I wake in the dark, wedged in a hard corner. The floor beneath me is smooth and cold. I touch my throbbing head and liquid slips across my fingertips. Red—blood. When I bring my hand back down, my elbow hits a wall. Where am I?

A light flickers above me. The bulb is blue and dim when it's lit. I see the walls around me. The room is small, with concrete walls and no windows, and I am alone in it. Well, almost—a small video camera is attached to one of the concrete walls. My right shoulder and head were heavily bandaged but it did not stop the blood flow. My right arm is numb. When I push myself out of the corner, I see a pool of blood where I was sitting. I can't panic now. I stand, leaning against a wall, and breathe. A sob racks through me but I refuse to give up. It is better to scream than cry, so I scream and slam my heel into the door behind me. 

The door suddenly opened throwing me off balance. I stumble and fall back. A sharp pain shoots through my right shoulder making me stifle a groan. The man stepped into the room. His black clothes complimented his pale skin. His eyes a striking shade of blue. I stood up with much pain. He smirked. I would have slapped him and kicked him unconscious if I had not been feeling so weak with blood loss.

"I finally got my hands on you now", he said while slightly caressing my cheek. I slapped his hand away. "Oh feisty, are you?", He asked with a glint in his eyes. I kept my face clear of emotions. 

"You know...I did try getting you as calmly I could, but you just had to make everything difficult. I tried luring you in by kidnapping your sweet friend but I guess that had no effect on you. But don't worry, even if you didn't care for her, someone else did. Someone you might know...", He spoke in a clear voice. He then stepped back, giving way to whoever "cared" more about Jane.

The young man came into my view. His face gave me the shock of my life. 

"Hey sweetheart! remember me?", He spoke. His voice deeper than the last time I heard it.

I just gulped and stayed silent. My eyes widened and my heart beat faster than ever.

He stepped towards me, skimming my cheek and said," I tried so hard to make you help me in bringing back Jane but you never listened. Your own ignorance has put you in this position.", I kept silent, processing every word that Mike said. I lowered my eyes to the ground for a brief second and noticed that his boots were the same as the boots I had seen after my accident. Anger surged through me. I lifted my eyes to his. He looked a bit taken aback by the fury in my eyes. Though it hurt to move, I lunged forward throwing a heavy punch to his face. He stumbled back but soon regained his balance. He came at me but I stepped aside making him bang against the wall behind me. 

I walked to him and turned him around to face me. I punched him continuously until I felt a sharp pain shoot across my shoulder making me scream into my teeth. I looked behind me to find that man from earlier standing behind me while pressing his thumb into my wound. He moved his thumb causing me to scream even louder. Black spots appeared in my vision.

When I stopped screaming the man yanked me up by my collar. Tears swam in my eyes but did not fall. He looked at me for sometime before grabbing me by my arm and dragging me out of the room, leaving an unconscious Mike behind me. I got dragged along as he walked at a brisk pace. I clenched my teeth to keep myself from screaming at him as I knew that it would only bring more trouble. He pulled me into a room and threw me inside. I fell on the floor. Sharp pain shot through my head and shoulder. I groaned under the intense pain. Once my eyes adjusted to the light in the room I noticed that it wasn't any different from the the I was first kept in except that this one had some sort of television screen on one of its walls. I looked around the room only to find the mysterious man gone and the door shut tightly.

The screen flared up making me jolt from my position in the center of the room. The screen remained white for sometime before a familiar face appeared. My eyes welled up on seeing Jane's face after such a long time. I got up from the floor and walked to the screen. Placing a palm where her cheek was I closed my eyes. I was relieved on seeing that she wasn't starving and did not look hurt.

Her clear and kind voice made me open my eyes again. I stepped back, away from the screen. She spoke," Hey Tracy.....how have you been lately? I know that is a bad question but I was trying to be polite....I have missed you a lot for the past days. Anyways I'll be meeting you soon, they told me that they had kidnapped the wrong person which was me and that they got the right one just a few hours ago. I was also told that Mike will be taking me home and that you couldn't come due to something important.....if you are wondering why I did this video well its because they asked me to do so. I pity the person they have kidnapped but I'm not going to say anything to any official as they threatened to hurt you if I did......well that's all I guess....meet you soon, bye". Tears rolled down my face like rain falling to earth. She was told such lies......

I had not regained my composure when the door opened again. The man came in. He stood by me for a few moments before taking my arm and dragging me somewhere else. My mind was too hazed to notice where we were going. I only noticed that we had stopped when he shoved open a door. He pushed me in but kept a hold on me.

My knees gave out under me when saw who was in the room. Two people were strapped to a couple of chairs. A woman who had a few bruises, was conscious but a man who had blood running down the side of his face, was unconscious. The distant dream similar to the scene in front of me struck me and a shrill and loud scream erupted from my throat.

As promised.....an update. Love.

~RV