It couldn't get any worse

                                  by Fear359
                                    (f, qs)


It  couldn't  have  started  out any better for Judy. She had just won her high
school  tennis  championship, in singles, and doubles, she got a scholarship to
the  University Of North Carolina, and she just left a party with her boyfriend
and  they  were  on  their way to Look Out Hill. Look Out Hill was nothing more
than a hill that over looked the city, and where kids drank beer and had sex.

"Billy, where are we going?"

"Come  on  Judy,  where  do  you think we're going? To Look Out Hill! You got a
problem with that?"

"Well,  as  a matter fact I do. Why do we always have to go there? Why can't we
go  somewhere different? I get a little tired of making out, and you always try
to  get  into my pants! Why can't we go out for pizza, or just hang out like we
used to?"

"Are  you telling me that you don't want to make out with me anymore? What, are
you  too  good for old Billy now that you are the state tennis champ, and going
to North Carolina next year?"

"No,  I'm not saying that I too good for you. I would just like to do something
different,  that's  all!  And  besides  that,  you  have  been drinking and you
promised me that you would stop that!"

"Oh,  the  mighty big shot wants something different. Well, how about if I were
to  stop  and  let  you  drive, and that way you could drive us to anywhere you
wanted to go!"

"Fine, pull over and I'll drive!"

Billy  pulled  over  on the dirt road, put the car in park and opened the door.
Judy  opened  her  door and got out, and started to walk around the back of the
car.  But  Billy jumped back in the car, put it in gear and took off in a cloud
of smoke, leaving Judy somewhere standing in the middle of it.

"Alright, Miss tennis star! Let's see how you like them apples! I just drive up
to  Look  Out Hill and wait for you to show up! And by then you'll want to make
out with me!"

"BILLY!  Damn  it,  Billy!  You stupid bastard! Come back here! BILLY!" As Judy
watched  the tail lights disappear in the darkness she knew that going out with
Billy  was  another  mistake  that  she was going to correct once she left this
town.  Once  she  got  to  UNC  she could find a real man, a nice man, one that
wanted  something more than sex. As she thought about what she was going to do,
follow  the jerk or turn around and go home. It was about a four mile walk, but
there  was  a  trail about a mile and a half back, that would take off at least
two  miles  and  would put her just outside of town. After looking back towards
Look  Out  Hill  she didn't want to see Billy, not in his present state. So she
turned  back  towards  town and started walking. Judy was glad that she had her
sneakers  on. At least she wasn't in heels out here, that would be a major pain
in  the  ass.  At  least  she  could  walk  in comfort, and if she had to start
running, she wouldn't have to run barefoot through God knows what.

The  dirt road that she was walking on ran beside and through a swamp. Not that
she was scared, she had been in the swamp many times with her friends, fishing,
camping  and  playing hide and go seek, so that wasn't the problem. The problem
was  that  she  was out here by herself, and even though she could hold her own
against  anyone,  what  would  happen  if  there were two to her one? With that
thought  in her mind she began to walk a little faster, until she came upon the
small  dense trail that lead right through the swamp, and came out a quarter of
a  mile  from town. Judy wished she had a flashlight or even a lighter to light
the  way  back.  All she could do was use the light from the moon that was out,
but  as  she  got  deeper  into  the  swamp  the light from the moon was slowly
disappearing,  until  there  was  nothing but darkness. Judy walked into spider
webs  twice,  and  started  screaming like she was trapped. She hit at the webs
that were in her face until they were gone, and then she kept on walking.

She  could  hear water on her left, so that meant that she was somewhere in the
middle  of  the swamp. The water near town didn't run that fast, because of the
run  off  that  was built to take the water other places. As Judy came down the
trail  she stepped on a rock that rolled when she put her full weight on it and
down she went grabbing her ankle after she hit the ground.

"Damn  it, that hurt! Crap! I think that I sprained it. Billy, I was gonna give
you  another  chance,  but after this you can go to hell for all I care! I hope
that  I  can  walk on this ankle!" As Judy got up, and put pressure on her left
ankle  to  see  if  she could make it back home, the pain was there, but it was
nothing that she couldn't handle. So she continued on walking. As she came to a
fork  in the road she didn't remember this right fork at all. And as she looked
to  her left she could see the lights of town off in the distance. So with that
she  started  walking  down the left trail and was making good time despite the
twisted  ankle  she was walking on. As Judy walked on she could feel the ground
getting  softer with each step that she took. Judy stopped and took a few steps
back,  and bent down to touch the ground to see how muddy it was. Noticing that
the ground was wet and muddy, she decided to cut to her left and go through the
grass  until she could pass the mud. No sense in getting her sneakers dirty and
muddy when she didn't have to.

Judy made her way to the left and through the grass, and once she felt that she
had  gone far enough she stepped back onto the trail and started walking again.
Judy  took  her  fifth step when her right foot slipped underneath the mud, and
her  forward motion caused her left foot to follow the right one. As Judy tried
to  pull  her feet free she had this funny feeling that she was sinking. And as
she looked down, she could see that she /was/ sinking.

"Shit! New sneakers covered in mud, boyfriend is an asshole, and I'm stupid for
being here. All I have to do is pull one foot out, and then the other one and I
can  be  on  my  way.  Ah, ah! Come on, come on! I know you're not that deep in
there! Come on, will ya! Whoa, hey wait a minute! What's going on?"

Judy  felt  the  mud  beneath her feet turn to mush, and she started to sink in
deeper.

"Hey!  What the hell is going on here? I can't get - ah - can't get out of this
mucky  mess! It feels like ... Oh shit! Quicksand! Billy, please! If you're out
there,  please  help  me!  I'm  sinking in quicksand and can't get out! Please,
anyone! Help me!"

Judy  struggled with all her might, and even though she had so strong legs, the
quicksand  proved  to  be a little bit stronger. It sucked her in to her knees,
and the more she struggled the deeper she sank. The quicksand pulled her to her
waist  in  a  matter  of  minutes, because Judy wouldn't stop struggling to get
free.

"Would  you stop already? I don't want to sink anymore! Please, stop it! I said
/stop it!/"

The  quicksand pulled Judy in waist deep, and then she could feel the quicksand
pointing  her  toes  downward.  She  thought  that  would  help so she lets the
quicksand  do  it,  and then that way she should be able to slide herself right
out.

"That's  right, quicksand! Go ahead and point my feet downwards. That way I can
slide right out of here. I don't know why I didn't think of that before!"

As  Judy  tried  to  pull  her  legs up and out she found out why the quicksand
pointed her feet downwards.

"Ah,  shit!  Stop  it! You tricked me! Now I'm sinking even faster than before!
Somebody,  please  help  me!  I'm  trapped in some kind of quicksand and I need
help! Please somebody!"

Judy  tried  everything  that  she knew to get out, but everything that she did
only  drove  her in the quicksand that much deeper. The quicksand pulled her in
to her chest, and she tried to get her feet back level, but the quicksand would
have  no  part  of  that.  And  with  every  move  that Judy made the quicksand
swallowed  more  and  more of her. When the quicksand pulled her in to her neck
Judy  knew  that she was going to die if someone didn't come to her rescue, and
soon.

"HELP  ME!  Somebody,  please!  I'm  sinking  in quicksand! Can anyone hear me?
Please! Somebody! I need help!"

The quicksand pulled Judy under in forty-five seconds, and the town would never
know what happened to her. They will think that Billy killed her and buried her
somewhere in the swamp. No one would ever know the truth of how Judy cried, and
screamed for help, but there was no one around to hear her cries for help.