Warning: This chapter contains graphic sex, torture, rape and necrophilia.
A/N: This chapter might be a hard read, but it's supposed to because Jeff is becoming more confusing as the story progresses. It's hard to explain without giving too much of the story away, but trust me, there's a reason for this. The chapter is graphic. If you can't handle it, don't read this one.
I know a few of you tried to guess who the neighbors were, I hope they don' t disappoint.
Scratch the Surface - Chapter 11
I don't remember it ever being this stressful. Maybe it's because we've never taken two of them before. Logistically, I thought it was impossible, but Adam had every thing planned down to the letter. He's brilliant. I wish so much that I could be like him. Just being able to think of every move before it happens, all of the calculated risks, even the reactions…he hasn't missed anything.
But just because he's good at making a plan, doesn't mean that I always agree with him. Take drugging them for example. I'm not into drugging people. When I'm with them, I want them to be totally conscious of everything around them. I know there was no other way, especially since he's so much bigger than the two of us, but I still didn't feel right about it.
It's not just that, either. I know their names and now I don't think I can go through with it. I mean, I want to. God, I really really want to. But they're real now. I guess it would have been weird to just take them out for drinks and not ask them anything about themselves. Well, I didn't ask, not really. The guy, John, decided to tell us all about him and Maria. I know that they just got married and moved out here. He's from Boston and she's from Chicago and they met someone in the middle for a thing at work. Not that I really care, but I can't stop thinking that they may have families back home that are going to miss them.
Just talking to them was weird, too. Usually, people only talk to Adam. But them? They were talking to me. Like looking at me and addressing me by name and everything. And the way Maria's eyes twinkled whenever she said Jeff, it was like…wow.
I really don't know if I can do this.
I felt sick when I watched Adam open the capsules and dump the contents into their drinks while they were dancing. There was a reason for it, but still. They had already agreed to come out with us, so technically that made them ours. But did he have to drug them? Just looking at Maria's face when she said she wasn't feeling well and then the concerned look in John's eyes. They honestly love each other; I could see that sitting across the table from them.
"Now!" Adam's voice fills the cabin and pulls me out of my own head. My eyelids feel heavy when I try to open them. My neck doesn't start to hurt until I try to reposition myself in the chair I'm sitting on. Once upright I realize that John is naked, handcuffed and his feet are shackled together. I didn't know Adam still had those shackles. I thought he got rid of them after the last time he used them. John's got the dog collar around his neck and Adam is holding the end of the leash in his hand, practically dragging him around the room.
I have to crane my head around them to see Maria, sprawled out on the mattress, her arms tied to the metal grates of the fireplace and her legs are tied to something that Adam has sticking out of the floor. What in the hell is that, anyway? Whatever it is it looks sturdy enough. Adam's been doing a lot to this place. Apparently, when I was out of it before, he spent a lot of time here. The lights in the ceiling work…they flicker but they're on at least. Most of the other shit has been cleared out, too. He really took the time to make this our home away from home.
John's muffled voice is weak and I see him double over when Adam holds the cattle prod to his chest. If only he understood that Adam would just as soon electrocute him for the hell of it. If he thinks it's bad now, just keep defying him. Part of me wants to help him. Just to tell him to do what Adam says and it won't be so bad for him. But I don't.
The sound of the chair, as I shift my weight on it, makes Adam's head turn toward me. His smile splits his face in half and he offers me a wink. "Glad you decided to join us. You woke up just in time." Great. Now he has an audience so I know he's going to pull out all the stops. I kinda like John and Maria. I don't want to see them get hurt. But what can I do about it?
I can black out. That seems to be all I can do lately. That must be why I'm on this damn chair to begin with. It's coming back in flashes, but I vaguely remember John begging me not to. I think I forced myself into Maria's mouth and then I remember hearing him cry out for her. And as much as I usually love that, it broke my heart. I backed off and then I felt Adam's hand on my shoulder? I'm not quite sure. I think I remember being lifted off of the ground and now waking up here…just in time to watch him break my two new friends.
"Come here, Jeff. I want you to see this." Adam's face turns harsh when looks at John again. "You get over there and fuck her. Now!" This is new. Usually Adam tortures them, but this time he's going to use them to do it to each other. It's probably his best idea yet, but shit if I don't feel nauseous about it.
My legs are wobbly, but I stumble my way over to the mattress. God if Maria's eyes don't remind of Kelly's when she's afraid. Just the way she's looking at John to save her, like a kid who needs their daddy to protect them from the things that go bump in the night…fuck. And John's face; that feeling of helplessness, the wheels in his brain turning to figure out a way to keep her safe. I know that feeling. It's the one I have whenever I'm with Kelly. This isn't right.
Out of instinct, I kneel down and touch Maria's bare her foot. Even if I can't help her, I just want her to know that I'm here. Not really sure how much good that will do, but I have to try. She's so scared and now she's scared of me. What have I done? "It's okay, Kelly. I'm not going to hurt you." I need to find her clothes. She's exposed. Her body is on display. I can see everything. I don't like the way I feel when I can see her whole body. She becomes the parts and the reaction I need and not the woman that I want. She can't be naked. Not here.
"If you don't do it, he will." Adam's voice is harsh and it makes the tears fall from her eyes faster. She doesn't know what to do. Being with the man she loves is just as frightening to her as being with me. "He thinks I'm fucking around, Jeff. Why don't you show him how it's done?"
I love Kelly. I make love to her all the time. But not like this. I can't do this, not in front of them. That's my way of separating me from my hunger. "Adam, leave Kelly out of this."
"Maria." Adam has the leash wound tightly in his hand as he kneels down beside me. He strokes my hair and whispers in my ear. "Her name is Maria."
I nod my head. "Right." That is her name. Maria. Fuck Maria. She's not Kelly. My hand trails her leg and when I reach her hip I hear the scuffle behind me. John's trying to get at me. He's trying to stop this from happening. I don't know what Adam has done, but now John's on the floor. When Adam nods his head, I know what he wants me to do. I cover her body with mine and before anything happens, I take the gag out of her mouth. "It'll be over soon. I promise."
I try to focus on her face when she whispers her sobbing request. She's so innocent. Everything about her is innocent. Adam doesn't understand. We have to save the innocent ones. "Please help me, Jeff?"
"It's okay, Kelly. I'm here." Stroking her hair, I reach of the button on my jeans with my free hand.
I hear John scream behind me and for some reason I stop. Adam looks so satisfied. He's gotten him to give in. "If you want him to stop, you know what you have to do." He gives the leash some slack before yanking it down to get John to kneel at the mattress. "You'll get her soon, baby. Let Johnny have a turn."
As soon as her body is exposed again, I realize she's not Kelly. She doesn't look like Kelly; her body is not like Kelly's. She's laid out and waiting for another man. Kelly isn't like that. She's not a whore like this slut in front of me. Kelly would be putting up a fight, trying to keep what we have sacred. She wouldn't just lay there crying; about to except whatever fate has to offer. And that look in her eyes. She's scared, but I know that look of trust that she has with this man. Kelly wouldn't do that to me. She wouldn't lie to me and trust someone else.
"John?" She cries, nuzzling her head into the bend of his neck when he's on top of her. He's taking his time and trying his best to stall. He doesn't know that that's only gonna piss Adam off more. I can't take my eyes off of them. The human interacting is marvelous. "Just do what he says and he'll let us go."
"No he won't." Adam never gets mad at me for warning them. And, judging by the way he's laughing, I just told the joke of the century. "He'll never let you go."
She cuts those hopeful eyes toward me and it breaks my heart. Her head nods in understanding. She knows I'm telling her the truth. "You can. You can let us go, Jeff. Please? We won't tell anybody. Just let us go."
Before I can answer, Adam's boot comes down hard on John's hip. "I gave you an order." His voice is just as calm as it always is, but I know that tone he's using. He's getting impatient. For him to be such a beautiful man, he looks so ugly when he's like this. Those warm hazel eyes are wild and hateful right now. That electrifying smile looks psychotic. This is why I'm usually in another room when Adam works. I love to see him happy, but hate watching him become a monster.
"Just fuck her like you hate her." I don't know why I'm trying to help him. Maybe it's because I know what he's feeling. I know damn well what I'd be feeling if it was me and Kelly.
John pleads with her eyes and she gives him permission to hurt her. He's slow about it. He's trying to make it as pleasurable as possible considering. Don't deviate from the script. Just do what you're told. He's not listening to my advice and that's too bad for them. Any and everything Adam does to them now, will be on his head. All he had to do was follow the rules. Just let Adam be in control without trying to be the hero. Now that's his ass. Literally.
Without warning Adam shoves the cattle prod in to John, causing him to push into Maria which makes her scream. Adam's going to shock him from the inside until he gets what he wants. "I said fuck her." He sends another shock just to get him to do what he wants. Once John is behaving like a good boy, Adam pats the side of the floor where he's sitting and I go to him.
Adam knows what he's doing. I have to trust that. He's showing me something that I need to learn. Placing my head on his lap, I feel him stroke my hair. I'm watching this man fuck his wife with so much force because he's afraid to have me do it. I don't know what else to say but this is fucked up. I wouldn't have hurt her the way that he is.
"Punch 'er." I think Adam's just saying the first thing that jumps in his head. He sends another volt to John to force him into action. And each time he sends a charge, Maria gets another punch to her face.
I can't tell who's crying harder, John or Maria. They're both pretty torn up about this. Poor things.
Adam's whole body moves when he laughs. But he doesn't stop stroking my hair. "Choke 'er." Before he can even turn the prod, John's hand goes around her throat and applies a little pressure. That ain't enough to choke somebody. Even he knows that. And I know Adam knows it, too. "I'm sick of fucking repeating myself to you. You will learn to do what I say." He doesn't let the button go. He sends the shockwaves through John's body and his muscles stiffen locking around Maria's throat.
Those eyes. All of that innocence seeping out of those eyes with each tear that rolls down her face. She was so beautiful. So angelic. Now she's nothing. Those large eyes are fixed in my direction, staring lifelessly at me, begging me to help her. "Kelly?" I reach my hand forward but she doesn't respond.
"You see what he did? He killed Kelly." Adam's voice is soothing as he explains to me what I need to do. This man is twice her size and he raped and strangled this innocent woman. She's dead because of him. "You thought he was your friend Jeff. But now your Kelly's dead because of him. He needs to be punished."
I stand to my feet in one swift motion and I kick him in the ribs repeatedly. He killed her. All she wanted him to do was to protect her. But he wasn't strong enough to do that. Well I am. I'm gonna protect her and he's gonna pay for not doing his job.
The cattle prod ends with a crash across the room and I'm inside of him faster than he can recover from it. "You like raping women, you sick fuck? Do you like how it feels?" I pound into him ignoring his cries. My weight on his back lands him on top of her and he gently shakes her body to try to wake her up. "She's dead! Why didn't you just fucking listen?" I grunt my words because I'm so angry. How could he let that happen on his watch? He didn't deserve her.
The leash is wrapped so tightly around my hand that I can't feel anything but the blood no longer circulating in it. With each thrust, I pull back on it until I start to hear the bones in his neck crack under the pressure. He can't die soon enough.
"That's it, Jeff. Just like that." I don't know when Adam moved behind me, but I can feel his lips on my neck. I know that panting sound he makes. He's getting off on this. When I look over at him, I feel myself smile at the sight of his hand vigorously stroking his cock. The harder he jerks, the harder I thrust. It's like we're in sync with each other.
I didn't understand what he was trying to show me before, but now I do. People like John deserve this. Those strong ones. The ones that the world bows to because they're charismatic and exude a presence that people like me don't have; they deserve to be taught a lesson. Adam has shown me that I'm stronger than I think and that it's my job to let the rest of the world know my strength.
It has nothing to do with the act. It's all about the power. No matter how many muscles John has or how tough he thinks he is, I'm more powerful than him. Maria should have known that, too. She should have chosen me to be with her and not him. They made the wrong choice by overlooking me. But now they have no choice. I'm the last thing they'll ever see.
John's lifeless body lies in a limp pile in the corner until Adam decides what he's going to do with him. Right now, he sees fit to just stare at him while drinking a glass of wine. I, on the other hand, can't get enough of Maria. I don't understand how I could confuse her with Kelly before. Maybe it was the look in her eyes, maybe it was her innocence. Whatever it was she had the ablility to be so sweet it blurred everything around me. For the briefest moment, I couldn't tell what was real. But being inside of her now, I know the truth.
Her body is still so soft and she feels just amazing as I thought she would. She didn't see me before, but now she does. I've shown her more care and love that John ever could. I can't stop myself from indulging in her. It almost feels like I'm trying to prove that I'm worthy enough of the gift that she's given me. She gave me her perfection. She showed me beauty. She taught me peace.
She saved me.
And I can't forget how she's helped me. I want her feel how much I appreciate everything she's done for me. Every time I cum, I'm hard again, just thinking about what freedom feels like. I want to consume her, so this feeling won't go away. I've already licked her, tasted her, bit her, cut her…loved her. If I could preserve her and keep her forever, I would.
She drove the hunger away. It's not just fed, it's gone. I don't feel it no matter how dull and quiet is sometimes gets. I don't feel it there at all. She did that for me. She gave me a chance to have a normal life.
Maria sacrificed herself to cure me. I will forever be in her debt.
Kissing her mouth hungrily, I turn her head to have her eyes focus on me. "Thank you." When I roll on my back to look up at the ceiling, I notice Adam's smiling face looking down at me. "I love you, Adam."
"I love you, too."