Chapter 10
"Up and Adam, Peigi."
I felt like I was fifteen again for doing it, but I groaned and rolled over, pulling the pillow around my heard to try to block out any noise. It didn't work. The voice was no regular, it was amplified and probably coming through a speaker in the wall.
"I know you're awake, Peigi."
Make that several speakers in the wall.
Groaning again I tried to burrow deeper in my covers, but with little success. A single sheet does not hide you from the world. You need at least a blanket to do that. I tried my damnedest though, believe you me.
"Peigi, you can't fool us. Now get out of bed."
"Yes I can, and no I won't," I whispered, trying in vain to save my aching head, but alas, with the booming of the voice through the wall speakers my headache had already been promoted to migraine status. "Leave me alone to die."
"You're not dying."
"How would you know?"
"Just get your cute little ass out of that god awful cot and stand against the wall under the window."
"What window?"
A sigh transmitted through the speaker. Well, it seemed my captor was getting impatient. "The one opposite the door. If you'd open your eyes you'd see it."
"I can't open my eyes."
"Why not?"
"The light. The head. The pain."
"If I dim the lights will you get out of bed?"
"It depends. Are you going to rape me, cut me, shoot me, or in any way cause me any more bodily harm?"
The voice let out a chuckle. "No, I'm pretty sure your father is going to kill us for the bump on your head, anything else just isn't worth it."
"Dad won't kill you for the bump on my head; he'll kill you for kidnapping me. Mum will kill you for the bump on me head."
Was that a gulp? It must have been a gulp.
"We're dimming the lights." A different voice came over the speakers. "Will you get off the cot now?"
"Shhh," I whispered. "Head equals ouch."
"Please, Peigi?"
"Alright, alright, I'm moving. See?"
I rolled onto my back and let the pillow fall back onto the cot before pushing the sheet from on top of me.
"Thank you Peigi."
Swinging my legs off the bed I sat up, but a wave of dizziness encompassed me and I had to lie back down. I hit the pillow with a soft moan noting that I hadn't even opened my eyes for the effort to stand. A sigh escaped my lips as I pried them open for a second attempt. The result was a little worse. Dizziness washed over me accompanied by a spinning room around me and wave of nausea building in my throat. Taking a deep breath to stave off the nausea I surged to my feet and managed to make it half way to the window before falling to the floor against my will. I had just enough time to hear the uncertain uttering of my name over the sound system before I blacked out again. Ain't life fun? Sigh.
When next I came to consciousness I realised that I was once again in the uncomfortable old army cot. And my head was still hurting, but didn't seem as bad. That's a relief. I raised my hand to check the bump but was hampered by the presence of something cold on my forehead. Funny how until I felt it with my hand I didn't realise the cold on my forehead; isn't it?
"You're awake then?" came a voice to my left. A nice soft voice that wasn't amplified and coming through a speaker in the wall.
Sighing I replied, "Awake? Yes. Functioning? Probably not. What's going on?" It was more groan than whisper as far as I could tell. I had my eyes closed still, so when I turned my head to see who my captor was I only encountered the inside of my eye lids.
"We only want what's best for you," my captor told me. He sounded familiar, but my eyes were preventing me from confirming the fact.
"Who's we?"
"Me and everyone else."
"Right," I sighed and started to sit up, but a firm hand appeared on my shoulder, pushing me back down onto the uber-uncomfortable bed.
"We know what you're trying to do," the speaker told me.
"Oh really? That's nice, at least one of us knows. Mind filling me in?" I couldn't help but be a bit sarcastic, being kidnapped just seemed to do that to me. I think I got it from my mother.
"Don't play dumb, Peigi, we know exactly what you're like. You've always been like this."
"Who's playing?" I asked. "could you be a little more specific? I've always been lie what?"
"You're afraid of commitment."
"I am not. I'm totally committed."
"Yeah," the guy said, "Committed to a mental institution by the sounds of things."
"I'm committed to my work!" I exclaimed, wincing when it caused pain to shoot through my head. "I've never missed a day of work. Not even when I had a broken leg."
"That's not what I meant. You have commitment issues in the realm of relationships."
I opened my eyes a fraction of an inch to find the speaker leaning against the wall at the foot of the cot. I studied him hard for a moment or two, trying to make out his features through my pain induced haze. It looked to me like one of the Rangemen, but why would they want to kidnap me? On the other hand, why would anyone else want to interfere in my personal life?
"What does it matter to you?" I asked.
Finally, he decided to look up and I was shocked to find that my captor was none other than... What the fuck? Lester Santos? Holy Crap. I can't believe LESTER had kidnapped me!! What on earth was going on? WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO!!
"Peigi, calm down," he said. "Everything's okay."
He made a move to come closer to me but I sat up abruptly and moved as far up the other end of the cot as I could. "Stay. Away. From me," I gasped out.
He nodded shortly and leaned back against the wall a solemn expression on his face. "We had no choice," explained apologetically.
"What do you mean you had no choice?" I seethed. "There is always the choice."
"It's complicated," he sighed.
I sighed too. "Tell me about it."
Sorry it's a bit short. I had to get my mind back into the frame of creative writing rather than stupid, evil, disgustingly foul essay ShudderSome reviews would be nice to let me know that you're reading and enjoying it and also to make sure I don't go crazy before the next chapter is written. Then what would you do? I know, I know, it's terribly horrific to think about so I'll let you get to that reviewing now (Hint Hint)