Chapter 3
Tommy was frozen in place. He didn't know what Kevin was doing in his living room, but he was sure that he hadn't visited him just to say 'hi'. When the vampire was around, it meant nothing good.
"Oh Tommy, I forgot how good you smell," Kevin noted, moving near the human and taking a long sniff but without touching him. "I know your blood tastes really good, too, but I would like to taste it again to remember its savour…"
The vampire was going to grab Tommy's hair, but the blonde moved away and went to stand at the other side of the couch.
"What do you want, Kevin? What are you doing here? And where's Kris?" he asked, shaking lightly.
"Don't worry about Kris, Tommy…He's safe and back home."
"What!?"
"You didn't really think that I let him go, did you?" Kevin said, laughing at Tommy's disbelieving expression. "I would kill my slaves before letting them get away…"
"But he said…"
"He said everything I wanted him to say; everything I wanted you to believe. I wanted him to get close to you so I would know if Adam was still around," the vampire explained, pacing the room. "I've been following you for a while now, but even if your master, well ex-master obviously, wasn't in the area, I wanted to be sure that he wasn't going to show up."
"What do you want, Kevin?" Tommy demanded again, trying to control his shaking voice. The fact that Kevin had been following him during the last few weeks and wanted to be sure that Adam wasn't in the picture anymore did nothing to help him calm down.
"What I want!? Well, first, I wanted to torture you and kill you. I wanted you to pay for what happened at that Halloween party and I wanted Adam to pay as well because of how people are treating me now. I know Adam cares a lot about you, so I knew if I was hurting you he would be really upset. But when I saw you in the street the first night and I caught your delectable odour, I thought it would be a big waste to kill you. So now that you don't have a master anymore, I think it's time that you have another one who knows how to deal with a disrespectful slave."
At these words, Tommy gasped; he didn't like where Kevin's explanations were going. He was in no way going to be a slave again, and least of all for that evil bastard.
"I don't want to be a slave anymore," the human objected, knowing it wouldn't change anything.
"And since when is it about what you want?" the vampire asked, laughing. "I don't think that even Adam had allowed you what you wanted when he kidnapped you…"
"So what!? It doesn't mean that I would let you do anything you want…"
"Oh, really…"
Tommy didn't have the time to react before Kevin pushed him and pinned against the wall behind him. The vampire grabbed his hands with one of his own and pressed the other one on the human's mouth, muffling his cries for help. Tommy was struggling as much as he could and was trying to kick Kevin, but he was too weak compared to the vampire.
"You see, Tommy, a vampire always gets what he wants. You're just a pathetic human boy…And vampires don't have to give a shit about what humans need or want. And now, you're going to be all mine…"
Kevin grinned, showing his sharp fangs to Tommy. He jerked the blonde's head a bit to have a better access and bit him on the neck. Tommy could feel the tears running down his cheeks; he couldn't believe that he was living this situation again. Like the first time Tommy had met a vampire, Kevin kept drinking his blood until he passed out.
Adam had spent a few hours in his office calling his contacts to know if they had seen Tommy. First, he had called the taxi company and had learned in which area the driver had dropped him the night he had left the mansion. He talked with one of his friends, Armand, who thought he had seen him a few weeks ago. At least, he knew where to begin his research and he was sure that if Tommy was still around, he would find him easily.
"Did you find anything, Sir?" Georges asked when Adam left his office and passed in front of the living room.
"Well, it seems like Tommy was in Atherton a few weeks ago. I don't know if he is still out there, but it's a start. I'm leaving tomorrow evening."
"I'm sure you are going to find him and he's going to be okay."
"Yea, I hope so…"
"But Sir, can I tell you what I think?"
"Of course, Georges, your opinion is always important for me."
"Maybe Tommy doesn't want you to find him…So maybe he won't be very happy to see you…"
"I know…But I just want to make sure he's okay. If I'll see that he's fine and seems to be happy with his new life, I will stay hidden."
Tommy woke up slowly and the first thing he noticed was that he was freezing. When he opened his eyes, he found out that he was laying on a concrete floor in a dark and humid basement. He was wearing only a pair of black leather shorts that barely covered his ass and had leather bracelets around his wrists and his ankles. When he sat up, he felt something like cold metal touching his shoulder and pulling lightly on his neck. He reached for it and realised that he had a kind of collar and was chained to the wall behind him. Even if he was a bit dizzy, he stood up and pulled against his bond. But Tommy figured out quickly that the three meter chain wasn't going to break.
Tommy's eyes were getting used to the darkness and he was able to distinguish his surroundings. The room was huge and didn't have any windows. There were no doors either except a large staircase in the middle of the wall opposite to Tommy, apparently leading somewhere upstairs. A faint light was hanging from the ceiling above the base of the stairs. There was no furniture in the room, and except for a kind of wooden cross, and a few hooks and chains, the walls were nude.
Tommy's toes were beginning to get numb because of the cold floor, so he sat down and rubbed them. Thinking about his situation, he could feel tears running down his cheeks. He had been scared, lost and despondent when he had woken up the first time in Adam's dungeon. But knowing Kevin, he knew that the things he had thought was tough about being Adam's slave were going to get harder and scarier this time. Kevin was sick, crazy and impatient, so Tommy knew he would have a hard time. He was lost in his thoughts when he heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Afraid of who it might be, Tommy retreated against the wall and wrapped his arms around his legs. He released the breath he didn't know he was holding when Kris appeared and headed toward him. He was wearing the same leather shorts and bracelets but had black combat boots in his feet. He knelt down in front of Tommy, smiling lightly.
"Hey, Tommy…How are you doing?" Kris asked, like the situation was totally normal.
"Kris…Why did you do that to me?" Tommy demanded, furious. "How could you lie to me and let that bastard take me?"
"You shouldn't talk about Master like that…"
"I don't fucking care! You betrayed me…Why did you do that?"
"I'm so sorry, Tommy," Kris apologised, lowering his head. "Master told me that he was going to punish me severely if I wasn't coopering. I didn't want you to be hurt or anything, but I didn't want to be beaten again. And I thought it could be fun to have you here, with me…I'm tired of being alone."
Tommy glanced at Kris and shook his head. He was still upset but having been a slave himself; he understood what Kris was thinking. The few punishments he had received from Adam had been difficult and painful, but he could easily guess that Kevin's punishments were worse. A slave would try to do everything he could to avoid being beaten by his master.
"Do you know what he's going to do to me?" Tommy asked after a long moment of silence. First, he didn't want to ask because he was afraid of the answer. But he thought the unknown was scarier.
"I don't know exactly," Kris said, thinking. "He told me that he will leave you in the basement for a while, so you have time to think about your new life here. But he will probably feed on you as well."
"Do you think I can at least have a blanket or something? It's so cold…"
"I'm sorry, but you'll have to earn it."
"Earn it…" Tommy repeated, shaking his head. "And what about something to eat or to drink?"
"I'm sorry, Tommy, I don't know…" Kris said, standing up. "I have to go back upstairs. I'll be back later if he'll let me."
On this, Kris, turned his heels and walked away from the blonde. Without looking behind him, he climbed the stairs quickly and disappeared behind the wall.
Shaking lightly, Tommy leaned his head on his knees. He could feel his eyes filling with tears again. He was so scared by what was coming. The only thing he could think about was, in that moment, he had never missed Adam so much. He knew the vampire would be the only one who could help him. But Tommy had no way to contact him and he didn't even know where Kevin was keeping him.
Tommy opened his eyes when he heard heavy footsteps coming from the staircase. He had apparently managed to cry himself to sleep even if he was completely frozen. By the sound of the footsteps, Tommy supposed that it wasn't Kris, but someone else and he knew exactly who it was. He could feel the panic rising inside of him; no matter what Kevin had planned, there was nothing he could do to avoid it.
"Hello boy," Kevin said when he reached the base of the stairs. "How are you doing today?" he asked walking directly toward the blonde.
Tommy didn't answer and retreated as much as possible against the wall, his arms around his knees.
"You're not really respectful, boy…I thought Adam had trained you well…Or maybe you don't remember the place and the role of a slave…"
By the tone of his voice, Tommy knew that Kevin was pissed, but he didn't know what he wanted him to do. So he stayed on the floor and kept his eyes on the vampire.
"Well, it seems like you'll have to be trained again…" Kevin concluded. Without giving Tommy the time to react, he made a step forward, grabbed the collar with one hand and pulled the boy up, pinning him on the wall. There was about one foot between Tommy's feet and the floor.
Tommy began to struggle, gripping at the hand that was holding him up and trying to kick the vampire. But Kevin didn't flinch; he just kept looking at his captive, an evil grin on his face.
"Let me go…please…" the human begged, sobbing.
"Forget about it, boy. Like I told you, I'd rather kill my slaves than let them go. And since you're mine now, it's the same thing for you."
With his free hand, Kevin grabbed one of Tommy's arms and pinned it next to him. He lowered his fangs and without waiting any longer, he bit at the boy's wrist. The vampire was really rough and made Tommy yell in pain. After a few seconds, Kevin removed his fangs and healed the wounds with his tongue. He released the blonde's collar and let him drop on the concrete floor.
The boy was rubbing at his knees that had hit the ground hard when the vampire leaned down and gripped at his chin and roughly turned his head to make him look at him.
"You're going to stay down here as long as you're going to be disrespectful," Kevin explained, angrily. "And I don't care if you're cold, thirsty or hungry. It's your problem. When I see that you can be a good slave and that you seem to show some effort to please me, I'll take you upstairs with the other slave and me. Do you understand?" he demanded, tightening his grip and sinking his long nails in Tommy's skin. "I asked 'do you understand?' boy…" he said again when the boy didn't say anything.
"Yea…" Tommy murmured, completely terrorized.
Furious, Kevin shook his head. He let go of the human's face and slapped him hard on the cheek.
"You can't be that stupid, can you?" the vampire noted, standing up and crossing his arms on his chest. "I hope you like being punished, boy, because it seems like it's gonna be our principal activity for the next few days…"
Tommy didn't understand what he had done wrong. He was so scared that he wasn't able to think straight. But after a few seconds, he remembered and thought he had been a real idiot to forget the most important thing.
"I'm so…sorry Mas…Master…" he said, keeping his head down.
"Well, better now than never…I may be able to do something with you after all."
Kevin turned around and walked away without saying anything. After the vampire had disappeared from Tommy's sight, the blonde curled up in a ball. He tried to remember everything he had learned from Adam about being a slave but figured out quickly that Kevin was probably more exigent than his previous master. He just hoped he would be able to show enough improvements to be fed and warmed up. Because in the conditions he was, he knew he wouldn't be able to last very long.
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