Chapter 18: Final

Sabien left her down there for two hours. When he finally came back, she was danging from her restraints, the strength in her legs long having given out. He turned on the dim light and could see that her spirit had definitely been broken way more than it was before. He walked towards her. And stopped right in front of her.

“So tell me Violet, who is your Master?”

“Sabien,” she replied.

“And what did you do to displease your master?”

“I ... I tried ... To run away,” she replied, then sniffled.

“That’s correct. If you try that again, what will happen to you?”

“P ... p ... punishment.”

“Very good.”

Sabien began to untie her. Once she was free, she fell to the cold concrete floor. Her arms and legs in extreme pain. He let her lay there for a while, then tied her hands together and attached them to a hook above. She was now standing in the middle of the room. He pulled the rope so that she was now on her tiptoes. Then he slowly began the process of whipping her. He took his time, waiting between each lash. Instructing her on what was proper and improper behavior between lashes.

Meanwhile, Adela and Penny had finished cleaning up dinner and had been sent away for the night by Sabien. He gave them permission to go into town, accompanied by one of his men, to go shopping at the local market. Montoya knew that this was the girls regular shopping day, so he took Natalia inside Sabien’s house with him once they left. He had hoped to help the young and beautiful Violet escape with them, but he had heard about the incident, and knew she would be in Sabien’s dungeon all night long. So instead, he was hoping to rob Sabien of a few thousand dollars and maybe a few extra firearms. He heard a noise outside, as he walked by the window in Sabien’s office. He looked and could see three heavily armed men he didn’t recognize looking for a way inside.

“The Banditos are here for Violet,” he said to Natalia.

He quickly grabbed a wad of cash out of Sabien’s desk, rolled it up, and stuffed it into a pocket. Then he found an extra side arm and tucked it into his waistband behind his back. He gently took Natalia by the hand

“We must be very quiet, and careful. Follow me.”

Montoya was rushing down a hallway with Natalia in tow, his sidearm pointing the way. He knew Banditos were in the mansion by now, but they were doing a pretty good job of staying quiet. Knowing Sabien was having fun with Violet, and too busy to keep an eye on the cameras, he had a plan.

Adam, Phoenix, and Jenkins cleared one room at a time. They had already searched the dungeons and found Anatsia tending to Cirilo’s and Hugo’s dead bodies, and presented her a little Bandito justice before she could raise an alarm. After the dungeon was cleared, they had made their way through hallways and corridors clearing rooms as they went.

Monty came to a hallway and peeked around the side, seeing the three men he saw outside before making their way stealthily down towards the end.

A quick “Psst!” made Adam and Phoenix about face, and they raised weapons preparing to open fire.

So far they hadn’t had to do that, but there was little cover on the hallway. Montoya stepped out, with his handgun flipped, dangling on a finger to show he didn’t want to harm them. Adam and Phoenix approached, weapons still drawn. Adam recognized him from being in the Limo from when he first took Violet.

“Where’s The Baron?” Adam whispered harshly, as Phoenix grabbed the gun out of Montoya’s hand.

“He’s in a small dungeon hidden in his bedroom. Pick up the landline and there’ll be a button in the receiver. It’ll slide the bed away from the wall.” Montoya moved to shield Natalia as much as he could, as neither of them had lowered their guns.

They both saw the girl, but Adam was skeptical. He pressed forward “Why should I trust you?”

Montoya’s eyes narrowed a little bit, “You shouldn’t. Regardless of what you believe, I’m leaving this island tonight. She’s coming with me. Sabien has Violet tied up in his dungeon. Brace yourself, it will not be pretty.”

Monty disengaged from them, taking Natalia by the hand as they began heading down the hallway they were going down originally, which would lead them outside, and to their freedom.

Adam and Phoenix shared a look before rejoining Jenkins, continuing their search. The whole building seemed abandoned for some reason, which made them more and more worried they were being led into a trap, but none ever sprang.

They finally came into what looked like a master bedroom, and sure enough there was a landline phone on a nightstand next to the bed.

Adam gulped then whispered a quiet “Get ready.”

Phoenix and Jenkins posted on either side of the bed with their guns drawn, as Adam stepped up to the nightstand. Picking up the phone slowly, he looked and, just as Montoya had claimed, the speaker had no holes in it, and the receiver only had a small red button.

Adam looked at the other two, who nodded, and Adam pressed the button. The ornate bed slid away, the wall revealing an opening. They immediately heard muffled shrieks and screams from Violet.

Then the voice of Sabien saying loudly, “Yes, my shrieking Violet, you will learn to obey me. You’ve brought this on yourself!”

Adam pushed past Phoenix and entered the room about the size of his whole hut. A quick look around and he saw that it was filled with all manners of whips, clamps, ball gags, pins, dildos, and other tools and contraptions that he could only guess as to their purpose. Standing at the other end of the room, were a very naked Sabien and Violet. She was tied at the wrists to a hook from the ceiling that was just low enough to force her to stand on her tiptoes. She was covered in whip marks and she had a ball gag in her mouth and a blindfold on her eyes.

Sabien held a short whip in his hand, and he was looking at the passage, wondering who was interrupting his fun. Sabien and Adam locked eyes, each filling with a rage. Sabien drew his whip, preparing to strike Adam, but Adam was faster with a hair trigger, and fired a single round into Sabien’s shoulder.

Violet screamed behind her gag at the extreme sound of gunfire, and Sabien dropped the whip as he fell backwards against the wall, pressing his hand against his shoulder with a shocked expression on his face.

He looked up at Adam with an almost incredulous look, “You shot me!”

“No shit.” replied Adam, who took aim again, and proceeded to unload his clip into Sabien’s body.

After he was empty, he dropped the gun to let it hang by its carry strap, and rushed to Violet who was still crying. He removed the blindfold, the ball gag, then let her down from the hook, untying her wrists. He could feel her whole body shaking and quickly removed his shirt and helped her put it on to cover her nudity.

“Adam ... you came for me,” she said in a shaky voice, feeling overcome with emotion.

“I would do anything for you Violet,” he said, as they looked into each other’s eyes.

She hugged him very tightly and began sobbing uncontrollably into his chest. He put his arms around her for just a moment, then picked her up as gently as he could and carried her against his body as she hugged his neck.