KID-NAPPED
1236 Words
I am dragged inside the room and tied up to a chair, mouth tied with a cloth, the light bulb in the room is hanging so low that all I can see is the man’s body. God his biceps are so thick, there’s no way I can fight this guy, suddenly he takes out his phone and calls someone, his voice…….is not of a man, his voice seems as if it has just started to break, he might me my age or a few years older at most. I try listening to the call but all I can hear is come to the hideout quick. OH MY GOD more people are coming, I can’t escape this one person, god knows how many more are coming. Suddenly the metal door creaks and I hear numerous footsteps echoing in the silent room, I can’t see anyone’s face but I can see 1….2…3…4….7 seven people total, 3 of them are girls and 4 are boys. Suddenly someone speaks,” wow finally something interesting to do”
“yeah at least it’s better than finding lost pet dogs”
“or bringing groceries”
“Why does our female thief look like she is our age”
“because she is our age”
Just great so I have been tied here because they think I am thief, at least I am not going to be molested but if they wake up the colony, I don’t know how I will explain myself to my parents. I try to scream, so that they will open my mouth, but suddenly the big bicep guy comes near my face and says, “no noise, stay still”, I simply nod, his orbs are dark brown scary and calming at the same time, suddenly a girly voice interrupts our stare down
“backoff Arjun you are scaring her and has anybody checked her bag to see what she stole?”
“No not yet” Arjun replies backing away from me
The girl starts to check my bag and find only my hanky, my id and my phone (which has my plane tickets)
She matches my face with the one on my id and then opens my phone and sees my face as wallpaper and says, “she didn’t steal anything, the id and the phone belongs to her and if she is stealing a hanky, I sure as hell don’t mind”
“Arjun open her mouth”
He comes behind me and unties my mouth and first thing I ask is the time, now that fear of being molested has gone down I remember Akash.
“9:45” somebody replies.
Arjun unties my hands and legs and I stand quickly and move towards the door, but he pulls my hand and my face lands on his chest.
THIS GUY……HOW DARE HE TOUCH ME
I look up his chest in anger and his eyes tell me that he is angry too and suddenly he barks, “you are not leaving until you tell me why the f**k were you going out by climbing the damn wall”
I push away from him and look him in the eye, “first you cannot touch me anytime you want and second I am sure as hell not answering you”
I sit back in the chair, ignoring Arjun and tell the rest of them the whole story, after the story is over its past 10 and everybody nods in understanding and promises not to tell anyone. I thank them and they all start to leave, I sling my bag on my shoulder and walk towards the door, when suddenly somebody pulls my bag, who am I kidding its Arjun, and I am pulled behind as well, he leans and whispers in my ear, “not touching you” I glare at the wall ahead and reply “thank you, it’s so nice of you”
“you should not go out alone at night, while you were telling them the story I booked the flight to your town and back, I am going with you” I am about to open my mouth to argue, when he beats me to it “no argument little thief, either you go with me or I am telling your parents, its not safe out there”
“fine I don’t have time to argue with you and I am not a little thief”
I jerk my bag out of his grip and walk ahead but he pulls me back AGAIN.
This time I turn around and yell, “what now”
“tell me your name little thief”
I groan “Avijita, can we go now”
He let goes of my bag and we walk towards the wall.
“I can give you a push to climb the wall”
“Listen carefully Mr Ass, you may be used to know girl as damsel in distress type, but I am not that I can take care of myself and sure as hell climb the wall”
I quickly climb the wall and jump to the other end and he follows me and jumps beside me.
“see easy af” I say
“yeah, maybe I should change your name from little thief to little monkey”
I glare at him and he snickers as he swipes his phone and says “no cab, now what damsel not in distress”
I frown thinking what to do next I cannot afford to waste any more time.
Suddenly I am being pulled again along with my bag and behind a shaggy slum house is a black Royal Enfield, with big red and yellow eagle spray painted on its body.
He throws one leg over it, rocks it back, kick starts it and the engine roars to life. I don’t bother asking what is his bike doing outside the colony campus.
I go and sit on the backseat.
“hold on to me tight” he says
I firmly grasp the back handle for support. He zooms past in the dark night, everything is blurry around me, suddenly he pulls the brake so hard that my hand instinctively wraps around his body.
“better” he says and though I can’t see it I can feel his smug smile.
“really, the oldest and cheapest trick on the book”
He sighs and says, “surely you think very highly of yourself”
He points towards the road and I can see a small puppy.
I can feel my face heating in embarrassment, he chuckles and when the puppy crosses the road, his bike flies into the night.
Meanwhile in a company office,
A man walks in a quiet corridor, his footsteps echoing as he opens the metal door.
There is a man sitting on a swivel chair, with his back towards the door.
“Sir all the eight are here”
“have they met her yet?”
“yes, sir they all have seen her”
“sir it’s time for the second step”
“yessss, let the competition begin”
- Writer
