I held my breath, preparing for the worst. I heard the footsteps coming closer and closer to me. I fought the urge to squirm. I thought of my favorite animal and told myself a trick.
Play dead.
The footsteps were even closer that ever before, but they stopped coming closer. At this point, my lungs were burning at the loss of oxygen. It felt like it would collapse in like a deep hole filled with water at the beach.
I could hear the heavy breathing of men who I could not recognize, reminding myself that I was about to pass out. Seconds later, I lost control of my breath and gasped.
"Oh crap," I thought as the handkerchief over my mouth was ripped off.
"HEY YOU!!!" Someone I didn't know yelled into my ear. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING???"
I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do, and I wasn't about to risk angering this man even more.
"Wh-what?" I whispered nervously. I could feel his hot anger against my neck as I spoke.
"DON'T PRETEND DUMB WITH ME KID! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?" The obviously angry man almost screamed at me.
"To be honest, s-sir, I don't know. Please don't hurt me!" I had no idea what was going on.
"Are you really gonna lie to da boss, mate?" A different man questioned me.
Before I could answer him, my eye covering was also ripped off and thrown into a corner of the room that I was in.
When I looked up at the men that stood above me, I got goosebumps.
They were both completely covered in tattoos. The larger man out of the two wore gold hoop earrings that looked like they were implanted. The smaller, but still large man, seemed very proud of his outfit. He wore a navy blue tank top that was obviously too small for him and baggy neon green shorts.
The one with earrings boomed at me, "WELL?"
Barely saying anything more than a whisper, "I'm here, and that's all I remember." Which was true. "I was on my laptop when I woke up here. Why can't you tell me what's happening?"
"Is that any of yar beezwax?" The slightly smaller man asked.
"Well, in fact, it is."
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Nightmares Alive
Teen FictionSarah Martel is your ordinary girl. However, things become not so ordinary when something affects her life in ways she won't ever predict.
