My trouble began I walked into the ally. I know, I know, stupid move on my part.
Isn't that a classic story? A teenager walks into an ally, yada, yada, yada, gets
attacked, yada yada yada. But I had walked past this ally hundreds of times, and I
wasn't worried, until I saw the men there.
I cursed under my breath then ran as fast as I could. But I wasn't fast enough. I cursed myself again for not exercising more as the men grabbed me and pulled me back into the ally.
"Well, well, well. What have we here? Little Tara is loosing her touch! The boss will be very happy about this!" The biggest of them said, smiling.
This earned yet another curse! These men were agents
of Mr. Evil, as he liked to call himself. I call him, Dr. Dork. He's tried to kidnap me for
several of years now, but each attempt has failed miserably. One of the men began
stroking my hair. Why? I don't know, but I growled and snapped at him. He immediately
pulled his hand away then tied my hands behind my back.
Yes, growled and snapped. I'm not normal. I'm half human, half cat, or half leopard, if you want to be specific. I'm about 17 or 18 in human years. It's kind of hard to tell. I also have a little bit of witch in me. But since the men had tied up my hands and feet, that option was pretty much useless, unless I wanted to hide my Leopard ears and tail from them, even though they already knew about it.
I was struggling to think of a way to get out of this mess, when I saw the
little girl they had with them. She was wearing rainbow polka dot rain boots, and a
matching shirt.
"Tessi!" I whispered, tears beginning to form in my eyes.
Tessi was only about 4, and was like a little sister to me. She was the smartest little kid I had ever met. She was like me. Only, she was half cheetah instead. She and her older sister have been staying with me, ever since I found Tessi in the woods by my secret hideout.
Immediately, I noticed the bruise by her check and her messed up hair. She had been
taking by force, and my guess was that she had fought back.
I almost smiled. She was so brave! She started to run over to me, only to be pushed back by two men.
"DON'T TOUCH HER!" I yelled so commandingly that the men froze and looked at me. Tessi took the chance to run over and hug me. I could feel her shaking and would have hugged her back if my hands weren't tied.
"Tara! I'm so happy to see you! The bad men took me when I was out pickin' strawberries! I'm so scared! What's goin' on? What's gunna happen to us?"
"Shhh. It's ok, baby! We are going to be ok!" I said, trying to sooth her.
I was furious! How dare these men hurt my little Tessi! I shot them a glare as they loaded us into the back of a truck. I turned back to Tessi.
"Tessi, sweetie, where's your sister?"
Tears dripped down her cheeks.
"I-I-I don't know! I'm scared, Tara! What if they hurt her? I wanna go home!"
"I know honey. I do too, but first, you need to untie me. Can you
do that?"
She nodded then began to go to work. She's a whiz with knots. Within minutes,
I was free. I took Tessi's hand.
"Ready to go?" I asked her. She smiled, "Ready! One…"
Now it was my turn to smile.
"Two…"
I flicked my wrist and the door in the back of the
truck burst open.
"Three!"
We both yelled. We jumped out of the truck and I used my
powers to make us levitate. Tessi's grip tightened slightly so she wouldn't fall. The men
screeched the truck to a halt as they realized their prisoners had escaped.
"Send my regards to Dr. Dork for me!" I yelled at them.
Then Tessi and I flew to our secret hideout. Tessi was now much calmer, but I was still tense. I knew in my gut, that those men would be back before long.