Hello loves,
I wasn't sure if I should make this idea I got into a new story. But I just could not get it out of my head. I know I have more stories to attend to, but I just felt this one needed to be read too. Please let me know what you think ;)
Chapter 1.
I finally had some time to myself. The last few nights I had spent on my part time job, as understudy to the singers of the café I worked at.
Everybody was down with the flu, and so that meant I had to sing al the solo's, 3 nights in a row. Not that I minded, not at all. There was just one thing that made me want to sing there less and less… Him.
Every night, for the past 4 months, a large guy had been watching me sing. And not just because he liked my voice, or any of the other singers. No, he really was there for me. The look in his eyes whenever I was singing brought me shivers. I feared his dark eyes, his lustful gaze.
Of course, in a café, you found a lot of lustful guys who hoped they would get lucky at night. But he seemed different. He was not interested in any of the other woman who sang beside me. And believe me when I say I really wasn't the prettiest woman there.
But now, with everyone getting better from the flu, I had a week off. And I was determined to enjoy every second of my time off.
Today it was Sunday, and I decided I wanted to start this week of right. So when my alarm went off at 9 am, I stretched my muscles and hopped into my fitness clothes.
My breakfast consisted of a banana and a glass of milk. I brushed my teeth, combed my hair and then I was off.
The fitness centre was only 15 minutes away from my home, but I still always went by car. Call me lazy I know, but I did went there about four times a week.
I parked in the first empty spot I came across and saw Anna's blue Renault parked a little farther. A smile played across my lips. I always enjoyed working out with someone else. And Anna was even more determined to get in shape then I was. She was fun.
I greeted the woman at the desk when I walked in and took the stairs to the woman's dressing room.
The fitness centre I went to was exclusive and really big. The fitness part was large, providing everyone with enough privacy. There also were 2 pools, a whirlpool and a sauna. I loved this place.
That is also the reason I was here 4 times a week. Not to work out like Anna did. No I did that twice a week. The other 2 times you could find me in one of the pools. I love swimming.
I placed my bag into a locker and placed my jacked in there also. For a second I lingered, not able to choose between going swimming instantly, or working out before I did so. With a sigh I picked the latter.
I found Anna across the gym, already working herself in sweat on the treadmill.
"He Anna", I greeted her as I picked the treadmill next to her. She smiled and greeted me back.
"I had not expected you to show up on a Sunday", she joked, giving me a wink.
Anna knew about my part-time job and found it very amazing that I was a singer.
I had often explained her that I was just the understudy, but she still found it totally cool. Last night I had brought her with me, trying to get her to see it was not that amazing. But then everybody called in sick and I had to sing every solo again. She just wouldn't shut up about it.
"You did show up, so why wouldn't I?", I asked her, starting my work out slowly.
Anna grinned.
"Because I saw how the guys were reacting to you last night Roxeanne", she taunted me, her facial expression pressing my buttons.
I stuck out my tongue and put my ears in. Maybe working out alone was better after all.
My mind was still occupied with that one big man that still gave me the creeps. Anna had not seen him, luckily. His presence was enough to keep me on edge all night.
He always chose the backseats, so I could not get a clear eye on him, but he always made sure I'd seen him, before he or I left.
The first times he had been around I was flattered. But when he kept coming, even after a month, I started to feel something was not right about it. I gave him the label stalker, but that was not true since he didn't really stalk me, he never bothered me. Not in the café, nor out. He just watched.
I sighed and started running, I needed to get my mind clear.
After fifteen minutes, and my mind still as bothered by the man, I stopped the treadmill. Anna was still running, but she slowed down a bit when she saw I was stopping.
"You're not going home already, are you?", she asked me, her face written with disbelieve.
I smiled and before I could answer, she did it for me.
"Swimming it is I see. I'll still have 6 miles to go, but then I'll join you", she said, waving me off.
I laughed and retreated to the dressing room. Anna was an easy, go with the flow person. I loved her a lot for it.
I showered quickly before I pulled my bikini on.
I wasn't fat, nor skinny. I was the regular woman you see on the streets. My stomach was almost flat, my legs just slightly bigger than the ideal size the media tells us to have. But I liked my body. You could tell I worked out, and that was all that mattered to me. I felt good.
The guys who wanted just some bones and a pretty face could walk by. My wild curls would never stay in place, and I didn't do make up like it was everything to me. Mascara was enough for me.
And right now, on Sunday and in the gym, I not even bothered with the little make up I owned. I was here to enjoy myself, to relax. Not to flirt.
I bound my long curls into a ponytail and pulled my towel from my locker. Time to swim.
There weren't many people working out today, I remembered seeing 6 people from the minute I had walked in.
The pool was completely deserted. Lovely.
I threw my towel on a seat nearby the pool and dove in. The feeling was amazing. The water was colder than most people preferred, I loved the temperature.
I swam a few rounds under water. It was what I loved most about swimming. When you're totally under water, holding your breath and just enjoying the water, it was also completely silent. I lived for it.
While I had been bored at the treadmill after 15 minutes, I already had swum an hour before I leaned against the side of the pool, wondering when Anna would join me.
It was that moment when I saw him. The hairs on my arms stood straight as I watched the biggest, most dangerous man I had ever seen walk closer towards the place I was in the water.
I instantly knew it was him. I had seen him last night and I was sure.
But I had never seen his complete face. And right now, I was scared shitless. He was bald, I had seen that much at night. But he also had a scar running from his cheek down to his chin. His eyes seemed dark, but the distance between us was too great to be sure.
And I was determined not to find out either.
As he came closer, I moved towards the middle of the pool, hoping he didn't wanted his clothes to get wet. I needed to warn the staff before he got to me.
His laugh stopped me. The sound was dark and deep. I slowly turned and met his gaze.
"You can't escape me, darling", that dark voice told me. I stood there frozen, wondering if I should swim towards the other side of the pool and run.
In my moment of distress I did register his dark clothing. He wore heavy combat boots and a brown jacked, that seemed heavy. Not that he would mind, he was a big guy.
'That's not helping at all', my mind told me as I was watching all the muscle the man had.
"Fuck", I muttered softly when I realised I was in a really bad situation.
And it only got worse.
At the moment I decided to make a run for the other side of the pool, Anna walked into the room. And she was not alone.
Two guys walked behind her, one holding onto her arm, a gun pressed to her temple.
My mouth fell open to scream, but there was no sound. I desperately watched around, hoping to see someone who could help us. But the place seemed completely empty.
I turned myself to Anna once more, seeing how scared she was, tears leaking from her eyes.
"Anna", I said, not knowing how to comfort her.
His chuckle was what got my attention. I turned towards him, not sure what it was he wanted from me now.
"This lovely girl is your friend Anna, am I right?", he questioned me. I silently nodded. He grinned.
"That's what I thought. You see, she is scared. And she has all the reasons to be. Now if you would be so kind to get yourself over here, she'll be unharmed", he explained with that dangerous voice, while he motioned right before him in the pool.
I swallowed and glanced over at Anna. She was terrified.
I sighed and wondered if I could bring myself to swim over towards him. What would he do with me?
"Come come, we don't have all day, darling," he said. I watched him again, after I saw how the guy holding Anna pressed his gun even closer towards her head. Anne whimpered.
I sighed defeated. I had no choice here.
I slowly swam closer to him, watching how he squatted down when I almost reached the edge of the pool.
He was so immense. His thighs alone were unbelievable muscled. Bigger then my middle. I stopped within an arm's reach. I knew Anna was scared, but so was I. I felt my stomach turn and my body tremble. His eyes locked with mine, his grin making place for a smile.
"Good girl, now come here", he said. I took the last step, seeing how he reached out for my hands and in one swift motion he stood and pulled me from the water, placing me before him on the edge of the pool.
I felt like covering myself, but he wouldn't release my arms. His hungry eyes watched every inch from my body before he locked his eyes with mine again.
I started shivering from the lack of water that had warmed me.
He towered over me, being 2 heads bigger than me for sure. I swallowed once more, making sure to break the eye contact, watching his shoulders instead.
A hand on my chin reconnected our stares.
"You have no idea how long I have been waiting for this moment."
I frowned at his words. What was he talking about?
When I opened my mouth to ask questions I heard Anna's cry and while he had my chin in his grip, I could see her from where I stood.
"Don't hurt her, please", I pleaded, bringing my eyes back to his. His grin returned.
He released my chin, took hold of my arm again and pulled me away from the pool, like he was afraid I would jump back in if I would get the chance.
He was probably right.
He nodded his head in the direction of the other guys and Anna, at which they left us. I watched them leave and then hesitantly brought my eyes back to this enormous man. What did he want from me?
"Now that I finally have all your attention," he started. I involuntarily started shivering, from cold and fear. I wondered if he noticed I was cold. He probably didn't care. Maybe he wanted it that way, me being completely uncomfortable.
"Whenever you disobey me, your friend will bear the consequences."
His threat sounded dark, and I immediately believed he was capable of hurting her. I knew he had me in control. I would never allow anyone to hurt my friend.
He saw my pained, distressed frown, and a smug smile formed around his lips.
"I see you understand me, my darling. For now, I want you to accompany me upstairs. Your questions will be answered later", the last part was added when he saw me open my mouth.
The look in his eyes alone was enough to keep me quiet. He released my left arm, but kept a good grip on my right.
"Can I get my towel?", I softly asked, even before I realised I asked it. He thought it over, and then he nodded. He didn't release me though.
To my surprise he gently led me to the chair my towel was placed on. He did release me then, taking the towel and placing it around me.
I slightly backed away from the closeness of his body, but he ignored my move.
"Now come", he said, taking my arm once again, his hand steady around my wrist. He wasn't hurting me, but I knew the grip was strong enough for me not to escape. Not that I dared trying.
He exactly knew the way to the woman's dressing room. How I hoped someone was in there.
He opened the door for me, gently but firmly pushing me inside before he closed and locked the door behind me.
I saw Anna standing against one of the lockers. The guy who had kept her under shot earlier, now stood next to her, watching her closely.
I gave her a empathic look, not knowing how to make this all go away. Her sad smile told me she didn't knew either.
"Now, the building is completely empty, only my men are in here. Don't attempt any stupid escapes. You won't even make it towards the stairs", The big man behind me told us.
He walked until he stood before me, eyeing me up and down, his eyes resting on the towel.
"Do you have your necessities to shower here?", he then asked me, catching me totally off guard. I slowly nodded, watching over to Anna. She also didn't liked where this was going.
"Good, where?", he asked, taking a step aside so I could show him. I hesitantly took a step in the direction of my locker, taking the key I kept around my ankle.
He held his hand out, not even trusting me with the key to the locker. I handed it over to him and pointed towards my locker.
He opened it and pulled my bag out, going through my stuff. As embarrassed as I thought I'd be when a complete stranger would go through my underwear and stuff, I just stood there. Once again I was frozen.
He pulled my wallet and phone out of the bag, placing both items in his jacket.
"Find her stuff", he told the other guy who stood with Anna.
I watched how she handed him her key and showed him her locker. I was still watching them when I felt his eyes on me once more.
"Take your necessities", he said, keeping his body right next to mine. I picked my shampoo and conditioner bottle. When I reached for my underwear, he stopped me.
"You don't need them in the shower, you will get dressed here", he sternly said. My shocked eyes met his. But his face was blank. I swallowed and stood. He placed his hands on my shoulders, walking me towards the showers.
For once I was so happy about the small shower cabins. He would never fit in with me. And I could close and lock the door. Thank god.
"You have ten minutes, no longer", he told me before he pushed me in the first cabin. I turned and watched how he leaned back against the side of the cabin.
"Can I shut the door?", I asked, sounding more like a beg then a question.
He smiled.
"There's no use in hiding yourself from me. But yes, you may close the door. But it will stay unlocked", he warned. I nodded and I could just see Anna walk into the shower room, before I closed the door.
I instantly started the shower. I needed to block the sounds out of my mind. This all could not be happening. It just couldn't.
I started washing my hair, afraid he would come in at any second, I kept my bikini on. My body would be the last thing I would wash.
But when my hair was done, I found myself still resisting to take my bikini off. I did wash myself, but kept the set on.
"One minute", I heard him say from behind the door.
I then shut the shower and dried myself as best as I could with the large towel. I took my bottles from the floor and very slowly opened the cabin door.
He still stood there exactly like I had left him. When I tried to walk past him, he blocked me with his arm, keeping me in the cabin.
"I remember you wearing a bikini under that", he said, keeping his hand out for me to put the bikini in. I swallowed and adverted my eyes from his.
Asshole.
Keeping the towel on, I removed the top and bottom of my bikini, handing them over without showing him any inch of my body.
He grinned, but then let me pass him.
I felt he was walking right behind me, way too close for my liking. He wasn't seriously letting me dress in front of him, was he?
He sat down on one of the seats and nodded in the direction of my bag. He wanted me to get dressed.
I turned and took my time sorting my clothes out. I wanted to postpone the moment as long as I could before I would let my towel drop.
"Do I need to assist you, perhaps?", his dark voice came from behind me. I quickly shook my head.
"Then get dressed", he warned, placing his enormous hands on his knees, watching me with pure amusement.
I turned my back towards him, decided I could at least get my panties on without dropping the towel. But he didn't liked that.
"Remove the towel. You are not allowed to hide anything from me", he said. I met his gaze once more, disbelief written all over my face.
"I'm not getting naked in front of you", I hissed. I was getting angry, while being afraid. The words had been playing in my had, but his remark had loured them out.
"Are you sure about that?", he taunted, getting from his seat and making his way over to me. I turned my back towards him, not wanting him so close.
"Drop it", he said into my ear as he pulled at the towel. I shook my head no, but then felt how he powerful removed the towel from me, throwing it away.
"Beautiful", he softly said, while one of his hands stroke over my back and even lower.
"I'll get dressed", I said, covering my breasts and moving to grasp my clothes. But he wasn't having any of it.
"You've had your chance."
He firmly turned me around and took my panties in his hand. He bowed down in order for me to step into them.
Ashamed to the bone, I stepped in. He slowly pulled them up. Kissing my thighs as he did so.
I took a small step back, feeling how he placed his fingers under the elastics of the waistband, pulling me back.
"If you're rather naked, just say so", he warned me. I shook my head and took a small step closer towards him. He nodded in approval.
Taking his time with my bra, he let me turn and placed the bands around my arms. He shoved the material of the cups until he could cup my breasts with them, his hands feeling me up.
He then clasped it shut and took my jeans.
He again bowed down and let me step into them. I placed my hands on his shoulders to keep me from falling. He pulled my jeans up and then zipped the zipper and he closed the button.
At that point I saw Anna walking back in, the guy who seemed very interested in her close behind. He ushered her towards the other side of the dressing room, so I could not see her.
"Your arms", I heard him say while I was not paying attention to him. I quickly watched him, seeing how he placed my red blouse on my arms and took his time buttoning it. He let the 2 upper buttons open, smiling while he watched the total picture of me.
I took another small step back, not sure what he would do with me now I was dressed. My hair was still dripping wet, causing me to shiver. He noticed.
Pulling me closer and turning me, he took a smaller towel out of my bag and started to rub my hair dry.
I knew this would take a while, with my long and thick hair.
"Exquisite", I heard him mumble from behind me. He really took his time drying my hair. He was being gentle, more than I would have expected from someone that looked so dangerous and bad.
"There are blow-dryers over there", I softly said, pointing into the right direction. He ignored me, apparently rather using his hands to dry my hair.
When he was finally done, he dropped the towel and turned me around, pulling me in between his legs.
His face was so close, too close.
"You will not speak unless you are spoken too. Especially when we are leaving."
I just nodded, not even feeling like talking to him anyway. He kept staring into my eyes while one of his hands took a long curl that hung in my face and placed it behind my ear.
It was then we heard a shriek and both he and I turned out heads in the direction the sound was coming from.
"What's going on?", His dark voice demanded. He stood and pulled me with him, towards the other side of the dressing room.
Anna stood there, dressed into her underwear her eyes red from crying.
"She slipped sir", the guy answered him. I saw how Anna was troubling with breathing. She was starting to panic.
"Please let me go, please", she pleaded, fresh tears forming in her eyes. My captors grip on my arm intensified for a minute.
"You either keep her under control, or I'll take it over from here", he threatened. The guy nodded and roughly handed Anne her jeans and sweater. She slowly clothed herself.
I felt so sorry for her. I had to dress in front of one stranger, she was on total display here.
"Take her bag, we are done here", the big man said. He pulled me towards my bag and took it in his free hand.
He handed me my coat, and then we walked out of the dressing room, towards the stairs.
To my complete amazement, the whole gym was empty. Not one soul was exercising. I wondered if they had killed them or something. They seemed capable of that.
The desk by the entrance was empty too. At this point I started to panic. They would kidnap us.
He led us to a big black hummer, using his key to open it. He helped me inside and quickly followed. Being with three of them and two of us, I felt totally outnumbered. Not that I would be able to stand alone this big guy.
He waited patiently until Anna and the other guys took place before us, the third man taking place behind the wheel.
"Let's move", I heard him speak next to me.
I tried to gain as little attention as I could, staring outside, keeping quiet like he wanted me to be.
But he seemed very interested in me. I firstly felt his hands on my thighs, gripping them lightly. I kept ignoring him, until his fingers started tracing my cheekbone.
"You fear me", he stated. It wasn't even a question.
I turned my head, watching him square in the eyes.
"Of course I do, I don't even know who you are", I said to him. Closing my eyes as I remembered him telling me to shut it. But he didn't seemed angry as I opened my eyes again. He seemed amused, intrigued by me.
"My name is Bane."
Soooo this story is about Bane, yes. But not like my other fics. The storyline in this story will be slightly different then Batman the dark knight. Bane does not always needs to wear a mask, and his whole history in the movie is not what will happen or has happened in my fic. Just read, and enjoy the ride!
Feel free to let me know what you think about this idea! Please!
Tessa.