I never know what Carl will have us do, so when I get down there, my stomach turns at the thought of me being on my period. Pulling back on Pike’s hand, he turns to me, but before I can mutter anything, Carl speaks.
“Clothes off and fuck her on the bed,” he barks at Pike.
He lets go of my hand and starts to strip while I remain standing, not wanting to do this while I’m bleeding.
“I said clothes off!”
“I-I . . .”
Pike looks at me, and I start to shake my head quickly, not wanting this to happen, and he gives me an urging eye.
“What the fuck is going on?” Carl yells as he stands in front of me.
I’m scared as hell when I open my mouth and stammer, “P-please, I . . . I started my period.”
The hungry grin that grows on his face is sickening. He takes a few steps back, and then asks, “You’re bleeding?”
I give him a nod.
“Okay then,” he says as he sits down on the chair. “Take off your clothes and lay on the bed.”
“What?” I breathe out.
“Don’t worry, Pike’s gonna fuck you in the ass.”
“What?!” Pike’s voice is that of shock, and I begin to panic.
My hands turn jittery and I start apologizing, “No. I’m s-sorry. It’s fine, we can have sex.”
“I like my idea better, now take off your fucking clothes and get on your hands and knees.”
“What the fuck? I can’t do that,” Pike says as I start removing my clothes.
It’s as if my blood is running dry because all I feel is cold ice running through me. I swallow hard, and then terror floods through when Carl lurches out of the chair and grabs Pike by the neck, seething, “The way you shits are trying to defy me right now is pissing me the fuck off.”
Pike grunts loudly when Carl’s fist hammers into his jaw, nearly knocking him over.
“Do what I fucking tell you or she’s gonna get locked in the closet for the rest of the week after I beat the shit out of both of you!”
My legs are jelly, barely able to support me on my knees as I prop myself up on my hands. Suddenly, I forget how to go numb, and my body begins to quiver as I start crying, scared of what’s about to happen.
I let my head hang down as I feel Pike behind me. Nothing happens though. All I can hear is his heavy breathing. I stay in this position for a while longer and eventually turn my head to see Pike stroking his penis with an almost pained look on his face. He then lets go of himself and puffs out a heavy breath, saying, “I can’t do this. I can’t even get hard.”
Sitting back on my heels, I feel relieved, but that feeling is immediately snatched away, and sheer horror invades when Carl growls angrily. He knocks over his chair when he stands, metal clanking against the concrete, and suddenly the flow of life stops.
Slow motion.
Carl walks straight towards me, yanking his belt out from the loops of his pants. My heart goes frigid, pounding in solid hard beats that vibrate through my whole body. Pounding so hard I can hear it. His eyes are filled with a murderous glare, and Pike’s screams penetrate me as he charges Carl and slams his fist into the side of his face.
I can’t breathe, but somehow I’m screaming when Carl turns and knocks Pike straight to the ground with one single punch, followed by ruthless kicks to his side. Pike writhes in agony as he heaves, “Don’t you fuckin’ touch her!” over and over and over until his voice is no longer audible and his eyes glaze over.
When Carl looks back at me, he unzips his pants and adrenaline kicks in. I’m on my feet fast, bolting to the stairs. After a couple steps, I’m brought to my knees as a piercing sting slices through my back.
THWACK!
A shrill wail rips out of me, and I look over my shoulder just in time to see the leather belt he’s holding come flying down at me.
THWACK!
Arching my back in pure agony, I scream out as tears spring from my eyes. The leather belt bites my flesh again and again before he forces me on all fours, pushes my face down to the cold cement, and rapes me from behind.
AFTER CARL’S ATTACK, Pike doesn’t come into my room for a while. All I want to do is die, just put myself out of this misery. I don’t even know how to understand what just happened down there. It all came so fast, and I’ve never experienced that much pain in my life. The pain in my back seemed to disappear when he started raping the one part of my body I never expected.
And now, I lay on my stomach with my face buried into my pillow as I try to muffle my sobs. My top is still off because of the stinging of my back. I’m too scared to look at it to see what he’s done to me.
“Oh my God,” I faintly hear through my cries, and when I lift my head, I see Pike looking down at me. He’s horrified, but I don’t ask why because I’m so humiliated.
He kneels beside my bed with a painful groan and lays his hand on my arm, stroking it with his trembling thumb. The side of his face is swollen and badly bruised.
“Tell me what I can do.” His voice is worried and his eyes are nothing but a display of his pity.
I can’t even think about speaking as my tears soak into my pillow.