Bellatrixxx
Play with Yourself, not With Me
- Joined
- Feb 8, 2023
The creaking and snapping of wooden wheels groaning under their wagoned weight startled Jasmine from her doze. She hadn't meant to fall asleep on the side of the trail that headed towards Gambler's Point, a Dock about another twelve miles east where she had been headed a few hours before. The shipyard there was known to have the odd job here and there for anyone looking to earn credits towards food and supplies, and around these parts that was a miracle in and of itself.
She groaned before sitting up and leaning forward from the tree trunk she had rested her back against. The summer sun was setting, and with a squint towards the western horizon she guessed it was just past 7 o'clock in the evening. Shit. She would never make it to Gambler's Point before nightfall, and there was no way she could survive out here on her own so poorly equipped as she was. Daylight was unforgiving to the Screechers, Crawlers, and Howlers, all slang terms for the infected humans who had somehow inhaled the poisonous virus to become the haunting creatures they were now, so if one was smart they knew to get behind high walls or barricaded doors once darkness blanketed the land.
The infected were just like any other in that they slept, got thirsty and hungry, and knew how to attack and defend themselves. The major difference is the longer the virus infected them, the more their flesh peeled off their bones, the more their brains deteriorated into grey mush until they forgot themselves, the more their base instincts took over and made them more beast than man. They had no sense of self-preservation, often seen running themselves into walls in full strength or straight off cliffs if they were chasing a quarry, and their hunger was specifically for uninflected human flesh.
Back in the territory she had escaped less than a week prior, run by a gang called the Sheets due to the white sacked hoods they pulled over their heads with holes cut out for the eyes, Jasmine had witnessed firsthand the infamous Pits, a punishment the Sheet members deemed necessary by keeping infected ones in deep dugouts only to throw enemies, criminals, really anyone they despised in to be torn to shreds and consumed in front of a crowd. It was a successful tactic to maintain extreme order, as the Sheets were the religious zealots of the fallen world who believed the virus was actually a plague from God. Their methods were cruel, horrific, and demanding as they constantly needed a steady stream of slaves to fill the ranks when they 'cleansed' their population of non-believers, and Jasmine had been one of those slaves just a few days ago.
She had been alone as long as she could remember. The first reports of the virus had happened about ten years ago when she was eleven years old. It had started in California, and living on the East Coast it was assumed they would simply clean up the chemical spill the media claimed it was. In actuality, COVID showed the world how divided the United States had become in recent years, and the Middle East stopped all attempts to make nuclear weapons and immediately set about making chemical viruses in labs. All they had to do was sneak in a highly infectious disease and ignorant, in-fighting Americans would take care of the rest. Politicians blamed the other side of the isle as Scientists tried to maintain order but were ignored. News anchors told the public lies to keep the facade that everything was in control as hospitals were overrun and so many refused to listen to basic guidelines. The United States was ground to a halt in a single year, collapsed in three, and the rest of the world followed in suit with the global economy and travel so interwoven a few years after. Both of her parents died, not from the virus, but murdered by looters who broke into their home late one night. Jasmine was told to run. So she did, and never saw them again.
But that night was only the first of so many horrors that Jasmine had eventually evolved into a woman her parents would never recognize now. The collapse of civilization has never been kind to women at any point in history, and this time was no different. Beaten and raped on multiple occasions, Jasmine's skin only got tougher and thicker, her mind darkening with each trespass by those who tried to find a weakness within. Survival is all about taking first and killing if you have to without hesitation, and soon the sensation of warm blood dripping from her fingers like oil became a very familiar and comfortable sensation. She was a force to be reckoned with, a wild sight that made people hesitate in approaching her. Strong and dynamic, she had an incredibly dangerous curvature to her form that was amplified by the tight clothing she wore because nothing she ever found was true to her size. Her skin was caramelized by the sun as a canvas for her colorful tattoos that decorated her arms, concave belly, and thighs, and her hair...as artificially red as a firetruck. She may have been a sweet girl with big brown eyes who had a love for music and wine once, but those days were long past. Now, when one looked into those dark pupils, they would see a woman staring back who had seen and gone through some serious shit.
Like the Pits. The screams of those tossed in still haunted her, as well as the muffled squeals and grunts of the cages she was kept near as male members forced themselves on the women contained within one after the other. Women. Wombs. A gang was only as good as its numbers, and very often a woman would give them a fresh child only to be tossed down into the dugouts lest she try and flee with her newborn. That was to be her intended new future. Captured on a raid when she unknowingly came too close to their border, Jasmine had woken up naked in the cages, awaiting for when the first round would begin on her body.
Not again. The last time a man forced herself on her body she swore she would sooner slit her own throat than face it again, so when the first hooded drunk stumbled into her cage, reeking of piss and rye-whiskey, and assuming her to not fight like so many of the others, Jasmine had taken her chance. Braining him with his own club that had been tied to his hip, she fled, barefoot and nude through the colony, straight through their water system to swim under the wall out the other side. A shooter from above zinged her right shoulder, firing from the distance as she ran but it didn't slow her down. She didn't stop until air couldn't filter through her lungs, and only when she was wheezing from fatigue did she finally slow down.
It had been a harrowing experience, but she had survived. Finding clothes and some stale rations on a few corpses that had washed down river and onto a bank, Jasmine was dressed and looked a little worse for wear, but she was alive. The boots she wore presently were men's and thus a little too big. Her legs were in old tattered military fatigues and her top was just a plain black linen shirt. One of the corpses had a small stiletto blade but that was the only weapon she had found, and the rations she had taken ran out two days ago. She was walking on pure adrenaline, following reports to a place she felt might be somewhere she could earn some food, when she sat on the side of the road to rest. Her eyelids had felt so heavy that she had drifted off, and that's how the wagon had startled her awake.
It was an older gentleman leading a coarse-haired mule away from the direction of Gambler's Point. He must have come from there. He had a small LED lantern hanging from the cart that swayed, and the mule's hooves pulled it along, the old, rickety wheels traipsing through the muddy path. Jasmine stood up slowly from her spot, grimacing at the pain felt all through her stiff-feeling joints and muscles, and motioned towards him so that he wouldn't be startled when he came up on her. The man grunted but otherwise ignored her, completely fine with walking past her despite her desperate look.
"Wait." Jasmine's voice was hoarse so she cleared her throat and tried again. "Wait. Sir."
The man halted the mule by his reins, then turned back to her with a disdainful glare under grey bushy brows. "What?" Jasmine motioned towards the back of his cart.
"Got any bread?"
The man looked at her up and down, a hungry glint in his eye as he appraised the size of her breasts under her ill-fitting shirt. "Got any silver?"
"No." Jasmine took out her only possession, the thin blade found on the corpse, and handed it in his direction. "This is literally all I have. I just need to get enough energy to reach Gambler's Point."
"’All you have’, eh?"
Jasmine's stomach twisted in a knot as she realized where he was going with this. Instantly her voice hardened. "Yes. The blade is all I have. All I'm offering."
"Too bad." The merchant took out a cigarette, lit it, then took in a deep comforting pull. The sight of it made Jasmine's mouth water, craving its mellowing effects but knowing she could never afford it. "Because I'd be willing to part with half a loaf and a canteen for that pretty mouth of yours."
"No." Jasmine's skin bristled and her heart skipped a hostile beat. She felt her hands shake in fury that he would trade in her flesh but not in steel. It was the same story everywhere she went— women were commodities to bring pleasure to men, not living beings deserving of aid, honor, and respect. She gripped the knife's handle harder in her fist until the brown knuckles turned white. The merchant didn't notice.
"You sure, Red? You'll never make it to the Point. Not like that. Howlers all around these parts and I've got what you need. And it just so happens you've got what I need. Been awhile since I've had somethin' as pretty as you, so how 'bouts you be a good little raccoon and get on your knees before I—ackkk uuhhkkk akkhhh hhggkkk!"
The man hadn't been able to finish his sentence before Jasmine pounced. Her fury had been building, but when he used the racially cruel term against black women of 'raccoon' she had snapped. Tackling him to the ground with a screech, she grabbed the knife in both hands to raise it high, and with the man caught between her thick thighs she brought it down again and again and again, blood spraying all over her forearms and legs as she gouged his eyes out before shanking his cheeks and throat, the action not killing him instantly by any means. Each sinking of the blade into warm, racist flesh had her grunting in ecstatic glee; even a bit of laughter escaped towards the end when he stopped struggling and simply laid there twitching in death throes in the mud. The mule merely looked on, clearly not caring about the demise of its Master nor shocked by the brutal display, likely because it had seen far worse during its lifetime. Only when the merchant's face and neck were collapsed, stabbed almost 30 times, did Jasmine stop. Her breathing was heavy as she remained there for a few seconds, straddling the corpse before moving to stand up. Wiping her bloodied hands on her pants, she quickly moved to the back of the cart to begin rummaging through the contents she had now killed for.
Blankets, medpacks, watches, some shoes...ah, here they were. Jasmine ripped the wrapper off and bit into the ration bar. It's tasted like raisins but the flavor didn't matter. It was just good to have food in her belly again. So she stood there, tearing hungrily into her prize with blood-stained hands as the previous owner lay dead in the middle of the road, illuminated only by the single battery powered lantern hanging from the mule's yoke.
She groaned before sitting up and leaning forward from the tree trunk she had rested her back against. The summer sun was setting, and with a squint towards the western horizon she guessed it was just past 7 o'clock in the evening. Shit. She would never make it to Gambler's Point before nightfall, and there was no way she could survive out here on her own so poorly equipped as she was. Daylight was unforgiving to the Screechers, Crawlers, and Howlers, all slang terms for the infected humans who had somehow inhaled the poisonous virus to become the haunting creatures they were now, so if one was smart they knew to get behind high walls or barricaded doors once darkness blanketed the land.
The infected were just like any other in that they slept, got thirsty and hungry, and knew how to attack and defend themselves. The major difference is the longer the virus infected them, the more their flesh peeled off their bones, the more their brains deteriorated into grey mush until they forgot themselves, the more their base instincts took over and made them more beast than man. They had no sense of self-preservation, often seen running themselves into walls in full strength or straight off cliffs if they were chasing a quarry, and their hunger was specifically for uninflected human flesh.
Back in the territory she had escaped less than a week prior, run by a gang called the Sheets due to the white sacked hoods they pulled over their heads with holes cut out for the eyes, Jasmine had witnessed firsthand the infamous Pits, a punishment the Sheet members deemed necessary by keeping infected ones in deep dugouts only to throw enemies, criminals, really anyone they despised in to be torn to shreds and consumed in front of a crowd. It was a successful tactic to maintain extreme order, as the Sheets were the religious zealots of the fallen world who believed the virus was actually a plague from God. Their methods were cruel, horrific, and demanding as they constantly needed a steady stream of slaves to fill the ranks when they 'cleansed' their population of non-believers, and Jasmine had been one of those slaves just a few days ago.
She had been alone as long as she could remember. The first reports of the virus had happened about ten years ago when she was eleven years old. It had started in California, and living on the East Coast it was assumed they would simply clean up the chemical spill the media claimed it was. In actuality, COVID showed the world how divided the United States had become in recent years, and the Middle East stopped all attempts to make nuclear weapons and immediately set about making chemical viruses in labs. All they had to do was sneak in a highly infectious disease and ignorant, in-fighting Americans would take care of the rest. Politicians blamed the other side of the isle as Scientists tried to maintain order but were ignored. News anchors told the public lies to keep the facade that everything was in control as hospitals were overrun and so many refused to listen to basic guidelines. The United States was ground to a halt in a single year, collapsed in three, and the rest of the world followed in suit with the global economy and travel so interwoven a few years after. Both of her parents died, not from the virus, but murdered by looters who broke into their home late one night. Jasmine was told to run. So she did, and never saw them again.
But that night was only the first of so many horrors that Jasmine had eventually evolved into a woman her parents would never recognize now. The collapse of civilization has never been kind to women at any point in history, and this time was no different. Beaten and raped on multiple occasions, Jasmine's skin only got tougher and thicker, her mind darkening with each trespass by those who tried to find a weakness within. Survival is all about taking first and killing if you have to without hesitation, and soon the sensation of warm blood dripping from her fingers like oil became a very familiar and comfortable sensation. She was a force to be reckoned with, a wild sight that made people hesitate in approaching her. Strong and dynamic, she had an incredibly dangerous curvature to her form that was amplified by the tight clothing she wore because nothing she ever found was true to her size. Her skin was caramelized by the sun as a canvas for her colorful tattoos that decorated her arms, concave belly, and thighs, and her hair...as artificially red as a firetruck. She may have been a sweet girl with big brown eyes who had a love for music and wine once, but those days were long past. Now, when one looked into those dark pupils, they would see a woman staring back who had seen and gone through some serious shit.
Like the Pits. The screams of those tossed in still haunted her, as well as the muffled squeals and grunts of the cages she was kept near as male members forced themselves on the women contained within one after the other. Women. Wombs. A gang was only as good as its numbers, and very often a woman would give them a fresh child only to be tossed down into the dugouts lest she try and flee with her newborn. That was to be her intended new future. Captured on a raid when she unknowingly came too close to their border, Jasmine had woken up naked in the cages, awaiting for when the first round would begin on her body.
Not again. The last time a man forced herself on her body she swore she would sooner slit her own throat than face it again, so when the first hooded drunk stumbled into her cage, reeking of piss and rye-whiskey, and assuming her to not fight like so many of the others, Jasmine had taken her chance. Braining him with his own club that had been tied to his hip, she fled, barefoot and nude through the colony, straight through their water system to swim under the wall out the other side. A shooter from above zinged her right shoulder, firing from the distance as she ran but it didn't slow her down. She didn't stop until air couldn't filter through her lungs, and only when she was wheezing from fatigue did she finally slow down.
It had been a harrowing experience, but she had survived. Finding clothes and some stale rations on a few corpses that had washed down river and onto a bank, Jasmine was dressed and looked a little worse for wear, but she was alive. The boots she wore presently were men's and thus a little too big. Her legs were in old tattered military fatigues and her top was just a plain black linen shirt. One of the corpses had a small stiletto blade but that was the only weapon she had found, and the rations she had taken ran out two days ago. She was walking on pure adrenaline, following reports to a place she felt might be somewhere she could earn some food, when she sat on the side of the road to rest. Her eyelids had felt so heavy that she had drifted off, and that's how the wagon had startled her awake.
It was an older gentleman leading a coarse-haired mule away from the direction of Gambler's Point. He must have come from there. He had a small LED lantern hanging from the cart that swayed, and the mule's hooves pulled it along, the old, rickety wheels traipsing through the muddy path. Jasmine stood up slowly from her spot, grimacing at the pain felt all through her stiff-feeling joints and muscles, and motioned towards him so that he wouldn't be startled when he came up on her. The man grunted but otherwise ignored her, completely fine with walking past her despite her desperate look.
"Wait." Jasmine's voice was hoarse so she cleared her throat and tried again. "Wait. Sir."
The man halted the mule by his reins, then turned back to her with a disdainful glare under grey bushy brows. "What?" Jasmine motioned towards the back of his cart.
"Got any bread?"
The man looked at her up and down, a hungry glint in his eye as he appraised the size of her breasts under her ill-fitting shirt. "Got any silver?"
"No." Jasmine took out her only possession, the thin blade found on the corpse, and handed it in his direction. "This is literally all I have. I just need to get enough energy to reach Gambler's Point."
"’All you have’, eh?"
Jasmine's stomach twisted in a knot as she realized where he was going with this. Instantly her voice hardened. "Yes. The blade is all I have. All I'm offering."
"Too bad." The merchant took out a cigarette, lit it, then took in a deep comforting pull. The sight of it made Jasmine's mouth water, craving its mellowing effects but knowing she could never afford it. "Because I'd be willing to part with half a loaf and a canteen for that pretty mouth of yours."
"No." Jasmine's skin bristled and her heart skipped a hostile beat. She felt her hands shake in fury that he would trade in her flesh but not in steel. It was the same story everywhere she went— women were commodities to bring pleasure to men, not living beings deserving of aid, honor, and respect. She gripped the knife's handle harder in her fist until the brown knuckles turned white. The merchant didn't notice.
"You sure, Red? You'll never make it to the Point. Not like that. Howlers all around these parts and I've got what you need. And it just so happens you've got what I need. Been awhile since I've had somethin' as pretty as you, so how 'bouts you be a good little raccoon and get on your knees before I—ackkk uuhhkkk akkhhh hhggkkk!"
The man hadn't been able to finish his sentence before Jasmine pounced. Her fury had been building, but when he used the racially cruel term against black women of 'raccoon' she had snapped. Tackling him to the ground with a screech, she grabbed the knife in both hands to raise it high, and with the man caught between her thick thighs she brought it down again and again and again, blood spraying all over her forearms and legs as she gouged his eyes out before shanking his cheeks and throat, the action not killing him instantly by any means. Each sinking of the blade into warm, racist flesh had her grunting in ecstatic glee; even a bit of laughter escaped towards the end when he stopped struggling and simply laid there twitching in death throes in the mud. The mule merely looked on, clearly not caring about the demise of its Master nor shocked by the brutal display, likely because it had seen far worse during its lifetime. Only when the merchant's face and neck were collapsed, stabbed almost 30 times, did Jasmine stop. Her breathing was heavy as she remained there for a few seconds, straddling the corpse before moving to stand up. Wiping her bloodied hands on her pants, she quickly moved to the back of the cart to begin rummaging through the contents she had now killed for.
Blankets, medpacks, watches, some shoes...ah, here they were. Jasmine ripped the wrapper off and bit into the ration bar. It's tasted like raisins but the flavor didn't matter. It was just good to have food in her belly again. So she stood there, tearing hungrily into her prize with blood-stained hands as the previous owner lay dead in the middle of the road, illuminated only by the single battery powered lantern hanging from the mule's yoke.