My name is Evelyn Snow Archer and I am 16 years old. I was on spring break in Aspen, Colorado with some of my best college friends: Helen Irish, December Lambert and Roseline Briar "Rose", along with several guys I knew quite well.
We had a great time. We went hiking quite a bit, which isn't usually my type of thing, but with my friends I had a blast. We rented a boat and went around the lake, and we even went zip-lining. I climbed trees as if I was just a little kid again, too, and I tried archery. It was the trip of a lifetime, but the last night before we were to head home, something terrible happened...
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I, Evelyn Archer, on my last night of spring break in Aspen, was out hiking with two of my best friends, Helen and Roseline, and two of the guys that came with us on the trip. The guys are named Odysseus Warren and Milan Victor.
It was late when we started to head back from the hike. We all were tired, and we started to realize we were headed in circles, completely lost. After several hours of searching in the dark for the path to head back to camp, Odysseus suggests that we just sleep in the woods and find our way back to camp when it gets light in the morning. It was a nice night, fairly warm but not too much so, so we all agreed and I found a nice spot to curl up under a tree. It takes me a while to fall asleep, to be honest I was a little scared of all of the creatures that were outside, but the guys assured me that the animals wouldn't come.
They were right. Forest creatures didn't come. What came was far worse...
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I was fast asleep when I felt a hand cover my mouth. My eyes popped open to see the night sky and a dark figure above me- a man. He whispered in my ear, "Struggle and I kill you." My heart was racing and I began to pant as he grabbed my wrist and jerked me off of the ground. I saw that there were at least two other men there, and they had Roseline and Milan. The other two were nowhere in my sight range. I was scanning the area, still taking in the situation with one of the mysterious man's hands over my mouth and the other holding my arms behind my back. Suddenly, he removed his hand and duct tape replaced it. A burlap sack was placed over my head and ropes tied my arms behind me. The man told me to walk and I complied; what else could I do? I felt the barrel of a gun dig into my back and it sent chills down my spine. I could hear Roseline crying and in my head I wondered about the two friends I hadn't seen.
It seemed like we had been walking forever when my feet hit pavement. I heard a car engine start up and doors open. The man holding me began yelling for me to get in as he shoved me forward. I stumbled, but somehow managed to climb into what I figured out was a hollowed out van. I could hear Roseline breathing heavily and another familiar breathing sound who was Milan.
The van came to a stop and the three of us were ushered out of the van. They brought us through hallways and rooms until we reached a certain place and there was a chair. I sat as they told me to and they took of my burlap hood. I looked around; I was in a warehouse style building and Roseline and Milan were next to me and across the room were Helen and Odysseus tied up the same way across the room.
A man wearing dark clothes stepped out into the middle of the room. He had dark clothes, pale skin, brown hair and semi-thick facial hair. He stood there and introduced himself Damien Leviathen. He said we'd be seeing a lot of him for the rest of our- what he says will be short- lives.
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The next year and half was a tragic whirlwind. I won't go into detail with it again, but Helen, Roseline, and Milan all died by the hand of our captor. Odysseus and I really bonded through the terrible experience. One day, just less than a week after Roseline died, SWAT rushed in. They shot Damien and arrested all of his assistants. They freed me and Odysseus and got us psychological help. We reunited with December and Riley Addis and Zeus Lindell from the camping trip and it was a joyous event. They had missed us both greatly and they blamed themselves for our disappearance.
Odysseus and I became best friends. We were the only people in the whole world that understood what the other went through. One day, a few years later, out of the blue he asks me to marry him. He tells me that he could not possibly be with anyone else because no one can understand him like I do. My first instinct was to say absolutely not, but he gives me time to think about it. The more I think about it, the better it sounds. He really is the only one who gets what I have been through and why I act the way I do. A week after he asks, Itell him yes.
Six months later, we are married! We honeymoon in Italy. A few months later, I discover that I am pregnant! I couldn't be more delighted, I need a baby to focus my attention on.
Evelyn (me):
Friends:
(Left to right: Roseline, Helen, December)
The Guys:
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(Milan, left, Odysseus, right)
Damien (captor):
Other Guys:
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(Zeus, left, Riley, right)