"Okay, don't be afraid of me. I just need to take your videos and photos. If you don't let me do my job, I may be late, and Jake will punish us all. Do you want us all to be punished? Your part is easy, just follow my instructions and let me do my job, okay? Tell me your name and age please." His voice was soft and convincing.
'Adrian and 14.' I said with a very low voice.
'Adrian, you really look older than your age.'
I hold his hand and I followed him. Then, as he told me with my hands in my pockets I have started to walk from one end to the other of the hall. Finally, he told me to take my hands out of my pockets and turn around and walk towards him and stand in the middle of the hall. He played the video when I started walking and when I stood in the middle of the hall, he focused the camera on my face and said my name and age in the video and turned the video off. Then he took photos of my face and body from different angles. He seemed to be satisfied with the job he did.
'See, it was that easy. And it only took 10 minutes because there's no whiplash mark on your body and you're a really good model. You have your own glint. I would have hired you as a model for my studio if I had the chance. What a shame that you are the property of the bid.'
"Okay, Ladies first. On the left of the queue, the girl with blond hair. Come here. And you Adrian. Wait at the end of the queue.'
I was dismissed, I bowed my head and walked to the end of the line.
He walked to the girl, but the girl was scared and stepped back.
'But dear, do not make it difficult.' He tried to catch her hand but she stepped back again with tears in her eyes. Ian got angry.
'We have limited time, and Jake would not be happy if we did not finish the shooting in time. Do you want to be fucked?
'No, no please I don't!' She started to cry.
'Do not waste my time. I do not need to persuade you.' Then Ian let her go and passed to the next girl. He pushed her chin up with his index finger, forcing her to look into his eyes.
'You are here about to be sold for an offer. What problem do you have now?' He asked her.
'I don't. Tell me what should I do?' said the girl with a defensive mode.
'First, tell me your name and age. Second, do the same as Adrian did.'
"I'm Julie and I'm 15 years old." she answered him.
He finished the video and photoshoot for all of us except the blonde girl. Only 20 minutes remained before the 3,5 hours were up. All this time the blonde girl had been watching us on the floor and had wept inwardly.
I approached the girl in silence. I sat next to her.
'You know, I'm scared too. There's no way I know what you have been through. But rest assured, not everyone here has a different story from you. You see, they all have whip scars. They obviously didn't come here willingly. Be brave and just do what Ian asks. He does not seem a bad guy. But he has responsibilities and does not want all of us to be punished by Jake.'
'I hate Jake, he's a monster. He fucked my ass, my pussy, my mouth.' She said that through clenched teeth and had started to cry again.
'Welcome to the club.' I said, clenching my hands into fists. She raised her head to look into my eyes.
I knew from her look that she could sense the disappointment in my voice.
'Dear, what is your name?'
'Aurora sir.'
I smiled. 'What a sir, hah!'
'How old are you Aurora?'
'13 years old.' She said with a shy look in her eyes.
'Please just do what Ian says. We need to survive and find a way to get out of this nightmare. I know it won't be easy. However, that is the only way to live. Just do, don't think what will happen later on. Just take the first step.'
She nodded and stood up and walked against Ian.
'Umm, I want to do what you want from me.' She said to Ian by wiping tears on her eyes.
Ian looked at me, I nodded my head in approval.
'Okay dear, be in hurry and start. I think we must thank you, Adrian. Anyway, I must shoot the video and pictures before Jake's arrival.' he said and walked.
When almost all the video and pictures were completed, Jake appeared at the entrance of the hall.
"Ian, is everything done?"
'Yes sir. All is over. How can I forward them to your computer, do you prefer e-mail?'
"Yup. It'll be fine."
"Kiddo, come here. It's time to get you ready for bid."
I was so embarrassed to call it this way. 'kiddo'. I am not a fucking kiddo. I want to say it loud, but I couldn't help. I promised myself that the first thing I would do would be to get rid of Jake when I managed to come back.
Then he turned to the guards. 'Take the others to the cells in the basement.' he said. 'Be careful, I do not want to see new scars on their body.'
He grabbed my collar and pushed me towards the door. I didn't say anything, I just looked at Aurora smiled and winked at her. I liked her. She looked innocent. I saw the fear in her eyes as Jake grabbed my collar. But by smiling and winking at her, I tried to tell her it was okay and somehow, I felt happy.