Couldn't sleep last night until I started writing this. Have fun. :)
Waking up, all she felt was pain. The worst of it was in Olivia's arm and leg. It either hurt like hell or it was completely numb, almost lifeless. It was then when Olivia realized what her eyes could not. They were broken and therefore could hardly move.
In the darkness, her good arm reached out and found what felt like a bar and she pulled herself up for support. She now had something to lean on as she needed to use her free arm to support her broken one.
"Ella?"
She was starting to remember now and it terrified her. "Ella?"
"Aunt Liv?"
Olivia felt movement from her right side as if a small animal was rubbing up against her. "Ella, baby, is that you?"
A small hand was now on her leg. "Aunt Liv." The despair was soft and heartbreaking yet even without being able to see, Olivia knew. "I can't see."
Olivia took her good arm and reached out until she felt her. She pulled her close to her until she could feel Ella resting against her. Safe. "Oh Ella."
"What happened? Where are we?"
"I don't know, baby. I…" Olivia involuntary cringed from the pain in her broken limbs. She could hear Ella crying now.
"The man," she said. "He told me to stop and close my eyes…and then he pinched me."
Olivia was confused. "He pinched you?"
"In the arm."
If it was anything that Olivia recalled feeling, then the man had to have given her something like a sedative.
Slowly the events that were leading up to their frightening predicament were finally coming to light. If only light were here in the very room that they were being held in.
Olivia's schedule was piling up about as much as her sister's. She finally had a night where Ella could be with her family instead of being stuck at a friend's and then all Olivia had to do was relax with her niece until Rachel got home. They had more than enough time on their hands. She decided to take Ella to dinner and then a movie in the big mall. It was probably her only chance to have an outing with Ella before she was summoned for another case again.
The movie was over by around 9. City traffic was going to be bad so Olivia had Ella go to the bathroom before they left. They went into the restroom together and Ella went into the stall on the far end. "Stay in there till I get you, Ella." Olivia had a right mind to be extra cautious at this hour. Olivia went into another stall and while she was in there she heard someone come in and heard squeaking wheels. It had to be a janitor waiting for them to come out. "Sorry," she said as she came out of the stall. "My niece will be out in just a..."
She froze when she saw the man standing there. And he certainly looked like no janitor. He had a large bin with wheels with him.
Times like this, Olivia was glad she could carry a gun around. And she pulled hers out.
"Aunt Liv?"
"Don't come out, Ella!"
Olivia had recognized the man as they were walking into the theater. She had kept a good eye on him and kept him in mind the whole time, but it seems he had the same idea with her as well.
"Who are you?"
The man didn't say anything. Of course he wasn't going to explain himself. Yet somehow Olivia knew that he had targeted her specifically and it had nothing to do with weakness.
"What do you want with me?"
The man pressed a hidden button in the back of the bin and the restroom started to fill up with steam quicker than Olivia expected. She could no longer see as the room started getting foggy so she quickly backed away trying to get close to Ella as possible but she suddenly felt a fist to her cheek. She used her own sense to struggle with her attacker but suddenly she was brought to the floor and her leg was in pain. With a fell swoop he had broken it. Olivia struggled with her arm until she felt something else break. With that distraction, Olivia felt something injected into her arm and it was enough to finally knock her out. The man grabbed her gun and pocketed it. He then picked Olivia up and carelessly dropped her into the bin.
He went over to the end stall and removed the lock with a screwdriver. There was Ella standing there terrified and in tears.
"Just close your eyes," he said as he pulled out a syringe. "This will only hurt for a moment."
Ella had no choice but did what the man said. As soon as he injected her, Ella fell. The man placed her unconscious form into the giant bin with her aunt and closed her. He made sure to take down the Out of Order sign on his way out as he pushed the bin to the parking lot.
THUMP!
THUMP!
The noise was getting closer and Olivia knew that someone was coming. "Ella, get behind me." She could feel her niece shifting until she was grabbing onto the back of Olivia's shirt. It was then that Olivia realized that she no longer had her coat, or her cell phone, or her gun.
Olivia tried to look out but even with the sound of footsteps just a few feet away, she could still only see black.
Ella began to whimper. It almost made Olivia want to do the same but under these circumstances, she had to stay strong. Her protective instincts were deeply kicking in as a small light finally appeared from around the corner.