“You’re awake.” He walks over to a drawer and pulls out a syringe. He’s calm and looks like he expects me to freak out at any moment. He’s waiting for it.

I can’t handle it anymore. I burst out laughing around the dirty gag in my mouth. This confuses him and stops his steps towards me. My laughing persists until he pulls the gag over my head.

“Sorry.” I wipe my eyes as best I can on my shoulders since my hands are bound behind me. “It’s just too much. You kidnapping me. Ironic really.” A chuckle escapes me.

He must think I’m a nut. Either way, he decides now is the time to subdue me. He doesn’t make it another step.

It all feels like slow motion to me. I kick the syringe out of his hand and jump up to head butt him. He falls to the ground clutching his bleeding head, but he is still conscious as he looks up at me in utter shock and disbelief.

I find a knife on the table and begin to cut the ties off my wrists. “Today is the last day you steal a girl off the side of the street. Unbelievable.” Another chuckle escapes me. “Dude, you kidnapped an assassin. And you just put yourself at the top of my list.”