Natara opened her eyes to darkness once again. She squeezed them shut again, willing herself to fall back into darkness. 'Where are you Mal?' she asked herself 'Did they get you too?'. She wished they hadn't gone on this case. It was a suicide mission. But they had abducted two kids! They were probably dead by now anyways, long past the time where they were of use. Long past the time where they had offered ransom money. She closed her eyes, recalling how she had gotten where she was.
"Mal, cover the door. I'm going in".
"No way. We're way to far out. We're in the middle of the woods Natara! They could kill us and we'd never be found".
"They abducted two kids! I'm going in, cover me or not".
She had then stormed in, leaving Mal to cover the entrance. Finding she was ambushed. She yelled for Mal to run, but he wouldn't listen. He tried to come in to save her, but she had screamed at him to get out. He knew there were to many people, he couldn't fight them all. He had run away, her captors chasing him as he yelled "I'll come back Nat, promise!".
She opened her eyes again. That was the last time she had seen Mal. The last time his voice had sounded. She didn't know if he was alive or captured. If he was lost somewhere in the woods, as they had hiked there. All she knew is she had to hold onto the idea he was coming back. That was the only thing that helped her keep her sanity. It gave her hope, and hope was all she had right now.