Escape

Adrienne

It was really difficult to open my eyes as if there was something sticky holding them closed. My head was hurting as if I’d been hit on the head with something. Oh yes I remember I  was hit in the head and the stickiness was probably the blood. Just my luck. My whole body felt numb. I was definitely tied up but thankfully not gagged. I didn’t open my eyes and pretended as if I was still unconscious. I subtly flexed my wrists which were bound behind my back and realised that they were tied loosely. I guessed that they thought that I couldn’t escape.

I was pleasantly surprised that my feet were not bound at all. Thankfully none of my clothes were removed from my body and I still had my shoes on. Since my eyes were closed, my other senses were more alert and I could hear voices of some men, presumably my kidnappers. They were not exactly near me so I concentrated on their voices. “I guess we got lucky” said kidnapper no 1. “ Yeah who knew the bitch was dumb enough to run off to watch illegal racing.” laughed kidnapper no 2.

“ It's fortunate that we saw her sneaking off, otherwise no one would recognize her with all that ugly makeup.” replied kidnapper no 1. That answered my question on how they recognized me but I wondered who they were and why they had kidnapped me. I prayed that it was not for ransom because my parents might find out about the race even though my kidnappers seemed to have thought that I had gone there to watch it. But I might also suffer a worse fate at the hands of my kidnappers.

I had to escape somehow. “I cant wait to torture her and send the video to the Smiths. I’ll enjoy killing her slowly and get my revenge for what they did to my brother.” said kidnapper no 2.I guess that answered the question. They were probably my parents enemy. “We should play with her a little before we torture her.” laughed kidnapper no 2. Now I really had to escape. “It's better to play with her when she is conscious,” replied kidnapper no 1. I was frankly terrified because of their words.

“She doesn’t look like she is going to wake up anytime soon so we should go get some drinks” said kidnapper no 2. Kidnapper no 2 made a sound of agreement. I heard footsteps going away. I waited awhile to see if they were truly gone. After I was sure that they were truly gone, I cracked open an eyelid.

I fully opened my eyes and looked around. The room I was in was messy. Paint splatters everywhere and broken furniture. I turned my head around to fully observe the room. There was a window there which was just big enough to fit me but it seemed to be locked. The kidnappers really did underestimate me I guess. 

I didn’t know if I had much time to escape and i couldn't wait for anyone to save me since it didn't seem like they called my parents for ransom. They just seemed to want to torture me so I dislocated my thumb and pulled out my hand. It was a handy trick I made myself learn when I got kidnapped previously. I pulled both my hands out . They were definitely bruised and hurting. I went to the window and saw that it was really locked but the window was made of glass. I had to break the glass even if I produced noise since there was no other way out.

I looked around and found a broken leg of a chair. “This will do”. I had to escape quickly. I smashed the glass as hard as I could and slipped out. Fortunately it was on the ground floor. The glass was painted black so I could not see outside it. I seemed to have been kept in what seemed to be an abandoned warehouse. I quickly started running when I heard loud voices. There was a forest a short distance away so I started running towards it since it was good to get some cover. I heard gunshots and started running even faster. One of the gunshots grazed my arm but I didn’t look back and just kept running. I came across a road and looked back at my pursuers while running fast. I didn’t see the car coming until it was too late.