• Somehow she had found me. I had gone to freaking Russia, and she'd found me.

    Angela's eyes twinkled and blazed mercilessly as she backed me down an alleyway, the sounds of the pleasant square that I had been walking through fading away into the distance. Her hair swirled dramatically around her face, and she laughed, a horrible, gut-wrenching laugh.

    "I'm no idiot, Angel." She smiled, her teeth flashing dangerously. With lightning speed her hand snapped out and grabbed my shirt collar, and she lifted me easily off my feet and into the air. I gasped at the swiftness of it, but quickly regained my senses.

    "My name is Angela." I grunted, but this only seemed to please her.
    "I know, Angel. But your mine now, and I can call you whatever I like." She laughed again, and swung me through the air, letting me fall to the ground in a groaning heap. Suddenly I felt arms wrap around me and lift me to my feet. I struggled but they were iron tight. "By the way," She said, walking towards me. "I brought a long a friend." I looked up, and was brought to tears when I saw the face of my captor.

    Gage.

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    The car ride to her hotel room was long, and it gave me time to think.

    She was using her mind-control on Gage, that was obvious. I looked up at him again; he had been holding me the entire car ride so I wouldn't escape. His eyes had changed form their lovely blue to a dull, lifeless gray. He's really gone, I thought shakily to myself. He's really not there. A single tear ran down my cheek. She'll never let him go, never release her power. I barely held back a sob. He'll be like this forever. The car suddenly came to a stop, and Angela shoved me out the door, Gage's arms dropping to his side.
    "Get moving." She whispered. "This is the place."
    She led me into a rather fancy-looking hotel, filled with fountains and paintings of flowers and grand staircases. No wonder, I thought to myself, she's got boatloads of cash!
    She took us up a few levels and then down a corridor, filled with what seemed like hundreds of doors. Opening one, she pushed me inside, Gage following obediently behind me. She closed the door silently, then appeared suddenly by my side, making me jump. Damn those teleporting powers of hers.
    "Angel." She crooned. "I'm taking over the world, and it's a very hard thing to do. I'm going to need a little extra juice." She leaned over me, bending down for a kiss. I tried to move away, but she grabbed my chin and kissed, powerful and passionate. I struggled for a moment, then realized something. it wasn't bad. It felt good, actually. I found myself kissing back, and didn't try to stop. Loving every moment, I was surprised when she jerked away. then I saw that she hadn't chosen to end our kiss. She had been forced by someone.

    Gage stood over me, more heroic and hunky than ever.