'For f*ck sake! Can I not go for more than a few days without being kidnapped?!' she thought angrily as she struggled.
They gripped her arms tightly as her legs kicked, her face bright red with anger.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" she yelled.
They put her down for a moment, one tied a gag around her mouth as the other held her wrists, she carried on screaming through the foul-tasting cloths, she hurled muffled insults at the men, who didn't seem at all bothered as one picked her back up again and slung her over his shoulder.
She slammed her fist against his back over and over, making him grunt as they rushed through the hallway. It brought back the memories of when she first got in here, and that was something she did not want re-live… ever.
Just like before, they reached the end of the maze and Lucy was thrown once again into the back of a carriage.
"For god's sake!" she mumbled, scowling at the doors that were abruptly slammed in her face. She was flung from one end of the carriage to the other as they began driving.
'Where the heck are they taking me?!' she thought as she skidded back along the wooden floor.
She ripped the gag from her face and flung it across the tiny wooden room at the back of the carriage. Her chest heaved from the early adrenaline rush as she stumbled forwards towards the doors.
She grabbed the handles and shook them violently but the door didn't budge. She eventually went to the "Just kick it down" plan… that didn't work either.
She slammed her fists against the wall…
Then it sunk in…
Where was she going?
Would she ever see her friends again?
Her eyes widened in panic.
What if she never saw them again?!
The floor underneath her jumped up and down over the bumpy trail.
What if they were taking her back home?
Did her dad get her back?
It clicked. The ransom.
Her dad bought her back…
She really would never see them…
Hot tears streamed down her face as she ran back towards the doors, shaking them, filled with desperation to get out.
"Please!" she cried, banging on the wooden surface.
She laid her forehead against it, tears staining her cheeks.
"Please…" she whispered.
The doors opened.
She tumbled head first out of the back onto a stony path. It was still dark out and there was a chilled wind that blew straight through her. She saw blackened trees with bare twisted branches that loomed menacingly over the carriage and the light fog that hovered around their stumps swirling in and out of the dark grass blades that stuck out of the ground.
A hand picked her up by the back of her shirt and lifted her so her feet dangled just above the floor.
She took a deep breath to start screaming but before she could make a sound, a rough hand covered her mouth.
"Shhh." It grinned.