Bethany's Sins

Part 2

For days Bethany waited, growing weaker and weaker, her aching, spread-eagled body in need of sustenance. Until finally, Sunday came and in her forgotten corner of the church she went through Hell. She had not realised that the devices attached to her would be triggered in concert, as the organist played several notes at the same time. For many long seconds at a time, she was without air, her breasts were squeezed until she was sure they would be torn from her completely. She screamed, cried and begged for it to stop, but nobody could possibly hear her pleas behind the massed sound of the pipes and the singers. Each service lasted for hours, sometimes with long intervals between hymns, sometimes with several in quick succession. Bethany had no way of knowing when the music, and her pain, would start again.

It was at some point during Evensong that, despite her dilapidated state, her body tipped over into an orgasm. She was almost surprised by the sudden intensity of sensation as it rolled across her body. Bethany was not consciously aware of what triggered it, and with her weakened body was sure that she was dying. She did not die, but she did not have any life left in her either, a haze falling over her senses and, to anyone watching the video later, it would have seemed that she had expired.

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Midnight, and a dark figure moves through the churchyard, and steals inside. Bounty Hunter has returned. He shakes his head as he sees the ruined beauty upon her frame, wishing that he had adjusted the settings slightly. It seems such a waste. He packs away the video recorder, knowing that his employers will be satisfied with the material he has produced. What will happen to it, and whether it will be used in some underground commerce, he does not care. Now he has to remove the equipment he brought here.

He lies Bethany on the table, still believing her dead, and quickly dismantles the frame and other devices, packing them away and carrying them to his waiting van. He returns to collect the smaller items, and something alerts him to the fact that Bethany has not expired after all. Some subtle shift in her body, some movement that could not be chance, or maybe a swirl of dust above her face to show she is breathing. He does not know what it is, but he realises that she needs water and food if she is to be brought back from the brink.

He is careful. He fetches a plastic bottle of water from his van, prepared for just this eventuality. He spills a little on her lips and is gratified to see her tongue instantly lap it up, instinct driving her, for she is not yet conscious. He does it again, and her eyes open, focussing only on the source of water. She has no strength to reach for it. He puts the bottle to her lips, and she gulps urgently at it, but he does not want to give her too much in case it has an adverse effect. He puts the bottle out of reach, puts her into the recovery position and continues his work. Every time he returns from the van to the church, he lets her drink a little more and he sees that she is gradually regaining her awareness. He does not know how she will react when she realises who he is, but she will not be strong enough to resist him.

Soon everything that could link the Bounty Hunter or DeMoeira Industries with the church is removed to the van, and only Bethany herself remains to be moved.

He lifts her to her feet, and though she staggers she is able to support herself with a little help. Bounty Hunter ties her wrists behind her back, and though she shakes her head limply, she does not resist – maybe she cannot find the strength, yet. He puts his arm around her, to support and guide her, and walks her to the van. Inside the back, there is a coffin, lined with soft materials to give its living occupant a very easy ride. Into this, he places Bethany, and he provides a drinking tube attached to a litre bottle of a water/nutrient mix. It will give her what she needs to stay alive. The lid closes, and Bounty Hunter returns to the driving seat of his van, starts the engine, and takes ownership of Bethany.