“We’re going to take a ride, Delta.” She shoves her towards the horse and laughs when Delta stumbles. ‘Tie her hands, so she can’t escape, use the tape we brought.’ Melody nods her head listening to the voice in her head.
“I can't ride.”
Melody shoves the pistol into Delta’s cheek and smiles. “Figure it out, or I will spray your beautiful brains all over Daniel’s prize stallion.”
Delta gasps and looks at the horse. Stamping her fear down, she nods in agreement.
“First, put your hands behind your back.” Delta startles and looks at her only to have Melody punch her injured thigh. Her scream of pain is covered by the blaring sirens.
Melody quickly pulls out the silver tape and wraps Delta’s hands tightly. Giving her a small shove, she giggles as Delta struggles to climb onto the horse. “I can’t do it without my hands,” Delta snaps.
Running out of time, Melody shoves the pistol into her jeans, and orders, “Put a foot in the stirrup.” When she does as ordered, she pushes, and Delta throws a leg over the saddle and almost falls off the other side. “Damn, you're useless! I don't know what he sees in you.” Delta whimpers and throws her body forward, barely managing to stay in the saddle. Melody grabs the reins and quickly mounts her horse, before giving a gentle nudge to the horses.
“Where are you taking me?” Delta mumbles as she fights back wave after wave of nausea from the pain in her thigh and head.
“Easy enough to drop her body in the river. They can't search it all at once.” Melody seems unaware that she's talking out loud to herself. Delta's blood runs cold. She's going to kill me no matter what I do. Using all her strength, she leans close to the horse's mane and kicks him hard, screaming at the same time.
Her scream startles Melody, causing her horse to break into a run and ripping the reins free. Delta’s horse runs in the opposite direction thundering across the grounds towards the pond. Melody struggles to calm her horse and points her pistol at Delta’s retreating back. She takes a breath and squeezes the trigger. Delta yells at the horse and leans in the opposite direction, forcing him to turn again at the last second causing Melody’s bullet to miss her target.
Daniel is shocked when the alarms go off inside the main lodge. The firemen arrive just as he rushes inside. Delta! His heart is screaming at him to run faster but is sure that she will be gone. He races up the stairs and down the hall to an open door.
The suite is empty, “Delta!” He yells. Nothing. Rushing back into the hallway, he runs down the steps outside and asks the first person he sees, “Did you see a blonde, with wavy hair, come this way?”
Frantically he races from person to person asking until he hears a woman say, “I saw two women get into the elevator.” Daniel races back inside and pulls out his cell phone, calling the security team. Daniel orders them around the back to the staff entrances. He skids to a stop when he rushes inside the kitchen and hears what sounds like a gunshot outside. His blood runs cold, “No!”
Delta’s horse races across the field with Melody hot on its heels. She is able to pull alongside the horse and grab the reins, pulling it to a stop, but she can only watch as Delta flies from the horse with a thud.
“Easy now,” Mel murmurs to the horses, as she climbs down. Delta isn't moving, ‘Maybe she's dead.' Her voice mumbles. Stomping over she uses her foot to roll Delta over to her back and checks for a pulse. “Good, I have plans for you.” She laughs when she sees where they are. “Perfect. Time to get this party started.” Dropping the reins of both horses, she raises the pistol and shoots it into the air once more, causing them to startle and race away, just as she intended.
Delta is terrified when the gun sounds behind her, but all she can think is that she needs to get away. She hangs on for dear life until Melody grabs the reins and sends her flying through the air and into oblivion. The first thing she notices when she wakes is that her hands are no longer taped together. Instead, they're strapped to some kind of wood. “Help…” she groans and tries to open her eyes, but blood and dirt have caked one of her eyes shut. The pain radiates from her shoulder and hip, and she gasps as the first dose of water hits her in the face.
“Wakey, Wakey,” Melody sings and laughs as Delta coughs and spits out the water.
“Why are you doing this?” Delta stammers and is surprised when Melody squats in front of her and uses a rag to wipe her eyes clean. Gently, she blots at the wound on Delta’s head to makes sure that she can see.
“Shh, it's going to be over soon. Daniel should be arriving any minute.” Delta glances around her and realizes that she's on Sarah Janes' bridge. Melody has tied her arms to the bridge and Delta is kneeling on her knees in the center of the bridge.
“Why am I here, Melody?”
Her red hair dances wildly around her as the wind blows and Delta catches the first hint of the scent that sends terror flooding into her eyes. “No,” she pants.
‘She gets it now. Light the first side.' Melody claps her hands gleefully and listens to the voice. Moving to one end of the bridge, she drops a match onto
