The man swiftly pulled up his pants and ran to the group yelling and pointing at the well excitedly. A pair of men walked over to the well and shone a light down the well, and talked to each other. Then they began to climb down the ladder. Turning to the camera that was at the bottom of the well, she saw the men reach the bottom.

They tore away the green blanket and revealed the bunker door. For several minutes they tried to force open the door, but gave up after they had discovered it was locked. They subsequently had the body of the man lifted out to give them more room to move about.

Several more men had gathered around the top of the well and were yelling down and having a conversation amongst themselves. One of the men ran to the house and entered it apparently going to get Papa Bright.

"They don't know anyone is within here. As long as we don't respond to them, they won't know for sure. They can't get in, so they will give up ultimately."

"What about Jacob?"

"There is nothing we can do at the moment. His best chance is for us to inform the council."

Jessica looked over at Blaze and asked "Hey were you able to fix up the pistol?" Blaze nodded, and Jessica went to the Arsenal and found the now cleaned up pistol. It was an old laser model, picking it up, she found it was lighter than it was before. Going back she handed it to Nikki and said "Here, take this. Just in case."

Nikki took it and said "Thanks." She attached it to her belt.

In the camera's she saw Papa Bright come out. His usual suit looked a bit ruffled as he had to quickly put it back on. He casually walked to the well and looked down. He patted the back of the one who spotted the ladder and began to climb down. When he reached the bottom, he began to examine the comn panel.

He smiled wickedly and pushed a few buttons, and a speaker turned on. "Hello is anyone in there? Based on the clothes in the house, I suspect there are two young women in there. Quite honestly, we thought you had hightailed it to the nearby city, didn't think to look in the well for a hidden bunker. Guess I will have to in the future."

Nikki looked at Jessica and asked "Should we respond?"

Jessica shook her head "No, he's only guessing that we are in here. It's better to not let him know for certain."

"It would be good for you to simply open the door. I assure you. I can make sure you get sold up to the sky cities. It's a better place to be a slave. Otherwise, I would be more inclined to find a harsher place to sell you. If I have to force this door open, you are going to regret it."

Receiving nothing but silence one of his men said "Papa Bright, maybe there is no one in there."

"I can smell it. My bones are tingling. There are girls there mark my words boys. Go get that young man you picked up and bring him down here."

A bad feeling began to run down Jessica's back. Nikki said "What are they going to do with Jacob?"

"Nothing good. Nikki, We can't open that door no matter what happens." Jessica said looking at Nikki. "If we open the door, it's not going to end well for us. We can't help Jacob if we get caught, okay?"

Nikki nodded nervously. In a short time they forced Jacob down the ladder. Two men each held the terrified looking boy. Jacob was stripped down to just his gray underwear which looked damp. Jacob must have pissed his pants when he was captured.

A grinning man joined them as well. He was carrying a blue glowing knife and had a sinister grin on his face. Papa Bright asked Jacob "So what is your name?"

"Jacob."

"Jacob, my men found you coming over here. So I know you associate with the women that lived here. Isn't that right."

Jessica hoped he would lie. If he told the truth, it was not going to end well for him.

"Yes, I know the girls inside."

"Fuck." Jessica cursed.

"What's the matter?" Nikki said.

"He just revealed he knew us. Which means we know him, and we might care about his well being."

Papa Bright smiled wickedly and said "So are you close with them? Are they good-looking girls?"

"Yeah, I've been wanting to date Nikki, but her sister Jessica is pretty scary." Jacob said nervously.

"Okay, good job telling me Jacob. Here is the deal, I want them to open the door of this bunker. If they don't open the door, Dennis here is going to hurt you. Therefore, I'm going to give you one minute to convince them to open the door."

Jacob looked terrified and tears began to fall down his face and he began to cry "Open the door, please Nikki I need you to open the door."

Nikki looked petrified at Jessica. "What are we going to do?"

This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings.

"He won't kill Jacob. Jacob is too valuable as merchandise to lose when he doesn't know for certain we are in here."

For the full minute Jacob implored them to open the door and Jessica simply held Nikki as her heart thumped. When the minute was up, Papa Bright nodded at Dennis. Dennis gripped Jacob's arm and prepared to cut it off. Papa Bright said "I'm a man of my word girls. This is your last chance. Get out or he will be mutilated."

Seeing as nothing happened, Papa Bright shook his head, "Oh well, looks like Jacob here is going to be carved up." Dennis grinned and raised his blade. "No Dennis, what have I told you? Not the limbs, it decreases value."

"Where do you want me to cut him up boss? How about his pretty face?" Dennis held the blade up to Jacobs tear filled face, his eyes filled with terror.

"Jacob, I sell men for three reasons. First for manual labor, and you wouldn't be suitable for that work not by a long shot given your weak ass muscles. Two for basic servant work, you could conceivably do that, but it's low value for me. Three for bull work, which you're not qualified for. But to be honest, when I saw you, I wanted you to be my next project." Papa Bright said smiling at Jacob in a way that made Jessica sick.

Papa Bright looked at Dennis and said "Make him a bitch."

"What!?" Jacob cried out. Then he struggled as Dennis cut off his underwear. Jessica forced Nikki to look away from the camera and covered her ears as best she could.

"Oh Gods, Open the fucking door Nikki!" Jacob began to scream in terror as Dennis grabbed his penis and balls and raised his knife to it. "Please I will do anything, oh gods don't do this. My father can offer you whatever you desire."

Shrugging his shoulders Papa Bright said, "Of course, you will do anything, you're just a bitch. Get on with it."

Jessica watched in horror as Dennis began to cut. Jacob began to scream in pain, his voice becoming a shrill shriek. Nikki buried her face deeper into Jessica's chest and began to weep. Before long Dennis tossed aside the cut off bits and said "She's ready for you boss."

"Take her inside and get that Doctor to check her out. Don't want her to die before I start working on her." Papa Bright said.

One of the men put Jacob over his shoulder and carried him out of the well and into the house. Doctor Melissa was led inside a few seconds later. Papa Bright looked at the bunker door and said "Got some coldhearted ones here for sure."

"What do you wish to do now boss?" Dennis asked.

"Have them bring me my black book. Looks like we need to do this the hard way."

Jessica felt something touch her legs and looked down and saw the blobs were huddling around them as if trying to comfort them. "I don't like how confident he his, can you guy's go and make sure no one can get in?"

They waved a set of tendrils and rolled out into the hallway to the front door. In the monitors, she saw a man go to the car and pull a big black book out its trunk. He began to carry it back to the well.

"Girls did you know that only a limited number of companies actually built these old bunkers? They often included an administrator's password to get the door open in an emergency. It's taken me years, but I gathered most of the codes used."

They lowered the black book to Papa Bright who took it. "Now you may be asking yourselves, if he had the code to the door, why did he do that to our friend? Well to be honest, I was already seeking a project and was going to do it anyway. You also would be shocked on how often that works to get people to open the doors. Plus it's a lot funner then reading out a bunch of numbers."

One of the men went to the panel and looked at Papa Bright. "Alright Bill, I'm going to read you a bunch of numbers and you type them in."

Letting go of Nikki, she ran to the door where the blobs were working. Jessica saw Daisy messing around with the door panel and said "Daisy, they are trying to use a code to open the door. I need you to prevent them from doing so, okay?" Daisy waved a tentacle and began to probe the panel.

After a bit the yellow blob signaled it was all good now. Heading back into the security room, she found Nikki huddled crying in a corner. Looking at the monitor, she saw Bill putting in more numbers when all of a sudden there was a flash and Bill was thrown against the wall. The panel looked like it had exploded and Bill's hand was now burnt up.

Papa Bright frowned and said "Get him out of here." Two of his henchmen hauled Bill out of the well.

"Did the panel malfunction?" Dennis asked.

"No, that was a booby trap. Mark my words girls I'm going to get in there. When I do, I'm going to find a hell to throw you in." Papa Bright said then looked at one of his men and said "Set up a shift to watch this door. I'm going to work on my project while I think."

Papa Bright climbed leaving one man watching the bunker door. He was followed by Dennis back into the house. Jessica sat next to Nikki and hugged her. They sat that way for several minutes till Nikki finally said "What do you think he is going to do?"

"I'm not certain. We might be forced to activate the secret exit."

"Maybe he knows about that exit?"

"He could. But he can't utilize it, unless we activate it. For the moment we have food and water. We have time. They don't. While the council may be hesitant on assaulting a moving slaver, they certainly would not one to hang around the area too long."

"Unless he makes a deal with them." Nikki said. "The council is corrupt, you know that."

"Yes, but they don't want a slaver around too long, it ruins business."

"We will see. I'm going to lay down for a bit. I'm not feeling well." Nikki got up and headed to the bunk room.

Jessica was left with her thoughts for a moment. Looking at the monitors, she didn't see anything of note happening and went to check on the secret exit. Well it was more of an emergency exit in case the front door became unusable. A digger would dig a path upwards and make a path they could climb out.

The problem was, it would be incredibly loud. If they activated it with anyone above they would be able to find the exit with ease. It was also sealed completely, so Jessica could not even ask the blobs to try and make it quieter. She went to the table in the living area and began to write some plans down.

A few hours later Nikki came to look in on her. "What are you doing?"

"Figuring some things out. I told the guards at the city yesterday about the slavers. They will likely send out a patrol in a few days. The slavers will likely be running out of water in a few days unless they do a raid at one of the neighbors which might make the patrol happen faster."

"So you are saying they should be out of here in a few days?"

"Hopefully. But I don't like how this Papa Bright knows so much about bunkers. He may know something that we don't. I got the blobs reinforcing the door, just in case."

"Should we have opened the door?"

"No, Nikki, I don't feel good about it, but we should not have opened the door. I didn't want Jacob to get hurt, but we would have only risked our lives doing so." Jessica stood and hugged her sister again. "We will survive okay? We are survivors, you and me."

Nikki nodded and went back to laying down. Jessica stretched her arms and went to check on the blobs.