She awoke with a start, gasping for breath as if she had been held under water. For surely, that's what the experience had been like thus far. Disorienting, heavy and laden with a foreboding of nothing good to come further. The last she remembered, he was on top of her. She was certain he had no good intentions for her well-being, and she recalled a blind terror overtaking her. She had fainted, or he had drugged her. It didn't matter much, except she had been granted a brief reprieve... A chance to once more gather her scattered thoughts and collect herself, although much good it may do. She stifled back a sob as she slowly sat up on the bare mattress and looked around the barren basement once more. Nothing had changed, except the new tray of food and water next to her. Her stomach clenched in a maddening combination of hunger and fear - she chose to ignore the hunger pains and instead clumsily staggered to her feet, brushing auburn curls which now more closely resembled dreadlocks, out of her face. The bare "facilities" of the basement beckoned her attention, one eye warily watching the stairs as she relieved herself and then washed the sleep and grime from her face and hands.
She sat back down with a sigh, knees tucked up to her chest in a vain attempt at modesty, before she snatched the hardened bread and cheese from the tray he had left. The small apple and glass of water rounded out the "meal" that left her feeling slightly better than before. Anxious and restless, she took the time to study her surroundings a bit more closely, absent her prior blinding fear and haste. The mattress was bare, yet clean. The basement was also bare and clean, as though there had been intentions at one point for much more. Perhaps it was intended to be an extra living space, or family room? As already noted, plumbing had been routed down, yet walls.had never been finished. The only way out, besides the small, high placed windows, appeared to be up the single set of stairs and through the heavy door that she had already experienced to be locked. She wasn't in any hurry at this point to draw his attention back down to her, and so instead intended to wait and learn his routines.. His needs.
