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Chapter 53
Jodie lay in darkness. She was scared and cold. She had no idea how long she’d been there, nor how she arrived there. She couldn’t remember waking up, but at the same time, she had no recollection of being asleep. Time meant nothing to her.
“Is anyone there?”
Her voice bore no echo. Her words were absorbed and sounded strange. It reminded her of how things sound after a heavy snowfall.
She attempted to raise her arms and although there appeared to be no bindings, she couldn’t move them.
She raised her head an inch and called again, “can anybody hear me?”
And again, there was no reply.
She lowered her head against the soft surface. What she lay on felt damp, with a small amount of elasticity, like a taut trampoline. She thought it could be something organic. Jodie shivered. Although she was cold, it was not the temperature that made her shudder. She shook with fear.
One by one, the events leading up to what had happened came to the forefront of her mind. Jodie recalled being in the woods with Markland and Howie. She remembered the man grabbing her and pulling her to the top of the burial mound. She still heard the anger in his voice when he warned Markland not to come any closer. It was the last thing she remembered.
She called again.
“Please, can anyone hear me? Please, someone help me.”
Then something happened.
Whatever was beneath her began to pulsate, as if a liquid was being pumped through it. It was as if the ground was hiccupping. Regular pulsations jarred her bones, as the strange surface upon which she lay bounced her up and down. The beats intensified and became more regular as the gap between each pulse became shorter and shorter. Within no time she with juddering up and down with such force and speed that she bit through her tongue. The pain in her mouth throbbed as she convulsed to the rhythm of whatever was bouncing her around.
Jodie had never been so frightened in her life. She had no idea where she was and wanted whatever was happening to end.
“P- L - E – A - S - E S - T - O – P !” yelled Jodie. Her words came out like she was beating her fists against her chest.
And then everything did stop. All she heard was her heart beating in her chest and her heavy breathing. Blood filled her mouth and the ache in her tongue throbbed. Jodie wept like a lost child wanting her mother. But there was no one.