A Taste of Slavery Ch. 36

"I'm Sergeant Meadows. Is everyone okay here," the officer asked.

"Yes, we're fine," I said. "Did you catch whoever did it?"

"I'm sorry, but no. Apparently, because he was unable to get in, he just tossed a cement block through one of the sliding glass doors and took off. We'll leave an officer in the house because it's open."

"I have a sheet of plywood in my garage. We could nail it over the broken door," I said.

"That would probably be best, in case of inclement weather. Which one of you suggested checking locally for his car?"

I pointed towards Lucia. "Our guardian angel."

"Is that a loaded gun you have behind your back?"

"Yes, ma'am," she replied.

"You don't take any chances, do you?"

"No, ma'am."

She laughed. "Detective Riley told us about you. All I ask is you be careful while we have officers around here."

"Of course, ma'am."

"Polite too. I like that." She turned to everyone. "We found where Jack's been keeping his car. When it showed up, the owner of the parking lot called us and we impounded his vehicle. He's running out of places to hide. To my way of thinking, this makes him more dangerous. Do you have anywhere else to go?"

"Not at this time of night," I said. "In the morning, I'll check with some other people I know. Part of the problem is having four adults here now. It's a houseful, and I don't want to split us up."

She glanced at Lucia again. "I can see why. Any chance of putting the plywood on tonight?"

"Give me a moment, I'll put some shoes on," I said.

"Do you need some help, Scott?" Lucia asked.

I asked the officer. "Any chance one of your guys can help me?"

"Sure. Burke, give Mr. Rivers a hand. He's going to board up the broken door so you don't have to worry about someone sneaking in on you."

"You bet, Sarge."

I slipped on some loafers and Officer Burke helped me slap a board up using a nail gun and six nails, three on top and three below. I got a key and the new code from Lisa and gave it to him, showing how to set it with the motion detectors off. I told him to drop the key back tomorrow when the shift changed.

Sergeant Meadows thanked me and wished us a good night. "You take care."

"We will."

All but a couple of the officers left. We locked up and set the alarm again.

"Master Scott, I'd prefer we stick together the rest of the night. Is it all right if Julia and I stay in your bedroom?"

"I'm never averse to naked women spending the night in my bed."

Lucia smiled. "Me either."

We stripped off once again and we all climbed into bed. It was going to be close quarters. I was really starting to look forward to the Alaskan King. My slaves slept on either side of me and Lucia curled around Julia. It was one AM and I was tired. It didn't take long to drop off.

******

At 3:30, I was awakened when Lisa dragged and Julia pushed me on the floor. Julia dropped down beside me.

"What the fuck!" I exclaimed. "What the hell is going on."

BANG, BANG, BANG.

Something went whizzing by my head, and a picture broke on the chest of drawers.

"Gunshots," Lucia said, crawling around the foot of the bed. "Keep down, someone is shooting into the house."

More shots were fired, most of them not seeming to hit our house, but a window broke in the living room.

"Jesus Fucking H. Christ!" I swore. "That sick shit. I swear I'll kill the mother fucker if I ever see him."

"Sergeant Meadows warned he might be more dangerous now. He's been driven out of his buddies house, now Lisa's, and even his car is gone," Lucia said. "Where has he got to go?"

"Why can't they catch him?"

"You live in a beautiful neighborhood, but it's big lots, heavily wooded, a hill two hundred yards behind your house," Lucia said.

"Jack was in the Marine Corps, Master," Lisa said.

"Why the hell did I not know that?"

"He got a bad conduct discharge, sir. It wasn't something he bragged about."

"Please tell me he wasn't a sniper."

"He wasn't a sniper, but he had a Marksman ribbon."

"Fuck!"

We heard what sounded like a dozen sirens bearing down on the house.

"The shooting has stopped," Lucia whispered. "Too many reinforcements to fight. We should probably dress again. They'll want to know if everyone is all right."

I gave Lucia one of my bigger shirts. Lisa and Julia put on some of their own clothes from the chest.

"Bullet hole," Julia said, pointing to a hole in the wood, second drawer down. "It knocked the picture off. Be careful, there's glass on the floor."

I slipped on a T and some shorts. Ten minutes went by and there was a knock on the door.

"That will probably be the police," I said. "I'm going to answer. Lucia come with me. Stay low in case he's still out there."

They knocked again. "Coming," I bellowed. "Give us a minute."

Lucia took position behind the kitchen counter with her gun aimed at the door.

"I'm opening the door," I said, "we've got a gun covering it. Don't shoot us and we won't shoot you."

"It's Sergeant Meadows again. My weapon is holstered."

I was still crouching on the floor and reached up to unlock the door. I opened it and pulled the door open. Sergeant Meadows and another officer came in and I closed it, locked it, then I stood and turned off the alarm system.

Meadows noted Lucia behind the counters. She had the gun sitting on the counter in front of her, close to hand, but not in her hand anymore.

"Is everyone all right?"

"Luckily. Lucia apparently had the girls awakened and me pushed on the floor before I even knew what was going on. Did you catch him this time, or better yet, shoot him?"

"No. He was on the hill in back of the house with a rifle. My officer's only had their hand guns until the cavalry arrived. This has been the worst fucking night shift I've ever pulled. I think I need to insist you vacate the premises, at least at night. There's just too many places to hide in the dark. I've seen this guys service jacket. Riley pulled it when we started searching for him. If you have nowhere else to go, I've got the name of a motel. You can get you a room on the inner courtyard so you can't be shot from across the highway."

"Let me get the others so we can discuss our options," I said.

Walking carefully to avoid the glass in our living room from a large patio window overlooking the back, I got Lisa and Julia, still sitting on the floor beside the bed.

"Come out to the dining room. The sergeant doesn't feel we can stay here. We need to decide what to do."

They both came out and sat down around the table. Lucia remained standing, but the Sergeant sat down.

"Sergeant Meadows feels we should leave. She doesn't think we can be protected here from a guy with a rifle. She said there's a motel she knows of where we might be safe. Any suggestions?"

Lucia spoke up from the kitchen. "We could go back to LA."

"I can't run my business from LA," I said, "as much as it would be the safest option. What about any of our parents places?"

"Jack has been to your parents and mine," Lisa said, "though I don't think he's been to Julia's."

"Mom and Dad only have a two bedroom apartment," Julia said, "and the spare bedroom is only a double bed. We might be able to squeeze in there, but I'm not sure we should put more of the people we love at risk. Jack knows my maiden name and met my parents. They're still in the phone book. He can find it without much difficulty if he's determined to find it."

"What about Jerry's, Chen's or Regina's places?" I asked.

"Jack knows where they all live due to poker," Lisa said, "and we'd still be putting our friends at risk."

"Then you think the motel?" I asked.

"Scott," Julia said, "I seriously doubt Jack would have a clue where MD lived, if you think she'd be willing to help out."

Mistress Dark. No, I doubt Jack would have a clue about her, and her house was big enough. The only question would be whether she'd wish to put us up.

"Excuse me a minute, officers, but that may be a possibility. I need to make a phone call. Excuse me a minute."

I went into the bedroom and closed the door. I hated to be calling her at this time of the day. It was only a little past four.

"Hello," Rose said sleepily, "who is this please?"

"I'm sorry to wake you, Rose. This is Scott Rivers. We have a bit of a situation. The person who raped Lisa and Julia shot up our house tonight. The police say we should leave. They don't believe they can protect us here at night. I have three people here in addition to myself. We were hoping Mistress Dark might allow us to stay there. The asshole is aware of where most of our families live."

"I'm so sorry, Master Scott. Let me give the phone to Mistress. We may be able to help."

There was silence as she woke up Mistress Dark.

"Scott, this is horrible. Was anyone harmed?"

"Good so far, and I'd like to keep it that way."

"Rose mentioned you have four people. Who's the fourth?"

"A friend from Los Angeles, here in town for a medical problem, though she's also our guardian angel. She's helped to protect us several times."

"Of course you can stay here. I'm looking forward to seeing the person who wished to play games with my slaves."

"I'll tell her of your interest. We were starting to work on your bed frame. Do you have a place to work on it."

"What would you need?"

"A workspace around fifteen feet square in which to sand, stain, varnish and drill. Any kind of shed, a place in the garage, an empty room which can get sawdust in it. We can put down drop cloths so we don't spill stain or varnish on your floors."

"You can use part of my garage. My bed, huh?"

"They just cut the lumber yesterday."

"It might be fun seeing it take shape. Bring what you need."

"Thank you, Mistress Dark."

"If you're going to be living here, you'll need to start calling me by my name."

"What is it?"

"Michelle Sombre."

"Sombre, is that French?"

"It is. Sombre means dark, hence my nom de plume, so's to speak."

I laughed. "I wondered where it came from. I thought it came from Elvira, Mistress of the Dark."

"I don't wear black that much."

"You don't wear much in the way of clothes at all in Mistress Mode. Thank you for helping us out. We'll see you shortly."

"You're welcome. I shall look forward to seeing your slaves again, especially the impertinent one. Goodbye for now."

I went back to the dining room table. Sergeant Meadows and Lucia were in earnest conversation.

"MD will let us stay there. Let's grab enough clothes for several days. We can bring the tools and the bed you're working on and whatever else we can fit in the truck. We'll take both vehicles. I'll have a few of my guys come over here and board up the windows that were damaged until we can fix them. MD's looking forward to seeing us, especially you, Julia."

"I understand, Scott," she said, unconsciously rubbing her bottom.

"Scott," Lucia said, "the Sergeant and I were discussing the drive. Since we don't know if Jack has found other transportation, we thought it best to take a convoluted route and see if anyone is following us. Why don't you lead in the truck, and Julia can follow you in the car. An officer will follow in a squad car. I will be in the back of the car. Make several turns and double backs on the way. I'll watch to see if anyone but the squad car follows us. This is Sergeant Meadows card with her phone. You can call her once the coast is clear and she'll pull the officer." She handed me the card. "I already have her number on my phone."

"Sounds good. Lisa, ride with me and while Julia is driving, call Reneé and Janet and tell them they won't be working here today. We'll call them when we know when they can start again. Let's get busy. The officers are waiting."

Everyone got up and got busy. We all got dressed to leave, packing some clothes for a few days. I had more than the other three put together since they knew where we were going and I still needed clothes to work. I called Jerry after we we were packed and ready to go, asking him to arrange for some of our crew to come board up my broken windows first thing as I'd be late to work and I'd give him more details later. I said he should keep Reneé from coming today or any day until he heard from us.

There was a moment when there was a lull in the activity. The truck and car were loaded and we were ready to go. Sergeant Meadows asked, "I notice that Lucia doesn't have a wedding ring. Is she in a committed relationship?"

"You'll have to speak to her if you're interested. Her situation is complicated."

"Complicated how?"

"Speak to her and she'll let you know if she's available. I don't know."

She did take a few minutes to speak to her and though she had a puzzled look on her face when they finished, she did have a smile as well, so it couldn't be all bad news.

We both backed out and I took the lead. Julia followed me and there was a squad car behind her. Following Lucia's plan, I didn't drive straight there. I made several different turns, circling blocks, back tracking randomly. In the rear view mirror, I never saw anyone but Julia and the police car make all the turns with us. I depended on Lucia to make the final determination. When she told me we didn't have a tail, I believed her. I let Sergeant Meadows we didn't have a follower and I saw the squad car peel off about two miles before Mistress Dark's home.

As I drove, Lisa made several phone calls, telling Janet and Chen what happened and not to come today. She also called our parents and told them what happened and warned them to stay away. They wanted to know why we weren't coming there, and Lisa told them Jack knew where they lived and we didn't want them in danger too.

Someone must have been watching for us, as Slut came out with the briefest of outfits. She said we could unload our bed supplies in the garage and the door opened as she told us. Julia and Slut took our clothes into the house while the rest of us unloaded the truck to the garage, then the garage door came down. Rose led us inside where Mistress Dark was waiting for us in the kitchen. I'd never seen any part of her house except for the dungeon she maintained.

Mistress Dark greeted us. "I imagine you didn't have breakfast this morning. Rose is making pancakes. Help yourself to whatever is on the table."

"Thank you, Michelle," I said. "This is unexpectedly nice. As you might expect, we didn't get much sleep last night. I have to go to work, but the women might appreciate a nap this morning."

"Slut will show them to their rooms after you eat. We won't disturb them."

Julia went up to Mistress Dark and sank to her knees in front of her.

"Mistress, I apologize deeply for playing with your slaves without permission. It was wrong of me to do so and I will pay whatever penalty you feel is appropriate."

MD patted her cheek. "I know you will, dear. We'll discuss your punishment when your Master returns this evening. For now, eat and rest. You've gone through a bad few weeks."

"Since you're now in a safe location, slaves may remove your clothing," I said.

All three of them removed their clothes. Mistress Dark noted Lucia's disrobing with interest.

"Have you gained a third slave, Scott," Mistress Dark asked.

"No, this is Lucia. She's Brianna Worth's sex slave. She's staying with us while seeking medical help. Lucia, this is Mistress Dark, a friend and her two slaves, Rose, currently cooking and Slut, who greeted us outside."

"I'm pleased to meet you, Mistress Dark. Thank you for having us in your home."

"Welcome, Lucia. I greatly admire your Mistress. She sells lovely jewelry."

"I will tell her how much you appreciate it, Mistress."

"Well, eat up and Slut will show you to your rooms."

Everyone ate hearty, the night having been short and the tension high. Afterward, Slut showed us our rooms, two smallish bedrooms with queen size beds and not much else. Both were set up for Mistress Dark's business, which to a large extent, was training dominants and submissives. There were various tie down points around the room and cages under the bed.

"We aren't affecting Mistress Dark's business at all, are we Slut?" I asked.

"No, Master. Her business goes up and down. We have more on the weekend usually as people work during the week."

"If she has to turn down business due to our presence, please let me know. I'll try to make it up to her. Perhaps we can sell her the furniture we're making at a discount to her until we're gone."

"I'll inform her, Master. I'm sure she'll appreciate the gesture, but we rarely have all rooms filled."

Slut left and I said to the others, "It looks too crowded to all sleep together. It appears we'll need to sleep two by two again."

"You have no objection to the three of us napping in one bed, do you, Master?" Lisa asked.

"None at all. I'll see you all tonight. I'm thinking of using Uber or Lyft to get around, or even renting a car for you to use as I don't want Jack to spot our car driving around."

"His most likely method of finding us here is to follow you from your workplace, Master Scott," Lucia said. "Regardless of your vehicle, if you go to work, he can see what you drive and follow you. You will have to take the same precautions you took today every time you come here."

"Shit! You're right."

"You might be able to get around it, Master," Julia said. "Have Jerry bring any new paperwork to a job site every day. Don't go to the office. Only go to work locations. Jack won't know where you're working. If we do our shopping around here, it's unlikely he'll find us. This would not be somewhere he'd hang around."

"This is seriously going to mess with my normal work flow, but I don't see any other choice. I hate that fucker with a passion."

"Us too, sir," Lisa said. "Me more than anyone. I feel it's my fault he's in our lives."

"How could anyone know what a psycho he is," Lucia said, comforting her. "Most people don't have these kinds of problems with their exes."

I kissed each of them goodbye, even Lucia. I don't know how we'd have gotten along without her. She might have saved our lives last night. I left for work telling Jerry to bring me all the paperwork to the job site I was at yesterday.

******

JULIA

Lucia let Reneé out when it was time for her to leave. She came back and slid under the covers.

"You promised to reward me for sucking Master Chen," she whispered.

"And you shall be well rewarded for an hour, then we need to go to sleep."

I gave Lucia a several orgasms, the last few while she licked me as well. We were both physically drained when it was time to sleep. We nodded off in each other's arms. Lucia heard the alarm next door first. She shook me awake.

"I think Jack is trying to break in next door. Let's go to Master's room where I can protect all of you."

We didn't turn on any lights, but crept through the dark until reaching my bedroom. Master and Lisa were already awake.

"I'm guessing Jack," I said.

"I am too," Lisa replied. "He thought he had a place to stay and got thrown off by the new locks and security code. I hope they nail the fucker."

"We'd better put something on. I'm sure we'll have to answer some questions," Master said.

Everyone put somewhat decent clothes on and we waited in the dark in the dining room. Eventually, someone knocked. Lucia checked to see who it was and after informing us, let a couple officers in.

The head of the group was a very dark black woman sergeant with short hair. She was almost invisible until we turned on the lights. She was tall and looked like she might have a nice figure behind all the gear. She said they weren't able to catch the burglar next door, saying he'd broken a sliding glass door, but not stayed. She said they'd also impounded his vehicle and warned us he might be more dangerous now. She'd leave an officer inside the house until morning when the damage could be prepared. Master offered to board it up, but decided to wait until morning before he'd consider moving out.