Claire was one week shy of her eighteenth birthday, and was desperate to leave the foster care system. "One week to freedom and release from the system!" she thought. She had little time for friends, as she was used by her foster parents to be at their beck and call. With no financial ability to go to college and no skills, she had no real prospects, but was excited at her impending freedom.
On the day of her eighteenth birthday, Claire went out for the evening to a local dive for drinks and dancing. Upon leaving the club fairly inebriated, she was approached by two men in black suits and sunglasses. She had never seen the likes of men dressed so well in this small town in which she lived. She thought that this was odd, as it was night, but her judgment was impaired so she was slow to alarm. She became uncomfortable as they neared her, but felt comfortable that nothing bad could happen to her in this small town. The men walked to her quickly, and in a blink, picked her up. A black SUV raced to the curb, and she was thrown into the back. The two men jumped in and the SUV sped into the night.
Claire screamed at the top of her lungs, but unbeknownst to her, the SUV was outfitted with bulletproof glass and soundproofing, and black glass to shield the passengers from view to the outside world. Claire squirmed and tried to scream, but the two men proved too strong for Claire. They quickly gagged her, covered her eyes with two black patches, and placed something in her ears that expanded. She was now deaf, dumb and blind. She was terrified that these men were going to rape and kill her, and, as they lifted her blouse off of her, she was sure that this would be the case. Instead, one of her abductors pierced her right arm with something. Within seconds, Claire was unconscious.