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When Enid woke up she couldn't tell where he was, everything felt fuzzy and her head hurt a little, and even though her eyes were open she couldn't see anything around her. She was laying on her side on something cool and very solid and when she tried to move she realized her hands were bound with something thick and a little bit sticky and it felt like her feet were bound together the same way.
She let out a big sigh, Wednesday had been worrying (in her own way) at her for weeks, convinced that some creepy stalker was out to get her and that because of that Enid, herself, was in danger too. She'd been bullied into taking extra precautions on trips into Jericho and not been allowed to go anywhere alone. Every time she'd tried, Wednesday had appeared grumpily beside her. The protectiveness was nice and usually gave Enid the warm fuzzies just thinking about it, but she hadn't really thought the worry was actually warranted.
Until now.
She remembered dinner, she remembered at least starting to walk back to their room alone since Wednesday had been snarking at Bianca and she had wanted to get started on a paper due at the end of the week. Well, Wednesday would probably be looking for her by now, but she'd probably be both smug and mad to be right when she found her.
"Okay Enid, get up, figure this out." she mumbled to herself and tried to rock herself upright. Maybe she could get herself out of this or figure out some clues if this really was because of the stalker Wednesday was worried about. "Okay, where am I?" She tried to take deep sniff and coughed at the dust in the air. Wherever she was, it smelled a little musty, very dusty, and kinda like she was surrounded by sand and dirt. Her coughs didn't echo much so it must have been somewhere small even if she hadn't hit a wall sitting up. She tried to listen and could hear a lot of nature sounds, so wherever she was there had to be a door or window that led outside close by.
Her head was starting to clear, so she wiggled her fingers to make sure they still had feeling and reached for her feet in the dark to feel what was around them. Her hands skimmed over smooth wide....tape? She was pretty sure it was duct tape. Whoever had bonked her on the head, tied her up, and dropped her here hadn't really thought through things or hadn't done their research. She rolled her eyes a little as she slipped her claws out to slice through the tape around her ankles and peeled it off. "Well whoever did this is just dumb." She turned twisted her fingers back to slice part of the tape over her wrists and used her teeth to tear the rest off.
She huffed as she stood up, wobbling a little and smacking into a wall that had been just out of her reach before with a small thunk. "I can't believe I was caught by surprise by someone who doesn't even know how to tie up a werewolf!, ugh! Wednesday is going to be so disappointed in me." She pouted as she took another deep breath, trying not to cough this time and caught the direction of where it smelled like the air was a little fresher. She skimmed her fingers lightly along the wall as she walked forward to find a break in the wall that felt like a door, moved her hands down until she found the handle and very quietly got it open so she could peek out of the door.
She didn't see anyone, so she opened it more fully to look around...... and saw Wednesday! Holding a stopwatch! "Wednesday what...!?!?"
Wednesday was watching her with her usual unblinking dark eyes, "I'm not disappointed." Enid blushed, "You actually got yourself out of there without panicking once. I'm actually kind of proud."
"Ohmygod, Wednesday! Was that a test!?" Enid was still blushing and covered her face with her hands.
"Just a little one." When she moved her hands to give a questioning look, Wednesday continued explaining, "I'm more worried about you panicking too much to get out of a situation then your ability to actually get out. You did a good job. Except for the talking to yourself before knowing if someone was around part."
"Did you really just....?" Enid looked around, they were still on school grounds at least. It looked like Wednesday had dropped her in an old gardening shed.
"Yes." Wednesday frowned deeper than usual. "I need you to be safe."
Enid sighed, "We really have to work on how you show your affection, you know." Wednesday side-eyed her as they started walking back to their room. "Don't give me that look, I've got you mostly figured out by now."
Wednesday glanced ahead again before flicking her eyes back over quickly and avoiding eye contact again, "At least you know it's affection."
Enid rubbed her head where it was sore, "I'd definitely rather just have some kisses or something."
Wednesday reached for her hand and intertwined their fingers, "That can be arranged."
Enid stumbled, staring from Wednesday's face down to her hand in her own. "What? .....oh!." Well, if it was like that then they'd better walk faster. She started tugging Wednesday along the walkway faster and heard a very faint laugh. She grinned, she was going to make Wednesday kiss her head better first, and then she was going to get so many more kisses.