Forced by fate – Destined to be his Wife

“Excuse me. I’ll go see her and help out, thank you.” TangShi answered, moving out and leaving the door open to act as a barrier between them, her voice wavering as she moved to walk away. Tense all over, her fight or flight instinct kicking in and clouding her judgement with an insane need to run from this man. She kept her walk steady, tuned in completely to his presence and her eyes scanned the road for Linlin.

“She’s right back there, Tang.” TangShi had stepped only three feet away from him, facing away towards the rear but her body stopped short, stilling, and she swallowed hard. His voice echoed around her head and the familiar name kicked recognition into touch. She didn’t have time to react, to run, scream, or do anything, before a hand covered her face and her body was gripped cruelly. TangShi gasped, lifting her face away from the palm trying to muffle her. She twisted and managed to dodge her mouth being covered at all as he caught her under the chin instead. Putting up a fight and lashing out, throwing her feet back at him so he struggled to control her. TangShi had always been a girl who appeared weaker and gentler than she actually was and had a fire inside of her and a strength that only came out when she needed it. Survival instincts kicking in.

Even though he was bigger, stronger, TangShi was functioning on pure adrenaline and found superhuman strength from somewhere as they fought. Yanking her arms away, spinning in his embrace so she met him face on and ripped his mask down as she delivered a knee to his groin. Her eyes widening in horror as she recognized the man who had already tried to ruin her life and her fury was unleashed.

Rong Cai snarled at her unexpected venom aimed his way, gritting his teeth, and putting more force into subduing her even though he didn’t want to leave a mark on his angelic woman. Yanking her by the hair and thrusting her sideways so she lost her balance and it winded her momentarily. Rong scrambled for the dropped fabric drenched in chloroform with one hand while trying to keep her quiet and detain her but it was no easy feat.

TangShi managed to rip his hand from her face again and started yelling for help so that Rong Cai had no option left. He covered her mouth and nose hard with his gloved hand, abandoning his rag, while he encircled her upper body to crushing levels and he frog marched her. Half dragging, half carrying her to his own car in haste in case anyone heard, kicking her legs out of his way as he did so. No more gentleness or consideration for the woman he adored, but instead a ruthless abductor who was bruising her skin and hurting her face.

TangShi was blinded by panic-stricken tears and yet kept resisting, wildly biting at his hand, twisting her arms and legs to try and break loose. She was searching with her eyes for help but they were in a quiet corner of a tiny alley with no nearby direct traffic thanks to Linlin’s detour and she couldn’t even see her friend. Terror rising in her heart and panic that Linlin was nowhere to be seen and she felt alone.

Catching sight of the black car as she was hauled past it, she noted the lifeless figure on the back seat through the window and was both relieved and yet mortified. Seeing her motionless and pale and restrained that way broker her heart in two and increased the intensity of her fear. Not knowing what he’d done to her or what he intended to do to them both.Exclusive © content by N(ô)ve/l/Drama.Org.

“Shut up or it’ll be worse for you. I don’t want to hurt you but I will!! Be quiet, play nice, and she won’t get hurt.” his raspy, furious tone and the sharp shake he gave her quietened her a moment as her mind scrambled with what she should do. Believing in the fact he intended to do something to Linlin if she didn’t behave and she went limp for a second while she thought it through.

The pause found a new second wave of energy for her as he popped his trunk open and started trying to push her inside, flicking her fight instinct once more. She splayed her legs, jamming her feet against the bumper and open hatch and tried to kick them both back again, but Rong was stronger.

Folding her legs with minimal effort when held this way, pushing her down into the dark space and shoving her head and face against rough carpet that made her wince in pain as her skin burned from the contact. She made to use her arms to push herself up but he was faster, slamming her back down before closing it on her and locking her inside.

TangShi flipped over in reaction when darkness surrounded her and muffled his noises. Scrambling her hands across the surface below her to look for a weapon and searched herself for her phone, realizing she had lost it at some point while fighting him. There was nothing back here to get hold of and she lifted her feet and hands and started kicking and pushing at the trunk lid in erratic desperation as panic took hold. Feeling the car vibrate as the engine was started and she began to scream and yell for help, hysteria setting in and fear that if he took them form here, no one would know where to look for them.

“Let me out!!! Let me out, you psycho, fucking stalker, sad prick of a man. Stop it…. fucking let me OUT!!!!” TangShi screamed hysterically, launching a kicking and punching attack on the metal over her head and only hurting herself and exhausting her wavering energy levels in the process. Tears blinding her and thrashing like a mad woman wand getting nowhere.

Tears streamed down her face and her breathing was so labored and heavy she felt like she was having a panic attack, trying so hard to think logically to stop it turning into an actual meltdown. Heaving to get oxygen and dizzy with the effort. She gave up her violent assault on the roof, drained and nauseous and choked on her own salvia and tears which were now saturating her own face.

She turned on her side towards the inner car and started looking for a way to get the seat down to where Linlin was, in desperation to not be alone in here without her. Sliding her palms all over and tracing any lines or edges even though she couldn’t see all that well. Her priority was not to freak out and fall apart but try and think rationally and figure out what to do when he stopped this car and opened the trunk again. As much as she wanted to curl up and sob until someone rescued them, she knew it wasn’t going to happen and Linlin wasn’t even conscious.

Her whole body was shaking, her insides tied in knots of fear and terror but her mind kept pulling her back to Linlin on the other side of their barrier and the fact she saw her tied up and pale as a ghost. Worried about her state in case he had poisoned her or something worse. She didn’t know if whatever he tried to put on her face was what he used on Linlin or if he had done something to injure her. She was scared for her friend and scared for what was still to come.

“Linlin, can you hear me?” TangShi whispered against the fabric of the back of the seat, feeling along the edges and sliding around as the car turned and sped up. Banging her head on the side wall before she was rolled over with a sudden lurch in force. He was obviously driving like a maniac and the car sounds overtook the small space and drowned out her voice.

“Linlin? Are you okay?” She yelled louder. She didn’t know what else to do. Glad he hadn’t tied her up too and aware she would only have one chance at doing something when he opened it again if she had any hope of getting free. She would need to be ready to fight him and she instinctively put her hand over her abdomen and screwed her eyes shut. Trying to find some inner strength and peace to be able to calm down and do something.

“We can do this. We can get out of this…. We are stronger than this.” She chanted under her breath to self-calm, shielding her womb for a second as though subconsciously making sure her baby was okay and once again felt around for something she could use. Pulling her mind together, trying to focus on the task and not the situation.

“Think, TangShi, think.” She didn’t know what to do, trying to feel along the wall for any hidden or drop-down compartments in case he had tools or anything that might be helpful. Linlin wasn’t responding and she didn’t want to think of the why. Just focus on helping her.

She remembered YuZhi changing out a flat on his jeep a week ago, when they were out together. The carpet lifted and he had a tool set and tire hidden under the main space of his boot. She didn’t know if this was the same, if it was normal in all cars, and wriggled to one corner. Pushing herself into a small a space as she could before tracing her fingers along the edge and lifting the internal carpet to see.

She managed to work it up and roll it back, shifting over it to get it out of the way, ending up on her knees and elbows and then feeling around for the hatch or flip up panel like in YuZhi’s. Hoping this was a standard thing.

She found the shape of a wooden cut out square and dug her fingers in the tight gap around the egde before being tossed sideways again by another harsh corner turn and smacked her face full frontal with an awful crunch. Her nose started running and she clutched it for a second, covering her face and groaning in pain, as her eyes streamed with tears. Needing a minute for the agony to subside again and went back to find what she was doing while sniffing back her nosebleed and gagging on the metallic grossness of blood

She maneuvered herself as tight as she could against the seat wall so she could lift it open and reach around and felt for something she could use. Tracing out a tire with her fingertips, a rag, and then her hand fell on something big and clunky that felt like metal and she wondered if it was the jack. It was too big to lift easily so she bypassed it, sliding herself around the side to nudge her head and shoulder closer to the opening and felt out something long and thin.

It was large, a handle maybe, but definitely metal and she pulled it out of its holding place, feeling it had some weight to it. It was a tire iron or the jack handle and freezing cold and weighty. She pulled it out and laid it under her before going back to feel for more in case there was something better. Shaking with adrenalin and putting everything into her task instead of her fear.

Nothing else was as chunky or easy to hold as this and she quietly closed the hatch again, moving back with the carpet to get in the center, flattening it all back down, and laid on her back. Holding it tight to her chest with both hands and staring ahead as she drummed up the courage she needed while counting to ten to calm down.

With this bar in hand she felt a little less desperate and although she was being bashed around by the movement of the car, a strange sense of calm came over her and she stopped her tears. Her face was soaked, her heartrate was crazy high and making her dizzy and she was nauseous and trembling. Her body was a strange mix of cold and hot in random places and her grip on the bar was the only thing she could focus on while listening to the sound of her own blood rushing through her ears.

“YuZhi….. please know something is wrong. Please, feel it. We need help. Linlin and I…we need you.” She whispered it into the pitch blackness, lifting her hand to shield her head as they turned another harsh bend and she almost head butted the area directly above her. Managing to cushion it and she closed her eyes and tried to not bring Rong Cai’s terrifying face to mind. Wishing he would just die and stop tormenting her life like this. Afraid of a person she thought she knew and realizing she had no concept of what he was capable of. What he intended to do.

Her hands trembling as it felt like hours instead of minutes she had been locked in here and she couldn’t decide whether to keep trying to get the seat open to access Linlin or wait for Rong Cai to open the boot and hit him. She knew as long as he was driving he wasn’t doing anything to her friend but she was worried about how he had rendered her unconscious.

She couldn’t hear any noise from Linlin through the seat. No movement, no groans, no anything. Only the thrum and vrooms of a noisy car being driven at speed and her sliding around because of his reckless driving. She had no idea where they were going and no way to figure it out as she was never a driver who travelled around shanghai much. Even if she memorized directions and turns, she was disorientated and had no idea which way was which.

She didn’t know what he wanted or what he intended to do but if he was being this extreme then it couldn’t be good. She had no idea if his intention was to kill them, rape them, keep them and torture them for weeks or months. TangShi was sick to her stomach, holding in her urge to vomit, her nerves eating away as the swirling butterfly feeling returned the longer this journey went on and she closed her eyes tight and did something she had never done before in her entire life. Clenching tight, her body rigid and almost paralyzed.

She prayed.