The Possessed

The mask provided little in the way of a real disguise, and since Candy knew most of the Castle staff from her association with April before becoming a slave, she had little difficultly recognizing the woman before her. It was Prudence! Looking over at the masked woman in front of Lisa she immediately recognized Alexandra. This was both surprising and alarming, since neither woman ever engaged in the routine punishment of the slaves. Prudence, of course was too busy to even know about such trivial details and Alexandra always left such tasks to Laura and the other staff. This is not to say that Prudence and Alex never took advantage of the opportunities for using the slaves, rather they always engaged in either small quasi-private activities or completely private activities in their personal quarters. In addition, both women had a reputation for being reserved in their personal use of the slaves, rarely engaging in the more exotic and kinky sexual practices that Zax was both notorious and famous for. Candy was therefore quite surprised to see them both involved in her and Lisa's punishment. Candy, as well as Lisa, did not dwell on this point for long since both had become intensely excited by what was happening to them. Lisa was moaning loudly with pleasure, saying "Oh fuck! It feels so good. It feels so fucking good!"

Candy too found herself crying out in pleasure, "Oh God, oh God! I need to come so bad!" Soon she could control herself no longer and she pleaded, "Please Mistress, give me permission to cum! I need to cum so bad, please!"

Prudence, who had just finished one of several orgasms herself and who was about to climax again said, "You have permission to come, now slut!" At the word now, Candy felt an intense orgasm sweep through her body and she swooned, her head slumping forward. She quickly recovered however as she felt a thick, sticky, fluid enter her vagina. Although Candy had experienced dildos in her pussy before, never had they been used to deposit anything inside her. She was therefore surprised and, given the other unusual happenings, concerned by this new development.

Lisa had also cum, and from the perplexed look on her face, Candy could see that she too had sensed something amiss. As soon as Lisa and Candy had finished climaxing, Prudence and Alexandra pulled the dildos out of their vaginas and placed gauze into their slits. After that they quickly catheterizing the slaves and then taped their slits closed. The diapers were then fastened back in place, as if nothing had happened. All this happened so fast that Lisa and Candy had little time to react. Before they knew it, Alexandra and Prudence had left the cell, leaving them alone with Laura and the strange young diapered slave, who was still chained in the center of the room.

As Candy recovered, she became aware of the itchy tape and gauze irritating her abused pussy. Unconsciously she shifted her bottom on the hard bed in an effort to get comfortable and relieve the itching between her legs. Pointing, Laura said, "You have the privilege of serving Zax and your Mistresses, just like Dianna here. You have just been impregnated and will be required to bear a child." Laura paused to let the meaning of her words impress themselves on Lisa and Candy. Both slaves looked stunned and sat on their bunks looking pale.

After a few moments Laura continued. "Least you think that your new situation in some way entitles you to special treatment, I have arranged to punish this pregnant slave in your presence to dispel any such notions."

With that, Laura grabbed Dianna's diaper pulling it off and leaving her completely naked with her hands and arms secured to the chain over her head. Laura stepped around and stood behind Dianna and removed the crop that hung at her waist. Pausing, she recalled Manuela's instructions: 'Remember, only strike her back and the backs of her legs. Whatever you do, don't hit her abdomen.' Laura smiled slightly and inspected Dianna carefully.

The beautiful slave stood taught, stretched before her with her arms extended above her head. The young woman looked radiant and surprisingly fit despite the noticeable bulge of her abdomen. There was no mistaking the fact that Dianna was pregnant now. Her abdomen was stretched outwards with the rounded half football like bulge of a woman five months with child. Lisa and Candy were also eying the pregnant slave and glancing apprehensively at Laura.

After inspecting Dianna, Laura snapped the crop back and struck Dianna's bottom with a stinging blow from the hated instrument. Dianna let out a small sharp cry of both pain and surprise at the blow and a small trickle of urine squirted from her bare pussy splashing her thighs. Laura snapped the crop again, striking Dianna on the buttocks again, turning her skin a bright pink. Dianna again let out a sharp cry and more urine squirted out of her pussy and onto her thighs. As Dianna's pregnancy had progressed, she had found an increasing need to empty her bladder more frequently and less ability to control the flow of urine from her body. The sudden sting of the crop on her buttocks made it impossible to keep her bladder under control and she urinated in small squirts with each blow. As Laura continued to slowly and methodically strike her body, Dianna found herself urinating almost uncontrollably and soon the hot liquid was running down her legs and over the tops of her feet to form small puddles on the floor.

Laura continued to strike Dianna with the crop on her back and buttocks and the backs of her legs and calves. Soon her entire backside from ankles to neck was a bright pink. Tears flowed down Dianna's cheeks and onto her large breasts. Although Lisa and Candy had seen other slaves cropped, and had both been so punished, the sight of a pregnant woman being so mistreated had an instinctive chilling effect on them. Both slaves sat transfixed, horrified, as they silently and helplessly watched Dianna being whipped. Candy felt her abdomen empathetically twitch with each blow and she heard herself say, "Oh god, no! Please, please let it stop!"

Back in Alex's office, Prudence stood transfixed as she watched the pregnant slave girl absorb the blows from Laura's crop. Prudence had not seen Dianna before tonight, and although she knew about the pregnancy, actually seeing the reality was surreal, as if encountering a long dead historical figure or an extinct animal. Prudence stood fascinated by the young woman's body, its shape and the way she moved, even under her current restrictions. The Mistress of Zax therefore blinked in surprise, startled out of her revelry when Dianna suddenly cried out, "Please Mistress mercy! Mercy please, for the child's sake!"

Laura's crop stopped mid-blow at the out-burst from Dianna and after an almost unnoticeable pause, fell loosely to her side. All the women watching the scene, whether Mistress or slave, paused, as if frozen in time and space. Only Dianna's crying and Laura's heavy breathing could be heard in the absolute silence that had descended upon them. Manuela, who stood by Prudence in Alex's office, carefully studied Dianna's body as if looking for cracks in a china doll. After a minute she said, "She looks fine, but I would advise against continuing at this time."

Prudence nodded and conveyed the message to Laura, saying, "Release her and return her to her cell." Laura stepped forward and unfastened Dianna's hands and pulled the quietly sobbing slave from the cell. Lisa and Candy, who were both holding their breath, sighed, and began to breathe again. That night and the next day neither woman said much; both were too dazed by what had happened to Dianna and in shock at the thought of being pregnant. Candy and Lisa could not quite believe that they had been impregnated and would soon have a child growing inside them also.

Laura left the two slaves chained in their cell for the next week. She did not trust Lisa (and Candy for that matter) to behave and she wanted no problems. Laura would visit the two bound women three times a day, bringing them meals and changing their diapers. She would free them one at a time, attended to their needs and then secure them back on their bunks before leaving. The only consolation was that Laura secured them with longer chains so they could at least lie down on the thinly padded beds.

After five days, Laura noted the pink stains that appeared in both Lisa's and Candy's diapers during the morning changing. That afternoon instead of brining their lunch to the cell she unchanged both slaves and said, "Follow me." Lisa and Candy followed Laura in silence until they came to a small recreation room. Inside, seated at a table was the pregnant slave they had seen punished in their cell a few nights ago. Seated across from her was another slave wearing a short white tunic. The women looked up as Laura entered followed by Lisa and Candy. "Since you now share a common disposition, Mistress Alexandra has instructed that you be billeted together. However if any of you causes the least bit of trouble, you will be separated," said Laura. With that she turned and left the room.

During the previous week, Lisa and Candy had said little to each other. Both women had been traumatized by what had happened. Candy had recovered more quickly than Lisa and had tried to talk to her cellmate. But Lisa had not responded. Instead she just stared blankly at the cell door saying nothing. Candy noting the lack of response correctly deduced that Lisa had been severely impacted by what had been done to her and she attempted to provide her cellmate with some words of comfort, but to no avail. After a day or two she had given up. Lisa responded as an automaton, eating and drinking little, seeming to be consciously unaware of her surroundings.

Dianna had recovered quickly from her punishment. Within a day her skin had returned to normal and not even a bruise was to be found on her body. Phoebe had been pleasantly surprised by her companion's resilience and things had quickly returned to 'normal' for the two slaves. Both women had discussed Dianna's mistreatment and were shocked that Prudence would allow someone in her condition to be punished, but since Dianna seemed no worse for wear their argument seemed to lack substance. Their shock was chiefly due to the instinctive revulsion of harming a pregnant woman and the inherent desire to protect a female in this condition. Although no woman had been pregnant in more than a century, this was a mere blink of an eye on the evolutionary timescale. Even Prudence, Alex, and Laura, had been subconsciously affected by what had happened, although none consciously realized it.

Dianna, of course, had related to Phoebe what had transpired before her punishment and from her description, Phoebe had recognized that Lisa and Candy had most likely been impregnated. Although Phoebe did not know either slave personally, she had seen all the diapered slaves and knew who they were. The fact that Zax had impregnated two more of its precious diapered slaves was both interesting and troubling. Phoebe and Dianna had spent countless hours speculating on Dianna's pregnancy and almost all of the last few days discussing what had happened to Lisa and Candy. But neither had come close to guessing at its true significance. One thing was clear however, if Zax was behind it, it was well thought-out and planned, and little good would come of it, at least for them.

After Laura left the room, Phoebe and Dianna rose from their seats to greet the new comers. Phoebe said, "Hi, I'm Phoebe, and this is Dianna."

"Hello," said Candy nodding at the two women, "I'm Candy and this is Lisa." Candy appeared solemn, but genuinely happy to see Dianna and Phoebe. Lisa on the other hand stood staring blankly at her feet.

"Is she OK?" asked Phoebe looking at Lisa.

"I don't know," said Candy. "She's been like this ever since the night that...that Dianna was brought to our cell." Candy's hesitation provided Dianna and Phoebe with a clear indication that Candy had not completely come to terms with what had happened yet.

"Yes," said Phoebe understandingly. Taking Lisa by the arm she said, "Why don't you come over and sit down?"

"Thanks," replied Candy taking Lisa's other arm. Together the two women led Lisa to a chair, helping her to sit down. When the four women were all seated again, Candy said, "What's going on here?"

"We've been trying to figure that out ourselves," replied Dianna.

Candy looked at the young woman skeptically and said, "Well if you don't know, I guess we're really in trouble."

Phoebe said, "Well as you can clearly see she's pregnant, as I believe the both of you are."

Candy looked taken aback and said, "What makes you say that?"

"Dianna told me what happened in your cell several days ago. From her description, it sounds like you were also impregnated."

"Impossible!" said Candy, but the look on her face betrayed her doubts.

"Tell me," said Dianna, 'did you notice a pink stain in your diaper?"

"Yes..." replied Candy hesitatingly "This morning. There was also a blue stain the day we were... the day we were 'punished'".

"Raped," said Dianna.

Candy looked up startled and stunned. "Raped" she parroted.

"Yes raped," said Phoebe. "That's what they did to Dianna, though not in exactly the same way."

"How so?" inquired Candy, still startled. Even Lisa had looked up at the word 'rape', her eyes beginning to focus.

Dianna told Candy her story, how she had 'stolen' the gemstone, her trial, humiliation, and how she had been impregnated shortly after coming to the Castle. When she had finished, Candy said, "Damn, it all adds up, but why?"

"We've been trying to figure that out for the last five months," said Phoebe.

"It's that bitch, Prudence," said Lisa, startling everyone.

"What?" the other three women said in unison.

"It's got to be some plan of Prudence. Only she has the authority to do this. Katrina has to be behind this also," said Lisa.

The other women sat in stunned silence at the mention of Katrina's name. Everyone, even Dianna (now) knew who she was. An uneasy silence settled over the room. Finally, Candy said, "So you believe we are pregnant also?"

"Yes," said Dianna, leaving no doubt from the tone of her voice.

"Damn! Fucking god damn," said Lisa.

For once, even Candy agreed. "Yes," she repeated, "Damn!"

Chapter 8: Trojan Horse

Erin sat at the head of the large conference table in the great room. Seated to her right were Pam and June. Kelly sat across the large table opposite of June. The four women were discussing the latest message from Kirsten that arrived the day before. "Are you sure the translation is correct?" asked Erin.

"Yes, absolutely; I checked it by hand," said Pam. Pam had taken charge of sending and receiving messages from the Castle dungeon.

"But what can it mean?" asked Kelly "Some new method of punishment?"

"Possibly" said Erin, not really convinced. "Are we sure that the slave Rachel might not be mistaken? After all, Laura and Alex do like to put all kinds of unpleasant things in diapers."

"I don't think so," said Pam. "Kirsten clearly stated that Rachel saw blood and that Laura added a tampon to the changing procedure. And for seven days too; what else could it be? Lisa must have been menstruating."

Erin exhaled a long steady stream of air and conceded. "OK then. Let's assume that Zax has removed the usual supplements from the diets of the diapered slaves so that they will begin menstruating again. Why? Agreed it would make for a rather uncomfortable punishment. But it seems a lot of trouble and they are fooling around with the body chemistry of the slaves. It's probably not very risky, but there're easier and better punishments. Furthermore why the seclusion, isolation, secrecy, and so on? It seems a lot of bother just to punish some slaves; and why just the diapered slaves?"

"Maybe it's not for punishment," said June.

Erin and the others looked at her curiously. "How so?" said Erin.

"Well, resumption of menstruation is a pre-condition for reproduction. Married women frequently resume menstruating for a short time so that eggs can be harvested for fertilization. What if Zax was interested in harvesting some eggs from its slaves?"

"Interesting," said Erin "But why, and why only the diapered slaves?"

"Maybe they plan on selling them," ventured June. "Is there a market for eggs?"

"Yes," said Erin, "and it's quite lucrative." Just as in times past, infertility was a problem in the 24^th century. In addition, genetic engineering required a constant stock of raw materials. Since most women suspended their cycles, the supply of these materials was tight. "Let's suppose they want to sell the eggs. Why just use the diapered slaves?"

"Two reasons," said Kelly, putting her legal knowledge to work. "From a legal point of view, the diapered slaves have no rights what so ever. Therefore the eggs are the property of Zax. In addition you just can't sell genetic material. You need a license and the source of the material needs to be well documented and extracted using approved procedures."

"Well, that would explain everything," said June, "including the professor and equipment in the infirmary."

"Almost," said Erin. "There is still the question of why?"

"What do you mean?" asked Pam. "Clearly, it's for the revenue."

"Possibly," said Erin. "Although the revenue could be substantial, it would be small compared against Zax's other sources of income. Why risk the diapered slaves for a relatively small increase in revenue? It seems a lot of work for such a small gain."

"Maybe they need the revenue," said Kelly.

"Maybe, but not likely," said Erin. "I think we do have a good working hypothesis though. Let's do some more investigating. I'll look into the genetic material market. Kelly, look at the legal aspect more carefully. See if you can find out more about what's required to sell on the bio-market. Pam, send a message to Kirsten and let her know what we've come up with. See if she can confirm any of our ideas or even if she has some of her own. June, take a closer look at the professor. See if she has published anything recently; maybe we can get a lead there."

"OK', said Kelly, "I'm on it."

"Me too," said Pam getting up.

After Pam and Kelly left, June said, "I think we need to be careful about this, I have a bad feeling."

"How so?" said Erin.

"I don't know. I just don't trust Zax. If they find out we're looking into this, they might decide to do something."

Erin looked at the other woman for a moment and said, "Yes. Maybe you should get one of the girls to poke around on the net and see if anyone is watching us."

"Good idea," said June, "I'll have Stacy start working on it right away." Stacy was the group's net-guru. She spent most of her waking hours exploring the net and poking around. In primitive times she would have been called a 'hacker' but nowadays she was just known as a net-head.

"Perfect," Erin said.

"One other thing," said June, "what if someone is watching us?"

"I don't know," said Erin. "Let's just hope no one is".

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Katrina sat looking at Prudence, who had just finished providing a status report on Lisa, Candy, and Dianna. "We are on schedule and there have been no serious setbacks or problems up to this point," concluded Prudence.

"Good," said Katrina.

Prudence looked at the older woman and noted some reservation in her response. "You seem concerned Mistress," said Prudence after a few minutes.

"Sorry," said Katrina, "I was just thinking."

"Oh?" said Prudence.

"Yes. One of my agents has reported some unusual activity on the net. It might be nothing, but..." said Katrina trailing off.

"Unusual?" said Prudence, her eyebrows rising slightly.