Apex Predators (2 page)

They flung their doors open and they all got out of the car
not hesitating in taking off. She saw a stupid large log of some sort was what
had stopped her car from moving further. “What’s out here?!” She yelled to
Kira. “I don’t know, I don’t take runs through here!” She sarcastically yelled
back.

“Move quietly, don’t let them hear where we are.” She
said quietly. Piper and Kira nodded. In the distance she heard sirens blaring
and a cruiser’s lights flashing from further back the way they came. They ran
towards it in a diagonal line knowing whoever was chasing them was still out
here.

She had no idea where though. Almost as if answering her, truck
lights came on and shone down upon them. It was loud and was barreling towards
them. It suddenly stopped and she heard laughter and cat calls as more than one
man stepped out. They began to chase after them.

She glanced back once and they were already right on them
and gaining. How were they moving so fast?  They hit the road, the cop car came
speeding towards them and hit the brakes but from behind her a large pair of
hands roughly grabbed her and threw her down. Piper was yanked back roughly by
her hair and Kira was down beside her.

“Well, lookie here. It’s the pretty ones from the bar.” 
The black haired man stood above her, his companions with him. The eye patch
man seemed fine, like he hadn’t just been stabbed. “Think the masters will be
happy?” One of the brown haired men asked. “Oh yeah, they got some fight in em.
It’s perfect to finish the round up with.”  Eye patch answered.

“Step away from the girls!” The cop got out of his car his
gun aimed at the four men. “This girl?” The man reached down and yanked her up
by her hair. She gritted her teeth through the pain. “Get the hell off of me!”
She tried to jerk away. He only tightened his grip and laughed. “Yeah, they’ll
like you pretty girl.” He licked her cheek and she shied away from him as far
as she could.

“No can do officer, these women belong to us now.” The
other brown haired man said and she saw him withdraw a brown bottle and a rag.
She knew exactly what that was. “I won’t ask you again!” The officer yelled.
The man holding her passed her to eye patch who gripped her arms just as hard
and began dragging her back towards their large lifted pickup.

She struggled uselessly. Piper was being carried already
passed out from chloroform and Kira was roughly being drug as she was. She
heard a shot ring out and then the sound of the officer screaming in pain
before the night went back to silent.

They killed so heartlessly, so why were they alive? Where
were they taking them? She tried to break free one last time before her head
was yanked back and a rag was pressed over her nose and mouth. She tried not to
inhale or breathe in but was hit in the stomach. She knew she was tossed in the
bed of the truck as she lost consciousness.

When she woke she knew a few different things were very
wrong. She had a sack over her head and a tight gag over her mouth. Her wrists
were tied down to the arms of a wooden chair to the point of biting into her
skin. She was down to only her bra and underwear.

Her feet were on a hardwood floor and the room she was in
was drafty and she could hear sobbing and whimpers coming from the room.

Male voices were speaking. “Remove the sacks and make sure
they are all awake.” A strong masculine voice commanded.

She heard the flutter of the sacks being removed and then
hers was as well.

It took her a minute to adjust to the lighting. The room
was dark until bright florescent lights flipped on. Piper was awake and tied on
one side of her Kira was on the other also tied and awake.

There were multiple other women and a few men in the room
all down to their underwear and tied the same way.  Men she didn’t know and the
four who took them removed the sacks. Her eyes landed on the two men at the
front of the room watching this all silently.

If the men before were considered sexy these two men were
ethereal and had to be related. They had to be at least six feet or a little
taller, they were dressed impeccably in dark navy suits not a stitch messed up.
They both had gorgeously shiny black slicked back hair that ended a little
passed the nape of their necks.

They had smooth tan skin and perfectly proportioned facial
features.

She could tell they were very well toned and muscular based
off the way the suits were hugging their bodies and how broad their shoulders
were. One had the brightest green eyes she had ever seen and was sipping a
glass of what she assumed was whiskey as he sat in a plush black arm chair. 

The other had the brightest blue she had ever seen sitting
in a chair beside him but his eyes were searching the room his own glass idly
in his large hand.

“All of the sacks are removed master.” Eye patch said and
stood at the front of the room to the side of the men. Master? Was this like
one of those dirty romance novels she read? She sure as fuck hoped not. That
was a book this was her life. “Thank you, Skulls.” The blue eyed man said. 

The men in suits were silent for a minute. She wondered
how old they were. They looked about thirty-two, thirty-three years old.  The
only sound in the room was a quiet sobbing from somewhere behind her. Piper and
Kira both seemed calm like she was despite the circumstances.

She knew having an all out freak out would do nothing but
draw attention to her, make a scene and get her nowhere but maybe killed or hurt.“I
would like to welcome all of you to me and my brother’s home.”  The green eyed
man spoke now. Obviously no one could respond or had much a choice in being
here.

“You will be going through the Apex trials to be sure you
are worthy of being a permanent guest among us.” The blue eyed man spoke now,
his eyes looking around the room and landing on her. She wanted none of his
attention even if just for a minute as he seemed to study her.

His eyes landed on a pretty blonde in the front row with
her. He didn’t speak but Skulls and another man moved forward and untied her
wrist and drug her to the front of the room to the man.

He looked her over and smiled. She looked terrified. “Let
us demonstrate how this will work if you succeed in passing the trials.”  The
green eyed man smiled now and rose as well and another man rushed to take his
glass for him. All eyes were on the three in the front of the room now. Even
the sobbing had stopped.

“If you pass, your life will be long and pleasurable.”  As
he said this, his hands roamed to the blonde’s breast and he cupped them. She
shook her head no and made sounds behind her gag. The green eyed man moved to
the other side of her and cupped her other breast as it was let go and moved his
hand down to her underwear.

She was crying now and understandably so. This was so
hard to watch. The blue eyed man did the same motion as his brother and they
slid their hands into her underwear. It was apparent what they were doing when
the women jerked to get away but she was held tight.

The room was still silent aside from the blonde starting to
breathe heavier. None of the other men batted an eye or paid it much attention.
This was clearly a usual occurrence in the home. They just watched the room
closely.

A cart of some kind that looked similar to a doctor’s exam
bed was wheeled to the men. The woman was quickly placed on the bed and her
underwear were removed. She began to panic again.

 She tried to close her legs as they were shoved apart but
the blue eyed man just pulled them apart again and held them to the side. His brother
began kissing her neck.

She wanted to throw up, this was disgusting. It got worse
as the man removed his very large cock for everyone to see in the room. It was
huge, long and hard. She wanted to stop him from what he was about to do. He
shoved into the woman and she cried out around her gag. He wasn’t gentle with
her at all.

Piper shook her head and looked down at the floor. Kira and
she glanced at one another both their faces a mask of disgust and sorrow for
the women. The women’s cries turned from panicky to pleasure so quick she had
to listen to be sure that’s what she was hearing. What the hell? She was
enjoying it? That became more apparent when she gripped the man’s arms. She
looked down herself now. This was horrible.

The woman’s sounds had grown louder and louder before it
was clear she finished. The man pulled out of her when he was done himself. He
got himself back together and turned and faced them. His brother lifted the
trembling women up on the table to a sitting position.

“If you fail, you die anyways. If you piss us off, try to
escape or harm one of us? You’re dead.” She looked back up and wished she
hadn’t. She watched in horror as the man tore into the woman’s neck like a….? 
No, she refused to believe what she was seeing.

This had to be a sick twisted cult or something. Vampires
weren’t real. The blonde screamed behind her gag in pain for a few seconds
before she went limp.

He pulled away from her throat and wiped a little trace of
blood from his mouth and grinned. Clear as day fangs retracted back into his
gums to end in little points.

Her heart tripped over itself. This was not real! The blue
eyed man smiled and they let the woman’s lifeless body drop her eyes frozen
open.

“Get them prepared.” The men left from the room.

The lights shut off and they were plunged into darkness.
She couldn’t even see her own damn hands, people breathing and a few now
quietly sobbing were the only sounds in the room. She had no idea how long they
were left like that. She could hear laughter and soft music coming from the
house they were at. Her hands were bound tight and when she had attempted to
move them the rope seemed to grow tighter on her wrists.

Her butt was numb, she was freezing and she was tired but
refused to fall asleep like this.  She heard a door swing open and lights were
turned on blinding everyone in the room. She watched and heard people being
untied and led from the room one by one in small groups.

When it was their turn her wrists were untied and she was
yanked up by a man she hadn’t seen yet, Piper and Kira were drug along with
her. She was pulled down a dark hallway of what had to be a very large home.
The woodwork was dark black and the hardwood floor was a dark brown and black
patterned design.

She was led down a black set of stairs then another before
entering a small hall off of an enormous kitchen she was drug through a door
and into a very large atrium and out another door to outside. The house was an
enormous gothic mansion. How fitting. She couldn’t see anything around at all
but very tall trees.

They were led towards what looked to her like another very
large house but as she got closer she realized it was a very large stable. Two
large doors stood open and as she was drug inside the large structure her feet
skidded across the brick flooring.

The stalls were on either side and seemed to stretch on
forever. They were dark brown at the bottom with hard black bars at the top.
Other women were already locked inside of the ones she was led passed. Her gag
was removed and she was shoved into one and watched as Piper and Kira were
shoved on either side of her.

She could see them through the tiny gaps in the upper
portion of the wood pallet stall walls. Her stall door was slid closed and she
heard a heavy chain hung and locked on the outside. The floor was bare
concrete, something that resembled a toilet was attached to the back wall, on
the other side of the wall was a small ratty mattress and a sleeping bag for
warmth.

The only window in the stall had been bricked over. The
only light was a single bare bulb that wasn’t on.

Soft voices could be heard from all around. “You guys
okay?” She asked Piper and Kira. “I’ve been better.” Kira replied. “What do you
think this Apex Trial is and did you see that guys teeth?” Piper asked. She
would like to know what this trial was as well. “I saw them, I don’t believe
it. Do you think it was?” She asked them. Piper scoffed as if to say of course
not. “Kira?” She called when she didn’t hear anything. “I’m not sure, I’ve
heard rumors but I never thought they were true.”

They were quiet after that each lost in their own thoughts.
They had to find a way out of this, a smart way out of this without getting the
same treatment the blonde just got. They had family they would look for them
right?

She realized she didn’t want her family to find her here.
They killed so carelessly she knew they wouldn’t hesitate to take out anyone
that found her, yet, what about her car and the cop? That was a sure sign
something bad had happened.

It was two days before anyone came back into the barn. They
were in constant darkness besides one dim overhead light in the barn aisle. She
thanked God there was at least a working toilet. They were all hungry and in
desperate need of showers.

She was lying on her mattress staring up at the barn
ceiling when she heard a loud shriek. She jumped, heart racing but all she
heard was a spraying of water. After about twenty minutes of this her door was unlocked
and slid open. Eye patch or Skulls, grinned at her and motioned her out. “Don’t
speak, and don’t try anything.” He swatted her butt and laughed putting her in
line behind Piper and before Kira. Three other girls they didn’t know were in line
with them.

They were led down another aisle of stalls to where a few
open horse wash stalls were. She, Piper and Kira were sent to one stall
together.

They were handed bars of soap and then hit with freezing
water from the pressurized hose. It was stinging to say the least. “Wash
quickly.” They rushed to get as clean as they could with a single bar of soap
and cold water being aimed at them individually. They were still in their bras
and underwear. When they were done they were told drop the soap in a round
waste bin and were taken into what would have been a large tack room.

“Put these on.” They were each handed a folded small stack
of garments. She unfolded the black bundle. It was a short cap sleeved black
dress with white tri. It reminded her of a french maid outfit without the white
skirt. They each put theirs on and they fit perfectly ending a good few inches
above the knee. The other pieces were white fish nets that stopped above their
knees and black flats.

Once dressed, they were led to a room directly beside the
tack room where two men waited and were changing the needle of a tattoo gun.
She had no idea what they planned to do with that but she soon found out. They
tattooed each of their wrists underneath with a number. Her number was 320 in
black permanent ink.