The pungent smell of algae and fungus hit my nostrils, and I gagged a bitter liquid out of my guts. The acid burned the mucosal lining of the mouth and I cried when the thirst blocked my airway. It was difficult to breathe in here and the blindfold over my eyes doing nothing good to inspect the place I am bound as a hostage. I woke up in the middle of the night when my head bumped into something hard. I was in a car trunk. Whoever kidnapped me, took me somewhere else. I have to get out of this place and escape. My heartbeats sped up when I heard a crackling sound, could be because of a door getting opened. My instinct was right as I heard heavy and loud footsteps approaching. I pretended to be unconscious, but it was too late. He must have noticed me moving. “Get up!” his low voice sen