Hi everyone…I just had exams today and I decided to just relax and add some to my story. So enjoy!
I decided to skip out on my walk tonight. It was just that Jack gave me the heebie jeebies with all that death talk. Not like I believed that a stupid flower could bring me bad luck but it was the way he said it that scared me….like he knew something would happen. So instead I was lying up in my bedroom listening to my ipod and working on some French homework when I heard someone knocking on the door downstairs. I decided to see who it was…after all we had a pretty hot neighbor who lived a couple door down who's mother sometimes sent him over to see if my aunt needed her lawn mowed the next day or something.
When I walked into our entryway I was wrong….of course I was—nobody mows their lawn in the dead of winter. Instead I saw my aunt looking out the glass door to a group of men who wore black trench coats. What movie did they think they where in…the Matrix? I heard her asking for creadentals through the glass and the front man held up a badge.
"Police department," the front man said peering past my aunt at me, "we need to speak with you for a few minutes. Please it's for your safety."
After examining the badge my aunt let them in….and them things seem to go in slow motion…first the front guy pushed her aside and came right towards me but my feet were frozen in place. Then one of the guys grabbed a hold of my aunt and had his hand over her mouth so she couldn't scream. My eyes darted back and forth as the front man and two others spread out in a circle toward me…of course this all took less then twenty seconds.
"Katie," I heard the front man say as he came towards me…he looked battle worn with a scar running about the length of his jaw bone that looked translucent when the light from our kitchen hit it, "we're her to protect you…you need to come with us."
I was locked in a staring battle with him as he took tiny steps closer. I felt for the counter that was behind me, and then I found the cup we kept pens and pencils in. Grabbing the scissors I put them in front of me as the man smiled.
"Katie," he said smiling and taking one step closer, "if you don't come with us I'm afraid that your aunt might get hurt in the fight. You wouldn't want her hurt would you?"
My eyes flickered over to my aunt for a moment and the next thing I knew the front guy had me toppled to the ground.
"Get off of me!" I screamed before his hand was clamped over my mouth.
"Now just hush sweatums." He said picking me up as I kicked, "it's for your own good you know. I saw one of the other men approaching me with a needle in his hand. I squirmed against the man who held me….I hated needles. The man came closer and I felt a pinch in my arm and my body start to go limp. The last thing I saw while the man who held me took me out the door was my aunt being held with a cloth over her mouth as her body too went limp and the man who held her smiled at me as my eyes began to close.
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I woke up on a bed with my hands tied together above my head, when I went to move them it was obvious they were connected to the headboard. My ankles too were tied together but I could move them—I pulled them up and laid in the fetal position on my side for a while. That was until I felt someone's fingers run up my spine. I practically jumped…which really hurt because the rope dug into my skin.
"Who are you?" I screamed turning over to see him.
"I'm Preston," he said smiling down at me, "if you promise not to run I'd untie you."
"I won't run," I started pleading which yeah was probably the wimpy thing to do but I was stuck in a dim room tied up on a bed with a guy I didn't know—you'd be a tinsy bit scared too, "just please let me go."
"Sorry babe," he said frowning down at me, "can't do that."
"Why," I said struggling against the ropes and feeling the tears in my eyes, "please just let me go. Please just untie me."
"Both of those I can't do," he said looking in eyes, "unless I get orders to do so."
"What?" I asked as he sat down on the chair next to the bed, "why in the hell am I here?"
"I have to get orders to let you go," he said crossing his legs, "from my boss. You're here because you needed to be protected."
"You call protected being tied to a bed!" I practically screamed pulling against the ropes causing him to stand and hold me down.
"Calm down!" he said low…his frame blocking out all light, "just chill. He'll kill me if he finds welts on your wrists from the ropes. You weren't supposed to get hurt and yeah this is for your protection. Until you understand everything we need to make sure that you won't run and end up getting yourself in further trouble ok?"
"Understand what?" I spat, "why am I here!"
"It's not my place to tell you that." He replied sitting back down after I stopped struggling.
"But it is mine," a figure entered and closed the door behind him, "I'm to expect she's as well as to be expected?"
"Yes sir," Preston said nodding as I tried to make out the figure's face, "except for a bit of rope burn she should be fine."
"Stop talking about me like I'm not even here!" I strained my eyes trying to see the other guy who was hiding in the shadows.
"Fine then Katie," he said stepping out of the corner, "I'm Richard. How are you this evening?"
"How do you think I am?" I asked sarcastically.
"I take that as fine then," he smiled coming into the light and oh my gosh was he cute! He looked kind of tough but not in a bad way…he looked like an Raulph Lauren model but maybe if Raulph had models that liked to listen to heavy metal, "I guess you're wondering why you're here?"
"I'm actually wondering if you'd untie me now." I mumbled under my breath.
"Well I guess I can," he said walking over and cutting the ropes—he did it gently trying not to brush against the red welts that were on my wrists, "now I did something for you. Can you do something for me?"
"What?" I asked looking up at him.
"Just listen to me without interrupting," he said looking in my eyes, "just listen…and I'll explain to you why you're here and why we need you to be here so much."