The up side down

The girl left alone, the sound of foot step echo along the room from outside. Peoples start yelling. Someone get down and blow he candle in that girl cells, he goes up again. For a second everything silence. No sound can be hear in the ship,

The girl wait in in the darkness for some times being. Until the end she can feel some vibrant following with low bump sound. She can feel some movement in the ship. And hope they will forget about her and leave her along in the darkness.

The ship once again silent, a moment later somebody goes down again. The girl tensed again, her door sell opened, and that man come in.

“Get up!” said that mad than pull her to get up.

The sea air that clean, hit her body but before she can breathe it someone has tie dirty cloth in her mouth. Feels disgusting, oily and musty smell, made her want to vomit. And then a black mantel attached to her body, and bury her head in the hood. She being push roughly trough narrow wooden bar that used as connecting bridge to goes down. Someone hold her form the back. The dock smell fishy spread to the air and hit the girl senses of smell.

She herded to follow the step in front of her. She can’t look at the situation around her, she only able to see a little path unfolds underneath. The dim light gives a slightly light. That light make the man shadow in front of her dance.

Not a single person said any during their journey, only the sound of whistling wind that can be hear, from the edge of the girl hood she can be saw they turn to a narrow gang. Smell of urine can be smell in that place.

They stop in the front of oaf wooden door. The girl hear some knock, three time in the fast interval and the last has longer interval. He repeat for a couple time, before the door swing open.

Once again the girl being push into a house.

The room in behind that door has a bad lighting. Stench diffuse in the air, rise up into the girl nostrils. The ship odor isn’t worse than alcohol smell and garbage in this place.

“You came in the right time. The courier is waiting. She can be send right after midnight,” A lady voice speaking, her voice was firm. “Here! Let me see her face first.” She grabs the girl roughly. Then her hoody pulled out.

The girl startles, in front of her standing a woman that have beauty on her own way, her make up bold, with a bright red lipstick coloring her lips, her eyes were cold, watching over the girl with judging gaze. She wore a gown for the seventeen century, the color was burning red gives a striking impression, with a low chest cut and her corset caused her ****** swell as if it wanted to jump out. Her skirt spreads around her feet to the floor. The Girl feel like being pull jumping the time and thrown off back in times.

The woman garb the girl face roughly, her finger long with bright red nail polish, the same color with her gown and also her hair. She held the girl’s chin tightly, until it’s hurt. The woman face only separate a couple inch from the girl face. “Yes, she pretty. Master will definitely like her. Too bad. She can be prima donna here,” a sneering smile spread on her face.

Someone’s snicker voice sounded behind him, Tod said, “yes to bad. If only master doesn’t want her. I can try her once in a while.”

“Yes, maybe if master done with her I can ask him, if she not to broken after.” Said the women heartless. As fast as she snatched the girl’s faces as fast as that too the woman let her go. That girl staggered backwards. The woman’s words raised the hairs on the back of the girl neck.

“Hei You! Call Ed and Phipps!” yell that women to the shabby woman in front of the stove. That shabby women who was call stop from her work, stirring boiling cauldron in the stove. That women wore more shabby cloth.

“After you call them, you can company me,” said Tod, a wolf smile on his face.

The shabby woman look at them with halter. But still do their command. Base on her clothes it seem that she is a maid in this place she cast a sneering look at that girl, as if she what to say that her fate isn’t better than her. She disappear at the other door of that room

Not long after two man came through that door along with that maid.

“Long time no see, you’re arrive on time as usually,” The man with clever eyes spoken.

The stocky man catch the maid waist, screaming eco to the air deafening, she squealing and struggle, try to kick that man, scratching the man face, but the stocky man unmoved, even seem satisfied, he pull her to one of door in that room, then closed it roughly. Every on in that room laugh so hard watching it, makes the girl feeling sick, it might be that the same fate awaits her, she have to escape, but how, that girl feel teardrops fall down at her face.

“Tod has been along to long, how he could resist after there is a girl that available near him?” said the smallish man with laughing. “More over with such a beautiful packed near him. While he only can glaring with eyes pop out,” his friend chuckles.

The clever eyes laugh, he turn to the captain. “How was it? Is everything smooth?” said he gives his hand.

They shaking hand. “Yes you know me. This just a small journey for me. We meet a storm but you know me right.” That man begin to brag. They take a sit in one of the long bench. Leave the girl standing in the middle of the room.

“I... I will looking for entertainment,” the skinny man patted Ed’s shoulder and walk out from the room.

“Hei Phipps, prepare the carriage! I take care the settlement!” the clever eyes talk to his friend.

His friend Phipps nodding his head, he face looks at the girl in interestingly “sure.” He then turn around when out from the door which is he came from.

“You self? Don’t like to find entertainment?” tease Ed to the captain.

The captain stroking the back of his neck. “Of course. But we have to finish these transaction right. I sure not only me who want a little entertainment.” He pull madam to his embrace.

“Of course,” That woman sit in captain laps. A second later they kissing passionately.

Ed chuckles. “Of course.” The girl that seem forgotten looked away.

“Where you get this girl, she’s indeed attractive,” the clever eyes man look at the girl with admiration. His eyes travel through the girl body up until down.

“Yes, I’m lucky,” he smile satisfied. That girl saw the man hands crawl under the madam’s skirt.

“So you don’t need the money from Master?” Ed grinning.

“You think I’m stupid?” said captain, calmly tracing madam face with her nose, that woman gift him seductive smile. “I can keep her to myself or gives her to madam. You must be happy, am I right honey?”

“Of course, she beautiful, just need a little bit make up and I can get a lot of money from her,” said the woman ignorance. The girl frightening.

Ed laugh at the same time pull out a pouch, and throw it to the table top, accompanied by the sound of metal clinking.

The captain take it, he pours the contents onto the table. Pieces of gold slide like water fall.

“Here for you, I’m not stingy man,” he took some coins and throws it to Ed.

“It’s seem you gain a lot?” Ed take it with smile in his face.

“Indeed,” The captain took some other coins and put in to madam’s cleavage. He gets wed kiss as return.

“Ye…. Ye… ye… I’ll leave you two. I can’t stand watch this,” Ed rise. Roughly pull the girl’s arm. That girl follow him frighteningly. “I have to go through the Reokwood while you were here making out. Really… really a bad luck.” That girl herded through the back door. The sound of laughter follow their departure.

A carriage already waiting them in the corner of the corridor.

***

“Get in!” Ed push the girl into the carriage. That girl try to pop in. but both of her hand are tide. She in the difficult to get in. Ed exhale. He took a dagger. The girl backed away frightening. But that man pull her arm and let go of her tied.

“Thanks you,” said the girl slowly. She rubbing her wrist. The robe that tie her leave a mark in her wrist.

Ed look starlet for a moment. “Get in,” he said gentler.

The girl follow her order without a sound.

“Good, I like obedient goods like this. Not wasting. Know that she can’t go anywhere. Not talk too much also,” the person who just talking had just left the tavern is Phipps “We look like will do smooth delivery.” Ed close the carriage door.

After a while the carriage shaken up a little bit. Than Ed’s voice spoken, “Yes, hope so.”

“Haa… this will be an easy journey. Too bad, we have to pass through Reokwood. I don’t like passing that place,” Phipps’s voice came again.

The girl moved to the chair closest to the coachman to listen carefully.

“Who’s like that place. I also don’t want to past that wood. But you know how master obsess with safety,” the carriage start to move. “At less we will pass through it when the sun already rise. You can imagine if we walk through it in the night.”

“Yeah, I don’t want to get lost there, with all those creepy creature living freely. You know what they can do to us?” Phipps halts in a while. “I hear they can be so so savage.”

“Yeah, I hear it also.”

“I don’t expected the can be change like that. I remember they are so starling back then, but never even at once I remember they do some cruelty,” said Phipps.

“Stop it,” said Ed, “Don’t talk about it again, bring jinx to us.”

The carriage move faster, while Ed and Phipps keep talking. This place is so quite. That Girl can’t hear any car sound. Only the sound of their carriage movement.

“Look at this place, even in the daylight this place looks creepy,” said Phipps so slowly, but the girl still able to catch his words. The sun has been rising, shinning a burst of light in thorough the carriage.

The girl silently move to the seat at across, she have to be careful not do overly movement, she hope that the coachman did not find any suspicious. She begin kicking the front seat, to get attention.

They ignore her, but she persistently continued to kick.

The window in the partition open slightly.

“What!” snapped Ed.

The girl keep her expression to look a little bit afraid.

“I’m sorry, but I can keep it any more. Please… I need to urinate,” said the girl. “please.” She make her own voice to sound like terrified and stuttered.

“Shit, Can you hold it? I’ll stop soon after we get through this forest.”

“I beg you, please. I can’t hold it much longer. I already hold it l for long time. Can you pull over for a moment?”

Ed looks thinking harder. While the girl clench her feet, too look more convincing. After a while Ed exhale give in.

“What’s up?” ask Phipps.

“She needs fucking pee,” said Ed.

“Shit, in this fucking place.”

“Yes, stop the fucking carriage.”

“Can she hold it?”

“Yes, if you want her smell like pee when master receive her. Just Stop the carriage,” replied Ed.

The carriage finally stop. Ed get down, then the door opened harshly.

“Find! Get down!”

The girl look at around, this forest is dark and creepy. She try to pretend afraid to cover her excitement.

“You do it at that brushes! Don’t enter too far or you will get lost. This place is so dangerous, you get it!” the girl nods. “You don’t know this place, bet we know every single dark corner of this place. So don’t even try to escape. We will catch you for sure, and may be a terrible fate will come to you. Understand! So don’t even dare to try!”

“Thanks,” said the girl. Desperately holding back the excitement of pleasure. That girl has been learn, look brave will not gain any. For case like this, especially if she want to run away.

She go through the bushes. With extra careful she get down, after she assured her body cover all over, slowly she slinks away. Once she saw an opportunity she run. Run as fast as she can do.

Run Rae run… her mind screamed.

In her back she can hear the Ed yell. It seem Ed already notice she run away. But she didn’t dare to look back. She need all her concentration to run. She need to go deeper trough the wood. The farther the better.

Run as fast as you can… and don’t look back.

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