Abi gasped in shock. A man's face hovered over her like a maniac's and he was smiling triumphantly now that he found his hiding prey. Abi forgot to breathe for a while as the shock registered in her mind.
She saw his hand reaching out for her and the first thing she did was point the pepper spray towards his face and press down on it.
"Urghh!!" the man immediately roared as Abi stood up and pushed him away. The man fell backward and hit the ground with a thud.
Abi didn't know what she was doing anymore. Her survival instincts must have kicked in at that moment because she didn't even know how she could still move as fear and panic rushed inside her heart.
She climbed out of the crack of the tree but the moment her feet reached the ground, someone grabbed her hair from behind. The man tugged at her hair so hard that she stumbled backwards and a pain filled scream was torn from her lips.