"It was a good day." Tendo Nabiki finished counting the yen notes and placed them in an envelope. She then hid said envelope under her mattress.
It had taken her months after her arrival to take control of everything here. Even then her power was nowhere near what she'd aspired to in her dreams. "A mockery of what could've been." She was bitter. She felt she had the right to be bitter after all she'd lost. While being in control of this place was good for her ego, anyone would be hard pressed to match her performance; the middle Tendo sister knew there was a lot more out there. "And I'm not going out."
"Lights out!" Came a female commanding voice down the hall. The artificial light in the room was turned off, leaving Nabiki bathed by the light of the full moon.
Nabiki walked to the window and took a hold of the metal bars that reminded her of her predicament. She lifted her own weight up to stare at the moon, a feat of strength she was now capable of due to the exercise regimen she took since there was nothing else to do in here. "I don't belong here." The words were barely a whisper, lost in the cold wind of the night.
The minutes passed and turned into hours, with Nabiki staring at the moonlight and imagining she could see it without the metal bars that held her in this prison.
"Hello, Nabiki."
Nabiki dropped to the ground and whirled around in shock. That voice was male! "Who the fu...?" She started to ask, but lost her voice upon recognizing the man.
Ranma smirked at the shocked Nabiki. He thought it funny that at last he'd caught her off-guard. "I'd keep my voice down if I were you. Don't want to wake the others up, do you?"
It took Nabiki a full minute to regain full use of her brain, an incredibly short amount of time considering the situation. When she did, though, she wasn't happy. "You bastard!" Came the growl and she closed the distance between them. She wasn't surprised Ranma could sneak his way into the women's prison, but the fact he was actually alive... With a rage the pigtailed demon had little trouble connecting to Akane, the middle Tendo sister lashed out with a punch to the face. She was shocked, once again, when Ranma caught the fist instead of letting it land. Her shock only increased when Ranma snorted and slammed a knee into her gut.
The air exploded from Nabiki's lungs as she doubled over. She coughed violently, holding her abused stomach, and glared up at Ranma.
The pigtailed demon continued to smirk at her downed form. "That's a nice way to say hello."
"Fuck you..." Nabiki snapped back while taking labored breaths. "You're alive."
"Sorry to disappoint you."
Nabiki growled. "Get me the fuck out of here. It's because of you that I'm here."
The young woman was taken aback when Ranma, instead of cowering because of her glare, chuckled and picked her up roughly. "Why Nabiki... you wound me. I did die; murdered by those I trusted the most." By now all the mirth had left him, leaving the emotions he'd strived on for so long.
To Nabiki reading Ranma was child's play, and the emotions she could see both shocked and scared her. "Then why come for me?" She asked nervously.
Ranma smirked evilly, a sight that made Nabiki nearly soil herself. While she had managed to take over the prison, staring down murderers and other sorts of criminals without fear, she was very much aware of what Ranma was capable of. "Revenge, of course."
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The guard rushed down the hall when she heard the screaming. She stopped in front of Tendo Nabiki's cell and stared in shock for a moment before screaming herself. "Sound the alarm! SOUND THE ALARM!"
Inside the cell...
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