Daredevil

Prologue - The beginning

"With Daredevil everything is possible! Simply everything! Therefore, be a daredevil, be brave and benefit from it!", Said the CEO of the pharmaceutical company Schneider GmbH.

I, Valerie (18), just rolled my eyes annoyed. As if someone believes this crap and will buy that stuff. The ads for this product have been running for several weeks now and I just can not hear it anymore.

At that point, I still believed that I would never hear of it after a few months of promoting that product.

But I was wrong ...

It's half past one in the morning. Annoyed by the announcement of the press officer of the pharmaceutical company, I stomped into the kitchen and looked in my freezer for the salted caramel ice cream until I noticed that I had eaten it last week and now I have to experience my heartbreak without ice cream and a best friend.

I thought about buying the ice cream or not and decided in the end to pay a short visit to the gas station three blocks away and get my beloved ice cream.

What is the worst thing that could happen?

And just a little later, to be exact at 2:04 a.m., I cursed myself for thinking that way.

I closed my eyes. Be quiet Valerie. Take a deep breath and do not panic! But isn't that what everyone would do in this kind of situation?

Okay, just be quiet. There's a guy with a gun, but do not let that intimidate you. Just hide, sit on the floor and don't you dare to say a word.

A shot can be heard.

And another one.

I felt uncomfortable inside. Fear and panic merged, laying off their united weight on my chest.

My breathing tightened.

From the chest, to the neck and finally to my head everything crawled up.

Tears formed in my eyes.

"Why me? Why now?" I thought to myself. Blurred, I saw how a man, between 25 and 35 years old, grabbed an old lady by the arm and threw her aside. He shouted: "Everyone get on the floor and I don't want to hear anything from all of you! If I only hear a small noise, then it will be the last thing you will do!". To support his threat, he fired the gun once more towards the ceiling of the gas station.

At the gas station at 2 a.m. were almost only adults and a small child. A girl. I felt sorry for her.

Actually, I just wanted to get a bite to eat, since I forgot to buy something, because I was too busy to get over my heartbreak about Mike. "That asshole!" I swore in my mind, "if he had not dumped me, then I would not be here!". It may be that I'm unfair, but if he keeps complimenting me and hangs out with me at school, then I obviously would think that he likes me too and does not have a girlfriend, who passionately hates me since our childhood. And I don't like her too.

Surely he will have told her about my love confession and laughs together with her about it and then develop plans on how they can humiliate me with it in the worst possible way.

In the end, I'm angry about my own stupidity.

As if a boy would like me ... Pfft. Ridiculous. "Memo to myself: Boys only bring bad luck, do not fall for one again."

I shouldn't be bothered about it anymore, because in the end I am in a hostage situation and not him. Even if he deserves it. Because which guy, who is in a relationship, would ask another girl for a date in a restaurant and calls her sweetie? Ok, the nickname is ridiculous, but I think my point is understandable, right?

And now back to my more important problem.

A man threatens me (or rather all of us) with a gun and wants the money from the gas station. As long as the gas station employee gives him that, then everything is fine so do not panic Valerie.

Well, fate is not on my side and so the employee says: "I'm sorry, but the cash register gets emptied every full hour. The last time it happened about 10 minutes ago and without the approval of my boss, I can't open the Save, because only he knows the PIN ". Great. "Note to myself, never visit this gas station again - or any gas stations at/in the night," I thought sardonically.

"If you do not immediately get the PIN from your boss then it's game over for all of you!", The man cries out and his face was distorted with anger. He grabbed the old lady from before and held his revolver to her temple. "Granny will then have to believe first in the afterlife," he said afterwards. "O-ok, I'll call the manager now." The employee stuttered.

He grabbed the phone and the hostage-taker insisted he put the phone on speaker. "If anyone dares to make a sound, then you will be decorated with a nice hole in the head," threatened the man.

The phone beeped once, then twice and then a third time.

We all stopped breathing.

Three of the eleven people; who just wanted to shop, like me, were crying. Their sight brought tears to my eyes again.

Deep in thought, I did not notice anyone approaching me. One hand laid on mine and I was completely scared and wanted to scream, but a hand came before a tone left my throat. The hand is now clapsed on my mouth. Hysterically I tried desperately to get air, but at the same time the hand held my nose close.

In the background, all I could hear was the employee's hectic pleading, but I only heard it vaguely blurred.

My strength disappears and I feel dizzy without air. My ears ached, my lungs burned, and all I could see was black spots, which gradually took my field of vision.

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Hi,
I'm Vany and English is not my first language so please bear with me. If you see any mistakes, please correct me :). The boy/man will be introduced in the next chapter. Do you have a name in mind, which is not that special, but also not plain? Please tell me your idea :).
I hope you liked the first part^^. I would be happy about critic on how I can improved.

Have a wonderful day/night! ^^

Sincerely,

V