Chapter 1
(Wanda's POV)
A clinking sound came from far away; another more immediate sound came from all around, an irregular tick-tock like a clock, only with water. Drip, Drip, Drip. It sounded so familiar but I found that I couldn't remember the word for what it was called, I tried to move, but my hands seemed unwilling. I glanced around and my eyes darted down to my hands even though there was no light to see, something was on my wrists keeping me from being able to move. Something tight and restraining, this started to make me panic. My body would not relate to what my mind was telling me, I knew I had to try and move, something didn't seem right to me. My finger must have twitched because I felt the floor beneath me and it felt like wood, not dirt. That can't be because the caves don't have wood in them, just dirt, so did that mean that I wasn't in the caves any longer. If so where was I? Where could I possibly be? Come on Wanda, you have to move, something isn't right, you are possibly in danger. Get up you can do it. The clinking was still there, Drip, Drip, Drip, the slow sounding beat of water torture pounding into my brain. I didn't know if it was night or day, and by the looks of the room I didn't know if it had any windows, there was no light coming for them or anywhere else. And I didn't know how long I was missing for whether it was hours, days, weeks, months? Did anyone know that I was missing? I felt myself starting to come back in my body and I started to remember how to do things, my brain told me to sit up and my body responded automatically this time. I realized something was holding me down then I remembered my wrists, If I only knew were my bag was then I could get my little keychain flashlight and try to get a better look of the room I was being kept in. I lifted my right hand to my left to feel what was around my wrist, it felt like it was a chain, if only I had light. Then I dropped my hand back down on my leg and it felt like I had something in my pocket, I was glad that I could reach in and I pulled out what felt like a lighter, how did I get this? I started to remember a little bit of the last thing I must have been doing before I woke up here, I remember being at the gas station and talking to the clerk. What was I doing outside of the caves at a gas station? Then suddenly a light came, a blinding light that burned my eyes. I tried to pull away from the restraints yet again failed, I was helpless, someone was there; someone I knew who should be helping me but was not. I started writhing against the bonds, twisting my body, trying to free myself, with no avail. I had opened my mouth but no words would come. I had the words in my mind Help me please but I fortunate enough to hear my voice. I turned my head to the side, blinking my eyes a few times trying to identify the man in the light, but I couldn't see his face clearly enough. This mystery man started to inch closer to me little by little, until he was towering over me, I noticed that he was holding something, he bent down next to me and gently swept a piece of hair out of my face while doing so he grabbed the back of my neck firmly. I tried to pull away but he was much too strong for me.
"Shh its ok, no need to be afraid." He was trying to calm me down to make me feel more comfortable around him. He brought his other hand up holding something like a sponge over my mouth, he squeezed it and warm water trickled down the back of my throat until I was forced to swallow.