Pinned to the ground, all Fallon could see between the frantic flailing of his legs and arms was the face of that smiling teddy bear decal leering down at the him with its paint peeling from it’s cheeks like some kind of leprous lecher.
“Help!!” He shouted, his voice echoing through the night calm of the city park.
Lashing backwards with his foot he managed to connect with the back of his attack. He heard an “oof” and felt the weight on his back lighten. Glancing back over his shoulder quickly the youth had no time to react to the balled fist that suddenly came into his view, bashing him up the side of the head.
The blow stunned him and Fallon only saw stars, oblivious to his head connecting with the pavement beneath him.
The man took advantage of the teen’s stupor and hungrily set back to work. Fallon could dimly make out the distinctive sound of duct tape being unraveled and felt his arms being forced back and bound.
A low moan was the last sound to issue forth from his lips before a foul-tasting rag was stuffed into his mouth and sealed with tape.
Though he was rapidly regaining his senses from the powerful blow Fallon frantically realized that he was now helpless. The final bond wrapped around his ankles with all the finality of the words “the end.”
Then, as though the boy were nothing more than a dufflebag, the man hefted Fallon up off the ground with a single arm. He took a few short steps to the waiting van and threw open the back door, casting the mocking face of the teddy bear aside and presenting Fallon with the almost palpable gloom of the vehicle’s interior.
A hundred panicked pleadings filled Fallon’s mind. My parents will be looking for me! My friends are right behind me, they’ll be here any minute! My Dad has a lot of money! Is that what you want? Let me go and they’ll pay you! I finally got a date with Ashley Daniels this weekend, we’re going to the Homecoming Dance! My brother came down from Denver to see me play in the game tomorrow!
Instead he could only issue a muffled yelp as the man hurled him into the back and sealed the doors.
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No, that’s not my stalker van in the background. Mine has “Free Candy” written on the side. :p
