Sisters 21

Hitoshi looked down on the two girls opposite to him. Neither of them looked very impressive, with Michiko still sitting on the floor, making no attempt to hide her charms from him. Beside her, Akiko was little better off: she still had her panties (or rather those from her sister), but the silk strap tied between her legs and connected to her bound ankles had taken its toll and he could see a wet spot at her crotch. However, none of the girls really looked frightened, despite him being the one with the gun.

»I doubt you would kill us! Not after all that has happened!«

Akiko looked straight at Hitoshi, ignoring the fact that what she was referring to had happened between Michiko and him. However, she hoped that Michiko had ignited a fire inside the man that would also shine on her.

Hitoshi lowered the gun and let out a deep sigh. He leaned against the door frame and his face suddenly showed an expression of bitterness.

»I never had the intention of killing any of you, not even you, cheeky girl! And now, I`d rather put the gun against me than against your lovely sister! However, that`s not the option here!«

»Because loyalty counts more than feelings!«, Akiko spat. She felt Michiko touch her arm and turned towards her.

»Don`t you dare telling me to calm down! Can`t you see he loves his damned clan boss more than you?«, she fumed. Opposite to them, Hitoshi slowly sank to the floor, chuckling humorlessly.

»You think that this is what all is about? That I will fall from grace if I fail in this job?«

Hitoshi raised his left, showing them his mutilated finger.

»I am not afraid of facing the consequences of failure! However, you should be!«

He waited until the angry expression on Akiko`s face had turned into curiosity.

»What do you think will happen if I let you go? That I will have to send my boss another finger? Fuck, we are talking about 50 Million! He would take my head – but that would not be the end of it! They would also take care that your father would not be able to enjoy the fact that he doesn`t have to pay!«

He paused, panting from oppressed rage. After a few seconds, Akiko croaked:

»Y-you mean, they would kill us, too?«

Hitoshi nodded.

»One does not mess with the Yakuza. So, you may perhaps understand that I can`t let you go – no matter how much I would like to!«

The look in his eyes was so intense that Michiko suddenly covered her eyes with her hand and sobbed silently. Akiko opened her mouth to say something, but didn`t find the right words. Hitoshi got up and reached for Michiko, but then stopped in his motion and balled his fist.

»So, let me take care that you won`t escape!«

***

Cordelia panted. She had stepped beside the helpless Guylène and kept her eyes on her, enjoying how her former tormentor`s eyes widened and she had mewed when she had raised her hand. Then, she had hit Guylène`s buttocks, the smacking sound sounding like the crack of a whip in her ears.

Now, she looked at the exposed flesh where a red mark showed where she had hit her captive. Cordelia had never before beaten another woman and she felt overwhelmed by her feelings. It wasn`t just satisfaction, but also – arousal. At the same time, she was afraid of herself and she forced herself to lower her hand. Cordelia staggered into the bathroom and cooled her face with water.

»Don`t get carried away too much!«

Now, she understood that Mike`s warning had been serious. She could easily imagine how she continued spanking Guylène, causing her to helplessly writhe and moan. However, it would also put her on the same level as her.

In the mirror, she saw Guylène on the bed and she closed the bathroom door. Then, she looked at herself again and saw her face, her cheeks still slightly reddened, her hair in a disheveled mess and remnants of mascara around her eyes. She knew that she smelled from sweat and with a determined move, she took off the T-Shirt and then peeled down the panties borrowed from Guylène.

A minute later, she stood in the shower and enjoyed the warm water and the possibility to shampoo her hair and to soap her body. It felt as if she could also wash away parts of her ordeal.

The sound of the shower drowned another, much quieter noise as the door slowly was opened. It also covered the alarmed mewing of Guylène as a tall man clad in a bloody T-Shirt entered the room, on his face a wolfish grin.

Caine had followed the other cat and since the two men had had to take care of a large bag, he had been able to not lose their track as they had parked behind the hotel. At the corridor, he had waited and when he had seen that the two men had left after some time, he had known that now, Cordelia was alone.

He was surprised to see a naked woman lying on her belly on the bed, tied to the bedposts, but she was gagged and as he heard the shower, he also knew where Cordelia was.

»Sshh!«, he whispered towards the woman and put his finger to his lips as he carefully closed the door again.

***

»That`s it!«

171 Marfa Road was a lonely flat, hidden from the next house by a hill. Mike had parked behind that hill and had climbed up. Luckily for Vinh, it was neither steep nor very high and so, he managed to accompany him despite his limp.

Slightly below them, some 100 yards away, they saw the small bungalow. It looked as if it had not more than some 60 square meters and they could see no cars standing in front of it.

»No lights – is this a good or a bad sign?«, Vinh asked. Mike shrugged.

»It can mean that this is a false track and nobody`s there. It can mean that they are waiting for us. Or, as I hope, they have flown out to look for us and have only left the girls behind.«

»So, you think that they got caught?«

Mike nodded grimly.

»Of course, it could also be that they have already freed the Japanese girls and are currently on their triumphant way back to the hotel. But somehow, I doubt that!«

Vinh also nodded. Mike had proven his own fears. For quite some time, Tao hadn`t answered his messages, indicating that she could not use her cell phone, despite the fact she knew that he had found Linh and was on his way towards Malta when he had last texted her. He got distracted when Mike handed him the Uzi they had taken from Caine´s arsenal.

»You are my backup! If everything is okay, I will signal you with the flashlight!«

He patted on his belt where he kept said flashlight, together with the gun and a knife. He drew the gun and Vinh asked:

»What if something`s – not okay?«

Mike put his hand on his comrade`s shoulder.

»The first priority is that we both get out. However, if that`s impossible, there is no reason that you get caught, too!«

Before Vinh could say something, Mike sneaked along the hill until he was on the backside of the flat. Still, he had seen no lights or any other sign of someone inside.

»Maybe, I am really attacking an empty house!«

Nevertheless, he approached slowly and carefully, using every cover the area offered, until he was crouching underneath a window. The flat had no rear entrance and he had seen that there were also no openings in the roof. So, his way in would be either the door or the window.

He carefully rose and peeped inside. In the dim moonlight, he could see the outlines of a double bed and a cupboard; obviously, it was a sleeping room. From all Mike could see, it was empty.

With the handle of his gun, he broke the glass and then ducked again, waiting for a reaction from inside. However, the only sounds came from the nature around him and so, he opened the window and climbed inside the room, heading for the door and pressing his ear to it.

»Mhhmmm! Uuhhmmm!«

The humming sound was almost inaudible, but he knew it was the moaning of a gagged woman. Mike grinned. At least, he had found someone – and with a little bit of luck, the thugs had left, leaving their captives behind. Carefully, the gun ready to fire, he opened the door.

It opened to a small corridor and Mike saw two more doors.

»Mmhhmmm!«

The moaning, now slightly louder, came from the other side where the corridor went around a corner. Mike sneaked forward and then, he saw that it opened to a living room. And in front of him, he saw a figure kneel on a chair. She had her back turned towards him and he could see that her wrists and elbows were securely bound and her wrists were also secured to her bound ankles. Another rope emerged from between her buttocks and went up to the ceiling where it passed through an eyelet. The other end was tied around the woman`s neck and Mike understood: if she struggled too much, she would fall off the chair and strangle herself.

»Mmhhmmmm!«

Mike could not see her gag, as her hair was falling over her shoulders. Long, slightly curly red hair. In addition, the woman seemed to be not bigger than 5`3`` and had a slim waist and round hips.

»Don`t ask for whom the Belle tolls, it tolls for thee!«, he thought and felt a wave of relief as he carefully looked if there had been left any surprises like a bomb that would detonate if he approached Isabelle.

Nothing exploded and no alarm went off and so, he finally stepped in front of the girl. She moaned and slightly squirmed in her bonds as Mike noticed some details.

The girl was indeed stark naked. The rope that had been tied around her waist and now bisected her crotch could not hide that she had removed her pubic hair except for a narrow strip. Her ample breasts, emphasized by her elbow tie, seemed to point directly at him, but Mike also looked at her face and although there was a considerable resemblance and the lower half of her face was hidden under rounds of duct tape, this wasn`t Isabelle.

Mike put the gun back into his belt and bowed slightly towards the bound girl.

»Samantha, je presume!«

Samantha answered with another mew and he slowly approached her. Mike was about to reach for his knife, but then, a vague idea formed in the back of his head and instead, he reached for the noose around her neck. Samantha squeezed her eyes and ached as Mike loosening the rope made the crotch rope pull even deeper inside her, but, aided by Mike, she could pull her head from the noose.

»Allow me.«

Since Samantha was kneeling on the chair, their eyes were on the same level. He made the girl lean against him as he reached around and began to work on her tight bonds. He felt Samantha`s breasts press against his chest and her hair brushed over his chin. A faint snivel indicated that she was oppressing a sob.

»Just let it out, Samantha – your sister sometimes is a sniffling sissy, too!«

»Mhhmm?«

The unexpected remark obviously helped Samantha to cope with the situation, for she held still until Mike had freed her. He helped her to sit down on the chair and Samantha now unwound the tape from her mouth and pulled a sodden wad from her mouth. As she panted, Mike recognized is was a pair of panties that reminded him of Isabelle`s.

Wiping some saliva from her chin, Samantha came to her feet, slightly staggering. With slight reproach in her voice, she croaked:

»In the movies, the hero starts by ungagging the victim!«

Mike shrugged and the naked girl noticed that he was not just looking at her eyes. Putting her hands on her hips, she scolded:

»Also, in the movies, the hero doesn`t stare at the helpless girl in such a way!«

»Sorry«, Mike grinned and not lowering his eyes, »you are reminding me of your sister!«

Samantha snorted and stepped to a corner where she picked something small. Mike saw that she put on a pair of panties – a black thong with golden Japanese signs on it. Then, she also put on a robe and as she was working on the belt, Mike chuckled.

»Sweet and Sour Duck?«

»Eh?«

Samantha stopped in fastening the belt and, with the robe still open, she turned towards him. Mike pointed at the front panel of her panties.

»The Kanji – they mean ›Sweet and Sour Duck‹!«

For a moment, Samantha seemed startled. Then, she said, sounding a bit insecure:

»It means ›Beautiful Flower‹!«

»If you say so«, Mike replied and he could see that Samantha doubted whether he was joking. She then murmured something about »killing Crêpe« he didn`t understand. Mike interrupted her by asking:

»We can continue discussing appropriate writings on underwear later – for now, do you know where Isabelle and the others are?«

Obviously, the reminder of what had happened was quite hard for the girl, for Samantha suddenly cuddled against him. Mike slung his arms around her and felt that she had not closed the robe. Well, the feeling wasn`t unpleasant.

Fighting with her tears, Samantha told him what had happened since Cordelia had been kidnapped at the beach. In fact, she was talking at lightning speed, but Mike understood that Linh had somehow united with the kidnappers of Samantha, Isabelle and Tao and now, they had left – to search for Vinh and him.

»They have taken Isabelle and Tao with them – they said that they would help them to persuade you to give in! This woman, she really is the dead spit of Tao! But she`s so mean! She mast have come directly from hell!«

»I have heard she got kicked out for bad behavior!«

Samantha giggled. Then, she added:

»It was her idea – the- the way they tied me up!«

With a little delay, she now seemed to feel a little embarrassed about how he had found her, naked, her breasts thrust out and with a rope between her legs. Mike bent down to kiss her forehead. At the same moment, Samantha raised her head and so, their lips met. For a long second, Mike kissed her back, but then, he gently withdrew.

»You really have been together with Linh for too long – trying to seduce your future brother in law!«

Samantha`s lips trembled and she stepped back one step. With a mixture of disbelief and amusement, she looked at him.

»Future brother in law?«

»Not yet – long story«, Mike replied with a grin. Samantha suddenly looked closer.

»Wait a minute – you are the guy she told me about! The man who saved her life back in Saint-Martin-dans-les Alps!«

The fact that Isabelle had told her little sister about him warmed Mike`s heart, but he forced himself to concentrate on the current situation.

»I don`t want to become rusty and saving you was just a warm-up in comparison. So, what can you tell me about the kidnappers?«

»After they – had tied me like you found me, a fourth man arrived with a car and they decided to split up to search for you and your friend. They – they took Isabelle and Tao with them!«

Again, she cuddled against him and Mike tried to ignore the fact how her warm and soft body pressed against his. He asked:

»You haven`t seen who took which car?«

To his surprise, Samantha could – and she had another surprise for him:

»Two of the men for each car. And Linh stayed behind, together with Tao!«

Mike frowned. It would have fit Linh to have her way with the captives whilst the men hunted for him and Vinh, but why hadn`t she been inside this house then? Then, he suddenly had an idea. He took his cell phone and looked at the map of their current position. It was close to where Vinh had landed – thus, Linh had been able to reach the flat by foot.

»Maybe, she thinks that if Vinh still is nearby, she can lure him from his cover with a bait he can`t resist!«

»His wife!«, Samantha completed the thought. Mike went to the window and looked towards the hill where he had left Vinh. Then, he heard a shot.

»All right, go to pee or take a nap, just remain inside, keep your head down and under no circumstances turn on the light!«

He quickly kissed the girl`s forehead and then rushed back to the sleeping room and left through the window, ducking against the wall as he sneaked towards the edge. The shot had come from the position where he had left Vinh, but so far, he couldn`t see a thing. Then, a figure appeared on the top of the hill.

As on keyword, the moon showed from behind the clouds, shining the scenery. Mike could see a woman in a bathrobe, obviously Linh. In her left, she held a rope and to that, another person was leashed. It was a naked woman with a black hood over her face and even from the distance, Mike could tell it was Tao and not Isabelle. What worried him more, however, was the fact that she was carrying Vinh`s Uzi in her right.

»Mike!«

Of course, she had concluded from the fact that Vinh had been guarding the house that he wasn`t alone. Vinh, however, had listened for an approaching car, but not for someone who was barefoot. Mike could only hope that Vinh was still alive.

»Mike! I know that you are there! Show yourself, or you will be responsible not only for Vinh, but also for his wife – and for the lovely redhead! I hope that the boys have been gentle to her so far!«

Mike did not show off himself, but instead considered his chances. Linh was some 100 yards away, too far for aiming properly with his gun. The Asian, instead, could send a volley shot with her Uzi and at least hit him once she knew that he was in front of the building.

He thought of the last time he and Linh had fought. At that occasion, he had overpowered her, but it had been in a weaponless brawl and she had also been beaten by her own hubris.

»This woman`s hubris may be the only constant factor in that game!«

Mike stepped from the dark, holding his gun stretched to the side, his fingers on the barrel. Once he was sure Linh could see him, he dropped it and came closer, putting his hands behind the back of his head.

»Where`s the girl?«

»In the house, aiming at you with a sniper rifle!«

Linh scoffed and came a few steps closer, pulling on the leash of her captive. Mike now could see that the leash was not tied around her neck directly, but to another rope that went around her neck and then went downwards her front where it disappeared between her legs at the top of her shaved pubic mound.

»On your knees!«, Linh ordered and Mike obeyed. He tried to look defeated, but he was waiting for her to come closer. His fingers felt for the small iron ring at his collar.

Usually, an opponent would consider someone folding his hands behind his head as a gesture of surrender. That was why he kept a little secret hidden in his collar. Looking at Linh, he said:

»Is there a chance that you let Isabelle go?«

»Well, that dep-«

Sometimes, the old tricks were the best. Him asking a question and making Linh answer to it made his opponent instinctively expect that he let her finish her sentence. Mike pulled the ring and felt the flame at the back of his head as the little flash grenade exploded. It was by no means lethal, but it produced a bright jet of flame. Mike had closed his eyes and done a roll forward at the same time when the flare gun put the darkness into daylight for a second.

RATATATATATATA!

A volley of bullets was fired, but Mike just darted forward. Linh was still blinking and reflexively wiping her eyes with her left. She still held the Uzi, but the considerable recoil prevented her from firing targeted shots. In addition, her captive whom her hood had prevented from getting blinded now pulled on her leash, further distracting Linh.

Mike reached her and kicked the Uzi from her hand. Linh jumped backwards, ready to fight him. By doing so, she staggered against Tao who, now knowing where her sister was, tried to sling her unbound legs around Linh`s.

Mike quickly grabbed the Uzi and aimed at her, stepping a few steps back.

»Didn`t you know that creatures of the dark should be aware of the light?«

Linh, who had managed to kick herself free from Tao`s desperate attack, stood in front of him. Her robe had come open, revealing a pair of breasts that matched that of her captive. She was panting and the expression on her face now showed severe anger and frustration.

»Is the cavalry coming too late?«

A figure limped down from the hill. It was Vinh and if Linh had hit him, he was hiding it very well. Mike looked at his captive whose anger now mixed with slight fear.

»You missed him at close range?«

»To be honest, it was my ankle that saved me!«

He had come close and took the Uzi from Mike who, using the handcuffs from his pocket, cuffed Linh`s wrists and ankles together, hogtying her. He then put her on his shoulder and said:

»Let`s get inside the house! Vinh, you take care of your wife!«

Mike quickly sprinted towards the house where Samantha was waiting for him. She had armed herself with a frying pan she now held threateningly over Linh`s head as Mike had placed her on the floor. Meanwhile, Vinh and Tao had reached the house, too. Here, Vinh hugged his wife. She mewed from under her hood and now, they could see how she had been trussed up.

Her arms were cuffed not only at her wrists, but also her elbows, forcing her to thrust out her breasts. The tight rope around her neck went between her legs and then up to the back of her neck and had no other purpose than to cause pain. Vinh cut the rope, causing a sigh of both pain and relief, and then took the hood from her head. Whilst he wound the tape from her mouth, he told how he had managed to survive.

»I had stepped aside to pee when I suddenly heard a moan from behind. I spun around, but such a quick move was no good idea – or maybe the best. Anyway, I staggered the very moment Linh fired and so, I landed on my back, unharmed!«

Mike shook his head.

»So, you left your post, survived by sheer luck and then just waited for me to save the day whilst you were looking at the stars!«

»Leaving all the glory to you!«, Vinh grinned. he had peeled the last tape from Tao`s mouth and now pulled a pair of considerably substantial pink panties from her mouth.

»Looks like they have plundered Belle`s whole dirty laundry drawer!«, Mike thought by himself as the two finally could share a kiss. He looked down at Linh who answered his look with an angry glance. Someone tapped on his shoulder. It was Samantha; in one hand she held a roll of silver duct tape, in the other, picking them with two fingers and holding them from her body, she had the panties that had gagged Tao.

Mike took the panties and held them to Linh`s face. They were sopping wet from Tao`s saliva and a drop of drool landed on Linh`s left breast, causing her to snarl.

»Come on, your brother doesn`t seem to mind sharing his saliva with Tao`s!«

Surprisingly tight, he grabbed Linh`s scalp and forced her to arch her head back. As she opened her mouth, he worked the panties deep into her mouth and didn`t stop until the Asian retched. He secured the gag with some 20 rounds of tape. As Linh tried to shy away, he threatened:

»Hold still, or I`ll tape your nose, too!«

Obviously, his worry about Isabelle made him sound convincingly enough, for Linh did not dare to be defiant as he completed gagging her. He then rose from the floor and saw that Tao and Vinh had finished kissing. Before the girl could say something, he said:

»I know that you might want to tell your sister a thing or two, but please, let me explain my plan to you first. It`s a chance to get Isabelle freed without bloodshed – and it will give you a chance to have some revenge on Linh, too!«

He had worked out a plan that could indeed work, though it wouldn`t be without risk and also be quite unpleasant for one of them. But Mike was sure that they had spent their dose of luck for the day by the way Vinh had miraculously survived being shot by his sister in law.

Tao, who was still stark naked, but more or less covered by Vinh`s body who held her in his arms, thought for a moment and when she suddenly smiled, the resemblance to her sister was frightening.

»Only if I can have some more revenge when Isabelle is free!«

***

Cordelia turned out the water. The long, warm shower had felt marvelous and also, she had lost the urge to punish Guylène. Well, almost.

She took her time toweling and dry-cleaning her hair before she wrapped herself in a big towel. Then, her eyes fell on an electric toothbrush and a malicious smile appeared on her lips.

»I could find out whether Guylène is ticklish!«, she thought. Still smiling, she took the brush and opened the door.

She looked directly into the gun of Caine who was sitting on the bed. Cordelia`s mouth opened to scream, but only a croak came out as she dropped the toothbrush to the carpet and stood like petrified. Caine showed her a wolfish grin that could not completely hide he still was suffering from the pain of his injuries.

»We could not finish what we had started at my place, my Dear!«

Cordelia stared at him like the rabbit looked at the snake. She needed several attempts before she could finally stammer:

»The m-men, th-they w-w-will be b-back any m-minute!«

»Oh, I am sure they will come back sooner or later!«, Caine agreed, pointing at the door. Cordelia saw that he had taped a grenade to it; to the ring, he had tied a string that was connected to the narrow desk beside it.

»If they return, they will sure knock before entering the room of a Lady. This will give me enough time to jump into the bathroom and wait inside the bathtub whilst they might decide to enter by force. And if they do – boom!«

Cordelia`s eyes widened with fear and Guylène moaned through her gag. Caine pointed at Cordelia with his gun and said:

»However, perhaps, they won`t return before I had some fun with you! And perhaps, if you take care that I have a lot of fun, I will take the grenade with me when I leave and you may see another day! It all depends on your – will to survive!«

Cordelia looked at the door that was only one and a half yards away. She felt the urge to jump to the corridor – but then, her last and only triumph would be that she took Caine with her. With a trembling voice, she asked:

»Wha-what do you want from m-me?«

Caine let his eyes wander over Cordelia`s body and licked his lips in a way that made her feel very helpless and vulnerable.

»Why don`t you start by dropping that towel? I have some ideas in mind what I will do to you, but none of them will need you to wear anything on your lovely body!«

***