Marshall Sutherland - Abduction The only light in the room was the fading coral of the setting sun, the only sounds the metallic clink of keys colliding with polished wood and a soft, exhausted sigh. It had been a long, hard day at work and all Mars wanted to do was find something to munch on and take a nap. After a solid minute of going back and forth between the scantily stocked cupboards, he snatched up a bag of sour cream and onion potato chips that appeared to be half empty. He shook it just to make sure there was anything actually in there—in this apartment, you never knew. Satisfied with the sound of shuffling that came, he tapped the cabinet door closed and made his way toward the living room.
Mars sat on the edge of the recliner, placing the bag down on the coffee table for a minute and picking up his iPod. He pressed the earbuds into place and set the device to shuffle, then set it on his leg. He picked up the bag again, the rough crunch of the plastic causing what was a minimal headache to flare up momentarily as he unrolled it and gathered up a few chips to pop into his mouth. As he sunk into the chair, he almost immediately felt a bit more relaxed; the recliner was probably the most comfortable piece of furniture in the whole place, and quite often he'd even bring a pillow and blanket out to it when his bed brought no rest.
He didn’t hear the creak of the bedroom door as it slid open. He didn’t hear the soft thunk of approaching footsteps, or feel the sink and rise of the old floorboards as the stranger crept up behind him. Just as his ears caught the sound of the guitar solo coming to an end and the vocals leading the rest of the instruments back into the song, a damp cloth closed in over Marshall’s mouth. His eyes shot open and his arms flailed out, scattering chips all over the floor as he knocked the bag off his lap in a struggle to get away. It was useless; the man had his other arm gripped across Mars’ chest, holding him back, and the more Mars struggled the faster his world faded away. The last sound to fill his ears was the intro to a song called “Turquoise”.