I apologise for the fact it's taken so long to submit Chapter 9 of Tina's story. Unfortunately I lost my internet connection around the end of May 2006, hopefully, things are up and running again, and I can continue telling Tina's story.
Again I'd like to remind you that this story is a work of fiction. If you are under age, or fiction such as this is illegal in your country, please go elsewhere. Otherwise I hope you continue to enjoy the story of Tina's struggle for survival.
If you haven't already done so, could I suggest you also read Chapters 1 through 8. They'll give you the full story of how and why she came to be in the cellar.
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It was further couple of hours before the front door on Walpole Road reopened to vomit Mason and Snake, otherwise known as Sergeant Collins, back onto the street. Sealed away in a couple of evidence bags clutched in the latter's hot little hand were the videotape, and the envelope it had arrived in. Tina's parents had been forced to sit through the highlights of the assault on their daughter for a second time, answering a range of highly personal questions as they did so. Of course neither of them realised they were sitting only a few feet from the very two men who'd led the attack on their daughter.
Collins had to admit his boss had been right; but then he usually was. The only thing Tina's parents had seen on the screen was their daughter being abused; they'd hardly even looked at the men who were carrying out the attack. But, Sergeant Collins was still uneasy and voiced his concern as soon as the car was on the road heading back to headquarters.
"Okay, so you were right," he conceded, "they never even noticed who was doing the girl, but what was the point? It was a risk we didn't need to take. We've got a good thing going here, why should we risk everything just so you can prove a point?" Mason laughed.
"That's just it," he said, "I wanted to prove that point. I wanted to show all of you that nobody suspects what we're up to; that it's time we moved on to the next level. Oh sure, we should get a decent price for Tina, but selling one girl every six or seven weeks isn't going to make any of us rich. It's time we started upping the stakes and considering different markets." Snake still looked doubtful.
"Like what?" he said. "We're doing okay aren't we?" Mason shrugged.
"Okay," he admitted grudgingly, "I suppose we are, but we can do an awful lot better you know. That's what tonight's meeting is about. First we need to decide when and where to dispose of Tina; then we can discuss what we're going to do next. Can't you wait till then?"
"Bollocks," said Collins, "you know me better than that. If you want my support tonight then I need to know exactly what you've got in mind long before the meeting. So you'd best get on with it hadn't you?"
This time Mason grinned; he'd been expecting something of the sort.
Sergeant Collins was a lot brighter than he looked, and ultra careful. His role in their little group was security and it was a job he took very seriously; one he was very good at. He'd been the first to realise that both Crabtree's debts and drinking were spiralling out of control. Either one of them on their own could have posed a serious security risk; put them together and they became potentially lethal.
So Dr. Crabtree had to go, and go he did; though the car crash that killed him seemed genuine enough even to the boys in Traffic whose job it was to carry out the investigation. Replacing him had been more of a problem. They'd considered (and discarded) three before Henson had made himself available. That's where access to criminal records came in so handy; it gave them background information on every member of their team, particularly the kind of information they wouldn't care to have made public.
In Henson's case he'd fallen into their lap the night he'd been caught fucking a near-naked teenage patient in the back seat of his car some six months earlier. Her name was Sandy Williams, and at first he thought himself lucky it was Mason and Collins who'd caught the pair of them 'in flagrante'. As Mason pointed out, if it had been anyone else Henson would have lost everything, his job, his marriage, (though to be honest the collapse of his marriage would have been the least of his problems), and his reputation.
In the end it was the girl that lost everything as usual. Sandy had been an unexpected bonus for the group, and by the time they'd finished with her she was already in a bad way. At the time she was the youngest girl they'd ever snatched by several years, and that fact alone guaranteed her special attention. On the third night Mason took her away for some extra curricular activities of his own, and by the time he'd finished with her all she wanted to do was die.
It was another twenty-four hours of degradation before that wish was finally granted, and even in death her body wasn't safe from his predations. She was one of the three girls that hadn't made it through training; for some reason the younger ones seemed to lack the strength of mind and body they needed to survive. In Sandy's case though, her fate had been sealed the moment they caught her in the car. It was part of the deal they'd worked out with Henson, a very pleasant part for everyone except her and Henson. He felt a genuine affection for the girl; if he'd known what they intended doing to her he'd have seen her safe and accepted the consequences.
Tina was the first girl they'd taken since Henson had joined the team and even he knew he was only there on probation. They were watching him closely for any sign of weakness, particularly when he'd been alone with her, administering the injections and treating her injuries. That was his role in the group, keeping the girls alive and in good condition until their training was complete and they could be sold on down the line. Mason nodded his head, he'd always intended keeping Collins in the loop.
"Things are going okay," he admitted. He'd been thinking about the night he'd spent on his own with Henson's girl and he was smiling at the memory. "We've already got some decent offers in for Tina you know, I reckon we might get as much as £8/10k for her in the end." Snake whistled in genuine surprise.
"As much as that," he said. "Mind you I think she's worth it, she's a hot little number. In a way I'll be sorry to see her go." Mason grunted; he seemed less than impressed.
"She's just another cunt," he said. "Women like her are only good for one thing and the world's full of 'em. That's what I like about our set up, at least we get a regular supply of fresh young pussy to torment every few weeks. You know what they say about variety being the spice of life." He laughed, "we've got our eyes on some promising material by the way including an identical pair of twins."
Collins looked at him sharply, "you're kidding. How old?"