[Fiction] Caged In

[IceMaiden]

Sidenote- While this is somewhat tame to be begin with it will get darker, hence the reason I asked the mods to move it to the r 18 secton.


Hallie opened her eyes to find herself surrounded in blackness, and feeling more than a little woozy.
She feared momentarily that she had suddenly, inexplicably become blind in both eyes as she realized she could not make out anything at all.

The room was black, the air stifling and eerily quiet. She blinked several times, trying her best to become accustomed to the darkness that surrounded her, fighting the rising panic that arose in her as she realized she had no idea to where she was or how she had even gotten there in the first place.

She noticed that she was lying on what felt like a flat, stone table and although she was wearing what felt to her to be a very thin type of nightgown, she was covered in sweat due to the humidity of the room. Beads trickled from her forehead and dripped down onto her face and she found it odd that she was clearly sweating when most of her body was shivering, until she realized that the shivering was due to fear and apprehension of the unknown.

As she became slightly more aware, she noticed that her heartbeat was pounding rapidly within her chest to an unsteady rythm.
She tried once again to make out something...anything...in the darkness, to no avail. She squeezed her eyes tightly shut, trying her best to ignore the terror coursing down her spine and making the hairs on the back of her neck stand up on high alert.

Thoughts ran, somewaht disjointed, through her mind, as she tried to make sense of where she was and most importantly, how she had gotten there in the first place.
She remembered being out with her friends the night before and deciding to head home early due to an intense and irritating migraine that had been stalking her for most of the entire day. She recalled hugging her friends goodbye and getting into a cab and then...nothing.

Nothing until a few minutes earlier, anyway, when she had woken to find herself all alone in this impossibly sweltering room.
She made a move to sit up and was immediately met with resistance. She scowled and tried to swing her legs to one side of the table, again to find that she couldn't move.

She twisted her head, trying to glance down and see what was holding her, but it was far to dark for her to be able to make anything out.
As Hallie's dizziness began to subside even further, she felt a much more profound panic rising up throughout her chest and took several deep breaths to calm herself a little. She had almost succeeded in starting to think somewhat rationally again when she was distracted by the sound of a door close to her head opening, allowing a small sliver of light into the room from beyond the door.

Her heart stilled somewhat as she heard footsteps coming closer and closer. For some unknown reason to her, she didn't make a sound, but instead lay as still as she possibly could, with her heart rate increasing rapidly with each passing second.

The unknown visitor made no attempt to speak to her, but instead stood silently beside her, waiting for some kind of reaction from the terrified girl. When it became clear that he wasn't going to get one, he tipped a small glass to her lips and ordered her quietly,

"Drink."

Hallie seriously considered refusing and made a vain attempt to close her mouth and press her lips tightly together, before she reconsidered her position and realized that she wasn't exactly currently in the best position to piss off her unknown visitor.

A quick, fleeting thought that whatever was in the glass was dangerous crossed her mind, before she mentally shook her head and dropped the idea. It couldn't exactly be that dangerous, as if she was in any immediate danger, her unknown visitor had obviously had half of the night to do whatever they wished with her.

She tentatively took a small sip and surprise registered in her brain when she realized it was only water. Her surprise was quickly replaced with an overwhelming thirst and she drank the rest eagerly.
Once the glass was empty, her unknown visitor pulled it away from her mouth and waited for maybe half a beat before he slapped her across the face.

"Don't you have any manners, girl?" He demanded harshly. "When someone gives you something, it is polite to say thank you."
Hallie made no attempt to respond, somewhat in a state of mild shock and he took this oppurtunity to slap her again, even harder.
This blow made her wince slightly and she tried without success to move her face away from him.

"More?"

Hallie fought the urge to tell him exactly what she was thinking, and instead mumbled a quiet, "No. Thank you."

She heard him chuckle quietly and she felt more rage at that moment than she ever recalled having felt in her entire life.

"Good girl, " He replied. "Now let's get some things straightened out so that you know what to expect during your stay here. You're going to be here for quite a while, Hallie, make no mistake about that."

Hallie had closed her eyes as he began speaking to her in the childless hope that if she could not see him anymore he would somehow magically disintegrate into thin air. When she heard her name spoken, however, her eyes flew open and she desperately tried placing his voice.

How did he know her name? Who was he? Was it somebody that she knew? While the small amount of light that had crept in throughout the open door had allowed him enough vision to succeed in allowing her to drink, it was not enough for her to make out his face as he slowly circled around her bound and helpess frame.

"I've had my eye on you for quite a while, " He continued, apperantly oblivious to her rising discomfort, or at the very least remaining completely indifferent to it. "And you're going to be here for some time, so if you want what is best for you you will learn to follow orders and remain quiet unless spoken to. Is that understood?"

Hallie had become so intent on trying to place his voice that she didn't even hear the question and it was only a further blow to her cheek that brought her back to reality. She whimpered quietly, fighting the urge to allow a single tear to escape, courtesy of the pain he was inflicting upon her. She would not show this asshole he was getting to her!

"Is that understood?" He asked again, and Hallie tried desperately to fight down her rising nausea as her subconcious replayed what he had said while she had been so intent on trying to figure out who her unknown captor was.

He sighed audibly.

"Are you really going to make me repeat myself, again?"

She heard the controlled anger in his tone, and as much as she hated herself for even considering it, she knew that her best interest was in pacifying him, at least for the time being.

"Yes, it's understood." She practically whispered, her voice breaking as she finished her sentence.

She felt rather than heard him smile as he walked back over towards the door.

"Good. Now get some rest. You're going to need it."

With those words, he was gone and once again she was left all alone, dreading what was to come.

[kirankatskk]

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[IceMaiden]

*Thank you to Rose for the critique on this part*


It had only been a couple of minutes since her unknown assailant had left her alone and in silence once again, although to Hallie the minutes dragged by and seemed like hours. She considered screaming but seriously...what was the point? Whoever her captor was, he had obviously planned this ahead of time and she doubted that anyone else was around to hear her anyway.

Instead, she carefully flexed her wrists, trying to determine just how snug her restraints were and if there was any room for manoeuvre. Her heart rate picked up slightly as she realised that she had a very small window of movement and she slowly began twisting her wrists in the hope of loosening her restraints further.

She became so focused on her task that it startled her considerably when light flooded the room, and she closed her eyes for a second or so, so as not to be blinded by the sudden invading light.

When she felt that she had allowed herself sufficient time to allow her eyes to adapt to the unexpected light, her eyes opened and flew around the room, searching out every corner, desperately glancing around to confirm that there was in fact no one else in there with her. When she realised she was in fact alone she let out a slight sigh of relief before continuing on working on her bonds.

It was tiring and irritating work and several times she considered giving up, only for her primal instinct of survival that was buried deep inside of her to rare up and urge her on.
Despite the earlier water, she found herself becoming impossibly hot again and desperately wished for more, as she felt the sweat to start roll of her again. She briefly wondered if the room had been left at this temperature purposely as she tried her best to ignore just how dry her mouth was quickly becoming.

After what seemed like an eternity she felt the restraints on her right wrist loosen even further and she gave her wrist a sharp pull which succeeded in freeing it from its bonds. She twisted her body and began to hastily work on her left wrist. Her bound legs prevented her from being able to achieve a comfortable position while she worked on this one, and several times she found herself lying back down in order to ease the sharp pain that had steadily begun traveling up her side from such an awkward position.

She felt her adrenaline mounting as she finally succeeded in pulling her left wrist free and thanked her lucky stars that the restraints had allowed even such a small amount of movement ensuring she could escape from them. She sat up and reached down under the table, her fingers furiously searching to find their way to the restraints that had so far successfully ensured she could not take flight from her nightmare.

After numerous attempts, her fingers found what they were looking for and she hurriedly began trying to undo her bonds. She stopped, terror once again overtaking her as she felt the bonds slowly begin to tighten and realized within a few short seconds that her lack at being able to see what she was doing had the possibility to hinder her greatly. She took a deep breath and began again, this time working incredibly slowly and gently testing to see if she was pulling the ropes the correct way instead of helping to trap herself even further.

She felt her patience beginning to falter and her irritation rising at the pace she was required to work at as she was fully aware that her captor could return unannounced at any given moment. Nevertheless, she fought down her rising anger and irritability and tried her utmost best to concentrate on the task at hand instead of fearing what could potentially happen if she didn't succeed.

After what felt like an eon she felt the rope slip from her leg and allowed herself a small smile as she began to work on the last of her restraints, ensuring she was careful and it wasn't long before she felt that rope slip to the floor, too.

She allowed herself a couple of seconds to silently celebrate her small victory before she gingerly climbed from the table, stretching her aching muscles and slowly made her way to the door. She stopped, leaning against the door for a moment, praying that nobody was on the other side of it.

Gathering what little courage she had, she slowly eased down the handle and gently pulled the door open, her eyes frantically flitting from side to side. She noticed she had stepped into a large hallway that had paths leading off both left and right. When she had confirmed that no one was in fact behind it, or appeared to be anywhere in her field of vision, she closed the door shut gently behind her and debated which way she should take.

As much as she wanted to immediately take flight and run screaming from this place, she was very aware taking the wrong direction would land her right back in the situation she had found herself in when she had woken not so long ago.

She desperately wished she knew which was the correct path to take and in a moment of sheer desperation she found herself doing what she had not done since being a small child. She silently thought of the childhood game of ennie meenie and found herself relying on this childish game to choose the correct location.

Before she could change her mind, she quickly hurried to the left, trying her best to remain as quiet as she possibly could.
Upon reaching the end of the hallway she found herself standing at what was clearly the front door and she silently mumbled a quick thank you.

Glancing around skittishly, she grabbed hold of the handle and pushed downwards, wincing at the resulting loud squeak that came from it. Yanking the door open, she was hit with a blast of cold air and she hurried forward, wanting nothing more than to be away from this place and be back safe and sound in her own home.

As she prepared to run, a cold voice stopped her in her tracks.

"Congratulations. You managed that much quicker than I originally assumed you would."

Hallie had heard about people literally being frozen in fear, however she had never experienced it until now. She didn't dare turn around but instead made the brave..or stupid..decision to make a run for it. She had not gotten more than ten steps before she found herself being forcefully pulled backwards and back inside the house, and the front door closed behind them with a resounding clang.

[gin]

Nice beginning! Waiting for more...

[IceMaiden]

Originally Posted by gin

Nice beginning! Waiting for more...

Thank you I'll try and write the next part over the weekend.

[IceMaiden]

This girl can no longer edit her other posts :/

Regardless..she will have the next update posted sometime tomorrow and apologises for delay!