The man whose name used to be Bryant was in a small closet-like box blindfolded. His stomach rumbled with hunger telling him that it had been quite some time since he had been fed.
It had all started with a girl, a girl walking through a club. He saw her and had to have her, and he had. She had screamed and kicked and fought him and he'd loved it.
Until he found out she 'belonged' to someone. At first he wasn't worried; he was a pretty big guy, close to six foot, broad in the shoulders. He had been in a few brawls and came out on top.
He was talking to two of his fellow bouncers at the new job when he saw someone approaching. He stood about five and a half feet with shoulder-length blonde hair and was specifically coming toward the taller man.
Instead of words a punch connected with his stomach, driving the breath from his lungs. The shorter man stayed close and the attacked saw the two men he was with take a step back.
"What the hell, you scrawny little shit?" Bryant asked as he started to recover. Still he saw his companions keep their distance. He started to get concerned, but had an image to maintain.
The blonde didn't watch him but turned to his two companions. "He touched my property. Even when he was told she belong to me. He beat and raped my property."
The two other men turned to Bryant and took a step back to separate themselves from him. Neither of them could hold his gaze.
During this time, Bryant recovered from the initial punch and tried to launch an attack of his own. His arm came back and started forward only to find the shorter man in an attack of his own. Before Bryant could make contact, the blonde landed a stomp kick into his stomach, driving him to his knees in pain.
"She will tell me if either of you touched her. Did you?"
"No, sir." one replied.
"I asked her the first couple of times she came in, but then she told me she was yours so I never asked again. We just looked out for her." the second one admitted.
"Take him downstairs. He'll make a good addition."
Bryant was trying to draw air back into his lungs and right himself, but the kick had hurt him more than he realized. Instead he started to sputter in protest.
"Yes, sir."
The two others finally moved forward and took him by the arms. He was a little more recovered now and started to protest in earnest. Bryant struggled to break free until one turned his wrist and sent him back to his knees in pain.
A moment later they had muscled him to a steel door that they opened with a key and moved him through it. Every time he started to get away a sharp pain coursed through him. Once through the door, the steel door closed behind them, Bryant was overcome with the silence in the new surroundings.
A dark haired man stormed toward them, a cattle prod in his hand. His clothes were well made, designer but not too flashy. Wielding the prod like he knew exactly how to use it he waved it at the two men.
"You bring noise into my domain? What is the meaning of this?"
"He assaulted a slave upstairs. Raped her. We were told to bring him down."
The man sighed but nodded. "Hold him." After his statement he turned and went back the way he had stormed toward them. Bryant continued to struggle to get up but was easily held down. Moments later he returned with a circular piece of metal in his hands. Moving around his defenses it was snapped around his neck. "Release him."
Immediately the hands holding Bryant were removed and he was once again free to move. There was a split second where the struggle in his mind to run or attack his captors played out on his face and he turned to sprint for the door.