House of Dolls

Katherine's Silence

Nathan felt he needed Mia, Katherine, and Kayla, in addition to Jordyn. In his mind, they were the only things he could control when all other control had been lost. As Nathan soon realized, he could not fully control them all. Katherine had always been the one he had the least control over, a fiery individual who had continually defied him. Once she saw that he had brought home yet another girl, she felt even more compelled to strike back.

Nathan returned to Jordyn after walking Mia back to her room. He bent down to free Jordyn's zip-tied ankles when Katherine started in on him. Katherine taunted Nathan as he stood, "I'm going to make sure you die a slow, painful death when I'm free."

"That's enough out of you. One more remark like that, and I will make sure you regret it." Nathan then shot a look of anger toward Katherine as he ushered Jordyn to her room.

Katherine ignored his demand and continued, "I hope you slowly burn in hell." Just as that was said, Jordyn glanced over as she seemed confused by the unknown voice, and noticed the color of Nathan's cheeks flushed to red.

He had chosen to ignore Katherine's incessant taunts and quickly guided Jordyn to her new room. Nathan opened the door and extended his arm to show her in, "Here is your new room. I hope you like it."

Jordyn slowly faced Nathan with a look of disgust, "What is wrong with you?" she yelled while shoving Nathan back.

Nathan laughed at her question while suddenly feeling he was about to snap. He had not one defiant girl at that moment, but two. After Jordyn questioned him, he raised his arms above his head and tilted his head back toward the ceiling, "Wrong with me? Ladies, did you hear that? She wants to know what's wrong with me!" Nathan continued to laugh at Jordan's question as he addressed the others at once.

"Oh God, Jordyn, shut up," Kayla whispered to herself. She knew if Jordyn had continued, Nathan would show her to her restraints.

"I want to know why me and my sister, and clearly another girl, are here." Jordyn then surveyed the area and noticed two other rooms besides hers and her sisters. "You have four of us?" What do you plan to do with us?" Nathan didn't say another word as he slowly raised one side of his top lip and smirked.

"Answer me!" Jordyn demanded. At that point, she stood more furious than anything as she faced Nathan. The other girls were alive, so she felt she could test the waters with Nathan to get some answers.

Nathan questioned her in reply, "Answer you? You said, answer you, right?" Just then, Nathan forcefully grabbed Jordyn by her arm and threw her into her room as he entered behind her. Her body rolled to the floor as it had been flung with such force.

Mia cried out from her room, "Stop it, please!! Leave her alone!"

As Nathan closed the door behind them, he pulled a lever on the wall. Down came an upright X frame held by two sets of chains at the top, fastened with bondage cuffs for the wrist and ankles. Nathan could manipulate the X frame to cause pain by stretching her arms and legs apart. The moment Jordan saw her restraints, she began to rise from the floor. "You're sick!" she cried.

Nathan then pulled at her shirt as he forced her toward him, "I'm not sick; I'm in charge. There are punishments when you disobey me or talk back." Nathan had explained in a soft and eerie voice. "Now stand up against the frame, or I'll put you there!"

"No! Get the hell away from me!" Jordyn backed away from Nathan with her hands still bound behind her back.

Nathan snatched Jordyn by the neck and violently knocked her to the ground when he heard the word no. He then placed his right hand on her chest, backed her against it, grabbed her right wrist, locked it in, and then followed with the left. Following this, he separated her legs and guided them into each of the cuffs before securing them. Nathan ignored the horror on Jordyn's face as he leaned forward and whispered, "Don't you wish you had listened?" All Jordyn could do was continue to scream as Nathan raised her from the ground. As she howled even louder than before, he twisted her arms and legs apart.

"No! No! No! No!" Jordyn repetitively cried out as he continued to stretch her.

As Nathan continued to torture her sister, Mia screamed for him to stop. Kayla sat in her usual spot on her bed, sobbing, as Katherine leaned against her wall, palms against her brow, feeling the pain Jordyn had gone through.

Nathan had let her suffer in agony for five minutes before lowering her to the ground. He uncuffed her wrists and ankles, led her to her bed, and wrapped her in a blanket. Nathan leaned over her, kissing the top of her head as she sobbed in her bed. "Now get some rest," he said quietly. And with that, he turned, re-laid her restraints, walked out, and locked her door.

Katherine was so enraged at Nathan for what he had just done that she couldn't hold it in any longer. "Take a look at the big man torturing innocent girls! What are you planning to do to me, big boy? Do you think I've had enough of this?" Katherine taunted Nathan once more as he exited the basement.

Nathan had finally had enough of Katherine's disrespect and had reached his breaking point. He walked up to his master bath, grabbed his first aid kit, a drugged bottle of water, and a length of rope, and descended back into the basement. Nathan swung the door open with such force that it shook everything on the wall after unlocking it, wanting Katherine to feel his rage. He threw the rope and water on her bed as he stormed into her room. Katherine stood with her arms straight down and her fists clenched, knowing that whatever Nathan had planned, she wouldn't let him get away with it without a fight.

"Sometimes dolls are broken and need to be fixed," Nathan stated to Katherine as he slowly approached her.

"Stay the hell away from me. I swear to God, I will kill you!" Katherine screamed with exertion to make herself be heard.

"I highly doubt that," Nathan laughed at her expense. He gradually backed Katherine up to the wall as far as she would allow. She screamed and lunged at Nathan. He stepped back quickly as he grabbed her around the waist and slammed her backward to the floor. The blow to the ground was powerful, knocking the wind out of her. He then charged forward, kicking her in the stomach where she lay.

Katherine screamed in agony as he struck her in the stomach again. She tried to get up, but Nathan kicked her again to ensure she remained on the ground. Katherine rolled over, knees to her chest, and clenched her stomach in agony. He then reached for the rope on the bed and used it to bind Katherine. He began with her hands behind her back, wrapping the restraint around her thighs, then down to her ankles.

Nathan then grabbed the bottle of water he had spiked with GHB and crouched down, holding the bottle to her mouth, "Drink." He asserted in a demanding voice.

Katherine defiantly shook her head no, "I said drink." Nathan slapped her across the mouth, causing her to spit blood. She drank the water reluctantly as he fed it to her. He had her drink the entire bottle of water because he needed her to be almost unconscious for the next stage of his plan.

Nathan yanked Katherine out of her shackles and tossed her onto the bed. He took her desk chair, shifted it to the side of her bed, and sat down to wait for the drug to take effect. "Don't worry, dear; I'll make sure you don't feel anything, and if you're good, this will only be for a short time."

Katherine screamed in terror as she realized he was about to do something drastic. As the drug worked its way through her body, it gradually began to have an effect. It didn't knock her out completely, but Nathan knew it was enough to start his next phase.

He then rolled Katherine onto her left side, whistled, and began to open his first aid kit. Katherine moaned slightly as he began. He threaded a needle and inserted the point into her upper lip, pulling the thread through and moving to her lower lip. Nathan repeated the process as he continued to sew Katherine's mouth shut where she lay.

Nathan walked over to the bathroom, grabbed a damp towel, and returned to wipe the blood from her mouth. He leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms, and waited for Katherine to awaken. He kept her hands behind her back to prevent her from reaching for her mouth.

Katherine could tell something was wrong not long after she awoke. She tried to open her mouth, but all she felt was the thread's painful tug. She let out a muffled scream of terror as she stared in horror at Nathan. "This should keep you quiet for a while," he said softly as he leaned over to her.