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Held Hostage

October 15, 2009
By ariwrites94 GOLD, Deltona, Florida
ariwrites94 GOLD, Deltona, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet." ---Plato


My body sat still and my mind felt overloaded with raging thoughts as the eyes of my captor were upon me. Was I going to live through this day? All I had done was go on a simply innocent trip to visit my grandmother and to get away from my home environment. And now, only thirty minutes into a five hour flight, I had already been dosed with trouble. This time, and probably one of the only times, the trouble was not caused by me.

His eyes were still upon me and I pummeled mine so as to not look at him. Ten minutes ago, no, maybe five, no . . . I peered down at my watch with my pupils, carefully ensuring that I did not move my head one bit. No, it had only been several minutes ago when the captor whispered to me that I had better stay put and to not show any sign that anything had gone wrong. He told me to be quite and if I did anything, yes, even if only one simple thing went wrong, he would take out the gun he had in his pocket and shoot me in the head. He said that I would be dead within minutes.

Sitting beside me, he kept one hand in the pocket of his pants where my would-be murder weapon was, probably to ensure that I was as tense and afraid as could be. I let my pupils wander around and tried my best to use my bifocals to some extent, when he caught me.

“Don't you dare be thinking about a way to get out of this. If I find that you are making any type of plans to escape, I swear I will make you wish you had never boarded this flight!” He kept his voice as low as he could even though I could literally see steam pouring out from his ears. In a flat second I had turned my head to face the window. I watched the never-ending cotton fields drift by and the never ending bluish oceanic sky flutter by and all the while I couldn't help but wonder if I would ever see their beauteous faces again. Something that most people would have never even payed attention to, I saw it as a treasure, a gift, as the last thing on earth I might ever see, but I was grateful that it was something so beautiful.

I swallowed hard as the flight attendant handing out food passed by. I knew I was not allowed to look at her. I knew I would be smothered to bits if I did. But I had to devise a plan, somehow, without my captor catching on, and reveal his secret to everyone aboard the plane.

“Um . . .” I quivered and shook as I tried to speak up.

“Speak quieter!” shot back the man in which came out pretty loud even though his aim was to whisper.

“Um . . .” I began to whisper, as I tried to hold back my shuddering again. I knew I had to think fast. “I-I-I need to go the bathroom.” I was trying to remember the way the bathrooms were on other flights I had been on. I hoped there was a flight attendant button or something that I could use to call for help.

The gunman hesitated, but then must have realized the urgency in my voice. I could have probably almost read his thoughts right there, devising a plan of how he was going to get me to the bathroom, there and back, without giving himself away. And he could've probably almost read my thoughts right there, devising a plan of how to escape in such a tiny plane, before getting there or back, without him shooting me away.

“This better not be a trick! I'm going to follow you there and slip into the men's bathroom right next to it. When you are finished and I hear you flush the toilet, you are to meet me outside the door and then I will walk you back to your seat. You are not to look at anybody, talk to anybody, or motion to anybody. Do you understand me?!”

I grimly nodded my head.

“And do you understand what will happen to you if you fail to follow my instructions exactly?”

I grimly nodded my head once again.

“Explain to me again . . .”

I sighed and tried to remain calm. “I will get blown to bits.”

The gunman smiled an evil porcelain smile as he once again felt the pocket in which his gun lied, seemingly to stress my following of his instructions with perfection.

“Now get up,” he demanded.

Without hesitance I arose from my seat.

“Now walk in front of me and I will be following you very closely so don't you dare mess up.”

His attempts to scare me were working, and I slowly squeezed between him and the seat in front of him and descended down the isle. I didn't dare look back, even just to see if he was following me. I faithfully walked robotically to the bathroom and closed the door behind me. Then I heard the men's bathroom door close also. Blood rushed through my veins and my tense muscles grew tenser. I had but a moment to devise a plan to get the gunman in the hands of the authorities without his gun getting me first. I leaned on the bathroom wall ignoring all the pieces of hair and yellow scum lined upon it, and sort of slid until on it until I reached the floor. There, I wrapped my arms around my legs and rested my head there on my lap. I sat there and I thought and I thought and I sat there and I cried and I cried, wondering where I'd be within the next few hours of this flight and how I had gotten myself into such a miserable rut.


The author's comments:
This is just a little piece of a story I was writing. I hope everyone enjoys!

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Be Fit said...
on Nov. 28 2015 at 5:49 am
Well described about the facts of being fit.

on Sep. 23 2012 at 4:16 pm
vballgirl99 BRONZE, Atalnta, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
"Practice makes perfect"

That was amazing! Great cliffhanger at the end, although I wish I could have learned who the gunman was and why he was threatening this person! How would no one on the plane have noticed that he was being held by this gunman?? Loved this!

on Jul. 9 2012 at 8:23 am
I love it!!! please write more!!!!

whiterose GOLD said...
on Mar. 31 2012 at 12:18 am
whiterose GOLD, Independence, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
The future lies before you, like a field of fallen snow; be careful how you tread it, for every step will show.

Oh my gosh, this is SO good!!!!  You need to keep writing this.  ITS killing me not knowing how its going to end.  PLEASE!!!!

AnshuR SILVER said...
on Jan. 2 2012 at 9:06 am
AnshuR SILVER, Thane, Other
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Favorite Quote:
There is nothing to writing.. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. - Ernest Hemingway

I m dying to know what happens next...!!! please you gotta complete this...!!! its killing...!!!

on Dec. 28 2011 at 4:49 pm
Cheshirekat SILVER, Boise, Idaho
5 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
“A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Oh you can't avoid that; we're all mad here." - The Cheshire Cat

Please finish the story!!!!!!!! Please please please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

t-time24 said...
on Jul. 23 2011 at 5:42 pm
t-time24, Monticello, Minnesota
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agrred!!! LOl

Hover BRONZE said...
on Apr. 14 2011 at 6:12 pm
Hover BRONZE, Mukwonago, Wisconsin
2 articles 0 photos 85 comments

Favorite Quote:
Sophistication isn't what you wear or who you know
Or pushing people down to get you where you wanna go
They didn't teach you that in prep school, so it's up to me,
But no amount of vintage dresses gives you dignity.
~Taylor Swift
*Defy Gravity!*

Ohmygoshohmygosh you just have to write more! Please?

LASwan SILVER said...
on Sep. 6 2010 at 4:50 pm
LASwan SILVER, Yukon, Oklahoma
5 articles 0 photos 55 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't worry about the world endng today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.
-Charles Schultz

Do the world a favor and finish the story. The only thing better than good suspence is good, realistic suspence, and you nail that perfectly.

on Jul. 24 2010 at 4:13 pm
Mariah_0.0 SILVER, Peyton, Colorado
6 articles 0 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be the change you want to see in the world

oh wow this is an amazing story please continue writing this, does she ever get away? can you please read and comment on my stories too

on Jul. 2 2010 at 5:21 pm
writerinfinity PLATINUM, Arlington, Texas
35 articles 0 photos 105 comments
awesome, are you writing a book on it? I'd enjoy reading it, what's it called

on May. 19 2010 at 3:29 pm
MusicIsLife013 SILVER, New York, New York
6 articles 0 photos 43 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Light, like the flutter of wings, feel your hollow voice rushing into me
As you're longing to sing" -AFI

"Here we go again, I kinda wanna be more than friends, so take it easy on me I'm afraid you're never satisfied." -Neon Trees

soooo good!! keep writing! check out some of my work

on Apr. 15 2010 at 12:23 pm
meganleigh122 GOLD, Greeneville, Tennessee
13 articles 0 photos 81 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain."

i wanna kno what happens!! and why the gunman chose that character. PLEASE CONTINUE!!!!

on Mar. 12 2010 at 9:41 pm
--LoveHappens--, Fairfield, Connecticut
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Favorite Quote:
"A friend is someone who knows you, but loves you anyway"

I really enjoyed this piece, is there more to it? Also i would love it if everyone read my pieces and comment with feedback. Thanks!!!

on Jan. 8 2010 at 11:14 am
Andy Binker Cosen BRONZE, Buenos Aires, Other
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Nice work! I'm glad you liked "Death Has Its Heart in the Right Place". Really good stuff. Keep on writing, I would like to see how this story continues!

J. Rae said...
on Jan. 5 2010 at 8:44 pm
This is so good that I'm surprised it only has 3 comments! You are a wonderful writer and I think you should get it published. If you do then I will be the first to read it.

on Dec. 7 2009 at 10:53 pm
SerenityMine BRONZE, Not Saying, California
2 articles 0 photos 156 comments
Oooh, so interesting! But it ended too fast. It made me really mad; what happens??? :) Please continue!!!

on Nov. 23 2009 at 7:59 pm
SuPeRfLyy! BRONZE, Moore, Oklahoma
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Favorite Quote:
I mean worse than usual
:)
-ME

I lIke It. you should contInue to wrIte It, I'd lIke to see how everythIng turns out!