In the sky, the Sun was already going down. In a couple of minutes, there would be nothing but darkness covering everything. The air had been heavy all day and the clouds had been hovering around, menacingly.
The thought of running under a heavy storm had deterred Jennifer from going on her run earlier in the day. As things around her were getting darker, she regretted her choice of going so late in the park to do some exercise. She had never really been scared of being alone by herself or running in more recluse areas like she was doing tonight. Tonight though, tonight there was something in the air that scared her, like an omen of a menace yet to come.
She brushed that feeling in the back of her head and found herself silly. She knew better than to feel scared for no reason. She was alone on the trail, the city was calm, almost asleep already. There was nothing to worry about. Still, even after she talked herself out of it, she still felt a little uncomfortable inside.
The trees that were on each side of the trail were the only presence with her. She was running, like she always did for the past 5 years every day. She knew she only had about 15 minutes to go until she would reach her apartment. She knew that she could outrun if needed, any danger that could come her way.
A noise first caught her attention. She heard someone coming behind her, fast. The trail was used for running and she didn't at first pay any attention to it. Instead, she readjusted her headphones to make sure the music was covering the ambient noise. But she still felt uneasy.
The runner, another woman that was training as well, she had heard finally caught up to her. She passed her and continued her route. As she disappeared around a corner, Jennifer saw movement in a bush near a tree that was just in front of her. "It must be a raccoon or a rabbit", she thought to herself.
As she came close to the bush, to her surprise, a man jumped out of it. He grabbed her by the arm, pulling her towards him. Jennifer didn't have time to scream as he covered her mouth with his other hand. He forcefully lifted her from the trail and brought her into the nearby forest.
Jennifer started panicking, she didn't know what was going to happen to her. She felt powerless as she was being carried by an unknown man. She knew she was in danger. She could not even see the trail anymore and the sun was almost down now. Her chance of being seen or helped by someone else seemed very low.
Everything happened so fast, she didn't even have a chance to run or try to fight him. As they came to a stop, she felt him starting to loosen his grip around her. She didn't have a chance to see her assailant yet as he was wearing a mask. From the corner of her eye, she saw him pull something from his pocket. A knife.
Her abductor finally opened his mouth:
"Listen to me bitch, I'm going to have some fun with you tonight and if you don't want me to use my knife on your pretty body, you have to listen to me. "
"Don't even think about running...", he added menacingly.
At this point, Jennifer knew she had to do whatever he was going to ask. She knew she had no other choice.
"Now, I will let go of your mouth but don't you think about screaming for help."
She nodded to him as he started to undo his grip on her mouth.
As soon as he did, she bit his finger and started screaming. She also ran the fastest she could. In the back, she heard him curse.
She was trying to make her way back to the trail, but with the darkness, she wasn't exactly sure where she needed to go. She ran anyway, knowing full well he was just a couple of steps behind her.
She ran, towards what she thought was the way they came by. As she was passing a tree, she got one of her feet stuck in a root and she fell down. As she fell, she knew she was done for. She could already hear that he was just behind the bush.
Quickly, he reached her as she was just about to get up and start running again. He grabbed her by the hand and pushed her against a tree. She started screaming again.
"Shut up, no one is going to hear you now. We are alone in the forest." He said as he
pointed his knife toward her chest.
"Now, I see that I can't trust that you won't run or scream. Remove your leggings." He ordered.
She knew she had no choice but to comply she couldn't do anything now with the knife pointed at her.
She started removing her leggings, letting the thong she had put under show.
"Look at this little slut, wearing a sexy pair of underwear to excite the men that see you, are you?" He asked under his mask.
As the leggings finally got on the ground, he started moving his knife towards the bottom of her abdomen. Quickly the knife made its way to her groin and with a quick twist, he cut off both sides of her panties. Her freshly shaved vagina appeared.
"Look at this, shaved and everything." He said as he held the now cut panties in his hand.
"Now, I will put those dirty panties of you in your mouth so you can't scream." He told her.
"Shit," Jennifer thought to herself. She knew that if she couldn't scream her chances of being rescued were very slim.
