<div class="floatleft">(https://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md28soz6zI1rx13a5.gif)</div>Karina felt frozen in place. Her eyes were glued to the man she had released from captivity. The two stared at each other for a few moments before he moved. In one fluid motion, he ripped off the cord that was attached to his metallic arm. Karina flinched out of reflex.<br/><br/><strong><em>"Dzheyms..."</em></strong>His voice broke through the silence. Karina was so focused on him, everything else seemed to fade away. She couldn't hear the emergency alarm anymore, though the red lights were still flashing. The heart monitor that had been registering the man's heartbeat was still emitting a continuous beep that signaled a flat line.<br/><br/><em>James... His name...</em>In all the files she had seen, his name had been blacked out; redacted. Her employers were hell bent on keeping his identity a mystery. Karina wondered why, all of a sudden, did he just blurt out his name.<em>It must have something to do with being woken up like this.</em>However, she still didn't understand.<br/><br/>James quickly advanced towards her and Karina jumped aside in fright. She watched him punch the keypad with his metal arm. Sparks flew out from the electronics and the lights above the door went out. It took Karina a few moments to realize that he had disabled the door; trapping the two of them inside the room. Her heart felt like it was going to beat right out of her chest.<br/><br/>She remained quiet as she watched him move about the room, silently praying that if she stood still enough then he might forget she was trapped with him. James ran his metal hand along the back wall, then suddenly stopped. Karina watched him punch right through the wall and pull down chunks of plaster and concrete. She cried out in surprise.<br/><br/>James let out a growl as he pulled down large hunks of the wall. It sounded like a feral animal trying to escape a cage. Karina let out a soft whimper and held her hand against her temple. Images flooded her mind like water breaking through a dam. She was overwhelmed with a sense of confusion, panic, fear, and agonizing pain.<br/><br/>There was snow; lots of snow. Everything was so cold and wet. Faces blurred in and out of focus and voices sounded muffled. Suddenly, an image appeared crystal clear in her mind. A man was laying on an operating table, and several people wearing white coats surrounded him. There was the unmistakeable sound of flesh and bone being cut with a powered surgical saw. Karina watched as one of the men moved away and she saw the person on the table. There was something familiar about him.<br/><br/>The scene changed, presumably to some time later. The man was still on the operating table, but something was different. There was a sheet covering his body, leaving his head exposed. A man came into the room with a clipboard and pulled the sheet away, letting it fall to the floor. Karina let out a gasp as the realization hit her like a ton of bricks.<br/><br/>It was James; complete with his metal limb.<br/><br/><em><strong>"Ty poydesh' so mnoy."</strong></em>Karina was ripped from her trance when James spoke again. She blinked several times to clear her head. When she finally became aware of her surroundings again, she was much closer to James than she had remembered being. She could feel the warmth of an arm around her waist. The sudden loud noise of banging against the disabled door made her snap her head behind her.<br/><br/>Before she could react, James grabbed a hold of the pipe with his metal arm and began to slide down with her. Karina reflexively wrapped her arms around his neck and hid her face against his chest. She squeezed her eyes shut and let out a cry that was a mix of fear, panic, and a little excitement.<br/><br/>It seemed like they fell for hours, but it was really only a few seconds. James landed firmly on his feet, taking the weight of both of them and supporting Karina until she regained her composure. It was dark when she opened her eyes. The light from the hole in the wall on the upper floor only reached so far. Still, she could see just enough. James moved in front of her, still holding her waist, and punched through the wall again. He made an opening just large enough for them to fit through.<br/><br/>James exited the hole first and practically drug Karina out after him. After a quick glance around, Karina noticed they were in the men's bathroom. The pair exited the stall they had escaped into, and two men in suits standing at the urinals stared at them with disbelief. Suddenly, the reality of the situation set in for them and they ran out of the bathroom as quickly as they could. One of them holding up his pants as he ran.<br/><br/>Karina felt James let her go and she took a step backward, her hands shaking. She could feel his determination trying to suppress his panic and confusion. Her eyes were locked onto him, and she jumped when her back hit the wall. Her feet were moving on their own. She opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out.