"Ow!" Mary thought even before opening her eyes. Her head was throbbing.

Mary felt the cold floor against her body.

She slowly opened her eyes and saw that she was in a basement.

"How did I get here?" She thought. But then she remembered. Then man had pushed her in the car and drove away. After he had drove a short distance he had pulled over and pressed some sweet smelling cloth against he mouth and nose. Mary had struggled but couldn't break free. That was all she remembered.

She didn't see a the man, and wondered where he was.

She did see that the basement was like a mini house. In one corner there was a stove, an oven, a fridge and few cabinets.

To the right of the "kitchen" there was a door that lead to a small bathroom and right behind that their was a flight of stairs with a door at the top. The door was locked though.

Then in the middle of the room there was an ugly couch. It was a disgusting green color with dark red stripes running through it. The couch was facing a very small TV sitting on a small stand. There was a small coffee table between the couch and TV.

Mary walked over and sat on the couch.

When she did she realized that the man hadn't taken her cell phone, it was still in her back pocket!

But, then she heard the door start to open.

Mary barley had enough time to put the phone on mute and toss it under the couch, before the man walked in.

With a simple "Your up" the man walked over, sat on the couch and turned the TV on. Mary didn't feel comfortable sitting by him so she stood up and started walking over to the other side of the room.

This angered the man, because he jumped up and roughly grabbed her by the arm. 'What am I not good enough to sit by you!" He screamed at her.

Mary was frightened and her eyes filled with tears.

"Oh quick your whimpering!" he shouted before slapping her. "Your just a waste of oxygen!"

He pushed her to the ground, causing her to hurt her wrist.

Then he got up and started watching the TV.

For about an hour that was all that happened Mary sat up against the wall, and the man watched TV. Mary didn't know what he was watching until she heard a news report about how she had been kidnapped.

Everyone knew she was being held against her will, but know one knew why or by how.

And for some reason Mary asked out loud. "Who are you? What do you want with me?" She immediately regretted saying anything.

But the man didn't even get off of the couch, he just looked at her and calmly said "My name is Derek."

That was all, no last name no reason as to will she was in a basement in some house she had never seen in God only knows where! He just turned his head to the TV and switched it to a Lakers game.

Evuntually the man sprawled out on the couch and fell asleep. It was easy to see that he didn't plan on leaving.

While he slept Mary found herself studying Derek's face. When he slept he looked, peaceful. Not like the rough maniac he was when he was awake.

Mary preferred him when he was asleep. When he was awake he scared her.

In fact, this whole situation scared her (although that's not surprising).

Her she was, she didn't know where she was, why she was there, if she would every get out, or even if she would survive.

"At least…" Mary thought to herself. "I know his first name."

Okay sorry if it's not that great.

This is just a side note:

I need a beta reader.

I had one but things didn't really work out. She was too busy.

If you are a beta reader who can help me with my, charter portal, grammar, spelling and the flow of the story; And can also give me suggestions on how to improve my story and my writing.

I hate to say this, but I am kind of impatient. If I send you a story I would like to receive the beta-ed version at least a few days later. It doesn't have to be perfect just better.

I also want to be able to have conversations about what should happen in the story (so my beta reader will pretty much know what happens through out the story) so I don't do anything unrealistic or stupid.

I realize I sound kind of picky, but if you match the qualifications I mentioned above and are interested in being my beta reader, please pm me.

And this is completely random, but, how old do you guys think I am?