It was 8 in the morning when I woke up, the room was neat and tidy, Darcy was all dressed and looked at me happily.
"What is it Darce?"I was'nt excited at all, "we've planned to hang out today!!" Darcy sat down worried. She told me not to ponder over small things and to make the most out of my life. I agreed with her and tried to have fun, we got dressed up and drove to the theme park.
Darcy was so crazy about the snow and the fairy lights that were rolled around the rides, I was also having fun along with Darce till the evening. That was when I first saw him ( Leonard), we met accidentally in a role coaster ride , he was a loudmouth just like Darcy but just full of surprises. He brought in the incident about the burger joint in the middle of a funny conversation. Darce gave him a look in the eye, but he never seemed to understand "I saw something moving!!" he laughed at himself, "I was sleepless and I had no idea...." he was jerky again. "Aww man! see , the devil came down to ruin my vacay!" Darce walked away from us, and that chap had no idea what was going on. I took the car, threw Darcy in it, thanked Leonard and his pitiful face. I drove with great speed to the burger joint , Darcy was super mad at me and I never said a word except "Burger? extra cheese?" I asked her. I never knew what she was thinking, until she suddenly grabbed my hand with great force and went into the cold store when the woman kept it open to load meat. " Darce!!!!!!yyyyyy what's wrong with you?" I whispered aloud. " See here you idiot! is anything moving ? I understand that you're making up stories just like that crack Leonard, you and your boyfriend failed the prank , like literally failed!" she hoarsed as the door closed( She thought that Leonard was my lover and we pranked her together). " Great, we're stuck!" I sighed. " Ma'am, open the cold store! we're freezing here" Darcy called out for help, we both were stuck inside the cold store, the heated up conversation made us so mad that we left our keys and our belongings in the car. A feeble rustle of plastic was heard and that was the time Darcy became seriously, " Any live animals inside?" she shivered and spoke to the other side of the cold store which was dark and gloomy, but it didn't help. Muffled screams and th rustles grew louder and louder, I was banging the cold store with my shoulders and Darcy started to hyperventilate again! . To our horror, a little girl with a bashed face crawled her way to us, her hands and legs were tied with duct tape and her lips were stitched with suture like threads which doesn't dissolve at all. I understood what was happening perfectly, the woman didn't open the cold store after loud screamings and banging , a girl out of nowhere crawled to our feet begging for help and Darcy was about to pass out and I was the only one with a sound mind. I pulled out my Swiss army from my waist band and went closer to the girl. I used the same technique I use on my dog when he's scared. I gently caressed her golden mane which was covered in blood and held her hands as a sign of assurance, I gave her my coat and tried to remove the gruesome stitches out of her mouth and I was successful. She wasn't mentally stable and a victim of abuse. After a few minutes we heard a faint fumble of the keys and assumed that woman was trying to lock the joint. I quickly remembered the small grill on the corner of the room which I previously used as my escape. Me and Darcy warned her not to make a sound, carried her to the grill and I kicked it hard but it was frozen, I kicked it hard again and forced her to get out first, after a few minutes of struggle, Darcy went out with a few bruises in her body. I tried to save the wounded girl as soon as I realized that there was no time left. I heard a clatter of butcher knives from the kitchen. Successfully, I helped her get out too, but it took ten minutes for us to get her out ( to be continued..)

- Robbielee

© Shirley Robert