Chapter 9: Silver & Fur.
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The damage done to Sarai's home only took a few days to fix. (Mostly because there was no structural damage). Sarai gave the local cops a story about racist teens that had been harassing her and her White boyfriend earlier in the day. They must have followed her, and done all the damage. It was a plausible story that the cops happily swallowed. Only about a dozen of Sarai's followers died in the battle. Most were missing their heads. (Sarai kept the cops out of the mansion). The feelings Sarai had as she looked at the dead, naked, blood-soaked bodies of her followers..... those feelings shocked and amazed her! Once she made arrangements for their bodies to be taken to an open field, just before sunrise; there just remained two issues to deal with......
The first was an easy one. Sarai gave some of her followers guard-duty. A surprise attack was not going to happen again. The 2nd issue was going to be harder to resolve. Despite having fought bravely against the Sumjacks, Jade had violated the most basic rule that existed in ALL 5 of the clans...... "NO SILVER, EVER!" (Even their silverware wasn't silver. It was usually gold or stainless steel).
An item like Jade's confiscated antique, silver letter-opener could be used to kill even a Queen. Normally, Sarai would either come into Jade's room or have someone tell her to go to the Queen's bed-chamber. But this time, an escort came to bring Jade to the mansion's library. When Jade entered the library, the escort left the 2 of them alone. Jade hung her head in shame. Sarai could immediately sense the guilt that Jade felt. It was then that she realized that her little one would rather die, than ever hurt her. Sarai walked over to her, and hugged her. When Jade's head hit Sarai's breast, Jade began to cry like a baby.
"Shhhh." Said Sarai. "It's okay, little one. I'm not angry at you. Really, I'm not. You fought bravely. But you must tell me why you broke our most basic of Laws. I have to know."
"I'm sorry." Replied Jade, with tears in her eyes. "It wasn't my idea. Fyndir told me to buy it, and keep it close by. I just can't say no to him."
"Fyndir?...... Isn't that the name of your Teddy Bear?" Asked Sarai.
"He's more than that....." Replied Jade.
She told Sarai everything. Including how she had learned the truth about her unusual birth from her drunken aunt. How Fyndir was eventually discarded as medical waste...... and the night he came back to her. She told Sarai about her stay at the mental asylum, and her escape from it; the night she was almost raped.
"How did you stop it?" Asked Sarai.
"I didn't....... Fyndir did. He doesn't always stay in that Teddy Bear. When I need him, when he decides I need him, he comes inside me and takes over my body; completely." Replied Jade.
"Jade, did Fyndir...... 'take over' your body when the Sumjacks attacked?" Asked Sarai.
"Yes. He told me he had to, because I was sound asleep, and he couldn't wake me up. You understand, don't you? Please, tell me you do!" Begged Jade.
Sarai grabbed her, and hugged her again. "Of couse I do, little one. Everything's going to be all right."
As she held her, Sarai thought to herself, "Oh Jade, what AM I going to do with you? My poor little lunatic. It's not your fault, you can't help what you are."
Before going back to her room, Jade made sure to tell Sarai that Fyndir always stayed in the Teddy Bear when she and Sarai made Love, and whenever Sarai fed her from her breast. Sarai felt relieved.
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Every time Alice tried to fall asleep on the floor of her cell, the guard would wake her up. He wasn't sadistic, SOAS had given Alice such a brutal beating that he feared she might not wake up if she fell asleep. That would make SOAS angry. And when she got angry, heads rolled! ...... Literally!
Peace among the 5 clans was kept through the use of Diplomats who traveled among the clans. When one of them showed up and said that SOAS had decided to show off her prize to the other queens, the guard thought nothing of it. When the Diplomat saw Alice, she was less than happy.
"Get her cleaned up! And make her look presentable! Not even a starving Sumjack would touch her like this."
Two of SOAS' female followers entered the cell with large sponges and hot, soapy water. One of them held up the exhausted, naked example of humanity like a ragdoll. The other one cleaned her. They dressed her, and carried her outside to the Diplomat's car.
"Hello Alice. My name is lnumaAsahiDe. And, we're going to be very good friends." She said with a grin.
Alice moaned incoherently. When SOAS learned that Alice was gone, heads rolled! She never had any intentions of sharing her prize with the other queens.
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When Jade awoke the next night, she found Fyndir on the floor; in pieces! She got down on the floor on her hands and knees.
"Fyndir, Fyndir speak to me!" She screamed.
Jade could barely make out a low moaning sound coming from the Teddy Bear's severed head. Jade grabbed her pillow and ripped it apart to get at the stuffing. She grabbed her sewing kit, got back down on her hands and knees, and set to work putting Fyndir back together again. Despite her tears, Jade worked quickly to save him. Soon, Fyndir's moans got louder. When she re-attached his head, he was able to speak.
"Jade...... is that you?" He asked.
"Yes, I'm here!" She said with a smile.
"Why can't I see you?" He asked.
"I ....... I can't find your eyes." Replied Jade.
"What?! You mean that bitch took my eyes?!" He shouted!
"I'll fix it! Hold on!" Shouted Jade.
She couldn't find the 2 antique buttons that originally came with the Teddy Bear. She grabbed one of her blouses and ripped 2 buttons off of it. Again, she returned to the floor.
"Hold on, you're going to be okay." She said.
As she stuck the needle in his face, Fyndir started screaming in horrible pain!
"Damn it, Jade! What the fuck are you doing?!"
"I'm sorry! it's the only way." She cried.
Jade's tears started falling onto Fyndir's fur. With every jab of the needle, Fyndir screamed even louder!
"I'm sorry." Said Jade, when she was finally done.
"Not as sorry as that bitch is going to be!" Screamed an understandably angry Fyndir.
Sarai had told Jade that she would be punished for breaking the Law. But she wasn't specific. Jade couldn't believe that Sarai would do THIS to punish her.