“Well looky-here, isn’t it a little past your curfew?” Who said that? I look behind me and see two men. One big, one small. The small one is talking to me. He sounds weird. Dad always told me not to talk to strangers. Never take lollies from them either. I haven’t yet. I just put my head down and start walking faster. I don’t know where I’m going, but anywhere away from them would be nice. I hear their footsteps behind me. The small one talks to me again. He sounds like he’s almost laughing. “Whoa, whoa, whoa. What’s the rush?”
“I think she’s scared Lee”, the big one says. He sounds dumb. I look back very quickly again, and just for a short time. They’ve stopped walking after. But now they’re just standing there talking to each other, looking at me. The big one called the small one Lee. He does kinda look like Mr. Lee. But it’s dark. And that’s not how Mr. Lee sounds. But Mr. Lee did sound funny on the phone just before. I don’t want to see him now anyway. I just need to go back home. I hope I’m going the right way.
“You think?” The small one talks again. I can still hear him, even though he’s so far away. “You think she… heh… fears me?”
“Yup”. He’s too dumb to talk quiet. Doesn’t he know that people are trying to sleep?
“Hmm, interesting…” He starts to sound quieter now. “Maybe we should go out of our way to make her feel… comfortable”.
“How?”
“I have a plan!” And now he’s loud again. I think he’s yelling at me. He echoes. It’s scary. I start to run away. I don’t know where I’m going, but I need to get away fast. I hear the two of them running behind me. The dumb one is puffing. I think I’m faster than him, but that’s because he’s fat. I try to go faster, but the small one jumps in front of me. The big one then grabs me. I try to scream, but his big, fat hand is covering my mouth. I try to wriggle out, but he starts to squeeze me harder. It hurts! It hurts!
“That was rude, young lady”. His finger waves in front of my face, as I start to get tired of wriggling. His hands are really dirty. “We just wanted to talk, and now look what you’ve done! You’ve gone and caused a scene! Didn’t your parents teach you any better?”
“I didn’t think they did, Lee”. The big one’s body rattles against mine, and I try to break free again. I just can’t do it.
“You know, you may be right there. I don’t think they did either. But what kind of people would we be if we just let the youth of today grow up to be so rude?” I’m not rude! They are! My teachers and my dad and Mr. Lee always tell me how polite I am. But these two dickheads are hurting me!
“Terrorists?”
“We might as well be!” I still can’t see either of their faces! I don’t know who they are. “It’d be like trying to bring down the entire Western civilization by turning the youngsters into ticking time bombs!”
“Ticking time suicide bombs!” Argh! He laughs again and it hurts even more!
“Indeed! And we can’t have that now can we?” That dick is laughing too!
“Nope”.
“So maybe, we should be the ones to teach her a lesson. What do you think?” No! You just need to let me go!
“Sounds like a plan”. The fat man shuffles and I smell his smelly armpit. Eww! Let me go!
“I knew you’d agree! Bring her across the road with us”.
The small man goes across the road and then fatty takes me too.I think I feel his grip slip, but just as I try to get free, he hurts me more. We go between two buildings. It’s even darker in here. I can hardly see the road now.
“Now what do you have to say for yourself, young lady?” The small man does something with his hand, and then fat-man waits a bit before starting to move his own hand from my mouth. Now’s my chance! I bite with all the strength my mouth can bite with. I then spit at the small man, and run away. I almost get out onto the street, until the small man grabs me again. He covers my mouth as I try to scream, and as I still try to run away, he carries me backwards. Fat-man is still in the dark.
“She fucking bit me!” he cries like a baby.
“Shut the hell up and hold her again”, the small man yells at him. He’s angry.
“But she might bite me again!”
“Be a god damn man and get over it!” He yells even louder this time, and punches the fat man.
“I think I might have rabies”. He’s still whining, so I try to wriggle free again. Gah! The small man hurts me more than the fat man does, as he holds onto me too tight.
“You don’t have rabies, doofus”. I get pushed towards the fat man again. He grabs my chin this time, and holds it really hard, pulling it up to my nose. I can’t open my mouth at all. His hand slides under my face, and the back of it hits my throat. I can’t breathe! I struggle more, and wind up being pushed back into his fat more. I can breathe a little better now, but now the small man drops down in front of me. He is a little in the light now, and I can see his face. I can see his eyes. He’s not Mr. Lee. Not at all. He grins at me, and rubs the side of my face. “That little stunt you just tried to pull, that’s exactly what I’ve been talking about. You have no respect for your elders. Not to worry though, dear. I can teach you respect. I can teach you to not be a stuck-up little bitch. Oh yes, I can loosen you up, that’s for damn sure”.
Eww. Eww. Eww. Eww. Let me go! He’s undoing his zip! I wriggle even more. More than I ever have before! The fat man still holds onto me, but I get my mouth free.
“No!” I scream. “Dad!”
“Who’s your daddy?” He smiles even more now, as fat-man laughs more. “I’m your daddy!”
“No!” I scream louder. The light on the yucky man’s face goes away. I can’t see anything, but I still scream. Fat-man tries to stop me, but he can’t. “No! Lee!”
“That’s Mr. Lee to you, bitch”. You’re not Mr. Lee! The fat man grabs my mouth again.