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What happened that first night was repeated every night for a week. I was having so much fun. Don't think I'd ever smiled this much when I was a vampire as I had recently. She wasn't laughing though. Everything I did was for her own good. I kept telling her that, but she didn't understand. But tonight would be different because I had a real destination picked out. We would stay there until she'd finished her transformation. I was patient, I could wait.
Every day I woke up, untied her from whatever position she'd been left in, checked to make sure she was still breathing, put the circulation back into her limbs, and then tied her back up. Never tied her the same way twice because I knew it would do more damage. Faith swore, screamed, cried, and told me that if she ever got loose I was dead. But every night, she broke all over again. And she broke so beautifully.
Her body was one massive bruise. Made sure to not hit her in the face, I wanted that to stay beautiful, and I'd only cut her when I'd carved the butterfly into her flesh. Threatened to cut her again, knowing that I never actually had to follow through with that any more. I'd redislocated her shoulder twice more when she'd pissed me off by saying something. Once you pop one of those suckers out of place, it doesn't take a whole lot of pressure to do it again. And that kind of pain worked wonders on her.
I'd tie her up, toss her back in the trunk, sometimes using the gag, sometimes using a blindfold of some sort and the gag, and other times I just wanted to hear her scream. Drive for hours on end through the desert heat. By the time we stopped she was usually babbling from the lack of food and water, but that was fine, it was all part of the process. I would take her out of the trunk, set her body into a tub of cool water and slowly bring her back to sanity again. She got just enough food and water to stay alive, but for now she would have to stay weak so I could teach her how to be strong again.
Sometimes I would let her have more of the drugs before I got to work, giving her a little taste of freedom before snatching it away again. One of the nights she'd been so good that I'd only tied her wrists, and I talked to her until the sun came up about all the ways you could carve things into a person's body and keep them alive. If I wasn't too careful, she might end up like Drusilla, and as much as I loved Dru, I didn't need her to go the same way.
Tonight would be different. I'd made arrangements through an old demon contact of mine. He was giving me his cabin in New Mexico for a week. All I had to do was kill some guy, which was easier than I thought. I'd left Faith tied, blindfolded, and gagged in the trunk while the car was parked in the hot sun for four hours while I took care of business. I'd make it up to her soon. Now I had the keys in my hand and I stopped for a little bit to get us the supplies we'd need. This would be her turning point, this would be when it happened.
I turned down the dry, gravel road and drove until I found the cabin. This was perfect. Nothing but desert for miles in all directions. If she tried to run, I'd be able to find her from the vultures that would circle in the sky. Carried all the items into the house, taking the time to put them away and then I made sure the air conditioning was working. Filled the tub up with cold water this time, knowing she was going to need it.
Opened the trunk and I could hear her babbling through the gag again. Begging to be let loose, that she'd be good, that she didn't want to be in here any more. I grabbed her wrists and pulled her out of the car before hoisting her body onto my shoulder. She didn't weigh as much any more. I was getting stronger while she was growing weaker, but that would change now.
I set her on the bed and cut through the ropes that held her all twisted up. She screamed when that poor shoulder of hers was put back into place and I patted her head, letting her know what a good girl she was. When I had made sure all her limbs still worked, I carried her into the bathroom, stripped her down and stuck her body into the water. I dipped her all the way under, holding her down long enough for that full panic to kick in. It always helped clear her mind, bring her back to reality.
Counted to ten before wrapping my hand in her hair and pulling her up. I removed the gag and she coughed for a few minutes, trying to catch her breath. Left the blindfold on for the moment. "No hotel tonight, Faithy. No one around to hear your screams. Got us a little cabin in the middle of nowhere. Tonight we work on getting you strong again. Everything changes tonight, you'll see."
Brought her out of the water and she held very still while I dried her broken body off. All those beautiful bruises stood out clearly against her skin. I even was nice enough to run a brush through her hair. When I'd finished, I led her to the bedroom and put a pair of shorts and a t-shirt on her thin frame. I'd gone clothes shopping and things would actually fit her now.
Then I made her lie down on the bed, tying her wrists and ankles to the bed posts. "I'll be right back. Going to get you some real food for a change, you're going to need your strength." While I made the soup and sandwich, I could hear her scream and swear. It made me smile. Broken but still had some fight left. Perfect.
I sat down on the bed and untied the blindfold. "I want you to eat all of this food Faith, and then I'm going to let you loose from the bed." She gave me a look. I put my hands up. "I mean it, you're going to have the run of this cabin. You can't get away, nothing but desert for miles in all directions. I hid the car keys so you can't take that either. And if you piss me off too much during this training period, I am going to strip you down, tie you to one of those big cacti, and leave you out there for a night. In the condition you're in right now, I don't know if you'd be able to survive, but it would be fun to watch."
Set the plate on her stomach, on top of the wound that I hadn't bothered to clean in a few days. Maybe I should, it looked a little red. Oh well. Then I started to feed her, going slowly so she wouldn't be sick. "Bet that food tastes good after not having any for so long." Little nod of her head. She finished it all and I knew she'd want more, but she could get it herself now.
Untied her ankles first and then her bad arm. "I'm going to let you loose completely now. Think about what you should do to help fix your body, don't give in to your revenge yet. Try to kill me and I'll break your legs. Hell, it'll make you fit better in the trunk." I laughed and undid her other wrist. "There you go. Free as a bird." I sat back and watched her with an amused look on my face.