The Adventures of the Jade
Dragon
Episode 7
Chapter 15
Awakenings
Scorpion struggled to open
her eyes. She had been having
a hideous nightmare. She and
Sun Lin had been captured by the Black Leopard and were being subjected to
brutal torture and sexual degradation.
With a supreme effort she forced herself
awake. She gazed about
her. Where was
she? This wasn’t her room
or her bed. Then she saw the
bars and the memories flooded back into her
mind. It hadn’t been a
dream. It had all been
true.
But something wasn’t right.
She looked about her. This
wasn’t the cell she had shared with Sun
Lin. Almost everything was
different. The bed was larger
and more comfortable. There was
a chest of drawers in the corner and a proper sink and
shower. Compared to the Spartan
cell she had been confined in by the Black Leopard this was almost a luxury
apartment. One thing was the
same though. The cell was heavily
barred. It would not be easy
to escape from her prison.
She got slowly to her feet and limped to the
door. She was very sore, especially
in her nether region. This was
not an open cell like the one in which she and Sun Lion had been
confined. Only a small window
about a foot square gave her any view of the outside, and it wasn’t
much of a view. All she could
see was a narrow concrete corridor and the door of another
cell. She put her mouth to the
opening and called softly.
“Jade? Jade are you
there?’
“Scorpion?” answered Sun Lin.
From the sound of her voice she was right next
door. “I’m
here. Are you
alright?”
“About as well as can be expected,” Melissa
replied. “What
happened? Where are
we?”
“I don’t know. But
I don’t think we are prisoners of the Black Leopard
anymore. I think someone else
has us.”
“This seems like a nicer cell,” said
Melissa. “Have you seen
anyone? I’m
starving. Are we going to get
any food?”
“I’ve seen no one. And
I’m hungry too. I think
it might be the pregnancy. We
need to eat to feed the baby.”
Melissa sat down on the bunk. She
hadn’t thought of that. Of
course, there was a child growing inside of
her. She would need more food
to sustain it. She didn’t
know how she felt about that. It
was a child of rape. How could
she come to love and care for such a
baby? And whose child was it,
Shark’s or Hughie’s?
Either way she didn’t feel much attachment to
it.
“Almost as if she could read Melissa’s mind Sun Lin
spoke. “We’ve got to
care for our children,” said Sun
Lin. “It’s not their
fault that we are pregnant.
We’ve got to do our best for them even if they were forced upon
us.”
“Yes,” agreed Melissa, although she wasn’t really much in
agreement with her companion, “I suppose
so.” She put her elbows
on her knees and held her head in her
hands. Caring for the bastard
child inside her was going to be one of the hardest things she would ever
do.
Jahlen awoke from a deep
sleep. It was difficult to wake
up. It was the drug she
supposed. Chen visited her at
regular intervals and gave her another
fix. It deadened the pain and
horror of the gang rape. For
some reason she had not been taken back to the guard room.
But had been confined to a cell in Zhuang’s
dungeon. It wasn’t
bad as cells went. She had lived
in far worse places before. But,
of course, in those other places she had been able to come and go as she
pleased. She wondered what Zhuang
had planned for her. It must
be something truly diabolical for him to have left her alone for so
long. She started to feel a little
anxious. Her body still ached
from the gang rape and Chen had not come with her
fix. She hoped he wouldn’t
be late. Getting to her feet
she pushed her face against the bars and tried to see if he was
coming.
The Black
Leopard groaned as she awoke. Her
body hurt all over. That half
Asian bitch had really worked her over.
What was going to happen to her? That session on the rack had been
unbelievably painful. She had
thought she was going to die. But
she had held out. She hadn’t
told her inquisitor anything. Or
had she?
She tried to remember. She could
only recall screaming in agony so severe that it passed
description. But something nagged
at her mind. Had she said
anything? She had been delirious
with pain at the end. Was it
possible that she had given in? She
shook her head. She simply
couldn’t remember.
“God, I need a bath.” she
thought. She was covered in sweat
and the welts raised by the whip stood out boldly on her
skin. There was only a
shower. It would have to
do. Struggling off the bed, she
made her way unsteadily to the cubicle and turned on the
water. Then she closed the shower
door and sat down on the tile floor and let the water cascade over
her. It hurt where it hit her
skin, but it also felt warm and relaxing.
She closed her eyes and let the warmth flow through
her.
“Well?” asked Zhuang.
Chen stood before him. He
had just been down to the cells.
“I think Jahlen is almost ready,” Chen
answered. A few more fixes should
do it. It will be interesting
to see how she performs.”
“As for the heroines, I had the doc check them over while they were
still sleeping. They are in
reasonable condition considering that they have been repeatedly
raped. But there is no doubt
that they are both pregnant. Just
one thing though. The pregnancies
seem very well developed. It
is almost as if they were impregnated a month or so ago instead of just a
few days. I’m not sure how
that can be, but that it what the doc says.”
“Perhaps the Black Leopard can
explain. What is her
condition?”
“She’s a tough babe. She
was awake and taking a shower. I
wouldn’t mind having a crack at her myself.”
Zhuang smiled. “I don’t
know why that can’t be arranged.
Let her get herself cleaned up and then fetch her up
here. We’ll ask her some
questions and perhaps have a little fun at the same
time.”
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