#13: Darkness

Angie was kidnapped!

I woke up in darkness. Where am I? What has happened to me? Last I knew, I was sleeping in my bed. Then I woke up here. No one seems to be around. I'm bound, and there is no light. What is going to happen to me?
A noise. Maybe not. Must've been my imagination.
There it is again. Voices. I can't distinguish what they're saying. It's as if they're speaking through their noses, whoever they are.
Are they kidnapping me because I'm the most popular girl in school?
*Gasp!*
It's because of Desmond's vigilante antics! Why did he take it so far?! And now I have to pay for it!
**Sob**
What am I going to do? My hands are bound, my feet are tied, and I can't see anything…wait a minute, it's slightly lighter behind me.
There's a brownish haze…I wonder what it could be.
*Gasp!*
There are people out there! Maybe if I strain, I could hear what they are saying!
*"그냥 지금은 그녀를 죽일거야아니, 데스몬�"� 우리가 그녀를 죽일 �™�우�-� �™��" 굴복하지 않습니다. 우리�" 우리가 원하�" �™�을 얻을 때까지 그녀�" 살아 있어야 할�™�이다."
What language is that? It's like they're speaking through their nose.
Oh no! NO!!!!!!!!
*Scream!*
"Please, please, I'll give you whatever you want! Where are you taking me???"
Ugh, I don't understand their gibberish! Why can't they leave me alone?!
They took me outside for a moment, and the light blinded me. Soon, I was lying in the back of a black van with scary-looking men all around me.
I remember one face. He had a deep scar on his left cheek that was black on the edge. His brows were bushy, and his eyes were dark brown, menacing-like. He glared at me the entire time.
I don't know how long we had been driving before they took me out and brought me into a dark cabin. As they threw me into one of the rooms, the cloth over my mouth fell down and I started to scream.
That is when the menacing guy came in and made his way towards me.
Just before I blacked out, I saw his brownish hand coming towards my mouth. Something smelled of ethanol.
***
What? Where am I? How did I get here?
Oh, Sir Desmond of Camelot, come find me! I need you my beloved!
It all comes back to me now. Father was in a meeting with his advisors, Mother was sewing, and Sister was taking a nap. I never liked sitting still all day sewing or doing some other mundane task.
So I set out to pick some flowers. The other day when the royal parade took place and I was waving to the crowd, I noticed a patch of flowers not too far from the kingdom. I determined to pick some.
When I set off to pick them, however, a band of evil men kidnapped me! They told me that they were going to ransom me. I didn't know these men, but they looked serious enough that I kept quiet.
Just as I was about to give up hope of someone coming to rescue me, my knight in shining armor came charging in on his white palfrey.
My hero! I threw myself into his arms, bringing my face close to his…
He is sooo dreamy! Those chocolate eyes, that full body of plate armor…He's a god. That perfect smile, those perfect lips... His pure white horse is as beautiful as his rider. I would love to ride…What am I thinking?!
It would be improper for the princess of the kingdom to ride behind a man who isn't her betrothed! But then again…he did save my life.
I'll do it.
Oh, I must kiss him! Surely father will let me marry him!
**My face leans in again...**



*Translation: Let's just kill her now. No, Desmond won't give in if we kill her. She must stay alive until we get what we want.

Author's Note

By my co-writer, Tory.