Blood

“You were right, Seth”, she is all you promised and a hundred times more”, smiled Sway.

Max was at a loss for words. Seth was holding her, effectively stopping her from fighting, and Jondi was just lying on the bed doing nothing.

“It’s his blood Max”, Jondi shouted, seeing her sisters confusion.

“Yes please”, Sway cut in, “Don’t blame your comrades Max. They can’t help themselves, as long as my blood is in their system they cannot disobey my orders”…

“Seth has been rather helpful in locating both you and Jondi”…
“Of course I forbade him from telling you why he was luring you here.”

“And why are you doing this?” Max gritted, struggling to breathe with Seth’s arm around her throat.

“Everything in its time”…
Do you have her?” he asked Seth.

He nodded.

Sway pulled a small knife from his pocket then slit his arm just above his wrist. His clear, blueish, red blood flowed out. He looked at Max.

Max’s eyes shot open and she struggled in Seth’s grasp but with little success.
Sway walked up to her and gripped her chin forcing her mouth open, his hands, cold as ****. He placed is bleeding arm near her full lips squeezing droplets of blood into her mouth.

Max gagged as the blood spilt into her mouth, trying to spit it out. Sway gripped her throat forcing her to swallow.

Max’s eyes glazed as the blood ran down her throat, her head started to spin, and her body felt numb. She opened her eyes, her world a little hazey.

Sway smiled, “Let her go.”

Seth let go, and Max stood swaying on the spot as if she were intoxicated. Then all at once her senses flooded back and she found herself looking at Sway.

She wanted to ball her fist and knock him out, but her body fought against her mind, it would not harm him. Max realized it had worked, she was trapped one of his drones, like Seth and Jondi.

“Now, then”, Sway said, “Your friend Jondi is quite a minx when I tell her to fuck me with everything she has, but just looking at you, I know you’re better”…

“But lets first have a look at you”…

“Strip for me.”