Episode 07

Bernie's POV:

After Trish and I were kidnapped and taken to an unknown place in the forest that was covered with thick bushes and trees, our kidnapper tied us to a tree and left us there despite our pleas and told us he'll be back. Only the whistling sounds of birds and creeping sounds of insects could be heard in the entire forest.

We were kidnapped right after Cathy and Nat left us behind by a man who came out of nowhere and pointed a gun at our heads. He tied up our hands and sealed our mouths with tapes and band our eyes. We never knew where he was taking us until we got here and took off the bands from our eyes and also the sealed tap off our mouths before leaving us to this tree.

"Babe what are we going to do now?" Trish asked in a whisper.

"I don't know. Why did he choose to bring us to such a lonely and quiet place? What does he want from us?" I asked in a whisper as well just in case our kidnapper is close by listening to our conversation.

"I don't fucking know. He's a psychopath I think. What could he possibly wants in young girls like us?" she returned my question.

"Nat and Cathy should be back by now. Its more than an hour we've been here. I'm sure they'll be so worried and would be looking all over the place for us" I said worriedly.

"This forest is a thick one,where do they want to search for us? Its just gonna be a waste. We're in a mess right now, Bernie" she said with a grown. "We need to figure a way out before that asshole gets back here" she added.

"How can we possibly leave here when we're tied to this goddamn tree?" I whispered back.

"I don't know, Bernie, I don't know. We just need to find a way and untie this shit on our hands and legs. Who knows what he's planning when he gets back here to us?".

I reasoned with her. "You're right. We need to do something. But what could we possibly do?" I asked.

"Let me think" she replied. "Do u have anything with you like a sharp object?".

"I don't....yes..yeah I have. My hair clip!" I exclaimed with excitement.

"Shhhhh. Don't shout, he might be somewhere around eavesdropping"she cautioned me and I nodded and calmed myself. "By which side of your hair is the hairclip fixed?".

"Up here, by the right" I answered. "But how would you get it out of my hair since our hands are tied?" I asked with a sad face.

"Don't worry, just bend your head over here and I'll get it out with my teeth" she replied.

"Gosh! You're such a smartass" I smiled

"I know right", she replied with a smirk .

I bend my head over and she spotted my pinkish color hair clip and then she succeeded in taking it out with her teeth while my hair fell on one side of my face.

"You look much prettier that way and your smells nice by the way" she winks at me and I blushed.

"Quit flirting" I replied and rolled my eyes at her.

"But you seems to be blushing at my compliment" she teased and smirk.

"Just shut up and concentrate" I pout and she chuckled. "Now what?" I asked. Trish made a way and picked up the clip she had threw beside her laps and held it to her right hand which was still tied.

"Just watch out for me while I try in cutting this rope off my hands. OK?".

I nodded began my duty of watching out for her why she battled with the rope using my hair clip. Five minutes has passed and she was still struggling with it. "What's going on?" I asked with a frown.

"I don't know. Its refusing to...." she trailed off as she stared at me.

"What is it?" I asked with furrowed brows.

"It worked!" she exclaimed with a wide grin.

"What worked?" I asked looking lost.

She showed me her two hands and said,"this worked. We made it. My hands are free!" she said with excitement.

"Yes! I'm so happy it worked out" I replied with smiles.

"Now is your turn. You need to adjust your body so I can help you cut off this rope".

"Okay, Okay" I responded quickly. "But what about your legs?" I asked.

"Just leave that at the moment. The most important thing is freeing our hands, then we can untie our legs later" she said to me and I accepted without any objection.

A minutes has passed and she was still on it. "What is...."

"Shhh. Footsteps are approaching. Don't talk" she cut me mid-sentence.

"What do we do now?" I asked with wide eyes.

"I don't want him to know my hands are free. I need to pretend my hands are still tied" she whispered.

"So what will happen to me?" I whispered back.

"I'll handover the hair clip to you and you'll continue from where I stopped. OK?" she asked and I gave a frown. "What now?" she asked with scowl.

"I can't do it all by myself" I said to her. I was already nervous, I'm not confident like her.

"C'mon, Bernie. Trust me, you can" she assured me.

"No I can't" I replied.

"Yes you can" she persisted.

"No i....."I trailed off when our kidnapper showed up. He was standing few steps away from where we were sitting staring at us with a smirk on his face. To say the truth, right now I feel like wiping those smug off his face. But how can I do that when my hands are tied?

"Not one more word. Just take it" Trish whispered to me so low but thank goodness I heard her.

"You two...I don't know what to do with you girls" our kidnapper who should be in his late forties I guess said to us cracking his knuckles.

"You can't do anything to us, asshole. Who the hell are you by the way?" Trisha retorted and I gaped at her. Is she crazy? What the hell is she doing? I used my shoulder to nudge her to shut up.

The man snickered. "You called me an asshole?" he sneered and I squirm where I'm seated.

"Yes I did. And what will you do?" Trish asked enraging him. Oh God, is she asking for our death sentence?

"You have no idea who you're talking to, do you?" he asked with a deep scowl.

"I asked who the hell are you but you haven't given me an answer so how do I know who you are?" Trish snapped back. My friend is loosing it, she has to calm down to avoid endangering our lives.

"Trish...keep...quiet" I whispered to her while I kept struggling with the rope that is handcuffing me right now.

"I'm the king of this jungle and..."

"King of this jungle indeed" she cuts him off and the man's pupil got darker in rage, "From what I know,this forest is an open place and it doesn't belong to someone like you. So I wonder how you became the king of this....."

"Shut up your mouth you good for nothing bitch or else I'll slit your throat!" The kidnapper sneered cutting Trish off as he rush up to her with a small dagger which was in his right hand and held on her on her neck.

Trish and I gasp in disbelief as we stared at him in a gape. I'm shivering in fear right now.

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