CHAPTER 4: The Mohan (Part 2)

-     "Umm… excuse me?... ma'am?... is sumercé alright?"

It's been 2 days since the Mohan brought this woman to his lair. She was unconscious and has remained in this state without any change.

  -     "She's probably dead" – says a woman behind me.

  -     "Wait, what?! That monster brought us a dead woman?! What for?" – says another one in a corner of the jail.

  -     "M-Maybe he wants us to feed on her. We haven't eaten anything in days." – says a little girl.

  -     "He's still mad for not letting him kissing us… *sobs*… We're going to die!"

  -     "Maybe if we just take a bite on her, he will give us proper food. You know? Maybe this is a little test. You know how messed up this monster is."

  -     "She's not dead" – I reply – "She's breathing normally since she was brought here. I bet this was done by the Mohan's tobacco. You know how strong that thing is. Maybe she was overexposed to the smoke"

  -     "Great" -replies angrily another woman – "He doesn't feed us in days and still brings another wife. How many with this one? 10 so far?"

My name is Ofelia. Until last week, I was having a normal and peaceful life alongside my parents when I was kidnapped by that monster and brought here to, and I quote: "being part of his harem". The other women with me have been locked for a longer time. They told me this creature has been kidnaping women from their town and forcing them to be his wives for years now, and when they don't accept, he tortures them to break both their bodies and mind… what an awful creature he is. If my parents were here, they would give him a lesson.

  -     "We need to wake her up. 2 days sleeping is way too much." – I say – "She may look fine now, but if she continues like this, she could be in actual danger."

  -     "No, leave her alone!" – replies another woman – "We barely receive food nowadays and now we have another mouth to feed? No, thanks!... besides, is better for her if she dies. She wouldn't have to live this hell."

  -     "Ohhhh no, no, no, no. This woman is way too precious for me." – says a voice coming from the darkness outside the jail – "… more precious than all of your worthless lives together."

From the darkness, The Mohan emerges. The disgusting creature sees us through the bars and exhales more smoke from his tobacco while he shows his horrible grin. Naturally, all women, in absolute horror, pull back from the bars until the moss-filled wall. I'm really scared as well, but I can't leave this poor girl alone, so I remain to her side.

  -     "M-M-Mister Mohan… S-Sir" – says one of the women – "Please… can you give us something to eat, please?"

  -     "Oh, what's this? Are you giving me orders?"

  -     "No, sir! I'm sorry!"

  -     "Yeah, you better be… Anyway, I'm not here to punish you. I think that these days without food were more than enough for you to learn your lesson. As a matter of fact, I think it's time for you to eat something."

Using some magic, The Mohan makes appear in front of us a table filled with tons of food and drinks. As expected, everyone rushed to the table and started eating like there was no tomorrow (not been metaphoric here). I get some food as well and take some water and soup for the unconscious lady.

  -     "Thanks, Mr. Mohan!" – says everyone.

  -     "See? I'm not a monster" – replies – "I love you all! Believe it or not, I hate being cruel with you. But sometimes I have to remember you the hard way how to be proper wives. After you finish eating I'll let the jail open for you to go to the bathroom."

The youngest girl from the group timidly approaches to the monster…

  -     "Where's my mom?" – she asks.

  -     "Oh you, poor thing. Your mommy was mean to me, and you know that being rude is not ok. Actually, it was her fault I didn't feed you all these days."

  -     "… I miss mommy."

  -     "And you'll see her back… once I finish giving her a lesson."

  -     "… I wanna see her now."

  -     "Huh? What's this?! Are you giving me orders?! Maybe you need to learn a lesson like your mother!!" - The monster grabs the little girl by the neck.

  -     "STOP!!" – I yell – "Please… I beg of you."

The Mohan gives me a mean look for rising my voice. However, he calms once I beg him.

  -     "She's just a little girl. Please… have mercy." – The monster shows me his awful grin and releases the girl.

  -     "Ok, little one. I always appreciate polite girls with a kind heart… By the way, I see you're taking care of my new wife. You have my gratitude. I think I gave her way too much sleep smoke… Anyway, you better wake her up soon and give her enough food. I need her stronger to show her all my love… I'll be back at night."

The creature disappears in a cloud of smoke…

  -     "Ok, time to wake up the new girl." – I say.

  -     "Why is this girl so important to The Mohan?" – says another woman.

  -     "I don't know and I don't care. I just know that if we don't wake her up, that stupid creature will punish us again." – says another one.

  -     "… I'm already awaken. That food smells good." – says the unconscious wom… wait what?

  -     "OH CRAP!!!"

We all yelled at the same time and I accidentally dropped the woman to the floor.

  -     "Ouch! What the hell?!" – says the woman.

  -     "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Y-You took me by surprise! Are you ok?!" – I say nervously.

  -     "Well, at least you didn't break my head."

  -     "Oh good, one problem less" – says a woman – "now give her some food quickly."

The lady starts eating whatever remains of food in the table. She says her name is Chía and she came to help us… much to our disbelief. She said she heard everything what the monster said and she's willing to go with The Mohan… not much that she had another option. Apparently, she was making a plan to free us while pretending she was unconscious.

  -     "Ha! You, freeing us? Good luck with that!" – says a woman – "Don't you think we already tried to escape from here before?! Hell, why do you think The Mohan let the door from the jail open? There is not a single door or window here for us to escape. He brought us all here while we were unconscious so we couldn't see any entrance. The Mohan is the only one who knows its location."

  -     "The Mohan is able to create little pocket dimensions." – Says Chía – "besides his little power to control vegetation, he can create these dimensions to flee from stronger enemies or to create his lairs. However, every time he enters in a deep, deep sleep a door to our dimension appears somewhere around."

  -     "That's bull! – says another woman – "If a door had appeared every time he slept; we would have fled long time ago!"

  -     "Regular sleep doesn't work. It must be a deep, almost hypnotical state of sleep. Luckly for you, I can help you with that… I hope."

  -     "How are you planning to do that, miss?" – I ask.

  -     "Just trust me. We don't have time to waste. I'm calling The Mohan now. Be prepared, as soon as you see a door open somewhere around, you escape. As simple as that, ok?"

  -     "Wait, there's another woman missing. The Mohan took her 2 days ago to punish her."

  -     "My mom, save my mom, please!" – Says the little girl.

  -     "Don't worry, kiddo. I'm not leaving anyone behind. But I only ask you to be quick… *sigh* let's hope the door doesn't appear in front of that creature. You ready?"

We all agree with little confidence…

  -     "Ok, here I come… HEY, YOU HAIRY PIECE OF SHIT!! GUESS WHO'S WAITING FOR YOU!"

As soon as Chía finishes yelling, The Mohan appears in a cloud of smoke…

  -     "Hehehe, such a big mouth for a helpless blind girl" – says The Mohan.

  -     "Such a deep voice for a little bitch." – Replies Chía.

  -     "That's it, you little whore!"

The Mohan grabs her by the face and both disappears in the cloud of smoke…

TO BE CONTINUED…