"FUCK!" A scream awoke Katerina, it was Cali's.

Marcel had taken Cali to room that was cement walls with scalpels and wickedly curved daggers lining the massive shelving unit on the far side. Marcel bit into his wrist and forced her to drink. "Do you know why I'm doing this?"

"No not exactly," Cali sputtered trying to keep as much of the vampire blood out of her system. "I do know you won't kill me at least for another day because if I were a newborn vampire your life would be a living hell. I'd see to eating every single one of your human staff and releasing those who are here against their will."

"No, no little girl. I'm healing you, so I can start on fresh, unblemished skin. So you can feel the pain wholly as this, with no lingering pain from other wounds. And I will continue to do this, until you learn to obey." And with those words, Marcel got to work.

For hours, he played with Cali's flesh, dragging the scalpels across in intricate swirls, peeling small bits of flesh off at a time, until finally time itself stopped. All there was in the world, was bloody, ripping pain,consuming all else in Cali's hazy mind. Until finally, it was over.

Cali had passed out from the pain only to awake to find all of her wounds healed as if nothing had happened. This time instead of going to the scalpels Marcel went to the fireplace that had a roaring flame. Slowly selecting the longest dagger he held just the tip of the blade in the dancing flames. Once the blade glowed from the heat he walked across the room slowly. The blade not only sliced through her flesh but the heat also cauterized her skin. Marcel cut over ninety-five percent of Cali's body, whenever the blade would cool too much he would heat it again. If Cali would fade out of consciousness Marcel would either wait for her to awake or smack her until she woke up. Cali finally let tears that she had been holding in stream down her face.

Laughing Marcel said, "The strong girl finally broken. Are you going to submit to me, now?"

"No! I will never given into you. Do whatever you want to me, I refuse to let you be in control!" Cali screamed back.

All the while, Kat sat in the room across the hall, curled up in fetal position, tears streaming down her cheeks. Days passed, actual 24 hour periods of nonstop torture and bloodshed, hollowing out both Kat and Cali's figures, as Kat refused to eat until her friend was freed.

That day came all too quickly for Kat though, for when Cali was finally released, her place was switched with Kat.

Torture of the flesh was not the only tool Marcel used to break the girls however, through manipulative mind games he broke their thoughts of free will and independence down to rubble.

"Why do you resist my pet?" he purred, as he ran a hand through Kat's golden blonde curls, now plastered with sweat and blood to her naked flesh, reveling in the shudder that racked her body.

"Because, you're a monster." she whispered, her eyes clenched tight, as she tried and failed to turn her head away from him.

"Oh my dear, its been weeks and you still haven't learned your lesson. Let's start again shall we?" Marcel replied, as he picked up a scalpel and walked across the room to Cali and set to wrecking her flesh once more.

"Kat, I'm fine it doesn't hurt. We're gonna be okay. Its just a flesh wound, he can't break us. Like when we survived english. They tried but we got through it. Just listen to me I don't feel any pain." Cali said over and over to Kat trying to keep her strong.

"Now I'll ask you again, why do you resist me pet?" he called, watching Kat squirm against the restraints as she tried to reach for Cali.

"Because I must."

"Why?"

"Because if I don't resist, I am nothing."

"Aren't you nothing right now my pet?"

"... yes."

What finally broke Cali, was those words leaving her friends mouth. "Kat, no. You aren't nothing. We are fighters. We've made it this long we can keep going. Katerina Malfoy, you are my best friend and I love you. There is nothing this monster can do that will hurt us. We are going to be okay!"

"Cali I can't. He will never let us go. He has us here. I don't want to fight but I have to fight. Because its together or nothing, we promised. Why, did this happen to us Cali?"

"It happen because your little whore of a friend opened her big whore mouth. So how many relationships do you think this whore ruined? Do you think she's ruined a marriage? You know she's had sex with almost half your school."

"NO! She isn't like that. Cali would never! Yeah she has sex but she would never ruin a relationship. You don't know us!" Kat was trying to defend her friend.

"Kat, stop talking. He's trying to get a response out of you. Let him run his mouth. He can think he knows all he wants. Don't respond." Cali said through tears.

Marcel finally stopped the torture. Sending the girls back to their holding cell, to sit and wait to be tortured again.

"He wasn't lying…" Cali said, "I'm the reason Theo and Kaylee broke up. I didn't know it at the time but I am. I had sex with Theo and Kaylee found out. I knew he was in a relationship but he was the only guy who treated me right. I'm sorry it took a psychopath torturing us to get me to admit this to you."

"You slept with my brother? I know that you two always flirted but I didn't think you two would ever well you know. I should have seen it, but I was so wrapped up in school that I couldn't see it." Kat whispered back. "Is anything else he said true?"

"Yeah I broke up Mr Lander and his wife. I couldn't help it, he was so nice to me after O'Cleary and English. He even gave me a ride home after she called me a nymphomaniac whore who would never live past twenty. Things just happened, and he decided that he wanted to leave his wife for me. I told him not to, that it was never that serious between us, and he hit me. Theo stopped it from going any further than that, and for the next three months, I couldn't help but fall for him. I'm so sorry Kat, I should have told you this sooner, I should have come clean. And now, Theo is dead. And anything positive besides you is gone. My mom's a drunk who can't see past her next bottle and my dad, he was the greatest thing in my life, and I don't even know where he is. He left because he couldn't handle what a disappointment I am."

"I don't blame you Cali, you're like my sister, no you are my sister. Marcel may have done this to break us, but we will outlast him, we just have to convince him that we are broken. And I know we can do it. We're the greatest actresses this side of the Mississippi, you'll see."

"Thank you Kat, I don't understand how you can believe in me like you do, but I'm so grateful for it."

"Of course I believe in you, besides, I'm supposed to be the moral one in this relationship."

"Well then Mistress of Morality, what's our play?"

"We give Marcel what he wants, obedient whores. Ready to serve his beck and call. And when the moment presents itself and he gives us our freedom, or at least a limited amount, we strike with precision and with a plan."

"The plan being?"

"I don't know I haven't gotten that far yet."

"Smooth Kat, real smooth."

"We need to sleep if we stand a chance against this crazy man. Come here, I don't want to be alone." The two girls laid on one the full beds that was in their room. Sleep didn't come easy but both were comforted by the others close proximity.

The sun had just begun to rise in the sky as Marcel entered to wake the girls for their next day of torture. Only to find them both sitting on the couch awaiting their masters arrival.

"What are you two doing?"

"Waiting for you sir," the girls said in unison.

"Really? Do you see me as a fool, do you truly think I will accept this blind obedience switch overnight ladies? Do you?" Marcel growled, as he lunged forward, gripping Kat's chin within his hand. "Tell me the truth girl, have you given up, are you mine?" He hissed, his pupils dilating as the compulsion washed over Kat.

"Yes." She whispered back, meeting his gaze with a blank stare.

"And you, my little troublemaker. Are you completely and wholly obedient to me, your master?" He said turning to Cali, who in equal turn replied:

"Yes. I am completely and wholly obedient to you master."

"Well then ladies, I believe the party can begin, oh do I have much in store for the two of you, you will be my stars in this city, just you wait and see." He laughed, pulling them to their feet and leading them away from the torture room, forever.