Stolen to Kill

Chapter 2: Road Trip

Akiko was lying in the back seat, she had changed out of her bloodied cloth and was wearing a t-shirt, jeans and high tops. She was braiding her hair, while Victor drove. They hadn't stopped in two days incase someone was following them.
"Hey I need to go to the bathroom," She exclaimed from the backseat. She righted herself and continued."I have held my pee for two days. I'm going to burst," she grunted in pain.
"I don't need the bathroom yet," Victor said shrugging." Wait, we'll be at the safe house in a couple of hours".
"If you don't pull over in the next ten seconds, I will hurt you,"she hissed putting emphasis on hurt.
"Okay, fine," Victor said quickly . He pulled up to the nearest gas station. " Go to the bathroom, while I fill the tank," he said, peering at her through the rearview mirror.
"Okay" Akiko yelled, already halfway to the front doors of the gas station.
Victor turned off the engine and stepped outside. He picked up the pump and started pumping gas into the car. That's when all hell broke lose, two giant SUV's pulled up. Men with masks hopped out holding guns. Victor dove to the ground and crawled until he was at the hood. He put a finger to his ear, activating his miniature walkie talkie.
"Akiko, help!" He screamed, as the windshield shattered sending glass fragments everywhere.
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Akiko entered the gas station and went to the front desk, hopping from foot to foot hoping that she didn't lose control of her bladder.
"Excuse me," She said to the clerk." Do you know where the bathroom is?"
"Go down the hall," He said, pointing to a hallway."First door on your right"
"Thank You" She said, bowing her head in thanks. She rushed to the bathroom and began to relieve herself. When she finished and was in the process of pulling up her pants, when the door suddenly burst open. A man entered and promptly shot a tranquilizer dart at her. She tried to dodge it, but she couldn't move fast enough with a her pants around her knees. The dart grazed her arm and She went into a state of paralysis. The last thing she heard before unconsciousness was Victor in her ear asking for help.
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Akiko woke up, to a searing headache; she was in a dark space.She looked around disoriented, not knowing where she was. Then it all came crashing back to her.
"Victor," she whispered, remembering his call for help. She bit back tears, stifling a scream. Remembering her training she began to look for a way to escape. Her hands and feet were shackled, and her eyes blindfolded. She felt a swaying sensation, and realized that she was in a car. It was fantastic news for her, she trained in a situation like this once and she knew exactly how to get free. She pulled a bobby pin from her hair, and jammed it into the key slot of the shackles. She readied herself and began to head-butt the bobby pin. She began to bleed, but on the fourth hit the shackles opened and her hands were free. She removed her blindfold and looked around for any weapons nothing was around her. Frustrated,she then picked the lock on her second set of shackles,it popped open with ease. She massaged her ankles and then threw everything into a corner.She began to pull up the carpet corners, feeling for any wires, she felt one that connect to the lock. Perfect, She thought as she readied herself to pull. She arched her back and pulled until the wire broke. The trunk popped open and she was about to open it all the way, when a single gunshot rang put. Akiko ducked back inside as a dent appeared in the metal.
" Damn it" She whispered, someone was following them making sure that she didn't escape. She turned and began looking around the trunk until she came across an outline of a seat. She felt around more and her hand found a latch. She slowly pulled it and it gave way, she looked inside the car and she saw a man driving alone. Easy, thought looking at him. She crept forward silently pushing her body through the opening, thankful for her small frame for the second time that week. She went and positioned herself behind him and then she slammed her fist into the side of his head causing him to lose consciousness. She scrambled forward vying for control of the vehicle before it swerved into another lane.Shoving him into the passenger seat, she took control of the car. The man groaned and stirred so she hit him again. Looking into the rear view mirror she spotted the other car that shot at her. She slammed on the break and watched the car swerve into another lane; sideswiping a car and crashing into the median. She opened the glove box and found a handgun, she picked it up and got out of the car. She slowly stalked to the crashed car, it was still smoking and the airbags were deployed. She opened the drivers side door and pulled him out onto the street. She pointed the gun at his head and asked him. "Where is my friend!" she screamed, her eyes ablaze.
The man smiled and pointed to the other side of the car, a large, hairy man had his thick arm wrapped around Victor's neck. The man smiled and flexed harder, Victor's face turned red and he clawed at the mans arm.
"Let him go" she yelled at the man, pointing her gun at his head.
"Uh uh," he chortled, wagging his finger at her,as he pulled out a gun.
"Surrender, or he gets it!" He yelled, placing the gun at Victor's temple.
" Okay" Akiko said as she tossed her gun to the floor, defeated.
"Get on the floor," the man said, motioning toward the asphalt.
Akiko began to lower herself to the asphalt, but tranquilizer dart sprouted from her neck. Her vision blurred and she fell to the ground. The last thing she heard before she lost consciousness was the sound of a gunshot and a scream.