What happened?
That was the first thing I had thought when I had woken up a couple minutes ago, but now I know that I had been kidnapped. I'm not sure what happened to Nina. I hope she had managed to run away and get help. Unfortunately, she was, most likely, caught, too, since her ankle was seriously injured. She wasn't able to walk regularly with that ankle, meaning that she couldn't have ran away without being noticed and/or caught by the people that had captured me. I wish she had never hurt her ankle. If she hadn't, she would've been able to run away and contact the police. Then I'd be found and brought to safety like some people in movies are. But... this isn't a movie. This is real life. It's not like someone's going to appear out of nowhere and rescue me.
I try calling out for help, but my voice seems to be lost. I guess it's better that way, since something bad might happen if my kidnappers heard me yelling. So, instead, I decide to just lie there on the floor of some unknown place and do nothing. I soon get bored and start humming one of my favorite songs again.
I hear a rustling noise and start to feel nervous. I wonder what's going to happen to me now. I hear the sound of metal clanking against metal. I wish I was able to see what's going on right now.
"Mmm! Mmm!"
I hear an odd, muffled voice from nearby. I feel my palms getting sweaty. I start breathing heavily. Have they come back to kill me?
"Mmmmm!"
It was then that I realize that this person with me isn't one of the kidnappers… It was another victim…
"Hey, are you alright?" I whisper. I don't know where he or she is, since I'm still blindfolded, but, even so, because of the sounds this person has been making, I can easily tell where the person is lying: somewhere to the left of me.
I hear a gasp. It must've been from the person. He or she is obviously surprised that there's someone else with him or her.
"Nai, ih dat uu?"
At first, I don't know what this person had just said, but then, after replacing each word with one that rhymes, I figure it out.
"Nina!" I yell quietly, in case one of the kidnappers is close by.
Now it all makes sense. The reason Nina isn't sounding right is that there's something covering her mouth. Her hands must be tied together, or else she would've taken off whatever's keeping her from talking. If I wasn't so cautious about the kidnappers' whereabouts, I would've been cheering joyfully.
I slowly sit up and then manage to get myself onto my feet. Then I say, "Nina, make some noise so I can find you." I hear a rattling noise coming from my left and turn there. I take small steps to make sure I won't trip on anything. Then I get down on all 4s and start crawling. When I feel the fabric of Nina's shirt, I smile. I move my hand down her arm and then slip my hand into hers. I use my free hand to take off the long and wide strip of cloth that was covering Nina's mouth. When I get it off, I put my finger to Nina's lips, because I want her to know that she should be quiet, in case the kidnappers are in earshot. She sits up so I can untie her hands, which were tied behind her, unlike mine. After that, she unties my hands. She grabs my wrist and leads it to her feet. I feel around her ankles for a moment before realizing that her feet are tied, too. While I untie them, Nina grimaces a little, since her ankle hasn't healed yet. I feel really bad for her. It's bad enough that her parents have divorced. I don't think she deserves any of this.
I was about to say sorry when some door opened up. The light blinded me for a couple of seconds. A man was standing at the doorway. I didn't know if he was the one who had grabbed me, since I had been attacked from behind, but I'm sure he was there. I could easily tell he was strong since he had a muscular figure. He was wearing a navy blue suit with a white button-up collared shirt and a black tie. He looks like an important business man, although I know he isn't one.
He walks over to us and yanks us up off the ground by our sleeves. He pulls us out of the room and into a large gray room that has a bunch of monochrome-colored doors, chairs, couches, and tables. I notice that there aren't any windows in this place. I see a bunch of other people, such as teens and adults. I'm glad that there aren't any kids here besides us.
We're thrown to the ground, which was made of cement. The man walked away, leaving us to wonder what was going on here. We get up and look around us. Most of the other people in here are depressed-looking, while some just look bored. I wonder how long they have been in here. A lot of the people in here have ripped and tattered clothing, making me think that they have been in here for a long time.
"What is this place?" Nina asks. She sits down on a nearby gray couch so she can rest her ankle.
I sit down next to her. "I'm not sure." Of course, she already knew that I didn't have a clue as to where we were. She just wanted to say the question that was on both of our minds.
Nina leans her head back against the couch and closes her eyes, as if she was trying to go to sleep. When she opens them, she screeches a little in shock. I look at her and see that there's a young girl hovering over her from behind the couch. She has black hair that comes down to her shoulders and bangs that cover her eyes. She's wearing a dirty white spaghetti-strap dress that has torn in a few places. "Hello!" she greeted happily, which, to me, was odd, since this place doesn't seem like the kind of place that'd make someone happy.
"Um, hey," I say nervously.
"H-Hello," Nina says, stuttering a little. "Who're you?"
The girl tilts her head to the side and smiles. "I'm Kira!" she says cheerfully.
"Hey, do you know if there's any way to get out of here?" Nina asks Kira in a quiet voice.
Kira smiles again. "I'm sorry, but there's no way out of here! I guess you're going to have to get used to living with us. We're kind of greedy, especially when it comes to food, since we don't get to eat a lot. Sometimes, we have to go a whole day without food." She turns around and then leaves. I look at Nina, who has a look of disbelief of her face.
The girl had been so blunt about whether it was possible to escape or not. She acted as though she didn't mind being stuck here. Almost as if she liked it here…
A man came into the room. It was the same man from earlier. He rang a gold-colored bell that was about the size of his fist, causing everyone to become silent. "It's bedtime! Hurry and find a spot to sleep before we have to turn off the lights!"
I notice he had said "we", meaning that there's defiantly more than one person in on this whole thing.
Nina and I just stay where we are, since this couch seems like a pretty good place to sleep for the night. After everyone is settled, the man turns off the light and leaves.
"Good night," I whisper to Nina.
"Good night," she whispers back.
Then, after that, I let my tiredness take over and fall asleep.
A/N: All right, I know I said, in my other story, Lost, on chapter 20, that I was going to add Kana in here, but, instead, I added a counterpart of her XD
