I am Baaack! Part 13

Joyce nodded, and as the van stopped at the rear entrance, she, Rose and Steve jumped out. Rose started to run ahead, but Joyce grabbed her collar and stopped her. Rose wheeled on her. "If they've hurt Dainie."

"I know, honey," Joyce soothed, "but you can't help her if you get lost; you need to stay with us." Rose visibly pulled herself together, and nodded.

Steve, who had come up alongside the two, looked at Joyce in amazement. "When the Hell did you become one of Charlie's Angels!?" He shook his head. "I knew you could make 'em beautiful, but where did you learn to make 'em dead?!"

Joyce smiled at him. "Long story, Steve, long story." The smile vanished. "Let's go!"

Chapter 22: Day of the Dead

About twenty minutes before Jessica's frantic phone call had reached Joyce, Lou and Ed entered the lobby of the hotel housing the Whip and Cuff Club. They had used the time on the bus to utilize the things taken from Vaingirls. Badly needed temporary repairs had made them fairly presentable, although not up to their usual standard of immaculate feminine grooming. As they exited the elevator on the 16th floor, they immediately encountered Jack. He was seated in a chair next to the emergency stairway entrance. He was wearing earphones, and had his shotgun across his lap. Lou and Ed had known Jack for years, and knew that when the double-barrel was out, serious shit was going down.

"Hey, Santa," Lou smiled at him. "Why the hardware?"

"Dr. Adkins and a couple of friends are one flight down, talking to Stella," Jack answered. "It seems Dr. Adkins thinks Stella's had enough of the abuse she's been taking these last couple of years, and is going to remove the tickling control. I'm offering her a job here at the club as a domme, but who knows how she'll take things. The doctor's got a lady Marine with her, but she's also got a BIG little girl with her - if you catch my meaning - sweet girl, seemed like she was really about six and scared but trying to be brave, too. I wouldn't want anything to happen to her, so I decided I'd be backup, just in case."