to have been moved. However now you seem to have more time to look around.
You seem to have been left alone. Your new prison is a cave. Ambient light exists in abundance here. It seems there must be a cave mouth nearby. A small draft brushes by. If you can move you can follow the source out. You shift as best you can until you lay on your side.
Jerkily you move your head. Looking for any sign of your captor. No trace. With your head looking up, you roll onto your chest. Your arm pinned under your chest. You inch you knees towards your trunk. Digging your chin into the sand. You still only feel tingling throughout your body.
You see your arm flop out from under you in your periphery. You turn your head from side to side to adjust your hands to be equidistant and firmly spread on the ground. You push your chest to elevate it to a similar height to your hips. You have to catch your head as it falls.
You lift one hand slowly and move it forward. Following its motion with your head intently. Once it seems adequately planted you shift your body forward slowly. Hopefully moving the opposing knee to balance. You pause and glance beneath your trunk to make sure. It has! You might get out of this yet.
You quickly look around. Still no sign of anyone else around. You move the left hand this time. Repeating the process you just completed. Shuffling forward a little, then checking your posture, finally checking your surroundings.
You take about four more of these 'steps' before you fall forward on yourself. You feel it as your chest hits the ground. This causes you to realize most of the tingling has faded away. You might actually be able to stand. You get back into your crawling position with one knee forward.
You lift the hand on the side of the forward knee. You drag the other until you are now leaning against it parallel to your hips. Your forward leg is now on its foot. You bring your free hand to the forward legs knee. In one quick attempt you drive your weight onto that leg and try to stand.
You are a little wobbly. You are standing though. You carefully take a step. You can feel your limbs now, at least most of them near the trunk of your body. Hands and feet seem to still hold out.
It doesn't matter you can feel the impact of your foot on the ground in your calf. You trudge towards the source of the wind cautiously. Continually stopping to look behind you. You wouldn't want her sneaking up on you, again.
You have slowly drifted towards a wall as you moved. You can now reach out a hand to support yourself further. A few more steps and there is a slight turn.
You are definitely getting close to the exit. It is much more bright now. You hear a now all too familiar giggle echo throughout the cave. You push off the wall. Whether you can or not, running is now your only hope. You are making good progress.
You look behind you, nothing there. You are steps away from the cave mouth. You start thinking of which way to run when your outside. It's blindingly bright outside. Your eyes are straining to adjust.
No more time to think. You are at the mouth of the cave. Then something crashes down in front of you. It's her.
You jump back. Your legs still not ready for such a maneuver. You stumble back and fall.
"You can still escape! You just have to make it past me" she says creeping forward.
You take a quick glance around as you crawl backwards. There is a rock a little bigger than your fist nearby. You jump over to it. Partially laying on your side. You grab the rock and scramble to your feet.
You chuck the rock at her as you try to start dashing past. Her hand darts up and catches the rock. Her tail sweeps under your feet as you pass her. You fall forward, and roll to your side, looking at her in horror.
"A rock! You threw a rock at my face!"
Her tail is poised to strike.
"HOW DARE YOU?!" she screams raising the hand with the rock in it.
"This 'game' was your idea not mine!" you shout in reply.
Raising your hand to shield your face. You hear her giggling. confused you lower your arm. She rolls the rock next to you on the ground.
"Read it" she commands.
You pick the rock back up. You turn it over in your hand until you find words etched into it. You have to look closely to read them.
It reads "You never had a chance".
You drop the rock and look up at her. She is still struggling to hold back from giggling.
"You're actually the first to try to throw the rock" she commends you.
Slowly as she's talking you bury your hand in the sand.
"Enjoy the fresh air..." she continues.
You don't wait to hear what comes next. You scoop up sand tossing it towards her face as you roll away. You roll into a propped position.
You are just about to spring into a sprint when you feel her stinger slam into your side. It knocks you away with the force of impact.
"That wasn't expected" she giggles.
"Well as much fun as it has been, I can't let you frolic around outside with no clothes on."
She lifts you up with one arm behind your shoulders gripping your arm. The other cradling under your thighs. Your head is flopped back as she lifts you. She then crunches your shoulders forward forcing your head forward. She looks so cheerful. It can't bode well for you. You let out a depressed sigh.
She seems pleasantly surprised.
"You are impressively resistant to my venom."
You snort in response.
She continues "Even that much of a response is out of most people's wildest dreams. I might just have to interrogate you."
She continues carrying deeper into the cave than you were before. It seems noticeably more livable. the walls are now reinforced with timbers. The floor is tiled. It is still stone. There are braziers already lit.
She goes up next to a couple of them and you see her tail toss logs in from piles near their base. You reach a suspicious alter in a small pool. She chains you on top of it.
"I'll be back later to ask you some questions" she says somewhat bleakly.
Before she leaves you alone. Your naked and chained to a stone slab. If it weren't for the braziers you'd probably be freezing. You slowly regain movement.
You can slightly prop yourself up at best. You have no plan for escape. You relinquish yourself to being stuck until someone undoes these chains. You force yourself to sleep.
Your awoken by the sound of the water around you being disturbed. When your eyes open she is back and right next to you.
"Sleep well?" she inquires grinning with her hands behind her back.
You pause before answering and decide to try pressing your luck.
"As well as I can naked" you reply dryly.
She seems unfazed by your remark.
"I've got something for you" she chirps.
"But, in order to get it you have to say something nice to me."
You think for a moment. You try to look her up and down. You realize she might feel insulted if you comment on something shallow.
"You're incredibly quiet" you say almost as a question.
She pulls her hands out from behind her back. There is an apple in her left and a knife in her right. She swiftly slices a small sliver from the apple bringing it to your mouth mounted on the knife.
You take great care in placing your lips on it and sliding it off. You savor it chewing slowly. You hadn't realized how hungry you are.
"If you want more you know how to get more."
Now you're just trying to think of as many compliments as you can. You have to list things as specifically as possible to allow for similar compliments without repeating yourself. However not so specific they could come across as sarcastic, or flagrant.
"I love the color of your hair, it is so radiant even in this lighting."
She serves a second slice the same way as the first. Your mouth still full you begin
"And it is at a length that..." You cut yourself off as she puts the knife to your throat.
