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Pain. So heavy and full of pain that she could feel it. She could tell that Number 11 was in pain. Not physical pain, but emotional pain. She was no longer afraid of him, far from it,??she felt old urges that told her to help him. She didn't know why or how but she would. Her promise would be easier to??complete as the door to maximum slammed open and??a guard, dragging 11 behind him came in. The guard stopped at the girl's cell he unlocked the door and threw the freak in. It immediately stood up and rammed into the bars snarling and growling at the man. "Ha!" He said, "See how you like it in there!". The Animal-man's response was to slash at the bars with his hand. "Freak." came the guards snide remark as he walked away laughing.

"So, whats up?" the girl asked. He growled. "You have a name?" she expected another growl or a roughly put together response, but what she heard was "My name was taken from me long ago." He said solemnly. She was genuinely surprised. "So, you're not always freaked out?" she asked. "No." came his simple response. "How'd you get in here?" "Why do you ask so many questions?" he replied. "I'm curious about the Animal-man. This psychotic, yet simultaneously??in complete control mystery." she said. "It's a long story." he said simply. "Lucky us. We've got nothing but time." she said with a smile.

"No." he said firmly. "Ok," she said "one last question then.". "Fine." he said. "Who was that man in the stands?" His eyes widened. "Nobody." he said shakily. "There's the nerve." she thought. "He sounded like he knew you." "He must have been mistaken.". "You can't always hide. Sometimes it helps to let go." she said. His face softened at the caring in her voice. "Why do you care?" he said, less fierce this time. "I used to help people all the time. It hasn't been washed away by this place."she said. "Well," he said as a smile slowly creeped across his face "since we've got nothing but time."

Yeah less action but big plot change! He's not always a man-killing freak! He has a??(somewhat)??nice side which you'll hear about in my next chapter.

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