I opened the door to my practice area, and as I desired, five young ladies walked in, lined up. I watched them with eager anticipation. My 'contract', such as it were, with the fine owner of this island, allowed me to have my choice of the guests for use in public entertainment. As long as they left the resort in the same condition they arrived in, which was easy enough to accomplish.

What happened while on the island? Well, that was for my enjoyment.

For this week's show, I had decided to recruit five young women to be my assistants. They didn't have a choice in the matter, mind. They were under my control thanks to certain things they agreed to, and just a little bit of hypnosis. Ah, the joys of being me!

As per my instructions before they arrived, the five of them lined up in their beachwear before me. They stood up, all facing forward. The first two were twins. Always a good draw. Especially with their long blonde hair and blue eyes. The only obvious difference between them was the white versus pink bikini's and the style of them. The one in pink had a half-twist over her chest, while the one in white hung hers from her neck.

Third was a slight Asian girl with curled black hair, and a one-piece swimsuit that had a small button between her breasts to allow that gap to open or close. She had it closed. For now. And there was something different in her eyes.

Fourth was a woman taller than me. She wore her brown hair up in a pony tail and her green eyes, lighter than the green of her two-piece wavered as I bore into them.

The last was a woman with raven-black hair, darker than the Asian woman. Her chosen beachwear was red. It was tall on her, very thin too. It exposed the sides of her breasts, and the cleavage went down past her belly button.

"Ladies!" I announced. "Welcome! I am the Magician of this fine resort, and I have chosen all of you to assist with my performances this week. Perhaps even for this month!" I rubbed my hands together. "No, you don't get a choice in this matter, as you have already discovered. I command your bodies thanks to certain things."

"You monster!" the twin in white accused me. Yet she didn't move either.

I grinned. "Of course I am! But while I allow you to speak your mind here in private, everywhere else, you shall be completely agreeable with everything I say and do!"

"Yes, sir," they all replied. Hrm. Yes. There was something odd about the Asian girl. I would have to keep an eye on her.

"Excellent!" I clapped my hands. "Now, for practice!" I snapped my fingers. "You," I pointed at the white twin. "You spoke out of line, so I shall have to punish you!"

"No! Please!" she pleaded, fear growing in her eyes as my magic summoned forth a small guillotine. It was only six feet tall, and I did not need to describe the sharp and hideous blade that aimed itself down. There was nowhere to lay down on it, just a place to put one's head.

"Hah!" I laughed for a moment, no more. "For fighting, punishment!" I pointed at the execution device. "Put your neck under the blade!"

She did so, muttering 'please, please, please, I'll do anything' as she passed me by. But my command was absolute, and she knelt under the blade. I did not close it, exposing her bare neck to the sky.

"No," I said. "Turn over, face up."

She did so, awkwardly bending her knees to keep herself facing up. I scooped up her hair, and moved it out of the way of the blade when it dropped. "Now," I continued, "I will kill you. It will be the most painful thing you have ever experienced. You will only return to life once I place your head back upon your body."

"Please!" No!" she pleaded with me more, her voice added to the others.

"No!" I roared, and the blade dropped.

She tried to scream, but it was cut short as she drew breath. I watched as her head was severed and fell to the ground with a small thump. Her body shook in agony, arms flailing around before it all ceased to move.

I picked up her head and poked her in the eye. No response. Excellent! I tossed it at her twin. "Hold this," I commanded.

She caught it, and looked at it with fearful eyes. "Oh god," she said as she tried to get her sister to wake up, but to no avail. "You killed her!"

"I did!" I said to them all. "And so will each of you die by my hand tonight!"

Some whimpered. One held her peace.

I left her there, and instead turned my attention to the tall one. "Yes, you will do nicely. Come forward!"

She stepped up to me, towering over me, perhaps trying to intimidate me with her size. It wouldn't work. "Well," I said as she looked down at me. I matched her gaze, holding it and slowly showing that I would not bend to her will. She would, and had already, bent to mine.

None of them noticed when I started my performance with her. I did though. I started it. "Pose for me," I said to her, "Like someone was taking your picture, and you wanted it."

She leaned forward, letting her breasts fall and fill her bikini top as they dropped from her chest. She put both hands behind her back to help balance herself, and adjusted her feet accordingly. She took the moment to throw in an insult, closed her eyes and stuck out her tongue at me.

"I like that," I said as I stepped back to give her room. "Now hold that. Don't move."

I clapped my hand, and she turned to glass. There was no slow transformation, so covering of smoke or steam. One moment, she was flesh and blood, the next, she was solid glass. Weighed far more too. To my surprise, she didn't wobble as the statue that was formerly a woman settled into place. The others gasped in shock. What, a headless woman wasn't enough, but a glass statue?

"Oh dear," I feigned a sigh. "I forgot to tell her how I was going to bring her back. Oh well," I shrugged. "Ces't la vie."

And then there were three. The last twin looked up at me in fear. The black haired woman glanced at the statue with unease, and the last one.... she kept her eyes locked onto me. I decided to ignore her for now. "Your turn," I said to the red-clad woman. She stepped up and awaited my pronunciation of her demise.

I could see it. She knew she couldn't fight it. "What are you going to do to me?" she asked.

I licked my lips. Not out of desire, but because they were dry! I kept the practice room well conditioned, and I didn't have my water with me. But it was enough to cause her to slightly whimper through the misunderstanding. Ah, the joys of mistakes!

Raising my hand, she closed her eyes, and thus missed as a bag fell into my hand, summoned by magic. "I'm going to stab you," I said as I held the bag in one hand and drew a short dagger out of it with the other. "Like a pin cushion. And you're going to stand there and take it until I give the word, at which point, you will feel all pain of every strike at once!"

With that, I plunged the dagger into her chest. It sank in up to the hilt, and she did not react. The twin was out of tears, and the Asian woman? Well, she was watching intently. Pulling the knife out, the wound did not bleed. Yet. Perhaps later if I wanted it too. I stabbed her again in the side, under her ribs. Then in the opposite shoulder. I stabbed her in the breasts, cutting her clothing. In the back, the front, the arms and the legs. Then, I finished by putting the knife through her eyes and then lastly up, under her chin, leaving the metal blade inside her head.

I stepped back. "The word is given."

She spasmed, and fell over, her body thrashing at the pain she felt, yet having no way to speak. I watched her thrash, then be still.

I turned to the last twin. She stood there, accepting of her fate. "I'll make this quick," I said. I had more important things to do. I snapped my fingers, and from above, a large metal plate fell from the ceiling. She barely had time to look up before it slammed into her - and the ground.

Flat, I walked over the plate to the last woman. "Sorry about that," I said without apology. "But your reactions were different. I give you permission to speak freely."

"Fuck me!" she cried out to my surprise. "Please! Fuck me! Rape me, I don't care!"

"Oh? Why is that?" I asked when she took a breath.

"I saw your show last week, and it was the most sexy thing I ever saw! I wanted to be there! I wanted to experience it!" She was speaking faster and faster, more and more maniacal. It was rare, but it did happen. My performances excited a person completely with no fear.

"Experience it?" I asked as I stepped up to her, shushing her with my finger. She nodded, eyes open and wide. "You know I'll kill you?" She nodded again.

"Many times." Another nod.

"Your body will me mine to command, to mold and shape as I see fit." Was that pleading now?

I pulled off her arms, now made of plastic, and I waved them around. "A doll, for my pleasure?"

"Yes!" she demanded of me now that I no longer hushed her.

I grabbed her by her plastic neck, the transformation into a mannequin almost complete. With my free hand, I twisted off her legs, and threw them away. And yet, she didn't react at all. She kept her eyes locked on me.

"If you please me," I growled. "I will punish you with pleasure. Fail me, and I will give you pain that even you won't enjoy. I flipped her over in my hands, holding her by her neck and by her waist, still plastic. "Now, here is your choice. You can go back to normal with your friends. You play in my shows, and I let you go. Or, you stay with me. If you play, I will give you one last bit of pleasure before the shows begin. If you want to stay, I won't."

"Do your worst!" It wasn't a challenge.

I twisted my hand, and her plastic head fell off. I now held her flesh and blood body before me. Eying her womanly features, I set to enjoying myself first and foremost.