In the dark of the night, Jan exited the Interstate near the Texas/Louisiana state line. The low fuel indicator was flashing on the stolen Mercedes dashboard. Seeing a gas station ahead of her, she pulled in. An Attendant promptly came out to pump her gas for her. She asked him to fill the tank and handed him a credit card. The friendly Attendant swiped the card at the pump, but to Jan's dismay, it came back as "account closed." Upon seeing this, Jan panicked and started searching her purse for cash. She was able to find $37.68 and told the gas jockey that she wanted to spend all of it on gas. The Attendant dispensed the gas and thanked her for stopping in. Unsure of how to get to Shreveport, LA., Jan asked the attendant for directions. He advised her to stay on the Interstate. The alternative was to use the State Highway that ran directly into Shreveport, but it was unsafe to travel at night and the Police didn't patrol it at night. Jan thought to herself, "With no Cops around, I could make better time by speeding. It can't be that dangerous." So against the advice given her, she turned on the State Highway. As Jan drove down the deserted road she thought about what brought her to be on the run in a stolen car with no money. The truth was that she could stand no more savage beatings and broken bones from her Master. Her Master started out being a good Master but gradually over the course of two years had become very violent. Jan feared for her life, so she stole his car and left Denver for Atlanta, GA, hoping to hide out with friends.When she left, she took his car, credit card, cell-phone and whatever money that was laying around.
Just as Jan was thinking about the fact that she had seen no houses on this road for a long time,things changed drastically. In her rear-view mirror,she saw many headlights quickly catching up with her. Before she knew what was going on, she heard the roar of a dozen Harley Davidson motorcycles. The riders surrounded her car and forced her to stop. Jan grabbed the stolen cell-phone and tried to call for help, but to make her night worse, she realized that the phone had been canceled as well. She had no idea how much worse it was about to get.
As the men dismounted their bikes, they surrounded her car. A big man with a long red beard and ponytail approached her window and demanded, "Open the door bitch or I'll bust the fuckin' window out!" Jan reluctantly opened the door and was dragged out onto the black-top. The big man introduced himself saying, "They call me Redbeard the Road-Pirate and you belong to me now!" He then ordered his men to hogtie, blindfold her, and put her on the backseat of the stolen car, then drive the car to "The Big House."
As Jan rode on the backseat of the Mercedes, she could tell that the car turned off the paved road onto gravel. Jan started yelling to the men, partly in hopes they would set her free, and partly because someone might hear her and call the police. "Shut the fuck up or I'll gag you," the driver threatened. After a few minutes, the car came to a stop and she was roughly dragged out onto the gravel driveway. Jan felt the blindfold being removed. The first thing she saw was Redbeard standing over her.