"It's okay, you're okay. You're alive and breathing. Just stay calm. It's going to be okay. Toby's gonna get you soon, he'll be here. Ugh, stop crying, Jasmine. That's enough."
This is what I whisper to myself as I'm handcuffed to a seat in a constant moving vehicle. The only thing I remember is hearing "surprise bitches" and the screams of myself and Analee. Ugh, there's more though. There has to be. That voice. I can hear it. It's so familiar. Why can't I figure it out?! He's talking again...
"I'll talk to them. They're afraid so a few whips might have to shut them up." He says very clearly. I cry uncontrollably at this point and think to myself, "them"?
"Should I get the tape?" Says another man.
"Yeah--- yeah, get the tape."
Just then the sack on my head was taken off. I look to the side to see another person and hers is taken off too.
"ANALEE, OH MY GOSH!!!!! WHATS GOING ON?" I scream. She turns to see the man and drops her jaw.
"What?" I ask as I turn my head too.
I gasp crying even more.
"Sauli?" Analee and I say synchronized with all the strength we have to offer.
He gives out a small mocking smile. "Miss me?"
"Please-- please don't hurt us." I say sobbing hoping for sympathy. He gets closer to my face and smiles. *SMACK* he slaps me across the face as he turns my face forcibly facing him and saying something else.
"You are not to talk unless spoken to, understand?"
I shake my head yes.
He then looks at Analee who puts her head down avoiding any eye contact.
"Look at me!" He yells and she doesn't but begins to cry more.
"LOOK AT ME YOU FILTH!" He yells louder as he pulls her hair.
"Stop, it hurts. Please." She begs and he listens.
"You both are not to talk unless spoken to. You will not be treated nicely. That's all you need to know. Just hope that I don't kill you." He says as he smiles towards the end.
We both look at each other and put our heads down at the same time. A man smacks my head against the door and another man does the same to Analee. They place tape around our mouths and around our heads to make it secure. I recognize the people to. It's John and Anthony. They evaluate us one by one with their eyes. Anthony crouches down to make eye contact with me.
"We know you have a baby, don't be surprised if it dies." He says.
I shake my head as I kick and try to scream. I end up kicking him in the stomach and he punches me in the stomach.
"You just lost a kid. Too bad, I would have wanted it to die from an abortion." He says
*SLAM* everything goes black.
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Lord knows how long it's been.
It's really cold, and I can't feel my legs. The sacks are taken off our heads again and we realize we're in a basement. Sauli makes a phone call.
"We have the two girls, if you want them back you better hand over Bailey by Sunday or they die." He says and hangs up.
They only have five days till we are dead. I hang my head and try not to cry but I do. They take the tape off our mouths.
"Why are you doing this?" Says Analee.
"Why!? Because you all made a mistake..... You messed with me. NOW SHUTUP!" Says sauli. "Do what you want with them." He says to John and Anthony.
"I've got Analee." Says Anthony.
They un cuff us and bring us to a room.
"Don't try to escape or I'll kill you. Promise." Says John.
We go down a long corridor where there are two separate rooms, that look like jail cells. Anthony takes Analee into one and John takes me into one. He sits me down. The walls are thin and not much longer, I hear Analee scream at the top of her lungs.
"NO, PLEASE DONT DO THIS!!!!"
"SHUT UP! You don't need to be afraid, just relax and I'll take it from here."
I don't know what else is happening but I assume it's not pleasant.
"What's he doing to her?" I ask John. He gives me a crooked smile and says "exactly what I want to do to you, but I'll wait for the right moment. I promise."
I start to cry and hang my head.
"Look at me, you will never cry in front of me or I will make sure everything that happens to you is painful."
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About an hour later
"Get them out here. It's time to eat." Says sauli.
Analee and I went out at the same time and we make a quick second of eye contact. I run towards her and pick up her head.
"What did he do, Ana?!" I whisper frightened.
She looks at me as a tear falls down her left cheek.
I can already tell what happened when I looked over my shoulder to see John and Anthony do a high five and ask how it was.
"I didn't do it, but I will." Says John.
"Make it worth it." Says Anthony.
The food is disgusting. It's dried out bread and the tiniest bit of tomato soup along with dirty water from what look like it was from a lake.
"Eat it all. You only get two meals a day." Says Anthony.
Sauli looks at both of us and says, "I hope you're ready. Once a day these two boys get an hour to do what they want with you and every day, all day, you do what we tell you."
I look at my plate and think about everything that's happened so far. If I thought that was bad, I have a lot more coming to me.
"Anything?" Asks Analee
"Anything indeed. Any time, anywhere." He says as he smiles.
I miss Toby and just thinking about it makes me sob. They left us alone for the rest of the night.
"Jasmine, I'm scared." Says Analee.
"Me too, sweets, me too,"
"I want to go home, I wish this had never happened." Says says.
"I think we think alike." I say back.
"Can we go to sleep now?" She asks.
"Yeah, come on." I say back.
We both lay on the cold concrete floor under the only blanket they left us. I can tell Analee has been through a lot so I don't mention anything, but she tells me something.
"He did things, Jasmine." Says Analee as she starts to cry. " things I didn't want."
"Shh, Analee, I know. I know. It's gonna be okay." I reassure her as I try to keep strong. I know she can hear the hurt in my voice.
"But what if it's not?!" She asks.
"Then--then... I don't know." I say back a bit upset with myself.
"Goodnight...." She says.
Just before I say goodnight Anthony comes down the steps and tosses the coldest water I've ever felt onto both of us and laughs as he says, "I DID IT!!" I TOLD YOU!" And they all laugh.
So much for familiar faces.
