Valentina's eyes fluttered, and then slowly opened, one after the other.
She was shot with a slicing pain in her head that had her shutting her eyes until it passed away.
After counting to ten in her mind, she tried again to open them.
This time, she was successful, and there was no crippling pain.
Gently, she dragged her body on the floor, until she was in a seated position.
A flickering sound filtered into her ears, and in a blink, the once dimly lit room was filled up with bright lights.
"Popcorn?"
She whipped her head to her left side to find Ross Voltron crouched before her.
"What did you do to me?" She asked, her words, guided and measured.
"I just needed you to sleep a little whilst I ran some errands. Popcorn?" He pushed the bag of popcorn towards her again.
