The Ensnared by Palvi Sharma Page B

shrieked as he
fell on the side of the fence and fell down. The fence crackled with
electricity and Melissa looked down to see Keith’s body being electrocuted. She
screamed as Keith quaked violently before falling limp.
     
    Melissa fell on her knees and
sobbed. How could the people in this city do that to them? When had they put up
an electric fence?
     
    “You killed him!” Melissa screamed
and then sobbed loudly. “All you jerks, murdered him! His death is on your
conscience!”
     
    Melissa pulled herself up and
quickly ran downstairs. She flung open the door to the cafe and ran to where
she had seen Keith fall.
     
    She stopped suddenly and the breath
was sucked away from her. Keith was nowhere to be found. Someone had taken his
body away. But no one had been here. How did they move him away so quickly?
     
    “Melissa.” a voice behind her said.
     
    Melissa turned around to see Mark
standing behind her with his helmet in his hands.
     
    “I think it’s time we talked.”

Chapter Twelve
     
    As soon as she saw him, Melissa
thought for certain that her heart had stopped beating. Her eyes travelled all
over him and she noticed with dull surprise that he was carrying various knives
and a gun holster.
     
    Keith was confused and frightened
and so it was understandable that he had the notion that the riders were
innocent. Of course they were not, Melissa thought. How could they be?
     
    She backed away a few steps,
remembered there was an electric fence behind her and stopped. She took a deep
breath and swallowed. This was it- this was her chance. Mark was all alone and
he held no weapon in his hand yet.
     
    Melissa pushed herself in motion
and ran as fast as she could, shoving Mark aside. She could hear his cry of
surprise, but she didn’t turn back. She could feel the adrenaline pumping into
her veins as she ran straight ahead. There had to be a way out of this. There
just had to be! To her relief, she saw that there was a narrow opening in the
fence and she could see Rafe, Fiona and Jennifer standing there looking stunned
as she drew closer towards them.
     
    “Mel!” Jennifer squealed. “Faster,
Mel! Faster!”
     
    Seeing Jennifer alive and well,
boosted her own spirits and Melissa pushed herself harder to run faster.
     
    “Come on!” Rafe goaded and held out
his hand.
     
    “Mel!” Jennifer screamed and before
she could understand why her friend looked terrified  all of a sudden, someone
came up behind her and pushed her away roughly.
     
    “Uff!” Melissa staggered on the
floor writhing in pain as one of the riders tried to restrain her. He took off
his helmet and Melissa saw that he was a guy of her own age with sandy brown
hair that fell to his shoulders.
     
    “Let me go! Let me go!” she cried,
but the boy wouldn’t listen. He held her as tight as possible and Melissa
started to wonder what terrible things he was going to do to her.
     
    “Help!” She screamed and looked at
the opening to where her friends were standing.
     
    “Mel!” Jennifer shrieked, but Fiona
pulled her away.
     
    “Come on.” She could hear Rafe say
quietly.
     
    She saw Jennifer struggle with them
as they pulled her away from the area. Before she could even blink, the three
of them had vanished and Melissa knew then that she was going to die. There was
nothing else to do now. No one was coming to save her. She was caught and the
riders would kill her in the most sadistic way possible.
     
    “Let me go!” she screamed at the
rider and he in turn, slapped her across the face hard.
     
    Melissa instantly tasted blood and
started to sob loudly. This was it. He would remove a sharp blade and stab her.
 She gasped as the rider pushed his knee on her stomach.
     
    “Hey!” she heard Mark call. “Get
off her Kevin!”
     
    “She won’t...”Kevin started to say,
but Mark shoved him away and pulled her to her feet.
     
    “Are you okay?” he asked gently.
     
    Melissa cried when she saw the
other three riders