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Belladonna thought a bit. "Well . . . his uncle mentioned a place out in the country the last time he was here . . ." she mused. "He might use that as a safe house." she guessed.

In the meantime, Dimitri had finished regaining his composure. He had a job to do. But if his leader wasn't honest in his goals . . . well, he'd be sure to make sure things wouldn't go his way. He returned to where he had left Ana. "Alright, time to go. Again, I'm going to give you an option. You can ride comfortably in the back seat or I can tie you up again and you can ride in the trunk." he said, arms crossed as he waited for her response.

Belladonna nodded and then looked at his car. "That's . . . a car right? How does it work?" she asked. She knew of their existence, but she never was able to figure out how they moved.

Dimitri smiled a bit and undid the rope around her ankles and gently, being sure to touch her clothes and not her skin, guided her out to the car. "I'm glad you're finally being reasonable." he said softly. He did realize that she was uncomfortable, but he would try his best to earn her trust. He opened the back door of the car. "Don't worry so much. I said I'd protect you if my mission was given on false pretenses, didn't I?" he said, smiling a bit, trying to give her some reassurance.

Belladonna still seemed confused, but she got inside the car. Almost instantly, she started pushing buttons on the dash, her curiosity getting the better of her. "What's this do?" "What's that for?" she asked, unable to keep the questions from coming.

Dimitri sighed. "I know I haven't done much to earn your trust, but I intend to follow through on my word. I will keep you safe if it is needed." he said, before child-locking the door and then closing it. He then walked around to the front seat. "Buckle up please. I'd hate to get a ticket." he said, trying to play it as a joke and bring a bit of levity to the situation.

Belladonna recoiled instantly with a yelp as the radio suddenly turned on. She was not prepared for the sudden outburst of noise at all. "Heh. It makes noise . . ." she muttered, pointing at it with a rather sheepish smile. Getting scared like that at such a little thing was rather embarrassing to her.

Dimitri sighed. "I will keep my word." he promised once more before letting it drop and starting the car, driving away from his uncle's house and heading once again towards his destination.

Belladonna pouted a little when Ryder wound up laughing at her. "Don't laugh! I just . . . I really haven't been out in a while . . ." she said, starting out rather indignantly but fading away to an embarrassed softness at the end.

A moment of silence passed after Ana whispered, and at first it seemed as though Dimitri didn't hear her. But after a good ten minutes, he spoke up. "Is it a jack-in-the-box?" he asked. He had heard her, and at first had been confused, but he soon recognized that it was a riddle, though he did not realize why she'd be whispering a riddle to herself. And, as it was a riddle, he couldn't help but try and solve it.

Belladonna pouted, but she looked at the music selection anyways. "Um . . . " She really didn't know much about what anything was. "This one." she said, inserting a random CD. It said it was the 'Best of Queen' and although she wasn't sure what Queen was, she assumed if it was the 'best of' something, it had to be good! Right?

"Right, not a jack-in-the-box then . . ." Dimitri said after a moment, frowning a bit. "Unless it's the restaurant, although that's not nearly as sinister as the toy. The clown inside those things always freaks me out . . ." he muttered, clutching the steering wheel a bit tighter. Then he noticed that Ana was not okay. "Hey, hey!" he called out, trying to snap her out of whatever had come over her even as he pulled over to the side of the road. "Hey! Ana!" he jumped out of his seat and raced around to open her door. He had promised that he would protect her. Even from his boss if necessary. What had come over her to make her act like this?! He hesitated to touch her. He didn't know what to do. How did you calm someone down who was clearly freaking out? He'd never had to deal with this sort of thing before . . .

Belladonna blinked when she heard the rhythmic stomping and clapping and then jumped a bit when the near shouting came on saying something about a young man being something and then "We will, We will ROCK YOU!" played and she was rather curious. The problem was, she was having problems understanding all of the words in the verses, they just went by so fast! "How am I supposed to enjoy this if I can't even understand it all?!" she interjected rather indignantly, looking at Ryder with a confused glare as she gestured to the music player.

Dimitri frowned and without thinking pulled her hands away from her head. "Ana! You're alright! You don't have to apologize. You're safe with me." he said, hoping he was somehow getting through to her. What in the world had caused this?