As soon as we were inside with the door securely locked, I was roughly pushed to the floor. My knees created a terrible knocking sound on the hard wood before I sprawled face down before them. Shay stepped on my upper back with one foot, pinning me down, while Jake got in my face and laughed. He grabbed my hair, pulling my head back so I was looking into his face. "So how does it feel to have everything in your life taken away?" he growled, menacingly. "It doesn't feel very good, now does it? DOES IT?!"
"NO," I shouted back, anger filling my voice. "Fuck you! You deserved what you got! I don't deserve this!"
"That fucking mouth is going to get you in a lot of trouble around us." He looked at Shay, "Let's shut her up." Shay went to the kitchen counter nearby and brought back a ball gag. "I don't want to hear another fucking thing from you tonight. You don't deserve to speak," he hissed. He let go of my hair, practically throwing my head down to the floor. I hit my cheek slightly on the hard wood; not hard enough to leave a welt but enough to hurt. I turned my head and spat in Jake's face.
"Fuck you!" I got in, before the gag was forced into my mouth and locked shut behind my head.
"Let's bring her upstairs so she can think about this in her room," Shay suggested. They each grabbed under my arms and began hauling me up the steps. I started thrashing around, screaming behind the gag, knowing if they got me where they wanted me I'd never get away. This only further inflamed their anger and I was thrown down on the steps right where I was and kicked a dozen times or so. I lost focus when I started losing my breath. After a minute or two, they stopped and proceeded to pick me up and continue to haul my battered body upstairs.
"So you're going to be a feisty one, are you? Fine. It'll only cost you more pain, which we have no problems dishing out," Jake taunted.
With that, they dragged me into a bedroom at the end of the hall upstairs. With the lights turned off I couldn't see anything since the windows were covered. But as soon as one of them flipped the switch I saw a myriad of frightening objects hanging on the walls surrounding a large wide-barred cage and a table with metal rings attached to it in the middle of the room. I guessed the instruments on the walls were intended to inflict pain and that the cage was for me. Why did I have to be right?
Without warning, they pulled me over to the cage, opened the door and threw me in, not bothering to unlock my sore arms and legs. I attempted to sit up and kick at the door, but they shut it with ease and attached a large padlock. Jake reached into the cage through one of the 5x5" squares and unhooked the leash from my collar, pulling it back out of the cage to hang on the wall. Again, I attempted to scream and kick at the door, but the door merely made loud banging noises and my screams were muffled through the ball gag.
With a triumphant grin on their faces, they turned around to leave the room. Shay turned off the light as he walked out and I heard Jake say, "Welcome home, bitch," before they closed the door and left me in complete darkness.
I began furiously kicking at the cage door with both feet, but it didn't give way an inch. The bars were made of a thick metal and the padlock holding the door shut was one of those large Master locks you can buy at hardware stores. I was stuck in this damn thing for however long they chose to leave me there. I sure hoped it wouldn't be long. As much as I hated them, I wanted one of them to come back and let me out. I really had to go to the bathroom this time!
The night was long. I heard some rustling around downstairs for a few hours after they threw me in the cage. I assumed they were eating and watching TV or something. But soon, all was quiet. I wasn't about to let them have a peaceful night's sleep while I was lying here uncomfortable, my bladder practically bursting. I was banging on the cage door again, doing my best to be annoying when Jake came storming in. "Shut the fuck up in here!" he bellowed after turning on the light. I just kept banging and whimpering. He was getting so angry! Eventually, he came over, unlocked the door and jerked me out, holding me up by my shirt. "I told you to shut the fuck up!" he screamed in my face. Suddenly, he threw me down, unlocked the gag and ripped it from my mouth.
"I'm sorry," I gushed, "I just have to pee so badly! Please let me go!" I pleaded. He laughed evilly and stepped on my lower abdomen, right where I was bursting. I nearly lost it all over myself.
"So you have to go, huh? Well, I guess I better take you out," he chuckled, amused at his own joke. He snapped the leash to my collar and unlocked my wrist and ankle cuffs. "Crawl, bitch," he commanded as he led me toward the door. I had to go so badly I was not about to do anything stupid. I crawled as he demanded and we went down the hall to a bathroom. He took me inside and let go of my leash. "Go ahead." He stood there watching me this time, causing my cheeks to burn. But I knew I couldn't ask for privacy with what I had already attempted at the gas station or he might throw me back in the cage without going. I sat down, trying to focus, and soon heard the wild stream I was waiting for. Did that ever feel good!
As soon as I finished, embarrassed as I was, he led me back to "my" room. He locked my cuffs together, replaced the gag, put me back in the cage and locked it up.
"See, all you have to do is be a good girl for us and you just might get a reward." I glared at him out of anger and humiliation. "And I don't want to see that look cross your face again, ever. You have no right to glare at me, little one. I call all the shots from now on, you hear me? Now shut up and go to sleep. We'll deal with you in the morning. You have a big day ahead of you."
With that, he chuckled, turned off the light and closed the door. I heard his footsteps fade down the hallway until they disappeared. Sad, lonely and nervous, I tried to get into as comfortable a position as the cage and being bound would allow, which wasn't very comfortable at all, and tried to fall asleep. But all I could think about was Ryan and when I eventually fell asleep I had tears rolling down my cheeks.
I woke to the sound of rustling and voices somewhere distant in the house. I had forgotten where I was for a moment but all the memories of the past 36 hours or so came rushing back as soon as I tried to move. Oh yeah, I was a prisoner to the world's most insane duo. Now how the hell can I get out of here? Perhaps there is someone else in the house aside from Jake and Shay. Maybe they could hear me and wonder what's going on if I scream. Wait a minute. Scratch that. I still have a gag covering my mouth. I sighed and decided the only noise I could really make would be to start kicking at the cage door again. It was worth a shot. I mustered all the energy I could and began kicking at the door like I had the night before. The metal was clanging and making quite a racket when I heard someone pounding up the stairs. Could it be someone who could save me? My hopes were destroyed when the door opened and light flooded in, basking Jake in color and shadow. He turned on the light and stomped over to the cage.
"Clearly you got enough sleep last night," he angrily spoke as he unlocked the cage and pulled me out. "Looks like you're going to have to start the day earlier than planned." He began unlocking my wrist and ankle cuffs and removing them from my arms and legs. "Take off your clothes." I hesitated, startled, not knowing what he was going to do. "NOW, damn it!" And he grabbed a cane off the wall and started beating me with it. I screamed into the gag and immediately started peeling off my shoes and socks, then slowly my t-shirt and pants. "All of it!"
My chin quivered as I hugged my knees to my chest. I couldn't get naked in front of him! Why was he doing this? My eyes pleaded with him to reconsider but he only raised the cane and threatened to lash my bare skin if I did not comply. I slowly hung my head and reached my sore arms behind me to unhook the clasp on my bra. I let it fall down my arms and drop to the floor next to me. I looked up with pleading eyes one more time.