Puppet

Road to Nowhere.

I ran for at least an hour before my body refused to anymore, my feet dragged as I walked along the isolated road, I haven't seen one damn car and my stomach is growling loud. I glace around me for the one thousandth time, mountains, trees, no cars, stray deer here and there I really need to find a town or something. It was getting dark and with the dark came the cold, I rubbed my hands up and down my arms in an attempt to keep my body warm, finally I couldn't believe my eyes head lights up around the corner heading down the road in my direction. My heart thumped with nervousness and anticipation as I picked up my speed my feet automatically carrying me in the direction of the approaching headlights. Upon seeing me in the middle of the road the truck pulled over to the side of the road killing its headlights at the same time, standing at least twenty feet from it I cautiously walked closer. When I was just seven feet away I stopped in my tracks my heart jumping to my throat, seething blue eyes stared right back at me his jaw would clench and unclench and his hand on the steering wheel was turning white from the death grip he held on it. I had two options I could choose from as he slowly stepped out of the truck gun already in hand, choice one do what he wants and walk to him or choice two risk being shot darting into the woods and die, note he has very accurate aim.. decisions.

My eyes flipped from the gun in his hand to the woods and back to his anger contorted face, he snapped his fingers at his side signally me that his patience was running out. I lifted my left foot with absolute hesitation and fear coursing through my veins," that's it little dove, come over here", Australian accent thick in his voice as he called me closer to him. He put the gun down on the seat as I approached the front of the vehicle using it as a barrier between him and I, it didn't last very long as he came around the side and filled his fist with my hair forcing me to walk with him to the passenger side. He ripped open the door shoving me to sit in the seat, there was no warning when the back of his hand collided with the right side of my face making little black dots float across my vision slowly I picked my head back up his hand striking me again twice as hard the moment I did. He harshly placed the seat belt across my chest buckling it into the holder and securing me in place, he slammed my door closed and stomped around to the driver side. The engine roared to life immediately jolting the truck forward the wheels screaming at the loss of traction, he had reached a pretty dangerous speed now when he started yelling in my direction completely losing focus on the road. "ASTRID YOU FUCKING STUPID LITTLE BITCH!"

My hands are clutching the sides of the seat for dear life as my eye stayed trained on the road ready for a bad crash,"WHY CAN'T YOU FUCKING LISTEN TO ME!" his nostrils flared in and out with pent up anger as he turned his focus back to the road and fell silent, my hand slowly reached for the holder for my seat belt eyes checking to make sure the door was unlocked. As soon as the seat belt clicked and snapped back to its place against the frame his head snapped to me, I did my best to hide my other hand inching towards the door handle, but he saw me. His foot pressed the accelerator to the floor when my hand found its target ready to push the door open, "You sure you wanna do that babydoll? The road isn't as forgiving as I am." he cocked a half smile at me and winked causing my hand to fall from the door handle. I settled back in my seat as he slowed to take a sharp turn into the drive way my small voice cut through the air,"So you aren't going to hurt me?" he put the truck into park in front of the cabin then he kicked his door open and hopped out walking around to my side. I crawled backwards over the middle console as he ripped my door open reaching in to grabbed my legs, I fell out the other door of the truck hitting the ground on my back he quickly ran around the truck to the side I fell out of. I was already standing with my back pressed against the truck.

He grabbed the front of my shirt in his fists pulling me off the truck and slamming me back into it several times before rage consumed my body, I have to fight back or he will kill me. As he pulled my body away from the truck again my hand raised up and open palm slapped him square across his face as hard as I could. It jerked his head sharply to the left when I hit him, but that didn't stop me as I brought my knee up right into his testicles, he let out a grunt and released my shirt staggering down to one knee laughing as he turned his face up to look at me. Fuck this guy, I balled my hand into a fist swinging it into his jaw with as much force as I could put behind it, god damn that really hurt my hand. He slowly got to his feet and I stumbled back a few steps away from him, casually he spit some blood out of his mouth then spoke, "My turn bitch." He quickly closed the space between us and slap the ever living shit out of me my body would have hit the ground should he not have grabbed my arm, my head was still reeling when he punched me directly in the stomach and I lost every bit of air in my lungs. He released my arm and I fell directly to my knees holding my stomach and wheezing for air, he gently put one finger under my chin and lifted my face up. I didn't even see his already balled up fist in the air before it came down slamming into my jaw harshly, my hands hit the ground with a thud as I was forced sideways from the impact of the punch. He ripped me up from the ground by the back of my neck dragging my forcefully towards the cellar opening, blood was dripping from my parted mouth while I choked for air I could smell the cigarette smoke from the doorway as he forced me deeper into the cellar.

I could see Theo's tattooed back leaning against the bars as he forced me to my knees between his legs at the door to my cell. "You alright Theo?" he spoke with concern in his voice producing a spare key from his pocket and shoving it into the keyhole pushing the door open. He pulled me in my cell by my hair forcing me to crawl on all fours until he stopped in front of Theo, that's when Theo looked up at us and I truly feared for my life. Around his perfect green eye was a bloody red ring where I had shoved the cigarette in his eye, my masters boot slammed into my side with such force it pushed me right into Theo's crossed legs, I looked up at Theo with terrified eyes and he smiled softly at me, "Doll, I'm not the one you need to be scared of." he spoke casting his eyes up to the blue eyed monster huffing above me. Just as the words left Theo's mouth two hands snatched me off the floor by my shirt lifting me in the air, he held me at his height my feet dangling off the floor as he screamed in my face. "You want to hurt people!" he shook me harshly back and fourth to make sure he had my full attention, "I think it is time that you learned your place here." He slammed my back into the bars beside a still sitting and smiling Theo and released my shirt with a pop like gesture to his hands, I stayed standing watching him intently with my eyes as he stepped back reaching into his back pocket. "For every command that you disobey Astrid," He slowly unfolds a rather large pocket knife and continued,"I will cut you, it will hurt, and you will scream."