[ hope this works. i was hoping dick could arrive for something unrelated and help her out? if not i can re-write. ]
[ Rapunzel's has lost count of how many times she has tried to escape Gothel. She wonders, as she crouches low in her darkened room, if Gothel has lost count as well. She wonders if that woman she had once called Mother regrets her choice so many months ago, if she relives that moment the same way Rapunzel does every time she closes her eyes.
She sees the panic in Eugene's eyes. She sees the dagger buried in his back and the blood that stains his clothes. She sees her name on his lips and the light that slowly dies in his eyes.
At first all she had been able to do way cry. Gothel dragged her from their hidden tower in the mountains to broken down car, and Rapunzel had wept the whole way. Eventually though, the memory turned her tears into fire. Anger and hatred bloomed in her heart, and she remembered the promise she had made.
She would fight. Every day of her life she would fight. Until she was free.
They had traveled from safe house to safe house, but every day Rapunzel had stayed true to her word. At every opportunity, she tried to escape. When Gothel demanded her healing powers, Rapunzel tore away from her until Gothel had to physically restrain her. Every incantation felt like a betrayal, that only made her fight harder.
In times of desperation, Rapunzel had slashed at her hair with a blade, threatening to cut it all, but they both knew that she couldn't follow through with it. Despite what had happened, some small part of Rapunzel still hoped that her hair could do something for Eugene, long left behind in that lonely tower.
Now though, in her latest prison, Rapunzel knew her escape would be more difficult than ever. Desperate, Gothel had brought Rapunzel to Ra's Al Ghul and the League of Assassins. Gothel told her little about these people, but she'd said enough for her to know they were dangerous. Danger or not though, Rapunzel refuses to give up.
Every afternoon, Gothel comes to her with a meager meal, always at the same time. Like clockwork, the lock on her door clicks, and the door opens. Rapunzel springs from her crouched position, a sheet in her hand. She runs at Gothel and throws the sheet over her head. Quick as can be, Rapunzel ties the sheet around her, making it impossible for Gothel to move her arms or to see.
Gothel screams and threatens, but Rapunzel doesn't heed a word of it. She dashes away, her hair bundled up in her arms. Some of it golden like the sun, other chunks of it brown and raged from her cutting. All around her alarms are raised and figures appear, ready to stop her.
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[ Rapunzel's has lost count of how many times she has tried to escape Gothel. She wonders, as she crouches low in her darkened room, if Gothel has lost count as well. She wonders if that woman she had once called Mother regrets her choice so many months ago, if she relives that moment the same way Rapunzel does every time she closes her eyes.
She sees the panic in Eugene's eyes. She sees the dagger buried in his back and the blood that stains his clothes. She sees her name on his lips and the light that slowly dies in his eyes.
At first all she had been able to do way cry. Gothel dragged her from their hidden tower in the mountains to broken down car, and Rapunzel had wept the whole way. Eventually though, the memory turned her tears into fire. Anger and hatred bloomed in her heart, and she remembered the promise she had made.
She would fight. Every day of her life she would fight. Until she was free.
They had traveled from safe house to safe house, but every day Rapunzel had stayed true to her word. At every opportunity, she tried to escape. When Gothel demanded her healing powers, Rapunzel tore away from her until Gothel had to physically restrain her. Every incantation felt like a betrayal, that only made her fight harder.
In times of desperation, Rapunzel had slashed at her hair with a blade, threatening to cut it all, but they both knew that she couldn't follow through with it. Despite what had happened, some small part of Rapunzel still hoped that her hair could do something for Eugene, long left behind in that lonely tower.
Now though, in her latest prison, Rapunzel knew her escape would be more difficult than ever. Desperate, Gothel had brought Rapunzel to Ra's Al Ghul and the League of Assassins. Gothel told her little about these people, but she'd said enough for her to know they were dangerous. Danger or not though, Rapunzel refuses to give up.
Every afternoon, Gothel comes to her with a meager meal, always at the same time. Like clockwork, the lock on her door clicks, and the door opens. Rapunzel springs from her crouched position, a sheet in her hand. She runs at Gothel and throws the sheet over her head. Quick as can be, Rapunzel ties the sheet around her, making it impossible for Gothel to move her arms or to see.
Gothel screams and threatens, but Rapunzel doesn't heed a word of it. She dashes away, her hair bundled up in her arms. Some of it golden like the sun, other chunks of it brown and raged from her cutting. All around her alarms are raised and figures appear, ready to stop her.
She can't let them. ]