Abducted

By Berry's Ambitions and Elena Hurley

Chapter Three: Escape

A/N: Thank you to everyone who reviewed! ^^ I'm disappointed with the length of this chapter but I am proud of the way I wrote the characters. Anyway, have fun reading. :)

DISCLAIMER: I do not own The Hills Have Eyes.

WARNING: Offensive language, menace, and thematic elements.


Brenda's eyes snapped open once again. She hadn't realized she had even fallen asleep. She probably had tired herself out from all the struggling. Her wrists were sore. She was facing the wall, she could see, so she tried to shift her position on the bed, thinking her limbs were still bound.

Until, of course, it hit her that they were not.

Brenda abruptly sat up, only to see Lizard leaning against the door frame, an almost amused look on his face. He said nothing. Brenda glanced at the door, then back at Lizard. Back to the door, then back to Lizard again. Lizard's amused look turned into a glare. "Well? What the fuck you waitin' for, bitch? You're free to go."

Brenda stared at him, confused. Was he really letting her go? Why? He said he was going to kill her! All these thoughts raced through her head, but she did the only thing she had wanted to do from the moment she first woke up.

She leaped off the bed and bolted out the door, past Lizard, who didn't even chase her. No... instead, he just turned his head slowly, watching as Brenda stumbled and fell as she ran down the hall, trying to find the front door out. He smirked and began to follow her. The girl wouldn't get far once she realized she was in the Test Village.

This was going to be fun.


Brenda ran like hell out the front door, only to discover she was in what appeared to be a town. All the houses and cars were covered with a thick layer of dust. Taking a closer look, she discovered all the parked cars were from the fifties.

There was... an entire village of these... things. She couldn't believe it. This was definitely the worst thing that could ever happen to a human being.

She didn't know where she was in the desert now... she could be miles away from her remaining family! She began to look around frantically, not sure where to go. For all she knew, the freaks were probably lurking around, waiting to attack her.

Uncertain, she began to run. There was no movement besides the wind blowing and lifting an occasional cloud of dust. She glanced around here and there, making sure no one was going to jump out at her, when suddenly she heard footsteps and someone chuckling sinisterly. She quickly spun around, expecting Lizard (or perhaps the giant she had seen at trailer) about to grab her.

There was no one.

She began to breath hard, fear slowly building inside her. Maybe this was some sort of sick prank...

Brenda didn't want to let the doubt overpower her only chance of getting away; she turned and was about to break into a run once again when suddenly someone tackled her to the ground.

It was Lizard. She'd been right all along.

Brenda tried fruitlessly to fight back as he pinned her down, tying her hands behind her back once again. She started to cry, thinking about how close she was to escaping.

Sort of.

Once her hands were tied, she heard Lizard laugh again as he grabbed her roughly and began to drag her back to where he originally had her held prisoner. "Did ya really think I was gonna let you go?"

"Y-you said I could!" she protested, earning a cruel laugh from Lizard at her protest.

"I only said that to get your hopes up," Lizard replied harshly as he pulled her towards the house. "I ain't stupid. I wouldn't just let ya run outta here."

Brenda couldn't believe this. This was just wrong... she couldn't believe anyone could be this depraved to actually pull a trick like that. She felt like a fool for falling for his lie. She was so desperate that she'd even believe the man who apparently had killed half her family.

All she could do was allow Lizard to drag her back inside, keeping quiet the whole time.