Woot got another done, i am on a roll yay! Please read and review, I will start the next chapter soon and hopefully get it up soon too :D. I do hope this chapter is good and people like it, i was trying to get what was in my head onto the page, i think it worked, if not just let me know and I'll try do better next time.
"So how do you know this place really?" Asked Olivia as Ilsa turned down yet another busy street
"Ok I go here sometimes, it's complicated"
Olivia raised an eyebrow "Then simplify it, you're good at that"
Ilsa chuckled "Ok I go here sometimes but not for the same reason as everyone else, everyone has their own reason for coming here"
Olivia nodded and looked into the rear view mirror; Elliot was right behind them in his car. She didn't know what kind of place this was but if Ilsa went there it wasn't going to be something normal.
Ilsa slowed down the car and slowly pulled into a parking lot. She got out of the car and waited for Elliot to park his car.
"This is it?" he asked looking to a building in front of them, it was big, they couldn't tell much from the back of it though.
"Appearances can be deceiving detectives just follow me"
They made there was across the parking lot, there were quite a few cars around for the middle of the day. As they made it around the front they saw it was most definitely a club, there was a velvet rope and a sign above the door 'Underground' it must have looked a lot different at night when the sign was on, the front made it seem like some high class club, a rolled out carpet, gold along the edges of the door. The windows though, on the second floor, a few of them were tinted while others weren't.
'Odd' thought Olivia
Ilsa tilted her head to a man in a suit standing out the front, he was a large man, muscular could break your face with one punch, his hair was short almost completely shaven, like a fine fuzz on the top of his head.
As they neared he raised his eyebrow, Olivia and Elliot were about to go straight into cop mode but Ilsa stepped out in front of them.
"Hey" Ilsa said in a cheery voice"Hey" he said with a smile "Haven't seen you around in a few days"
Ilsa chuckled "I haven't had a reason to come by"
The man put on a hurt expression "Not even to see me?" he asked, not trying to hide the face her was checking her out
"Honey I know your reputation and it's not my thing" Ilsa was trying to ignore the looks from the man in front of her
He laughed "You come here and it's not your thing?"
"I never said 'that' wasn't my thing, now you going to let us in?"
He looked over her shoulder to Elliot and Olivia who had just been standing there wondering what the hell was going on, nothing on the outside showed what kind of club this was, and they wanted to know.
"What's with the suits?" he asked making no attempt to do anything or move out of the way
"There with me, you know the rules" Ilsa said clearly getting annoyed with him
"You got an invite?" he asked with a smug look on his face.
"Look you can either let us in, or I'll use my key" Ilsa said, when he made no attempt to move Ilsa walked around him towards the doors.
"Hey you cant do that!" he yelled
Elliot and Olivia were right behind her as Ilsa pushed open the red double doors, she waved her hand in the air "take it up with the boss" she yelled back.
Olivia watch as her friends that seemed so uneasy around people, more men then anyone else, stood up to a man twice her size.
"He could have done something" she stated
Ilsa turned and smiled "Not if he wants to keep his job" she said smugly.
It was dark after the doors closed with a bang. Another man was on the other side of the door.
"Hey" he said in a deep voice
"Hi" Ilsa said seemingly back to her happy self "How's work?" she asked
The man shrugged, it was dark where he sat making it hard to make out his features "Doesn't normally get interesting until night" he said, as he lifted his head they could make out a smile "Or until you show up"
Ilsa shook her head and waved goodbye to the man, it wasn't long until they found a set of stairs and went down, once they got to the last step they saw a hallway, they followed it, Olivia and Elliot taking in the sites
"I don't think this is a clothing shop" he whispered to Olivia, Ilsa snickered to herself.
They saw a desk at the end of the tunnel; it was easy enough to figure that's where they needed to head.
A scream broke the silence of the detectives, Olivia and Elliot always quick to the draw had their guns out and were pressed against the wall either side of the hallway. Ilsa stopped and looked at them, and shook her head.
"Guys if you're going to do that every time you hear a scream here go wait at the cars"
Olivia and Elliot shot each other a look and both had the same though crash into their minds 'more screams?'
When they came back to reality and put their guns away Ilsa was at the end of the hall and nearing the desk "Hurry up you guys!" she yelled and waved, sound and looking like a girl calling her friends to come get in the pool.
They jogged to her side and came to a large wooden desk that had a slight curve into, it seemed they were at the cross-section of the halls; they looked behind the desk, a set of stairs and a door to the right of it, the bathroom.
To the right another corridor, Ilea leaned back "That leads to the supply room"
she whispered then pointed to the left "And those are the rooms"
"Rooms for what?" Elliot asked as another cry broke the silence
There hand moved to their guns
"Easy" Ilsa growled a low warning without turned back to look at them.
Two women walked around the corner carry cups of coffee and saw the detectives.
"Can I help you?" the smaller of the two women asked, she placing her cup down a smile on her face, she seemed nice, long straight brown hair, she wore a white blouse and a black shirt. She made this place look like an office, though the screams said otherwise.
"Yo Ilsa" the other woman called, she looked, less then nice, black hair with multiple streaks, a nose ring, snake bites and multiple ear piercings.
"Hey Kat" Ilsa said with a big smile
"Little early for you to be here huh?" she asked raising en eyebrow
Ilsa just glared, but Kat knew she wasn't angry
"You called earlier before didn't you?" Kat asked after taking a drink from her cup.
Ilsa nodded "yeah, probably one of many calls though"
Kat tapped the other girl on the shoulder "This is Ilsa" she said pointing
Ilsa nodded "G'day"
"Give her whatever she asks for" Kat said with a wicked smile "She's the bosses 'special' friend"
"Is she in Kat?" Ilsa asked trying unsuccessfully to hide her grin
"Everything but that" Kat said sarcastically
"She's still out" the other woman said in an almost shy voice
Ilsa looked at her watch "Judging by the time she's in, I think I'll go to her office"
"Ilsa..."Kat said in a stern voice "She's 'out'"
Ilsa raised her eyebrow and shook her head, moving to go behind the desk; Kat went over to Ilsa and grabbed her arm.
"She'll drop any appointment for me and you know it"
"She said she didn't want to see anyone Ilsa, I think you would know whats that's like"
Ilsa smiled "Then a visit from me will be a sure fire cure for the blues"
"Could be what caused it" The other woman murmured before sitting down and typing on the computer
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way honey" Kat just shook her head at Ilsa.
Ilsa sighed "This isn't a personal visit Kat"
"I still can't let you through"
"Come on Kat you know I'm allowed-"
"Hey" Ilsa was interrupted by a man walking up to Kat, he wore no shirt and tight leather pants "She here?" he asked
Kat smiled "She waiting in your usual room" she said and the man walked off.
Elliot and Olivia just followed the man as he went to their left and entered one of the rooms "God what kind of place is this?" Olivia mumbled
Ilsa pulled out her Badge and showed it to her "I'm here on business"
Kat's jaw dropped open "You didn't…" she said
"Oh yeah" Ilsa said "I played the 'I'm a cop' card"
Ilsa moved Kats arm and motioned for Elliot and Olivia to follow her "In her office…right?" Ilsa asked with a smug grin.
Kat nodded but not before flipping off Ilsa as she watched the detectives disappear up the stairs…
"We just walked down a bunch of stairs why are we going back up" Olivia complained, though her tone wasn't serious
"Because I don't feel like taking the elevator" Ilsa quipped
"There's an elevator?" Asked Elliot
"Where we just were was…I guess you could call it the basement of the building, the other parts are a club"
"There's two parts to this place?" Asked Olivia
Ilsa nodded "Were going to the office to see the owner"
They reached the top of the stairs and found a door, the only one there Elliot and Olivia looked around while Ilsa just threw it opened.
It was a large room, along the back wall a large window looking out, they must have gone up to the second story of the building, and a long sleek desk, a leather chair tucked in, all the things you expect to find, computer, phone, personal items, A large book case on the right wall and another door on the far side of the room.
"I was told you'd be coming" a voice called from across the room, a woman walked to the desk, she wore a crisp black suit, her hair was long and a deep red.
"Hey Gayle" Ilsa sung as she walked closer
"Hello, what are you doing here and why did you use that door?"
'She doesn't waste anytime thought' Olivia
"We need to ask you some questions Mrs.." Elliot said as he walked up behind Ilsa and showed his badge
"Miss Welch, but you may call me Gayle" she said, she oozed confidence and they way she carried her self was like someone from a rich upbringing, not at all like how they thought she would be
"Questions? about what sir?" Gayle asked not taking her seat.
"About Emily Taucher"
Gayle smiled "Sorry I cant help you, kindly show yourselves out please"
Eliot didn't looked happy, he opened his mouth to talk but Ilsa stopped him
"Let me Elliot" she whispered
Ilsa turned and gave her lopsided grin
"Are you going to answer my questions girl?" Gayle asked "or do I need to find another way of getting them out of you?" her eyebrows raised she said her sentence and a cheeky grin came across her face
"No need, one that was 'such' a nice greeting" Ilsa said sarcastically "two we do need to talk to you and three, the questions we need to ask involve the 'lower levels' so I thought it best we enter from there"
"You just wanted to see Kat didn't you" Gayle said teased playfully
"Nah that was just a perk, by the way nice new receptionist"
"Cutie aint she, I thought she'd catch your eye" Gayle said placing her hands on her hips
"It's always the quiet ones you know" Ilsa said rolling her eyes
Gayle laughed "What did she do?"
"Said a rather funny quip to me before I came up"
Elliot and Olivia took to looking around the room for signs of what the hell went on in the club below.
"Ok back to business, what do you need to ask me, dear detectives"
"About a girl Emily Taucher, she attends this club" Elliot said
"Did she say she came here?" Gayle's look was serious and to some it may have even been intimidating
"No but her-"
"Then I can't help you detectives" Gayle stated simply
"Her bank details shows she spent a lot of money here" Olivia said loudly "what was she doing here?"
Gayle tried to stifle her laugh but it didn't work "Have you even let you friends know what it is we do here"
Ilsa shook her head
"Always afraid of what others think aren't you" Gayle said, her voice smooth and calming her sight set solely on Ilsa.
"It doesn't matter how you figured it out detectives, I can't help you"
"So you do know her?" Elliot asked
"Indeed I do, I know almost everyone who comes to this part of my club"
"Then why can't you help us?" Asked Olivia getting tired of going in circles
"Privacy" she stated turning to look out the window at the back of her desk
"What do you mean?" Asked Elliot
"The people who come here except a certain amount of privacy, it's one of the reasons my club is so popular" she explained
"What 'exactly' is it that goes on here" Olivia asked
Gayle smiled and turned around to face them and Ilsa seemed to shrink away, not really wanted then to know.
"One half is a bar, you know meet people drink and if you have a nice enough time and share the same interests you can 'retire' to private room"
Olivia's and Elliot's jaw's dropped "it's a sex club?" they asked
Gayle scoffed "You make it sound so dirty and perverted, it's not like that, it's a safe place for people, you can come and drink meet someone and leave like nothing happened, one hint of trouble and the person is thrown on the street, any violence and the cops are called, or my little detective here" she smiled pointing at Ilsa "takes care of them"
Elliot and Olivia look over at Ilsa, she had her eyes closed tightly, she was wishing this wasn't happening, she had hoped Gayle would give them what they needed and they could leave, she didn't want them knowing about her private life, or getting the wrong idea about it.
"And if your referring to the lower levels detectives" Gayle said running her fingers along her jaw "That's a completely different story"
"If that half is a sex club what is the other?" Asked Olivia, her curiosity getting the better of her.
"It's a place where people who like to do things differently can come; it's all safe of course"
"That's it?" Elliot asked "we heard screaming, you're lucky we didn't start busting doors down"
Gayle chuckled "You'd get quite the surprise if you did that detective, and I assure it was all consensual"
Elliot's jaw dropped again "They were having sex?"
Gayle nodded "Just not in the…how do you put it…normal way"
"In what way then?" He asked angrily "We hear screaming and see people walking around in…leather…" he stopped as he made the connection.
Olivia came to the same one "It's a Bondage club…isn't it"
"Very good Miss Benson" Gayle said beaming "It is, it is a safe place for people to practise it and everyone here is a willing participant…even…"Gayle paused as she looked at Ilsa, she knew the look on her young friends face all to well a mix of pain a fear, perhaps she had made a mistake in implying Ilsa liked this kind of thing it looked like Ilsa was going to run from the office and hide somewhere.
"Even people you wouldn't think like this and before you go and judge us" she said firmly "Know that we do this because we want to, and we do not go around and mutilate each other, I know some people like them, but this is a place to live out fantasy, live out desires in a safe place, not everyone here is into bondage so i guess it isn't you typical bondage club, those who come here, come knowing that there secrets are safe and so are they"
Olivia and Elliot didn't know what to say, maybe it was because they had discovered a sex club, or because one of there own was a frequent visitor of said club, their gazes shifted to Ilsa, they were beginging to see her in a new light, and it wasn't exactly one she wanted.
"Know you now why I cant talk about her, you can leave know" Gayle said with a raised eyebrow
"I don't think you know what's going on here!" Elliot said sounding rather angry "A young girl was attacked and it could have been-"
"Hold on" Ilsa said stepping from where she stood next to Elliot "I think I can get her to tell us" se didn't look at him, kept her eyes to the floor as Ilsa made her way around the desk to Gayle
Elliot folded his arms and watched wondering what Ilsa couldn't do to get her attention
"Gayle…" Ilsa said in a shy voice "Please?"
Gayle shook her head "You of all people know I can't"
A wicked grin came over Ilsa's face, the scared and worried Ilsa was gone, she was back to being her 'cop' self….or at least she was back to her normal self
She slowly walked behind Gayle and slid her arms around her waist, and rested her head on the taller woman's shoulder "Not even for me?" she asked in an innocent voice. 'this should get her'
"What is she doing?" Asked Elliot
"Uh…sweet talking, I guess, getting the info we need" Olivia said watching the scene before her.
Gayle was loosing the fight with her friend "Ilsa" she warned
"Please tell me"
Gayle shook her head and Ilsa placed a soft kiss on the side of her neck "Even after all I've done for you…"
Gayle groaned "Fine!" she threw her arms up in defeat
"Great!" Ilsa beamed as she let go of her friend and joined her place next to Elliot and Olivia
Gayle Welch wasn't happy and it showed
"You don't even have to say it straight" Ilsa said raising an eyebrow
Elliot and Olivia looked confused but the woman across from them seemed to understand
"Did Emily come here?"
"Yes" Gayle said sitting down
"To use the 'play ground'?" asked Ilsa with a smile
Gayle shook her head once she realised what kind of 'code' she was going to use
"Yes and she'd bring a friend sometimes…"
Ilsa got a wicked grin on her face "a SR?"
"You know it"
"Ok, know did they play on the playground together?" Ilsa asked writing everything down as she went
"Yes, but-"
"But? why a but?" Ilsa asked "Not buts, Butts are for sitting"
Gayle chuckled and rose a hand "They didn't like to play with the other kids…"
Gayle could see the gears turning in Ilsa's head and knew it would take a second to realise what she was saying, the other two detectives however were having trouble following, she couldnt help but feel sorry for them.
"I know for a fact Emily spent quite a bit of money here, which either means she played a lot or-"
"or" Gayle cut her off "She bought her own"
Ilsa nodded "One last thing"
"Ok" Gayle said thinking she had told them everything she could without crossing a line.
"M&S" Ilsa asked
The red head shook her head
"Ok D&S?"
another shake
"Then who was the T and who was the B?" Ilsa asked a smile on her face
"ST EB, is that all?"
The three nodded "See ya Gayle" Ilsa said as they headed for the door
"Are you coming by again Ilsa?" Gayle called
"Not anytime soon honey!" she called back before the door shut
It was a long quiet walked back to the car
"What the hell was all that?" demanded Olivia
"I just got us some info that we needed without the need to get a court order or anything"
"Is this why you have all those bruises?" Olivia asked, Ilsa didn't say anything just hung her head "You like it rough don't you?"
Ilsa shook her head "Not everyone in their loves it rough to the point the flesh it broken Olivia"
"Are you one of those people?" Olivia asked placing her hand on her friends shoulder, her voice caring, she didn't hate Ilsa for it, just never picked her for a 'rough love' kind of girl, it did however make her see her friend in a new light and yeah if only for a few minutes made her loose a little respect, but it was quickly back when she saw the look in her friend eyes and knew there was a reason behind it all.
"I told you earlier, I go for a different reason…"Ilsa said her eyes filled with hurt and fear….Everyone had their own was of dealing with pain….but Ilsa wasn't ready to share hers yet…
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