On the run
I am running-I just needed to get away from my husband and his family. The last straw was reached as he tried to deceive me -yet again. He and his family are just using me to get ahead in their foul business. I have a gift-I can read people and the future. When me and my husband got married I didn’t know that he knew this about me. Apparently his family did a lot of research before and they found out about my skillset. I sensed that something was a bit oOff with him when we met, but for some reason I chose not to see it. It´s the oldest story in the book-he made me feel seen and I was so charmed by him, because of my miserable existence when we met. It didn´t take long though, before I knew what he was actually about.
He had tons of mistresses and he and his family owned a lot of casinos. They had maintained them in not so pleasant ways though-the actually had a lot of gang-connections, that helped them with the dirty work while they cash in -hiding beneath a “clean” surface.
I was watched like a hawk and I was trapped in that big house. My husband´s mother controlled everything I did and they used my skills to get ahead of the competition. If I dared to try and deceive them they put me on complete lock-down with guards keeping me in check. On the surface I was living the dream life with a hot husband and a lot of money.They explained to the public about me, not being out in the open as much, with my “fragile mental state”. I learned that money and power can persuade anyone -like a doctor-to tell the public that I was mentally ill and “fragile”.
As soon as I discovered what I had gotten mixed up in I started to plan my escape. I learned the routines of every guard on the premises and everyone of the servants movements. I noticed my mother-in-laws routines too. I also snuck out of my room-not shared by my husband at all-in the quiet hours. My husband had actually never been interested in me in that way-I guess I am too ordinary and uninteresting to him. Not that I mind-I could not share the bed with someone that I don´t love. Anyways I snuck out of my room to see what was going on around the house. It was tightly locked down and a lot of cameras were placed all over the house. I learned the camera´s placements and was outlining my escape as closely as I could. I just waited for the right opportunity. It finally came when my husband and his family was celebrating my mother-in-laws big birthday. The house was packed with people- I was there at dinner, but returned to my room because I said I was feeling “fragile” and anxious. Nobody minded me not being there.
The weeks before that big party I had packed my belongings, which wasn’t many and hid the bag in the back of my closet.I escaped through the open windows on the terrace-noone noticed me in the high glam of the party. I chose the back of the house, since there were a lot of bushes and trees there.
That´s my story so far and here I am now-running to an unknown goal. I suddenly hear the sound of a car and it scares me, so I try to find a place to hide. I find an old animal shed where I have a good view over the road. It´s one of the cars from my husband’s estate…I hold my breath and hope they haven’t realized I am gone-yet. The car is going slow and I try to make myself disappear, so nobody will see me…The car comes closer and closer…
Hiding
As the car draw nearer, I see that it´s one of the Estates´s cars and in it sits one of the sleaziest of my husbands gang of insufferable guards. He is always trying to grab me and touch me in an unbearable way. He gives me the creeps and it has scared me a lot of times, because he is always there- in my vicinity, watching me with those creepy and malicing eyes that tries to undress me…. So far, he hasn´t been able to get to me completely, because there is always someone else watching me too. This is another reason why I decided to run. If he would follow through on his desire for me, I would be scarred for life…I have already been through so much pain and I am not sure I could handle anymore of it…and a sexual assault would drive me over the edge-it would destroy my sanity and mental health completely.
I shiver where I stand and I feel panic rising up in my veins….he can´t get to me- I have to get away right now…I start to look around me-where do I go?!? It´s just a matter of time before he finds me..and now I am alone-if he gets to me now- I am not sure I´d be able to stop him from attacking me…I have gone through some basic martial arts training and self-defense, but this man is much bigger than me…
To be continued…
I anxiously look around and I try to keep my eyes on the car. It´s still circling around and I hope that the only reason the car is there is that Tom is there to buy some snacks or beer. At the gas station nearby there is a supermarket and a 7/11 store. Suddenly I see that the car pulls over at the gas station and as the guard heads out I see that he gets a phone call. He suddenly stops and I see that the call has made him upset….I get a really bad feeling. I thought that no one would notice that I was gone and that I would at least get a few hours headstart before anyone noticed I was missing, but the way that call came through….I think they know-somehow deep inside of me I know-after all I am gifted in that way…
Trying to escape-again
There is no way I could take a bus or something like that now-they will watch every bus…so what do I do?!? I am so lost in my panicking thoughts that I have forgotten all about the car….and it suddenly comes speeding right toward the shed that I have been hiding behind…I now go into full panic mode and I try to run away, but the guard has just spotted me so he stops the car and follows me on running feet….I am fast but Tim is faster. He grabs me from behind and locks my arms behind my back.:
-Now my dear…you and I are going to have some fun…I have been wanting to take you and make you mine for a long time….he says in a triumphant voice.
I scream but nobody hears my cries. Tim pushes me to the ground and starts ripping at my clothes….I almost pass out because of the pain and the fear…My last thought before I actually pass out is a silent cry for help in my head….
-Please, somebody save me…then everything goes black…
…For a second I pass out but I suddenly wake up again….There is a thick fog crawling around me and Tim…He is so surprised that he loses his grip and in that second I take my chance and pushes one elbow hard in his stomach and since he’s not prepared he loses his breath. Then I kick him hard between his legs. Since he has gotten his pants down, my foot hits him in the right spot. He screams but also gets angry and it makes him stronger again. I am almost up on my feet again when he suddenly gets a hold of my arm. I try to break free with some tricks I have learned, but he keeps getting a hold of my arms.
In a sudden flash something big and black comes swooping through the air. The fog is so thick I can´t see what it is, but it’s some sort of big bird and it takes its claws and grabs the guard’s hair while at the same time the beak hacks on the man´s head. He is scared now and finally loses his grip on me, since he tries to fight off the bird. In the next second I see a pair of horns attacking the guard from behind. He screams in pain and gets knocked down to his feet.
I am paralyzed and shocked for a second, but a voice in my head screams to me:
-Run, now!!!!
I don’t hesitate anymore and I run for my life.
I ask: -Where to?
The voice says: -Run to the road…run as fast as you can!
An owl suddenly appears in front of me and I think it means me to follow it, so I do. It flies in front of me. The weird fog stays around the guard, Tim and the horned animal and the black bird. They keep on attacking the guard long enough for me to run away and then suddenly they disappear into thin air-like they were never there….The fog sticks around the guard like glue though. He lies on the ground and has passed out.
I am still following the owl and I am running as fast as I can, but I don´t know where we´re headed. I just keep running.…
On a road to nowhere
I keep running and suddenly I see a bigger road ahead of me and I decide to get myself there. Hopefully there are som cars out or a truck-something that can take me away from my situation and from the danger I am in.
The voice I heard earlier suddenly pops up in my head again:- Run towardsOn a road to nowhere
I keep running and suddenly I see a bigger road ahead of me and I decide to get myself there. Hopefully there are som cars out or a truck-something that can take me away from my situation and from the danger I am in.
The voice I heard earlier suddenly pops up in my head again:- Run towards the Bus Stop-the one with the blue light. I look ahead and I really see a bus stop with a blue light. That´s odd I think to myself as I keep running.
Now I hear running steps behind me all of a sudden. The owl is still flying in front of me, but it hears running steps too and it suddenly turns towards the steps behind me. I panic again and start pushing myself harder to run faster…I know the steps are quite far behind me still, but I hear them getting closer. I am almost at the blue bus stop when the voice in my head tells me to stop and take out my obsidian stone from my pocket (I always have it on me-some sort of protection I guess)-then it tells me to write an infinity symbol in the air with the stone in my hand. I am really confused now, but the voice has guided me so far so I decide to trust it.
I stop and take out the stone and write the infinity symbol in the air, but now I freeze where I stand because on the other side of the road I see Tim the guard running towards me with a triumphant smile on his face. But the owl that has followed me now flies with high speed towards him and I see that he hesitates, after all he was attacked by a crow, a deer and this owl before. Panic runs through my veins -there is nowhere left for me to run. I see lights in the distance-some sort of vehicle is coming towards me athigh speed. The guard has manged to fight off the owl and is now making his way towards me, but the vehicle comes rushing through the night and he´s forced to stop. The vehicle turns out to be a midnight blue bus and it stops right in front of me. A cheery driver open the dors and asks:
-Did you call for a ride miss?
-Yes , please I answer with panic in my voice.
-Now, now, the driver says-don´t worry we´ll sort this guy out in no time….A big bubble of something blue and kind of iridescent, suddenly shoots out from somewhere on the side of the bus and it captures Tim in it and lifts him right up in the air. The bubble resolutely lifts higher and higher and I almost start laughing because of the sight-now it´s his turn to panic….
I laugh out of relief and the driver says:
-Welcome on board the Midnight Bus my dear. This is a safe haven for anyone who needs it. He is an old man with a big smile on his face and small laughing lines at the corner of his eyes. I immediately trust him and I can finally breathe.
-Everyone here has a story to tell. He extends his hand and points to the people that sits in the bus. They all look friendly and says welcome to me.
-Enjoy each others stories he says. We are all storytellers here. He smiles and sits down in the driver´s seat again.
We drive off and suddenly a portal appears in front of the bus. We are heading towards it…I am finally free. I sit down in a seat and I start to talk to the people closest to me…Freedom and hopefully a great deal of happiness awaits me on the other side….I hope-I believe and I wish…The darkness of my life has finally lifted and a change is coming-in the best way…
THE END
The stories of the passengers on the MIdnight Bus may be told in other posts on this site.
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Other stories on this site (most of them ongoing and regularly updated)-this site will grow and new stories will be added:
- When the Witches stemmed the waters and the Sea God visited
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- The Power of Love
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