Chapter 5: Hunters Moon

When Alec awoke in the dark room the green lights were still in the corner and he was once again greeted with the smell of oil, coming from behind him again; the whirl-clicking noise was fainter as if the automaton was further away from him this time. He was pleased to find the gag had been removed. "I see you have woken, dear Alec, how are you feeling?" said the kidnapper in their robotic voice.

"Crap! What did you do to me? I don't remember anything!" Asked Alec with a hint of panic in his voice.

"Ah I see you still haven't lost your attitude! Well that disappoints me! I thought we were getting along." The kidnapper turned to the automaton "He's well enough now bag him and gag him again. We don't want any surprises!"

The automaton followed his orders quickly and efficiently. Soon Alec found him self in a scratchy, dirty brown sack, the sort of sack that would hold potatoes. He also had a clean gag in his mouth but it pushed against his tongue making it impossible to close his mouth so he was left gawking in the dimness of the dirty sack. The rope that tied his hands together behind the pole was now gone but he still had his feet bound at the ankles meaning he had to crouch in the sack, which he was lifted in head first. This earned a yelp of surprise from Alec which came out as a murmuring sound against his gag.

"Where are they taking me?" Alec wondered feeling that it was no where good.

Alec heard a rattle of keys and then the loud pop of something opening, then he was airborne and as soon as he was in the air; he knew he was being thrown and then with a meaty thump, Alec had landed. He didn't know where he was, all he knew was that the land hadn't done anything for him, it made his back ache and he could feel hot blood streaming down his forehead, down his nose and into his mouth, soaking his gag in salty blood. There was another pop and then there was silence and darkness.

"Where am I now?" Alec was getting more and more panicked which caused him to sweat a bit and the sweat went into his open wound, making it sting. Suddenly a engine roared to life, vibrating slightly so Alec guessed he was in a car and probably in the boot which would explain the darkness, that and it was evening and Alec guessed it was around about half 10 in the evening.

Alec also heard the robotic voice of his kidnapper giving instructions as to where to drive and a clearly male robotic voice answer "Of course, ma'am."

"Why are they taking me to Hunters Moon? It's closed tonight for refurbishment! Oh no! I think they are planning to kill me there and leave my body for some poor werewolf to find! And that will probably be Luke!" This made Alec sweat even more with fear. What would Magnus do when he found out I was dead? The sweat poured into the cut but this time Alec welcomed the pain because it kept the thoughts at bay.

Alec wondered what Magnus was doing right now, has he even noticed Alec isn't there? Of course he has it's their wedding rehearsal and both Alec and Magnus were looking forward to it. "Stupid kidnappers! What do they want with me? What could I possibly have that they want?" these questions went around in Alec's head like a hawk circling its prey before it snatches it up.

The ride to wherever they were going; was a rough, bumpy one, this made the ropes on Alec's ankles rub. Alec cleared his mind and decided to try and get the ropes off. Fumbling around in the dark trying to find which end was the beginning of the knot and where was the end. He thought he had finally managed to sort out the ends, when the car squealed to a halt and the sharp sound of the horn, then they were off again. After a few curse words and managing to give himself rope burn, Alec had worked the knot free, and took the gag out of his mouth, which was now red with blood. Now all he had to do was wait for the right opportunity to make a run for it.