Bump In The Back Of A Stranger

Ingrid walks home. She feels scared - it is dark, the world is hollow. She steps and shadows creep to grab her, she screams. Quickly she steps along the pavement like her shoes have grown wings. Her back is wet from sweat trembling down her frozen skin. Ingrid is so blind she doesn't see the figure of a man she rudely bumps into. Ingrid takes a trip, then she falls onto the road scraping her knees. The shadow grabs her throat, and with her choking he throws her into the back of his car. Blind fists make their way onto her head, her face, her body. Ingrid screams while her face fills up with blood. It is her blood, her nose is bleeding and its trail is dribbling into her face for her to swallow. "I said stop!" she screams as she holds out her hand. The guy stops and he stares at her as she sinks her weight onto the chair. He nods, and then he darts out of the car closing it on the way. Ingrid sights out her relief and she runs trembling fingers through her hair. She offers a moment to give herself praise, but then the car moves and she straightens her back as she realises she is being driven away. Ingrid tries the doors and the windows - both are locked tight. She squeals as she bangs her fist on one of the windows - it is cold and hard, and she takes her hand away as she feels a bruise on her fingers. Minutes pass. Many minutes pass. Ingrid sulks as the car rolls on by. She glares at the driver, she shivers over his stare which is black as coal. She looks away. Inside a garage the car stops. Ingrid bites on her nail as the stranger gets out and races for the back. She leans away as he opens the door on her side, then he grabs her and throws her out of the car. Ingrid falls on the cement and she feels throbbing pain, then she remembers her scraped knees and as she looks down there is blood on them. She sobs for half a second before she is picked up and thrown somewhere else - it is a small room, and she screams before a fist makes her drop to the floor which smells like petrol. "Oh;" she whispers as he stops to stare at her. "What will he do?" she asks before he steps back and slams the door closed.