The man lifted the gun, pointing it right at me. In a deep, commanding voice, he said,
"Get up."
I was shaking badly and struggled to get to my feet. What did this man want from me? How did I even get here? My silent questions remained unanswered as I slowly lifted myself from the cold concrete floor. Motioning impatiently with the gun, he growled out the words, "Hurry up already, I don't want to be late."
Even thought I was only a few feet away from him, the shadows completely engulfed his features. With a rough shove, he pushed be out the door and into a poorly lit hallway. I felt freezing steel bite my wrists as he wrenched my hands behind my back and slapped a pair of handcuffs on them. Another shove sent me walking quickly down the hall. I was very aware of the gun's barrel resting at the small of my back. The hallway I was following branched off into two different hallways, one well lit and the other dark. The well lit one had two doors in it, a red carpet connecting both of them. The man behind me cursed and threw me towards the darker hallway, while he closed a curtain, blocking the light and my view of the doors. My brain registered a moment of opportunity. The man was further away now and I could see a door through the gloom up ahead. Before I could even do the math of whether I could make it through that door before he shot me, my body moved. Legs pounding, heart pumping, adrenaline rushing... I heard him yell but I couldn't make out the words through the echo. after what seemed like an eternity, I reached the door. Spinning around I turned the silver knob with my cuffed hands and went in backwards. I pivoted once more and continued to run for my life. There was a bit of a problem now though. The room in front of me was filled with people and dozens of different shiny things like amulets and old pottery. further ahead I could see a man presenting a golden statuette and crying out,
"30,000 to the man with the blue tie! Going once... going twice... 40,000 to the lady in the red dress!"
An auction? What was I doing at an auction? As the people waiting backstage saw me burst through the door, several things happened at once. First, a startled man dropped his old pot and another tripped over the shards. Second, somethign that sounded like a pit bull started barking. Third, I got tackled from behind. of course, I just had to lose consciousness again. When I woke up a few minutes later, I was tied to a chair, a bright light shining in my face and the same man from the stage before saying,
"Our next item is a healthy young female human. Can be used for work, breeding, or animal feed. The bidding starts at 5,000!" As the price for me went up, I strained to see through the light. I wish I hadn't. The crowd in front of me was not like a normal crowd of people. The woman in the red dress had fours arms, one of which she was using to hold up a panel with a number on it. The man with the blue tie only looked human from the waist up. From that point down he could have passed for a horse. I barely noticed it as I was sold. A voice coming from a creature that was half bird half human said,
"I want her for my dogs."
I felt a sharp pain as a needle was stuck into my neck and I almost instantly felt tired. I didn't even have time to think my last thought. It all ended with, What the hec-
(sorry, I got really into detail and I wanted to go on, but I had to get off ^^ this was fun)
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"Nobody ever stumbled on luck while sitting down."
