„Phew, that has been number three now!“
Madame Yini, Cheng and Yuen were sitting at the small table placed in the corridor behind the mirror that allowed them to watch the tea room without being seen. Business there was as usual, with many Chinese and some Americans drinking their tea, having bisquits and gossiping. But from time to time, a rather sinister looking man had entered and asked if one of the employees had seen two missing girls.
Madame Yini had quite many employees, but only three of them were involved in her girl trade and knew about it: Yuen, her right hand, and Tian and Hu, who were actually Kane`s men, but who worked at her place as well, since Mr. Kane only occasionally needed their work. Hu, who was the more handsome of the two, now had to serve in the tea room and from time to time reported about the unusual visitors.
„It seems that Wong has told two crazy girls who believe that they are a Princess and her maid have run away from his house and he want`s them back, since they may be lunatics, but also his relatives. He has offered a reward of 100 Dollars for any hint.“
Cheng did not seem too exited about that.
„Well, all they know for sure is that someone must have helped the girls to escape. And since the two American women are rather poor, the one who helped is someone interested in the Princess. So, they are looking around mostly in Chinatown. But here are some 5000 people, they can`t search every house.“
Madame Yini looked at him as if he had said something very, very stupid.
„He may not suspect me particulary, but his men control every transport from here to the harbour. And that means, we can`t get the girls on Mr. Kane`s cutter unseen. But perhaps, your connections helping you to get the Princess back to China have room for some excess baggage.“
Cheng hadn`t told her that his recent order didn`t require much room for excess baggage. He still was thinking how he could save the life of the Princess. Of course, he could just let her go and take her jewelry as a compensation. But that would result in several problems and besides, it looked like he had just failed. He had some ideas, but he would have to check out the details before he could work on these.
„Well, there are some – difficulties I have to take care of“, he replied carefully. Madame Yini now lost her temper:
„Well then, what are you waiting for? Go and get rid of these difficulties! Yuen! You will assist him and you two will also try to find a way to get the girls to the harbour!“
she had become quite loud and some of the guests now looked at the mirror. Hu made a sign to them to lower their voices. When the guests turned back to their cups, Cheng rose and slightly bowed.
„As you wish, Madame. Yuen and I will go and just risk to be killed whilst you are doing the real work by staying here.“
„Maybe, getting killed by Womg`s men is not the worst thing that could happen to you!“, Madame Yini hissed. „But now, stop losing time and go! In the meantime, I will take care of our Imperial guest.“
When they sneaked out of the side entrance, Cheng noticed the expression of worry on Yuen`s face. Maybe, one of his ideas would be quite realistic.
***
„Whoever invented the saying of someone being a pain in the ass, he sure had Vanessa`s image in mind!“, Zenobia thought when another tug on the chain pulled her hands between her buttocks and chaffed the soft flesh between her legs.
Their close skin-to-skin contact would have been mean enough without the blonde former landlady. Zenobia and Andrea were pressed together so tightly that their experience in Dead Tree Valley seemed nothing in comparison. Their boobs were mashed together in a way that even when she arched her back, she could only see a bit of both their cleavages when she looked down. Their bellies clinged together and their pubic mounds were impossible to separate. First, Andrea`s pubic hair had brushed her on every movement one of them made, but now, their sweat had led to some slippery and they now grinded their loins against each other.
Feeling the hot and sweaty body of her beloved Andrea so close was overwhelming for Zenobia. She knew that they should have thought of a possibility of escape, but what could they do? Their gags were too tightly applied to get them out of their mouths and the cuffs consisted of steel and could not be slipped off either. They would have to stay like this till someone found them – or till their captors would get them to somewhere else.
Zenobia would have loved to just close her eyes and enjoy Andrea`s close presenced for the moment, but Vanessa prevented such a temporarily escape. The blonde constantly wriggled and squirmed, causing the chain to dig deep into both Andrea`s and Zenobia`s cleft. Of course, Vanessa could not be blamed for that. The chain tied to Zenobia`s wrists was running between her and Andrea`s legs before going up to the hook in the ceiling. This meant that the two girls were firmly pressed against each other, but the chain only rubbed against their butts and not their pussies. However, the chain did not end at the hook, but went down and disappeared between Vanessa`s legs before it ended at her wrist ties. Since Andrea had been placed between the two women, the chain now was pulled rather tight and constantly teased Vanessa`s pussy. Each movement made the fine links rub over her clit, irritating and frustrating her. The only way of minimizing the pressure a bit was pressing her loins against Andrea`s butt even closer, or to stand on her toes for a short while, this causing her boobs to rub over the reporter`s sweaty back.
„Mmmhrrrrrrr!“
Andrea rolled her eyes in frustration. This permanent disturbance from behind was just an indecent version of a person standing too close in a row or in a train. She had tried to look over her shoulders and stare daggers at Vanessa, but the blonde had not reacted at all. And a step on Vanessa`s toes had onla made the situation worse, since the other woman had squirmed even more then.
Zenobia thought of a way of giving her friend some consolation. Since Andrea`s hands were slung around her and connected to her own wrist ties, she could reach for her fingers and held them in her hands. After a while, Andrea reacted and their fingers entangled into each other. Andrea seemed to calm down a bit and let her chin sink on Zenobia`s shoulder. The Black looked into her blue eyes so close to her own and tried to send her thoughts to Andrea`s mind:
„Relax, dear, at least, we are together now and as long we are together, things could be worse.“
Andrea seemed to understand, for she blinked shortly and then, she increased her grip on Zenobia?s fingers.
A few yards away, Myra and Jody had come to the conclusion that they could do nothing but just wait for better times. However, whilst Myra had more or less accepted her fate, Jody had fought until exhaustion had stopped her. She had writhed and squirmed, trying to get at least a part of her bondage undone. It had been to no avail. Her ball-tied position allowed some fluttering of her legs and some movement of her arms, but none of that did help her in any way to get free. If she distorted her body as much as she could, she could reach for the bars of the cage in front of her, but these were too solid to be bent or broken by her desperate pulling. The stick holding her in her position was too thick to be broken too.
So, Jody had screamed and panted for a while, but she had only become out of breath and so, she sat in enforced silence, looking up to her equally naked companion.
Now, Myra tried to do something about their fate. Jody`s fighting spirit, though now defeated, had somehow inspired her. First, she tried to bent down to Jody to find a way of rubbing their gags to each other, but no matter how much she crunched her belly, she could not do more than to tip her nose against Jody`s head.
Next, Myra tried to get her bound hands to Jody`s face, but with her elbows bound and her legs spread, she could not get her fingers even close to her companion. Panting, Myra tried another thing. It would be more than humiliating for both of them, but if it worked, she could ungag Jody. Perhaps, if the blonde could cry for help, someone would hear them! It was a weak chance, but it was worth a try.
Slowly, Myra slipped forward by bending her legs and pushing with her arms against the edge of the cage.
„Mmhhmmph! Uuuhhmmmmph! Nnnnngggg!“
Jody protested with widened eyes when Myra`s pussy came closer and closer to her face, but Myra continued her effort. If she could get herself over Jody`s head, she could work on the girl?s gag with her fingers. So, closing her eyes in self-denial and ignoring Jody`s muffled protests, she pushed herself forward.
„Mmhhrrrrrrr! Mhhrrrrrr!“
Jody desperately tried to turn her head and screamed for help when Myra`s still wet middle pressed against her face. The soft flesh stifled her, she could see nothing and finally, she could not even breathe!
Myra felt the vibrations of Jody`s cries against her pussy, but she persisted for about one more minute before she sank back, panting from exhaustion. Jody`s head was just too big an obstacle to get over it.
„Mhhrrrrrrmm! Uuhhmmmph! Mhhmmmrrrmmmph!“
With her face red and her hair wet and dishevelled, Jody looked up to her, cursing her through her gag for what she had done. Myra tried to excuse with her eyes, but finally, both girls just resigned and waited for things to come.
***
Princess Jinjin had mmphed through her gag when Madame Yini stepped to her bed. The girl hoped the woman would ungag her and she could try to offer her something for her freedom, but Madame Yini just put three things to the bed. One was a pair of scissors, the others two pairs of her used knickers, the one that had previously gagged Myra and one from her laundry drawer.
„Mhhm?“
„Oh, you will soon find out what these are for. But first, some foreplay before I will play with you, my dear Imperial Highness.“
Jinjin`s eyes looked fearful at Madame Yini who had stepped behind the still bound, gagged and blindfolded Lien.
„So helpless“, Madame Yini purred as she let her finges slide over Lien`s naked and stretched arms.The bodyguard showed no reaction, even when Madame Yini tickled her armpits.
„You can`t do anything against whatever I will do to you.“
She grabbed Lien`s quite ample breasts and kneaded them for a while. Again, Lien showed no reaction. Getting bored, Madame Yini loosened the knot of her breast cloth and exposed her boobs. Then, she grabbed the dangling front end of the girl`s loincloth and pulled. The cloth tightened and now, Lien emitted a small grunt when the cloth was finally yanked away from between her legs, leaving her stark naked.
„So helpless and naked. But don`t mind, I will take care of the Princess now. Then, you will feel less alone in your nudity!“
Jinjin mmphed as the woman approached the lower end of the bed. she squirmed and writhed, but she could not prevent Madame Yini from crumpling the skirt of her dress and her slip, pushing the cloth over her knees. Then, she took Lien`s breast cloth and tied her bare legs, just above the knees.
„I don`t want you to kick me when I undo your shoes.“
„Mhmmmph! Mhhmmm!“
she sat on the girl`s legs and loosened her ankle ties before taking off her bootlets and the silky stockings. When she stood up, Jinjin flailed her lower legs, but Madame Yini now had taken the scissors.
„I am not sure what my partner has planned for you, but in my business, I check my merchandise before I buy or sell it. Unfortunately for you, I am not dealing with clothes and you are not my size either.“
„Mmhmmmph! Nnng!“
But mercilessly Madame Yini grabbed the neckline of Jinjin`s dress and cut it open from her neck to her ankles. Then, she literally unfolded it like the pages of a book, revealing a white silk slip. Since it was better for travelling, the Princess had chosen a light, but decent wardrobe.
„Oh, my Imperial Highness, are you freezing or are you glad to see me?“
Jinjin`s hardened nipples were pushing against the flimsy material. Since her breasts were firm and rather small, she was wearing no additional cloth over them. She mewed with anger and embarrassment when Madame Yini playfully squeezed them between her thumbs and index fingers.
„Such lovely, little buds. But buds can only develop when they have access to the air.“
„Mmmhhmmmmmmph! Mph! Mhhrrr!“
Madame Yini cut the slip and folded it to the sides, leaving the Princess naked except for her loincloth held by a golden waist chain.
„Buds also need water to grow.“
She bent over the Princess and licked over her right nipple. Jinjin squirmed and tried to get away, but Madame Yini just laughed and reached for the scissors.
„Hold still, or your lovely skin will be damaged.“
She cut the sleeves of her dress and yanked away the remnants of her clothes with one pull. With a moan of sheer anger, Jinjin raised her bound legs and tried to kick her, but the other woman just turned aside and laughed.
„Oh, I see you are a little tigress, my dear. However, I am a big tigress!“
She bared her teeth and fell upon her middle. For a terrible second, the Princess thought that she intended to bite her, but instead, Madame Yini grabbed her yellow (Imperial yellow) loincloth with her teeth and ripped it from her. Jinjin jelped when the silk was roughly pulled between her legs. Then, she blushed from embarrassment.
Madame Yini spat the cloth on the bed. then, she took the blue loin cloth of Lien and put it over Jinjin`s.
„Where you are going, you won`t be needing these anymore!“
She cut the two cloths in four. Then, getting in a frenzy, she began to cut and rip the remnants of Jinjin`s dress to pieces and even destroyed her felt boots. Panting, she then leaned over the now naked Princess.
„This will happen to you if-“
Suddenly, two slim hands appeared on both sides of her neck. With a faint croak, the woman twisted her eyes and slumped on the bed. Lien now came to view, naked except for a cloth tied around her neck and smiling.
„It seems I haven`t lost my touch.“
Immediately when Madame Yini had turned her attention towards the Princess, Lien had worked on her ties. Yuen had tied her very stringently, but Lien was not only supple and strong, she also was a skilled escapologist.
The silk scarf covering her head was made of very fine cloth and so, it didn`t blindfold her completely. Lien could see the sheme of Madame Yini at the bed. She felt pity for her mistress, but as long Madame Yini was occupied with Jinjin, she would take no notice of her.
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Pulling on the rope holding her arms stretched, Lien rose to her knees. Since her ankles were tied to her thighs, that meant she had to rest on her kneecaps, but she now had some slack in the rope. With a determined move, she let her body fall backwards and pushed her head against her arms.
It worked! Her head had slipped through the gap built by her arms and now, her arms were in front of her. Lien rubbed the cloth of her hood against the rope between her elbows. It seemed to last endless, but finally, she was able to get the edge over her chin. More wriggling and rubbing enabled her to get the hood from her head. Lien looked carefully at the bed, but Madame Yini was fully occupied with cutting Jinjin`s dress.
Now, the difficult part began. Lien lowered her body to her original kneeling position and collected her strengh. Then, she once more pulled on the rope holding her wrists. With a giant effort, straining all her muscles, she managed to lift herself from the floor. Her wrists hurt from the weight they had to carry, but Lien persisted and pulled until her face was close to her wrapped fingers. Now, she could push against the knot in the scarf with her nose and her chin. It was terribly straining and she had to pause twice, but the combined effort of her pushing from the outside and wriggling her fingers inside the silk wrap finally got her thumbs free.
Panting and staring at the bed, Lien let her body down. She had to relax her muscles, but she also used her thumbs to get the scarf completely off her fingers. Now, Lien once again rose to her knees. With her fingers free and now some slack in the rope, she could finally free her burning wrists.
With numb and tingling fingers, Lien now freed her legs and rose. Madame Yini was just occupied with destroying Jinjin`s clothes. Lien ungagged herself. She would have attacked Madame Yini with her mouth stuffed, but she wanted to have her arms free and to ger the rope from her elbows, she needed her teeth. So, with some difficulties, she unbucklet the belt, unwrapped the bandage and yanked the knotted cleave gag from her mouth. Approaching Madame Yini from behind, she pulled the large wad from her mouth. Then, when her unsuspecting opponent bent over the Princess, she quickly squeezed her carotid arteries.
„I will have to take care of her before I can free you. She will only be passed out for a short while.“
„Mhhmmph!“
„You will need something to dress“, Lien pondered, looking at the scraps that once had been Jinjin`s expensive dress. Spontaneously, she pulled Madame Yini`s dress over her head and took it from her. It turned out that the unconscious woman was stark naked beneath. Not even a loincloth or a pair of knickers covered her shapely body. Lien of course could not know that Madame Yini had worn knickers, but that currently Myra was chewing on these. Except for her dress, she had only worn a pair of slippers.
Lien took the ropes that had bound her legs and folded Madame Yini`s legs in a lotus position, pushing her left foot under her right thigh and vice versa. Now, her heels were almost under her buttocks. Lien tied her crossed ankles with one of the ropes. Then, she slung Madame Yini`s arms around her legs and tied her wrists together and connected them to her ankle ties. This ball position would hold her for a while, if shewas not as skilled as Lien who now was preparing a gag.
Her eyes fell on four pieces of silk lying on the bed, two blue and two in Imperial yellow – the remnants of her and Jinjin`s loincloths.
„Since we can`t wear them anymore“, Lien thought and thoroughly crammed all four pieces of silk into the woman`s mouth. Then, she loosened the cloth still hanging around her neck and used it to cleave-gag Madame Yini, pushing the knot firmly between her teeth. When she was winding the bandage over the gag, she looked up to the Princess and could see that her eyes were glancing with glee over her gag.
Quickly, Lien secured the gag with the belt and pulled the bound and gagged woman to the place where she had been tied and where the rope still was dangling from the ceiling. She tied the end around Madame Yini`s neck. It would not strangle her, but keep her from reaching her ties with her head.
Quickly, Lien now freed the Princess from her ties and gag. Jinjin quickly put on the dress. It was too long, but they had no other clothing item, since Madame Yini had made short work out of their dresses and even cut Lien`s breast cloth.
Reluctantly, she put one of the pairs of knickers still lying there. They were those of another woman and sure had been worn for a few days, but it was better than being naked. Then, she tied one of the clothes that had wrapped Jinjin`s fingers over her breasts. It was too short to sling it around her neck and so, she just put it over her boobs and knotted it directly in her back.
She saw that the Princess had lifted the skirtings of the dress and was putting on the other pair of knickers, grimassing with disgust as these were still damp from Myra`s saliva.
„If we have to run, I will have to lift my skirt. And I don`t want anyone to look at my private parts!“, she explained, blushing slightly.
Lien nodded and pulled the Princess by the arm towards the door. They carefully listened and could hear nothing. The two girls sneaked down the stairs and slipped out of the side door unseen.
They had just made it around the next corner when a voice behiund them said:
„My, what have we got here?“
***
„And you are sure that this will work out?“, Cheng asked sceptically.
Since it was – except from Madame Yini and Mr. Wong – the only real criminal Yuen knew, they had went directly to Mr. Kane and had explained him their problem. Cheng had given the man, who lived on his cutter, the emerald taken from Princess Jinjin`s belly button and told him that there was more where that came from. Immediately, Kane invited the two into his cabin.
„Now, you are telling me that you have to get – how many? - seven girls out of the city, whilst a legion of man is looking for you?“
„That`s the situation, in a nutshell“, Cheng admitted. Kane reached for a flask and took a long sip before he spoke:
„Usually, we only smuggle one or two girls out of the bay, and then, nobody is taking notice of people carrying big boxes from Madame Yini`s teahouse. You have to agree that this situation is a bit – difficult.“
„Difficult, but well paid“, Cheng said.
Kane looked at Cheng, then at the emerald lying in front of him on the table, then at Cheng again. One could see that cautiousness and greed fought a battle within his soul.
„By the way, where do you usually get the girls to? Surely not all the way to China?“, Cheng now asked, causing Kane to laugh.
„Surely not with my little nutshell and only Hu and Tian to help me with the sails. But there are bigger ships that do the trip to Hongkong. One of these is the „Sea Empress“, a steamer that does the trip twice a year. The captain is always interested in a little profit. So, we just leave the harbour a few hours before they drop anchor and meet outside the bay, and outside the three-mile-zone, of course, on open water.“
Cheng frowned: „Why don`t you bring the girls directly to the ship as long as it is in the harbour?“
Kane laughed: „Because, my friend, Captain Osbourne is an old miser. When he gets goods delivered in the harbour, he has to pay taxes for everything. So, many Captains just leave the bay and just behind the Golden Gate, people like me are waiting, selling their goods and getting the profit without having to share with Uncle Sam. Besides, it`s a bit difficult to get the Ladies aboard on broad daylight, with all the passengers and other people around.“
For a while, the three men considered their problem. Mr. Wong`s men were looking for anything suspicious – and seven boxes, barrels or sacks leaving a tea house were suspicious. Another problem was that the „Sea Empress“ was ready to leave and would sail that very night. They had only some twelve hours left – or they would have to wait for another six months.
Suddenly, when Yuen had offered to make some tea, Kane suddenly slammed his fist on the table and yelled:
„Tea! Of course, that`s it!“
The two Chinese looked at him questioningly, but Kane hastily rummaged through the papers on his table till he had found a pencil and a blank sheet.
„Tea! A ship that will go on a journey of some weeks and whose crew is partially Chinese will of course need tea, and lot`s of it! And where do you get tea? In a tea house, of course!“
He took the pencil, drew something and explained his plan to the still sceptically men.
***
Spinning around, Lien could see that two men stood behind them. From the other side of the lane, three more were approaching. Lien recognized them as Mr. Dew and his four henchmen. The girl pushed the Princess to the next wall and placed herself in front of her, ready to fight. She knew that these men would not underestimate her a second time.
„Put a hand on her and I will kill you with a single blow“, Lien shouted at Mr. Dew.
Tyler stopped, but he seemed not the least worried. Instead, he pulled a gun and Lien could see that two of his men had guns, too.
„Give up, little wildcat. The Princess is of no value for us if she`s dead, but we actually don`t need her unharmed and with all her limbs. And you are disposable anyway. So, don`t force us to use these weapons on you.“
Lien looked around for an escape, but the lane offered only two ways out – each was guarded by at least two men. But then, one last escape came to her mind. This was not a lawless country. The police sure would not easily believe a scantily clad Chinese girl that told them a hair-raising story about kidnapped Princesses, but it was their only chance left.
„Forgive me, Mistress“, Lien breathed. Then, she quickly jumped towards where Tyler was standing with two of his henchmen. As expected, the two behind her back stepped forward. In that narrow lane, they would not dare to shoot and maybe kill each other. So, she crouched, grabbed a handful of dust and threw it at the two men. When they were blinded for the moment, Lien jumped. Using one of the men`s shoulder as a springboard, she made another jump for the edge of the roof and pulled herself upwards. Two shots were fired, but she now had reached the roof. Whilst running away, she heard them say something that made her heart cramp:
„Let her go, we have the Princess!“
***
About the same time, Cheng, Yuen, Hu and Tian were standing at the door of Madame Yini`s rooms and Yuen knocked. Nothing but a faint moaning could be heard.
„Perhaps, she is downstairs, visiting the Americans“, Hu presumed. He, like the others, was still a bit abashed from the discussion they had had with Cheng once he and Yuen had come back from their meeting with Mr. Kane. It was a horrifying idea, one that threatened their sense of loyalty – and also a very intriguing one.
Again, Yuen knocked. Then, he just opened the door. If Madame Yini was not properly dressed, it would be her problem, since they had a few important things to discuss.
Madame Yini was indeed not properly dressed. Actually, she wasn`t dressed at all, but that was the least of her problems.
„Mmhhmmmmph!“
The woman was sitting in a lotus position with her arms slung around her body. A noose fixed to the ceiling beam forced her to stay in a more or less upright position and the lower half of her face was wrapped with a silky bandage, secured by a belt.
„Mhhmmmmph! Nnnnngnnggg!“
She blushed all over and shook her head when not only Yuen entered, but also Cheng, Hu and Tian followed him inside, all four men looking at her in her naked and helpless predicament.
Cheng immediately saw that the Princess and Lien had disappeared. He padded Yuen`s shoulder:
„Quick, big boy, follow me! They can`t be far! Hu and Tian, get her downstairs, to accompany the others!“
Now, Madame Yini`s angry moans turned into such of fear.
***