Seekers

Chapter 5

Before they landed, they were blindfolded. A bandana was wrapped around her eyes, another oone was thrust in her mouth, and finally, her hands were bound behind her back. None too gently, either, but  it was hard to notice with all the commotion going oon.

The plane hit the ground and everyone was up and running around. Armed guards were yelling to each other, and at their hostages in a language no oone else knew. Pointing, and slapping you when you didn’t get the commend. Then they had everyone line up again, while they were bound and gagged.

Honestly, it was enough to make you  feel desolate, and maybe even a little suicidal. But, Kate pressed oon.

They opened the doors, and led to a truck waiting outside. Kate coouldn’t see anything, but she could feel the smoldering heat against her skin. She smelled gasoline and exhaust, which made it hard to breath. And she could hear other guars talking to eachother in the distance.

The guard behind her pushed her forward, where she could hear a truck running. He stopped, and she heard him open a door, before lifting her inside, where another guard pulled her up and thrust her into a seat.

One by one, more of the hostages were thrown on board. She could hear the grunt when they landed beside her. Some of them were crying.

Kate tuned them out. She was at a disadvantage right now, but as soon as she had her wits about her, she was going to get out of here.

Since the take off, no one had spoken, except foor the occasional sniffle or whimper. Noot even during the eleven hour flight.

The final captive was loaded on board, and the truck pulled away.

While they drove, Kate would catches snitches oof the place. The smell of bread or stew here, the sounds of kids playing there. Once, she thought she could hear them running along side, chasing the truck before the guards yelled at them to get away. At least they hadn’t had to use their guns yet, she thought.

The ride was long, and bumpy, along presumably dirt roads. It was at least a half hour before the truck finally came to a halt, and the guards got out.

She heard the door open, and felt sunlight sting her eyes, even from befind the blindfold. The guards yelled, and the guard inside the truck walked oover and started herding the captives out. Kate was once again lifted and set down on the dirt.

When everyone was out, the organized them in a line, and cuffed them all together.  Kate was at the front, and was chained to a guard in front of her. A guard behind her yelled, and rammed his gun into her back.

She resisted the urge to yell, that actualy hurt, and complied, following the guard in front as best as she could. They walked a little ways, before she heard the sound of a large door opening, and they entered inside.

It was much cooler in here, and definitely darker. It smelled like rot and mold and sweat. Kate had to hold her breath to keep froom gagging. Se heard some of the people behind her gasp or cough in surprise.

They took a few turns, this way ans that, before they stopped in a hallway. Kate heard the rattling of chains. It sounded like some of the hoostages were being uncuffed. The guards spoke again, in their language, and the sound of an iron door was heard. It opened, then a shuffling of feet and few confused mumbles of ,”What?”, and then it was shut again.

They did this many more times, moving down a hallway, and stopping to unload. Kate’s feet were beginning to ache, by the time she was the oone being unloaded.

She felt the others behind her be uncuffed, and then she was uncuffed. The door open she they shuffled inside, and a guard followed behind. The door was shut, then the guard began taking everyone’s bindings and gags off.