The guard entered the room, he had taken off his black helmet and, unlike what Lotus had expected, it revealed a friendly face with a smile on it. "I'm sorry if I sounded a bit rude an hour ago." he said. "I didn't know you were refugees, and I must confess, I thought you were vagrants. For this, I humbly apologize."

When he had finished talking, Brianna started laughing. "Apology accepted. You must forgive my friend; she is not used to such formal language, let alone apologies." said Lotus, who managed to keep her laughter inside.

"It doesn't matter. Come, let me escort you to the Empress." he replied.

He walked out the door and they followed him. He walked through the corridor, back to where they had entered the palace, then went through the large doors in the middle and led them through a wide corridor with five armed guards on each side. At the end were more doors; when he opened one, a large room with three rectangular large dining tables was revealed. Lotus counted at least 50 chairs on each side of one table. At the end of the room, there were some wide steps which led to an elevated table with ten seats on each side. The guard walked up the steps. "You will dine with the Empress' most honored guests tonight." he said, pointing at the smaller table.

Behind the table were two more large doors. "Behind these doors, you will find the empress." said the guard. "As I'm not allowed in there, I must bid you farewell. When you are with the Empress, I must ask you to show her the proper respect." Then he turned around and walked away.

"N…now what?" asked a scared Brianna.

"I guess we go inside…" Lotus replied. She grabbed hold of the doorknob. Brianna kissed her quickly just before she opened the door.

Behind the door were two armed female guards. "Ah, there you are." said one of them. "The Empress is expecting you. She's currently getting dressed but you may wait for her by her throne." She pointed in the direction of the throne.

The room was beautifully decorated in gold and yellow. On each side of the throne, which appeared to be solid gold, were two large plants. On the walls, impressive paintings completed the splendor of the room. There were four other women in the room, they were topless yet veiled, probably her personal servants, Lotus thought. When they walked up to the throne, one of the women pointed at a large sofa which stood diagonally in front of the throne. "Please sit down." she said. "The Empress will be here shortly. Can I get you anything?"

Brianna, who probably wanted to appear distinguished, ordered a red wine. Lotus saw no need for that and ordered a double whisky on the rocks. She had never actually drank something on the rocks, but in books she had read the characters always drank it on the rocks. When she had received her drink, she lit a cigarette. She saw Brianna's glass was shaking in her hand. "Something wrong?" she asked.

"Oh no, it's nothing. I'm just a bit nervous." Brianna replied with a small tremble in her voice.

"Don't be silly, there's nothing to be worried about." she said, laying her hand on Brianna's leg. "If they wanted to harm us, they would have done it a long time ago."

Just as she had spoken these words, a door on the side of the room suddenly opened; startling Brianna, who nearly dropped her glass. A beautifully dressed woman of about 25 walked elegantly into the room. Her dress was gold and yellow, just like the room, tastefully elegant, but not extravagantly so. Lotus thought she had seen the same dress hanging in her closet. As the woman walked up to them, they rose from the sofa.

"Hello," the woman said cheerfully. "I am Empress Sharon the First. I hope you found your accommodations adequate?"

"They're very charming, but why have you brought us here?" answered Lotus, who was not in the mood for meaningless conversation.

"Ah," The Empress replied. "I see you're still in doubt as to whether my intentions are benign. I have brought you here because I want to know why you escaped and, of course, what the military situation in your region is."

She walked up to the throne and sat down. Lotus and Brianna sat down as well. "Why did you escape?" she asked.

"We wanted freedom." Lotus replied.

"Why?"

As an answer, Lotus put her arm around Brianna, who smiled at her.

"Oh, but that is not forbidden here." said the Empress, beckoning to one of the servants. The servant walked up to the Empress, who rose from her throne, embraced the servant and kissed her. The sight of the two women kissing excited Lotus; she tightened her grip around Brianna.

The Empress stopped kissing the servant and sent her away. "Is this forbidden where you come from?" she asked, wiping her mouth.

"Well, to be honest, I don't know, but I think so." Lotus replied. "I do remember a slave was executed once for saying he was gay, so we just didn't take any risks."

"I see." said the empress, turning her head towards Brianna. "And you, do you agree with what your girlfriend told me?"

"Y….yes, I guess so." answered Brianna nervously.

"I see you are uneasy. Come here, please." said the Empress.

Brianna rose and walked up to the Empress, who embraced and kissed her in the same way she had kissed the servant. Lotus thought she would be jealous, but instead the sight of her girlfriend being kissed by someone else excited her even more. Two of the servants, who probably couldn't take it any more, started kissing too. Lotus looked at the two guards and suddenly realized what a bizarre display all of this must be. She looked at the one remaining servant who hadn't seemed to have lost her mind. "Is this normal?" she whispered to the servant.

"Oh, yes." the servant answered. "Only very innocent compared to some of the things that have happened here."

"Is the empress some sort of nymphomaniac or something?"

"Well, I guess you could say that, but I wouldn't tell her so to her face."

"Just my luck…..fix me a rather large drink, will you?"

The servant walked away. Lotus decided she had just discovered another reason why the empress had brought them here.

Brianna came staggering back to the sofa and sat down. "You're a better kisser." she whispered with a smile on her face.

"I should hope so." Lotus replied, receiving the whisky from the servant.

The empress walked up to her. "Your girlfriend is quite the kisser." she said to Lotus "Would you like to kiss me?"

Lotus thought about what might happen if she declined; Sharon would probably turn on her and maybe even on Brianna. They had escaped from one prison only to be imprisoned by another in a few days. Well, there was nothing left to do but to accept the offer, but she was going to do it her way. She emptied her glass in one go and put it aside. She looked at the Empress for a few seconds, then suddenly rose from the sofa, embraced the empress tightly and rammed her tongue down her throat. The Empress, startled by the sudden kiss, waved her arms around, not knowing where to put them. When Lotus released her, she staggered a few steps backwards. Lotus looked at Brianna and saw she was having trouble hiding her laughter.

"Well, that was unusual." stammered Sharon. "It seems I have misjudged you. I will now return to my dressing-room; we dine in 30 minutes."

She left. Lotus lit a cigarette and looked at Brianna. "Seems to me we have a problem." she said.

"Why?" asked a puzzled Brianna.

"What do you think would have happened if I had refused to kiss her?"

"She would have gotten mad, I guess."

"And what do you think happens when an Empress gets mad?"

"My God, you're right, we're……we're supposed to become her….her sex slaves."

"Before you know it, we'll be walking around here, just like those servants."

"I don't want that; I wanted freedom."

"I think we should enjoy the ride until it gets unpleasant. You know, we're not certain of her intentions, although that is what they seem to be."

The servant who she had talked to earlier on walked up to her. "You acted very wisely. If you had not kissed her, she would have surely lost her mind. I've seen it happen before, you know; women who decline to kiss her are taken away and are never seen again. I didn't want to kiss her either, but I had heard the rumors so I wasn't going to take any chances."

"The other servants seem to like it here, though." said Lotus.

"Oh yes, they all feel like they're in love with her. I don't know why, they've probably just been here too long."

"I thought so. I didn't notice anything really out of the ordinary until those two servants over there started kissing; it looked really bizarre."

"That's nothing, you were lucky they kept their clothes on." The servant directed her attention at Brianna. "I would be careful if I were you; Sharon really seems to like you."

"Thank you." Brianna replied, looking worriedly at Lotus.

"Fix her something for her nerves, please." said Lotus to the servant. "And fix me one, too."

The servant walked away. Lotus thought again, then called her back and stretched her arm out towards her. "Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself."

"I can't shake your hand." The servant replied, nodding her head in the direction of the guards.

Lotus quickly pulled back her arm. "Sorry," she whispered. "I'm Lotus and this is Brianna."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Venus."

Venus walked over to the liquor cabinet. She really was a beautiful girl, assessed Lotus. She guessed her to be about 22, with awesome large round breasts and gorgeous firm legs. She had a few extra pounds around her waist though, but nothing worth mentioning. Topping it off, she had long blonde hair with what seemed to be natural curls in it.

Suddenly, Brianna softly punched her on the shoulder. "Don't look at her like that." she said, smiling.

"As if you weren't."

Venus returned with the drinks, winking at Lotus as she gave them to her. They spent the next few minutes in silence, enjoying their drinks and staring at all the beautiful decorations in the room, including their new-found friend. Suddenly the main doors opened and an older woman walked in the room. "Dinner is served."

They walked back into the overgrown dining room. The old lady guided them to their seats. Brianna was seated next to a chair which was somewhat prettier than the other chairs. Lotus, who realized that must be Sharon's chair, was seated next to Brianna. On her other side sat a giant of a man with a full beard and a face that was apparently scarred by life.

"So you're one of the Empress' new whores." he said scornfully to her.

She looked at him and wanted to insult him in return, but decided it would be wiser to hold her tongue. The Empress entered the room; everybody stood up and bowed their heads. As soon as she sat down, the servants started to bring in the food; whole pigs and chickens, large bowls of mashed potatoes, endless baskets of bread and large barrels of red wine to top it off . Lotus wasn't very hungry, only eating a little piece of chicken and some bread. Sharon kept talking to Brianna, who to replied all of her questions, but sometimes gave Lotus a glance which had "help me" written all over it. The feast went on for hours; Lotus spent most of her time looking at how disgusting her neighbor's eating habits were.

Suddenly a group of about 10 armed masked men ran into the dining room, firing their weapons in the sky. Lotus took a glimpse into the wide corridor and saw the guards were lying on the floor. The guards behind Sharon grabbed their weapons, but they were too late. One of the armed men shot them dead with his large pistol. He grabbed the Empress. "Anyone move and the bitch gets it!" he shouted. "You didn't think we'd let some whore run this country, did you?!"

He looked down at Sharon. "Prepare to die."

Lotus was about to explode from anger, though she had no idea why. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw one of the guards' guns lying on the floor. In one movement, she rolled off her chair, grabbed the gun and blew the man's brains all over the floor. The other guests, startled into action, rallied and soon overtook the rest of the armed assailants. Sharon was quickly escorted from the scene by newly arrived guards.

"It seems I have misjudged you." said the large man to Lotus. "My apologies for the remark I made."

"Apology accepted," she replied, "but next time I suggest you wait before you make any remarks of that nature."

The man started laughing. Other guests walked up to Lotus and congratulated her. She saw Brianna was smiling at her from outside the small crowd that surrounded her. Finally, when everybody was done congratulating her, she strolled over to Brianna. "Why in heaven's name did you do that?" Brianna said, smiling. "A few hours ago, you were scared to become her servant; all of a sudden, you save her life."

"Heroes don't become slaves." Lotus replied. "Nor do the hero's friends."

"You do of course realize you nearly gave me a heart attack."

Lotus started laughing, and so did Brianna. "Come on, let's go back our room." she said.

While they slowly walked towards the exit, Lotus was cheered by everyone they passed. When they had finally reached the door, she even got applause. She turned around and gave a small bow, much to the enjoyment of the crowd. They walked to the wide corridor, where industrious servants were already cleaning up the last puddles of blood. At the corner, a woman addressed her. Lotus saw it was the same woman who told them dinner was served. "The empress is very grateful for what you did," she said. "she can't see you now because she is still in shock, but she will be delighted to receive you tomorrow afternoon, around three o'clock."

"Fine with me." Lotus replied.

"Good, I'll sent someone to escort you to her at that time then." The woman made a small bow and was quickly on her way again.

"You see," Lotus said to Brianna. "heroes don't become slaves."

When they were in their room again, Lotus sat down heavily on her bed and took off her shoes and jeans, which had proven to be extremely uncomfortable. She fixed herself a drink and lit a cigarette. She looked at Brianna and saw she had taken off her dress and was wearing nothing but her panties and a short tank top.

"You know, I was scared to death when the empress kissed me…" said Brianna.

"Why was that?" Lotus asked. "Not because of me, I hope?"

"No…no, not because of you. It's just that when she kissed me it really excited me, you know."

"I know, at first it turned me on, too, but when the servants started kissing, it just got too bizarre."

"Yeah, I saw them too, but to be honest……"

"What, they turned you on, too?" Lotus said, now getting a bit concerned.

"Well….well, yes, actually...just thinking about it……" said Brianna, who started looking at her in a very suspicious way.

"Oh no, not now. I just want to get drunk and go to sleep. If you want to have a party by yourself, you're welcome, but I am definitely not in the mood." With these words, Lotus emptied her glass.

"Aw, you're always getting drunk. Can't we do what I want, just for once?"

"You can do whatever you want as long as it doesn't involve me."

"Fine." said Brianna and spread her legs.

Lotus turned her head away and focused her attention on the whisky bottle. She heard Brianna get up from the bed and put on some clothes, then she heard her walk to the door and opened it. "You know at times like this, I really hate you." Brianna said and slammed the door behind her.

Lotus took a large swig from the bottle and fell backwards on the bed. She closed her eyes and tried to clear her mind. Suddenly someone knocked on the door. "Come in!" she yelled without opening her eyes.

"Hi, are you OK?" she heard Venus say. The voice startled her and she suddenly felt butterflies in her stomach. She quickly rose from the bed and unsuccessfully tried to fix her hair.

"Did I startle you?" asked Venus innocently.

"No!…..no," She replied nervously. "It's just I didn't expect it to be you."

"Why, were you expecting someone?"

"No, no…. I just thought it would be another idiot who wanted to congratulate me."

"Well, then I'm an idiot." Venus replied, smiling.

"No…no, that's not what I meant." Lotus replied, scared that Venus would be insulted and would leave her. She saw Venus was smiling at her and her panic went away. She looked at Venus, who was wearing black jeans and a white blouse. Since she wasn't wearing a bra, Lotus could see her breasts quite clearly, which aroused Lotus greatly.

"I was coming over to congratulate you, but when I passed your friend, I could see she was angry." Venus said. "When I said hi, all I got back was a muffled 'shut up.'."

"Yes, we had a small argument."

"About what, dare I ask?"

"Well, apparently the whole situation had….uh….had...."

"Made her as horny as a toad?"

"That's one way to put it." Lotus said, giggling a little. "Anyway, then she wanted….uh.."

"Sex." said Venus very confidently.

"Well, yes. Anyway, I told her to go right ahead if she wanted to and I guess she took it literally."

Venus slowly approached until there was only a minimum amount of space between their lips. "And you didn't want……..sex." she said and moved her lips against Lotus'.

Lotus felt Venus' tongue playing with hers; it felt warm and…..and so good. Venus slowly removed her blouse while they were kissing and pushed her breasts against Lotus. She skillfully removed Lotus' blouse and then her bra. They stopped kissing and Venus felt Lotus' breasts with her hand. It all felt so good, only Lotus suddenly realized it was so wrong . She'd never had sex with Brianna, or anyone else for that matter. She slowly pushed Venus away. "I can't, it's….it's wrong, it's…."

"Shhhhh." Venus interrupted softly. "It's OK, I understand."

"I would really appreciate it if you…if you went away now.."

"I knew this was too good to be true." Venus said softly to her with a smile on her face. She put her blouse back on and walked up to the door. "If you ever need me or……want me, you know where to find me."

Lotus didn't reply and listened to sound of the closing door in silence. She picked up the bottle and took a couple of big swigs, then laid down on the bed.

Lotus awakened. She looked at Brianna's bed, but it was empty and it didn't look like someone had slept on it. She looked at the clock which stood on a small table in the corner of her room. Damn, it was already half past one, someone was going to take her to Sharon in just an hour and a half. She got up from the bed and lit a cigarette. She started to walk around the room a bit, to get rid of her sleepiness. She plucked the whisky bottle up from the floor and took a couple of swigs. She didn't dare to be sober when she met Sharon. She thought about Venus and why she had turned her down. She decided she wanted to give Brianna another chance, though if Brianna really wanted to become on of Sharon's perverted servants, there was little she could do to stop her.

At quarter past two, Lotus decided that there was no way she was going to dress up. She picked up her old uniform and put it on. She strolled up to the liquor cabinet and opened a bottle of vodka; time for a change, whisky was starting to bore her. She sat down on the bed and took a few swigs. The vodka tasted disgusting. She lit another cigarette and enjoyed it with her eyes closed. It was one of the few pleasures she had left, and she was determined to cherish it. She flung the cigarette at an ashtray and looked at the clock. Five to three it said. She closed her eyes hoping no one would knock at her door. At exactly three o'clock she heard a loud knocking on her door. "Damn" she said quietly.

Lotus wandered up to the door and opened it to find herself staring directly into Venus' smiling face. As Venus was topless again, she couldn't help but look at her breasts. "Hi," said Venus cheerfully "I'm here to escort you to the Empress."

"Zippedidooda." Lotus whispered in reply, still focusing her attention on the large breasts, playfully swaying up and down in front of her eyes.

"What?"

This brought Lotus back to reality. "Never mind." she said "Let's just get it over with."

Venus gently took her by the arm and started their journey to the throne room. "I see you didn't dress up." she said.

"Nah, didn't bother to."

"Doesn't matter, you look more beautiful to me like you do now, anyway."

"Let's just hope Sharon doesn't feel the same way."

Venus reached into Lotus' uniform and felt one of her breasts over. Lotus let her get away with it. "You didn't even bother to put on a bra!" she gasped.

"Nah, didn't want her to have to go to the trouble to order me to take it off."

"You know, most people would be honored, or at least pleased, to be invited by the Empress."

"If I was like most people, I would have killed myself years ago."

"Come on, cheer up. I don't like her any more than you do, but you don't see me walking around all day feeling sorry for myself."

By this time they had reached the door to the throne room. "If you change your mind," said Venus, "the offer still stands."

Lotus didn't reply and opened the door. She looked right into Brianna's eyes, who quickly turned her face away in shame. Lotus couldn't believe her eyes; she was already wearing the same clothes as the other servants. "I wanted to tell you, but I didn't know how." whispered Venus in her ear.

"That's OK," she replied. "better for me to have found out this way."

"Come in, come in." yelled Sharon, who was already topless too.

"Goddamn, she doesn't take much time now, does she?" she whispered to Venus.

"She never does." replied Venus with a smile on her face.

"Why the hell are you smiling?" she whispered as they were slowly walking towards Sharon.

"Self-defense," Venus replied. "If she catches you looking anything but happy, all hell breaks loose."

Lotus quickly faked a smile, but it didn't look very convincing. Sharon walked up to her and took her by both hands. "I want to thank you for yesterday, though I feel I must say you probably risked your life for nothing. My guards were fully capable of handling the situation, but since you did intervene, I will reward you."

"Thank you." Lotus said, faking a smile and suppressing her anger. My guards were fully capable…The bitch, she should have just let her die.

"As a reward," Sharon went on. "you will have the honor of joining your friend at my side."

Lotus staggered backwards a few steps, trying to realize what Sharon had just said. How could she? She had saved her life and now…..and now she wanted her to become her slave! No! No way. She slowly got her act together again. "As much as…."

"Shhhhh," Interrupted Sharon the First. "I know you are overcome with joy."

Lotus felt the anger and rage flowing through her veins. How dared she! How dared…..she. She realized there was nothing she could do. If she didn't obey Sharon's every wish, she would surely be executed. Sharon now pointed at Brianna. "Come here." She barked. "Take her into the dressing room and clothe her in the proper way."

Brianna took Lotus by the arm, looking at the ground as she did. "Wait." said Sharon suddenly. "Come here, my child."

Brianna obeyed and walked up to her. "You really are a beautiful addition to my….. staff." she said, touching Brianna's bosom. Lotus was disgusted by the whole display. How could Brianna do such a thing?

Sharon kissed Brianna like one would kiss a trophy; Brianna seemed to enjoy it, too. "I hope you'll be in better spirits now your friend has joined you."

Brianna nodded and walked towards Lotus. "I'm sorry…." Brianna whispered to her as she took her by her arm and led her into the dressing room.

How could you?" she asked Brianna when the doors were closed behind them.

"I wanted….. you……" Brianna softly replied, a tear running over one of her cheeks.

"Did you have sex with her?"

"Yes, but…." Brianna answered, looking to the ground.

"And did you enjoy it?" Lotus interrupted.

"Yes…." Brianna whispered in reply.

"Then you truly belong here." Lotus stated.

Brianna started to cry. "Why does everything I touch turn to shit?" she sobbed, looking at Lotus as if Lotus had the answer.

Lotus suddenly felt a wave of compassion flow over her. She embraced Brianna and kissed her on the forehead. "Everything is going to be alright. Tonight when she sleeps, we'll escape."

She put on the outfit and noticed Brianna was still sobbing. "Come on, stop crying." she said. "If Sharon sees you've been crying, she'll want to know why."

Brianna quickly wiped away her tears. "Let's go back in," Lotus said. "or she will get suspicious."

The two women walked back into the cursed throne room. Sharon was…..busy with Venus and two of the other servants were at it too. Brianna started looking at Lotus in a way she didn't like. "Control your goddamn emotions." She whispered to her, knowing what the look implied. They walked up to the liquor cabinet and lit a cigarette. Lotus made herself and Brianna a drink. "Here." she said, handing Brianna her drink. "Concentrate on this."

Lotus walked over to a pile of cushions and sat down on them. Brianna stood by the liquor cabinet looking at her drink. Her hand started trembling and some of the whisky spilled over the sides. She looked at Lotus with despair in her eyes. Lotus realized she had lost her. Brianna walked up to her and kissed her. She pushed Brianna away.

"If….if you won't, someone else will." Brianna said.

"Fine with me." Lotus replied.

Brianna walked, almost ran towards one of the other servants and started kissing her. Where did it all go wrong? Was Brianna no better than all the rest of the people in this cursed world? Saddened by this thought, Lotus walked up to the liquor cabinet again and grabbed an unopened bottle of whisky. She walked back and sat down again. She looked around the room as she turned the bottle cap. She was the only one in the room besides the guard who wasn't making love in some way or another. She felt like she could cry, but decided to drink away her tears instead. Venus, who had lost Sharon's interest, walked up to Lotus, sat down next to her and started fondling her breasts. "I'm really sorry for you, you know." she said to Lotus.

"Go fuck yourself." Lotus replied, pushing Venus' arm away.

"Too late, Sharon already made me do that this morning."

To Lotus' disgust, Sharon joined Brianna and the other servant. "This really is beyond bizarre, this just isn't sane, this is….this is just so…..so unreal." she whispered to herself. "Yeah, unreal. This is all just a bad dream. A bad dream."

"You know, you're starting to lose it." said Venus, who had overheard her.

Venus started to stroke her cheeks; Lotus pushed her arms away again and got up from the floor. She looked at Brianna, who was screaming with pleasure, and then focused her attention on the two guards. One of them was reading a book, the other stared at the immoral feast with lust in her eyes. Lotus saw her chance and figured it might be the only one she would get. She walked up to the excited guard and kissed her. The other guard looked up from her book for a moment and started shaking her head in contempt. The guard Lotus kissed laid her weapon aside and looked at Sharon. Lotus looked at her, too. Sharon was nodding her head with a big smile on her face. The guard looked at her with lust in her eyes and started to undress. When she bent over to take off her dress, Lotus saw her opportunity. She grabbed the weapon, aimed at the back of the head of the lustful guard and discharged the weapon. The woman immediately fell to the ground; a puddle of blood quickly starting to form around her head. Lotus pointed her weapon at the other guard, who had frozen and was looking at her with despair in her eyes. She grabbed the guard's weapon from her and pushed her to the ground. She pointed both her weapons at Sharon. "Prepare to die, bitch!" she shouted.

"No!" yelled Brianna, shielding Sharon.

Lotus wasn't even surprised by this; she flung the ammo belt the dead guard had already taken off around her shoulder and slowly started walking backwards to the doors. "Hear this, bitch." She shouted at Sharon. "You're going to die--maybe not right now, but you're going to die!"

With these words, she turned around and opened the doors. Guards were already running out of the wide corridor. She raised both her weapons and fired them simultaneously. The guards quickly hit the floor. She looked to the left, saw a small door and ran to it, still firing both her weapons. She kicked in the door the moment she ran out of ammo. She ran through a small dark corridor until she came to some stairs. She ran up the stairs and to her joy, found a window at the top. She looked out of the window and heard the guards approaching her. She quickly broke the glass by throwing one of her weapons through it. Lotus looked out the window; it was only six feet to the ground. She jumped out of the window and hurt one of her knees. She saw a jeep and quickly limped towards it. She jumped into the jeep and saw the driver was Kyle. "Drive!" she said.

A guard started firing from the window; more came running to the front doors. The boy, who looked scared to death, quickly started the jeep and pushed the gas pedal to the floor. He was so nervous the car swirled from left to right and he ran over a dog. When he had been driving for a few minutes, Lotus stopped pointing her weapon at him. "You don't have to be afraid," she said. "As long as you do what I say, you won't get hurt. Now slow down and look like everything is OK."

"Where…..where do you want me to take you?" Kyle asked with a trembling voice.

"Go north." she replied. "Yes, go north."

They had been driving for an hour when suddenly the car started slowing down and gradually came to a stop. "What's up?" she asked Kyle.

"Out of--out of fuel." he replied in a panicky voice, looking at her breasts.

All of a sudden, five horsemen came dashing from the forest. Lotus quickly grabbed her weapon, but she was too late; one of the horsemen hit her over the head with a large blunt object and all went black before her eyes.

To Be Continued...