"I spy you!" - 58

Vasupradha’s first reaction was to struggle to escape. But she was held with hands which had an iron grip. She fought for the first few minutes and then stopped. Her head had been covered with a black hood which stopped her from seeing her kidnappers. After about 2 minutes a sweet smell engulfed her nose. She fell unconscious and her body became inert.

When she woke up she found herself sitting in a metal chair which was quite rusty. Her hands were tied to a chain which hung from the low level ceiling. She looked at herself to check whether she has been molested physically. Her captors did not seem to have interest in her body or taking any carnal pleasures from her.

‘This is at least a small mercy’ thought Vasupradha and surveyed the place. It was lighted very dimly. It took her some time to get adjusted to the light. Then she earnestly looked around to see whether she can escape from this dratted place.

‘Who are these men? And what do they want from me?’ was the next thinking which crossed her groggy mind. It took her some more time to come out of the grogginess of the sweet smelling thing which she had inhaled. ‘Ah! I must have been given the chloroform’ she thought.

The room was small. The low ceiling gave her an idea that she might be in a cellar. The only solid material was the metal chair she was held captive. Otherwise the room was bare. At about 8 feet away she could see a door, which was obviously locked from outside. Her wrists were paining due to the tightness of the chain. She tried to move in her chair and her movement was restricted to a minimum.

She looked at the floor on which the chair was tied. She was horrified to when she saw that the ‘floor’ was made of sheet metal. That too rusted. Her horror suddenly gave way to some hope. Wait a minute! Can this be used for my escape? She started thinking furiously.

As if to cut her train of thoughts and to put a spanner in her thinking works, the door at the other end opened suddenly and two people walked in.

She keenly observed them. One was about 40, swarthy and dark and the other was about 25, tall, lean and surprisingly soft face. She wondered whether she could use him as a tool to escape this trap. But she was keener to know why she has been captured.

Both came near her and as per the order of the senior, the junior removed her chain and she thankfully rotated her wrists to allow circulation of blood. She had been back on the chair. After a few minutes of movement of hands she sat quietly and looked at both of them.

“Don’t you ever try to escape. You will be immediately killed using this!” and waved a revolver at her face which suddenly seemed to have appeared in the senior’s hand.

She had no intention of escaping especially when the two captors were with her. But she was not ready to divulge any information, if she can help it.

She kept quiet and continued watching them. They seemed to be waiting for someone to come. Her guess turned into reality when she heard the door open again and in walked a woman.

She was very stylish in her dressing and when she came near Vasupradha could see a very light greyish pair of eyes. It was almost as if her eyesight was blank. She had a whip in her hand.