Vengence is mine

CHAPTER NINE

       The morning came and Nathan was at the top of the stairs waiting, Belle was a there a few moments later. He walked down first with Belle following, and then into to punishment room, without stopping he walked directly over to Jill Cooper. She lifted her head and he could see the wild, mad eyes, but he could also see the eyes inside the eyes. She gave out a hideous laugh and then screamed at the top of her voice, “Strip her, she cannot harm you, this is just show and an act to make you fear her. I see you are still hiding behind the girl you evil filth, but soon you will leave once more, back to the entrails of hell.” Once again she screamed, and it was piercing, and so much that Bella screwed up her face. “Cease making that noise you faker, because there will be no pity here for you, and there will be no mercy until you are clean.” He looked at Belle and could see the fear in her eyes, but she had no need to be, because the evil beast inside the girl was focused on him. Belle had finished and was collecting the clothes, she wrapped them up in the skirt, and Nathan pointed to the door, Belle scurried out as if her life depended on it. “You are still looking at me evil one, but it will not be for long, it is I that holds the power now, you had your chance many years ago, but you failed. The Mistress was too powerful for you, and she sent you running back to your domain, and even now, I see your evil eyes, but I never feared them then, and I do not fear them now.”

       The girls face contorted and words came from her mouth, but Nathan knew from knowing the girl that it was not her voice, it was the voice of the beast. “You will never defeat me boy, I am the most powerful and you may hold the key, but you don’t hold the whip. She has yet to come and show me her worth, but it will be her crying before I yield to the mirror. It has been fifteen years and I am stronger, you are just a mere boy, you have no experience and before I go, you will fall at my feet and pray for me to take your soul.”

“My soul is not for sale, and neither is the soul of the Mistress, you have not felt her power, but it is immense.”

“My agents saw you being whipped by the Mistress, but you were not harmed, her whip cannot harm me, I am the power.”

“You are wrong evil one, they might have seen me being whipped, but did they see the Mistress’s soul holding the Mistress’s arm to dull the strike. I will never fear you or the whip, but you should fear the Mistress. Now silence you filth from hell, the Mistress is about to enter the room, show your respect.”

The voice of his mother was in his mind once more. “You have done well timothy and you speak with no fear, you must help your sister because her test is of the hardest. The Devil has risen just to see for himself, but he will be no match for my child and his sister.”

“Yes Mistress I hear you.”

The Mistress walked through the door, and she walked past Nathan not saying a word. She walked over to the girl and looked into her eyes, and the spirit of evil could be seen still showing his face. She walked over to the wall, leaving the girl to watch her every move, and as she was about to take down the whip, she noticed that it was now older, and had seen much use. She turned and looked at Nathan that was now sitting on a chair next to the wall, he looked back, as if knowing her thoughts, and he nodded his head. She lifted the whip from the wall, and walked back, and it was at this point she noticed the indent in the floor; it had been made over a long time by all the Mistresses of Chrystal House. She threw the whip out in front of her body and looked at the girl, her breasts were large and hanging, she was looking back at the Mistress with a twisted smile on her lip, then without warning she urinated. As she was doing this she laughed, in a soprano key; that was as ear piercing as a scream. The Mistress was unmoved, because she had expected some sort of reaction, her face showed no emotion, as she drew back the whip, and with the speed of light it was kissing the girl’s flesh. Snap! It struck her right breast, and the girl’s reaction was spontaneous, a deep voice flowed from her mouth with an unearthly crackle. “You filthy whore, is that the best you can do? I felt no pain and your effort was useless.” The whip hand was pulled back once more, and again the whip was sent forward with the same power. Snap! Her left breast shook as the tip of the whip caressed the skin at speed. “Ha, you whore of a whore, your power is nothing like that of your whore of a mother,” said the same unearthly voice. The Mistress knew that the beast was challenging her, but she had no need to take up the challenge, because she was in the driving seat. Still with no expression on her face, she pulled back the whip, and sent it flying in the direction of the girl, and this time striking her on the belly. Snap! The girl gave out an unearthly scream, but again the Mistress was unmoved, Nathan had told her she was a faker. Pulling back the whip once more, the Mistress sent the whip flowing forward to land on the groin area just above her sex. Snap! It was at this point that the Mistress realised that she had never been this accurate with a whip, and it was as if she was not aiming but thinking where the whip should strike. The girl hung her head and was now crying, the tears could clearly be seen, but again the Mistress sent two more strokes down to strike her on each thigh. The girl stopped crying and looked at the Mistress, and once again the voice spoke, “You call that a whipping, you never hurt me you filthy whore, I feel no pain, and you are of no use. I will be here for a long time to come, and you will fall at my feet you filth, get down now and lick my piss.” The Mistress still with no expression on her face; slowly walked over to the wall and replaced the whip. From where Nathan had been sitting he could see that there were no cuts, but the red mark of the whips bite was present. Then as the Mistress walked out of the door, Nathan pointed at the wooden panel and watched the mirror appear, then without saying a word he followed the Mistress out. At the top of the stairs Nathan was just in time to see the Mistress walk into the lounge. Nathan turned and touched the lock on the door, and he heard the familiar sound of the locks movement. He knew where she was going, the journal had to be written, he went into the kitchen were Penny had been waiting. The others looked as he walked into the room and sat down, and there was still silence as Penny brought him his coffee.

It was an hour later when Nathan left Penny in the kitchen, he walked through to the hall and then into the lounge. He walked over to one of the arm chairs that was facing the secret door and waited. It was not long before the Mistress walked back into the lounge, and as she did so she saw Nathan, and after closing the door she walked over and sat opposite.

“Mother must be proud of you Donna Marie, and I sat in awe as you carried out your work with the expertise that mother had. At no time were you put off by the ramblings of the beast, it is something that you should expect from now on. Neither were you swayed by her faking, this one is going to be hard Donna Marie, but between us we will strip the evil from her.”

“Tell me something Timothy, is that the voice of the Devil, not that it really makes a difference, but I just wondered if mother ever said.”

“I very much doubt it, but he would be a very high up minion, to be trusted with the task of defeating the Mistress, I think it would be his right hand man. In the time I saw mother fight the fight, there were many voices, but to be fair there is only one per soul. It is early days, and the beast has not started to fight back yet, that poor girl is going to go through hell and back, and I just hope that she recovers.”

“You sound as if you are sorry for her, and it was she that executed the breakup of your marriage to Carman.”

“You are not thinking straight Donna Marie, she is the victim and not me, this was all engineered to force my cover, and it worked. The evil was expecting you to destroy my body and soul, while Carman destroyed my mind, but they never took in account, that a Mistress of Chrystal House is earthbound until her replacement takes over. You have to become of age before that takes place, and that is why it is so important for you to win this fight. This sort of contest has never taken place before, you are doing the work of the Mistress before you have your power and blessed by the priests. That is why it is important for me to always be with you in these early days, and you must never answer the voice on any occasion, it is me that it is talking to. I have also locked the door to the punishment room at the top of the stairs, there must be no mistakes.”

“Where did you find the Key?” it was then she realised what she had asked and added “Forget that stupid question.”

“She is looking at the mirror, but at this time I doubt that anything is going on, there will be many sessions before the evil starts to flow out of her. The evil is only as strong as the body that holds it captive, the manifestation enclosed in her body is giving her strength, but that only has so much. We must go down twice more today, and then she must be put in the frame, and it might be best that I give Belle a hand. This morning she was showing fear and she must not do that, you must talk to her and tell her that she can never be harmed by either the evil or your charge. Now I believe that it is time for lunch, and we can go back down directly it is finished, but it is your Domain and I leave it to you Donna Marie.”

“Until I am sure of my steps Timothy, I will follow your lead.”

After lunch the Mistress was at the top of the stairs as Nathan walked out of the kitchen. She watched as he walked over to the door and put his hand on the lock, and she heard the tumblers falling. He then opened the door and walked down the stairs, the Mistress followed.

Downstairs the Mistress walked up to the girl, and the girl flicked her head in the air, “Well if it isn’t the whores Mistress, back from swimming in her own disgusting filth, and you dare to look at me. I am the Master kiss my feet you whore, common slut of a thousand brothels.”

Nathan walked over between the Mistress and the girl “Silence you lowest of the low, your time on the surface is almost at an end, and it will be you begging the Mistress to let you go. Cease this useless time wasting banter, you will never gain strength at the hands of the Mistress. Her time is valuable so release the girl’s soul, or be sent back to the burning fires of hell in disgrace.”

The Mistress watched as he stepped back over to the wall and sat down, then she walked over to the wall and took down the whip, but it was only on the way back that she noticed that the mirror was once again hidden. She once more stood on her mark and threw the whip out, and again the girl laughed at the sight of her doing this. The hand was pulled back once more, and with a flick there was the sound of leather and flesh meeting. Snap! The girl gave out a blood curdling scream, and it echoed around the room bouncing off the walls. Snap! Another struck almost at the same time the scream ended; the Mistress was giving her no time to recover, and before her scream stopped. Snap, the Mistress was striking all the soft parts of the body, and now it was the turn of the armpits. Snap! There were no more screams, but her crying could be heard, but when the Mistress looked there were no tears to be seen. Snap! The whip was coiling around the arms at the soft biceps, and on releasing its grip; there was a ring of pain left remaining. Snap! The arms were getting punished and the Mistress was working her way down the arm. Snap! The strokes were now on the other arm, and for a while this was where she concentrated her strokes. Snap! Snap! There were two in quick succession one on each breast, and the girl laughed out loud as they bit into the tissue. The Mistress could see that the top part of her body was red raw, as she had continually whipped the same places for over an hour. She pulled back the whip and coiled it up, and then she walked over to the wall, after replacing the whip, the Mistress walked out of the room. As she walked past Nathan, he could see the sweat running down her face, and the blouse that she was wearing was sticking to her body. Nathan stood up and pointed at the mirror once more, and it was still turning into position when he walked out of the room. As he was about to close the door to the punishment room, he heard the painful wailing sound, and knew that the mirror was showing the girl her soul, and striping the evil from her body, Nathan crossed himself and pulled the door too.

Once again in the Hall he saw the Mistress walk to the lounge, her testimony had to be written. He knew that she was learning fast, she now had to be a stronger Mistress than she was with the House of correction. Nathan also knew by the wailing in the punishment room, that all her effort down stairs was paying off. He looked at the clock on the wall and walked outside, and he made his way to the shed and the tractor at the back of the house. The shed was now full to the brim, and he went straight past and over to the tractor, he started it up and drove around to the front. In front of him on the corner he saw her, waiting as he knew she would be, Nathan stopped and Penny slipped on the seat behind him, they rode towards the wood in the distance, with Penny hugging him with her arms.

The Mistress walked out of the lounge, and down the hall, and at the door to the punishment room she tried the door, but as she knew it would be it was locked. She went up to her rooms where Belle was sitting waiting, and looked up as she walked in. “Belle, Nathan has told me that you were showing fear this morning, during stripping the girl. I know it is hard but you must never do that, it is showing the evil that it has power, and it also unintentionally undermines what I have been doing. Evil feeds on fear, and until you feel that you are in control of your feelings, he will always be with you down there. You have been blessed by the highest order in the land, and you have nothing to fear when doing your task. When you are on your own, neither is it right to get into conversation with my charge, because that is another thing evil feeds on, negative speech and argument. Belle you are more to me than a slave, and you must know that I would never put you in a position where you would be hurt.

It was later in the afternoon, when the Mistress was in the lounge looking through the window; she saw Nathan and Penny coming across the meadow to the side of the house. But what was even more surprising was they were in a horse drawn open carriage, and there was an old monk at the reins. The Mistress walked outside as the carriage pulled up at the entrance, and Nathan jumped out, he stood with the door opened waiting for the Mistress to enter. Once she had sat down, Nathan got back in “Once around the estate Theodore, just like when Mistress Chrystal was here.”

He turned around and with a tear in his eye answered, “That was a long time ago Master Timothy. I had some good times taking the Mistress and yourself on the picnics.”

“The Mistress is in the house once more Theodore and your services will be needed once again, and these are happy times once again.”

It was over an hour before the carriage brought them back to the house, the whole of the staff were waiting by the door when they returned. They all got out and Nathan said, “I will pick the tractor up in the morning Theodore, the exercise will do me good.” As the carriage went away, Nathan said “I will see you in a moment Penny at evening meal; I have things to talk about with the Mistress.” She kissed him on the cheek and smiled as she led the other staff inside. The Mistress and Nathan walked in behind and went into the lounge.

Once they were both seated, the Mistress said, “I have spoken with Belle and corrected the problem, and hopefully she will be better prepared for the evil.”

“She will be fine Donna Marie, and things do not happen overnight. You are winning the fight and the mirror is doing its task. You have read about Sister Clair, but mother was lucky, once the evil knew that I was no longer in the house, it dispossessed her. That too was engineered to serve a purpose, as it was done to weaken the hold the Charter House had on the door to hell. The evil had no idea that mother was only days away from dying, and you were out in Switzerland at a finishing school, and you would remain there for the next twelve years. It was a mistake by the beast, because the beast in its rush to defeat the Mistress, had split the two powers that would come back to haunt him.”

“Tell me something Timothy, what will happen if one of us dies.”

“Do not fear the future Donna Marie, there is a long time before that takes place, and our soul mates will have already been buried in the Charter House. You have nothing to fear and have a long life ahead of you Donna Marie, and you and I will die within days of each other, but by then there will be a new Mistress of Chrystal House and she will have all the powers. You are wondering how I know all this, but mother told me, and it is all coming back to me little by little. Our mother was a very clever person, and she defeated the evil in more ways than one the day she sent me away. You must also remember that I inherited all her powers to see into the future, and life and death hold no secrets from me. I think it is time we had our meal Donna Marie, you cannot work on an empty belly.”

Just as they were about to stand up, they both heard the Mistress say. “I could always trust you Timothy Nathan to remember the complete story, and once again you have rewarded me with your loyalty. You are both doing fine children, and you have nothing to fear.”

It was after the evening meal that the Mistress and Nathan walked back down the stairs, and once again he walked over to her and looked into her eyes. “Yes I am still here Key Master, and you can never defeat me that quick. I am stronger than you and your magic mirror, and the Mistress has not got the power.” Nathan was looking into the girl’s eyes with scrutiny, and he could see that the eyes inside were losing their shine, he knew that they were in retreat. The mirror had given them no peace, he could now see by the girl’s haggard look that she was getting weaker. Nathan stood back up straight and turned to look at the Mistress, he just nodded, and without saying a word he sat down near the wall.

The Mistress turned also and walked to the opposite wall and took down the whip, and on her return she stopped at her mark and looked at the charge. The marks from the whipping that she had given the girl earlier; had almost disappeared and there was no redness to be seen. However that area would be left alone, it was now the time of her lower body to feel the kiss of the whip. Once again she threw the whip in front, and with her arm outstretched, it was barely reaching her body, but the mistress knew that the sharp stop at the end of the strike would stretch the leather just enough.

The girl looked at the whip and then at the Mistress, and she knew that pain was an instance away. The look that she now gave the Mistress was of acceptance, and just for a fleeting moment there was also the look of tiredness. There was a fast flick of the whip, and once again it travelled at speed and accuracy. Snap! The stroke hit the girl on the belly, and it was followed by two more in quick succession, giving the girl or the beast no time to compose. The sound that came from the girl’s mouth was horrendous, it had been pulled from the depth of hell, and it was the sound of a thousand lost souls screaming for salvation. The whip was in flight once more as the echo’s bounced around the room, striking the girl on the inner thigh. Snap! And the body of the girl convulsively moved, her head was thrown back so fast that the Mistress feared she had broken it. Then she remembered the beast inside giving her the strength of many, and the whip was once again in collision with soft flesh. Snap! The whip it the soft flesh of the inner thighs five more times, before the Mistress moved forward to her next mark. Then the whip flew once more, but low and to wrap around the calf of her leg, and on its return, the whip had no time to rest. Snap! Snap! Snap! The face of the girl was now contorted in pain, but the Mistress never let up on the assault for another half an hour. She stopped and looked at the girl, whose torso was now as red as her top had been earlier in the day, and she coiled up the whip. The voice was there once more, “What are you afraid of me, you are weak and I felt no pain, come on you filthy whore show me what you can do.” Looking at Nathan she walked over to the wall, and without anymore sound, she walked out of the room.

Once the Mistress had closed the door, Nathan stood up and walked towards the girl, he could see the fear in her face, but it was not corresponding with the look in her eyes, and Nathan knew that the beast inside was losing control of the girl. The onslaught that the Mistress had served had made the beast weak, and when Nathan looked into her eyes, he could only just see the pained eyes of the monster inside. He stepped back and said, “Get your sleep now, for when the clock strikes midnight you will not sleep for a long time.” He wiped the hair from her eyes, and watched as they stared back in pain, then he turned and walked out of the room. He had been down there on his own for a long time, and when he came out of the stairs and into the hall, the Mistress was leaving the lounge. He could see the look on her face, and said, “There is no need for concern Donna Marie, all is as it should be. Tomorrow tell Belle that we will be moving her to the frame, and it will be the turn of her back. I will say good night Donna Marie,” and before she could answer he was walking up the stairs.