After the bath time fun Weaver was sitting on the bed and in front of her sat Amber, she was brushing her hair gently wondering who this other man could be. She thought that it was most likely Luka, it was hard for her to picture anyone else talking her into doing something like this. Amber sighed softly and then yawned, she turned her head to look at Weaver and smiled. Almost as soon as she did that the door to the room opened and Abby was standing there looking pale.

“He’s here Amber…” She muttered not looking at either of them, she then turned and left the room and headed down the hallway slowly. Amber squealed with delight and got off of the bed before adjusting her skin tight black dress and making sure her boots were laced up nicely.

“Come on Kerry he’s here.” She grabbed Weaver’s arm, Weaver was dressed in jeans and a white shirt with a black sweater over it, she had found a whole bunch of her own clothes in the dresser that sat by the window in the room. Feeling a little nervous about the way things were going she stood up and Amber helped her out into the hall. Abby was ahead of them, she was walking very slow and shaking her head slightly. Weaver could hear her talking, but she was obviously talking to herself, and no words could be made out.

After about five minutes of careful walking they entered the lounge that was at the bottom of the first set of steps. Weaver instantly froze when she finally saw who the other man was, it was none other then Robert Romano and for a moment she thought she was going to be sick. Abby entered from behind them and Amber smiled and ran over to him and literally leapt into his lap.

“Nice to see you too.” He said to her before lifting his good arm to stroke her soft hair, Weaver couldn’t find any words to say so she just leaned up against the frame of the door and closed her eyes. She started to pray that this wasn’t happening, that none of this was real, she didn’t want to even think about what Romano might have in store for her. “Get over yourself Kerry I wouldn’t touch you with a six foot pole.”

“He’s not here for you he’s here for Amber.” Carter said, he stood up from his chair and walked over to Kerry and pulled her into the room, “Don’t worry I wouldn’t let him touch you…ever.” Weaver was a bit relieved about that but she was still nervous, there was no way she wanted Romano to see her like this. Carter sat her down on the black leather couch that was in the room and then sat next to her putting his arm around her trembling form.

“I don’t know what you see in her.” Romano muttered and then pulled Amber into a passionate kiss. Amber kissed him back with equal passion and Kerry shuddered, wondering how such a wonderful woman could fall for such a devious man. “She can’t even walk.” He muttered when he pulled away from Amber, his voice was soft but that didn’t mean Weaver couldn’t hear what he was saying.

“Well I’m going to need help with her training you know.” Carter smiled and started to stroke Weaver’s hair, “And since I really can’t see my self being firm with her I think you might be of some help.”

“Excuse me? Training? What training?” Weaver’s head snapped around to look at Carter but he just continued to play with her hair and ignore what she was saying. “CARTER!”

“You only speak when spoken to…” Romano said in a firm voice and then he made a hand motion at Carter and Carter surprisingly backhanded Weaver. Weaver cried out and put a hand to her face, she looked over to Abby who was just sitting in her chair looking out of the door like she was thinking about making a run for it. Amber giggled and ran her hand over Romano’s cheek and then down his chest before leaning in and kissing him again.

“Do you know how sexy you are?” She whispered to him, Weaver’s face burned from the blow and now her stomach was knotting as she watched Amber turned into a giggling school girl for Romano. She started to contemplate this whole training thing and she wondered if Abby had to go through it or not. Abby seemed to be in her own little world for the time being and Weaver made a mental note to ask her about it a little later.

“What? So you want me to stay here for a few days and whip her into shape?” Romano asked Carter with a rather sly smile on his face. Weaver’s jaw dropped slightly for a moment, then she closed her mouth and her lower lip started to tremble slightly. There was no way she was going to let Romano whip her into shape, or touch her, or even treat her like she was less then human.

“Yeah if you have nothing better to do.” Carter replied nonchalantly, he removed his arm from being around Weaver and leaned forward putting his elbows on his legs and then his chin in his hands. Amber smiled and continued running her hand over his chest gently, like she was completely oblivious to what was going on. It was hard for Weaver to believe that Amber wasn’t drugged, or brainwashed, but something was going on. Whatever it was it didn’t seem to really effect Abby, unless she was just pretending to be brainwashed to avoid getting hurt. In any case Weaver didn’t know if she could take being “Trained” by Romano, but on the other hand she didn’t think she could pretend to be trained by him either. She felt a tear escape her eye and she brushed it away angrily, her cheek still stinging from the slap.

“Are we still going with the plan to bring in Dr. Lewis and Corday?” Romano asked as he let his hand trace over Amber’s neck and then her chest gently. Amber groaned softly much like she did when Weaver had touched her. When Kerry heard him say that she blinked a few times and looked at Carter wondering if all of this was true. If it was, what the hell did they plan to do with two more women? What the hell did they hope to accomplish? Kerry’s mind started to spin with all sorts of questions which she didn’t dare ask because she was afraid Carter might hit her again if she spoke out of turn.

“Yeah I know I can get Susan here but…”

“Don’t worry I’ll take care of Lizzie…we are having dinner tonight I assured her it was strictly on a friendly basis.” Romano said with a serious look in his eye and Carter looked back for a moment before they both broke into an almost sinister laugh. Weaver put her head in her hands for a moment and tried to keep herself from breaking down into sobs. After she took a few deep breaths she looked up to Abby who was now staring at the floor also trying to fight back her tears, causing Weaver to wonder if she knew more then she was letting on. There was definitely something wrong with Carter, this wasn’t like him at all, and that’s exactly when she started to suspect Romano.

She had never trusted Romano, ever, and she wondered if he wasn’t above some how brainwashing Carter and Amber into doing these crazy things. What better target then a man who has tons of money and a reputation that no one is going to question? It was clear to her that John wasn’t the same person she knew six months ago, neither was Amber. The only one who seemed to retain some sort of normality was Abby, but she was doing a pretty good job at hiding it from the rest of the world. She told herself that next time she was with Carter she would have to talk to him about all of this, but they would have to be alone in order for her to bring this up. Little did she know that being alone with Carter was going to be almost impossible over the next few weeks, because Amber was brought in to keep Romano’s sick plan in motion.

The next morning when Weaver woke up her hands were tired behind her back and her ankles were tied too, to top it all off there was a gag in her mouth. She was still on the same bed she had slept in the night before but when her eyes focused she saw Amber and Romano standing at the foot of the bed.

“Watch this…” Romano said to Amber and then he moved slightly like he was going to hit Weaver, Kerry winced and closed her eyes but he didn’t even touch her, “She’s scared of me…how about that?” He looked at Amber and laughed, she laughed along with him and Weaver felt her stomach turn once again. “Alright Kerry Amber is going to remove the gag only if you promise not to scream or bite.” Weaver glanced over at Amber for a moment and then back to Romano before nodding her head yes. Romano smiled at Amber who quickly got on the bed and pulled the gag from Weaver’s mouth gently.

“Why are you doing this?” Weaver whispered as she slowly inched herself as far away from Romano as she possibly could. He took a seat on the edge of the bed and looked at her for a moment, his eyes reflected only pure evil.

“I’m doing this to YOU because I hate you. I’m doing this to everyone else because well…what man doesn’t want three sex slaves?” Romano replied and then he laughed slightly, “You will be here with Carter for a long time, and trust me it’s not going to be fun. Maybe all of you should have taken this into consideration when I lost my arm…poor Romano can’t do anything any more…well who feels stupid now?”

“Romano I never said anything like that about…”

“SHUT UP!” He swiftly backhanded her, “Don’t talk unless I ask you too…and no you may not have said that out loud but your eyes…it was always in your eyes.” He growled and then stood up, Amber looked at him with concern and empathy Weaver just felt plain anger at this point. She struggled against her restraints but they were tight and she soon realized that she wasn’t going to get them off unless someone helped her, so there was no use in struggling because she would just hurt herself.

“Romano you are mistaken,” Weaver growled risking the possibility that he might hit her again, “I never felt sorry for you…I felt that you deserved it!” She sneered at him and that’s when she was hit in the jaw with his fist as hard as he could bring himself to hit a woman. Weaver cried out and fell back onto the bed she tried to keep her eyes open but the pain was too much and soon she was dead to the world.

When she woke up the first person she saw was Abby who was sitting next to her putting ice on her face, as far as she could tell there was no one else in the room with them. At first she couldn’t even remember what had happened but it slowly started to dawn on her that there might not be a way out of this. She groaned and turned her head so she was looking at Abby and then forced herself to sit up slowly.

“Something’s wrong with John.” She said softly trying not to move her mouth more then she needed too, she took the ice pack from Abby and held it on her face herself. It hurt to breathe and she couldn’t figure out why considering she was hit in the face. She winced and put a hand to her side wondering what was wrong, she slowly lifted her shirt to reveal two large bruises on her side extending to her back and over her stomach.

“I know there is something wrong with John, he’s addicted to pain killers again. As for you, you are lucky I came in when I did I had to pull Romano away from you.” Abby said to her and then she saw back on the bed and looked in Weaver’s direction, “He wants to kill you and I don’t think there is much stopping him. So are you willing to do things my way to get out or are you going to continue to be stubborn?” Weaver took in another shallow breath and swallowed hard, she had only been there for a few days but Abby had been there for months and so she decided it was high time she started to listen to Abby’s plan.

“Okay…fine…what’s the plan?”

* * *

“Lizzie it’s so nice to see you again.” Romano said as he entered the bedroom where Elizabeth was placed. It was considerably nicer then the room Susan had been placed in but that was only because he liked her more. Corday groaned, the sedative still hadn’t worn off and her head was throbbing the last thing she wanted to do was talk to Romano. He walked over to the bed and sat down next to her and right behind him was Amber ready to pounce on Corday if she decided to try anything.

“What do you want from me Romano?” Corday whispered, she brought her hands up to rub her eyes trying to force her body out of it’s tired state even though she knew that it had been drug induced. Romano leaned forward and started to stroke her hair gently, through the course of the night some one had taken it out of the messy bun she had it in for surgery.

“For you to end up exactly like her.” He motioned in Amber’s direction and Amber smiled at Corday like everything was as normal as it should be.

“Amber? You’re alive?” Corday whispered she was just as surprised as Weaver was when she had found out the few days before.

“Yes…and I feel better then I have in years.” She stepped up towards the bed and then set herself down in Romano’s lap before planting a kiss on his cheek. Romano turned his head to smile at Corday and then he wrapped his good arm around Amber. “This is going to be fun I’m going to have a new toy to play with.”

“Toy? What the hell are you talking about?” Corday spat as her brain started to register what was going on. She felt her stomach turn and she was almost positive she was going to be sick, it was probably just a side effect from the drug they had given her. She closed her eyes and pulled her knees up to her chest and took a few deep breaths to calm her body and stomach.

“Don’t worry Elizabeth after training you won’t get so sick at the idea.” Romano said and then he pulled out a syringe which had a clear liquid in it. Corday felt her body begin to shake and she tried to inch herself away from Romano but she couldn’t move fast because her head was pounding so terribly. Abby had been in there long before Romano had gotten to her, and Abby had explained her plan to Corday and then Susan, telling the both of them to distract Romano and John for as long as they possibly could so she could take care of switching the drugs with saline. Once John started to inject himself with the saline solution he would come down from his constant high, which Romano had started again by drugging Carter’s coffee day after day. After a while Romano became the provider of the drugs and since Carter had such a dependency on them he was willing to do almost anything for his next fix. Amber on the other hand was on a drug that shut down a lot of her higher brain function and made her very open to suggestion. Once she was injected with the saline solution she would be able to use logic once more and hopefully realize what she had been doing. Remembering what Abby said about keeping Romano busy Corday sucked up her pride and lowered her knees. She then repositioned herself so she was crawling towards Romano and then she pulled him into a kiss. Romano kissed her back with equal passion and for the moment Amber slipped off of his lap and sat on the edge of the bed where she lit up a cigarette. Romano planned to keep Amber in there for the time being because she was practically his body guard. Corday told herself to continue no matter what she had to do because she knew that it might be her only chance of getting out of there, and she most certainly didn’t want to end up like Amber.

End Part IIII