Well almost everything went smothly while writing this so here is another chapter for you guys ;)
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To the sea we take to fight for freedom
Chapter 7: The face of a Demon
Akeno had no idea how much time had passed but when she was able to open her eyes again she could only see darkness but that was when she felt that something was covering her eyes.
So she tried to move her right hand to remove whatever was blocking her sight but for some reason she couldn´t move her hand the same could be said about her other hand and her feet and whatever she was lying on was pretty dam cold as well.
"Well seems like you are awake" Akeno heard the voice of the one person she didn´t want to hear so Akeno started struggling even more but no matter which limb she tried to move her body didn´t move an inch.
"You won´t be going anywhere unless I want you to" and in the next moment Akenos vision went white as whatever was blocking her vision was removed by the woman "well seeing as you are awake we can get started on getting a few things straight right now. First you will only speak if I tell you to and if you disobey me I will punish you" the woman spoke as Akeno needed a bit longer for her vision to clear up.
"Second you will answer any question I might have and if I feel like you are lying to me you will get punished" by now Akeno could finally see where she was it was an underground room with simple gray walls and an overhead white lamp.
"And third you will do anything I tell you to otherwise you now the deal by now" the woman entered Akenos field of vision again but as Akeno tried to speak only muffled noises came out as something was keeping her tongue and mouth from moving.
"Now then I want to ask you something and you will answer me with the truth" the woman whispered into Akenos ear before one of her hands moved behind Akenos head and a moment later whatever had been blocking Akenos mouth was removed.
"Now then what is the name of the man that wanted you and your two sisters?" the woman asked looking directly at Akeno with ice cold eyes.
"I don Ahhh" Akeno screamed as her entire body was wracked by pain that seemed to be everywhere only for the pain to disappear a moment later leaving Akeno panting for air.
"I don´t believe you" the woman spoke while her left hand hovering over her right wrist and some kind of device she was wearing "now let´s try this again shall we? What is the name of that man?" the woman asked again.
Akeno gulped at that "he only told me his last name" Akeno replied and the woman nodded as if telling her to continue "he simply called himself Tosa I don´t know anything else" Akeno continued and the woman seemed to think about something for a moment.
"Where is Redford and the rest of his squad?" the woman asked a moment of silence later "I have no idea" Akeno replied only for the woman to reach over to her right wrist and a moment later Akeno was screaming in pain for several seconds until the woman let go of her right wrist.
Akeno could barely breathe as she started to feel very tired but in the next instant the woman grabbed Akenos chin almost hard enough to draw blood before glaring down at Akeno "you seem to be forgetting something here" the woman hissed before letting Akenos chin go and walking away.
Akeno couldn´t see what the woman was doing but she did hear how something was opened and several glass objects were set down on a metal surface "now this should do the trick" the woman mumbled as she approached Akeno again and a moment later Akeno felt something pierce her flesh right by her right wrist as something was injected.
"Now I will leave you for a bit to fetch myself something to drink" the woman added before placing the gag back into Akenos mouth and securing it behind her head and a moment after the door closed the overhead light turned off as well leaving Akeno in total darkness once more.
Akeno closed her eyes there was simply no way for her to escape whatever prison this woman had put her in but for some reason she started to feel very warm as if she was lying in the sun at the beach but with every moment that passed she could feel how it got warmer and warmer until she felt as if her entire body was burning.
Akeno had no idea how much time passed before the door opened again but by now she felt as if her entire body was on fire "seems its working already now then" the woman moved away for a moment only for her to place a blindfold over Akenos eyes again.
A moment of darkness later Akeno was able to see again but what she saw had Akeno scream into her gag in fear the woman was standing over her the two pieces of the cut apart blindfold in one hand and in the other she was holding a black combat knife that seemed to glow a dark blue at the edge.
"Seems this thing didn´t get dull at all now then" the woman placed another blindfold over Akenos eyes and a moment later Akeno felt the cold metal of the blade resting on her chest.
Akeno barely noticed that the gag was removed from her mouth again until the woman spoke again "where are Redford and the rest of his squad?" the woman whispered slowly moving the cold blade up towards Akenos neck.
"Th…they are getting supplies from Midway" Akeno stuttered out as the blade continued to slowly move around on her skin "Hm where are you keeping the ammo for the tanks?" the woman asked stopping the blade right over Akenos left thigh.
Akeno couldn´t answer but a moment later she felt the knife press harder against her skin until she felt something warm and wet running down her the side of her leg as her mind and body felt nothing but pain "Better answer quickly before I start moving again" the woman´s voice cut into Akenos sea of pain and terror.
"We keep it near the vehicle depot in an underground bunker" Akeno answered with haste as the woman lifted the knife away from her skin but the feeling of her own blood running down her thigh was still there.
"Good girl I will bandage that for you before we continue" the woman whispered into Akenos ear before gagging her again and a moment later Akeno felt as something was wrapped around her thigh and the feeling of her blood running down her thigh disappeared a moment later.
"Oh would you look at the time I better get something to eat this kind of work makes me always hungry" the woman spoke more to herself as Akeno barely understood a word the woman said until she felt as her entire body seemed to move upwards as whatever Akeno was lying on was moved under her.
Akeno could also see a moment later only for her to gasp in fear at what she saw before her was a massive mirror and in it she could see herself only wearing her underwear standing before a metal board with her wrists, ankles, neck, head and thighs secured by leather belts to the metal board.
Aside from that Akeno could see three metal tables that stood around her on the one to her right were a few bandages as well as the now bloody combat knife that was in a water basin on the table right in front of her she could see several glass ampoules with at least two syringes lying before each ampoule that were filled with clear liquids.
And on the table to Akenos right she could see some kind of black box with two dials on it and several cables that disappeared behind Akenos back.
"Well I will see you in a bit" the woman grinned as Akeno stared at her fear clear in her eyes as she left the room but this time the light was not turned off.
Akeno looked closely at the reflection of her restraints in the mirror but one thing became very clear to her no matter what she did she wouldn´t be able to get out of them even if she tried.
By now her body didn´t feel like it was on fire anymore and the cut on her thigh was only slightly felt but that was the moment she heard approaching footsteps as well as the distinct sound of something being dragged on the floor until the door opened and the woman seemed to drop something behind Akeno.
"I already know almost everything I need to know so I think I will just have some fun with you until you break" the woman mumbled more to herself than to Akeno.
Akenos eyes went wide in fear as the woman pushed up another metal cart but this one was covered by a black cloth "I will make sure to make you feel good" the woman whispered into Akenos ear as she sliced apart Akenos underwear the last thing Akeno saw was the woman blindfolding her again before her mind was lost in a sea of pain and pleasure.
Former Major Chief Petty Officer Claire Marlowe was normally a very quiet and shy person especially about her personal life but when she got serious about something she would see it through to the end no matter what.
Over the first two weeks she had almost completely broken the girl that she now knew as Akeno Misaki both Akenos mind and body were tortured in various ways by Claire not all of them causing pain but by now Claire was sure Akeno could resist almost every kind of torture without breaking and had moved on to physically training the girl after she had explained who she was and what she would be doing on the Island.
To say that Claire was impressed was an understatement Akeno went through any training exercise she came up with and during a mock battle with paintball guns Akeno almost managed to get the drop on Claire several times but one thing was obvious Akeno didn´t hate Claire no she hated what Claire had done to her.
But after the first month of Claires training Akeno finally accepted that Claire had to do it but only after Claire sat down with Akeno over a few beers and had talked about a few things that were a bit embarrassing for Akeno to talk about but Claire explained everything to Akeno no matter what Akeno asked her unless it came to Claires private life before she came to the Island to train Akeno.
The second month started with Claire having Akeno trying to observe Claire living in the mansion without getting spotted by Claire and the general idea of stealth combat this was a lot harder for Akeno to get good at and every time Claire noticed her she would shoot at Akeno with rubber bullets and by now Akeno had more than just a few dark spots on her skin.
It took the entire month for Akeno to get decent at stealth before Claire felt comfortable with moving on even though Akeno had no idea what was going to happen.
Only for Akeno to wake up in complete darkness with her arms restrained behind her back and her mouth covered by a simple cloth Akeno didn´t panic and after a while she started testing the limits of her movement and a moment later she found some sharp object that was near her so she rolled over and picked up the metal piece before she got to work on cutting apart the rope around her wrists.
By the time Akeno finally managed to get her arms free she was sweating like a cow as the place she woke up in turned out to be the trunk of a car that stood in the middle of a beach with the sun glaring from above.
It was easy for Akeno to get out of the trunk but she was greeted by Claire lying on a beach in a black two piece swimsuit with an umbrella covering her from the sun "you sure took your time with escaping" Claire grinned as Akeno scowled at her "well take a break and change your clothes I can smell you from a mile away after that we will continue" Claire added before she laid back down so Akeno stomped her way back to the mansion.
After a quick shower and a change of clothes Akeno was walking back to the beach but Claire called her back to the garage and there she started to explain to Akeno how to get out of any kind of handcuffs and different kinds of rope restraints by showing her pictures of tied up women and explaining how to undo the ropes as quick as possible.
Akeno didn´t notice it but for some reason her face turned bright red as she looked at the pictures of the tied up women and after Claire asked her something she found herself in her room of the mansion a few moments later with Claire walking out of the room.
A few minutes later Claire returned with two duffel bags with one containing nothing but ropes in various colors and size while the other bag had some kind of measuring equipment in it that Akeno had no idea what to do with.
"I know you are a smart cookie Akeno but now that you know the theory you will have to practice" Claires smile looked as innocent as it could be but in the next moment Akeno found herself on the ground completely tied up with both of her feet tied to her thighs and her arms tied to her midsection.
"Have fun getting out of that, once you are free again find me and I will see what else I need to teach you to get out of" Claire giggled as Akeno silently fumed in frustration for letting her guard down with Claire around.
Akeno needed over an hour to get out of the ropes restraining her but just as she was about to walk out of her room Claire came back and this time Claire handcuffed Akenos hands to the bedposts while her legs were tied with ropes to the other two bedposts but this time Claire put a simple locking watch around Akenos wrist before explaining how to use the hidden lock pick.
After Akeno managed to get the handcuffs open several times Claire tied up Akenos legs with several simple ropes before turning Akenos hands on her back and handcuffing her again and with a rope that went around Akenos neck she pulled the handcuffs between Akenos shoulder blades.
This time it took a lot longer for Akeno to get the handcuffs open but every time she managed to open them Claire would come back and change something this kind of training went on for over two weeks and by the end of it there was no kind of restraints that Akeno couldn´t bust out of but it also meant that her outfit changed a bit.
Akeno now had two hairpins in her hair that showed a brown eagle as well as two wristbands that looked pretty ordinary but with them she could easily get out of anything that might be there to restrain her she also had several escape tools hidden in her shoes.
With Claires escape training now mostly over the two relaxed a bit but every time Akeno let her guard down to much she would find herself in some kind of predicament with most of her escape tools gone one until it was the evening before Redford and the others would return.
Claire got Akeno completely wasted with alcohol but like that the two of them started talking about almost everything especially their past with Claire revealing that she was the mother of a ten year old child that had run away from home to look for her father and uncle.
Akeno also revealed a few embarrassing things to Claire who cleared up a few things for her mainly why it felt good for Akeno to get tied up in certain ways and Claire also promised to help her out with that if Akeno wanted to know more about it.
Akeno was surprised to learn that Preston Marlowe was actually Claires brother in law seeing as Claire had married Sebastian Marlowe Preston's younger brother along with having another brother at the same age by the name of Leon S. Redfield and former older brother by the name of Chris Redfield but at some point Sebastian and Claires older brother had disappeared and with Leon leaving to go find his best friend and older brother and by now Claire had no idea where any of them were so Claire was looking for them to this day with the help of Preston.
It was the dawn of a new day but by then the two of them had drunken enough to completely black out Akeno was wearing just her swimsuit and Claire had her jacket and pants unbuttoned showing to the world her black underwear as they both were in the living room with empty beer cans and bottles strewn everywhere together with a few remains of some pizza.
Redford and his squad were glad to be finally be back on the island not too long ago they had flown over a convoy of five transport ships escorted by two very familiar cruisers the two planes landed a few minutes later and parked near the hangar "Marlowe, Nomad you two had any luck with contacting Akeno?" Redford asked over radio.
"No dice Sarge no matter what I tried I didn´t get anything" Marlowe replied with Nomad practically telling him the same thing "Keep your eyes open we might have a problem here" Redford mumbled loading his M-416 assault rifle with Marlowe and the rest of the squad doing the same with their guns before they started to approach the mansion.
For some reason several of the civilian vehicles stood outside of the mansion but with a quick look and finding nothing they headed into the mansion they checked Akenos room first before they went from the kitchen to the dining room and from there to the library.
But that was when they found Akeno and a young woman in the living room with the entire room looking like a mess "you can relax guys looks like Claire got a bit to excited and decided to have a drink with the girl" Marlowe whispered.
After the squad pulled the curtains of the living room closed they left the room and Marlowe had to explain who the young woman was and what she was doing in the mansion with Akeno and both of them completely wasted.
"Well on one hand I have to give you credit for getting that women here on the other why didn´t you tell us?" Nomad asked as he looked at Marlowe with the rest of the squad.
"To be honest I wanted to tell you guys but then we got caught up in organizing the resupply and I kind of forgot all about it" Marlowe admitted scratching the back of his neck with one hand.
"Ugh anyway Haggard, Sweetwater and Nomad you three will be helping me on getting stuff organized with the supply fleet while Marlowe keeps an eye on our two sleeping beauties" Redford announced after they were done with eating something and like that the group of five split up again with Marlowe waiting in the library for Claire and Akeno to wake up while Redford and the others started on getting the two planes unloaded before they had to deal with the rest of the supplies that would be arriving by ship in a few hours.
Preston had managed to get some of the trash out of the living room without waking either Akeno or Claire if the empty cans and bottles were any indication the two of them would be out for several more hours.
"Just what did they have to celebrate?" Marlowe mumbled as he threw the trash bag into a hatch in the wall in the kitchen that lead down to a container full of trash that was underneath the mansion.
Marlowe decided to check over his assault rifle so he unloaded the magazine and made sure the chamber was empty before he started on completely stripping it apart and cleaning every part of any dirt or dust he could find.
The gun had been with him since he had been transferred to B-Company and became part of Redford´s squad Haggard may be your stereotypical hillbilly that wanted to blow everything up but he was a good guy you could rely on in case you needed something blown into a million pieces.
Sweetwater was the voice of reason but most of the time he was ignored by the rest of the squad and told to shut up because he talked about completely useless crap that no one cared about but he was still a good guy.
Then there was Nomad he had been a rather new addition to their squad shortly before the army decided to show them the door Nomad cared deeply about children seeing as he had a rough childhood but of everyone from the squad Nomad was the guy to go to if you wanted to know how to use a ballistic missile truck or something of similar size.
And then there was Redford the man that always told them "after this mission I can finally retire and go fishing on my boat" but that never really happened sure they had been fishing once only for Haggard to throw explosives into the water and get them their food that much faster as he told them.
Since then they didn´t really try something like that seeing as they had been bored out of their minds after just two weeks of the army throwing them out sure they did have some fun here and there but no matter what they tried to do they always got bored with it pretty fast.
So one day Redford had picked all of them up and asked if they wanted to become mercenaries he had to clear a few things up of course but at the end everyone was onboard with the idea and now they found themselves on a private Island with three young girls and one young woman well one thing Marlowe was sure about things would not get quiet any time soon not with Claire having to train Mitsuko and Kishiko.
Speaking of Claire and her training Marlowe wondered just how much Claire had been able to train Akeno before they returned but if Marlowe knew one thing it was that Akeno was a fast learner.
With that thought Marlowe reassembled his assault rifle and loaded it through before he put in the magazine and turned on the safety before he slung it over his shoulder and continued to wait for Claire or Akeno to wake up.
Redford knew one thing for sure he hated paperwork, in just the last two hours he had to go through so much paperwork to check the contents of the shipments that were being unloaded from the four transport ships that he wanted to just burn every single page he was holding in his hands.
Nomad, Haggard and Sweetwater were busy with directing the unloading of the various containers and boxes that went on the freight elevators and disappeared into the ceiling with the unloading crews before they came back down again for the next load.
Shirayuri was thankfully helping Redford with the paperwork since she arrived with one of the freighters while Mitsuko and Kishiko were still waiting outside of the ship bunker with their cruisers and the last ship that was a tanker to fill up the fuel bunkers they had in the harbor.
During the journey Mitsuko and Kishiko had kept up with their training as much as they could and during the time they had been escorting the convoy they didn´t encounter any trouble along the way.
Both girls were excited to finally see their older sister again but it took several more hours for the transport ships to be completely unloaded and for the four ships to move out of the underground ship bunker.
By now the three cruisers and one tanker were the only ships left with several men watching over the transfer of the fuel into the fuel bunkers of the Island.
By the time the tanker was done it was evening once more but with everyone exhausted as they were they ate something simple and went to bed without anyone noticing how no one was in the living room anymore.