Rebecca
By Rebecca smith
Chapter 2 “hotel”
Rebecca sat down on the bed of her rented room, and lifted her hands up to her face. As she did, she spotted redness round one of her wrists. She pulled at the cuffs round it, one or two drops of blood dripped down on to her white t-shirt. They had been pulled so tight, by the pulling around she had that night, they where cutting into her. She reached over for her bag, the key that she had hidden in there before she left the house, was gone. The small opening where she had put the key only had a bit of card in it now. On the bit of card in Clare’s hand righting where 3 words “Enjoy the silence”. She dropped the card into her lap, and started crying, tears ran down her face and her body was racked with sobs.
She did not know when she fell asleep, but when she awoke, she was lying on her side looking out into the room, she was also under the bed sheets, her boots where next to the bed her skirt was folded and placed on a chair. Her wrist throbbed and her head pounded. She raised her hand to her head and rubbed her temples. She tried to take a long breath but was unable to. She lifted the sheets and saw that she was still wearing her corset, and the chain was there also.
She looked round the room, on a table at then end of the bed was her bag, and 4 set’s of keys. Her own, the name tag told her that, next to them was another set with a big white tag, on the tag was the number 14 in black numbers, next to them was another set with the same number on it’s tag, but also the word spare. Next to those was a much smaller key it was the cuffs key.
Someone lying next to her reached over her placing there arm across her stomach. Rebecca froze hardly daring to take a breath. Who ever it was, was still asleep, there deep breathing echoed in Rebecca’s ears. She looked down, a slim woman’s arm rested across her stomach. On her finger was a single gold ring with the word Rebecca engraved on it, a gold chain glinted in the morning light shining in the window, Rebecca looked at the gold chain, Clare did not have a chain like that. She slipped out of the bed ever so careful so not to wake the other sleeper. The other sleepers clothes where in a heap at the foot of the bed. She never turned to see who it was, she just wanted to get the cuffs off.
She was just about too pick up the single key when she spotted a small silver ring. She picked it up and looked at it Engraved on it was the name, Clare. She slipped it back onto her finger, but it did not feel right. She pulled it off again and looked at if closer, it was bent, and where Clare’s name was it was scratched. She put the ring back down, pick up the key and slipped it into the lock and with a click the cuff came free. She breathed out, not realizing she had been holding her breath.
The sleeper turned over in the bed. Rebecca turned round. Emma was lying there still sleeping. Her hair spread across the pillows, under one of her eyes there was a small cut dry streaks of blood ran down her face, and one of her cheeks had a blue colour to it.
Rebecca went into a small wash room, wet a small cloth and returned to the bed where Emma was still sleeping. She started to wipe the blood from Emma’s face. Emma awoke with a start feeling the warm water. She looked up at Rebecca and said “my ribs hurt” Rebecca finished wiping her face without saying anything, she then pulled the sheets down, lifted up Emma’s t-shirt, on one side was a large bruise very black with blue edges, she looked at it for a second before dropping Emma’s shirt back down and then laying the sheets carefully over Emma.
Rebecca spoke “well M, did you win?”
“I think a close second is more right, maybe even 3rd would be better” Emma replied
“Who won?”
Emma paused for a second trying to work out who had won “Clare won, the door man was second, and I, I must have been last.”
Rebecca got up and headed from the wash room. “You have at least two broken ribs” she said as she walked round the bed.
“You know you can’t go back to her now don’t you Rebecca” She stopped in her tracks “pardon M”
“You can’t go back to her” Emma turned over in the bed to look at Rebecca.
“Why” said Rebecca.
“I control you now, no I own you now, Rebecca, you belong to me” her voice was both soft and sharp at the same time, she reached over to the bed side table and tossed some keys to Rebecca “you had better take that chain off and remove that corset”. Rebecca turned away from Emma and did as she was told. She then turned round to face Emma with the look of fear in her eyes. Emma was admiring the small gold ring round her finger “a little too big from me but it looks good, don’t you think” she turned the ring round on her finger “R.e.b.e.c.c.a” she read out.
At last, Emma looked Rebecca up and down, “you see, Clare told me how it works, and how you came to be under her power, well it’s my turn now, I ware the ring, I pull the strings, and you jump. I think, you can call me, Mistress Emma” she paused for a second, this gave Rebecca a chance to think about what Emma had just said.
“Just a moment” Rebecca said “it takes two rings, you may have mine but I don’t have yours.”
“Pardon” Emma said starting to wonder what she had missed out of her plan.
“For the first to have power over the second, it takes two rings” Rebecca turned and picked up her Clare ring from off the table, and slipped it onto her finger. She went on “If I ware this ring, and Clare wares that ring, I must do as she says, but if you ware that ring, and I ware this ring, or am without, you have no hold over me” Emma started to see her plan fall apart, but she was thinking fast.
“It doesn’t work like that any more, it… only takes one ring now, I have hold over you by having this ring” Emma was all most shouting.
There was a knock at the door, Rebecca went to open it. She was blinded by the sun light in her eyes as she opened the door; a hand pushed her back into the room. “Clare” she said keeping her feet only just.
“That’s Miss May to you Rebecca” Clare barged into the room. “You cow” she said jumping at Emma. Before she was able to move, Clare hit her in the side, pain racked her body “where is it” shouted Clare.
“What” said Emma clawing at the bed sheets trying to free her hands.
“You know” said Clare jumping on to the bed pinning Emma down.
“Stop it, stop it, both of you” Rebecca shouted.
“You keep out of this” Clare shouted back.
“I will not” Rebecca rounded the bed going for Clare. She pushed Clare off the bed and onto the floor.
“Shit, where is it, where is it,” Emma was cursing. From behind the bed, Clare started laughing. She looked at Rebecca for a second or two, and said.
“Got you, Rebecca who ever wares the others ring has the power, and one is all ways the weaker, am I not right?”
“That is right, the one who’s name comes second in Latin, is the weaker” Rebecca came back with.
“Well in that case” Clare slipped a small gold ring on to her finger, on it was the name Rebecca. “Your ass is mine”
Emma swallowed and whispered “shit.”
The change in Rebecca was instant, her eyes dropped to the floor and she turned her head way from Clare. “Rebecca get dressed” commanded Clare
“Yes mistress” Rebecca replied
“Shut up” commanded Clare
Rebecca did as she was told. Emma sat up in bed blood dripping her mouth, “Rebecca, don’t do this fight her”
“And you can shut up as well” said Clare “or your going to get more of the same, and this time, you will not be able jump me from behind”
Clare walked over to Rebecca, who by now had finished dressing, she picked up the handcuffs that where on the floor by Rebecca’s feet, and pulled her hands behind her back, cuffing them lightly. She then draped her own jacket over Rebecca’s shoulders. “You see Emma, If your nice, she will do as she’s told” They walked over to the door, Clare leading the way, she turned to Emma “see you around” she said smiling.
“You can bet on it” replied Emma “she will be mine.”
“Never” said Clare, the door closing behind them leaving Emma on her own.
Emma started to get out of bed, as she did a Small gold ring dropped onto the floor. She picked it up “Clare, you bugger” she said to herself, the name on the ring was Rebecca.