The Adventures of Whirlwind
Warfare in the Thirtieth
Century
Episode
2
The
Mercenary
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Chapter 6
The Ring
OOOhhh!
What
a headache! Aello felt like someone
was inside her skull and pounding to get
out.
Relax honey, said a voice from directly to
one side of her. The pain will pass in a few
minutes.
Aello turned her head slowly to the left to see who was
talking. She saw a tall, heavily
built, Caucasian. He was sitting
on a stool a few feet from her. He
was not alone. Directly behind
him stood several more men. They
all looked pretty tough. She
tried to move her arms, but found that she could
not. She suddenly realized that
she was shackled; probably with the light but strong electronic cuffs widely
used by police forces. She had
a hint of that as she was tied to someone
else. Her arms were stretched
behind her back and secured around the waist of someone behind
her. Each of her wrists was manacled
and joined by a short length of chain.
The person whose body was pressed against Aello in turn had her arms
pulled behind her and shackled in the same manner as
Aellos. Since Aello could
see the chain linking the persons wrists just under her breasts, she
guessed that she was probably manacled in the same
way. From the light brown skin
color that she could see that she was shackled to
Kamna. Just to make doubly sure
that neither woman went anywhere, another light strong chain passed over
her breasts and under her armpits, pulling the torsos of the two women
together. Aello looked the other
way and saw Senia and Lina immobilized in exactly the same
fashion. To her relief, Aello
noticed that she was still clothed as were all of her
companions. What their captors
intended to do with them was unknown, but Aello found it somewhat reassuring
that the helpless mech pilots had not been stripped naked immediately upon
capture. Perhaps they would escape
the humiliation of sexual assault this
time.
She continued her sweep of the room.
Carter and Jeff were nowhere
in sight. That worried
her. Why separate the men and
the women? She got her answer
sooner than expected.
Weve got your boyfriends upstairs,
said the man who had spoken previously.
Theyre being
questioned. If they cooperate
you ladies will be free to go. If
not
The man licked
his lips ominously, his eyes fixed on Aellos
breasts.
Aello felt a hollow feeling deep inside
her. Not again, she
thought. Please, not
again!
The wait seemed interminable, although it probably was
no more than a few hours. During
that time Aello tested her bonds as did Kamna, but there was no
give. She could not get any slack
in the chains without pulling them more tightly about her partner and every
time Kamna moved the same thing happened to
Aello. It was a clever arrangement,
making it almost impossible for either woman to slip out of the
chains. And since the locks on
the manacles were electronic there was no chance of picking them even if
they had been able to get a hand free.
With nothing else to do, Aello studied the men who guarded
them. For the most part they
were an unpleasant-looking bunch.
Piracy did not tend to bring out the best characteristics in the human
race nor attract those who were inclined toward any of the gentler aspects
of human nature. It was the way
that the men were studying her and her companions, however that made Aello
nervous. There was no doubt from
the way each mans eyes traveled over their bodies as to what they intended
to do with them. Aellos
sense of dread increased as every moment
passed.
Eventually the long wait
ended. A tall, broad-shouldered
man entered the room and gave the long waited
message. No dice Max, those
two wont talk. The red-haired
one doesnt know much in any case and the other resisted everything
we threw at him, even mind controlling
drugs. Hes one tough bastard,
but if hes anything like most mech commanders I have come across hes
got a soft spot for his pilots, especially if they are female, and weve
got quite a bunch here.
Max nodded with
satisfaction. He was the heavyset
man who had spoken earlier.
Thats good news in a way, Captain, Ive been looking
forward to having a go at these babes.
Ill bet you have, the pirate captain
replied. His eyes settled on
Aellos breasts. A
nice looking bunch of tit. I
think we ought to get started.
During this conversation none of the woman had said a
thing, but now Senia spoke up.
You sons of bitches.
If I could get free Id kick your sorry
asses. Pretty brave bunch tying
up a bunch of women. How many
of you did that take? A
dozen? One on one and you
wouldnt have a fucking chance against any of
us.
The captain grinned.
Well, Blondie.
Were gonna find out just how tough you
are. You want one on one, well
youre gonna get it, as many times as you can handle
it.
Aello wasnt sure what the pirate captain meant
by that last remark, but it didnt sound much as if the man was interested
in fair play.
Untie the Blonde and the Black, the Captain
ordered, Im interested in seeing how well they
fight.
A couple of men attended to releasing Senia and
Lina. They made sure that neither
the tall African nor the willowy blonde got up to any funny business by placing
shackles on ankles before removing any of the chains holding their
arms. As soon as the chains were
removed each womans arms were forced behind her back and she was handcuffed
with conventional electronic cuffs.
Kamna and Aello were hauled to their feet and then all
four women were herded out of the room and down a short corridor to an open
elevator. It was hard going for
Aello and Kamna since they were bound back to back and had difficulty walking,
but they made it. The four women
were crowded into the elevator along with four pirates, including the Captain
and Max. In the confined space
and bound as they were, there was no chance of
escape. The elevator opened into
a large room that was full of athletic
equipment. It seemed to be some
sort of fitness center. Aello
found the thought of pirates working out to be a strange
one. She had always imagined
them as drunken thugs, but it seemed that these pirates might be different,
as there were about a half dozen men in the room when they
arrived. Soon a couple of dozen
more men arrived. It was clear
that the four women were to be part of some important
event. Aello shivered, she could
guess what it would be.
She now noticed that in the center of the room was a
large ring. She had seen something
similar to this before. Although
prizefighting was not a part of her culture she was familiar with the
concept. She was looking at a
boxing or wrestling ring. Since
the four women were directed toward the ring, she began to get an inkling
of what the Captain had meant when he said that he would see how well Senia
could fight.
This is a little rig I fixed up to entertain our
prisoners, said the Captain.
We get quite a few, both male and
female. Let me show you how it
works. Going over to the side
of the ring he pulled a lever.
There was a whirring sound and Aello noticed for the first time that
a large transparent dome was suspended over the
ring. It was large enough to
cover the ring quite easily and anyone who was in
it. The dome was slowly descending,
suspended from several steel cables.
What we do, continued the Captain, is
place the contestants in the ring and then they
fight. There is no way out unless
we let them out. Sometimes we
have those we have captured fight one
another. We allow the winner
to live. And sometimes one of
us enters the ring to see what we can do against our
captives. This time we play a
tag team match. It will be the
Blonde and the Black against two of us.
The prize for the women will be their
freedom. For the men
..
Well, I think you can guess.
Aello could indeed
guess. She knew that the best
any woman who lost could expect would be to be brutally
raped.
They were surrounded now by grinning
pirates. Without further ado
Senia and Lina were pushed into the ring through a small opening in the
dome. A few seconds later a half
dozen men followed them. The
rest took seats around the periphery.
This included Aello and Kamna, who were forced into a sitting position
at the side of the ring.
Whats this, you assholes? shouted
Senia. I thought you said
it was to be a tag team match.
And so it is, Babe, laughed the
Captain. Its just
that our tag team is a bit bigger than yours.
You sons of
bitches! Have you no sense of
honour?
Honour,
mercenary? What a strange thing
for you to be talking about. Of
course we have no honour.
Were bloody pirates!
Get em ready. I
want to see a fight.
One of the pirates produced a set of keys and approached
Senia and Lina. He unlocked the
manacles that held their wrists and then tossed the keys at their
feet. Senia bent and picked them
up and unlocked the shackles on their
ankles.
OK, shouted the
Captain. Its one
on one. Tag off whenever you
like. Any cheating and the whole
bunch will attack you together. The
blonde starts.
Cheating, Aello realized probably meant that
the two women could not fight together.
Each would have to fight alone against a single
man. If they got into trouble
or got tired they could tag off with one
another. The main difference
was that the pirates had six men on their
team. If the women possessed
any fighting skills the pirates would use their superior numbers to tag off
more frequently and wear the two females
down. It was not a fair fight,
but as the pirate captain had said, they were pirates they had no
sense of honuor or fair play.
Senia moved to the center of the
ring. One of the pirates moved
out to meet her. The fight was
about to begin.
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