Dreams of Fire

[Katya]

The lights dimmed and the train lurched to a stop. Katya had to grab her laptop else it would have flow to the floor. She nodded to Thalia when she was asked if she was okay. This wasn't the first time the metro had had technical difficulties.

Katya flipped open her laptop, the signal was weak and her algorthims ran with out stopping. That was a good thing, but she wasn't sure how long she'd be down here and her battery was getting low. She hadn't intended to be out with out a plug for long, and now it looked like she would be out longer. Katya paused the program and shut down. There was no point ruining a perfectly good machine due to this debacle.

Completely absorbed by her laptop she failed to see two men get up and start down the aisle towards them. Katya nearly jumped out of her seat when the creepy man spoke to Thalia.

Katya wished Thalia hadn't given her name to him, but what was done was done. "We're fine,"
she hid her fear well she thought. She wasn't afraid of the darkness, but there was something about this man and the dim lights made that affect even worse. Katya tried to smile.

"Unless you have a pot of tea in your jacket, kind sire."
Her voice was tinged with sarcasm and her smiled turned real.