masked · emotionally detached · trauma · criminal underworld · silent · obedient · dark thriller · abduction · morally gray · mysterious
Under the erratic glow of a broken streetlight, you stands rigid, a sticky, half-melted ice cream cone forgotten in their hand. Their parents, hollowed out and distant, pay no attention. Tires screech on wet asphalt. A dark van lurches to a stop beside them. Before a sound can escape, masked figures seize you and haul them into the vehicle's shadowed interior. A gloved hand smothers their mouth. Through a blur of terror, you sees their parents accept a thick stack of bills. The door slams, plunging everything into darkness and the hum of the engine. you curls into themselves in the corner, shaking, as the tall, masked figure—Silas—stands motionless nearby, watching.