CAPTIVE

Aretha Carpenter

It's been a very bad day today, first with bad marks and now my bike has left me in the lurch! There was just enough left for me to smash my head on the ground.

I have to walk the rest of the way. I walk home from school! I'm very tired. There's a shortcut at the next crossroads. I'm going to take it to get home faster.

I push my bike slowly. It's now pitch dark, so I'll have to hurry if I don't want to be scolded by the aunt! She'll have to make her own dinner, otherwise they won't have anything to eat tonight.

She and her two daughters do nothing all day, and yet I have to leave school to make lunch.

I can't even see in front of me anymore, the fares on my bike can't see!

I'm halfway there when I sense a presence behind me, turn around and feel something on my nose. I lose consciousness.

It's hard to open my eyes, I'm in a filthy, smelly room. I'm not alone, there are ten of us. All very young girls.

My name is Aretha , I am eighteen years old and I am in the final year of high school .

I think I've been abducted.

A man opens the door and lets two of us out. One of the girls debates:

- Let me go, let me go!

She receives a slap that makes her fall. She loses consciousness. He lifts her up and leaves with her and another woman.

I'm starting to cry, lord, help us, what will become of us?

- Stop crying, it's useless!

- Aren't you afraid of what they'll do to us?

- Of course I'm scared! But what's the point of complaining? What's done is done, and there's nothing we can do about it! My name is Jasmine. How

are you calling?

- Aretha. I'm a big crier!

- It's okay, the more you cry, the more you'll get noticed. Don't you want him to notice you?

- No .

- So take it on yourself.

- Thank you very much.

The same man enters and looks at all of us one by one, I lower my head so that he doesn't stare.

- Who is no longer a virgin? In my heart I wonder what that question is.

Shyly, the nine girls raise their hands. He pulls one of them to his side, throws her aside and rips off her clothes.

She struggles like hell, he gives a slap that knocks her out for a moment, by the time she regains consciousness, he has pulled out his sex and penetrated her brutally. This forced intrusion instantly wakes her up. She let out a howl as she was savagely taken. His hands pinched her nipples as she screamed in pain.

He's on top of her for a good thirty minutes, letting out a grunt as he empties himself into her. He stands up and adjusts his pants. She curls in on herself as he comes out the way he came in.

We all set off to console her so that she stops crying.

I don't know if it's day or night. We lie against each other on the hard floor to warm up and fall asleep.

We are awakened by the opening of the door.

- Everybody out.

We get up to leave one after the other.

He takes us to the communal showers to wash up. He stops in front of the door and watches us undress.

- Hurry up, otherwise I'll have to spend my time with someone else!

Everyone hurries to get naked and wash, there's soap and a sponge!

We take a shower and he throws us towels. He takes great pleasure in checking us out, touching our buttocks, squeezing our breasts! He caresses pussies. Nobody talks, they just let him. He hasn't given us any clothes to wear yet, so we're standing naked in front of him.

- How beautiful you are! If I could stay here and contemplate you at will, I'd be a happy man! But, we're pressed for time. There are clothes in the next room you can help yourself to.

We hurry to get dressed.

- Let one style the other!

We couffin each other and a woman enters .

- All set?

- Yes, ma'am!

She inspects us like merchandise.

- You need makeup. Take this and make yourself up.

We do what she asks.

- Now who's the only virgin in the group?

No one speaks.

- I asked a question, what is it?

Shyly, I raise my hand!

- You'll be the last to go. You're our centerpiece!

One by one the girls leave and don't come back. There are now two of us, Jasmine and me.

She's going to leave me alone!

- I'm so sorry, darling. Be brave, everything's going to be okay!

- Thank you my friend, I hope one day we'll meet again!

- I hope so too.