[IC] Spliced

[KatherinWinter]

"Why are you sitting in the middle of the hall?" Roxy asked curiously as she entered the hall. She had been heading to the gym when she heard guys talking.

[KatherinWinter]

(Stupid phone!)

[Enso]

Darren looked back over his shoulder and saw Roxy standing there. "Oh, hello there. My legs got tired so I sat down," he said and stood slowly before turning to face her and extending one large hand in greeting. "I'm Darren, it's nice to meet you."

[KatherinWinter]

Roxy raised an eyebrow questioningly as studied the newcomer. "Hello Darren. My name is Roxy. I don't like to be touched, but it's nice to met you."

[Enso]

"alright then," Darren said as he pulled his hand away and gave her a goofy smile. "It's real nice to meet you Roxy, I was just havin' a chat with Marshall 'fore you showed up, you two know each other?"

[KatherinWinter]

"You could say that. We've been here in this place for months. Marshall is the resident smartass and genius." Roxy said with a smile. The big guy was like an overgrown teddy bear. She found him totally unthreatening, which was a first for Roxy.

[Enso]

Darren's smile widened when he saw Roxy smile at him "I like him, he was nice, you seem nice too. I hope we will get along," Darren said as he fiddled with the straps of his duffel bag. Darren had always been awkward around girls, he was never sure how to treat them, his grandmother had always taught him to protect and help them, but a lot of them got angry with him when he tried, saying they didn't need to be protected.

[KatherinWinter]

Roxy doubled over laughing. She couldn't help it. She knew the poor boy didn't know any better, but it was still hilarious that he thought she was nice. "Darren I've been called alot of things over the years, but nice has rarely made the list."

[Enso]

"Well, you're a lot nicer to me than some of the people I met while I was in jail, you talked to me when I said hello," Darren said, his smile not faltering during Roxy's laughter, in fact he seemed happier that he was able to make her laugh.

[KatherinWinter]

"How did Vlad get someone as innocent and nice as you to agree to join his insane program? " Roxy wondered if the big guy had any idea what he was getting into. How would he react when he saw the things that occurred within the program.

[Enso]

"He told me that if I agreed I would be able to protect my sister once I got out, but if I didn't agree then I wouldn't be able to protect her because I would spend the rest of my life in jail." Darren said and shrugged, "he said he was trying to help me, I was happy to agree."

[KatherinWinter]

"Damn Vlad is good. Sorry to tell you this big guy, but none of us are ever getting out of here. Vlad enjoys his experiments too much. Plus we would never it in the regular world." Roxy shook her head sadly. Under her breath she whispers that she wished she had a brother like him.

[Flood]

Tyler sat down as well as he rubbed his temples a bit to make the headache go away. " Yeah as far as I know, the only way we're getting out of here is if Vlad dies or if we all revolt and escape. The second one isn't even a sure option either." He said as he looked at Darren. "Nice to meet you Darren, I'm Tyler. I would shake your hands but I'm currently using them to try and get rid of a massive headache I have." Tyler said as he moaned a little in pain.

[Enso]

"But..." Darren's smile faded quickly and he creased his brow like he was deep in thought. He looked at Tyler and Roxy and said, "But he said I could protect my sister, I can't do that from here, what will she do? I said I'd be out to see her soon, I promised." Darren let out a grunt that sounded very bear-like, short, thick brown hairs sprouted from his face and hands before he seemed to calm himself. "I need to find the doctor, where is he?"

[KatherinWinter]

"Vlad is an expert at lowing. Every other word out of his mouth is a lie. I'm sorry about your sister. I don't know what she'll do. Vlad is probably in his office. You might want to be cautious about approaching him. He'll tranquilize your ass and you won't like what happens after he knocks you out." Roxy advices.

[Enso]

Darren sits back down on the floor and slumps against the wall. "What happens if I get knocked out?" he asked as he looked over at Roxy, even sitting down he was massive but he was defeated, and that made even someone Darren's size look small.

[KatherinWinter]

Roxy considered how to tell the big buggy about Vlad. "Vlad is found of invading people's personal spaces. If you get tranquilized he'll most likely punish you. He's found of physical punishments. Especially when we can't fight back."

[Enso]

Darren put his face in his hands and sat quietly for several seconds before standing up and breathing deeply. "When I was sad as a kid my grandma told me that sitting and crying wouldn't solve anything, I'll leave Vlad alone." Darren said as he straightened up, standing at his full height his head almost scraped the ceiling as he looked at Roxy. "I will find a way to see my sister some day, maybe I could bring you and some of your friends with me then."

[KatherinWinter]

"I would like that. If I make a friend you'll be the first to know." Roxy said sadly. She had never been good at making friends. "I should get to the gym before Vlad decides to hunt me down. You should consider taking the role of leader. We could really use one."

[Enso]

"Oh, I'm not much of a leader," Darren said and shrugged, "I'm not smart enough for something like that plus if we get into a fight I don't know how much good I would be, I've only ever been in one fight in my whole life and I don't think that one would count." Darren opened the door to his room and quickly stashed his duffel bag inside and opened it quickly to check on something, a doll he had been given by his sister after he had been sentenced to life in prison. After checking it was there he closed the bag and locked the door with the key he was given. "I could come to the gym with you if you like, I don't really have much else to do besides explore."