Chapter 19: Caught

Ellie's head was pounding, she wasn't able to focus on anything other than the sharp stabbing pain in the back of her head. She groaned and rolled on her side, noticing that her hands were tied and her eyes blindfolded. She couldn't tell where she was but she was lying on a hard surface, her hands secured behind her back. 

"Easy, there," a voice said next to her. She felt a hand come up to her shoulder and help ease her into a sitting position. "You took a nasty fall to the head. You probably have a concussion."

"Where am I? Who are you?" Ellie asked, panic starting to overwhelm her as she realized she had been kidnapped.

"You are with us rebels. We really aren't a terrible lot, we just have different views of the world than you do. And my name is not important," the voice replied.

"Ok, that's really unhelpful," Ellie said, her mind racing as she remembered what happened before she blacked out.

The man crouched down on the ground next to