"I hear by, on this the 3rd day of Febuary, find the defendant guilty." The judges voice rang out through the courtroom as Katana sank in her chair. A heavy weight seemed to have just set on her shoulders, she leaned forward on the desk and placed her head there for a moment. Tears swelled up inside of her and she choked them back. Feeling a pair of cold hands grab her wrists, she looked up as tears streaked her face and smeared her eyeliner down her cheeks.

"Stand up." The unfamilar voice wasn't calming to her as she was yanked from the chair and her hands cuffed. The cold metal wrenching its self into her skin. Katana looked back and saw the one person she wanted to help her standing in the back. She wanted to call out to him so badly but just as she opened her mouth the guard interrupted her. "I know your legs work use them." He yanked her quickly from where she stood as she was drug off.

Standing at the door she glanced back behind her and mouthed something quickly to him just before the door slammed shut behind her. The hallway to the cell that was to be her home for the next few years seemed deathly long. The guards laughed and chuckled amongst themselves as the almost literally drug her to where she was suppose to be.

"Stop." The jolting push on her was hard as she nearly stumbled back but was caught by the cuffs that yanked her back forward. A room to the left was there with windows all along them. A heavy tall women stood in front of her.

The gruff women spoke in almost a manly tone as she placed a container in front of Katana. "Anything that you have on you.. And I mean everything too right here right now."

Sighing Katana slowly reached in her pocket and pulled out a few dollars she had brought, and placed them in the container. "That's it. There.." Suddenly the women grabbed her hand and ripped the ring from her finger.

"I said everything." Katana stood there wanting to scream out but caught herself. She knew that things could get a lot worse very quickly. "Here change and do it quickly or I'll do it for you." Katana felt a pair of pants and shirt be thrown at her and hit her as the women stood there. She turned around and realize that all the guards were still standing there.

"Privacy at all?" Katana knew she spoke out of turn as the women reached up and slapped her then slammed her against the cold glass.

"You should have thought about that before you got yourself here." Katana was let lose and she turned her back to everyone and quickly slipped out of her clothes and put on the tacky, scratchy outfit that was thrown at her. The whistles that she heard from outside the room deafened her as she finally turned back around.

The women grabbed her harshly by her arms and hurried her to her cell. The walk was shorter this time and she looked around seeing the many faces stare at her. Till she heard the sound of a lock being released and was shoved inside. She turned just as she hit the floor and watched as the door was slammed shut leaving her alone, cold and with nothing but her thoughts.

Iestyn ap Llywelyn was furious. Sitting in the back of the courtroom he watched, unable to take action now, watching his Katana being sentenced for a crime that she shouldn't have been sentenced for. She did it, yes, but he had bribed some officials and thought that would be enough to ensure a not guilty verdict. Including the judge. He couldn't believe it.

The second that the judge announced that she was guilty he started formulating a plan. It would definitely have to start with the rescue of Katana. There was no way that he was going to let her sit in jail for any longer than necessary. He wanted anyone who harmed her to pay including the judge and guards. He'd have to figure out how he was going to do this. He could get some of the people in his family to help him out but then thought better of it. The fewer people involved the better.

He would do it alone. He would rescue Katana and he would take care of any other problems. The first part of his plan involved sneaking in as a prison guard. He had a contact at the prison who could arrange a uniform and ID badge. He would walk in as a prison guard and do whatever was necessary to get her back. If anything happened he would kill whomever he needed to. He would get her out at all costs. He was still thinking when he got interrupted by a knock on his door. Opening the door he saw his prison contact.

"Do you have what I need?" he asked the old prison guard not even bothering with the pleasantries of saying hello. He didn't have time for hello. The guard pulled out a uniform, ID badge, gun and baton. This made Llywelyn smile slightly. His plan was starting to come together. Now all he needed was for all the other pieces to fall into place. He had no doubt they would. Pulling out an envelope he handed it to the guard and dismissed him with a look. As the guard started to leave Llywelyn grabbed him when he realized that there was somethiing else he needed "I really hope you did that other thing I asked you to do. I expect that the prison is understaffed when I show up." The guard nodded furiously and seemed scared for some reason. Probably because he could tell that Llywelyn was angry.


Heading towards his car he starts to drive towards the prison. As he arrived at the prison he suddenly decided he would teach someone a lesson for welching on their deal. He had told Katana to elect not to have a jury for her case. If she ended up stuck in jail he would not forgive himself. He walks into the judge's office and evidently surprised him. The judge did not expect Llywelyn to personally come for him. Walking up to him he places the gun at the man's forehead. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't end you. Why I shouldn't put a bullet through your head for going back on our deal. You were supposed to find her NOT guilty. I was expecting to see her released and instead saw my love being taken away in handcuffs."

The judge suddenly fell to his knees and started begging for his life. Llywelyn knew that he couldn't actually shoot the judge right now. The shot would draw far too much attention to him far too early. Instead he pulled out his baton and struck the judge across the face twice and watched as he fell to the ground. Looking down at him he pulled his bloody head up to whisper in his ear. "If I'm not able to rescue her; then I will be back for you. Oh, and it won't be to hit that face of yours either. Perhaps if you live you'll learn your lesson and do me a few more favors in the future. You call for help, I'm afraid I'll have to end your life."

Leaving the judge laying on the floor and walked out the door. The judge said nothing. Walking towards the prison he knew that soon he would see her. He would see Katana again.

Katana lifted her head suddenly hearing the sound of something grinding across the bars at her cell. She had fallen asleep sitting in the corner and it was dark now. Squinting to see in the darkness she saw a figure standing before her silent just running what appeared to be their baton back and forth the bars. She said nothing as sat perfectly still trying not to let it known that she was even paying attention.

"I know you are awake." The guards voice echoed against the almost empty cell. The only thing in there to absorb his voice was a cot that had no bedding on it. She was cold as she raised up off the cement floor, and stood before the man. "Here.." Suddenly she heard something be thrown threw the bars at her and felt the oatmeal like substance splatter her face. Then the laughter filled the air instead of his voice. "Your dinner."

"Asshole.." She wiped her face and flung the food back that was on her hand back at him and moved to the cot where she sat down.

"You will get yours don't worry pretty little Katana." She heard the clink of his keys in the lock as she stood up suddenly and found herself backing against the wall. She couldn't run, she couldn't do anything and she found herself unable to even move. The bars slid back and she figured her best bet would to try to take a run for it. His footsteps were heavy as he approached her, then she saw a flash of light, she squinted as he rose his flash light to her eyes and she turned away damn near blinded.

She refused to speak as she placed her hands over her eyes for a moment to get acclimated to the blinding flashlight then she heard his steps closer. Finally seeing a chance to dart for it she ran. Almost reaching the opening of the door she felt a hand on her arm snatch her back and throw her against the wall, and then she heard a thud as a throbbing pain took over her head. Slowly everything went black as the last thing she felt was the cold ground smack the side of her face.

"Hey baby.." Katana smiled as she saw Llwelyn standing in her room. The sun came through her bedroom windows as she sat up in her bed and reached out to him and hugged him closely. "Ohh wow.. I just had a horrible dream. Llwelyn I was in jail and it was.. What's wrong?" She watched him as he took a few steps back. "Llwelyn say something? What's wrong?" She pleaded with him as she watched him and then stood up and went to him and reached for his hand. He finally looked to her and only sadness was in his eyes. "Llwelyn.. what? What is it?" She stared at him just wanting to know what was wrong. Llwelyn's voice was quite lower then a whisper and all she heard was "Be ok. Please be ok."

Katana screamed as she sat up from the cold water pouring over her head, and the reached up and grabbed her head that throbbed. She looked around as the bright white light blinded her and she laid on cold hard tile floor. "Damn it.. a dream." She laid back down unmoving as she held her head then realized she had been stripped down and thrown onto the shower floors.

"There we go. Told you she was alive." The female's guards voice filled the showers as the cold water still poured over Katana. She felt the women grasp her ankle, pull her from under the water, and a towel be thrown at her. "Get dressed."

Katana stood up shaking and shivering as she reached for the towel and nearly slipped. Her head sent her lurching forward in pain as she stood there and she caught herself on the wall. She had no idea what all had happened. She probably didn't want to know. She closed her eyes and thought of the one and only thing that could bring her any happiness in this hell hole, and she mouthed his name as she finished drying off and slipped back into her issued clothes.

Llywelyn walked over to the guard stationed near the gate to the entrance of the row where her cell is supposed to be. Walking towards it he is approached by a guard who asks for his badge. Llywelyn hands the guard his badge and the guard looks from the badge to his face examining him closely. Deciding that he would call someone to verify that everything was legit; Llywelyn felt himself panic. He came this far only to be stopped by some low level guard who was taking way too much pride in his job. Suddenly he noticed the old man who he had paid earlier walk up to the younger guard. Whispering in his ear, the younger guard walked away but still watched from a distance. The old man took the phone and dialed. Speaking to the voice on the other end he spoke quietly making sure not to raise the suspicions of the younger guard. The old man had not actually placed the call to the county but had dialed his home number. Hanging up the phone, he nodded at Llywelyn and told him to proceed. Looking back at the younger guard it appeared to Llywelyn that the old guards ruse had worked.

Walking down the hall to her cell he saw a guard walking around and approached him. Something about the man told him that he just wasn't a good guy. Looking at him showed him his ID badge. An ID badge that showed Llywelyn to be the shifty looking guard's superior officer. Llywelyn placed his hand on his belt just in case he would need it. "The warden has some paperwork for you to fill out. He wants you to see him immediately." The shifty guard looked at him suspiciously but turned to walk down the hall and looked back at Llywelyn. This would keep hin occupied until he realized that there was no paperwork to be done. Luckily he'd arranged it so that the warden was sick and not available. That should keep him occupied just a bit longer.

Walking to the cell where he was told she would be, Llywelyn moved his baton against the jail cell to get Katana's attention. With a lowered voice he spoke with worry and concern apparent in his voice "Katana, are you alright? They didn't hurt you, did they?"

Standing with her back to the bars, Katana heard the baton on the bars and she closed her eyes then shook her head. She jolted to a stop as she heard his voice and swung around. Her eyes wide as she gasped. "Your here.. You are really here.." She almost sunk to her knees. She wasn't sure how many days she had been in there or if it had gone past days. She only kept one thought as the nights went bye and the days grew long that and that was of him.

She watched as he placed his fingers to his lips to get her to hush so that it wouldn't give him away. Then she saw his eyes widen as he looked at her, and rage nearly take over. She walked up to the bars and placed her hand on his that clutched the bars hard. "Just get me out of here please.. PLEASE." Katana's eyes pleaded for him to save her to get her out of there and then she saw another guard start to approach and she backed up and with only her eyes let Llywelyn know he was coming.

The guard paused in front of the cell and then chuckled and prodded Llywelyn. "Pretty little thing isn't she! Quite the little well.." His voice was cut off as Llwelyn faced him. Katana watched as she saw his fist ball up fiercely as he tried to maintain his composure.

Llywelyn managed what sounded as just a quick exhales before he nodded to the guard. He simply looked back at Katana then back at the guard. She wondered what he was thinking till she heard him speak. "Hey by chance things aren't kept hushed around here are they?" Llywelyn spoke softly and leaned in towards the guard and slipped him a few bills from his pocket.

The guard smirked and nodded. "You aren't new around this jail system you know." The guard patted Llwelyn on the back as he unhooked the keys for the cell that hung on his belt loop. "About an hour is all you can take though.. Not sure when the warden will be back and she doesn't like to have to clean up our messes." The guard took a step back as Llwelyn nodded then took the keys from him, and slid the bars back.

Katana took a step backwards as she watched the guard stand there. Then her eyes grew large as she saw Llwelyn grab his baton and suddenly turned striking the man right at his ear. The guard fell to his knees as Llwelyn grabbed him and flung him into the jail cell. Katana backed up against the wall and slipped around behind Llwelyn as she watched him raise his baton repeatedly to the gaurd.

Blood speckled the walls when Katana grabbed Llwelyn's hand as he raised the baton one last time. "Baby.. We have to get out of here. Please." Her voice pleaded with him. She so badly wanted to get out of tere and simply run away. She knew she was saved finally she just wasn't safe yet.

Llywelyn smiled at feeling Katana's hand in his again and kissed her quickly before leading her down the hall. Running down the hall Llywelyn finally stopped as they approached a female guard. He slowed down and placed Katana's hands behind her back hoping the guard did not see their hands joined together just a moment before. As she approaches them he creates a story in his mind that sounds plausible to him "I'm here to transfer this prisoner to another location. Call the warden if you need to but I am on a tight schedule and need to go." It looked like his plan worked and he started walking towards the exit when he noticed the look on Katana's face. He couldn't tell if it was anger or fear. Perhaps a mix of both. Regardless of whether it's fear, anger or a mixture, the look meant that this woman hurt Katana. This made Llywelyn angry again. Raising his baton suddenly he strikes her hard on the head. The woman starts crawling on the ground when he noticed that Katana's ring was missing. Looking at the woman he kneeled down and whispered into her ear "You're going to go get her stuff. All of it. If there's anything missing then I'll kill you. If you try and take us somewhere else other than to her belongings, I will kill you." He could tell that she knew he was serious as she got up as quickly as she could, blood dripping from her head, as she started walking down another corridor.

They approached a cabinent and the guard unlocked it. Pullling out an envelope she handed it to Katana but Llywelyn snatched it from the guards hands. Emptying the contents he gives them back to Katana before taking the ring and placing it back on her finger; then kisses her hand. He noticed the bruises on Katana's face and remembered the way she reacted when she first saw the female guard. Llywelyn came to the conclusion that she had somehow hurt or allowed Katana to be hurt and that made him angry. Hitting her once more on the head one more time. As the guard fell he saw her reach for her gun. Llywelyn doesn't hesitate and shoots the woman in the head.

"Well, hopefully no one heard that. I paid to have fewer workers today. So who knows. Regardless, we should probably get out of here now." He kisses her again and whispers that he loves her before grabbing her hand and running towards the exit.

Katana closed her eyes against the sun as she squeezed Llwelyn's hand. The warmth of the rays on her skin made her almost hault, but she knew they had to get to his car. Her hand still in his as they finally reached the car. She watched Llwelyn as he hurriedly opened the door and then shut it as she slid into the seat. He nearly ran around to the drivers side as he flung open the door and then slammed it shut.

Katana sunk down in the seat as she heard Llwelyn start the car and speed off as fast as it could go. The tires flung gravel from the parking lot as they turned onto the road and were finally away from that hell hole. She stared out the window and watched the trees seemingly fly by here and leaned her head against the glass. It was cold outside but the sun heated the glass and finally she felt somewhat warm. She finally turned to him and for the first time since she got sentenced she smiled.

"You know I thought the prince that saved the princess thing only happened in fairy tales." She giggled a bit as she again reached for his hand and wraps her fingers between his and watched him shake his head.

"I'll never let that happen again Katana." His voice was saddened at the thought that everything happened as it did in the first place. After a bit he pulled the car into the drive of where he was currently staying and she looked up at him and smiled.

She smiled as she watched him walk over and open the car door. She took his hand then without doing anything else after she stood up wrapped her arms around him tightly and kissed him. Whispering in his ear she smiled "Thank my love. Thank you."

She saw him nod as he took her hand and the two walked slowly up the to the door. He opened it and placed his hand out motioning for her to enter as he looked outside one last time before he shut and locked the door.