Elle Bradley is kidnapped after she witnesses her brother being murdered by a gang called the Snakes. Elle is taken to the Snakes headquarters and discovers she isn't the only girl who has been kidnapped before. Unable to leave, Elle is "assigned" t...
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When Elle got up and ate breakfast that morning, the girls all punched their noses at her. She had arched her brow and asked them about their reaction.
"You smell like B.O." Jaelynn's pointy nose wrinkles.
Molly gives the blonde a dagger like look. "Yeah, like a man."
Riley and Jaelynn now escorts Elle to the showers. The girls begin to explain the rules to Elle, laughing at their own forgetfulness.
"We have to shower in the morning." Riley explains, flashing her Hollywood worthy smile. "The guys are suppose to take showers at night but they take up all the hot water...so we take them in the morning. Alex snuck me in one time after all the guys had left. It was perfect."
"Alex is such a softie." Jaelynn rolls her eyes at her friend. "Too soft."
Riley glares at her friend. "And Jake is the macho man who doesn't give a shit about you or what you would like? He's never made anything romantic?"
Elle blushes at their comments, wishing they would fill her in on more of the rules. She wanted to ask Brody but he had already disappeared before she could ask. Ira hadn't called them in for a job that day.
"Jake saves me all the mushrooms when we order pizza." Jaelynn blinks, her expression blank. "That's romantic, right?"
Elle lets out a nervous chuckle. "I guess? I'm not the one you should be asking."
The big blue eyed girl shrugs it off and her attention wanders to what's around her. Elle shakes her head and smiles. Jaelynn reminds the blonde of a friend she used to have back in High School before she moved away to college.
"So, what are some other rules?" Elle says awkwardly.
The girls all enter the shower room. Molly and Paige has already beat them there. They stand under large shower heads lathering their bodies with soap. The floral smell makes Elle gag. Riley nods to her, leaning into her ear so no one else can hear.
"I hate that flowery smell. It smells like something an old lady would use." Riley chuckles, "I'll give you some of the other. It's better, trust me."
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The warm water hits Elle like rainstorm. She smiles at the feeling of clean water flowing over her body. The blonde grabs a washcloth and applies the mint soap Riley had given her to her skin. To Elle's surprise, the dirt washes off like how a snake sheds its skin. The blonde continues to scrub her body, loving the smell of being clean once again.
Over the smell of fresh mint, Elle can still smell the floral fragrance she and Riley both gag to. The blonde awkwardly turns to her friend with the perfect smile worthy of Hollywood's red carpet.
"So," Elle says awkwardly "what are the other rules?"
Riley wipes the soap off of her face, looking to the blonde. "Don't run away because you will be found and punished."
Elle nods slowly. "Okay, and?"
"Stay away from Ira, Jesse, and Jared." Jaelynn says, making Elle turn to her. "They don't care if you're with anyone else, they'll try to get anything they can get cause their attention seeking."
"When Selma comes around, and she usually does once or twice a month," Riley furthers the conversation "you have to do what she says without complaining or she will make your life hell. She picks on the ones that seem scared or doesn't work fast enough."
"And don't do anything to wind up in Ira's office." Jaelynn adds, trying to be helpful. "He creeps me out."
"Do your part." Riley nods het head as she begins to rub her scalp with her shampoo. "Do as the guys say...or at least the good ones."
From across the room, Molly rolls her eyes and shuts the water off. She walks over to where the three girls stand. She crosses her pale arms and props a hip.
"None of them are good." Molly growls, her eyes narrowing. "They are all killers and you want to say their good? Bunch of shit is what I hear."
The girls watch Molly grab her robe and clothes before walking out. The girls squeal when they see a couple of the guys walking by. Molly rolls her eyes once again and slams the door shut. Elle goes back to cleaning herself, using Riley's shampoo that smells like aloe and cucumbers.
"Don't mind Molly." Riley gently sighs as she washes the bottoms of her feet, "She hasn't been the same since..."
Riley gets quiet, as if she spilled a secret. Elle arches her brow at her tall friend.
"Since what?" Elle says confused.
"Since this girl named Dominique died." Jaelynn says in a plain voice, "She died two months before I got here, but she was Molly's best friend."
"Yeah." Riley says distantly, "She was all of our best friend."
"What happened to her?" Elle says curiously, saddened.
Paige walks up with a robe tight to her body. "She was murdered...because she broke the rules. Let that sink in."
Elle stands in the shower, her face to the stone wall. What rule did she break?
Paige gets dressed and blow dries her hair before leaving. Riley finishes up, as does Jaelynn. Elle quickly washes the shampoo out of her hair before shutting off the water.
"It's tough to survive around here." Riley explains to Elle as she wrings the water out of her long brown hair, "the guys are the only reason why we haven't been killed off yet, but you're different."
Elle arches a brow, smirking. "Oh yeah? Why's that?"
Riley flashes her flawless smile. "You're kind of tough yourself."
The blonde smiles at Riley's words before combing the tangled mess out of her hair.
