The cursed blessing

In her honour

Disclaimer: This chapter is a little gruesome and sad. Be prepared.

Aya

As Sassa saw me she broke down in tears and wrapped her arms around my waist. “Oh my gosh you are alive. I am so happy. You will bring us out of here right?” Her eyes were full of hope and I nodded, unable to form the right words.

I scanned the surroundings and realized that someone was missing. Normally Sassa always hung up with Connie, but she was nowhere to be seen.

“Where is Connie?”

The girls and Sassa didn’t say a word but their faces showed me what they weren’t able to say out loud.

“No, no don’t say that she is dead. It can’t be true. Why?” A single tear left my eye as I waited for Sassa to say something.

She whimpered and cried as she searched for the right words to describe what had happened.

“The day Castor threw you out was the day when Connie started to revolt. She thought that you would die on the streets without a contract, therefore she was furious and wanted you back so badly, that she wasn’t able to control her anger. She argued with Castor, which made him very angry. He wanted to punish her, because she was a role model for all of us. He thought that we would revolt too, if he didn’t stop her. One day a customer entered the brothel and we all knew him too well. A sick little demon with complexes, he was one of the customers, who liked to cause us pain. Normally he and Castor agreed on the terms, but this time Castor gave him permission to do whatever he wanted. Of course he went to Connies room. Her screams will always follow me in my dreams. I heard the bed shake and his moaning was nearly as loud as her screams. He must have liked what he did to her. An hour later he was done and left with a smile. I wanted to kill him for what he had done to her but I had to think about the others, the new ones. Who would protect them if I wasn’t here anymore? I went to her room and found her chained to the bed, coated with sperm and blood. It was a horrible picture to see. Her face was completely swollen and one of her earlobes was missing. He bit it off. I tired to stop the bleeding but it was coming from different wounds. Her face, her ear and her v****a were bleeding. He must have done internal damage to her because it didn’t stop bleeding. Even if a customer was rough it stopped bleeding after some time, but her v****a was torn completely. I called for help and wanted to get the doctor, who normally treats our more severe wounds, but Castor refused to call him. He said >> Let this be a lesson for all of you. Never undermine my authority.<< The girls and I tried to help her. We cleaned her wounds and tried to sew everything back together but she was too far gone. She died, slowly and in pain. Since that day nobody had the courage to stand up against Castor or any client. We did what he wanted.”

My heart was filled with pure rage and I activated the comm piece “ Zecel. If you find Castor don’t kill him. Capture him or whatever, but I will be the one to kill him. In honour of a dear friend who passed away I will avenge her.”

“Understood.”

I was empty inside, not able to cry or to feel the loss. She was the first one, who helped me here in this rat hole. She fought for me even after I was thrown out and had the ultimate price to pay for her bravery. I will never forget her.

I reached for Sassas hand and guided her and the other girls out of the room, we went downstairs and were met by a worried looking Sindra. “I heard you on the communication device. What happened?”

“A friend of mine died, because she wanted to protect me.” I didn’t mean to be rude but I needed space, so I left Sindra and the others standing there without waiting for a response. I knew that Sindra will bring the girls out of the brothel, and I had a new mission to take care of.

“Lane did you spot Castor on the second floor? Over”

“No not yet but I’ll stay in touch. Over”

Deep down inside of me I knew where to find him. He always went upstairs and climbed the outer conductor to the rooftop, when he wanted to get some air and smoke some weed.

I made my way up to the second floor and found Zecel searching each room. Whenever he found a girl, he said to her that he wasn’t a bad demon and that I had sent him to free them. They went with him willingly and he described to them were to find Sindra. Mostly Rick was the one, who guided them back down to the ground floor.

I didn’t want to talk about what I learned but Zecel noticed me wandering down the hallway. Hi didn’t say anything and pressed me against his hard chest. I couldn’t hold back anymore. A scream left my throat and I started crying uncontrollably.

After a few minutes I made a step back and said “I think I know where Castor is, but I want to fight him alone. I know that I can do it.”

Zecel nodded and I showed him the outer conductor. Opening my wings, I decided to fly up there and didn’t bother to use the ladder. I landed behind a power supply box, which was big enough to offer good coverage for me. Scanning the rooftop, I found him, standing in one corner with his mobile phone is his hand.  “We are being attacked, I need more guards and a helicopter to pick me up from the rooftop of the brothel. Yes, money doesn’t matter just be as fast as possible. I am waiting”