Zora blinked and then blinked again. Where was she?
Saving Elon came back to her in vivid relief, but that didn't explain the florescent light bulb she was staring up at or the bars surrounding her.
She sat up slowly feeling very thirsty and a bit stiff. Her eyes found Elon in the cell across the aisle from hers.
"Good morning my love." Came his gently loving thoughts into her mind and she smiled and responded in kind, as she rose to stand at the bars across from Elon.
Before she could ask as to their circumstances a door opened and an older man in a rumpled suit walked into the cell bay that was empty except for the two guards that stood up to attention at the other man's appearance within the room.
The older man's face creased pleasantly into a smile at the sight of Zora conscious and up on her feet, "It is good to see you awake my dear. I only find it regrettable that it should be in such conditions as these, but it can't be helped at present I'm afraid. Could you please be more forthcoming than your companion has been in terms of relating how it is that you two came to be at the warehouse?"
Zora remained silent and the man sighed loudly.
"I see. At least could you tell me your name?" The man asked imploringly, but again Zora remained silent.
Frustrated looking the man said, "Even though my country and the parents of those children owe you both a debt of gratitude there are still questions that must be answered before you can be let go!"
Both Zora and Elon remained silent and the man seemed to give up as he turned to leave the cell bay.
"I'll see what I can do, but I can make no promises as to your speedy release if you're not willing to cooperate." The man said before leaving back through the door that he had come through. The two guards at the end of the room sat back down once the door had closed.
Elon's thoughts whispered into hers, "We need to get out of here."
Zora's eyes flickered back to Elon's and she asked, "Why, what's the rush?"
"I want to find your birthmark!" Was his straightforward answer.
Zora blushed, but she didn't look away. Elon glanced towards the two guards but before he could lay out a strategy Zora said, "Leave it to me. I'll handle it."
Zora moved away to lounge on the bars nearer to the two guards. In a tone of open invitational seduction she called out, "Oh boys?"