The vehicle stopped moving and I shook my eyes open . We were on Airport Road , around us were only fields of darkness .
“ Did you forget to drop me off ?” Maybe it was an accident , but when I looked at him , he didn ’ t answer . It was dark and all I could see were his eyes , grey and unflinching . There was a click as the doors locked and he drove faster : 60 , 65 , 70km . Hair that I didn ’ t even know I had stood up . I could grab the walkie and radio in that I ’ d been kidnapped . I could unlock the door , roll out onto the road and run . I could grab the steering wheel , turn us into the ditch , crash and escape through the rubble . I could grab his gun , point it at him and tell him to stop the car . But before I could do anything , he pulled over beside a ditch , leaned over with a rag and held it against my screams until I could no longer breathe .
The smell of vomit woke me up . I opened my eyes and a merry go round of darkness spun around me . I shut them again and felt my forehead burning . I touched the ground , it was cold , like cement , and wet . I tried to move but there was something heavy around my feet and hands and when I moved them , I felt metal . I shook my head to wake from the dream , but this only made my hair , wet from fever , stick to my cheeks and forehead .
A slam from above sounded , and thuds , like footsteps , stomped across the black sky above . Closer and closer until light exploded into my eyes and the smell of human feces overcame me and I vomited again , spitting up chunks of bile while I twisted my head away from the brightness . Eyes slowly adjusting , I saw I was chained to
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