Waiting for Amber Skyy

Chapter 19

I cursed under my breath as my head hit the side of the truck again. You heard me: a truck. It was a large, camouflage truck that wasn't that hard to distinguish against the landscape. It looked like it was painted by a four year old, which probably was since they had one driving it.

"Watch it!" Raiden shouted at Speck.

"S-Sorry!" she yelped as she tried to control the huge vehicle. The wheel was bigger than her body, and she had to reach for the pedals. We bumped over something else and hit my jaw against the bed of the truck. Pain shot through my skull as I tried to keep myself steady. But it was impossible. They managed to tie my feet and hands up despite my squirming and threw me in the back. There was no divider between me and the seats, but it wasn't like I could do anything. Shouting was also out of the question, since my mouth was duct taped as well.

The ride finally smoothed out and I couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Poor Speck was learning how to drive this massive thing in the middle of the desert. We must've reached a road now, since Raiden was shouting at her again to "put the pedal to the metal."

I heard her whine, "But I can't reach it."

Raiden groaned and I heard Keira sigh, "It's not like we're in a hurry."

"Shouldn't we tie her down more?" I heard Sam say. I glanced up to see his eyes match mine. They were a deep red color, causing a shiver to go through me. What was he?

"Nah, it's not like she's going anywhere," the leader chuckled.

True that, I thought as I felt something hard hit my side, nearly knocking the wind out of me. I squinted, trying to see with the minimum light that was given in the car. It was a box of some sort, and was now my new bouncing friend. Great.

"Turn off here," the leader said, and we turned onto another dirt road. My heart raced as I started bouncing around again. They were taking me back. I felt hot tears in my eyes, wondering what they would do to me. Was I going to be experimented more on? Or were they going to execute me properly this time? The box hit me in the head, making my vision blurry but enough for me to hear the clinking inside of it. That wasn't an ordinary box, it was a tool box. And every vehicle has one! I can get out of here! Despite my fear of going back to that dreaded place, I knew I could at least go back fighting. It bounced around more and finally landed close enough for me to scoot back towards it, reaching with my hands to unlatch it. We hit a large bump and I nearly went two feet in the air, and the tool box broke open on impact. Tools littered the back, hitting me every which way and others cutting my skin. There. I tried to reach for the box cutter, but it kept leaping out of my reach.

A laugh came from the front and I heard Kiera follow up with it, "Oh, if only I had a camera... I would sooo post this to YouTube."

"With what title?" Sam pointed out. "We're supposed to be hidden, not known from society. We're a secret organization."

I heard her smack her gum, "Wow, way to ruin the fun... Sammy." She laughed along with Raiden. I didn't hear Speck at all, but that's probably because I was still struggling to grab the cutter. The car calmed down just enough for me to see it wedged in the back corner of the van. I scooted my way back there as carefully as possible, eyeing them so they didn't notice what I was doing. Thankfully, they were bickering so much they didn't notice I was cutting into the rope around my wrists.

"Shut up! You know I hate being called that!" Sam yelled at her. His voice cracked and she laughed even louder.

"It should be your name!" she chortled. "Sounds like you still need to pass puberty!"

"Shut up! Shut up!"

"She's right, you're still a little kid. You still squeak like a baby!" Raiden sneered.

"Shut up!" Sam cried, and I could see his face going red in embarrassment.

"Sammy, Sammy," Keira sang.

"Shut up!"

"Little, baby Sammy," Raiden and Keira chorused.

"Shut up! Shut up!"

"Why don't you all shut-" but before the leader could end this squabble, I was airborne, well, we all were. I was floating in the air for a second before I heard the most horrible crunching sound in the world. I hit the back of a seat, hard enough to knock the wind out of me. I felt my balance go forward, then I landed against the side of the truck, my head colliding against something hard, and I saw stars.