The Writers' Circle

'Get in the car.' He grabbed my arm, pulling me back. This was no gentle situation. 'Now!' he was screaming at me, his sharp fingernails digging into the skin of my arm.

I squinted in pain and clenched my teeth as I tried to reply. As I opened my mouth to give him a piece of me, his right hand flung to my mouth and stopped me. I tried biting him as he pulled me along the dark, haunted alleyway, but it was no use; he didn't flinch. I gave up with a sigh as I obediently followed the big bulk of the man deeper into the alleyway. A black cat ran in front of us, took one glance at us with its yellow eyes and scurried to the other side, frightened. To be honest, I don't blame it, poor little thing. He was as frightened of the big man as I was.

As I daydreamed, I didn't see a small figure emerge from the fog from deeper in the alleyway. My kidnapper had stopped, and the figure came closer towards us. As he did so, I could make out some of his features: he had a mop of dark brown hair, blue eyes which held you there, keeping you from sinking through their beauty, but they were a little to close together, giving him an odd look.

'Why, hello there,' I was startled to hear him speak, his voice was so rough and deep. 'What a pleasure to meet you here, this fine day, in this wonderful place.' I could tell he was lying as he emphasized the words fine and wonderful.

He signaled for his...friend to remove his hand from my mouth. As he did, I bit him one last time to show him how grateful I was...not. He raised his hand to slap me, but the blue eyes glared at him, signaling him to stop and place his hand beside him. 'If you're trying to make me frightened of you, it isn't working,' I said. I tried not to stutter, because I was afraid of them both.

He glared at me now, and his mouth curved up into a smirk as his eyes closed slightly, leaving slits for him to see. 'You're bluffing. Raven,' he turned to his comrade, 'get her in the car-'

'You're not taking me anywhere!' I screamed. Raven and Blue Eyes both rolled their eyes as Raven placed a hand over my mouth again.

So built up with anger and fury, I bit Raven hard, and kicked him in the shin. I was glad I was wearing heels, these one hurt...bad. I took my chance as Raven removed his hand from my shoulder and took hold of his ankle, nursing it in pain.

I ran. I heard Blue Eyes scream after me and tell Raven to catch me and get me in the car. I raced past where the cat had scurried in front of us and followed the smell of the road, which was a bit cleaner than the alleyways which were littered with rubbish and muck.

But my heels were kicking in; digging into my ankles as I ran away from what probably would have been the tragic death of me. I crouched behind a stinking dustbin and yanked them off. I tossed them down the alleyway, hoping they would cause some damage to Raven who was toddling after me. If Blue Eyes wanted me so much, why didn't he catch me himself? I didn't have time to think but I heard the growl of pain coming from Raven. Bullseye. I must have hit him.

But my victory didn't last long. As I whipped past the dustbins and onto the road, a black mercedes pulled up in front of me.

Blue Eyes stepped out. 'Get in the car, and I'm not taking no for an answer.' I looked around, checking for a way of escape - but it was too late. Raven had his hand upon my shoulder and was pushing me into the mercedes. I had no choice but to place myself on the leather seats.

'Buckle up,' sarcasm was leaking out of Blue Eyes' mouth. 'We don't want an accident, do we?'