One Girl, Two Boys and The Big City Part 1 Maria's POV I walked up to my new house in the big city of New York and took in the facts. I was only 17. My parents are dead. I'm living on my own now in the big city. I unlocked the door and sat on the couch and turned on the news station. Apparently crime was going around. I cringed as the news went through the list of killed injured and kidnapped people of this week. Great, I thought, perfect time to move in when crime is in my neighborhood. I looked out the window at the sunset and realized I forgot to go get food from the store. I ran outside and jumped on my bike. When I looked around major traffic was on the streets so I took a short cut down an alley. Turns out this was a bad idea. A man with a gun knocked my bike down and I fell onto the concrete. My knee started to bleed and my hands were scraped. The man loomed over me. I looked at him and the man looked about my age. I tried to get up but he put his hand down and shoved me into the ground. I was not prepared. At all. He was a lot stronger than me and I gave up trying to move and laid there. He put the gun to my head and said, "Do what I say and I won't shoot you got it?" I thought about my choices. Kick him and try to run and get shot or do as he says and still have a chance of getting killed. I chose a chance of death over confirmed death and said, "uh o-okay," in a small shaky voice. "Get up and follow me," The man spoke to me. I got up and before I could do anything he handcuffed me and chained my feet together. I looked up at the stars and prayed to god in my head, "Please let someone save me please god," I thought to myself. He tied a blindfold around my head and put duck tape over my mouth. He pushed me towards a car and shoved me in the back seat. He was about to get in and drive away when I heard someone say, "And where do you think your going." I heard the man pull out his gun. I felt the gun on my head and he said, "Make one move and I pull the trigger." Suddenly all the noise stopped. They both went silent. Then I felt someone pick me up and start running. My hands went cold in hope that the person carrying me was trying to help me. Then everything went black.