Intermission - Alexis (3)

Alexis painfully shuffled her way across the camp to the leader's tent. Her captors never removed her shackles, so over the past several days she developed painful sores around her wrists and ankles, but this was something she had to do, or at least, to try. Every day she tried comforting Velma by petting her as she might pet a cat or a dog and tried to feed her, but it was no use. Velma wouldn't eat.

"Please get your men to stop using Velma," Alexis said.

The man, who's name Alexis learned was Cedric, looked at her ironically.

"Why would I do that?" He scoffed.

"Because she refuses to eat and hardly drinks anything, either. At this rate she'll die soon."

Cedric shrugged.

"You said you're under orders to deliver me unharmed. What do you think will happen to me when Velma dies? Do you think you can stop your men from using me as her substitute?"

Cedric leaned forward and rubbed his chin.