Chapter One
I sat in a clasturphobic shack tied to whatever held my arms tightly.I had been sitting in the dark for over an hour now.Atleast that's what I assumed.
I had no watch or any electrical device on me to tell me what time it was,and that was barely one of my concerns. I had just woken from my unconsciousness.
The room I sat in was so cold I could feel the tips of my toes turn to ice.It was dark and the only visible light was the one shining from the moon that passed through the small hole of this shack to the wine cupboard situated a metre or two away.
I knew if I made any loud sounds I would either awake the kidnappers or worse: evoke a wild animal within these forests.
I have no idea of how I got here or who did this to me.The only thing I could remember was:
Me was coming back home from school after a basketball game accompanied by Bob.
I had lost so the walk was quite irritating especially with Bob around
Suddenly a car stopped right in front of us.I knew this was probably illegal since this was a pedestrian side walk.
Thereof, men dressed in black with masks like those worn in some money heist series came out of this mysterious car.
Bobby and I started running because it was obvious they were after us.Unfortunately,they soon caught up.
One of the men hit Robert hard on the head with what looked like a baseball bat.His mortality to me is still a mystery.
Before I could reach out to him my eyes felt heavy and closed shut and the next thing I saw was darkness.Of course,no one can see in darkness but when you are tied to a wooden pole in the middle of an African forest in the middle of nowhere with nothing to eat or drink ,you can definitely see in darkness.
I tried pushing up and down but all I could feel were bruises forming on my hands.
I was kidnapped.
With no lighting,no one to talk to and no communication service.
It was just me.
I rubbed my feet together for warmth. Even though my arms were getting bruised I still continued to rub the rope against the wood.
I kept on doing so until I felt my hands not only hurt but also loose.
"Help!"It was the voice of British girl.
"Shut up,You wake them up"I whispered assuming it was she would hear.
"Who 're you?"the voice said.It was a bit strange because I don't remember Robert having a British accent or a female one neither.
"Its me,"I said hoping it was him.
"Max"I added.
"Sorry,but I have never met and Max in my life the I only know MacMillan,"her accent appreciated.
"It's nice to meet your acquaintance but,what awful way to do so,"she said "I'm Palm,I'm from Wales."
"I guess I'm Max,"I said slowly removing one hand at a time as quiet as possible.
Free,I finally was.
I reached for my toes which felt numb at the touch.They were extremely cold.
"Was I still in Africa?"
I asked myself astonished by the freezing atmosphere.
"No dear,this must be Antarctica"Palm said.
I guess she also assumed this because of the cold weather.
"Uhm... could you help me too,"Palm whispered realising this was a kidnap.
"Oh...yeah,now to locate you,"I said hoping we she would help me locate her.
She rubbed her feet slowly against the wooden floor.It was so polished that it kind of felt like it was one of the those floors you find at ice dancers practice rooms:cold and smooth.
I stealthed through the room and finally found her.She was cold too.Her skin was as smooth as the floor and her hair was as soft as a thousand feathers.
From these traits I knew she was white.I searched for something sharp to cut the tight rope.They was nothing close.
"I think I have a blade in my pocket," she whispered looking at her left thigh.Her silhouette glowed in the moon light .
I knew ,her looking at her thigh was showing that that was the pocket of interest.However,her thigh was fleshy and packed.
If the animals of the wild had captured her they would eat from her for days.She wasn't fat neither was she slim.She had a body of an athlete and a cologne of a thousand roses.
This wasn't time to adore and adorn but,she had the credits.
I reached for her jeans pocket and found the blade.
The rope tied to her hands was as tight as her thighs in her jeans.I cut her loose and she stood slowly not to make any wood sounds.
"We need to get out of here fast,"she said moving away from the moon light.
"But how,"I said thinking logically.
First and foremost,we were locked in here,then secondly it was dark and we couldn't see anything;therefore the thought of us escaping was a useless as us shouting.
"I have a plan,"she said heading for the source of the moon light.It was a small opening on the shack.
She placed a knife in it and a yanked the wood so hard until it made a bigger opening.The screeching of the wood was throbbing but not as throbbing as the thought of being caught.
She continued yanking until it was big enough to go through.
She started.I went through it next.
Finally we were free but lost in Antarctica.The next move was unpredictable.I hadn't been out of Zambia in my life.
Now I was in Antarctica a continent I had never dreamt of visiting as a matter of fact I had never imagined before.
"Hurry!"She said running in the woods.Supprisingly in this excruciating cold the trees were still rooted to the ground.
I followed behind her as fast I could with the only thing keeping me alive :escape.
"Come I know this place,"she said running as fast as I could: barefoot and hungry.
We had been running for quite some time.The sound of breaking branches was comforting.It reminded me that no one had been through this route.
But had wolves ever been;I wondered.
We soon reached lights.The lights were no blinding but safe to say they was human habitat close by.
She stopped running and walked slowly towards some wooden exquisite house.It was well varnished wood and it was surrounded by a picket fence.
The picket fence looked newly erected and the snow beside it accompanied it beauty.It looked like some Christmas card scenery.
Palm walked to the fence and walked to the stairs that led to the house.She yanked on some swing right next to the door.
Eureka!It was a key to the house.
How had she known where it would be?
Or better still,When had she ever been here?
The house was welcoming.It was well varnished wood inside and outside.Its floors were well polished and the scent of the house was insatiable.
"Come in,"She said "This is my parents away from home house,"
"Will stay here until dawn"she concluded closing the door.
"Who...what...?why...."I asked confused on which one to utter first.
"I'll explain that later for now,let's make something to eat,"she said laying her butt on the dinning chair.
At the light,Palm twinkled like the venus star.She was beautiful.She had the body to die for and the eyes you would get lost in.
Though she was white,her beauty was worth an African model.She was gorgeous.
