The Fight to Live

Chapter 3 : X marks the spot

Chapter 3

Riker POV

The car stopped, and I heard the doors open. I got picked up and carried somewhere. It sounded like we were going down stairs. I was put on the ground, which felt like freezing cold cement. I could hear Lexi a few feet away, still crying. I heard the sound of a door close, and then silence, besides Lexi's crying.

I licked the ducktape until it fell off my mouth.

"Lexi?"

"Mmmm!"

"Lick the ducktape. It'll fall off."

"Riker! Where are you!?"

I pushed myself backwards with my feet until I found Lexi.

"I'm here."

"Where are we!?"

"I don't know. I can't see!"

"Well what are we supposed to do!?"

"You, need to calm down. We'll never get anywhere unless you calm down."

"Ok..."

"Thank you."

"Now what!?"

"Now... We need to get these blindfolds off."

"How?"

"Stand up."

"Ok, now what?"

I moved so I was sitting behind Lexi.

"Ok. Can you find my head?"

"Yeah."

"Ok, now untie the blindfold."

"But you're behind me!"

"Well our hands are tied behind us!"

"I can't see what I'm doing!"

"You can't see anything at all, Lexi! That's why we're working on the blindfolds!"

"Stop screaming at me!"

I could hear how upset she was, and I felt my heart breaking a little.

"I'm sorry... Can you please just try to untie it?"

Lexi managed to get it untied, and I could finally see! I looked around. We were in a small room with a closed door on one wall. There were also stairs and another door at the top.

"Well where are we!?"

"I think we're in the basement of some place."

"Can you untie me now?"

"Yeah. Sit down."

I got Lexi's untied, and she started crying again.

"Lexi, please don't!"

"I'm so scared, Riker! Those guys are probably going to kill us or something!"

"Ok, turn around. Let me see if I can get the duck tape off your hands."

After a few minutes, and a bunch of 'ows' from Lexi, I got her hands free.

"Ok, can you do mine now?" I asked.

"Well maybe I don't want to. Did you ever think of that?"

"Lexi."

"Turn around."

"Ow! What are you doing!?"

"Ripping the ducktape off."

"Could you be a little more gentle!?"