Sarra struggled against the attackers, but her flailing seemed to do little more than spur them on, and their harsh laughter infected her with a growing panic that stripped her of control.
They had set upon her as she wheeled herself around the edge of the makeshift town. Her boredom had finally got the better of her, and with her brother gone on one of his hunting trips she had found herself wandering alone, letting her mind slip into the realm of imagination for a time. She had been too caught-up within her thoughts to notice the three men sliding from behind the shadows of an abandoned trailer, and her first warning that trouble had arrived was the rough feeling of calloused hands around her throat.
She had tried to punch at him, but his grip was from behind her, and the limitation of the wheelchair made it impossible to get any purchase against her attacker. He only gripped her throat tighter with his fingers, crushing her slowly. His long nails sank into her skin, drawing blood, and stars began to fill her vision as the air slowly stopped going to her lungs. She gasped like a wounded fish, flailing wildly as the grip continued to tighten, and her ears rang with the sudden and wild pounding of her heart. She could hear the raucous laughter of the men behind her, cheering her attacker on. Slowly the fight left her, even as she grasped at his tough fingers, trying to pull herself free. Everything was beginning to blur as she slowly slipped away towards unconsciousness. Then, suddenly, she was lifted up and out of her chair bodily. The hands around her neck were taught with muscle, and she could only image how strong those arms that held her must be. She dangled there in the air, her toes scraping the ground without feeling, her weak hands little more than holding onto the wrists of her attacker.
"Damn," said a voice next to her ear, "you sure are a pretty little broken bird."
"Nice little birdie!" The second voice devolved into laughter, and she could tell by the slight shaking that the one holding her was sharing in his companion's glee.
"I don't think I'm ever seen a little disabled bird look so fine before."
"Before?"
"Oh yeah. Lots of them hanging around shitholes like this. Turns out they're a lot of fun to have around though, seeing as how they can't get very far."
Suddenly Sarra could feel hot breath on her ear, and the voice of her attacker whispered just loud enough for her to hear. "I'm going to enjoy myself little birdie. And I want you to make this fun for me ok? Struggle; please struggle. Do everything your pretty little broken bird body can do to stop me. If you don't I'm going to fucking smash your head in with a rock and fuck your corpse anyway."
By now the fear had gripped Sarra and frozen her into a tight panic that seemed to paralyze her. But his words seemed to spring her into action and she dug her nails into his hand, hoping to fights the grip on her neck. It was the wild panic off a trapped animal fighting back now, blind to the reality that without help, she was doomed. And she had strayed too far from the center of the settlement to expect anyone to run to her aid. Out here she was as good as dead - though she knew that the men behind her had little intention of killing her immediately.
Suddenly she was dropping, as the hands around her neck let go with a push, hurling her to the rough dirt. She saw her wheelchair upturned a few feet away, one wheel spinning slightly. Using her arms to push herself up, she twisted around as best she could to face her attackers, her useless legs dragging in the dirt. She barred her teeth, ignoring the unwanted tears that were sliding from her eyes, a snarl appearing on her face as she screamed at her attackers.
There were three of them, all large and disgusting. Their clothing was torn and ragged from years of living in this post-apocalyptic hell, and the largest of them wore a large knife on his belt that looked to be about as long as her forearm. He was smiling very unpleasantly, his strong, once-handsome face leering and vile in its features. His eyes traveled up and down the length of her body slowly, and his mouth sprouted into an even wider grin.
"Christ, you are a fine little fucking bitch."
"Fuck you. Fuck you!" It was all Sarra could manage to say. She tried pushing herself further away, but her arms could only move her so far, so quickly, and her pathetic efforts seemed to do little more than make the men more pleased.
Their leader, the largest man, reached down to his crotch and began rubbing himself through the worn fabric of his pants. Playing with the growing bulge there as stepped forwards a little bit at a time. Sarra, too weak from the attack to do much more now that struggle to remain upright on her arms, looked up at him with wide, terrified eyes. All intelligent control was leaving her, as her mind slid away into some deep place of hiding, so that only raw fear remained; raw fear and a growing acceptance of the situation at hand. She could not fight; she wasn't even sure if she wanted to fight anymore. What was the point really - she was going to be killed here, and the desire to fight for her life was fading fast from her spirit.
The man pressed tighter with his fingers, making the bulge grow noticeably. With his other hand he undid the clasp on his belt and pulled open the button at the top of his pants, pulling them down a few inches to the bottom of his hips. He was standing just a few inches away from her now, looking down with something resembling glee in his mad, dark eyes. His dirty underwear held a massive erection now, and he was stroking it slowly with the tips of his fingers, watching her as he did so. She just looked up at him, the hate in her eyes slowly clouding over with a great tiredness and quiet disgust.