During their trip home, Major Smith had had a long talk with Maureen about what he and Taylor had done to Vivian – and to his great surprise, Maureen had been quite understanding.
„Algernon, you did so to save mine and Nicole`s lifes. I am sure that if I talk to Viv, she will understand it!“
„I doubt that! After all, we left her bound and gagged in the cellar, clad only in her underwear. Once I set her free, she will call her cousin and I will lose my job or maybe even go to jail!“
Maureen reached over and caressed Smith`s neck.
„Darling, the Governor is a reasonable man. The best thing is that you will talk to him personally before Viv can do so. Meanwhile, I will try to persuade her to forget about what has happened.“
Smith had been more than reluctant, but Maureen finally persuaded him that he should just get her to the mansion and then leave for Port-au-Prince immediately.
„I will keep the doors closed and besides, Captain Taylor will be back soon. Tomorrow by dusk, we will be able to think about a new date for our wedding.“
He kissed her and then, he left Maureen who now was alone with Nicole. She decided to break one of the promises she had given to the Major. He had wanted her to say nothing to Nicole, but Maureen thought that it was no longer appropriate to treat her like a little girl. So, she had mixed two drinks and talked to Nicole who had been asleep, but had very quickly regained her senses.
Nicole had mixed feelings. On the one hand, she liked Vivian and felt pity for her, but on the other hand, she loved her father. In addition, she more and more felt a growing sympathy towards Maureen. It wasn`t love, but respect. And so, she put her bathrobe over her nightgown and followed Maureen down to the cellar.
„Mmhhmmmmm! Uuuhhmmmm!“
„It seems that she still is angry“, Nicole whispered when she could hear muffled cries from the other side of the door, „after you, Maureen!“
Maureen, smiling and slightly blushing since it had been the first time that Nicole had called her by her first name, opened the door and switched on the light.
„Mmmmhhmmph! Mph!“
„Uuuuhhhmmmmmmm!“
They were greeted by the moans of two exhausted women and both Maureen and Nicole had to fight down a wave of disgust towards the Major and Captain Taylor. Both women were topless and tied face to face, forcing them to rub their sweat-covered bodies against each other. When they removed Vivian`s gag, she panted and greedily drank from the water Maureen had providently brought with her. When they had freed her from her bonds, she collapsed on the floor and Nicole removed her bathrobe and draped it over her. Then, she decided to loosen the other woman`s gag, too, and to give her some water. However, she didn`t dare to free Beatrice from her ties.
„This bastard will pay for what he did to me!“, Vivian now breathed. Maureen put a hand on her shoulder, but Vivian brusquely shook her off.
„Don`t try to tell me that I should stay calm! I am glad that you are fine, but I am not! I want his head on a stake, or at least that he will be behind bars for the next 20 years!“
„Viv, he`s my future husband! And Nicole`s father! And besides, if he loses his job, this will only strengthen the rebels!“
„Oh, I had some time to think when I was tied up here in darkness, unable to scream or to sit down! These rebels maybe are the lesser evil! They have treated me with more respect than your beloved Major did!“
Obviously, Vivian had forgotten that the rebels had left her bound, gagged and topless, too. But these had been women and besides, they had not pretended to be on the side of the law. When Vivian came to her feet, Nicole tried to talk to her:
„Vivian, despite what he has done to you, he`s my father! What will happen to me if he ends up in jail?“
„Maybe, you will turn into a young woman instead of a whiny spoiled brat!“
Nicole felt as if Vivian had slapped her face. Tears were forming in the corners of her eyes. She had always considered Vivian to be her friend, but now-
„Excuse me for interrupting your family`s dispute“, a female voice suddenly said. Gasping, the three women spun around and faced Marie, Cora and Jasmine, all holding guns in their hands.
„Oh no, I forgot the back door!“, Maureen muttered.
„Really? We just broke the terrace door!“
Jasmine quickly freed Beatrice and hugged her whilst the others forced Maureen, Nicole and Vivian to gather up in a corner. Then, Maureen had found her voice:
„Please, if you want money, I can give you as much as you want. I know the combination of my fiance`s safe!“
This indeed seemed to interest the rebels and so, they forced the three women to follow them to Smith`s office. There, Maureen switched on the light and Beatrice, still clad only in her panties, quickly jumped for the curtains. However, Marie laughed:
„If your intention was to alert anyone: we know that the house is empty and that the Major has left some 30 minutes ago. And the two other policemen – well, let`s say they are digging deep for the truth.“
None of the captives understood that joke, but the rebels knew that Taylor and Armand were buried inside the collapsed cave. Maureen put away a painting and began to work on the knob of the safe hidden beneath. After some seconds, the door opened and Marie pushed her aside. After a while, she grinned and said:
„Well, the shares are of no use to us, but there are some 2000 Dollars, too! That`s a nice bonus, together with our hostages!“
„H-h-hostages?“, Nicole stammered, „y-you mean, you w-w-will n-not let us g-go?“
„Well, of course not! Our aim is the freedom of Haiti, not just some dirty money! But now, we can also pay some new weapons and things like that!“
Nicole fell silent, but now, Maureen gently pushed her aside and said:
„Please, let the girl go and take me with you. I know, she is the Major`s daughter, but I am sure his love to me is big enough that he will do whatever you want if you have only me! She`s just a child and Vivian is-“
„About to change sides“, Vivian interrupted her.
„What?“
All six women had asked at the same time and looked at Vivian with astonishment. Vivian, still with the bathrobe covering her nearly naked forms, blushed slightly when she spoke:
„You heard me right. For years, I had been thinking that we would just help your country to get into the 20th century! That we would fight anarchy and corruption and wipe out that terrible superstition the peasants are obsessed with! But now, I have seen how people like Taylor or even the Major himself treated me – or her, for what that means!“ She pointed at Beatrice who, like the others, looked at her with disbelief.
„And if that`s the way we Americans treat the Haitians, I don`t want to be a part of it any longer! The Governor is my grand-cousin, but if you allow me to join your group, I could be worth more to you than just some ransom money! I am rich by myself and besides, an American on your sides would be quite impressive, wouldn`t it?“
Now, both Maureen and Nicole were sure that Vivian had lost her marbles. They knew that Vivian had liberal ideas and disliked imperialism, but they never had considered her such a rabid fighter for another nation`s freedom. However, Marie seemed to be impressed.
„Well – why not? After all, we maybe need someone who takes the place of Allison.“
When she had mentioned the blonde, Marie carefully looked at the captives`s faces, but their expressions showed nothing treacherous. Obviously, they had no idea about where Allison was. But there were only two possibilities: if Smith or his men had her, they now had two hostages to get her free. And if some other group had abducted her, she now was the leader and had to make decisions on her own.
„If it turns out that you are only playing a foul game, your grand-cousin will get your head in a jar. But maybe, you are really one of the few Americans that are no filthy liars!“
„Viv, please, we are friends!“, Maureen pleaded, but now, Vivian lost her temper.
„Friends? Friends? You just showed me on which side you are! I will insist that you will get through this alive and unharmed, but that`s where our so called friendship ends now!“
„And I liked you more than her!“, Nicole blurted, grabbing Maureen`s hand who repeated the gesture. For a few seconds, the three women stared at each other, but Marie interrupted them:
„I like a good drama like anyone else, but we haven`t got all night! To calm your nerves, I agree with your friend, or should I say former friend, that we do not intend to kill or hurt you. We will keep you until our demands are fulfilled – or for the next two weeks. If we haven`t succeeded, we will set you two free. Of course, to make this a bit more acceptable for us, we will not just send you back here. Instead, you will be released on a public place in Port-au-Prince - naked!“
Nicole gasped and Maureen put an arm around her. They looked at Marie with dismay, but the Black just smiled gleefully and continued:
„Yes, from now on, the only cloth on your bodies will be that of your gags and blindfolds! It will not only keep you from escape attempts, but also will it be at least humiliating for you if someone finds you! And since you are now under our control, there is no need to further delay your stripping!“
She pointed at Maureen and Nicole with her gun. Cora and Jasmine did the same whilst Beatrice stood there waiting. Vivian quickly positioned herself beside her new friends. Maureen once again tried to protest, but now, Marie raised her voice:
„If you are talking back one more time, you two will be sold to one of the other rebel groups! They are all men and then, you will lose more than just a little bit of modesty!“
Now, Nicole began to sob and cuddled against Maureen who hugged her and whispered into her ear:
„They are right, dear. We have no choice than to obey!“
Then, she loosened herself from the girl and began to unbutton her dress. Before they had left, she had changed into something plain, but more representative than the clothes in which she had escaped previously. Underneath, she still was wearing the same underwear.
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When she removed her shoes and began to loosen her stockings from her garters, Nicole, trembling and still sobbing, pulled her nightgown over her head and stood there naked, one arm covering her breasts, the other shielding her pubic mound. Maureen quickly undid her bra, garters and panties and considered whether it was appropriate to hug Nicole whilst they were both stark naked.
Cora and Jasmine now took Maureen`s stockings and tied the two women`s wrists behind their backs. Then, she told Vivian:
„Go with Beatrice and find something to dress for her! In the meantime, we will get our lovely captives ready for transport!“
The two left and now, Marie opened her bag and put some precut ropes, each some two yards in length, and a roll of tape. Beside, she put two pieces of cloth that the captives recognized as two black pairs of panties.
Marie used the tape to secure the wrist ties and to wrap the entire hands of both Maureen and Nicole. Then, she used five rounds o each captive to blindfold them securely. Ripping a pillow, she took some of the cotton wool filling and carefully, but thoroughly stuffed the girls`s ears before she reached for Maureen`s discarded panties.
„Hold her still for me!“, she ordered. Nicole hadn`t been able to hear that order, but she gasped when Cora and Jasmine grabbed her arms. Marie reached for her scalp and pulled her hair back. When Nicole opened her mouth to scream, she stuffed the wadded panties deep inside the girl`s mouth.
„Ooouuhhmmmmph! Mmhhrrrrrrrmm!“
„Wha-what are you doing to her?“, Maureen asked with concern. She hadn`t heard Nicole`s muffled screams, but she sensed that something unpleasant was happening to the girl. Marie padded her shoulder whilst Cora secured Nicole`s humiliating gag with Maureen`s garter belt and some ten rounds of tape.
„We just helped your going-to-be-stepdaughter to get more acquainted to you. Unfortunately, we can`t do the same to you, but since you`ve got a big mouth anyway...“
She went for the desk and took the two pairs of panties. When they had restrained the four other girls, they had punished three of them by gagging them with the dreadful swimsuit bottoms they had been forced to chew on earlier. Unfortunately, there wasn`t any left for Samantha, but since they had stripped all four women naked before tying them up and stowing them inside their tent, the Blach was currently gagged with the panties Francoise and Brenda had been wearing. Now, Marie balled up those of Claudine and Samantha and pinched Maureen`s nose before she stuffed the packing behind her teeth. Maureen retched and moaned, but she tried to remain as calm as possible.
When both women were standing in front of her, panting heavily through their noses and obviously just tasting what it was that had been shoved into their mouths, Cora and Jasmine each took one of the ropes and tied ther captives`s legs at their knees. Then, they doubled up two more ropes, slung them around Maureen`s and Nicole`s waists and made a noose they pulled tight. Then, not taking care of any modesty and causing the girls to moan with alarma nd to squirm in their bonds, they threaded the ends between their legs from the front. Then, the ends were slung over their bound wrists and worked back between their bound legs.
„Mmhrrrrrrmmmm!“, Nicole protested when Cora pulled, tightening the now four ropes that were running between her legs.
„Mmhhmmph! Nnngggg!“, Maureen answered when the same was done to her by Jasmine. Holding the ends in one hand, they now lowered the helpless captives to the ground and placed them on the carpet at one side, forcing them to lie face to face. The ends of Maureen`s crotch rope were tied off to the rope around Nicole`s waist and vice versa, forcing both women`s crotches together and causing both to mew and to try to get away from each other. But now, Cora, Jasmine and Marie worked together to wrap the big carpet around them tightly before securing the roll with the last piece of rope.
„There! That should keep them occupied until we have time to look after them again!“
The same moment, Vivian and Beatrice entered the room. Both had changed into blouses, trousers and boots. If Vivian was confused by the moaning and slightly moving carpet roll in front of her, she hid it perfectly. She helped carrying the heavy bundle to Taylor`s car and to stow it in the boot. One minute later, the three Amazones, their new member and the two naked, bound and gagged captives left the mansion unseen.
***
Though it seemed like ages to the three girls dangling from the sticks, it hadn`t been more than an hour until the rebels had reached the estate of Don Bernardino. At the main gate, some guards had taken care of their transport and soon, they had been placed on a carpeted floor, side by side.
„Now, that`s a surprise!“, a voice Dorothea vaguely knew said.
„What? That these men offer me a captured Allison, just half an hour after Vince brought the real one?“
This voice belonged to an older man. Dorothea guessed that it was Don Bernardino. She just was surprised that they knew she wasn`t said Allison without seing her face. Obviously, they knew the body of that woman quite well.
„I can`t tell who the petite brunette is, but the two others I have seen in Paris a few weeks ago. Actually, I nearly bought them for you at the last auction!“
Dorothea gasped. So, this man was the young Argentinian who had finally bought Madalina, Emanuelle and Sandrine! The one who had outbidded his contrahents as if money meant nothing to him. And now, he had gotten her and Sally for free!
„When I saw her last, she was not as decent as she`s now! But I have to admit that she indeed looks a bit like Allison!“
Decent! Dorothea was about to laugh. She was clad only in her bra and panties, both half transparent from sweat, and had a rope tied through her crotch. But then, she remembered when the Argentinian had tested the firmness of her boobs whilst she had been naked and trussed up and she had to admit that in comparison, she was almost modestly dressed.
Calderon looked down at the three women to his feet and could tell from Dorothea`s and Sally`s reaction that they had remembered him, too.
„At least, these are already bound and gagged“, he thought, looking at the scratch at his arm. The moment when Allison had realized what Leah had in mind with her, she had fought like a tigress and it had taken him, Vince and Leah to get her tamed. Now, Leah and Vince had taken her to the Black`s cabin where she would be prepared for the ominous ritual.
It wasn`t that surprising that a group of rebels had captured a woman they thought it would be Allison, even if she was a rebel, too. Since the Don did not want the independence of Haiti, but to keep up disorder and a lack of control, he supported several rebel groups who sometimes fought among themselves. But now, he had to think of what to do with these three new girls.
„Maybe, I should think of getting another cabin built! If Vince finds the four runaways, it will be ten girls, plus Leah and Juliette! Quite a challenge for an aging man!“
Calderon laughed dutifully. Then, he stepped close to the three girls of whom Sally had managed to remove her blindfold from one eye. He bent down and said:
„This is an unexpected visit, but at least, you will have a reunion with some old friends. Although, I am afraid you will not be in the position to exchange news for the forseeable future!“
***
Leah and Juliette were completely busy with preparing everything for the planned ceremony. As usual, the ritual should take place at the plateau close to the estate of the Don. The area was big enough for some 1000 visitors and Leah expected at least as many to come.
She knew that a great part of today`s ritual would be a show. Some would even say a fake. But Leah knew that other priests and even other religions were working with special effects, too. All that mattered was that the peasants kept on thinking that she was a powerful Voodoo priestess and that the Don was under her protection.
Soon, the „magic drum“ would start. Of course, it was just a grammophone connected with a speaker, but even if the people around would know that the drum sound was produced by a machine, they would understand it`s meaning:
„Your priestess is calling!“
After she had prepared the altar, Leah went over to the two posts that were standing two yards from each other on a wooden podium. Between these, Allison had been tied. It had taken both her and Vince some effort to get the struggling blonde fixed there, but now, she was securely trussed up.
From the distance, Allison`s body looked like a big „X“. her legs had been stretched to her sides before they had been shackled with silver cuffs that were connected to the lower ends of the posts. Actually, these were made of chromed steel, for this had proved to be more stable than silver. Allison`s feet were more than four feet apart and it would have been extremely difficult to stand spread like that without losing balance. However, her hands were stretched to her sides and above her head, as far as it had been possible, before they had been tied with similar cuffs. The girl now could only move her head – or rock her pelvis, if she had wanted. Her mouth had been stuffed with a huge wad of packing sealed with some rounds of tape. Leah would have to change the gag for the ceremony – something as modern as tape just didn`t fit -, but for now, it would work.
„So, what is it you know about Zombies?“
„Mmhrrrrrrr! Uuuhhhhhhmmmm!“
Allison could not answer, but Leah was sure that she knew already. The blonde had been in contact with Haitians for the last year and many of these, even the educated ones, believed in stories about walking dead. Maybe, they had told her some hair-raising tales about Zombies. The question was whether Allison believed in such things.
„I know that an enlighted woman like you doesn`t believe in such superstition – isn`t it?“
Again, Allison moaned. Then, her eyes widened and she thrashed in her unyielding bonds as Leah raised a vicious looking dagger. She placed the top on Allison`s trembling chest, right above the small bridge between the cups of her bra.
„We know two kinds of magic – that of the right hand and that of the left hand. Where you are from, you would call it White Magic and Black Magic. The right hand doesn`t hurt. It`s tender“, she moved upwards and gently cut the right shoulder strap of Allison`s bra, „it takes pressure from you“, she cut the left strap, „and it can even free your heart“.
She now cut the strap between the cups. Allison`s bra fell off and the blonde moaned with fear, blushing deep when her breasts were exposed. Leah now took the dagger in her left hand.
„The left hand, however, is meant for hurting, torturing and killing!“
„Mmhhhhrrrrrrmmm! Nnnnnggggg!“
Together with the last word, Leah had made a quick move with the dagger. It took Allison a few seconds to realize that she hadn`t been hurt. Then, she saw that the Black had cut a strand of her hair.
„There is a kind of magic you may even have heard of in America“, she said, walking over to the altar and taking a way doll about the size of a hand. It was flesh coloured and had the shape of a woman.
„Mmhhmmmph! Nnnggg! Mmmhhmmmmmm!“
„Ah, I see you know what I am talking about!“
With the dagger, Leah scratched a hole into the doll at the place where the heart of a human being would have been. Then, she carefully kneaded Allison`s hair into the wax. Then, she held the doll some foot away from the blonde`s head. With her right. Her left, holding the dagger, slowly approached the doll`s chest.
„Mmhhmm! Uuuuhhmmmm!“
Allison`s chest was heaving and Leah could see that she was indeed about to panic. Sure, she was an educated and reasonable woman, but here, clad only in her panties, helplessly bound and gagged together with her, Leah, of whom she sure had heard a mixture of reports and stories-
„You want me to stop?“
Emphatically, Allison nodded. Small drops of sweat flew from her forehead as she did so. Leah lowered her hand and watched as Allison showed a small sign of relief. Then, with a quick move, she cut off the doll`s head that landed in the blonde`s face.
„Mmmmhhhhrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmm!“
Allison thrashed and spasmed, screaming through her mouth filling gag. Then, it more and more came to her that she still was on this earth, nearly naked, bound and gagged, but still alive. Leah was still standing in front of her. She had thrown away the headless doll and she looked down on Allison with a scornful expression on her face.
„Well, some things are just hokuspokus. Some others, however are completely real. But I can see that you are really relieved that this was just a trick we do to frighten little girls like you.“
She looked at Allison`s middle and when the girl lowered her head, she could see that she had wet her panties with sheer fear. Blushing like a beetroot, Allison began to sob. Leah cut the sides of her soiled garment and threw it away, leaving her naked.
„Juliette, you may wash her now! Since she now knows what Voodoo is not, she might be interested in what my magic is able to do!“
***
A fearful chorus of moans could be heard when the tent`s entrance moved, followed by sounds that were a mixture of relief and disappointment. Marie quickly loosened a wire that ran from the tarpauline covering the entrance. Then, she looked down at her four captives.
Brenda, Samantha, Claudine and Francoise were still lying as they had let them. It seemed as if they hadn`t moved an inch which more or less was true. Each girl was lying on her back, the wrists and elbows tied behind them, forcing the captives to thrust their breasts out. The rebels had also tied their fingers to keep them from working on each other`s bonds, since they were lying so close that their shoulders were touching. Their ankles were tied to posts that had been rammed into the floor, forcing them to lie with their legs slightly spread.
The position could be called inconvenient, but tolerable, but Marie and her companions had added another perfidy to their naked captives`s bonds. Each girl sported a crotch rope that was threaded between their legs from the back to the front. The long ends of these ropes had been pulled upwards and were tied off to a hook near the ceiling. The other end of this hook was connected with the safety ring of a grenade. Such was the arrangement that once the ropes would move too much, the ring would be pulled and everything – and everyone – within the tend would be blown to pieces. Marie had found the exact length for the girls`s crotch ropes that wasn`t painful and would allow them to lie quiet and still on their backs, but would set off the grenade if they squirmed and tried to free themselves.
Beside the grenade was another whose ring was conected with a wire tied off to the tent`s entrance. If someone accidentally found the hideout and would try to enter, this would have lethal consequences, too.
„I see that none of you has tried anything stupid.“
None of the four answered, but they stared daggers at Marie. It had been an easy task for the three armed rebels to take them by surprise and to force them to strip on gunpoint. Then, they had been tied up and gagged with the swimsuit bottoms that had been used to gag the three rebel women earlier. Only Samantha was currentlx chewing on two pairs of panties her friends had been wearing. Though these tasted slightly better than the swimsuits that had been on their bodies for four entire days, the two balls of flimsy silk nearly made her choke. Each woman`s gag had been secured with several rounds of tape and despite their careful, but energetic attempts, none of them had been able to loosen her gag a bit.
„You might be glad to hear that we were successful not only in abducting the Major`s daughter and his fiancee once more, but also managed to free one of our comrades. In addition, we even recruited a new member!“
Brenda mumbled something into her gag when the other rebels entered. Cora, Jasmine, a young mulatta they hadn`t seen before and a white woman with dark brown hair carried something that looked like a rolled carpet. The roll slightly moved and the captives now could hear some faint moaning. When they looked closer, they could even see the tops of two pairs of feet protruding from one side.
Marie was just about to say something when suddenly a sound could be heard from outside. First, they thought it was a distant thunder, but then, it turned out to be the sound of a drum.
„The peasants are having a party“, Vivian joked, but both Marie and Cora listened closely. The two Blacks had been raised in communities that had been under the strong influence of Voodoo priests and they still knew the language of these ritual drums. However, they had no intention to prove themselves to be superstitious savages in front of Vivian, their new comrade from America.
„Maybe, we should give that a closer look. If the peasants are participating in a ritual, we might get to their village and get some food. Our guests are looking as if they can make it without us for another couple of hours.“
***