They kept her drugged up for most of the time. It had only been a day, but Lori felt like she was losing her mind. The sedatives rubbed her off the wrong way. It was hard to keep a clear head when she was being injected every now and then.She didn't have anything to eat, but they had brought in some water for her parched throat. Lori was inclined to reject it, but she had no choice. She was thirsty. She took a few gulps and saved her strength. At least for a while. She had to start thinking of a way out. The sedatives had finally worn off and she had to use her time wisely before they came back with another batch. She closed her eyes and pictured Gabriel in her mind, if... if she could reach him somehow.. if there was a way.She thought.She tried harder and felt a slight tug. Like a pull in her mind. Did it work? Lori thought to herself as she sent a word down the bond. Gabriel?! Is that you?!She asked nervously. There was no answer, for what seemed to be eternity. Till she

"What? What is that?"Lori asked as she looked at Elliot intently. "Time's up!!!"Lyle said as he barged into the basement. "It's not."Elliot said but Lyle ignored him."Don't provoke me Elliot. I'm already doing too much for you."Elliot stood up and pointed to Lori."How could you treat her like this?! Like she's not human?"He asked and Lyle shrugged."What do you mean?""She hasn't eaten anything... she must be starving! Didn't you stop to think of that?"He asked and Lyle rolled his eyes."She's not going to be awake anyways. Why give her something to eat? We're just preparing her next dose of sedatives to give her."Eliot's eyes widened."Do you want to kill her before Gabriel gets here?! Because I wonder what he'll have to say when he sees her in this condition!""I mean she's a human being for fuck's same!"Lyle groaned, he rubbed his temple. "Oh my God!! Enough!"He bellowed.So loud that Lori flinched."You're so annoying!!! Always yapping in my ear about one thing or th

The first time Lori ever felt powerful, she was four years old. Four years old and she had been playing with a Barbie doll. Local charity organizations were always donating toys to her orphanage and she had her eyes set on the Barbie doll. The long golden hair, the pretty white dress and heels, Lori wanted it so bad it hurt. She grabbed it first. Playing with it, enthralled with it. She ran around the yard with it. Then a big bully called Billy had come over and dragged it from her. Naturally she cried for him to give it back but he just laughed and tore the head of the Barbie from its body. The rage Lori had felt, she had never felt it before... She stood up and walked up to him and slapped him. She was only four, he was seven and weighed at least twenty five pounds more than her, but her slap had sent him flying across the yard and hitting the wall. He had to get eight stitches. One of the workers showed her Billy before he left for the hospital. The woman practically shoved Bi

Astra Barlow. That was the name of the nephilim woman that was given to her.Astra Barlow lived in a dump, the dirty long streets deep in Denver and Lori was too tired to care. She had to see the woman, she needed her help one way or another. Sabine had been right about two things. That Jack was alive and that her powers were dangerous. She still couldn't fully believe it. That her son was alive, she couldn't even find the appropriate emotion to describe what it was she was feeling. Her mind was all muddled up and she knew it was directly linked to her newly found powers. She felt like a ticking time bomb, occasionally having to keep a stoic face to keep her powers from going off at the slightest provocation.The random bursts of power that came with an emotion was unbearable. And it had only been a few hours! She could not, she would not live with this forever. She couldn't even think about Gabriel. It hurt too much whenever she tried to. She didn't accept Sabine's offer. She

"I knew your mother...""What?"Lori asked as she stood up slowly. "That's a lie."She retorted and Astra nodded."It's been years but I still remember...""What do you remember?"Lori asked and Astra shrugged."A pregnant nephilim on the run. She was in some sort of trouble with the father of her baby... she was avoiding everybody, even our kind.""Why? What did she do?!"Lori asked as she gripped the edge of her seat. Astra gave her a pointed look."Calm down. That sofa is new."She murmured and Lori relaxed. Astra walked back to the window to check on their spy, he was no longer in the location he was before but Astra could bet that he was still around. "She didn't tell me much. But she did tell me her name and you look a awful lot like her.""Her name was Ione."Astra answered and Lori furrowed her eyebrows."Ione?"It was the first time she was learning about her mother... anything about her. Lori didn't realize how curious she had been about her until Astra had mentioned her.