I trudged down the snowy trail and saw her waiting for me. My pride and joy stood before me, beckoning me towards it with its' seductive air of elegance as well as grace. She was a sleek black Enzo Ferrari and she was simply beautiful. She had a 12 cylinder mid-engine berlinetta and was built using Formula One technology, such as carbon-fibre body, F1-style electrohydraulic shift transmission and carbon fibre-reinforced silicon carbide ceramic composite disc brakes. There were also other technologies that were not allowed in F1 racing but was a part of her system, such as active aerodynamics and traction control. It can reach 300km/h and it was one helluva car, truly. The Enzo's V12 engine was the first of a new generation for Ferrari. It had dark tinted windows, giving it a very deadly yet alluring look.
I trailed my black leather gloved hand against her side as I whispered, "Hello, beautiful." I slid into the car and immediately, the smell of the leathery interior wafted towards my nose, caressing it enticingly as I took a deep breath of it. I inserted the key into the ignition and twisted. The engine purred and revved into the cold winter night, such music to my ears that Mozart himself would have envied, I thought as I felt the smile on my face grow wider. I zoomed off into the night. I loved taking long drives in the middle of the night. Sometimes, I used it as a means to ease the tension and relief the stress that I had in my mind, putting out all the problems I had before me as I thought of solutions in solving them. On other occasions, just like that night, it was just simply to have a long drive. I stared out of the car window and admired the winter landscape.
The Moon had risen out of the horizon slowly like a majestic sea creature resurfacing for air before nestling on Her throne in the Heavens with the stars by Her side. They twinkled brightly around Her, as though doing a spectacular dance for Her and everyone on Earth as She shone her bluish-white glow onto Earth. However, the pristine gleam was closed off by thick winter clouds, dulling it to a monotonic grey, while a thick blanket of snow covered everything else in icy blue and pure white, turning my blurry surroundings into a frozen winter wonderland while the glossy black Enzo Ferrari raced through it. I stepped on the accelerator and the engine purred lazily as I sped faster. All of a sudden, the car coughed and it jerked violently forward before slowly stopping. Shit.
I twisted the key repeatedly. "Come on, baby, don't die on me," I begged as panic set in within me. It finally occurred to me that I was all alone in the middle of unfamiliar winter territory. I knew I was in trouble when all I got from twisting the key in the ignition, my desperate attempt at reviving her, was just fits of sputtering. Damn it, I cursed silently. I opened the door and slid out of the car, the frigid winter air punched me in the face as though I had been splashed by a bucket of cold water from the Arctic. My breaths came out in regular puffs of white in the air before vanishing before my eyes, and somehow, I felt more alone than ever. I checked everything under the hood of the car but could not find anything wrong with it, even my tank was still full according to the meter on the dashboard. Hmm...
I pulled out my cell phone. Maybe Zul might help, I figured, and just thinking about him brought a wave washing over me like how a constructive wave crashed onto the shore, bringing with it the rich sediments and silt just like how comfort washed over me. But that comfort was dashed, like how glass was smashed to a million smithereens against a hard rock, as I received no signal. Shit. I could feel my heart race wildly in my ear as though fulfilling a lifetime's worth of beats. I could feel my breathing change from its' light regular rhythm to one that was hard and rapid as more white puffs appeared before me. Damn you, adrenaline, I cursed silently.
Everything was silent around me, there was no traffic noise, no loud music from any bar, nothing at all. There was a slight breeze that tickled my cheeks but that too disappeared quickly. Okay, I told myself, I must not panic. Panic was the only enemy here, right? Right. But no matter how hard I forced myself to believe the lie, I knew that there were other things, or rather people, lurking out there. I stood there, waiting for somebody who happened to take a stroll on the road and might help me, as the clouds rolled in, cutting off the Moon's light, darkening my surroundings. Yeah, what were the chances of that happening?
I shivered, and could not decide whether it was due to cold or fear. I figured it was cold because I could have sworn that the temperature was ten degrees higher earlier. Suddenly, I jumped as I heard the crunch of snow and ice underfoot. The noise was so loud and sudden in the silence that it sounded like an explosion in my ears. I looked around, my heart beating louder as though it would burst out of my chest, and found the source. I saw a man walking and reassurance washed over me. I was saved. I waved at the man, signalling him towards me as he walked with the rhythmic bouncing gait of an athlete. By then, we were in total darkness and I could barely make out any features of my savior, or so I thought.
"Hey, man! Thanks for helping!" I began. He remained silent.
"I couldn't get my car started and I don't know why..." I continued but I trailed off when he took a menacing step towards me. I gulped.
Alarm bells rang in my mind as my muscles screamed for me to take flight but it was as though I was frozen solid to where I was standing. I snapped out of my daze and burst out running down the road, but he was tremendously faster than I was. Within seconds, he had tackled me to the snowy ground as we landed in a crumpled heap. I pushed him off me and burst off sprinting again. However, I did not realize that he had a vice like grip on my ankle and he pulled me, sending me crashing back towards the ground. The impact knocked me into a daze and I saw stars everywhere. The next thing I knew, he was sitting on my chest, pinning my elbows down with his knees. I struggled under him but he leaned more of his weight over me, pushing me down into the snow. He clamped something over the lower portion of my face and the last thing I remembered was succumbing to the tendrils of Darkness as I inhaled the sweet smell of chloroform.
The next time I woke up, I could feel a throbbing headache coming along, pounding away in my mind like some incessant jackhammer drilling away on concrete. My vision blurred and my head was spinning as sporadic bursts of stars as well as bright lights flashed before my eyes. I shook the dizziness away and slowly regained my vision. I realized I was kneeling on the floor in between two tall wooden posts. My arms were held out, as though I was being crucified, and my wrists were bound securely with rope to each of the wooden posts. I tried to stand up, but once I heard the clink of metal, I realized that my ankles were bound together by a pair of handcuffs. There was a rectangular wooden table set up against a wall and I could see a neat pile of clothes on it. I blinked once and I realized that they were my clothes!
I could see my blue graphic shirt, my black jeans, my black leather jacket and at the top of the pile was my black leather gloves. I looked down and I realized that I was left in my black Calvin Klein boxers as well as my black combat boots. This does not look good at all. What had happened? Memory dawned upon me like how the fiery golden orb of the Sun rose out of the horizon, bringing me comprehension as I remembered clearly what had happened. Oh, right. Suddenly, the door opened and he stood at the doorway. Instantly, I felt my blood turn to ice as I stared at my captor.
He was wearing a soft black turtleneck that subtly hinted at the body he had underneath and a pair of black baggy jeans that managed to delicately outline his muscular legs. He was wearing a pair of black leather gloves as well as a pair of black combat boots. I would have been able to see his face if he was not wearing a black ski mask and where his eyes were, sat a pair of black mirrored wraparound sunglasses, masking him in a shroud of anonymity that exuded an immense amount of power as he walked in with the rhythmic bouncing gait of an athlete that I had seen earlier. Somehow, his entire being stirred something within me and I could feel my boxers growing tighter at certain areas. I squirmed around, trying to hide my cock that was increasingly getting harder and forming an obvious bulge, but it was no use, my bonds were just too secure.
He walked over to the table, reached to the back of his jeans and took out a deadly Desert Eagle from the waistband. He reached down into his right combat boot and took out a six-inch hunting knife. I gulped. Any of those could easily kill me as scenarios of all the things he could do to me flashed before my mind, like a bad rerun on television, and most of them ended with me exploding in a crimson mist of blood, bone as well as brain matter. He placed them on the table, beside my pile of clothes and knelt down beside me as I cowered away. I could hear his light regular breathing and could feel him analyzing me, taking in every single detail as he committed them to memory. I averted my eyes away, feeling my breathing grow hard and rapid at the close proximity between us.