Chains

Taken!

Drip.
Drip.
Drip.
Beads of sweat slowly creasing down my cheeks creating a small puddle below .
Thud.
Thud.
Thud.
My heart pounding in my chest, no where to run, no one to save me.
Tension.
Anticipation.

Fear.

As my predator prowls through the abandoned warehouse. His dark leather boots barely makes a sound on the cement floor . He strides ever so calmly, enjoying this game of cat and mouse. He stops and stands still right under a flickering light. He inhales deeply through his red clown nose a few times.

His  grotesque green painted lips spread into a toothy grin. Yellow jagged teeth glisten underneath the flickering light.
"I know you are close, my little victim." He sneers slowly turning his head. His golden eyes piercing through the darkness . I quickly kneel down between two large boxes as his eyes scan past my direction.

I pray he didn't see me. I just kept still. Silent. Frozen. My heart still beating rapidly in my chest. Minutes pass in utter silence. I gulp. After what felt like an eternity.

I muster up all of my courage and ever so carefully rose from my hiding spot. His tall crimson/black silhouette remains under the flickering light. His eyes were now closed and with each flash coming from the light above. I could see his features more clearly.. His orange, red, and yellow curly hair stinking up in all directions. His hands covered with blood stained white finger gloves.  His nails jagged. Uneven. Stained. Sharp. My heart beats faster seeing his talon like claws.

As I stare in complete horror, he suddenly places his white gloved hands together, tapping each finger tip in a rhythmic pattern.

"You seem afraid of me." He chuckles darkly, "Here is a riddle, let's see if you can guess the punchline. What's the difference between a scream and a screech? A longer blade!" He lifts his head up and laughs maniacally. His laughter is pure evil as it echoes throughout the warehouse .No joy. No warmth. A sick twisted laugh that sends chills down my spine. He looks crazy as he snaps his eyes open and glances in my direction. I stand frozen in his deranged stare, unable to move .

The only sound that I can muster is a scream as he turns in my direction. In a blink of an eye something knocks me to the ground with such force my vision goes blurry .

A sudden chill wraps around me as I feel  a cold hand lifting my head and placing it on a leathery surface. Next, my body follows suit. In my blurry vision the only thing I can see are his golden eyes looking down at me. His green painted smile grows , "Best if you don't scream again."

He warns setting one finger over his lips. Darkness was starting to sink in ," What are you going to do with me?" I ask with a gasp of pain . A pulsing throb beats like a drum behind my head.

"I must have hit my head on the floor. " I wince trying to stay awake and holding back tears.

"Shhh, you will see. Oh, yes. You will see. Soon." He hushes using the same finger to close each of my eyelids. I didn't have the strength to fight against his claw cold finger. I allow my eyes to be shut.
And as I lay in complete darkness , my body was floating in air. I can only assume he was taking me somewhere. And as he walked his dreadful laughter seeped into my nightmares.

Little did I knew, that as I slept. He was taking me to my new future. A future locked behind an iron cage, with a shiny new name tag dangling from a costumed made collar.