Trust Fall (Deadweight series: Book 1)

Taking a Ride

When Reena opened her eyes again, she was freezing and couldn't move. A car engine was running and she could hear objects pass as whoever was driving moved fast down the abandoned roads. She blinked the tiredness from her eyes and tried to rub them but found her hands cuffs, then realized her feet were tired with a seatbelt and jammed into the buckle.

She thrashed for a second before noticing someone in the backseat with her, it was Dingo, he didn't look happy to be there and looked even less so when he saw Reena awake. With her survival instincts kicking in, she kicked at Dingo and tried to give him as much of a difficult time as possible.

Rambo looked back from the passenger seat, his friend driving, and laughed at Dingo had trouble holding her down. "Don't look so upset, Reena! This was bound to happen. Traitor." He scoffed and spat at her as Dingo pulled out the taser and showed her.

She stopped thrashing seeing the taser and teared up. What did they mean traitor!? What did she do?!

I've been sitting at home base for the last 7 hours for 4 days straight. What did I possibly do!? Are they fucking crazy????!!!!

She began to cry a bit as Dingo watched her buy eventually, as the tears grew greater, Dingo turned away from her.

An hour passed and Reena heard the sound of the ocean growing closer and closer. When the car stopped, Dingo was the first out. Rambo and his friend talked for a bit but Reena's teeth and body were shivering so bad she couldn't even hear them without her shivering cutting them out.

Eventually, the car drove forward a little and Reena was force to sit up straight. She looked at Dingo and through the gag she had on, began screaming for his help but was only met with a fist from Rambo. With her back killing her, her neck burning, her body shivering, and the restraints hurting her ankles and wrists, this punch only added insult to injury.

When they left her in the car, she noticed the gear in neutral and then, looking beyond the light of the rising sun, she saw a drop straight down into the ocean. She began to cry and scream out desperately as she thrashed around.

A short time later, Rambo, his friend, and Dingo all pushed the car into the ocean together. Everything went in slow motion. As the car hit the water, the windshield broke out and the force of the water there shards of glass at her.

Water rushed in around her as she struggled to get free. It seemed like thirty minutes had passed and eventually Reena got her legs free just as the water got above her head. She kicked her legs despite the pain of her wounds and got above the waters surface. She took heavy deep breaths and gasped from air as she attempted to kick the water and swim to the beach just around the brick wall of the ship dock.

The handcuffs made it difficult to swim but she did it nonetheless. When she hit the beach, she almost immediately passed out from fatigue.