Chapter Ten
January 7th, 12:13 AM
"Margot?" Jeremy cried, his voice joyful, but tinged with bewilderment and anxiety. "Really? Margot from college?"
Margot didn't reply. He bent down closer to her, looking at the her face, and then at her mask, and then back to her face.
"But... This doesn't make sense," he said, sitting back onto her thighs. "I am positive, positive there were times when I saw you together with the Blue Lynx."
He looked at Margot's body, all wet with dew, all covered in green and brown, all topped with a beautiful mess of reddish-brown hair. And it dawned on him.
"You... You're not really the Blue Lynx," he said, pointing at her face. "You're an imposter." He dropped the mask to the ground. "The real Blue Lynx would have never been defeated so easily."
"You got that right," Erin said, socking Jeremy in the face. The impact threw his body off of Margot and into grass.
She shook her fist out and smiled. She had been watching the scene for the last ten minutes. And as soon as she saw Margot first hit the ground, she knew that she would need help. So she'd clawed away at her bonds, working harder at the knots than she ever had before, and finally found a way to break free.
Jeremy got up, holding his cheek, which was already redder than his hair. He glared at Erin.
"This was a trap," he said.
Erin nodded. "I don't know who the Blue Lynx is, you idiot. But I know my friend Margot is a great cosplayer."
Jeremy stamped his foot. "You bitch. You lied to me!"
He ran at Erin. As Erin went to meet him, her bare feet slipped on the wet grass. She spun around backward into Jeremy's arms, arms that immediately clutched her bare belly and breasts, and pulled her into a bearhug.
Erin squirmed. She worked her weakened biceps, but Jeremy wouldn't budge: the kid had definitely gotten stronger. And she knew she was in no condition to fight after days of captivity.
"If I can't have the Blue Lynx, I guess I'll settle for the Mayor's daughter," Jeremy sneered, sliding his hand into Erin's bra, and beginning to cup his fingers around her bare breast.
"Ugh! Pervert!" Erin said, slamming the back of her head into Jeremy's nose. The kid immediately released her and stumbled backward. Erin turned around to see his face covered in blood, his hands trying to hold it in, his eyes brimming with tears.
"Aghh!" he yelled. "You broke my nose!"
"Serves you right," Erin said. She dashed toward the startled Jeremy and jumped, grabbed him by the neck, and finally hurled him to the ground. He smashed into the grass, absorbing most of the impact with his bloody face, and instantly went limp.
Erin bent down to check him. Unconscious. Great.
She sighed, and then became aware of how cold it was, and how naked she had been for the last two days. It had been a crazy adventure, this one. And it wasn't done yet.
She got on the ground next to Margot, taking her friend by the shoulders. "Margot," she said, giving her a shake. "Margot, wake up."
Margot's eyes fluttered. She looked up, recognized her friend, and slowly smiled. "Erin," she whispered.
Erin pulled her up into a sitting position and patted her on the back. "Margot, I'm so sorry. I didn't know Jeremy had gotten so strong."
"That's okay," Margot said, brushing the dirt off of her costume. "It wasn't that bad."
Erin laughed. "Oh no, it was pretty bad."
Margot stared at her and grinned. "Yeah, I guess so." She looked at Erin's mostly-naked body. "You must be freezing."
"Yeah," Erin said. "You think I can have my costume back?"
"Umm, I guess," Margot said. "I did bring a change of clothes for you, though."
"I don't need it. The Blue Lynx's work isn't done, tonight."
On to Chapter Eleven
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