"Hello, wake up…" A voice called out to her and she could feel someone slapping her face lightly.
She opened her eyes to see a man's face hovering above hers. Startled, she tried to move, but the man held her. She looked around and realized she had been sleeping on this bed. She didn't recognize it. She didn't recognize anything.
"Whoa, now. Calm down. Everything is just fine." The man said to her in a soothing manner.
"Is she finally awake?" A woman with long, curly blonde hair asked and walked near the bed. "So, now we can have fun?"
She watched the woman caress the man's hair in a flirty way. She was confused. What was going? Where was she? Who…was she? She sat completely still for a moment as she realized she could not remember anything.
"Now, now Yvette. I have some formalities to take care of with her just like I had to do with you when you woke up." The man said in a playfully chastising tone.
She looked at the man who was still holding her to calm her. He had short, pale yellow hair with icy blue eyes. She tried to remember something about him, and instantly, she felt a shooting pain in her temple. She flinched in pain and grabbed her head with one of her hands.
"What's this? Are you ok?" The man asked in a nonchalant tone.
"My head is killing me." She said in whispered voice.
She sat still again. So, that was what she sounded like. That was the sound of her voice.
"Now, now." The man said and lifted her head by placing his hand under her chin. "You're ok!"
She felt annoyed that he was telling her she was ok when he actually had no idea. Her head felt foggy and uncomfortable. She moved his hand away from her face and felt herself glaring at him.
"What is going on here?" She asked in anger and confusion.
The man recoiled a bit. His blue eyes sparkled with curiosity and surprise. He put his hand to his chin and looked at her for a while. He seemed to be thinking about something.
"Now, now. It's ok dear." He said and took her hand in his. "Why don't you tell me your name?"
She was getting tired of hearing him say "now, now" like he was talking to a pet. She saw him looking at her expectantly and she tried to remember her name. Her head felt a little foggy again and she felt like she was going to pass out. She grabbed her forehead again.
"It's ok honey. You are allowed to remember your name." He said.
Instantly, the fog cleared in her mind and she clearly remembered her name: Vita Belleau. She remembered her name! She felt excited, but she was weary. It seemed as though the man's permission was the reason she was allowed to remember.
"Well…" The man said impatiently and folded his arms.
"My name…" Vita began, "is Vita B-"
"Ok! Vita is such a wonderful name!" The man said cutting her off.
"You don't want my last name?" She asked in confusion.
"Nope!" The man said cheerfully. "For what I am using you for, your first name is all I need!"
Vita stared at the man and felt more confusion and anger and mistrust surging through her. She was not sure what to think about what was going on, but she did not feel right.
"My name is Quincy!" The man said cheerfully and he leaned forward towards Vita and winked. "I have no doubt you will need to know that information for later."
As he leaned forward, two strands of fabric with feathers on the bottoms came forward from behind Quincy's left ear. They appeared to be connected to the bottom of his hairline like a sort of hair accessory or lone weave strands. Vita reached forward and touched them. When she touched the feathery strands, a sharp pain shot through her head. She closed her head and there was complete silence.
"Hey, look at the guy with the feather hair things!" A woman's voice echoed in her head.
"Oooo, he is hot!" A second woman's voice replied. "What do you think Vita?"
"I guess he is alright. He seems kind of suspicious though. He looks like he is checking everyone at the con out."
In the darkness Vita heard these voices and was shocked to hear her own. It was some sort of conversation between her and…who? Two women, but who were they? They had to be people she knew since the one called her by name. They must be her friends? And what was a con?
"V-V-Viiiittaaaa." A voice called through the darkness and shattered the memory.
Vita realized it was Quincy's voice. She felt even more annoyance at him since he broke her from her memory. The only bit of memory she had aside from her name.
She opened her eyes to find herself in Quincy's arms. She recoiled quickly and moved away from him. This movement caused her long, straight brown hair to fly about her. She looked at her hair and moved her hands to feel it.
'So, I have brown hair.' She thought to herself.
"Whoa there. Are you ok now? You passed out there for a second." Quincy said and came towards Vita.
Vita tried to move away from Quincy, but her grabbed her hand.
"Calm down and don't move." He said in a different tone than he had been using.
Vita felt herself calm down and she found she couldn't move. She felt a little panicked, but she felt her body try to calm down. She was a mess of confusion. She looked at Quincy in a questioning manner.
Quincy came closer to Vita and put his hand under her chin and looked into her eyes again. He seemed to be trying to examine something. Vita sat uncontrollably still as he looked into her eyes.
An annoyed sigh came from Yvette who had sat down on a nearby chair.
Vita and Quincy both looked at her when she sighed and Quincy just laughed and looked her Yvette playfully. They had a brief moment of flirty looks and then, Quincy turned his attention back to Vita.
"Well, sometimes the magic spells do cause strange things to happen to you humans." Quincy said and got up. "You seem to be fine physically which is fine to me since that's what I'll be using you for."
Vita watched Quincy walk over to Yvette and lean on her seductively. Her eyes widened when she realized what they were there for. She and Yvette were nothing more than pleasure tools to him. Vita assumed Quincy must have done something to both of them.
'He must have done something to make us listen to him…to make us obedient.' Vita thought to herself.
Suddenly, she realized what Quincy had just said.
'Magic?' Vita thought and stared at Quincy's back with wide eyed shock. 'So, he is using magic to control us? What….what is going on?'
Vita's confusion was rising and made her panic overpower the calm. She felt something 'break' in her and her normal, genuine emotions were back. She moved her hand to her chest and she realized she could move freely as well. She felt pleased that whatever Quincy had done had passed. She was happy she was able to break Quincy's spell, but she was worried she wouldn't be able to do it again.
She looked over at Quincy and Yvette who were now making out on the chair. Vita looked away in disgust at the improper behavior. She wondered why Yvette's attitude was different than her own.
'Maybe Quincy put a spell on Yvette to make her more obedient?' Vita thought to herself.
"Vita you are allowed to move now." Quincy said suddenly.
Vita was startled at his interruption to her thoughts. She looked over and saw him moving towards the door.
"Yvette, help Vita change into her new clothes, okay?" Quincy said and smiled sweetly at Yvette.
Yvette looked at Quincy with a pouty face and Quincy just laughed and walked towards her.
"Don't worry! Soon, we will all be having all sorts of fun!" Quincy said cheerfully and suggestively. "But, for now, be a good girl and help Vita with her outfit."
"Okay." Yvette said with a playful reluctance.
"That a girl!" Quincy said and turned to leave again. "When you two are done, come out into the next room."
"Okay!" Yvette responded happily.
Vita watched Quincy walk out of the room and close the door. She noticed he didn't lock the door behind him. She assumed that meant he was not worried they would run away. Vita turned her attention to Yvette who had gone into the closet and pulled out a giant mound of purple gossamer and lace. Vita looked at Yvette questioningly.
"It's cute! It will match mine, but yours is purple and mine is red!" Yvette said cheerfully.
Vita looked at Yvette's outfit for the first time since she had woken up. She was repulsed by it instantly. The top was nothing more than a bra with lace and other decorations and the bottoms appeared to be two pieces: underwear and a highly elaborately decorated see through skirt. She knew Yvette was expecting her to say something in response to seeing her outfit.
"They're like…harem outfits…" Vita whispered finally and looked at Yvette questioningly.
"I suppose they are!" Yvette responded cheerfully and looked at her own outfit while twirling around once.
Vita did not know how to handle Yvette. She was sure they were both in the same problem, but Yvette did not seem to notice. She seemed oblivious to everything.
"Yvette," Vita began, "Do you remember anything?"
Startled, Yvette looked at Vita like she was in trouble. She stood in silence for a while, but then she just smiled tiredly.
"We don't need to remember anything!" Yvette said. "Why don't we get you in these clothes?"
Vita could tell something strange was holding Yvette and controlling her thoughts and actions. She didn't understand what was going on or remember what had happened, but she knew she wanted to get away. She also wanted to help Yvette.
"Come on!" Yvette said cheerfully. "Put this on!"
Vita looked at the polka-dotted pajama pants and plain yellow shirt she was wearing and then, she looked at the ridiculous garb she was expected to wear. She picked a piece of the outfit and looked at it with a grimace. As she did this, Vita noticed the green nail polish on her finger nails.
She set the garb down and looked at her nails strangely. She felt her head going foggy again and a sharp pain shoot through her temple. This time, Vita saw two other people, and she and the two were painting their nails.
"I really don't understand why we are painting our nails, Shelly." Vita heard herself say in the memory. "The costume gloves are just going to cover the nails."
"Oh Vita! It is just for fun!" Shelly, the girl who spoke second in the first memory said excitedly.
"Well, you know they do have their nails painted before they transform into scouts though!" The first voice said.
"Jeesh Emily, why do you have to get technical?" Shelly responded. "Well, anyways, I am so excited for this anime convention!"
'Anime…convention?' Vita thought to herself as she watched her memory.
When she thought this, a large band of memories went flashing through her mind, but none of them made any sense. Vita felt like her head was going to explode.
"V-V-Viiittaaaa…" Quincy's voice broke through the memory and shot her back to the present.
Vita sat up and found herself face to face with Quincy. His blue eyes looked into hers curiously.
"I was wondering what was taking so long and came in to find you passed out on the bed and Yvette trying nervously, but very cutely, to wake you." He said examining Vita.
Quincy sat there thinking for a while, looking at Vita. It was obvious he was becoming suspicious about what was happening to Vita, but he was not sure what to gather about the situation.
"Well, I guess we will relax for a little while. Maybe we will all eat something!" Quincy said in a cheerful matter of fact tone. "You finish getting dressed. Yvette, come with me and we will start making something in the kitchen."
Quincy winked at Yvette and she cheerfully followed him out the door of the room. Vita assumed they were going to be doing something else.
After the two left the room, Vita looked around to try to figure out where she was. She noticed the room was fairly nice and way too clean. It also lacked any sign of personal artifacts. She walked over to the window and pulled the curtains to look outside. It seemed they were on one of the higher floors of the building.
"I wonder if this is a suite in a hotel. Those are always on the upper floors." She said to herself out loud.
She paused and thought to herself about what she just said. She wondered how she knew about suites in hotels. Her head went fuzzy again and she got flashes of images of her setting up a hotel room for Shelly, Emily and herself for the anime convention. The images flashed through quickly and she found herself leaning onto the wall and gasping.
She was remembering a lot more about what had happened, but she still had no idea what was going on now. Through the little flashes of memory, she remembered she and her friends were going to an anime convention. She remembered a little bit about going to different events at the convention with her friends, but the memories got a little fuzzy after that.
She was happy she remembered some things, but it made her nervous. Now, she knew something strange had happened because she wouldn't leave her friends to run off with this Quincy guy. On top of that, she had to worry about the "magic" Quincy had mentioned. Since he was capable of controlling people and making them obedient, Vita knew he was going to be hard to get away from. Also, she needed to find a way to get Yvette to come with her so they could both escape.
A loud noise from beyond the door caused Vita to snap back to reality. She was going to have to play the part and wear that ridiculous outfit if she wanted to trick Quincy into thinking she was going along with his game.
Vita looked out the window again. This time she noticed the surroundings. She noticed that the hotel was not in a big city area. There were a bunch of trees in the distance which looked like they were a forest and in another direction, there appeared to be a fairly large shopping area. Vita didn't recognize the area, but if she knew her surroundings, she figured it would be easier to plan an escape route.
Vita turned to the bed and grabbed the garb which laid there. Taking a deep breath, she changed her clothes and put on the harem outfit. She looked at herself in the mirror and thought about how ridiculous she felt. She thought about how ridiculous the whole situation was and how worried she was dealing with it.
She headed wearily towards the door. She had no idea what would be on the other side of the door or what she might see. There had been a lot of noises coming from the other side of the door. She opened the door slowly and peeked into the next room.
To the right, she saw an area with couches and she could hear the noises coming from a kitchen area beyond the living room area. To her left, Vita was surprised to see the front door of the suite standing unguarded.
She went quickly towards the door, but stopped short. If there was magic involved, she was sure the door would have some sort of spell on it, but maybe it didn't. Quincy could be overconfident that she and Yvette were under his obedience spell and he wouldn't need to put a spell on the door. She found herself standing in front of the door unsure of what she should do.
"Trying to escape?" Quincy's voice asked.
Vita turned around quickly and saw a playful smile on Quincy's face. She was relieved he was smiling, but it was obvious he was expecting her to say something flirty in return.
"Escape? No! Of course not!" Vita said hurriedly. "Why would I want to escape from here?"
"Why indeed!" Quincy said and headed towards Vita.
She tried not to reveal what she was truly thinking and feeling, but she knew it was a dangerous and delicate situation.
"Why don't we head into the kitchen!" Quincy said and put his arm around Vita's shoulders.
"Of course!" Vita tried to say in a cheerful tone.
She looked at Quincy out of the corner of her eye and noticed he didn't seem to be onto her act. She felt a little relieved, but she was going to have to figure something out soon before anything happened which she wouldn't be able to act her way out of.
Quincy brought Vita into the kitchen where Yvette was reading recipes and looking at ingredients. She looked up from the recipes and smiled sweetly at Quincy. Vita felt sorry for Yvette and wondered what she would really be feeling.
There was a bag sitting on the counter and Yvette moved to look in it.
"Oooh no, love!" Quincy said and moved the bag to the end of the counter. "There aren't any ingredients for you in there, just some magic potions."
Vita felt her heart jump with excitement. It was possible there could be a sleeping potion in the bag that she could slip into Quincy's drink.
'How am I going to slip the potion into his drink though?' Vita thought in despair.
"Ok!" Quincy began and clapped his hands. "Why don't we have dinner and then, we will have some real fun!"
"Yay!" Yvette shouted in response.
Vita didn't like what Quincy was seemingly suggesting. However, eating dinner gave Vita the chance to slip something into Quincy's food. She needed to figure out a way to distract him so she could find a sleeping potion and slip it into his food.
"Why don't we make you dinner!" Yvette suggested cheerfully to Quincy.
Yvette's suggestion would create the necessary distraction for Vita to enact her plan!
"Yea! Then, you can relax and we can serve it to you!" Vita echoed in as cheerful a manner as she could muster.
Quincy's face lit up with a large smile.
"Well! I would have to say that is a marvelous idea indeed!" Quincy said. "Alright! Well, I will leave the dinner to you two and I will be relaxing in my room over there."
Vita followed where Quincy was pointing to a door at the farthest end of the suite.
"Okay! We will bring it in to you when it is done!" Yvette said excitedly while clapping her hands.
Quincy nodded, smiled and walked off to the room. He left the door open a crack as he closed it.
Yvette moved swiftly to the recipes and shuffled through them to figure out which one they should make. Vita walked up and looked over her shoulder as she flipped through them. As she looked at the different recipes, Vita wondered which food would be the best to slip a sleeping potion into.
'The sleeping potion!' Vita thought to herself and looked over at the bag.
She wasn't even sure there was one in there or they even existed at all. She walked over to the bag and touched it.
'Quincy must have used something on us to make us fall asleep though, right?' She thought to herself as she touched the bag.
"What are you doing, Vita?" Yvette asked curiously. "Quincy said there aren't any ingredients in that bag."
"I just wanted to move it so it didn't get stuff on it while we are cooking!" Vita lied quickly.
"Oh! That is a good idea!" Yvette said and went back to flipping through the recipes.
Vita grabbed the bag and moved it to the far end of the counter away from all of the food preparation. She took a peek inside while she moved it and was happily relieved when she saw a bunch of bottles which read 'sleeping potion.' Now, she knew the potion existed and was in the bag. Her next move was to pick the best food to hide the potion in. She returned to Yvette's side and looked through the recipes.
"I don't know which one to pick." Yvette said sadly.
Vita looked at the recipes and saw there was one for a beef stew.
"What about that one!" Vita said excitedly.
She figured a stew would make it easy to stir in a sleeping potion liquid since it already contained a fair amount of liquid to it.
"Hm, I don't know. It doesn't seem like a very romantic food." Yvette responded.
Vita wasn't sure how to respond. Yvette had a point that stew was not really a romantic food.
"Well, think about it this way!" Vita bagan eagerly, "We want to be able to get to the fun part quickly, right? Stew is quick to make and quick to eat, so we can get to the fun stuff faster!"
Vita watched Yvette's face light up with surprise and excitement. Again, she wondered how Yvette would really feel about the situation.
"That's a great idea! Let's get started!" Yvette said and started to get all of the food ready.
Vita helped helplessly by grabbing a bit pot and setting it on the stove. They both worked at the ingredients for the stew which were in various parts of the kitchen area. After a few minutes they had everything all set up and the only thing they could do was stir the contents of the stew and wait.
"This is boring." Yvette sighed after they had been cooking the stew for about 30 minutes.
"Well, it is just about done!" Vita responded.
"But, I am bored now." Yvette said in a pouty, obnoxious tone.
Vita hated to use Yvette as a distraction, but she needed time alone in the kitchen so she could slip the potion into Quincy's food.
"I know! Why don't you go keep Quincy company and I will stay out here and get the dish ready to serve!" Vita said and instantly felt guilty.
"That's a wonderful idea!" Yvette said joyously. "Are you sure you don't mind?"
"Oh sure! I am sure there will be lots of fun to be had later!" Vita replied uncomfortably.
"Okay!" Yvette said and pranced off towards Quincy's room.
As soon as she was sure Yvette was not going to come out any time soon, Vita ran to the bag and took out one of the sleeping potions. She was disgusted at how many empty bottles there were, but she didn't have time to spend thinking about that. She served some of the stew in a bowl and got ready to pour the potion in. She paused before she emptied the potion into the bowl. She had no idea how much to use on a person.
'If I put in too much, will it harm him?' She thought to herself.
Some giggling came from inside the room and distracted her from her thoughts. She knew she didn't have a choice. She emptied the bottle into the bowl of stew and stirred it in so it wouldn't be noticed. She waited shortly for the stew to cool down so Quincy would be able to eat it instantly. While she waited, she hid the bottle in the back of a drawer in the kitchen and washed her hands just in case the potion got on her hands.
After all of this, she got ready to take the bowl into the room. She paused for a second. She was nervous the whole plan would blow up in her face somehow. She took a deep breath and headed for the room.
She opened the door to find Yvette and Quincy locked in a romantic embrace, but Quincy had heard her come in. He smiled and winked at her.
"Don't worry love. You'll get your time too." He said to Vita. "Now, what have you got there?"
Vita came closer and handed the bowl of stew to Quincy.
"We made stew so we could eat quickly and get to the fun parts!" Yvette said cheerfully and leaned towards Quincy.
"Is that so?" He exclaimed happily. "Well, that is just the best idea I have ever heard!"
The two of them had another flirty moment which made Vita feel awkward.
"Yvette, why don't you go get ours and I will stay in here with Quincy?" Vita suggested.
"But, I don't want to leave." Yvette said with a pouty tone.
Vita wasn't sure how to respond to her. She had not anticipated Yvette not wanting to leave. She sat there for a moment and then, she figured she would use Yvette's pouty tactic in this situation.
"Yea, but you have spent more time with Quincy than I have." Vita replied and was as pouty as she could be.
"Vita has a point, Yvette." Quincy said and sipped some stew. "But you will be coming right back!"
Yvette remained pouty for a little while but then she ran out quickly with a giggle. Vita was happy Yvette left, but now she was alone with the man who had kidnapped them. She was in a perilous situation.
She looked at Quincy and smiled sweetly. She was so nervous she thought her heart was going to explode. She watched Quincy take the spoon and point it towards her.
"Here!" Quincy said with a smile.
Vita froze. She had not predicted he would offer some of his stew to her. She had to think of something quickly before her act and plan were exposed.
"Oh no! You are going to need all of your strength for all the fun we are going to have!" Vita said eagerly. "Here! Eat it quickly so I can go get you more!"
When Vita said that, she brought the bowl up to Quincy's mouth and tried to angle it to pour into his mouth, but he stopped her.
"This is a very barbaric way to eat." He said with a smirk.
Vita wasn't sure what to do. Without any other option, Vita chose to follow the pouty tactic again which had been working for Yvette, though for different purposes.
"But, we just want to get to the fun as fast as possible." Vita said with a pout and downcast eyes.
"Awww, well how could I say no to that sad face!" Quincy said and put the bowl up to his mouth.
Within a short period of time, he had downed the whole stew and looked at Vita with a cheerful smile. He handed the bowl back to Vita. Instantly, she noticed he started to look drowsy.
"Wow, I am going to lie down for a second. Why don't you go get me some more stew?" Quincy said and was practically passing out.
"Okay…" Vita said wearily.
She got up but moved slowly towards the door. When she got to the door, she turned and looked at the bed Quincy was laying in. He had passed out completely. She went to the kitchen and put the bowl in the sink hurriedly. Now, she had to deal with Yvette.
"What is Quincy doing?" Yvette said as she stood at the counter.
She had been delayed because she was waiting for the stew to cool.
"Oh, he is busy. He said not to bother him." Vita said nervously.
"Oh?" Yvette said sadly.
"But, Yvette, I need you to come with me!" Vita tried to say as cheerfully as possible.
"Where are we going?" Yvette asked in confusion.
"We need to leave here." Vita said bluntly.
Yvette's face changed again like it had when Vita had asked about Yvette's memories.
"No, we can't. We aren't allowed…" Yvette said and recoiled from a pain in her temple.
'Somewhere built into the magic spell, there must be some sort of command against leaving the suite.' Vita thought to herself with annoyance.
Vita was panicked and nervous. She wasn't sure how much time there was going to be for them to get away. She moved quickly and grabbed Yvette by the shoulders.
"You are going to listen to me!" Vita exclaimed in a commanding tone. "You are going to come with me and we are leaving and not coming back! Got it?"
Vita watched something strange happen on Yvette's face. Vita was sure she had gotten herself into trouble by shouting that at Yvette, but she felt better when she heard Quincy's loud snoring coming from the other room. She turned her attention back to Yvette. Yvette could still get her in trouble if she didn't listen to Vita.
"O…ok. When are we leaving?" Yvette responded plainly.
Vita was surprised and overwhelmingly relieved. She had not expected Yvette to respond that way, but she was not going to miss the opportunity.
"We are leaving now." Vita said, grabbed Yvette's hand and walked towards the front door.
Vita nervously stopped in front of the front door of the suite. She was not sure if there would be a spell on the door. She stood there weighing the possibilities for a few minutes.
'The best case scenario is there is no spell on the door, but the worst case is there is one and it alarms Quincy. Right now, he is still sleeping, so even if it alerts him, he will be asleep for it and won't notice until he wakes up…' Vita thought to herself.
She moved her free hand towards the door knob. Her hand was shaking nervously.
"Please don't let there be a spell on the door, please don't let there be a spell on the door, please don't let there be a spell on the door." Vita muttered to herself as she put her hand on the door knob and turned it.
She continued to open the door slowly as she stood on edge. She opened the door all the way and moved wearily through the threshold leading Yvette through behind her. Vita breathed a breath of relief as the two stood in the hallway looking back into the suite. They didn't stay there long.
"Run!" Vita said to Yvette and the two took off down the hallway.
They ran to the elevator and pressed the down arrow. Vita was nervous and twitchy the whole time they waited for the elevator to come. She was relieved when it came and the two of them got onto it. Soon, they were in the lobby.
She noticed they were getting strange looks from the people who worked there. Vita was afraid to stay there and talk to the hotel staff because they could be under Quincy's influences. Even if they weren't, Quincy could use a magic spell or something if he woke up and came downstairs. She figured their best bet would be to get as far away from the hotel as possible.
They headed out the front door and stood on the main entrance side walk. Vita breathed in panted breaths as she tried to figure out what to do. Their best bet would be to separate since there was two options of going into the forest or going to the shopping center. She hated to leave Yvette, though. She figured the forest would be the best bet to get as far away as possible because there would be a lot of hiding places and a person's normal response would be to go to an area packed with other people when they are looking for help. She anticipated Quincy would search the shopping center before the forest. She would send Yvette to the forest so Yvette had a better chance of getting away.
"Yvette, listen to me." Vita commanded while panting. "You are going to run into the woods and keep running until you are very, very, very, very, very far away from here. Do you understand?"
Yvette nodded without words. She was slightly out of breath from running as well. Though, after Vita gave the order, Yvette ran quickly into the woods and was soon out of sight.
Vita looked around nervously to make sure no one had seen anything. She started to run towards the shopping center but she stopped short. It would take her forever to get there if she ran. She risked Quincy catching up to her if she ran. She looked around her and saw she was in the parking lot of the hotel. She saw a couple loading their car and talking about things.
"Well, do you want to stop at that mall up the road and get something to eat?" The woman said to the man she was with.
"Yea, that sounds good. We have a few more bags in the room. I am just going to leave the trunk open and I can throw the bags in when I come back out." The man replied.
"Ok, I will go get us checked out then." The woman replied and the two headed back inside the side door.
Vita stood there for a moment and wondered if she would get caught if she tried to sneak into the trunk. She looked around and didn't see anyone nearby, so she ran to the car. Quickly, she moved the luggage around and hid herself behind it. She was panting nervously and her heart was beating ferociously inside her chest. She was tired from running, but the stress of the situation was what was causing her heart to race the most.
Something hard was digging into her back and she moved it quickly so she wouldn't be squirming the whole time. She held the object in her hand. It was a flashlight. She decided to hold onto the object because in a dark trunk, a light would be helpful.
She heard the side door open and covered her mouth so the man wouldn't hear her. She closed her eyes and began hoping her plan was going to work.
"Keep me hidden, keep me hidden…" she whispered to herself over and over again from her hidden position.
The sound of heavy treads came towards the car and around the side. Her heart skipped a beat as each tread scraped the pavement. She stayed very still and waited anxiously to see how the moment was going to play itself out. She clenched her eyes tightly as she heard the treads come around to the back of the car.