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Olive
Eva Pishalski
Ocean.
Sea.
Water.
Waves.
The girl ran to it as fast as she could.
It was coming.
He was coming.
All she knew was to run.
Her legs, now motors were taking on a life of there own.
Life flew past her like lightning.
He was coming was all she could think.
Then suddenly black.
All Around her.
Water.
All She could see.
No top, bottom, up, down.
Only water.
She Flailed her arms around her.
The she saw it..
Him.
Then she ran.
She ran through it all.
It was him.
Him was all she could think.
Then it happened.
She stopped.
She couldn’t move.
As hard she tried.
She couldn’t.
And he was coming.
She had frozen in body and mind.
Then the world went black again.
But stayed.
When she awoke he was there.
She looked around but all she saw were walls.
“How..How..” Olive stammered. “The ocean.. the water..”
“All in this bottle” He held up a bottle filled with ocean water.
He threw to her.
She caught it.
“My..my..”
“Heres your meal; bread and wine..just like they would feed prisoners in dungeons.”
She glanced down at the plate.
“You’re my prisoner now.”Then he left her in the wall filled room.
The bottle looked as if it was her only freedom.
The only thing left of her past life.
Every day came like the next came.
She stared at the bottle, ate, drank, slept.
The same thing over and over and over again.
The first thing she learned that day, was never, ever
Take life for granted..
Because, in reality..It can be crushed like a rock.
And hers could be any minute.
All he had to do was stop feeding her and bam there she goes down into the black.
But who was he?
Why was he keeping her here?
But soon she would wish she never asked.
It seemed like years and years had passed but only a couple days did.
She didnt know how but she learned that he, him was a man named
Hortus Lartl the 13th
He had kidnapped 20 children in the past 50 years of his life.
And what fate these children had?
Too horrible to mention.
“I have to get out”Olive whisperd “But how?”
Then BAM.
A strange thought came into mind.
The bottle.
“Its taught me his name and history, maybe it`ll teach me to get out.”
She stared at the bottle for two weeks.
Then it came to her.
Patience.
If she waited long enough and behaved and maybe complimented him he would let her outside for short periods of time.
The she could get out.
Escape.
She hugged the bottle, then went to sleep.
The next day she was very king to him and thanked him for the food.
That day she noticed something in her bottle.
“What in the..”Olive stared into the bottle. And saw something..something that looked like“A fish!”
A fish?How odd! Olive thought
She was let out now, but only for very brief moments.
“Mister,” She asked “There..there is a fish in my bottle , and I was wondering if you had any fish food?”
“None” He spat.
After that she didn’t dare ask again.
The next few hours past.
She watched the fish swim in circles.
I`ll name you Tinia! Olive thought.
Over the next few hours the fish grew bigger and bigger.
Suddenly Mr. Lartl burst through the door.
“Get ready to leave!” he shouted.
“Wh-where am I going?” Olive stammered.
“MOVE NOW!!” He screeched in a voice so horrible that nails on a chalkboard couldn’t compare.
Olive quickly grabbed her bottle and followed him.
She was shoved into a car and locked in.
They drove away quickly and roughly.
As they raced away from the house, a few things ran through her mind.
Where are we going? Why? How Far? Would she ever see her mother again?
She eventually fell asleep but soon awoken a screaming man.
“ WAKE UP!!” Mr. Lartl screeched.
She slowly got up carefully picked up her bottle.
He grabbed her arm and pulled her along the road and into an old building.
Into a dark room with one lamp.
In that room were two men.
“Fari! John! How are you? “ Mr Lartl asked joyfully.
“Hortus ? How are you? Who is this gorgeous girl?” Fari asked, “Are you selling her? “
“Yes ,yes!” Mr.Lartl responded.
“Oui! Oui! Bonjour old mon ami? She good for slave work? “John asked.
“Oui John, Oui!”Mr.Lartl exclaimed.
“I`ll give ya 42 hundred for her!” Fari exclaimed.
“ Sold!” Mr.Lartl exclaimed.
Olive was grabbed by Fari and pulled out into the open.
The sun temporary blinded her.
She was shoved into the back of a truck.
As it drove she realized she was in big trouble.
She had to get a way out.
As the truck screeched on she realized her fish was gone.
As the truck drove on and on she decided to look around quietly.
She found one hammer , a bag of chips and noticed the gun on the seat in front of her.
Olive panicked.
“*Gulp* Wh-Wh-Wh-ere are we going?” Olive stammered.
“Not we young lady. You. And you will be boarding an airplane to `Los Angels where you will live with Mr. Smooooth.
“But But I cant!!! I live here in Hawaii! I CANT leave!”
“Oh really? Well tell that to the plane!” John said starting to get pissed off.
When they arrived at the airport she was told to stay near as they walked to her terminal.
“Im gonna run! This could be my only chance!” Olive thought.
As Fast as she could Olive ran.
She looked behinde her she could see John looking in the crowds to find her.
Olive left the airport and jumped into Johns car.
It still had the keys in it. Olive started the car and drove away.
A few years back Olives dad had taught her how to drive.
So Olive knew what she was doing.
Before she knew it she was on the highway speeding towards home.
Suddenly scaring the crap out of her Johns cell phone rang.
“Hello?” Olive answered the phone.
“Olive? I’m gonna get yo Olive!” John whispered.
Olive hung up.
She realized it was safer in LA then here so she sketchily did an illegal U turn and went back to the airport to board the plane.
When she got there she locked the car, took is wallet with the plane ticket in it and VERY cautiously snuck into the airport to her terminal and boarded.
On the air plane the cell phone rang again.
This time when she answered it was Mr. Lartl.
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