LAURA's: Pawn in a Gambit.

I spun around, my eyes scanning the surrounding area, trying to locate the source of the voice. The voice sounded familiar like I knew it but at the same time, so foreign and different.

I scanned my surroundings and that's when I saw her, her hands outstretched towards Maxwell with a clenched fist, standing a few feet away from me, a gentle yet sly smile spreading across her face.

I narrowed my eyes on her, expecting the worst. "What have you done to him?" I growled, my eyes shifting between her and Maxwell's form.

She chuckled, charged by the fact that she held power over me now. "Oh, it's nothing too hard my powers can't do. He's just…… uh, how do I put this" She held her head high, as if deep in thought. "Frozen in time! Yes, that's it. He's frozen in time"

"What do you want, Niandra? And what the hell do you know where we were?" I snarled, hackles raised.

Niandra chuckled. "Oh, come on, Alpha Laura. Don't be a sore loser. I always know where you are and this time, I need no interru