Kiana

Kiana

The Untamed

Episode 1

Phantom of the Forest

Chapter 3 Escape

Danielle stumbled forward. She was exhausted. The tropical heat and humidity were beating her down. And it was difficult to walk with her hands tied behind her back. If it had not been for Kiana she would have collapsed long ago. The half-wild girl seemed tireless and had helped her on numerous occasions. Danielle was tethered to the girl by a six foot lead. Fortunately Delzinga had realized that it was not a good idea to tie the end of each rope about their necks, although he had threatened to if they showed any ideas of escaping. Instead he had secured it about their waists. That had enabled Kiana to pull Danielle up the steeper slopes saving the American woman’s strength. But she could not go much farther.

Before the ordeal of the march began, Delzinga had allowed both women to dress; Kiana in her original skimpy costume, and Danielle in a spare set of clothes she had brought along. It was a minor thing considering their predicament, but Danielle found being dressed again boosted her confidence. There was no way to tell if it had any effect on Kiana at all.

Danielle and Kiana were near the head of the column along with Delzinga and Abeba. Kiana was there because she was acting as the guide in the trek to the ruins that contained the treasure Delzinga sought. Danielle was there because she was the hostage who kept Kiana in line. The girl would cooperate as long as Danielle’s life was threatened.

Delzinga held up his hand signaling a halt. It was late in the afternoon and time to set up camp. In spite of Danielle’s fatigue, the expedition actually moved at a fairly leisurely pace. No one except Kiana was used to the steamy heat of the lost valley. Delzinga made a point of stopping every two hours for a rest and a water break. He also untied the wrists of the two women so that they could restore their circulation. He made sure that they made no attempt to run off, however, by tethering their ankles. Danielle’s camera crew had been left behind at the original camp. Delzinga had not even bothered to leave anyone to guard them. He knew that they were not going to go anywhere. Not one of them had any experience in surviving in the wild. They would stay where they were left until Delzinga returned.

The camp settled into a regular routine. Several men were delegated to guard the women while several others busied themselves building an enclosure to hold them for the night. Delzinga was taking no chances. It was a bamboo cage similar to the one Danielle and Kiana had been confined in the previous day. To make it even more difficult to escape Delzinga had it hoisted ten feet off the ground. But before Danielle was allowed to take her place in her aerial jail Delzinga had something more planned for her.

Danielle knew something was going to happen when Kiana was herded into the cage and she was not. The look on Delzinga’s face confirmed her suspicions. “What is this?” she asked. “You promised that I would be left alone.”

“No I didn’t,” he said. I promised you would not be harmed. What I intend is nothing more than a bit of innocent fun.”

“You bastard,” Danielle said. Her eyes flicked around her as if she was looking for a way to escape.

“You promise not to hurt Danielle,” Kiana shouted from the cage.

“It’s just a little blow job,” Delzinga said, ignoring the jungle girl. “I had to promise my men something.”

“I won’t do it,” Danielle protested. “You’ll have to rape me.”

“Believe me, I’d really like to do that,” Delzinga replied. “However, if you insist I’ll have a few of my men work the jungle girl over instead.”

Danielle was trapped. Once again threatening the innocent young girl forced her to cooperate. “You absolute prick,” she said. A sense of helplessness overwhelmed her. Delzinga could do whatever he wanted with her and she could do nothing about it.

“I thought you’d see reason,” Delzinga said, correctly interpreting Danielle’s mood. He knew he had her.

“We drew lots,” he said. “Shakeb and Taye won.” He motioned to two of the men he had hired.

Danielle swallowed. She had never set eyes on two more unsavory thugs. The two men leered at her as they stepped forward. They were typical of the men Delzinga had hired and she had been too inexperienced to pass judgment on. Now she was about to pay a further price for her choice of guides.

In the cage behind them Kiana was screaming in rage. “I no take you to treasure. You let Danielle go.”

“Shouldn’t have taught her how to talk,” Delzinga muttered. “Tell her to shut up or I’ll have her join in the fun.”

“Don’t let her see this,” Danielle pleaded. “She’ll be quiet.”

Delzinga nodded. “A minor request. Take her back down the trail a ways.”

Kiana’s shouts died away as Danielle was led back the way they had come. A few hundred feet away they halted. About half the men had accompanied her to watch the show. One of them was Abeba. “On your knees,” he ordered.

Mortified, but fearful of what Delzinga might do to Kiana, Danielle went to her knees. Taye stepped up first. She almost gagged as he dropped his ragged pants and released his penis. Despite the presence of water at the last campsite it was quite obvious that Taye had never once considered using any of it to wash.

“Take it, American bitch,” Abeba ordered. Controlling her revulsion, Danielle closed her hand over Taye’s phallus. The man groaned in pleasure as she slowly masturbated him. And then gasped as she took his stiffening staff into her mouth. Around her the other men commented on her humiliation, adding their jibes and insults as she was degraded.

Danielle tried to blot out everything around her, focusing entirely on the disgusting task she was forced to perform. For awhile she succeeded, until Taye exploded, releasing his sticky white ropes of sperm over her. The shouts and laughter that accompanied his orgasm, brought her back to reality with a rude shock. And then it was Shakeb’s turn.

Kiana crouched in the cage. There wasn’t room to stand up. She had stopped her screaming, but burned with a silent fury. Her friend Danielle was being punished again. And she hadn’t done a thing to deserve it. Delzinga had gone back on his word and Kiana was helpless to do anything about it. She knew that if she refused to cooperate with the black-bearded man then Danielle would be brutally violated again and again until she finally gave in. She gripped the bars of the cage. There wasn’t much to it. Given enough time she could break out without difficulty, but she didn’t have the time and meanwhile although she couldn’t see or hear what was going on she was sure that Danielle was being brutalized. At that moment a familiar presence pricked her mind.

“Kitty,” she thought. Her capture had completely driven the thought of her friend from her mind. It was strange that the big cat was so close. It was far outside the panther’s hunting territory. “She must have followed me,” Kiana mused. She sent out a mental probe.

“Kitty, I’m in trouble. Kitty help.” There was an immediate response. Kitty didn’t really think in words, so Kiana could not always be sure what was going through her jungle companion’s mind. But here was no mistaking the emotional surge that came back at her. The big cat was angry, very angry.

Danielle help her hand to her stomach. Shakeb has insisted that she swallow his cum. She was almost sick, but things were about to get worse. “Why can’t we all have a go at her?”

Danielle paled. The man hadn’t spoken English so she wasn’t certain what he had said, but there was no mistaking his tone of voice or his gesture toward her. She was not going to be allowed to get away with just a couple of blow jobs. Almost certainly she was going to be gang raped.

Abeba appeared to consider what the man had said, but his thoughts were rudely interrupted. A hideous scream split the forest air. A scream that froze every man in his tracks.

It froze Danielle as well. She had never heard so horrible a sound. And then the crowd of men seemed to dissolve into a panic stricken mob. Running down the trail toward them were most of the men who had stayed in the camp. Their eyes were wide with fear and they were so desperate to escape from whatever threatened them that they stumbled and pushed against one another as they ran.

For an instant Danielle almost joined them. Then realizing that she had an opportunity to escape she ran the other way. When she reached the camp she wished she had followed the men. The camp was almost deserted. Even Delzinga was gone. But beneath the cage holding Kiana was the largest leopard she had ever seen. And underneath the leopard were the mangled bodies of two of Delzinga’s men. Danielle’s blood ran cold as the huge carnivore’s yellow eyes fastened on her. She wanted to run but could not move.

“Danielle help me,” Kiana called out. “Help me before bad men come back. Kitty not hurt you.”

“Kitty?” Danielle stared at the feline monster in front of her. “Kitty?’

“Hurry Danielle.” Bad men come back soon.”

As if on some secret command the huge cat turned and slipped silently into the forest. Danielle napped out of her trance and ran forward. Swallowing her revulsion she retrieved a knife from the belt one of the torn bodies the cat had left behind. It took her only seconds to cut away enough of the rope holding the cage door shut to release Kiana. The girl dropped out of the cage and taking Danielle’s hand led her swiftly in the direction the cat had taken. Almost immediately they were swallowed up by the forest.

Danielle stumbled along behind the forest girl. Leaves and branches slapped against her face. Somehow Kiana seemed able to avoid these, but Danielle ran right into them. They didn’t go too far. Kiana stopped at the base of a huge tree. “Go up,” she said, pointing to the overhead branches.

“Danielle’s knees buckled. She was so exhausted that she could no longer stand. “I can’t go up there,” she gasped.

“Kiana help,” said the forest girl. Taking Danielle by one arm she pulled her to her feet and pushed her toward the trunk of the tree. The American woman was amazed at the girl’s strength. Helping her to the trunk of the tree Kiana actually lifted her off the ground, enabling Danielle to catch hold of the lower branches. Then climbing alongside her she pushed and pulled her to the higher levels of the tree.

Sixty feet up, Kiana settled the American into the crotch of the giant tree, a place where three branches radiated from the immense trunk. It formed a natural depression, large enough to hold several people. “We stay here,” Kiana said. “Bad men not find us.”

Exhausted Danielle settled back into the tree. She could hardly believe what had happened. Somehow, against all odds she and Kiana had managed to escape. The reaction left her mentally and physically spent. She closed her eyes and then opened them when she felt the presence of a heavy body beside hers.

“Oh God!” she exclaimed. She almost wet herself. Less than a foot away was the head of the huge black leopard that had killed two of Delzinga’s men. It was so close she could feel its breath on her cheek.

“We safe now,” said Kiana. “Kitty watch us.”

To Danielle’s amazement the massive black animal settled down beside Kiana and began to purr as the forest girl roughly rubbed its head. “I must be dreaming,” thought Danielle. “Or having the strangest nightmare.”

Kiana pulled fondly on the cat’s ears and then got up. “You stay here,” she said to Danielle. “I get food.”

“Wait,” Danielle said too late. The girl moved before she could speak and disappeared into the foliage. Danielle was alone with the leopard.

“Oh fuck!” Danielle murmured. It seemed the only way to properly describe the situation. She was trapped sixty feet above the ground in the presence of a man eating carnivore.

Kitty opened one great yellow eye and nuzzled her leg with his head. “N..Nice Kitty,” Danielle quavered. She gently stroked the leopard’s head. The huge cat purred and pushed his head against her. She continued to stroke the sleek head, gently at first and then a little more vigorously the way that Kiana had. The cat’s purring intensified and it stretched out of the limb next to her, twisting its body until for a second she thought the cat might fall off the branch.

“Kitty be careful,” said Kiana sliding down beside Danielle. She was holding a basket made of leaves. “Kitty get too happy, fall off tree,” she explained. She opened the basket. Inside were several varieties of fruits and nuts. Danielle recognized none of them.

“Eat,” Kiana said. “Good food. Tomorrow we hunt. Get meat.”

Kiana was right. The food was good. Danielle ate what she could and then fatigue caught up with her. Halfway to her lips, she let a nut drop, and closing her eyes, leaned back against the tree and fell asleep.

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