Warehouse District, early Sunday morning

[izzy_on_her_own]

Since going back to her room at the hotel probably wasn't the best idea after the detention raid, Isabel and some of the others had made there way to one of the safe spots in the warehouse district.  It seemed the best place to lay low for the time being.

Since people still needed food, Isabel made a call to a sympathetic barista at the Perk and

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[captivevisions]

Phoebe crept out of where she had been sitting within the shadows and smiled hopefully.

"Caffeine?" Her voice was soft because she was still expecting that she was going to wake up and be back in her prison with weird oatmeal and other cold stuff.

[izzy_on_her_own]

"Caffeine and first choice of the bagels," Isabel smiled. "They're still warm."

[captivevisions]

Phoebe smiled back at her.

"That will be a definite change," Phoebe said as she reached for one of the bagels. "Gods, these smell wonderful."

[izzy_on_her_own]

"Indulge then. Have two. Or maybe some of the fast food our masked friend dropped off." To Isabel's eye, Phoebe could probably stand to gain a pound or two. "If it's cold I can warm it up," she said, wiggling her fingers.

[captivevisions]

Phoebe could probably stand to gain a few pounds.

"I should probably start slow," she said regretfully. "Getting myself sick would not be a good thing right now."

[izzy_on_her_own]

"Yeah, starting out with a Mooby burger is probably a bad thing. Way too much of a shock to your system." Of course a Mooby burger at anytime was probably a bad shock to the system.

"How are you feeling now?"

[captivevisions]

She took a drink of the coffee and gasped at the sudden shock of heat to her mouth. She swallowed a few times and then shook her head.

"I know better than that... or I should." She gave Isabel a small smile. "Tired as hell. Still a bit freaked. Not real sure of what I'm supposed to do to help now that I'm out?"

[izzy_on_her_own]

"Keep your head down. Watch out for some of the others that aren't up for fighting," Isabel suggested. "We didn't get you out just in time to see you get hurt."

[captivevisions]

"I'm not even sure I can keep myself from running and hiding." Phoebe admitted with shame in her voice. "Fear and tornnture was a really convincing deterrent."

Not that she wouldn't try.

"Raven and Elle."

It was the answer to a question neither Cole nor Isabel had asked yet. "After Umbridge, they were the worst."

[izzy_on_her_own]

"Yeah, I know. But at some point you'll stop being afraid. I promise."

She shook her head, not surprised by the names. "They're going to have to deal with it. Once the curse is lifted."

[captivevisions]

"Wanting them dead is wrong of me, isn't?" There something in Phoebe's eyes that had never been there before. It looked like there was something she had learned to do in detention.

She had learned to hate.

[izzy_on_her_own]

"No, I think it's only natural." God know Isabel had grown to feel that way about the Madri. "The problem is, some of them aren't in control. They're under a spell and when that spells breaks, I think they're going to be horrified."

"But the ones that aren't? The ones that chose to go along. They're the ones I can't forgive."

[captivevisions]

"But so many chose to along with it, it seems. They came down there and..." Phoebe struggled not to have another anxiety attack. "We were toys to them, games. Elle kept calling this other poor witch her pet and tortured her with her lightning taser type power. Did it to her every day. Did it to me sometimes. Raven... Raven just tortured us in our mind and pushed too far and killed Sookie."

Now, there were tears in Phoebe's eyes and she was trying to breathe.

[izzy_on_her_own]

"A lot of them were cursed." At least as far as the resistance could tell. "And Raven's a freaking nutcase." But that still wasn't an excuse an it wouldn't help Phoebe at the moment.

"Sweetie, you can't think about them right now. I know it's hard. I do. But you're safe now. I promise."

[waveagreenflag]

"Hi Pheobe." Robin waved. Once upon a time he would have been quite exuberant just now. But these days he was rather subdued. "How are you feeling?"

[captivevisions]

Phoebe flinched, ready to run back to the shadows when she recognized the new voice. She gave an apologetic smile.

"Hi, Robin. I'm still a little jumpy."