This is my third story in my Lost Gods universe, though like the other
two it can be read as a complete stand alone.
The Destroyer
By Morpheus
I stood in the rain, hiding back in the shadows of night. Fortunately
my hat and overcoat kept me from the worst of the weather, while my
stubborn streak let me pretend that I didn't notice the rest. Without
removing my eyes from my target, I took a final drag from my cigarette,
then flicked it to the ground.
My name was Adam Sinclair... and I was a dick. That almost sounds like
I was in AA or something. Maybe assholes anonymous, except that I
wasn't trying to quite being an asshole. I was a detective. A Private
Eye. The kind that you saw in old movies or read about in Philip Marlow
books. Or at least I was something like that.
Just the day before, a girl had been kidnapped, right out in public.
Several witnesses had seen a couple of guys dressed in weird costumes
jump out of a black van and pull her inside. That should have been
enough to give the cops a little lead, but like I said... should have.
They were on the case, but the cops in this town didn't exactly have the
highest reputation for competence. That was why the girl's dad had
immediately gone to an old acquaintance for help. Specifically to my
boss.
Of course I quickly proved just how smart my boss was for putting me on
the case. There had been a police report of a stolen van, almost right
after the time of the kidnapping. However the cops apparently didn't
notice that the owner of the van had a little record himself. It didn't
take a genius to figure that he was part of the job, then realized at
the last minute that someone might link the van back to him. Bam...
the kidnapper calls the van in stolen, then plays the victim to avoid
suspicion.
"Not too bad an idea," I muttered to myself, silently adding, "if he
hadn't been such a dumb-ass." One of his neighbors had seen him in the
van about an hour after he'd reported it stolen.
At the moment, I was at the guy's house. There was no sign of the van,
which wasn't too surprising. There is usually a limit to just how many
stupid mistakes even the biggest idiot can make. That just means that
he probably has both the van and the girl hidden away somewhere else.
And all I had to do was wait until he led me there.
"Never underestimate human stupidity," I told myself with a smirk,
repeating one of my cardinal rules. Of course another rule was never
overestimate it either.
Just then it seemed that my waiting had paid off. The idiot was acting
pretty suspicious as he came out and climbed into another car. I was
just as quickly in mine, hoping that the trip wouldn't be far, as I
didn't want him to notice that someone was following him. Fortunately I
was in luck, as he didn't even go much more than a mile, pulling into
the driveway of a pretty expensive looking house.
I parked down the street just a little bit, then hurried to where I'd
seen him go. One hand patted my cell phone as I considered calling the
cops in, but knew that it wouldn't do much good until I had more.
Besides, I was pretty reluctant do deal with those lazy bastards any
more than I absolutely had to. And finally, there was my professional
pride and stubborn streak to consider as well. With that I patted the
other bulge in my jacket, the one created by my gun. I didn't think
that I'd need it if I was careful not to be seen, but you never could be
sure.
When I got closer, I wasn't at all surprised to see the 'stolen' van
through the open garage door. However what I was more interested in was
the voice I was hearing from the greenhouse just a short distance away.
The lights were on, and from what I could see, there had to be close to
a half dozen men there.
"We should have waited until tonight to grab her," one of the men
grumbled.
Another added, "It would have been a little less risky." He snorted
loudly. "Keeping her here is dangerous."
"But not as dangerous as failing to have her when we need her," a third
man warned in cold voice. The others nodded nervously at that.
As I moved closer, still being careful to not be seen, I saw her. The
girl. 19 year old Emily Clark was tied to a chair and gagged in the
middle of the warehouse. And she was surrounded by her kidnappers, half
of whom were wearing strange red and black robes of some sort.
The man with the cold voice was tall and thin, looking in his late
forties or early fifties. He was also the one I took to be their
leader. For one, there was the way the others seemed a bit nervous of
him. For another, there was also the fact that his robes were cut just
a bit differently from the others, and a bit fancier. He also held a
knotted black wooden staff in his hands.
"What is this," I quietly muttered to myself, "some sort of cult?"
This was definitely getting weird, and I decided that it was probably
time that I called the apathetic boys in blue. After all, I'd found the
girl like I was hired to, and if any bullets were going to be flying;
they could be the ones to catch them.
Just as I was starting to back away, I bumped up against a bush and made
a little noise. It wasn't much, but it was enough to get their
attention. One of the men yelled out, while I jumped out to the side.
Suddenly the leader held out the staff and yelled, "Agazaar Kai!" And
without warning, a ball of fire actually shot out of the head of the
staff, exploding against the ground just several feet from where I had
been standing.
"Shit," I squeaked out, my gun clenched firmly in my hand as I tried to
get some cover.
"Hey!" one of the men yelled out. "What the fuck are you doing?" It
took me a moment to realize that it wasn't me he was talking to. It was
the guy with the piece of wood. "That's my yard you fried."
"There's someone there," another guy snapped back.
However the guy who claimed it was his hard slapped him alongside the
head. "That's just my cat you idiot."
The men grumbled at that, but visibly relaxed. As they turned away, I
let out a sigh and started to get out of there a little more quickly. I
silently gave thanks to the cat, wherever it was. I'd always known that
a little pussy was good for my health, and this sure proved it.
As I was getting back to the street where I could safely call the donut
munchers, I heard the leader order, "Get the girl in the van. We don't
dare be late..."
I quickly got back to the street, not to mention out of sight due to the
hedges they kept for privacy. But while I was simultaneously reached
for my smokes and cell phone, someone grabbed my shoulder from behind.
I quickly snapped around, ready to either punch whomever it was... or
raise my hands in surrender if they had a gun pointed at me.
"What..." I paused, seeing that there were three men standing there,
and none of them appeared to be armed. At least not with guns or
knives... which might have been more comforting.
There were three men, the one in front who'd grabbed me was bald and
looked his fifties. And all three were holding wooden staffs, each
carved somewhat differently. Normally I would have laughed at that, but
after just having seen that one guy use his like a flame thrower....
"Go," the bald one told me, "stay out from this."
"Stay out of what?" I asked, playing for time as I tried to reach my gun
unnoticed.
"This does not concern you," he insisted.
Just then I was distracted by the sound of a motor running. A moment
later, the black 'stolen' van pulled out of the driveway and started
down the street. I silently cursed at not having called the badges
quick enough. At least then I could have said I'd done my job. But if
they took Emily with them... Then I would have to start all over again.
"Damn," I snarled, turning back to the three men who'd caught me.
To my surprise, they were hurrying away. The bald one looked back at me
and said, "Forget about this. For your own sake..."
And right before they went around the corner and out of view, one of the
other men called back, "You've been warned..."
"What the fuck was that?" I demanded. It made no sense. Those cult
freaks had caught me... then took off like bats out of hell.
However I didn't have too much time to think about those three at the
moment since they'd taken off with the girl... leaving me to with a job
that still needed finishing. I let out a solid stream of curses,
wishing that I'd thought to follow the van as soon as it left, but by
now I knew I couldn't catch it. Then again, there might be something
inside the house that would give me an idea where they'd taken her.
I hurried back to the green house where they'd been keeping Emily, but
stopped short as I heard more talking. A couple of them were still
there.
"Hurry up," one of the voice snapped. "I don't want the others to get
too far ahead of us."
Then another voice that I recognized spat back, "Shut up and let me
finish locking my house. I don't want someone breaking in while I'm
gone."
That nearly caused me to laugh, though I didn't stick around long enough
to catch any more. I ran back to my car and started the engine,
lighting a cigarette while waiting for them to come out. Fortunately I
only had to wait another minute before a second car pulled out of the
driveway, then headed down the street in the same direction as the van.
After waiting a few more seconds, I followed behind them. I was careful
to remain far enough back that they wouldn't see me too clearly, and
hopefully wouldn't realize that they were being followed. At the same
time I silently wished that I had some of that James Bond shit like one
of those freaky GPS tracking devices on their car. But I was strictly a
low tech operation.
The car hit the main road and left the city, with me trailing some
distance behind. Apparently they hadn't expected to be followed so
weren't looking for a trail, or at least they never showed any sign that
they'd noticed me. I followed them further and further away from the
city, getting away from any of the real main roads and ending up in the
middle of nowhere.
I had been following them for well over an hour when they finally pulled
over, right next to the van. Then I pulled over as well, doing so a
ways back, my headlights already off as they had been for the last
couple miles to avoid notice. Fortunately the full moon had provided
enough light for me to make my way with.
"Taking a girl to the middle of nowhere," I told myself grimly, "not a
good sign."
My gun was in hand as I made my way towards their vehicles, hoping that
I wasn't too late for the girl. If it wasn't too late yet and I managed
to get the drop on them all, she just might get out of it alive. I
wasn't going to bother holding my breath though.
When I reached the car and the van, the cult members had already left
them... and taken the girl. After I'd verified that she wasn't in the
van, I started down the path that they had obviously gone down, pausing
after only several steps.
"Damn," I gasped, seeing what looked like strip mine spread out before
me.
There was a large crater, with obvious mounds of dirt spread around,
mostly on the other side. And of course there was the mandatory digging
equipment and dump trucks. However my attention was mostly drawn to the
tents at the bottom, which I could barely make out in the darkness.
That was obviously where they were heading. Of course the flashlights I
saw down there might have given me a clue too.
I quickly scrambled down the path to the bottom of the crater, then ran
to the cluster of tents. Then I listened intently, hearing voices
talking a little distance away. A faint smile formed on my face as they
told me exactly where they were, and then I carefully continued creeping
towards them. My finger was feeling pretty comfortable on my trigger
about that time.
Just to be on the safe side, I paused behind one tent and reached pulled
out my cell phone. If things went bad, it would be good to have someone
know where I was. However that idea was quickly dashed as my cell was
picking up no signal. That was the problem with being out in the middle
of the boondocks. It looked like I really was on my own.
"I ain't getting paid enough for this," I grumbled, though I was far too
stubborn to just give up now.
Taking a comforting glance at my gun, I started towards the voices
again, but just as quickly paused as the area ahead of me suddenly
exploded into light. I had to jump to the side of a tent in the hopes
of not being noticed. A moment later, I peaked around towards the
source of the light, letting out a loud gasp as I did so.
It was right against the side of the crater wall... or more accurately,
right in it. And in daylight, it was probably completely hidden from
where I'd come down the crater, both due to position and the tents,
which I now suspected where purposely blocking the sight. But at the
moment, there were several lights spread around it... giving me a clear
view.
"Oh man," I gasped.
Sticking right out of the crater wall was... a stone wall. It looked
like the end of a marble building which had been unburied... and which
obviously didn't match the surrounding ground. However as I moved
closer, I couldn't see any seams in the wall... as though it was all
carved of a single piece. What I did see however was the large open
doorway, surrounded by some sort of strange symbols that I didn't
recognize.
I took a long look at the doorway they were going through, pushing an
obviously reluctant Emily. Once they had all gone inside, I muttered,
"Weirdo cult freaks," and started towards the door behind them, my gun
ready.
As soon as I stepped through the doorway, I barely managed to keep from
gasping out again. There was a huge room... all made the same marble as
the outside wall, including the several large pillars. The most
noticeable features of the room though was the huge statue of a man on
the far end, and large throne on a platform just in front of it.
After giving the room a once over, I saw that all of the cult members
that were at the house were gathered around, and all of them were now
dressed in those black and red robes. The leader stood there with that
twisted wooden staff of his, bowing down before the empty throne. A
moment later, he stood up, gesturing to both the tied and gagged girl,
and then at a stone table set out in front of the throne.
"We are here oh master," the leader called out loudly, his arms
outstretched. "Here to do your bidding." Then he turned to the others
and added in a loud, clear voice, "Tonight is the night that the stars
are aligned. Tonight is the night that we free our god..."
A moment later, the other cult members started pushing Emily towards the
stone table. It took a second longer for it to dawn on me that it
wasn't just a table... it was an altar. Those freaks were going to do a
human sacrifice thing. I'd been afraid of something like that.
Since I couldn't well let them cut her up... or whatever they were going
to do, I decided that it was time to announce my presence. With that I
gave off a single warning shot, just enough to make them all turn
towards me with looks of surprise that almost made the whole thing worth
it.
"Don't make a move," I warned them, pointing the gun straight at the
leader. "And drop that fucking stick." He gave me a glare that almost
hinted that he could kill me with it, but did as I had told him.
"You know that you will die," he responded, saying it almost as though
it was a fact rather than a threat. There was even the hint of a smirk
on his face.
I just snorted at him, ordering them to back away from the girl and then
going to her myself. While keeping my gun on them, I told the girl,
"Run," gesturing towards the exit. Her feet weren't tied up and I
figured that it would be a hell of a lot easier untying her hands and
removing the gag when I didn't have to worry about these guys getting
the drop on me. "I'll meet you up by their van..." She just nodded,
then started to run.
The leader looked mad at this, though I noticed that he glanced at the
statue, which struck me as a little odd. However I figured that they
were all freaks anyway so didn't give it much thought. I even told them
not to bother following me as I backed out of the door, then turned and
ran after the girl.
I was less than a quarter of the way back across the crater when I
nearly stumbled over the girl. She'd tripped while running and was
struggling to get back to her feet. Without a word, I helped her up,
though none to gently.
Then I heard them again, running towards us. "There he is," one of the
cult freaks yelled out.
"Get that girl back NOW," another voice came.
"Run," I urged the girl, giving her a shove to show how urgent this was.
Deciding that I had better discourage the bastards from following us, I
let off a couple of shots in their direction. My shots were a little
high though as I wasn't trying to hit them, just scare them back.
However to my surprise, I heard some more gunshots in return.
"Shit!" I exclaimed, not liking this turn of events. I'd thought that
they were unarmed... except for those fireworks. And it was a mistake
that could damn well prove lethal.
Several more shots were fired on both sides, with me no longer aiming
high. Suddenly, Emily stopped her running, falling face first into the
ground. And this time, I knew that it wasn't just because she tripped.
I fired another shot, then ran to her side to check on her. Then just
as I reached her side, a burning pain shot through my shoulder.
I let out a piercing scream, dropping my gun from the agonizing pain.
As I grabbed for the injury, a single glance was enough to tell me that
it hadn't hit anything vital. But in spite of what was shown in action
movies, you didn't just shrug off a 'flesh wound' and keep fighting as
though it wasn't there. I was finished, and knew it.
Just then I heard the cult leader yelling out some nonsense... right
before the sky exploded into light. The sudden brightness hurt my eyes,
but was nothing compared to the pain in my shoulder. Still the sight of
a glowing ball of blue light just floating in the air above us all was
enough to distract me from that pain... for a second.
An instant later, I was grabbed by two of the cultists, wincing in pain
as they were rough on my shoulder. "Got the fucker," one of them
snarled, pointing a gun straight into my face.
Then the man grabbing at the girl gasped, "She's... she's dead."
"WHAT?" the leader demanded furiously, pointing at him with that twisted
staff of his.
"She's dead," the man repeated nervously, looking almost afraid.
Actually there was no almost to it. He was downright terrified. "One
of the shots..." He gestured to the blood all over her back.
"What do we do now Kaspar?" another man asked, looking at their leader
nervously.
Then the leader, who was apparently named Kaspar demanded, "Which of you
fired the shots?" His voice was cold... deadly cold.
"It was an accident," the man with the gun to my head stammered,
dropping the gun that was still in his hand. "I only meant to hit
him..."
"Kezchen Nocazaar!" Kaspar snarled, pointing at him with the black
staff.
An instant later, the man screamed out in pain, sounding as if he hurt a
hell of a lot more than even I did. And after a second more, I didn't
doubt that as I saw blood leaking from his eyes, nose, mouth and ears.
His scream was cut off into a sick sounding gurgle, just before he
collapsed motionless.
"Fuck," I gasped, wincing in pain as I did so.
"We needed her tonight," Kaspar snarled at the others. "TONIGHT!
Corwin may have ruined EVERYTHING!" Then he muttered, "Our dark master
will not be pleased."
"Should I whack him?" one of the other men asked as he picked up the gun
and pointed it at me. I definitely didn't like that question.
But one of the others muttered, "Whack him? Who the hell talks like
that?"
"Too many movies," added another.
"Quiet," Kaspar spat, giving me a glare that hinted that he could kill
me with his very look. And after seeing what he'd done to that other
freak, not to mention the ground at the house, I wasn't sure that he
couldn't. "Bring him," he gestured to me, "he may help us fix that
idiot's mistake and salvage this night."
I gasped out in pain... or maybe sort of yelled just a little bit when
two of the cultists grabbed me by my arms and lifted me up. "Let me go
you fucking psychos!" Then I added, "The cops'll be here any minute."
That made them stop for a moment, while I silently wished that I
actually had managed to call the donut munchers. For the first time in
my life, I was actually counting on those lazy bastards to come and help
me. And I didn't like it one bit. Not one bit at all.
"He's lying," one of them said, though he sounded uncertain.
Kaspar didn't seem worried though and gestured for them to continued.
"We must hurry."
Once again, I grunted in pain and struggled to get away as they started
carrying me back towards that room. However I was not only unarmed and
outnumbered, but in a hell of a lot of pain from my gunshot wound and
unable to do much. But at least I tried putting up a token struggle,
which soothed my pride a little if nothing else.
Several minutes later though, I was brought back into that huge room and
thrown unceremoniously onto the floor just before their altar. I tried
my best not to show how afraid I was, though I wasn't sure that I
succeeded all that well.
Suddenly I felt something... something strange. Then I noticed that all
of the freaks were bowing towards the throne, turning to look at it
myself and letting out a loud gasp. There was an image there, a ghostly
image that was slowly becoming more visible. It was a man... and not
just any man. He looked identical to the statue that stood behind him.
Well, with the exception of the fact that he was transparent.
Them man was tall, probably 6 foot 6, and very athletic looking. He had
slightly dark features and long black hair. He was wearing strange red
clothes, with bits of black metal armor added to it. Then there were
his eyes. They were dark... seemingly pure black.
"Where is the girl?" the strange man demanded in loud voice, though he
gave every indication as though he was talking in a conversational tone.
He glared at the group of bowing cult freaks, not looking happy in the
least.
Kaspar looked extremely nervous as he got back up and responded. "Gone
my lord Garavas." He took a deep breath. "She had an accident." Then
at the hard look on Garavas' face, he rushed out, "But all is not
lost..."
Garavas glared at him. "Explain."
All I could do was stare at this Garavas guy, wondering what the hell
was going on. First there were all of these cult nuts, then the weird
special effects, followed by the freaky temple. And now I was looking
at a guy that I could see through. It was enough to make me wonder if
I'd stumbled into the Twilight Zone.
"You said that you required a woman," Kaspar told the strange man on the
throne somewhat nervously, "But not that specific one."
"You mean to acquire another," Garavas said in a calm voice that somehow
sent shivers down my spine. He was obviously not pleased with that.
Kaspar nodded, then gave me a deadly look. "In a way my god... I mean
to create one. You said that all you needed was a fertile womb..."
After a long minute that seemed to take forever, Garavas gave a smile.
The kind of smile that a shark might give it's prey before striking.
"Very well," he sneered, his harsh eyes settling on me and making me
want to cringe. I wasn't sure what was worse, the pain I was in... or
the way that bastard was looking at me.
"Master?" Kaspar asked nervously while the other cultists cringed even
closer to the ground.
I sneered, putting on as much of a tough guy act as I could considering
my situation. "Damn freak show."
Then Garavas stood up stretching his arms out and exclaiming, "Soon I
shall be free. Free of this accursed prison." He paused to glare
around the room, seeming to talk more to himself than to me or his
little pet freaks. "First I'll have my revenge on those fools who
destroyed my body and sealed me in here. Then..." He gave something of
a stock evil villain laugh. "I'll crush this pitiful humanity beneath
my heals and remind the mortals of their proper place." His attention
turned back to Kaspar and the other robed lunatics. "Just as you have
learned it."
In spite of my pain, I managed to stand up... or at least get somewhat
on my feet, though I wasn't stable. However I figured that if I didn't
get that looked at soon, I'd probably fall over dead of blood loss. And
since I didn't think that I was going to get that medical help soon, I
was damn well going to at least bandage my wounded pride instead.
"Sounds to me like the first thing you should do is see a shrink," I
sneered.
Before Garavas could even finish glaring at me, one of the robed looneys
had grabbed me and slammed me back to the ground, growling into my ear,
"Bow you fucking idiot. He's a god and you don't go pissing off a god.
Especially not him."
Though Garavas seemed pissed at me, he made no move to leave the
platform with the throne, or even have 'Guido and the boys' rough me up,
which they seemed more than willing to do. Instead he calmly announced,
"Once I have a new body, I will reclaim my full power and make the world
shudder at my name once again." Then he turned to me, giving me a cold
look and a sneer as he added, "And you mortal, will give this to me."
"What?" I started, feeling extremely confused as well as scared. I
didn't really know for sure what was going on, nor did I want to. But
unfortunately, I had a strong suspicion that it had something to do with
that altar, a knife and some human sacrifice.
Garavas didn't even look at me as he sat back down and calmly said,
"Proceed."
Kaspar gave Garavas another bow, announcing, "As my god commands."
Suddenly Kaspar faced me, holding his staff in the air. Though my every
instinct was to get up and run, I realized that it would take most of my
strength just to get back to my feet, which wouldn't leave much for the
running part. Especially not when I was surrounded by freaks in robes.
In my current condition, I might as well have tried breaking through the
defense of the Chicago Bears.
"Naga traigoth," Kapsar announced in a loud voice, then continued
spouting more of that gibberish.
All that I could do was standing there, nervously looking around,
pleased at least that none of them seemed to be holding a knife.
However after seeing what had happened the last couple times old Kaspar
had spouted gibberish, I figured that a knife would have been more
comforting. Damn, I would have killed for my gun. Then again, that was
what I wanted it for.
Just then I felt a strange tingle run through my entire body. That was
quickly followed by intense cramping which made it seem almost as though
I had a charley horse in every muscle of my body at the same time. At
this point, I lost any pretense of being able to stand on my own two
feet and flopped around helplessly on the floor.
A moment later, I felt something else strange... perhaps even stranger.
It was hard to explain, even to myself. The closest that I could come
would be to that it was almost as if my very flesh had turned into clay
and some invisible hands were starting to sculpt it... to reshape it.
This part didn't quite hurt, but it was uncomfortable, not to mention
extremely freaky. I couldn't help letting out a scream... a scream that
slowly got higher in pitch, almost like someone was squeezing my balls
or something.
A thousand strange sensations hit my body at once, though fortunately
the cramping ones were quickly fading away. Hell, even the pain from
the gunshot had completely vanished. Instead it felt like my bones were
moving around, not to mention everything else, though I couldn't quite
make out exactly how. It was too overwhelming.
When it finally ended, I remained where I was on the floor, too confused
to do anything but gasp. My whole body was no longer hurting, but it
still felt incredibly odd. I felt all swollen and stuff, though for the
most part, everything just felt... wrong.
Then I sat up and saw that all of the cult freaks were looking at me
with impressed expressions, a few even grinning smugly. Kaspar and the
freak on the throne looked especially pleased with themselves. For some
reason, that didn't exactly make me feel any better about this. Not in
the least.
"You fuckers..." I started, then froze as my voice sounded alien to my
own ears.
Garavas gave a nod, then before I could even think of what to do, the
cult freaks were yanking me to my feet... and then tearing at my
clothes. I struggled, but even though I no longer felt hurt from the
gunshot, it didn't do any good at all. They outnumbered me and stripped
me naked with little problem. Only that I saw what it was that they had
done to me. What all of those weird feelings had been about.
I let nearly let out a scream, though somehow managed to retain enough
self control to keep from doing that. Instead I gasped, "What the fuck
did you do?"
My arms were being held tightly, keeping me from moving. But my head
was free enough to look down, to see the pair of TITS on my chest. A
quick glance over my naked body revealed that it wasn't mine at all. It
was a chick's body. I'd somehow been turned into a woman. It wasn't
possible... not by a longshot, but that was exactly what I was looking
at.
Kaspar let out a low laugh, and not a pleasant one either. Then he
gestured to the others. "Now... let us free our god..."
An instant later, I was picked up and thrown across the stone table...
the altar. And as they held me tight, thoughts of being a human
sacrifice once again ran through my mind. I yelled and screamed at
them, struggling as hard as I could to no effect. One of them held each
of my arms down, while others grabbed at my legs.
But as terrified as I already was, that was absolutely nothing compared
to the horror I felt as I saw one of my captors pulling open his robes
and dropping his pants. As the realization hit me, I started screaming
and fighting twice as hard as before, though it got me nowhere... except
a hard slap across my face and a wad of cloth in my mouth. However that
was absolutely nothing compared to what came next.
The man... the monster came inside of me. I tried to scream through the
gag... I tried to fight. But I could do nothing. Tears burned in my
eyes, while rage and humiliation both burned in my heart. The physical
pain was nothing compared to the rest. When he was finished, I thought
that it would end. But it didn't. Several of the other's took their
turns as well. Finally they seemed to be done with me, letting go of my
arms and standing back.
With tears of shame pouring down my eyes, I fearfully looked around the
room, absently noticing that Garavas had disappeared sometime during
my... ordeal. But that wasn't really important. After what had just
happened... nothing would ever be the same again. I was a man... This
kind of thing was NEVER supposed to happen... My hands clenched in
helpless rage and all I could do was curl into a ball on the altar...
crying like the woman I now appeared to be.
The room was a moderate sized bedroom with an attached bathroom. It had
all of the necessities for a guest bedroom, but little more. There was
a dresser, a chair in the corner and of course, the bed. The bed that I
was currently curled up in the middle of, wrapped tightly in a blanket
while I tried to keep from shivering.
I tried as hard as I could not to think of the events from the night
before, but that was like trying not to think of an elephant. That just
guaranteed that it would be the very thing that you thought of. But in
spite of that irony, I kept trying not to think of it.
After the... incident. Hell, I might as well face facts. After the
rape... my rape, the freaks had taken me out of their temple. And while
I was helplessly being loaded into their van, I had only barely been
aware of my surroundings, being too freaked out of my mind for that.
However I had been pulled out of my stupor when one of them had set off
some explosives. Half of the crater seemed to explode, right where the
temple was... or at least had been. After seeing that explosion, and
the way the crater collapsed on that side, I didn't think that the
temple was still there. But their blowing up their own temple was more
than a little surprising.
"Now our god's prison is destroyed," Kaspar had laughed, "and soon his
freedom will be complete."
A short while later, I had been brought back to the house where I had
first found them with the girl, and then thrown into the bedroom. The
bedroom where I had remained ever since. This time... I was the
prisoner. But that was the least part of my problems.
"Impossible..." I whispered to myself in a shaky voice, not for the
first time either.
I was a tough as nails dick... but at the moment I was more terrified
than I'd ever been before in my life. Terrified, confused, and shaken
up to my very core. My whole world had just been torn out from under
me, everything that I'd held to be true and all of my confidence. Not
only had my very body been transformed, but I had been brutalized...
violated in a way that no human should ever have to suffer. And as
strong as I had always thought myself to be... I wasn't sure that I was
tough enough to survive this.
Finally old ma nature decided that it was time for me to get my ass out
of the bed. I grunted as I dropped the blanket and made my way to the
small bathroom, completely naked. At the same time, I was very careful
not to look down at myself, not to see what had been done to my body, as
if by denying it I could pretend that it hadn't happened. However as I
stood in front of the toilet to take a leak, I realized that it was time
to face facts.
"Fucking freaks," I spat as I sat down to do my business. I swore to
myself that if I ever got my hands on those bastards... those monsters,
that I'd cut their balls off with a steak knife. No... that I'd nail
their testicles to a stump and set it on fire... leaving them the steak
knives to do the job themselves. But even that wouldn't be enough for
what they had done to me. "Damn it..."
Once I'd finished doing my business, I had to wipe myself dry, having
made a bit of a mess. I grimaced as I did so since I was still
extremely tender down there from what they had done. It was the first
time that I had actually looked at it since my transformation, and tears
ran down my cheeks as I did so. I was torn between screaming in rage or
curling up and sobbing.
Instead though, I did neither. At least not at the moment. I carefully
avoided looking at the mirror as I left the bathroom, refusing to face
what I knew had happened to me. With a grimace, I made my way to the
door and carefully tried the handle. As expected, the door was locked.
And when I listened, I could even hear someone on the other side.
They'd not only locked me in, but left a guard as well.
"Not quite as stupid as I thought," I muttered to myself as I made my
way back to the bed.
As I sat there, once again wrapped up in the blanket, I couldn't help
thinking over my situation. Actually, it was about the only thing that
I could think about. And I still had no idea why. Why they had changed
me into a chick... not to mention how. Hell, I didn't even know why
they were keeping me prisoner... especially since if they had wanted to
get rid of me, it would have been a lot easier to knock me off. Though
at the moment, I was almost beginning to wish that they had.
I had no idea just how long I was on the bed, curled up not only in the
blanked but my self pity. However that ended... at least the being
wrapped in a blanket part, when I was suddenly hit by a wave of nausea.
I barely managed to get to the toilet before emptying my stomach into
it.
"Just perfect," I spat bitterly, "now I'm sick on top of the rest of
this shit."
After I had finished my short bout of vomiting, I felt better for the
next couple hours. But then I was hit with another quick wave of nausea
and stomach emptying. That was quite a feat too since my stomach was
completely empty. Though there was no clock to tell me what time it
was, I figured that it had probably been close to 24 hours since I'd
last had a bite to eat.
Though my empty stomach and the hunger that came with it were currently
the least of my problems, they were beginning to become more noticeable.
Still, I would be damned before I knocked on the door and asked my
'hosts' to get me something to eat. I grimaced at the very thought,
knowing that I'd much rather starve to death before giving them that
kind of satisfaction.
Eventually the door started to open, just giving me time enough to pull
the blanket tightly about me before someone came in. I automatically
cringed back in fear, suddenly filled with the memory of my being
violated. What if they were going to do it again? I shuddered where I
was on the bed, ashamed of myself at the same time for my actions... and
inaction.
A moment later, a man stepped inside of the room while another one stood
by the door. But I only recognized one of them, so it was obvious that
the group I'd followed to the temple weren't the only members of their
freak show. That just made it even worse though as I no longer had any
idea how many of them there might be.
Without a word, the one I didn't recognize set a tray filled with food
on the small table beside the bed. Then he tossed a bundle of red
clothes on the bed before turning to leave. I didn't say a word,
silently thankful that he was gone... and at the same time, cursing
myself for not taking advantage of a possible opportunity for escape, or
at least to learn more about my situation.
Not being one to cry over spilled milk, or at least I'd never though of
myself as the type, I focused my attention on more important matters.
Like diving into the food since I was close to starving. Fortunately
they'd left quite a bit of it on the plate, and decent food at that. It
was gone before I bothered taking the time to look at the clothes they'd
left me, which turned out to be a jogging suit.
"Better than nothing," I sighed before I started to put it on.
However as I stood there about to pull the pants up, I couldn't help but
catching a good look at my body as I looked down. That made me pause
for a minute, then sneer in annoyance. I couldn't believe that I was
being such a chicken shit about looking at myself.
"Face it like a man," I ordered myself, realizing at the same time just
how ironic that statement was.
Still I braced myself and then took another, deeper look at myself, I
figured that I had better get it over with since I didn't know how long
I'd be stuck looking like a blasted chick. From what I could see, my
body wasn't too bad. Not for a chick at least. A nice slender body,
with smooth skin and pretty decent curves. My new tits were just a
little more than a handful. If they'd actually been on a real woman, I
would have said that they weren't too small or too big. However that
was just a look at my body.
"Damn," I spat out, feeling a mixture of feelings at my self
examination. Shock and disbelief for a couple, though there was a large
helping of both humiliation and anger and well.
A moment later, I was back in the bathroom and staring at myself in the
mirror. I hadn't wanted to look, but it was something that I needed to
do. I sure as hell wasn't going to get out of my situation by ignoring
it... no matter how painful it was to face.
The woman in the mirror wasn't bad looking, not at all. She wasn't a
super model, but she was still a bit of a looker. There was a bit of
that girl next door thing to her, though she also had a harder edge to
her appearance, not the soft and innocent look that might have otherwise
been expected. But the look was mostly in her eyes. In my eyes. Her
hair was just a little longer than shoulder length and just a slightly
lighter shade of reddish brown than my own had been.
"Wait a minute," I mused as I realized that she looked familiar. Hell,
she looked pretty damn familiar. She looked quite similar to what I
normally did, minus the frequent beard stubble. There were even the
same gray eyes and the light scar on my forehead from a childhood
accident. In fact, it was almost like looking at the twin sister I
didn't have. "Weird."
It appeared that I hadn't just been turned into any girl. I'd only been
turned into a girl version of myself. That gave me a faint sense of
relief... very faint. But it also let me suspect that my fingerprints
would probably be the same as normal as well. Though they wouldn't do
much good at the moment, they might prove useful later on in helping me
prove my case.
"If I survive," I told myself grimly.
With that I went back for the clothes and then made a careful search
around the room. I figured that I probably should have tried that
earlier, but had been too out of it to even think of it. However now I
realized that it might be necessary for my very life. After all, I sure
as hell couldn't count on the doughboys in blue to come to my aid.
Once I was finished with my look around though, I wasn't quite as
hopeful as I had started out. Then again, I hadn't had too much hope to
begin with, so that wasn't a very good thing. There was no window so I
couldn't slip out that way, and the door was locked again. Hell, I
couldn't even find anything that I could use as a weapon.
There was no clock and no window to show light through. Because of
that, I had no idea of what time it was when I finally went to bed. I
think that it was more out of boredom than anything else... though I had
a very difficult time falling asleep. And when I did, it was filled
with strange... horrible dreams.
Again, when I woke up, I had no idea what time it was or even how long
I'd been asleep. However there was no doubt that it wasn't nearly long
enough. I groaned as I crawled out of the bed, trying to shake off the
memory of the nightmare I had just broken free from. Free from one
nightmare just end up back in another, and one which was a lot more
difficult to escape from at that.
I was a little surprised though to find a new tray full of food sitting
beside the bed though. Obviously they weren't going to let me starve,
which was some small consolation. With a grunt, I ate my 'breakfast'
and then reluctantly went to the bathroom to do my morning business...
as well as empty part of my stomach again.
"Just great," I grumbled, annoyed that I was still puking.
After a stream of curses, I looked down at myself, scowling deeply as I
did so. Then I glanced over at the shower stall, realizing that it had
been awhile since I'd taken a shower. And at the moment, I was feeling
pretty dirty. Especially when I thought about what they'd done to me.
A shudder of rage and self pity shot through me at the memory.
A minute later, I was in the shower and bracing myself against the
spray, the water as hot as I could possibly stand it. I scrubbed at
myself so hard that it almost felt like my skin was going to come off...
but that only encouraged me to scrub all the harder. Tears ran down my
cheeks as I cleaned myself... or at least tried to clean myself. It was
as if I could possibly clean the horror of what was done to me away with
the dirt. I knew that it was silly... but it was how I felt.
When I was finished, I felt a little better, though not much. I didn't
think that I'd ever be clean of what they'd done to me. The tears had
stopped, but I was angry at myself for ever letting them come in the
first place. Hell, I had barely been a chick for a couple days and I
was already crying like a little girl. It was pretty damn embarrassing.
Eventually the door opened again and the same guy from the day before
came in with another tray of food and what looked like a change of
clothes. From the way he was watching me, I figured that he expected me
to attack him or make a bolt for the door. Not that it would do much
good, since there was someone else standing by the door, and I could see
that he had a gun on him.
"Why are you doing this to me?" I demanded, desperate to get some
answers.
Then, remembering that I currently looked like a chick, I tried to give
my best pathetic look so that he'd feel more sympathetic. It wasn't
hard to be pathetic considering my situation. His expression softened
slightly, just enough to let me know that it might be working a little.
"Because you got the other girl killed," the man responded with a snort,
giving me a glare as if to suggest that the whole thing was my fault.
That just made me angrier, though I tried my best to hide it at the
moment. "Since we couldn't use her... we had to use you."
"Please let me go," I begged, not having to force the tears that started
coming to my eyes. "I won't tell anyone..."
"I don't think so," he shook his head firmly, "and don't bother trying
again." He gave me a steady look. "Trust me, you don't want to piss
off Mr. Kaspar and you sure as hell don't want to mess with Garavas."
The man gave a visible shudder at that.
I just glared at him, sitting up straighter and fighting back the urge
to deck him one and try running. That wasn't going to work right now
and I knew well enough to bide my time. To wait until I had a better
chance of getting out of there.
With a snort I spat, "I don't think you have to worry about that freak
Garavas. Your buddies blew up him and his little house."
For a moment, the man just stared at me with a look of surprise, then to
my surprise, he started to laugh. "You don't know?" Then he shook his
head. "Master Garavas wasn't in that place when they blew it." At my
blank look, he smirked. "He's in YOU."
"Huh?" I responded in confusion.
The guard at the door chuckled at that. "What he means girlie, is that
our god needed a new body to get out of his prison."
"And now he has one." The guy closer to me grinned, leaning over and
patting me on the stomach. "Once he's reborn from your womb that is."
All I could do was gasp, "What?" half sure that I'd misheard him.
He just grinned smugly as he started to back away. "You're pregnant
girlie. And you should feel honored. You're going to give birth to a
god." With that he slipped out the door and it slammed shut.
For a long moment, I just started at the door... glared at it actually.
I couldn't believe what I'd just heard, knowing that he had to be out of
his fucking mind. I'd seen crazies on the streets who'd made more sense
than that. Hell, even my last tax return had made more sense than that.
But at the same time, I had a dreadful feeling that there was something
to what he'd said.
"No fucking way," I whispered, trying not to believe a word of it.
That Garavas freak wasn't no god. Hell, he wasn't anything more than a
ghost. But then again, after what I'd already seen... after what had
been done to my body, I wasn't sure what to believe anymore. Maybe he
really was a god. There sure as hell had been something strange about
him... something powerful. And that wasn't even taking into account the
Casper routine.
Finally I stood up and looked down at my stomach where he'd touched me.
I grimaced at the thought, feeling dirty just from that touch. Was it
my imagination, or was my stomach actually a bit bigger than it was the
day before? A shiver ran down my spine at the very consideration that
there might be something to that.
And after nearly a minute of staring, I was almost sure that it was
bigger. A loud scream followed that realization, and I was almost sure
that I heard some laughing from the other side of the door.
---
It was late the next day, or at least I thought it was, and I had spent
most of my time in self pity mode. It wasn't something that I wanted to
do, or even something that I was proud of. Hell, I was ashamed as hell
of what I was feeling, but that only added to my misery. My whole life
and reality had been torn out from under me, and I wasn't handling the
latest bit about being pregnant to boot very well.
And in that time, I had undoubtedly gotten bigger. It was like my
stomach was just swelling out, not so that I'd notice it at the time,
but so that it was definitely larger than before. I was stunned at
that, not to mention confused as hell. There was no way that a girl
could get knocked up and then be showing it just a couple days later.
But I was showing, of that there was no doubt. It was like I was a
couple months pregnant, not just a couple days.
The only good thing that I could think of... besides my still being
alive in the first place, was that my puking had stopped. Actually by
now it was pretty obvious that it was some kind of morning sickness, but
I preferred to think of it as the flu. After all, with the flu you just
had to give it a couple days and it would all go away. I hoped that
this would be the same, and I didn't mean the puking part. However I
knew otherwise. Nothing would ever be the same again.
I had seen people a couple more times when they brought me food and
clean jogging suits, but we hadn't talked. I wasn't exactly in a
talkative mood, nor were they, except perhaps to give me a few insults
or comment about how 'honored' I should feel to be giving birth to their
god. More of their cult bullshit.
Then it happened. He came. The door opened, but instead of being one
of the guards with food, it was that Kaspar guy. This time though,
instead of those robes he'd been wearing before, he was in a nice gray
suit, making him look a lot more normal. However the effect was
somewhat ruined by the fact that he was still holding that weird staff.
"Aw," Kaspar mused as he stood at the door staring at me, "I see that
things are proceeding well."
"Fuck you," I spat at him, not bothering to move from the bed. However
my hands were clenched into fists, having done so by pure instinct.
Kaspar gave a tolerant smile, the kind that you'd give a little kid who
didn't know better. That just made me angrier, but there was nothing I
could do at the moment. So I bit my tongue and glared at him as if my
eyes were a pair of glock pistols.
"Feisty," he mused to himself. "Perhaps appropriate for the mother of a
god."
A moment later, Kaspar said some gobbledygook words and I was startled
to find that I couldn't move. It was like my muscles were all numb with
Novocain or something. Then he came over to me and pulled my jogging
suit top up a little, putting his hand on my bare stomach. He waited
patiently for a moment, a strange thoughtful look on his face. I really
wanted to deck him.
"Faster than normal," Kaspar muttered, "though slower than I had
expected."
"How soon?" the guard by the door asked hopefully.
A second man by the door eagerly asked, "When will Lord Garavas be
reborn?"
"The pregnancy proceeds about a month per day..." Kaspar told him with a
gleam in his eye. "In less than a week... our god will regain his full
powers. Then... the world will shudder with fear and the weak will be
crushed beneath his heel."
Kaspar backed away from me, looking strangely satisfied. He gave me
another look, scowling slightly as he did so before leaving the room.
It took nearly another minute after that before the numbness wore off
and I was able to move again.
"Fuck," I snarled, running up and kicking the door. Then I let out a
long string of curses, using up every profanity that I knew, even the
ones that weren't in English. It seemed appropriate that the first
words you almost always learned in another language were the dirty ones.
Once I'd exhausted my supply of swear words, I used them all again just
to be sure and then collapsed on the bed in a fit of fury. However that
quickly shifted back to self pity and depression. I didn't know if that
was because of those mood swings I'd heard that pregnant women suffer,
nor at the moment did I really care.
Some time later, I wasn't sure if it was the same day or the next, but I
finally climbed off of the bed. Since there was nothing to do in the
bedroom, I made my way to the door and tried it once again in the vague
half hope that Kaspar had left it unlocked when he'd left. Of course,
as crazy as those freaks were, they were smart enough to lock a door
behind themselves.
But as I stood by the door, I could hear something on the other side of
it. A couple of men were talking, so I pressed my ear against the door
to see if I could make anything out.
"I still don't see why we have to use my house," one of the men
complained. I recognized his voice as being the man who owned the
place. "I mean if the cops..."
"Like the cops are going to matter," the other man told him. "By next
week, they won't be able to touch us. Not once Garavas is reborn."
"I know, I know," the house owner sighed. "As his loyal followers,
we'll be spared his wrath. We'll even be rewarded..."
I grunted faintly, but continued to listen carefully as the one
described how he expected to have his own harem of sexy women when it
was all over. But that only led into talk about what they expected once
Garavas reclaimed his power, or whatever happened. It sounded like they
expected him to single handedly destroy over half the world... then
enslave the rest.
"Damn cult freaks," I muttered to myself, definitely not liking the
sound of what they were saying. I'd already started to believe that
maybe there was something to that Garavas ghost being a god. Now I was
wishing that I didn't. Ignorance is bliss and all that. I didn't want
to buy into their crap, but it didn't seem that I had been given much
choice. I'd seen way too many freaky things.
"I still think it's funny that they found the temple by accident," one
of the man chuckled. "I mean, just stumbling across it while mining..."
"It was no accident," the other one stated firmly. "It was the will of
Garavas."
"But Mr. Kaspar said he didn't have any power outside the temple yet,"
the first corrected him.
The second man wasn't going to have any of that and told him, "He is a
god. He can do whatever he wants." That seemed to settle that point as
far as they were concerned.
A moment later though, the house owner said, "Yeah, but Mr. Kaspar
showed up right away and knew that Lord Garavas was inside. I mean, I
wonder where he found out about him..."
I continued listening for a little longer, but their conversation turned
to meaningless drivel and I lost interest. However I had learned a few
things about what was going on, though I wasn't sure exactly how much of
it to take at face value. Still, it was a bit to think about.
---
I was on my fourth day of pregnancy and I definitely looked 4 months
pregnant. My stomach was pushing out noticeably now and was making me
more and more uncomfortable with every minute. However the physical
discomfort from it was only the smallest part.
The night before, I had not been able to sleep very well at all. I'd
even woken up screaming from a nightmare. A nightmare where a monster
had ripped right out of my guts like in the Alien movie, and then turned
into Godzilla and started stomping through the city, killing everyone on
sight. I hadn't been able to get back to sleep after that, nor had I
really wanted to.
Ever since I'd heard those bastards talking about Garavas and what he
was going to do, I had been filled with horrible thoughts about it. It
was like living a waking nightmare, though I had already been doing that
anyway. But what was worse than knowing what he was going to do when he
came back, was the fact that I was going to make it happen. That he was
going to use me to destroy the world.
My emotional state had already been a bit... fragile since what had
happened to me, but these latest developments had only made things
worse. I couldn't get my mind off of what they'd done to me in the
temple... and what I was going to be responsible for. Guilt, rage, and
despair ran rampant through me, and my self pity graduated into self
loathing.
At the moment, I was sitting naked on the bed, knowing that the guards
probably wouldn't be there anytime soon since they'd already brought me
food about an hour earlier. I had just finished examining my changed
body, staring at it with horror and shame. My swollen stomach was the
worst part, reminding me what was inside. That freak show Garavas, who
was going to total the world. I no longer doubted that.
"I've got tits," I grumbled as I grabbed mine and squeezed gently. It
was a strange sensation, though I had just begun to get used to their
constant weight. Still, they were a far cry from being comfortable just
yet.
With a shudder, I climbed off of the bed and moved to the bathroom,
staring into the mirror with a sinking feeling. My eyes were red and
puffy, sure signs of the fact that I'd been bawling my head off like a
little crybaby. I hadn't been able to help myself, and that only made
me feel even more ashamed. If that was possible.
I splashed cold water on my face and tried to clean myself, then I
started to snoop around the medicine cabinet and the cupboard under the
sink. I'd already given a quick look through them, but at the moment it
seemed a better way to occupy my time than just crying. There were a
few things that had probably been left by a previous occupant of the
guest room, probably a willing one at that. There was toothpaste, a
toothbrush, dental floss, and a shaving razor with a can of foam to go
with it.
"Like I really need that anymore," I spat bitterly, at the same time
remembering that girls usually had to shave their legs instead of their
faces. "I don't think so," I muttered grimly, running a hand down mine
and being slightly startled to realize that they were still perfectly
smooth. I guessed a real girl would have been pretty happy at that, but
I didn't particularly care. Somehow I didn't think that I'd live very
long once Garavas was born. Or that if I did, I'd probably soon regret
it. Hell, I was already regretting it.
Just then I stared at the shaving razor again, shaking slightly as I
realized that it was my chance. My once chance out of this. I was
ashamed of what I was doing, even as I did it. However I didn't think
that I had any choice. I was so filled with self loathing and despair
that it seemed the only thing I could do to end it.
A moment later, I'd pulled the razor out of the handle and held it in my
shaking hand. I grimaced, tears running down my cheeks as I slowly
moved it towards my wrist. Again, I paused for a moment, taking several
deep breaths before taking a single motion to push the blade in and yank
it in a long slash.
"Damn!" I spat out as the sharp pain hit my wrist, the tears burning in
my eyes even more.
I sat down on the edge of the toilet, shifting the blade to my other
hand so that I could get my other wrist as well. That way I could make
sure that I finished the job. However it took me several seconds to
realize that there was something wrong. The blood wasn't coming. Sure,
there was a little bit of it around the cut, but barely any more than if
it had just been a scratch.
"What?" I demanded in surprise, even more shocked as the cut itself
started to close up again. Right before my eyes, the skin resealed, the
only sign that it had ever even been there was light smears of blood
against my skin. "How..."
Then someone started laughing and I snapped around, only to see Kaspar
standing at the bathroom doorway. He was watching me with a smirk on
his face, not even bothering to gesture that damn stick of his at me.
Instead, he just gave me that damn superior look of his that made me
want to knock his teeth out.
"You and Lord Garavas are bound together," Kaspar laughed smugly. "He
requires your body for nourishment and protection while he is still
helpless. Because of that, his power will not allow your body to come
to any harm. Even from your own hands."
All I could do was stare at Kaspar in horror for a moment, then down at
my own naked stomach and obscenely swollen stomach. Then with a scream
I slashed at him with the blade that was still in my hands, surprising
myself as I actually caught him on the arm. But just barely. He'd
jumped back fast enough to avoid my getting him too deep.
"Insolent bitch!" Kaspar howled in pain as he lashed out with the staff
and hit me with it alongside my neck. As I collapsed to the ground in
pain, he hit me with it several more times, then calmly picked the razor
blade up and stepped back. "Be thankful that you are currently under my
god's protection."
With that Kaspar turned and left me sprawled on the bathroom floor. I
could hear the door to my prison being slammed shut again and could even
imagine hearing the sounds of the lock turning. I was once again alone
in my little room. And for that I was thankful.
"Damn," I winced as I sat back up, noticing that the pain and what
bruises there probably would have been were already quickly fading.
Then I paused as I noticed the drips of blood on the bathroom floor.
The blood that wasn't mine. And for the first time since I'd found that
fucking freak show temple... I smiled. I'd hurt him. I'd actually hurt
that Kaspar freak... and it felt pretty damn good.
---
I was feeling pretty antsy as I paced back and forth in my little room,
or at least as much as I was able to considering my condition. I had
been a prisoner for about a week and was probably around 8 months
pregnant and showing it. My stomach stuck out obscenely, looking... not
to mention feeling as though I'd swallowed a damn pumpkin.
"Being knocked up sucks," I told myself, not for the first... or even
the hundredth time.
My whole body felt wrong enough as it was, but this being pregnant had
only made it even worse. For one thing, the weight on my stomach was a
bit uncomfortable, not to mention being a bit more awkward than a good
healthy beer belly. Hell, moving around at all was a bit more
difficult, and I was having to piss a lot more than normal. Even my
tits were swelling up and becoming more tender. But at least I wasn't
having any inexplicable cravings for pickles and ice cream.
"I'd kill for a smoke," I muttered as I sat down on the edge of the bed,
glaring at the door in frustration.
Several minutes later, the door started to open up again. "Feeding time
at the zoo," I snorted, standing up as the guard came in.
They changed the guard fairly frequently, but this time it was one of
the men who'd been there at the temple. But more than that, he was one
of the bastards who'd raped me. The sight of him filled me with fear,
self loathing and disgust. Yet at the same time, there was a cold rage,
though I could do nothing about it. Not yet.
"Don't worry," he told me with a sneer, "I don't think that you'll be
here much longer..."
Then, just as he moved to set the tray down, there was a sudden
explosion from somewhere outside. At least it was a loud boom that sure
as hell sounded like an explosion to me. The noise startled me, but I
wasn't the only one. When my guard snapped around in the direction of
the noise... I saw my chance.
"Asshole," I spat, already slamming the tray of food into his face...
and my knee into his groin.
As expected, the freak went down, though I didn't take the time to enjoy
it. Instead my hands were still on the tray and I was already moving
forward and slamming that right into the other guard's throat. I might
not be able to move fast in my condition, but I was fast enough to catch
him while he was distracted. He fell backwards, his hands going for his
throat.
I gave a satisfied grin at his gasp of pain, then snatched his gun
before he realized what I was doing. Then as he started to regain some
awareness, I punched him as hard as I could in his