Hide And Seek

Certain there was enough distance between her and the intruder, she stopped to catch her breathe and tried to piece together a plan.

Looking through the items she'd picked up she sighed, realising she'd only taken her oversized ACDC top and the pizza. "I can't catch a break can I"

"I guess it beats running around ***** in a flimsy towel" she mumbled to herself, "stupid intruder, making me leave MY house on MY birthday and making me forget my phone! ughh this day cannot get any worse"

".. shoot. Now I've jinxed it"

After having a mini tantrum and kicking multiple rocks with her bare feet she got dressed, using the towel to dry as much of her damp hair as possible, abandoning it behind the tree when she finished.

"At least I have you my precious baby, you're the only one I can trust now" she said cradling the pizza in both arms.

**

An hour passed, her feet were killing her and the clouds above her rumbled. She knew she needed to call the police but she'd stupidly left her phone in her bathroom and to be honest.. she was having trouble navigating where she was. At this point, she wasn't even certain where she'd come from. Everything looked so similar at night..

And creepy.

In the distance she saw two bright lights. She let out a sigh of relief, "finally, civilisation".

Heading towards the lights it became clearer it was not street lights, but instead the lights of a black scratched up pickup truck.

Getting closer she squinted her eyes, trying to make out whether or not there was a driver. But when she got to the car door to look in..

It was empty.

'huh.. why's no one here. The keys still left in the ignition which means the driver has to be around here somewhere right?'

As if on que, she heard footsteps coming out from the woods. Spinning around she saw "Bill?", he was still wearing his work clothes and looked strangely ominous.

As soon as he saw her he stopped in his tracks, his right hand moving behind his back. His serious demeanour switching quickly into one of warmth "well hello lil lady, what are you doing all the way out here alone in the middle of the night?" he looked down questionably at her outfit.

"Oh thank god I bumped into you!" she started walking towards him, "there was an intruder in my house I didn't know what to do so I ran but I seem to be lost and I don't have my phone and I don't know where the town is from here an-"

"-woah woah, hold up. Slow down. You said there was an intruder?"

"huh? Oh right, yes he was tall, very dark featu-"

"Did he have red eyes?"

"huh?" she stopped mid step.

"Did he have red eyes?" he repeated a little more sternly.

"yes bu-"

"Did he tell you anything?" he said sterner.

"What?"

Suddenly he snapped, turning into someone unrecognisable to the sweet, light hearted Bill she knew "Did he say anything to you for christs sake!"

"no, Bill.. are you alrig-"

"Don't lie to me girl, What did he tell you?" he took a few quick steps forward, shouting now. "WHAT DID HE TELL YOU!?"

"Nothing, he didn't say anything!" she stopped in her tracks looking at him, "What's gotten into you?"

Suddenly something clicked in her mind, "Bill.. what are you doing out in the middle of the forest at midnight.. it's miles away from your restaurant.." slowly she started to cautiously back away from him.

The hand he had been holding behind his back appeared slowly at his side, in it he held a long needle full of a strange clear liquid. At the sight of it she immediantly froze, her whole body paralysed with fear. He slowly crept forward, almost savouring the terror painted on her face. All she could do was stare wide eyed at the needle as it came dangerously close to her skin.

A few steps away he stopped, tilting his head down towards the ground. Hiding his face. The eery silence only lasted a couple seconds before he quietly started cackling, it got louder and louder till suddenly he stopped. Slowly lifting his head to face her, she saw a vile smirk form from his cracked lips, his eyes were glazed over but seemingly looked directly at her. "You have no idea what you are do you? How precious you are to them"

"wha- what do you mean.."

Suddenly he pounced towards her, needle in hand. It was only at the last second that he was flung across the forest floor wheezing for air. The needle went flying in the air, landing in the overgrowth where he once stood.

Before she was able to process what had just happened, she was swooped off of her feet and shoved into the passenger seat of the car the door swiftly shut behind her. The driver's door opened and the intruder from her house jumped in. He pressed down on the gas, angering the engine they bulldozed through the forest and within seconds came to an open road.

'What the hell is happening?? Why did Bill try to inject me?? What did he mean by "you have no idea what you are"?? Who is this guy?? And most importantly why am I still in this car?!' she started panicking again.

"What the hell were you thinking?? Running off like that" he shouted angrily.

It took her a second to process what was happening "um excuse me?! Last time I checked YOU were the one who snuck into MY house! Shouldn't I be the one asking YOU questions??"

"Not my fault you left the front door unlocked" he shrugged looking at the road.

"Not your fau- What so because I didn't lock my door it gives you the right to just waltz right in unannounced into a strangers house??

"Walked"

".. what?"

"I walked in, I don't know how to waltz"

"I'm being serious!"

"So am I"

She looked at him shocked, 'how is he acting so care free? Not only did he trespass AND get caught, but he straight up threw a full grown (overweight..) man like it was nothing. Or did he throw him, it all happened so fast. Now he's acting like I'M in the wrong, what the hell is happening.

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