I opened a new tab and had the police's number ready to call. I couldn't be too cautious right now.

Switching back to maps, I realized I would only be on this street for about two minutes. I can do that. I passed by houses, glancing nervously in each of the windows.

Where was the person watching me this whole journey? I wondered. Without paying attention to where I was going, I tripped on a crack in the pavement and fell.

My hands shot out in attempt to break my fall, which caused my phone to fly out a few inches in front of my face. Instantly realizing my mistake, I moved my hands to catch my phone instead of myself.

My body slammed into the ground without my arms as support a second later. My fingertips brushed the corner of my phone, but I couldn't save it from the fall.

My heart sunk as I watched my phone shatter in front of me. Now I had no way to communicate, and my body was in pain from the fall.

I rolled over and sat up, checking myself to see if I was bleeding. I instantly noticed the deep scrapes on my lower arm where the jacket didn't cover and could feel blood seeping through my jeans.

Standing up, I tried to walk only to stumble and almost fall again. After a few more close falls, I was able to walk with a slight limp. My knees got to worst of the impact.

There was no from for embarrassment for what just happened, I was officially defenseless and gonna be late for school.

I looked up only to be momentarily blinded by a glare bouncing off the windshield of a van. A shiver raked down my spine as I connected dots.

   It-it can't be. There's just no way that... My thoughts began to be clouded by fear as I realized that this was the same vehicle from my neighborhood. The exact one that was "snowed in."

   I quickly pushed my fear down to try and think reasonably. I couldn't run, they'd follow me. If I pretended I didn't know, they'd get me. I didn't have my phone anymore, so I couldn't call the police.

   Ignoring what I had been taught and all common sense, I walked closer to the van. There was nobody inside, and maybe they had a weapon that I could use as protection. It was my only shot.

   A strong breeze passed as I placed my fingers on the handle of the passenger door. Swinging the door open, I was instantly surprised.

   The whole van was a complete mess, and there was a very strong smell emitting from the back seats. Taking a good look around, I noticed the abundance of wrappers and fast food bags on the floor.

   There was a specific paper bag that had been thrown carelessly tossed to the ground that attracted my attention.

   Picking up the bag, I began to shuffle through the contents. There was a silk piece of fabric laid on top of whatever else was in the bag. Removing the cloth, I was instantly shocked.

   A knife was placed under the cloth, a knife coated in blood. I dropped the bag and pulled a hand onto my mouth. I hadn't realized how bad things actually were.

   I looked around again and saw a pair of gloves on the console, as well as a baseball bat thrown under the back seats. I closed the door and moved to the back one, trying to get the bat.

   My hand grasped the handle and pulled, throwing open the door. The stains that were all over the floor scared me further, I knew they were stains from blood.

   I was about to grab the bat when I suddenly felt a presence very close to me. A felt their hot breath on my neck before I could process anything.

   Sweat was dripping down my face as I realized what my fate was. This was it, I was gonna die. The rim of my coat was darkening from the sweat it had absorbed.

A loud sound rang through the quiet streets and bounced off the houses, followed by an increasing pain in the back of my head.

"What do you think you're doing, little girl," a deep voice taunted.

My vision began to blur as the pounding in my head worsened. Black framed my already blurred eyesight and a loud ringing was slowly replacing the sound of the mysterious man laughing.

I fell to the floor as blackness clouded my vision and the ringing overpowered everything else.

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Chapter two!! Probably gonna be two or three more chapters to this short story.

Hope you enjoyed, please point out any spelling errors so I can fix them as soon as possible. Thanks for reading!!

~Kayla♥️