Vicky had left Kim in the cage whilst he went away to see if her mistress was ready. Kim speculated on what new test the Red Queen would come up with. She was finding it hard to think what it might be. She had already been subjected to torments that exceeded her imagination and couldn't think what new twists the ruler of Nemesisland would come up with. She sat back and ran little movies in her head of all the things she had done in this bizarre place and smiled. When she got back to the real world, back into the parlour she worked in, her clients were going to be in for some surprises.
She heard the rattle of the dungeon door as it opened and two figures emerged from behind it. What now thought Kim as she peered up at a Cleopatra-like presence. The Red Queen was transformed into an Egyptian goddess; this certainly wasn't in Alice in Wonderland, Kim considered. Her face was alabaster white and her hair, brushed impossibly smooth and straight, was as black as the dark winter nights on the Nile. Resting on her forehead was a golden headpiece in the shape of a scorpion, the claws reaching out above her, a symbol of dominance and menace. She was dressed in a flowing white gown embroidered with gold thread and resting on her lily white breasts was a pectoral of gold inlaid with carnelian and cut glass in dark and light blues. Most bizarrely of all was a pair of wings covered in gold leaf on her back, which spread out behind her so she looked like a magnificent winged goddess come to gather Kim up and transport her to another world.
If the Egyptian goddess looked ravishing in her exotic beauty, then Vicky exceeded her in bizarreness. Her chest was shaved smooth and oiled and all she wore was a richly decorated skirt except that on her head was a jackal mask with long snout and pointed ears. Kim's head was reeling with the possibilities. She had seen images from the tomb of Tutankhamun and the golden age of the pharaohs and their strange and exotic deities. Both were dressed for another ritual, but what could it be? Shit, thought Kim, as it suddenly struck her; ancient Egypt, pyramids, mummification. Surely not?
The Egyptian goddess made her stately progress to towards the cage with Vicky behind her, the heavy jackal mask bobbing up and down. Her piercing gaze looked through the bars of the cage.
"So, you have been having some fun with the Duchess have you? There's no point denying it, I see all."
"Yes mistress," Kim replied.
"That's very naughty of you Vicky," she said casting a sharp glance towards her, "there will be some reckoning to pay for that. Did she tempt you Kim, did she make you play with her. I know my maid can be wilful and naughty sometimes and likes to play with my slaves, especially any female ones."
"No mistress, honestly, she didn't. It was me that seduced her. I kind of wanted to do it."
"What, you think you can take my most trusted and loyal servants and play with them for your own amusement."
"Sorry mistress, I couldn't help it. His cock just looked so inviting I had to."
"Hmm. I think I can forgive you a little bit of fun, Kim. I like to see a slave girl with a bit of imagination. But Vicky, you should know better; there's no excuse for you," she reprimanded.
The jackal headed figure nodded forlornly.
"Open the cage and let her out," the Egyptian goddess ordered.
Vicky unlocked the padlocks and opened the door of the cage. Kim pulled herself out, fearful of what was going to follow. She stood in front of this Egyptian goddess. She was only a few inches taller than Kim but the combination of her statuesque figure and the claws of the headdress reaching out over her made it appear as if she towered over her. She held her hand out. Kim took it in hers and planted a kiss on it noticing the falcon shaped gold ring on one of her fingers. Kim pulled her mouth back and pursed her lips about to utter some statement of homage to her mistress in this new guise when a finger was put to her lips in a gesture beckoning her to be silent.
"Do you trust me Kim?"
"Yes, I do."
"Completely?"
"Yes."
"With your life?"
Kim gulped and hesitated slightly before nodding in affirmation. How could she say that she wondered? How could she make an expression of such extreme submission? And yet, there was no question she meant it.
"Good Kim, then your devotion will be put to the test. I hope you don't fail me," she added sharply.
Kim nodded. No, she didn't want to fail. She had pledged to surrender to her utterly.
"This is an important test, Kim," she said more kindly now. "You need to pass through a gateway. You need to be sacrificed and re-born as a character in Nemesisland in your own right, as my special slave girl and assistant. Do you understand?"
Kim nodded. Her heart was pounding? What on earth did she mean?
"Take my hand Kim."
She reached out her painted fingernails for Kim to grasp and led her to the middle of the room. She undid the lock on Kim's scarab belt and let it fall to the ground and then she took hold of the simple cotton tunic and pulled it over Kim's head so that she stood before her naked. She stroked her face and breasts gently sending a tingle down to Kim's sex. The she gestured for her to climb up onto a thin black wooden plank mounted on a frame at about waist height.
Kim let out a little squeak of fear or anticipation. The finger was put to her lips again.
"Don't say anything Kim. You must trust and believe. You see that the jackal-god Anubis, the deity of mummification and the after-life attends me. Lie in acceptance and let your goddess weigh your soul out for you and measure that it's worthy to join mine."
Kim laid perfectly still, her arms by her side and her legs straight and stiff feeling vulnerable in her nakedness on the narrow bench. She watched as the jackal-headed Duchess with her black snout and pointed ears approached carrying a long feather. She gently ran it across Kim's shoulders.
"An ostrich feather," commented the Egyptian goddess, "used to fan the pharaohs in ancient days, now used to pleasure and torment you, Kim."
It was certainly a sensual torment. The soft feather brushed against the peachy flesh of Kim's breasts and sent waves of pleasure through her body. The giant feather touched gently against Kim's white thighs and its gossamer touch sent the juices running through her sex. It felt so nice, so luxurious to lie there still and silent and soak up the erotic attention of the soft feather. The snout masked figure leant over her and pulled the feather back and forth across her soft skin; her arms, her shoulders, her belly, up her legs, across her aching mound. Kim tried to keep quiet but could not help but expel gasps of sensual pleasure as the feather did its work. Make the most of it, thought Kim, because I bet there's something else on the way. As the jackal headed figure continued its work with the feather the Egyptian goddess stood at her head, leant over her and gently brushed her hair with her hands, arranging her fair wavy locks. Her eyes looked into Kim's as the claws of the golden scorpion towered over her. Her touch was gentle and erotic as she ran a sharp fingernail along her cheek and her lips as the feather brushed over her cunt. Kim couldn't work out if this was meant to be pleasure or torment and had gone beyond caring. The painted red lips parted and quiet breathless words came out.
"Your soul is heavy Kim. There is much you still don't know and a heavy burden you need to be released from."
Kim's head was reeling. What did she mean by that?