Lauren and the ELVES *TW*

[MultipleMinds]

**Trigger Warning for entire thread for violence, guilt, weapons, harsh words, ect.**

So before you start reading this, you should know, this IS very real, and is happening right now to Lauren in her inner world. Don't read tis is you're uneasy about death, or weapons/violence. Lauren is working on an escape plan right now, but I'm typing what I know about all this until I can see whatever else is going on.
-Kitt

Lauren was cursing as she exited the swinging hammock that lead to more than a 1000 foot drop below her. She used to be rather uneasy about being that high up in something as little as a netted hammock, but now, she could navigate on and off it with ease. She stepped onto the platform that had just opened and stood in line for the toilet, a glare plastered on her face. After what seemed like an hour Lauren was finally out of the stalls and back in her hammock. She looked over to Piper who was still asleep, despite the fact that the blinding lights had clicked on already, in her hammock a few over. She’d been beat brutally yesterday because of what Lauren had done. Lauren felt extremely guilty staring over at her love laying broken in her ‘bed’.

Lauren looked around to make sure no one was looking, well at least no guards were looking, before she skillfully jumped from hammock to hammock, despite if there were people in it or not, until she reached Piper’s. The sudden jolt from the landing made the hammock rock dangerously. Piper’s eyes snapped open then, but she wasn’t alarmed. Lauren had been doing this every morning for her.

“Morning sleeping ugly.” Lauren teased in a hushed tone. Piper gave a half smile and slowly sat up not wanting to rock it too much more or it might flip on them.

“Yeah, yeah.” Piper shrugged. “The lines clear?” She asked. Lauren slowly stood with shakey legs from trying to balance on the small bedding. She looked across the platform but there was still a rather long line for the bathrooms. Lauren slowly lowered herself back in a crouch next to Piper.

“No.” Lauren sighed.

Piper nodded and sat back in the hammock. “Having fun yet?” She asked lightly recalling the stunt Lauren had done yesterday. Lauren had said she was going to ‘liven things up around here’.

Lauren looked away from her. “Yes, loads.” She replied in a monotone voice. Lauren then looked over Piper seriously. “Are you okay?”

“Perfect as always.” Piper smiled, but the smile didn’t reach her eyes. Lauren nodded with a fake smile as well, and that was all they had time to say before a guard shooed Lauren away. Lauren and Piper weren’t permitted to talk to each other at all, because the ELVES knew if they got a plan together, they were going to escape. And that would be a major ‘no-no’.

Lauren was used to staving herself, so the fact that she wasn’t allowed in the Café today because of what she’d done yesterday morning, didn’t bother her that much. The fact that she hadn’t been allowed in the Café since she had got her, which was three days ago, bothered her. True, she herself had gone longer without food, but usually by now she’d break and eat something. It was starting to wear and tear her down, which was exactly what the ELVES wanted. But Lauren had to keep fighting, she just HAD to. They had broken Piper. Piper would still glare, but she’d say nothing to the guards when they gave an order. She did nothing but take the beatings they gave her and moved on. It sicken Lauren to watch her OBEYING the enemies. But Lauren supposed it was best for her. It was a survival method.

All the hammocks except Lauren’s and a few below her were cleared and taken to the Café where the food apparently tasted like sh*t, according to Piper, and the drinks were loaded with sedatives to keep everyone groggy enough not to try anything. It made them not be able to think straight. It was like watching zombies move around her, and worst, Piper was one of the zombies Lauren watched the most. Lauren herself had tried the water, but after how it made her feel, she had only drank little sips of it here and there to keep alive.

“Hyia, Lauren.” Katelin from down below called up at her. Her voice echoed in the large room. Lauren inwardly groaned. Katelin was quite mental, you see, but she was almost desperately clinging to Lauren’s side. She tried to do everything Lauren did and tried to prove herself to Lauren. Though it was kinda sweet that she thought so highly of Lauren, Lauren didn’t like her, simply because she didn’t want to get attached to anyone in here. Everyone in here was on death row. For Piper, it was in three days. For Lauren, no one had told her weither she was going to live or die, simply that she wasn’t going to be ‘released’, whichever that meant, until she built the technology they were asking for. For Katelin, her’s was in four-teen days.

Despite not wanting to talk, but silently plan right now, Lauren knew Katelin wouldn’t leave her alone until she answered. “Hmm?” Lauren responded back. She often gave these kinds of responds when Katelin was talking with her.

“I can’t believe you took out the entire shelf yesterday!” Katelin praised.

“Yeah.” Lauren agreed deep in thought of if she could actually pull an escape off or if she was just going to have to let Piper go again. Needless to say, Lauren wouldn’t and couldn’t keep hurting Piper with her foolish ways. But if she gave that up, the ELVES had won.

“I mean, and you didn’t even get touched!”

“Nope.” Lauren muttered closing her eyes trying to focus. She had to do something fast, though. Tomorrow was the last full day with Piper. She’d have to make her move then. But what could she do today? She couldn’t get into anymore trouble, the fight that Piper and her had had was…. Harsh. It had taken a toll on Lauren and so Lauren had taken almost two cups of water last night to ensure herself to go to sleep.

Nights were rough when you couldn’t sleep. Some people would move in their sleep and actidently flip the hammock which meant almost certain death for them. Others had tried sleeping on the platform instead of the hammocks. Well, they soon stopped that after the guards ha started pushing people over the edge for doing that. Lauren was lucky she did neither. Lauren would laid there all night doing nothing but think about her end though. She’d reflect on her life and wonder if all of it was really worth it. All the fighting, the actions, the inventions…. If Lauren had never invented that memory barrier buster, neither her nor Piper would be here. If she’d just left Will alone…. Things had been peaceful, why couldn’t she have left everyone alone?! She wondered if Piper secretly hated her for that. She wondered actually what Piper thought of her anymore. Every mistake that Lauren had made landed in Piper’s lap. She would get the brunt of it, and Lauren seemed to get off Scott free. Yet Piper would be tortured, or killed for her mistakes. Lauren would give anything if she could turn back time.

“…Lauren are you listening?” Lauren suddenly snapped back to reality. She’d dazed off thinking of how life used to be. Lauren flipped over on her hammock and looked down at Katelin annoyed.

“Do you ever stop?” She asked rudely. Katelin stared at her before smiling assuming she was joking and laughed it off.

“You’re planning.” Katelin said cheerfully. “I can see it in your eyes. What are you planning this time?” Lauren rolled back on her back looking over at the guards who bored holes at Lauren.

“Nothing. Maybe you should give it up, Katelin. We’re not going to win.” Lauren sighed.

“Hmm, that’s funny, I thought I was talking to Lauren. You don’t happen to have DID do you?” She teased. Lauren sighed frustrated.

“Sorry, Lauren’s not available. Please call back never.” Lauren said in a monotone voice mimicking an old phone recorder.

They said nothing more to each other after that. Lauren waited in her hammock for everyone to return. She’d then be put to the test again. In the pass few tests, it had been how her psychical body could with-handle things. She wondered if it would be the same or if it would be different today. Piper said that they probed her sometimes, or tested her powers, her blood work, psychical endurance…. Other things. Lauren supposed she wasn’t tested that way because she was an Aura ELF. The ELVES had to find different tests for her.

After testing, she’d be hauled back to her hammock for an hour of ‘free time’, as the guards referred to it. Then she’d be hauled off to the testing room/lab, where she’d again refuse to create the technology she’d invented in her other dimension that had brought her here. They wanted her to build them countless of things, some things Lauren hadn’t a clue what it was, but they wanted to see if she could do it. Lauren would pretend to work sometimes and make the machines blow up on purpose as if it was an accident. Sometimes, they bought it was an accident, other times they’d beat her down and tell her to try again. She knew what they were truly after. They wanted the machine that had brought Lauren here. Lauren figured they probably wanted it because they wanted to go to other dimensions and take out Aura ELVES without having to find a way around the blind spots.

Many aura ELVES like herself and Piper used to hide in blind spots so the ELVES could do nothing to them. Actually, both of them together created portable blind spots, and a massive blind spot that didn’t affect the buildings, and so it was like having a heated spot under a blind spot. It was done to survive the ELVES. And if Lauren and Piper could do such things, then they weren’t the only ones who’d figured these kind of things out. Pygrus was another Aura ELF on the run that was needed to be taken down as well. However, Lauren and Piper had been the only two thrus far, to invent a machine that could allow and Aura ELF in the ELF dimension. That was impossible as far as the ELVES knew, and now that she’d done it, they wanted her to do it again.

One of the problems she’d tried to explain to them was Piper was helping her throughout the whole project until the end. But Piper, now that she was an ELF, didn’t have the knowledge she had as an Aura Elf. Piper could no longer keep up with Lauren’s technology rants. She didn’t know how to do it any longer.

Another problem that Lauren had tried to explain to the dense headed ELVES was that she was unfamiliar with their technology and magic to know where to put things or how to take them apart. Which of course, she was catching on quickly, but she wasn’t about to tell them otherwise.

Lastly, there was just the problem of Lauren didn’t want the ELVES to have the technology so she’d refuse to make it. They’d tried picking her brain for the memories of making the machine, but were unsuccessful. They’d tried forcing her by beating Piper in front of her to make her work, and though that had been very hard for Lauren to watch, it was as well, unsuccessful. They’d tried beating Lauren to make her work, but it didn’t work. Nothing they tried would work on Lauren who was just too dead set on what she wanted to allow the ELVES to get what they wanted.

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(Well continue...)
-Kitt

[MultipleMinds]

“Still having fun?” Piper’s voice was beside Lauren. Lauren, jumped in surprise, but managed not to rock the net. She turned on her side and looked over in the hammock next to her’s only to see Piper right there. Lauren studied her a moment noticing the new marks and fragile smile she wore.

“Oh yeah.” Lauren replied. “Loads.” But she didn’t bother to even fake smile this one. It was obviously she was worn out and hurt. Lauren wasn’t quite sure she could walk right now. They’d been testing her mental capasicity, which hurt an awful lot. Lauren hoped they only did that to her, and not to Piper too, but knowing the ELVES all too well, they probably had.

Piper studied Lauren’s broken sigh. She cocked her head slightly before shrugging. “Been in worst places, haven’t we, Jones?” Piper asked trying to cheer her girlfriend up.

“I supposed.” Lauren said. No, they probably hadn’t. The agent school was nothing compared to what the ELVES could and were doing. It should be illegal the way they tested on people here, but it wasn’t and that’s why the ELVES themselves were a screwed existence.

“Ah come on. Whatdcha invent this time?” Piper asked kicking at Lauren’s netting a bit to make it rock. Lauren tossed back on her back and sighed.

“Nothing. It’s hopeless, Piper. I finally see what you’ve been seeing. We’re not going to escape this one…. We’re both going to die, and you know it.” Lauren said. She briefly looked over hoping Piper would kick her or something for saying such defeating words but Piper remained quiet, studying Lauren.

“So?….” Piper finally said after a long two minutes of silence between them.

“So what?” Lauren asked.

“That’s it?” Piper asked casually shrugging. Lauren could tell she was disappointed. But how could she be when her herself had given in! She had no right to be upset at Lauren! How was Lauren supposed to fix this?! Lauren felt anger rising in her.

“Yeah, that’s it. What do you expect from me?” Lauren snapped.

“Just asking.” Piper said defensively.

“What do you want me to do?”

“Nothing.”

“Then stop staring at me like that!”

Piper looked away. Lauren took a deep breath to calm down. She knew Piper wasn’t trying to make her mad. Piper was only over there because she cared. Lauren was about to apologize when she saw what Piper was looking at. Lauren followed her gaze and rested her eyes on the shelf. The huge, fifty feet wide shelf that Lauren had broken on the wall over there yesterday. It was a symbol of rebellion, one that Piper had paid for…. But Lauren understood the message immediately when Piper opened her mouth.

“Pity you didn’t take them all out, huh?” Piper said seriously. Then they both looked at each other. For the first time in days, Lauren saw a real smile from Piper. That was when the guard finally caught them.

“Hey! Get back over in your own hammock, Dollander, or else!” He threaten. Lauren raised an eyebrow at her, urging her to do it. If she could see Piper acting out, she would be able to do it too.

Piper smirk, as if to tell her, ‘easy as cake’, which was ironic that they used that phrase because neither of them knew how to make a cake. “Umm….” She said, seriously pretending to think about it. “How ‘bout no?” She said in a sweet innocent tone. She smiled her pearly whites at him. Lauren had always loved the way that Piper said ‘about’. She had a Canadian accent and so said some words funny. Lauren had always mocked her about it. Though, as an ELF, she had a normal USA accent, but for these words, she used her Aura ELF accent just to piss people off.

Lauren smirked too watching this seen. “If you go now and just pretend you didn’t see us, we’ll let you go easy….” Lauren added mischievously.

The guard scoffed and begun reaching in his pocket for a device. Lauren had seen this device in action, and hated the result. She flinched as his hand led to his pocket. The ELF smirked a bit evilly at her and Lauren reactively cringed away but then glared intensely. But before Lauren could say more, Piper was upon him.

“Alright, alright.” She said, as if in defeat. Lauren could tell from her voice though, the game was still on. Maybe it was just Lauren alone who could tell this, because the guard dropped his hand and stepped aside for Piper to get out of the hammock and onto the platform for the switch back. Lauren begun to slowly rise to her feet in her hammock as the ELF turned from her to take Piper back.

Lauren watched as Piper walked him back over to her hammock. It was there, she made her move. Piper glanced back at Lauren to make sure she was watching, then she grabbed hold of the ELF and swung him over the edge of the platform, as she herself dived a bit too, but caught her netted bed before she dropped. The scream silenced everyone, as they watched him fall, then all eyes were on Piper.

“Well?” She said looking back to Lauren who still hadn’t moved. Lauren jolted herself back to life and suddenly hammock jumped across the way over to Piper, helping her back on her hammock, before giving her a small green coded device. Piper looked down at it in confusion.

“Throw it at the glass and duck!” Lauren said, throwing her’s. Piper looked alarmed at the small bomb in her hand and immediately threw it at a different panel of glass at the wall across from them. Lauren thought her aim was still amazing. The bombs flew right over the hundreds of ELVES below and stuck to the glass. Lauren and Piper then ducked in the hammock as the glass suddenly shattered. But it didn’t shatter just one like it had the last time, oh no, it was bigger this time. The blast actually knocked both Piper and Lauren down in the hammock and they flipped over from falling both at once. They gripped the netting in tight fist, before jumping down to lower hammocks without people in them. They went on hammock jumping a bit until both of them reach each other again near the very, very edge of the hammocks, were all there was was a long drop to stare down over. On the wall though was broken glass everywhere falling in slow motion almost. Lauren couldn’t help but to watch a moment before she got onto the metal frame that held up the hammocks and lunged out to the wall across from them.

“Bonziiiii!” Lauren shouted before gripping onto the wall. The broken glass immediately sliced through Lauren’s hands and fore legs, but at this point, how could it get worst, right? Lauren pulled herself up onto the shelf. It was big enough that you could sit on it, it was way more sturdier than the hammocks. Lauren immediately begun knocking potions and bottles and technology off the shelves again. Piper landed right beside her with a less graceful jump onto the wall, but managed to stick the landing just fine. Lauren pull her up to the same shelf and they both cheered over at the ELVES watching. The sounds of their shouts and cheers echoed through the silent building.

Neither Piper nor Lauren expected anyone to jump the rebellion, but were just happy themselves for not doing as they were told. So it was a great surprise to them when a person near the edge of the hammocks also got up on the frame and stared up at them. Lauren looked to Piper, and Piper to Lauren, before looking back down at the young boy.

“Bonziiiii!” He shouted up at them lunging off the frame and onto the wall of what used to be glass, but not anymore. Lauren and Piper shouted with glee and begun turning to their work of crashing everything down. There were several more people that followed in example, but the major stayed back. This moment wasn’t only a moment of rebellion, but it was about amending each other again. This moment showed Lauren that she shouldn’t give up, that Piper would always be right beside her with everything she did, and that most of all, they loved each other.

The rebellion was silenced quickly and before Lauren knew it, she was beaten and knocked out and woke back up on her hammock the next morning.

***

[MultipleMinds]

Lauren let out a groan when the lights flickered on. She rolled onto her side with almost a hiss to go back to sleep. Despite the morning noise, Lauren actually almost fell back in her peaceful sleep, when suddenly her hammock rocked dangerously as something clumped and fell ontop of her. Lauren was going to scream, but she caught it in her throat. She looked up slowly to see Piper trying to adjust her landing.

“Sorry.” She apologized. She wasn’t as skilled as she used to be as an Aura ELF anymore.

“What are you doing? Trying to knock us out of the hammock to our deaths?” Lauren hissed at her waiting for the hammock to stop shaking so bad so she could sit up and give Piper some room to sit there with her.

“Oooo, someone’s a bit grumpy aren’t they?” Piper teased cooly. They shifted positions as the hammocks slowed it’s rocking.

“Good morning to you too, dimwit.” Lauren replied rolling her eyes at the tease.

“So, what’s the plan today? More destruction of properity, or an escape?” Piper whispered.

“Give me a moment to think… I just woke up.” Lauren grumbled.

“Well, think fast. The guards will be here soon.” Piper remaindered her looking around.

Lauren too looked up and around before lowering her eyes back to Piper’s. “I’m going to get you out of here, I swear…” Piper smirked.

“Don’t tell me, you know how to fly?” Piper mocked.

“No, really, Piper. You’re not going to die. I won’t let you.” Piper nodded and sighed about to tell Lauren it was alright if she didn’t, but that was where the guards showed up. Piper hopped off the hammock immediately and onto the platform going to wait in line for the toilet. Lauren glared, expecting the guard to go away now that she’d done her job, but she simply stood there waiting for Lauren to get up on the platform too. Lauren hesitated before doing so.

“Follow me.” She ordered Lauren. “And we’re watching. Don’t try anything.”

“Yes, sir.” She said. The ELF rolled her eyes, but said nothing to correct Lauren knowing there was only going to be a witty remark if she did.

Lauren was guided down the long narrow hallway that circled around until they reached the 37th door on the left. (Lauren had counted.) Entering the room, Lauren felt like it was a trap. There was Eli, the head ELF of dimension 463, sitting properly behind the big desk in front of Lauren. There were two other ELVES beside Eli to guard him. Lauren immediately was shoved into a chair before she could turn and leave.

Lauren shook the hands off of her that were holding her down in the sit and glared up at them threatenly. They glared back but Eli made a moment not to touch Lauren anymore and so that was that. Lauren looked towards the devil himself and stare him straight in the eyes.

“What do you want?” She asked harshly.

Eli raised an eyebrow at her but got to the point. “We know why you’re here.”

“Because a d@mn machine brought me here. Duh. Did you just figure that out, idiot?” Lauren sassed.

“No, we mean here as in the prison. You think you can break Piper out.” Eli said smoothly.

“Watch me.” Lauren replied dangerously.

Eli rolled his eyes. “We have been. You’ve yet to succeed and you know by now, we’re not going to let you walk out.”

“Then kill me, Eli.” Lauren said with a flare of the arms to get her point out. “I mean, that’s what you want, isn’t it?”

“No. We want you as an Aura ELF for now.” Eli patiently corrected her.

“Then release me.” Lauren spat.

Eli laughed. “You’re not going anywhere.”

“Then what do you want?” Lauren growled crossing her arms.

“To make a deal.”

“I don’t make deals with your kind.”

“Neither do I for your kind.” Eli challenged.

“Then why are we even talking?” Lauren asked annoyed.

“Listen.” He snapped. “You and me both know Piper’s execution is tomorrow at noon. But I have the power to postpone it.”

Lauren sat up a bit straighter in the chair. Eli had caught her interest now. “You’ll postpone it, if I create the machine….” Lauren didn’t guess, she knew.

Eli smiled. “Well then, we knew you were brighter than you’ve been acting.” Eli studied her expression, which was emotionless as far as anyone on the outside could tell, but he could sense the hope in her eyes. Yes, she was listening. He had her. “I’ll postpone it a day if you can make me an electric pulse admitter.” He nodded to the table with spare parts to the side of them.

Lauren looked over at the parts thinking it over. “Aren’t you smart enough to do it yourself?” She asked.

“Of course. This is only a test, Lauren.”

“A test of obedience.” Lauren corrected still thinking. She needed more time, that much was true. This could be the only chance she would get. So, Lauren had to think hard and long about this. Giving in, would mean the ELVES had won, but what harm would and electric pulse admitter do? She could create that easily, and then pretend to work hard on the machine for a while until she could get out of here.

Finally, Lauren stood, flinching as every ELF reached for their pockets but then stopped to see what she would do. Lauren stared them all down before walking over to the table and begin to work.

‘Capacitors are similar to batteries, they both store electrical energy. However, capacitors only STORE electrons, never produce them. In a battery, a chemical reaction between two terminals and an acidic solution PRODUCES electrons.’ Lauren thought to herself. ‘Inside the capacitor, the terminals connect to two metal plates separated by a non-conducting substance, or dielectric.’

Eli monitored her as she worked. He knew exactly how the pulse admitter was put together so when Lauren begin adding things, he stopped her.

“What?” She asked.

“That’s not the right way.”

“Yes it is.” She argued. “I’m just boasting range and voltage on it.” Lauren replied defensively.

“I don’t believe you.”

“Listen here, you asked me to build you an electric pulse admitter, and that’s what I’m doing. If you don’t like it, you build it.”
“That’s not the attitude I would have if I were trying to save my own girlfriend.”

“Like you’ve ever had one.”To her surprise Eli just cocked his head a bit at the comment instead of smacking the sh*t out of her like Lauren thought he would’ve.
“Hmmm.” He said. Then he looked back down at the invention. “If you’re boasting both, I better see an improvement. If I don’t, it’s Piper who’s going to take the punishment.”
Lauren rolled her eyes. “I said it will boast it. And that’s what it will do.” She replied angrily.

The room was deadly silent, which made Lauren uncomfortable. Usually, Lauren loved the silence. She loved working in silence. It helped her think and focus. But the silence right then was bad. Why? Because then when her stomach growled for food, everyone in the room could hear it. Lauren tried ignoring it as best as she could, but it was aggravating and embarrassing. Mind you, Lauren was not one easily embarrassed, but here she was trying to be intimidating towards the ELVES and the only thing that can be heard is her weakness. Lauren gritted her teeth and tried to pretend nothing was wrong with her. A small blush came to her face, which was something strange to Lauren since it wasn’t often something or someone could make her blush.

Finally, she was done. Lauren set her tools down and pushed the device towards Eli who was standing on the other side of her. Eli observed it, looking ever every nook and cranny of the device before he pointed it towards Lauren. Lauren raised an eyebrow.

“Nothing should happen to you… If you did it right.” Eli assured her.

“I know. I’m not stupid.” Lauren replied crossing her arms over her chest. “Fire away. I’m not scared.”

Eli smiled and did hit the trigger but nothing happened. He was satisfied that it was safe so now he was to test the distance and range of it. Lauren waited as he hooked the admitter to another device on his desk and observed the hallogram screen that popped up admitting data about the device. Lauren read along with him the data that was showing. Nothing out of the usual was detected and it was determended safe by the device. Eli was satisfied then.

“Alright, go take her back.” He shooed people out of the room except his own guards. And with that Lauren was taken back, leaving a small loaded bomb in Eli’s hands. She smirked when no one was looking. She’d done it.