Rage Against The Machine: Special Edition (Dan & Chloe Book 1)

by Flamank, Nathan L.

  Chloe stopped on the threshold to the room. Rufus looked at Chloe in concern as she froze on the spot, he realised that Chloe would be able to see Grace and he started to move towards Chloe, ready to push her in to the room but she surprised him yet again when she turned to face him and said ‘Don’t you want me Rufus?’

  Rufus shook his head, ‘What?’ He was confused by her words.

  Chloe stepped closer to Rufus, his back was to the stairs and Chloe ran her hands down his chest, he saw the purse now clamped in her armpit but he took no notice of it. ‘I thought you wanted me.’

  ‘I do.’

  Chloe’s hands reached his pubic hair and his cock jerked in anticipation. Her fingers gently ran up his length and he shuddered knowing that he was about to orgasm and she’d only touched him!

  ‘Then why have you got a prostitute in there?’

  ‘A what?’

  He didn’t know what was going on; he could feel his orgasm about to explode forth.

  Chloe stepped back, letting go of him and said, ‘Thank fuck for that.’

  ‘What?’ He managed and then something connected with the back of his skull and he was falling forwards, the concrete floor rushing up to meet him as darkness enveloped him. He was out cold before he even hit the floor.

  Chloe collapsed back against the wall and panted heavily. ‘Jesus, that was too close for comfort.’

  When she had realised that Rufus had intended to push her in to the room her acting skills went up a notch and she decided then and there that she would do whatever it took to stay outside of that cellar. Touching his cock had been the last resort but then she had seen Dan looming large and knew that everything was going to be okay. She winced as the shotgun’s stock connected with Rufus’ head and she smiled as he dropped to the ground like a felled oak.

  Chloe stepped in to Dan’s arms and he felt her shivering beneath him, and he didn’t think it was because she was cold. He kissed the top of her head. ‘Told you it would work.’

  Dan laughed, ‘I’ll never doubt you again.’

  ‘I knew if he got me in there then it would be over, there’s a girl in there, she might be dead.’

  Dan stepped back and looked at Chloe closely, ‘Are you going to be okay?’

  ‘Nothing a shower won’t sort. Sorry if you saw me touching him.’

  ‘Hey, you did what you had to.’

  Chloe nodded and looked down at the body of Rufus.

  ‘Now what?’ She asked.

  Dan handed the shotgun to Chloe and stepped over Rufus’ prone body, he reached down and grabbed one of Rufus’ hands and dragged him in to the cellar. Rufus’ body was half turned and Dan noted the monster still had a raging erection. He looked at Chloe as she held the shotgun against her naked body.

  ‘We’ll get your clothes in a minute.’

  Chloe stepped in to the cellar, ‘I’m okay, what about her.’ Chloe motioned at the naked girl on the bed. She couldn’t have been any older than sixteen or seventeen.

  Dan left Rufus and checked on the girl, he instantly knew she was dead; a foul liquid stench came from the girl’s groin and he knew that her bowels had loosed at the moment of death. Her neck had been broken cleanly; Rufus was obviously a strong man, it wasn’t easy to break someone’s neck despite what the movies said. Dan pulled a sheet over the girl’s lifeless body and shook his head at Chloe.

  ‘God knows what he’s done to her, how long she’s been down here?’ Chloe said.

  Dan nodded and looked around the room, he quickly saw what he needed and picked up a roll of silver duct tape. He kicked Rufus on to his front and quickly bound the man’s hands with tape. For good measure he also wrapped several layers around Rufus’ ankles; he wouldn’t be going anywhere.

  There was a small pool of blood around Rufus’ head and Dan checked for a pulse.

  ‘Who cares if the sick fuck’s dead?’

  Dan looked up at Chloe, ‘I do, this motherfucker’s got a reckoning coming to him,’ he felt a strong pulse in Rufus’ throat, ‘He has a lot to answer for.’

  Dan stood up and looked at the cameras trained on the bed; he could see their little green lights still flashing. He dreaded to think what he’d see if he pressed playback.

  Chloe stood by the bed and pulled the sheet down the girl’s body, she could see severe bruising, there was a lot of blood and she could tell the girl had endured hell at the hands of Rufus.

  ‘Cover her up baby.’

  Chloe nodded and once more let the sheet hide the horror beneath.

  Dan took Chloe in his arms and kissed her forehead, ‘What have we gotten ourselves in to?’

  ‘I don’t know but whatever it is it can’t be good.’

  Dan brushed some loose strands of hair from her forehead and said, ‘We should head upstairs, I’ll go get the car, there must be a remote for the gates, you need your clothes.’

  Chloe nodded, ‘I need a shower first; I feel infected.’

  ‘Come on, you go shower whilst I get the car.’

  ‘And him?’ She indicated Rufus.

  Dan smiled, ‘Oh I’m just getting started with him.’ At those words a shiver of fear shot up Chloe’s spine.

  He escorted her up the stairs and Chloe for the first time realised how scary Dan could be, perhaps they needed to talk about their pasts sooner than she thought. She wasn’t afraid of Dan, she never would be, but she needed to know things.

  ‘Dan?’

  Dan stopped in the foyer and looked at Chloe, ‘I know.’

  Chloe smiled, ‘Know what?’

  ‘That you have questions, about my past right?’

  Chloe laughed. ‘It’s just, down there I saw a different you.’

  Dan looked concerned, ‘And you didn’t like it.’

  Chloe embraced Dan and kissed him, ‘No, no, you misunderstand; likings got nothing to do with it, I just want to know.’

  Dan bit his lip, now wasn’t the time for his life story, there was too much to do.

  ‘Let’s just say I’ve seen and done things.’

  ‘And that’s why Terry’s so afraid of you.’

  Dan laughed, ‘You noticed that?’

  ‘Yeah,’ Chloe replied.

  ‘That’s something else entirely, but once, a long time ago I wasn’t so different from Terry.’

  ‘And then you changed?’

  ‘And then I changed.’

  ‘And now you’re worried that the old you might be coming back?’

  Dan smiled sadly, ‘He never really went away.’

  Chloe nodded and kissed him lightly on the mouth, ‘When we’re away from here we’ll have a talk.’

  ‘Agreed.’

  Chloe cupped his face in her hands, ‘I love you Dan; nothing will ever change that fact okay?’

  ‘Okay.’

  ‘Good, now go get the car, I don’t like being naked, not here.’

  Dan came back in to the mansion; the Ferrari was parked outside the front door, facing the drive lest they needed to make a hasty escape. He carried a suitcase in one hand and Chloe’s mobile in the other. He looked up at the central staircase and Chloe was walking down the stairs; she was totally naked, water from the shower ran from her body in tiny rivulets and she carried her stockings and heels in her left hand, the pistol in her right.

  Chloe stopped in front of him and in her bare feet he realised, and not for the first time that she was so small, and despite her bluster, she looked fragile, like a strong wind could blow her away. She took the case from him and quickly opened it, ‘I couldn’t use his towels; it was bad enough stepping in his shower.’ Chloe quickly found a white vest and a black skirt, it was very short but it was the best she could do. She pulled the clothes on over her naked body and Dan, despite everything, couldn’t help but stare at her ass as she was bent over before him rummaging through the case. Chloe looked up over her shoulder and caught him staring at her buttocks, which were still pretty much on show despite the small strap of a skirt she now wore.

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sp; ‘Sorry.’

  Chloe managed a smile. ‘That’s okay, it’s just around here everything makes me feel dirty, know what I mean?’

  Dan nodded his head.

  ‘When we’re away from here and I’ve spent a month in a bath of near-boiling water then you can do whatever you like to me.’

  ‘A month?’ He said with a lopsided grin.

  ‘Figure of speech.’

  Chloe put her heels and stockings in the case and then closed it up. She stood up, ‘Now what?’

  Dan led her to the kitchen, and he noticed that she had lost her usual hip-shaking swagger; the events of the last hour had obviously affected her, and he couldn’t blame her. Dan also noticed how she held on to the pistol, down at her side; ready to be used if she had to.

  ‘Rufus isn’t getting free.’

  Chloe looked at the pistol and shrugged.

  Dan started to open kitchen cupboards, looking for something and Chloe said, ‘What are you looking for?’

  Dan found what he was seeking in a kitchen unit near the sink.

  ‘This,’ he held up a blue plastic toolbox, the kind to be found in most houses.

  ‘What do you need that for?’ Chloe asked, but deep down she knew.

  ‘I’m going to get the answers we came here for.’

  ‘What do you want me to do?’

  Dan opened the massive American style fridge and took out a two litre bottle of mineral water. He then headed back out to the foyer and Chloe had to rush to keep up with him.

  ‘I’m going back downstairs, while I’m gone search this place and see if you can find anything that may be of interest to us, there’s bound to be something hidden away somewhere.’

  Chloe nodded, ‘I can d that,’ she touched his arm and said, ‘Anything in particular to watch out for?’

  Dan shrugged, ‘Answers, clues, I’m not really sure to tell the truth, but I’ve got to go back down there and I want you to stay up here, no matter what you may hear you don’t come down, okay?’

  Chloe nodded.

  ‘Promise?’

  Chloe managed a proper smile and crossed her fingers over her chest, ‘Cross my heart.’

  Dan gave her a gentle kiss on the side of her mouth and without saying another word disappeared down in to the darkness of the cellar.

  Chloe shivered, she hated this place, she wanted to be outside with the sun on her face but Dan had given her a job to do so she tucked the pistol in to the rear of her skirt; the metal was cold against her bare rump. She walked down the hallway to the right of the front door and opened the door to the first room she came across.

  It was a living room, nicely decorated and furnished, looking around the room she saw nothing that would reveal to the world the sick bastard that Rufus really was. The room could have been in her parents’ house. Chloe stopped at a side unit made of expensive exotic wood and she saw several pictures in solid silver frames. Rufus was in most of them, smiling with a woman, maybe his sister? They had similar features. In another picture she saw Rufus again with the woman, but there was also a man with them and the woman was holding the man’s hand. Her husband maybe? In another picture she saw the same couple, but in place of Rufus was an attractive young girl, probably about fifteen when the photo was taken; she appeared full of life and maybe a hint of mischief. Chloe started to move away but did a double take and looked closer at the girl and she realised that the girl in the photo was now lying dead downstairs. ‘My God, you poor thing,’ Chloe said as she traced a finger lightly across the girl’s features.

  Chloe turned away and quickly crossed the room to an expensive looking bureau; she opened its drawer and almost dropped it out of the bureau on to the floor as the first agonising screams filled the house. She hadn’t expected for sound to carry so well and she shivered again. It wasn’t Dan’s voice crying out and she smiled bitterly as she tried to imagine what was going on down there in that room. She found it hard to concentrate on the contents of the drawer as the screams grew in intensity and she was a little concerned to note that he nipples had grown hard in the last few moments and she didn’t know what that might signify and most of her didn’t want to think about it too much either.

  Dan kicked Rufus on to his back; he was relieved to see that the man’s erection had gone away. Dan upended the opened bottle of water over Rufus’ face and watched as the man began to cough and splutter as he came round. He tossed the empty bottle aside and watched Rufus begin to struggle at his bonds. Dan took the mobile from his pocket and dialled a long remembered number.

  Terry answered on the second ring, ‘Dan?’

  ‘We made it Terry.’

  ‘Good, now what?’

  Dan looked in to the eyes of Rufus and smiled savagely, ‘You know anyone that’ll fuck anything with a heartbeat?’ Dan was pleased to see the fear in Rufus’ eyes as comprehension dawned. Rufus opened his mouth to speak but Dan kicked him in the ribs hard and shook his head at Rufus.

  Terry took a while to answer but finally said, ‘Yes, I know some people.’

  ‘Good, send them up here, immediately, do whatever you have to.’

  ‘Are you sure Dan?’

  ‘Yes,’ Dan said and quickly looked around the room; the fucked-up art, the video cameras and the form of the body beneath the sheet, ‘I’m sure.’

  ‘Dan, do you think God will forgive us for the things we’ve done and are about to do?’

  ‘After what I’ve seen here, yeah, I just think he might.’

  ‘Okay then, I’ll get it arranged, expect them as soon as.’

  ‘No problem, I’ve got a lot of work to do here before they turn up anyways.’

  Dan ended the call and slipped the phone in to his back pocket; he opened the toolbox and picked up a Stanley knife. Dan clicked the blade out from the handle and looked directly down at Rufus.

  ‘You dumb fuck motherfucker; this is what happens when you reawaken a monster.’ His voice was cold and calm and clinical and Dan could see the abject fear in Rufus’ eyes. He smiled down at Rufus.

  ‘You really fucked up this time; now let’s talk.’

  A sudden silence descended on the house and Chloe turned from the door to the patio when she heard Dan shout out her name.

  ‘Coming,’ she called back and hurried through the house to Dan.

  She found him in the foyer once more, he was drenched in blood up to the elbows and he had such a look of despair on his face that she didn’t pause for a second, she ran in to his embrace and kissed him passionately. They broke apart and Chloe looked up in to his eyes. ‘It’s okay baby, you did what needed doing.’

  There was transferred blood smudged across her vest and Chloe just smiled, ‘I’ll throw it out when we’re safely away from here.’

  Dan nodded and walked in to the kitchen. Chloe followed him and watched as he ran his hands under the hot taps washing away the blood.

  Dan scrubbed hard at the blood beneath his nails with a small wire brush and said, ‘We have people on the way.’

  ‘Who are they?’

  ‘It’s best you don’t know, I mean that.’ Dan looked over his shoulder at Chloe and saw her rubbing blood from the upper slopes of her breasts with some kitchen towels.

  ‘Sorry.’

  Chloe smiled, ‘Don’t be, so did you learn anything?’

  ‘I learned everything; I know everything there is to know. The girl is his niece; Grace.’

  ‘I thought as much, I found a photograph of her.’

  ‘Sick cunt!’

  ‘There’s nothing here Dan, not that I could find anyway, it’s like a normal person’s house, knickknacks, family photos, nice furnishings.’

  Dan nodded. His hands were beginning to burn from the scolding hot water and Chloe reached in and switched the taps off. His hands looked clean but she wondered if they ever really would be.

  ‘It’s all downstairs in that torture chamber; pictures, videos, diaries, everything, he’s catalogued every atrocity.’

  Chloe t
ook his hands in hers and gently dried them with more kitchen towels.

  ‘He raped her?’

  ‘Repeatedly, he’s had her down there for at least a day; he even said she grew to enjoy it.’

  ‘Fucker!’

  ‘There’s more, it’s not just him, there are others, a brotherhood of men he called them. All looked over by some man they all call Father; Rufus believes that this Father-figure is God’s emissary on earth, as if God would have any hand in what went on down there.’

  ‘What are we going to do?’

  Dan put his hands on Chloe’s shoulders and looked her in the eyes. ‘I know what I’m going to do; I’m going to bring them all down, one by one, with my own two hands if I have to. I can’t just walk away, not now, not after everything I’ve learned. They’re all over the world. I have names, email addresses, everything.’

  ‘What about the police?’

  ‘We can’t go to the law, even some of them are involved, it goes right to the top, CO’s of multinational companies, ministers, police commissioners. They’re all infected and they need to be stopped.’ Dan sighed. ‘But you need to get out, to leave and not look back.’

  It happened so quickly that Dan staggered backwards as Chloe’s open hand connected with furious force against the side of his face.

  ‘I’m going to be right next to you,’ she screamed. ‘We’re in this together; it’s as simple as that, you get me?’

  Dan rubbed his cheek, ‘Jesus Chloe, these men are bad, really bad, and I couldn’t live if anything happened to you.’

  Chloe slapped him again, this time on the other side of his face.

  ‘Together!’ She said forcefully.

  Dan rubbed both cheeks now, he smiled at her despite everything, ‘And what if I still say no?’

  Chloe laughed, ‘I’ve still got a gun.’