Alone (6 page)

'Hi there.' I said nervously. 'Steffi is it? Is your name Steffi?' The woman mumbled out something in between her sobs, but I couldn't make out a single word of it. I made my way closer towards her. I was both desperate and intrigued about what she had to say.

'I couldn't hear what you said there... Are you okay?' Eerily Steffi stopped crying almost immediately and raised her head upwards. Then in a cold and callous voice she spoke out.

'Why did you do it David, why? I thought you said you loved me? You said you loved me? Don't you love me?'

I stopped a few feet away from her. I could hardly remember anything about this woman, just a few memories here and there, a smile, a kiss, a passionate embrace in the shower room. Yet those memories felt like they belonged to somebody else entirely and not me. In a very chilling and instant moment Steffi stood swiftly upright, scaring me a little with her sudden movement.

'David!' She said as she turned around to face me, but she was still hard to see in this dim darkness. Steffi abruptly approached me now scaring me again and making me even more nervous as she got right up into my face. Without words she gently studied then touched, stroked and caressed at my face with her finger tips. I remained still and cautious, watching her.

'Who are you?' I said softly. 'I think your name is Steffi, but who are you to me and what are you doing in this place... What are we all doing in this place?' Steffi continued to study my face for a long time and without blinking. She looked older than me, but still very attractive, but in a different kind of way to Anna. Anna was more pretty, pale, fragile and innocent, just like a small and cute animal that I wanted to protect and take care off. Steffi seemed more attractive to me, but in a physical and sexual kind of way. She made my loins stir a lot and much more than when in Anna's presence if my recent shower room memories of Steffi were anything to go by.

'This is... all your fault David.' Said Steffi finally, interrupting my train of thought.

'What's my fault Steffi? I don't understand? What is all my fault?' Suddenly Steffi grabbed me by my ears and began screaming insanely right into my face. It was horrific and terrifying and scared the living hell out of me.

'THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT...' She shrieked out insanely in between her terrifying screams right into my face. She then took her hands away from my ears and placed them upon her own head pulling violently at her blonde locks as she continued to shriek out. I quickly covered my ears and stumbled backwards scared and nervous before tripping over a small box and falling back onto the floor. Quickly though I clambered back up onto my feet and ran as fast as I could, back up and over the steel boxes, cages and containers, back through the dim darkness away from those hideous screams and back over towards the laddered hole. I quickly scrambled upwards without even looking back for a second. Just climb, climb, climb, away from the terrifying crazy woman and back up towards the light. Finally I scrambled back out of the hole and onto the corridor floor, waiting before my legs were fully out before collapsing in an exhausted heap right upon the floor beside the black window. For a brief second as I scrambled out of the hole I had noticed Anna sitting against the far corridor wall, just outside the bedroom and pod room, like she was waiting for me. As soon as she saw me she stood to her feet and hurriedly made her way to me.

'David! What is it? What's wrong? What happened down there?' Said Anna anxiously as she kneeled down beside me, trying her best to comfort me. I was still shaking and scared and desperately trying to control my over shot emotions and breathing. Anna hugged into me tightly and began rubbing my back soothingly.

'Oh David!' Said Anna as she continued to hold me. Her touch and the feel of her arms around me felt good and did a lot to calm me, and as I rested my head down upon her shoulder I noticed for the first time the faint brown bruising upon her neck. Bruising that I had inflicted upon her.

CHAPTER six

I awoke back in the bedroom, this time I felt the small fragile hand of someone stroking my forehead and running their fingers through my hair and when I gradually opened my eyes I was greeted by the pretty and pale smiling face of Anna lying close beside me.

'How are you feeling?' She whispered.

'Okay... I think?' I replied softly. There were so many thoughts and unanswered questions running through my mind now that I didn't know whether to share them with Anna or keep them far away from her. I mean the last thing I wanted to do was scare her again.

'Are you sure you're okay?' She persisted. I took a deep breath and let out a gentle sigh before deciding to open up to her just a little.

'I don't know, it's like... It's like I don't know what's real here in this place anymore you know? Nothing that is happening around me makes any sense, none at all. I mean are you even real?'

Anna let out a sly grin before taking my hand and brushing it softly against her cheek. I couldn't help but smile at her unexpected action.

'I think there's someone else here with us?' I continued.

'Like who? I haven't seen anyone else here but us.'

'I don't know, but someone or something. But I don't understand how you haven't seen anyone else or some of these other things that are happening here.'

'Like what David? What other things have been happening?'

'I don't know if I'm seeing things Anna or what the hell...' I paused. My mind was such a mess with so many conflicting thoughts.

'What did you see David? Please tell me?' Said Anna insisting. I paused again though, did I really want to tell Anna about this, about Ian, about Steffi, the trail of blood! The second skeleton?

'Tell me what you saw. I want to know?' Said Anna again.

'I saw... I saw a woman.'

'A woman.' Said Anna confused.

'Like you... but a little older and with lighter hair.'

'So where is she now? Did you speak with her?

Did I speak with her, ha, I almost snorted out as I replayed the horrifying image in my head of Steffi screaming out insanely, right into my face.

'Well?

'No... No I did not.'

'Do you want me to go and speak to her?' Said Anna.

'No.' I replied bluntly.

'Why not?'

'Because I don't think she's really... here.'

'So how did you see her then if she's not really here. I don't understand.'

'I know...' I sighed out in frustration. 'It's just so confusing... everything is just so bloody Arghhhh.' I continued growling out. I turned over onto my side to face her. 'Just forget I said anything okay. I think my mind is playing tricks with me that's all.' I said as Anna just smiled back at me.

'Okay.' She replied with a blank expression, and just like that it seemed that she was quite happy to just let this conversation go and forget all about it.

'So how are you feeling?' I asked.

'Better.' Said Anna with a bit of joy in her tone.

'Good.' I replied as I studied the bruising on her neck once more, little blotchy brown and dark blue patches covered the sides of neck. I felt so bad at the sight of them and the fact that she probably didn't even have the slightest clue that they were there, made me feel even worse.

'My head doesn't hurt so much anymore.' She continued.

'Me to.'

'I still feel scared though and confused.'

Suddenly I remembered something, something that might cheer Anna up a little.

'Hey.' I said letting out a coy smile. 'Close your eyes.'

'Why?' Said Anna who was staring at me now with very curious eyes.

'I want to give you something?'

'Okay.' She replied smiling giddily like a little child. Anna closed her eyes and as she did so I leaned gently over towards her and kissed her right upon her forehead. Anna continued to smile as she opened her eyes again.

'I'm sorry about hurting you in the shower before.'

Anna nodded like she had already forgotten about it and cuddled up to me.

'It's okay. I scared you.'

'Yes...' I said. 'Yes you did.'

***

We had both fallen asleep again, but this time side by side. Anna suddenly startled me though by unintentionally waking me up as she winced out like she was going to be sick. She quickly covered her mouth, rushed out of bed and out of the bedroom altogether towards the shower room. I turned over onto my side and listened carefully to the sound of Anna vomiting into the toilet. After a few seconds her vomiting stopped and I waited patiently for her to return so that I could ask if she was okay. Instead, I heard only the sound of the shower water beginning to run and quickly thought it might be best to just get up from my slumber and check that she was okay and could, of course, use the shower facilities properly. Wearily I left the bedroom and made my way towards the shower room wiping my eyes from sleep as I walked. When I reached the doorway I found myself caught in a startled daze at what I saw inside. Anna was stripped fully naked with her back turned towards me as she stepped into the hot running shower with her eyes closed, her face was full of joy and excitement as she let the warm toasting shower water stream all over her beautiful and pale naked body. I couldn't help but just stand where I was, frozen in a trance like state at seeing this beautiful, naked and wet angel before me. I remained in the doorway for some time, just watching her as my loins began to grow and stiffen and I was filled with the strongest of urges now to just walk on over to Anna and join her in the shower. Maybe she would even let me hold and comfort her like she had held and comforted me in the bedroom. But I resisted such stupid thoughts and continued to watch as she used her hands to wash and guide the running shower water all over her smooth naked body, all over her small firm breasts and erect nipples, all around her tiny and delicate hips and waist and all the way down to her delicious, curvy thighs and finally in and around her own loins and firm pale buttocks. Suddenly Anna half turned around to face me and I completely froze in shock, but her eyes were closed tight and did not see me as she continued to enjoy her shower, but then, moments later, I almost jumped out of my skin as a firm hand placed itself down upon my shoulder. I half turned in such a fright to face the source only to find Ian standing behind me on the edge of the doorway.

'Nice view.' He grinned. I was silent as I turned back to face the showering Anna. 'Why don't you go in and join her? I know that's what you're thinking young man.' He continued.

'What?' I said confused and a little flustered.

'Don't you feel that?' He sighed.

'Feel what?' I asked, even more confused, as Ian brushed his hand against the top of my thigh gently touching my stiff groin.

'Down there.' He grinned again.

'Don't do that?' I said feeling uncomfortable.

'It's only natural you know... To have these kind of urges... down there.'

Ian brushed his hand against my thigh once more as I closed my his eyes frozen in a state of anger and shock of what I should do, how I should react. I wanted to lash out at the bastard for laying his hand on me, but I also wanted to hear more of what he had to say.

'Please... Don't do that.'

'Doesn't it feel good though?' He replied.

'Please... don't.'

'Would it make it any easier David if I told you that Anna was yours.'

I opened my eyes again and stared at Anna. What did he mean by that, Anna was mine. It didn't make any sense.

'What do you mean she's mine?' I said. I could feel Ian leaning closer towards me now, pressing his lips almost right up against my ear, I could feel his warm breath on my lobes as he finally whispered to me.

'She's yours David... She is your wife...'

'My wife.' I said, still confused.

'Yes!' Ian whispered again. 'She's your wife David... She belongs to you... To do with what you will... And in anyway you see fit for her to please you...'

I stared even more intensely at the beautiful, naked, wet and loin stirring figure of Anna. I wanted to be naked with her inside that shower right now, more than anything else I had ever cared to want or remember. I imagined what our skins would feel like pressed against each other underneath the hot water and I imagined just how good it would feel to hold her tightly against me. Naked body against naked body. Naked wet skin against naked wet skin.

'Go to her David.' Whispered Ian once more. 'Go to your wife and be with her.'

With those words I kind of found myself in a trance and stepped further inside the shower room, taking off my white trousers and pants as I walked even closer towards Anna. Ever so casually, I slipped in beside her. I touched her shoulder and Anna quickly turned to face me looking startled at first by my presence, but soon smiled out giddily, before stepping closer towards me.

'Feels good yeah.' Said Anna smiling out.

'Yeah... It feels nice.' I replied, unsure of myself now.

Anna continued to wash herself as I stood nervously in the shower watching her clean and wash her naked body all over. I was beginning to feel more and more uncomfortable by the second. The images I had imagined before getting into the shower with Anna were not the images happening before my eyes. In truth, I just didn't know what to do next. Finally Anna turned back towards me and placed her hands upon my hips urging and pushing me to turn my back to her. I was a little confused about what she had planned, but when I eventually turned my back away from her she started to wash the shower water all over my entire back with her soft hands. I didn't know what to say, do or act, so I became submissive and let her get on with it. One thing was sure and that was her rubbing and washing hand movements all over my back felt good. Once she was done she guided me back to face her again and this time began cleaning and washing at my front side with much more care. It felt even better than when she was cleaning my back, but it was also beginning to feel a little uncomfortable too as I struggled to control my ever growing sexual urges and racing thoughts. Anna seemed happy with what she was doing though and smiled out joyfully as she gently massaged the whole front side of my body. Something though just didn't feel right about this situation. I don't know why, but there was just this niggling little feeling in the back of my mind that I should leave this shower room right now, right this very second, no matter how good these feelings felt to me, of Anna's hands all over my wet naked body. Finally she finished massaging and cleaning my entire front side before unexpectedly turning her own back to me.