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Kitten waits silently in her cell, waiting for the sign. She is stuck sitting on the floor due to the restraint of her straight jacket, but that is okay. She is waiting on Kol. Kol helped her hide some things inside the jacket where the doctors wouldn't find them. He will be coming soon since she already counted the seconds for 30 minutes after the last mealtime.
Kitten is a frail, five foot girl of around nineteen with shoulder length jet black hair and shockingly golden eyes surrounded by the grey of long nights awake. She wears a straight jacket with old blood stains on it and a plain shirt and pants underneath; hospital issue. The room she is in is solid white and padded from floor to wall to ceiling. There is a soft bed in the corner, but she hates it with a passion. According to her medical records, she is paranoid schizophrenic. The side notes list episodes where she goes into a full panic, unaware of damage done to herself or others and only screams about "them". They also mention her fake furry black cat ears that cup around her actual ears. If removed, it triggers an episode. There are also a few notes about hypersensitive hearing and smell.
A single tap on the door sets her nerves on edge. Another tap and several clicks later and the door opens just enough for a face to peek in. Kol has finally arrived. He is twenty-six years old and easily six feet tall with platinum blonde hair cut fairly short except for a long braid at his temple, blue eyes, and an intricate pattern of black tattoo racing and twisting around his right eye and down his cheek. He wears the unremarkable grey shirt and pants of the hospital, a pair of sneakers, and quite a number of earrings in both ears.
"Kitten, you ready?" he whispers as he slips into the room.
Kitten stares coldly at him. "Oh no, I still need to do my make-up," she snaps back sarcasticly.
Kol lets out a chuckle and lifts her roughly to her feet by a strap of the straight jacket. She nearly protests until he starts undoing the buckles. When her arms are free, the hidden objects are in her grip, and the jacket lays in a heap on the floor, she stretches and waits for Kol. He has his head poked back out the door to keep watch. With a wave of his hand, they both take off out the door and down the hall. Several times, they are nearly caught by nurses, cameras, and the like. They keep calm and finally slip out a side door in the asylum kitchen.
The cool night air sends a shock through Kitten's system and Kol laughs at her reaction and takes her hand.
"Come on. It's time to get them back and show them who they're messing with!" he says enthusiastically, knowing that Kitten will know which 'them', then starts running for the highway.
She keeps up easily with Kol's pace down the side of the road and is only just beginning to tire when they go down an exit and make it to a small supermarket. The pair go through the store and buy two backpacks, some new clothes, and oddities to save for later. The things that Kitten had brought from the hospital, Kol sticks in her backpack, and they put on their new clothes in the bathroom.
Just before they leave, Kol is dressed in a black turtle neck shirt, black jeans, and a black duster. Kitten told him he looks sharp. She herself is wearing the pleated plaid skirt and dressy shirt and tie of a private school nearby. Kol said it suits her with such an innocent face.
“Kol...? Where did you get the money?” Kitten asks him as they double check their supplies.
“I've had it in the bank since before the asylum,” he responds, and waves a credit card.
“Where did you get this uniform, then?”
He laughes and looks up from his backpack at her and says, “I have connections, sweety. I've been out in the world and gotten dirty.”
She frowns at that, knowing it to be a poke at how sheltered her life had been previously.

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