Captured by him

She was out of breath...

 The cold morning air hit her straight in the face but that was hardly surprising, usually that was what the temperature is early in the morning, but all Jane Jensen could concentrate on was escaping. Her mind screamed at her to run at a rapid pace. She was being persecuted by god knows whom. All she knew was that she had to find help.Fast! The men pursuing her could be killers or psychopaths for all she knew. God knows why she had the thought to go out for a run in the first place, all alone without any protection.

 The forest loomed all around her, trees surrounding in every direction making it impossible for her to identify which path to follow, not even a single trail in sight to make it easy for her. The heavy footsteps suddenly apprised behind her, the men seemed to be closing in on her. There were three men altogether, from what she could tell, the trio were dressed in black, not to mention heavily built and they reeked of alcohol, presumably drunk. Drunk! Oh hell no...

 Men usually in this condition are considered to be dangerous. But in her case, definitely dangerous. Jane had fortuitously bumped into them, those so called goons, while she was on her way to a long run that she was deprived of, the reason being, her recent injury, results of a bicycle incident. Jane was accosted by the trio on the abandoned silent street with no sign of help anywhere and the only escape Jane could think of was to run in the direction of the relatively large area that led towards the forest. And a huge mistake that turned out to be.

The highway.....of course why didnt she think of that before. If only she could divert those thugs enough to escape in the direction of the highway to seek help. Maybe thats what I should do but how....think Jane think. All Jane could feel was her heart pounding like crazy with fear and dread.

She looked behind her to gauge the distance between them and increased her pace a bit more to keep them at bay until she could not see them anymore but still could hear their heavy footsteps but it was a bit faint now.

Jane suddenly changed the direction of her pace and started running towards where she could hear a faint blaring horn of a vehicle which probably meant that she was not far from the highway....But first she had to get rid of her pursuers. She ducked behind a thick branched tree that provided a perfect spot for her to stay invisible from their sight.

Controlling her breathlessness was a difficult task but now she had to control her heavy breathing to keep as quiet as possible, it was either that or give away her hiding spot....no chance of that. Jane could see, feel them coming closer to where she was hiding. She covered her mouth with a hand to keep from making a noise to alert them of her presence.

"Darn it, where the hell did she go?" a slurry voice spoke from somewhere close to her.

"Well she ain't far from us thats for sure," a different voice answered with a slurrier speech.

"I've kept an eye on her for the last two days, no way am gonna just let her get away,"  another low pitched voice spoke spreading chills all over Jane. Just then they all heard a loud squeak from somewhere behind them and Jane froze in fear, holding her breath.