Chapter 9

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Chapter 9

“Oooh! My head!” Nikki gasped as she sat up. “Where am I? She wondered. “What’s this?” she gasped at the sight of her manacled hands and feet. “Oh man! Now I remember! Ms. Arachne and Bub! No! We’re in a prison! Wake up!! Kylie! Riley! WAKE UP!!” Nikki screamed as she shook them. “Wake up! Wake up!” It was no use. They were out cold. “Oh well. I guess I’ll just take a nap.” She yawned. She could still feel the chloroform in her system.
An hour later, Nikki woke up again. “Man! It’s so cold! What’s up with Kylie and Riley? Hey guys! Wake up!”
“What? Oh it’s you. What happened?” asked Riley as she tried to stretch. “I remember your house, and then Bub and Ms. Arachne, and then nothing. And what’s with the manacles? And the really scary prison room?”
“I’ll tell you after we wake up Kylie. Kylie, pancakes!” she yelled. Nothing happened. “Why didn’t she wake up?”
“Here, try this. Kylie, you can watch T.V. now! And you get the remote! For an hour!”
“Really? Awesome!” Kylie said as she tried to jump up. “Where’s the T.V.? What’s with the chains? They are so uncomfortable! Woah! I’m freezing! Where’s the heater?”
“Nowhere. We just wanted you up,” laughed Riley. “If you want to know about the chains, then ask Nikki,” she informed her sister.
“You tried to trick me again? No fair! That’s the last time I wake up for you!” growled Kylie. “Man, it's so cold!”
“Whatever. Do you remember what happened to get us here?” said Riley.
“No, not really,” Kylie admitted.
“Well, I do. Remember running into my house? Do you remember that giant of a man and the very ugly woman? Well, they kidnapped us. They drugged us too!” Nikki said.
“Oh,” said Riley. “I remember now. She had a gun! And her name was Ms. Arachne. Ugh! I hate spiders!” she shivered. “Let’s get her or the dumb one out here so we can make them pay,” Riley fumed as she slammed her fist onto her hand.
Nikki and Kylie stared dumbfounded. Riley was always quiet and reserved, but now she was blazing mad.
“What? You two look like you’ve seen a ghost! You alright?” Riley asked.
Nikki and Kylie nodded. Her words shook them out of their stupor. “So, do you guys see any way out of here?” asked Nikki.
“Well, there’s the windows, but they’re too high. And we have these things on our hands and feet!”
“We may have our hands and feet chained up, but I have my super sharp pocket knife!” Kylie exclaimed as she reached into her pocket. “Ha-ha! Kylie to the rescue!” she cried as she reached over to pick the lock on Nikki’s handcuffs. “Gotcha!” she yelled as they popped off.
“Thanks! Let me get yours.” Nikki replied as Kylie handed her the knife. She twisted it a few times, and then her cuffs snapped open.
“Ah, good to have my hands free again! You ready Riley?”
“Yes. But don’t poke me with that thing!” Riley warned.
“Don’t worry, I will!” snickered Kylie. She popped open the lock. “Now to our feet. I’ll get your feet now Nikki.”
Kylie started twisting the knife in the lock, and then Nikki said, “Stop! I hear footsteps. Lay down flat with your hands under you as if you are still asleep. Put the cuffs back on tight enough that it looks like they’re on, and loose enough so that they can slide off. And don’t lock them!” she warned. “We may not be able to undo them again if they lock.”
They did so, and just in time too, because along came Ms. Arachne.
“Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!! Now I have you! I hope you wake with dreadful headaches!” Ms. Arachne fairly screamed.
“Don’t worry, we didn’t!” Nikki yelled back. “Yeah spider lady, I’m awake! Are you trying to freeze us to death or something? I can tell it’s cold in here, but it doesn’t bug me!” Nikki lied. She stuck her tongue out. “Ha-ha! I bet whomever you’re working for wants us to be unharmed! Therefore you can’t do anything to us! Ha!” she taunted. Nikki started smirking. She was enjoying toying with Ms. Arachne. But that wouldn’t last for long.
“Oh? You think I’m supposed to baby-sit you? Yeah, right. They just want you kept in here long enough so that your parents will do what we want. Then I am free to do what I want with you! He-he-he! Then you won’t be so cocky!” she cackled gleefully, rubbing her hands together like a mad scientist.
Nikki gulped. “You have my parents?” she asked. Her worst fears had been confirmed. They were in the hands of some megalomania group! “Why do you have them? They never did anything to you!”
“So? The boss just hired me to get you so they would do what he wanted. You were what he wanted. So, I got you and your little friends. A bonus! So, you were saying how you weren’t scared of me?” she grinned evilly.
Nikki was silent. She looked down at the floor.
“That’s what I thought. I just needed to break your sprit, just as if you were a horse!” Ms. Arachne said. At that moment Nikki thought she looked exactly like a black widow. Ms. Arachne left, giggling like an elementary schoolgirl all the way.