We weren't driving very long before we came to a halt. someone helped me down out of the car and the blindfold was ripped off my eyes. I immediately raised a hand to cover my eyes, sheilding them from the unfriendly sun. It surprised me how hot it was consider it was nearly February. I can only imagine the weather back home and I hatd to say it, but Ithink I was starting to miss the snow and cold.

After my eyes adjusted to the blinding light, I peeled my hand away and took in my surroundings. We were on a board walk. Girls in scantily clad bathing suits roller bladed by, eating ice cream cones. Shirtless men walked around in bathing suit shorts and not much else. Everyone was tanned and toned, I paled, literally, in comparison. We were parked in a large parking lot with several other cars that looked exactly like the big, black SVU we arrived in. How could anyone tell their car apart? Shadows turned to me with a look that could kill set on his face.

"If you run, I will find you. If you tell anyone, I will find them and kill them, right in front of me. If you do anything that I do not find acceptable while we are out, you will be severly punished. Today we are out with friends, we are a couple and you will put your arm around me when I put mine around you, you will hold my hand when I hold yours. If you do anything that may suggest that we are not who we seem, you will be punished. If you walk away from us, you will be punished. If you talk when you are not spoken to first, you will be punished. Behave. Understood?" I seemed to get the vibe that this wasn't a question it was more of a "do it or I'll rape you when we get back," type thing. "Okay guys, let's go eat." He stood close to me and slipped his arm around my shoulders and gave me an expecting look before I put mine around his waist. His grip was loose but firm, firm enough to tell me that he still had all the control.

We walked out of the parking lot and immediately found a place to eat. We were seated as soon as we walked in and our server came running. I got the message that everyone knew who they were and they were not to be left waiting.

"Can I take your orders?" The young female waitress asked. I watched as all the guys undressed her with thier eyes. I was seated in the middle of the round table, surrounded by men, so i was the last to have my order taken.

"Um, I'll have the soup." I said, mentally taking a calorie count in my head.

"It's like a million fucking degrees out, it's too hot for fucking soup, pick something else." Shadows demanded. My cheeks flared red at his outburst.

"Okay, I'll have a salad." The next best thing.

"No, you won't. You don't need to eat a fucking salad. She'll have a burger." Shadows said defiantly, taking the menu from my hands and giving it to the waitress. I sank down in my chair, feeling extremely embarassed.

"I can't eat the burger." I whispered to him.

"And why the fuck not?" He yelled back, gaining the attention of the nearby tables.

"I'm a vegetarian." I whispered, trying to keep calm and collected.

"Look, Holly, I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but I fucking own you and that means I fucking control you. If I order you a burger, you better god damn eat it." It made me sick to my stomach at the thought of eating that ground up animal. I thought for sure that I was going to be sick. Our orders came back in a few short minutes, and a large, steaming beef patty sat in front of me. The smell itself made me nauseated. I could practically hear the cow mooing. "Well?" Shadows demanded? With shaky hands I picked up the burger and placed a small amount in my mouth, biting it off and placing the burger back on the plate. I watched as Shadows smirked while watching me eat it and as soon as he looked away I spat it out into my napkin, not wanting to swallow. I took several small bites of fries and drank nearly three galsses of water at lunch and that was all I was going to eat.

Shadows scooched his chair closer to mine, placing his hand on my upper thigh. He edged it up and up until he was at the edge of my shorts, but defore he could slip his hand in, I shot my hand under the table and slapped his hand away, picking his hand up and practically throwing it away. He leaned over to me, pressing his hot mouth against my ear.

"Just for that, tonight will be worse, I'll punish you the way I'm dying to punish you. I'll touch you in places no one ever has. I'll make you feel things no one else will be able to." After whispering this in my ear, he placed his hand back under the tbale, on my thigh. He quickly moved it up and slipped right under the leg of my shorts. I tried crossing my legs, refusing him entrance, but he just pulled them apart.

I felt his fingers brush against my slit and for a while that's all he did, seemingly "teasing" me. Then he slipped one finger into my slit and started slowly dragging his finger up and down, brushing my clit everytime way he went. I did my best to ignore him, block out where his fingers were rubbing and I tried to think about that poor cow that I had to take a bite of. I didn't even realise that people were talking around me, I didn't even realise that every had stood up and were waiting for me, until Shadows gripped my arm roughly and pulled me up from my chair.

"Come on, we're leaving." He said, still gripping my arm. Each man dropped a few bills on the table and turned to leave, I started to walk when Shadows pulled me back. "Where the fuck do you think you're going?" He demanded, in a deep, threatening tone.

"Uh, to- to leave?" I asked him, terrified that it could be the wrong answer, though slightly comforted by the fact that we were in public and he couldn't touch me now.

"I saw what you fucking did back there, don't you dare fucking ignore me, you little bitch. When I touch you, I expect you to pay attention and fucking enjoy it. Do you understand?"

"Yes." I whispered, looking down, letting my hair curtain my face.

"Yes, what?"He demanded, as if to make me more embarassed.

"Yes, Shadows." I said.

"Good girl, you know, I don't like hurting you, but sometimes you just make me." He grabbed my hand and laced his fingers through mine, I quickly laced mine through his for fear of more punishment. He began to lead me out of the restaurant where all the guys were waiting for us.

"Okay, to the next stop?" Zacky asked.

"Where are we going now?" I asked.

"You'll see." All the men smirked, I don't like this at all. Only bad could come from this. Shadows kept my hand in his as we walked behind the group, letting them lead the way. We soon came to a store front with no name and blacked out windows. I wanted to object but I knew that if I did it wouldn't make much difference. I slowly walked in, lagging behind.

As each of the guys entered, I heard a loud chorus of greeting. Whoever was in this store knew all the guys. I heard each man be greated with a name that I had either never heard or rarely heard. Zacky, the green- eyed monster. Matt, Shadows, this was new to me. Brian, Gates, nothing new here. Johnny, Chirst. Finally, Jimmy, the Rev. I wasn't sure if they wanted me to know their names... But when I walked in all the chatted stopped and everyone turned to stare at me. Everyone soon went to work, and i understood what this place was. Tattoos. Every worker in here was covered in ink, some black and white and some colour.

"What, what are we doing here?" I asked, afraid of the answer.

"Well, Penaut, you're getting your first tattoo." Gates said, smirking and wrapping his arm around my shoulders.

"No, no, no, no, no." I said, my eyes widening. I tried to back up, trying to get out of the store, but Gates held me firmly in place.

"Oh yes, yes, yes." He laughed.

"Okay little lady, just come lie down over here on this chair and we can get started."

"No! No! I will not fucking lie down! I'm not letting you go anywhere near me with that fucking thing! You're not marking me! I will not be branded!" I screamed, struggling to get out of Gates' grasp.

"You will do as you're told." Shadows shouted.

"No. Fuck you! Fuck all of you! I'm not your bitch that you can command! I will not do as I'm told because you can't control me!" He pounded over to me and slapped me hard across the cheek. My head whipped to the side and I felt my cheek get heated. I brought my hand up and gingerly carrassed it.

"Get in the god damned chair!" He screamed at me. I looked around at everyone stunned, stairing at us in silence. No one moved, no one spoke, no one even took a breath in anticipation of what I was going to do. When I didn't say he started to advance on me. Every step he took I took one back.

"Get away from me." I screamed. Suddenly a pair of arms came up from behind and wrapped around my waist, hoisting me up. I placed my hands on his arms, trying to pull themm off of me, kicking and screaming all the way. They placed me on the chair, placing their hands on my shoulders and pushing me down. I looked up and saw Jimmy holding me down. "Get off me you disgusting swine!" I screamed in a desperate attempt to get them away. He just looked down at me like I was nothing more than trash.

"Stay still or you'll ruin it. If you squirm it'll hurt more." I closed my eyes and screwed them shut, praying that it wouldn't hurt. But when I heard that buzz start, I knew this was going to be the most painful thing I've experienced yet. When the needle first pierced my skin it stung, but as he started scrawling it felt as if he were taking razorblades and craving pictures into my skin. It took what felt like forever. just as I was getting ready to pass out, the buzzing stop and he started wiping down my skin.

I opened my eyes and Jimmy released me from his hold.

"Well, go have a look." All the guys were grinning like idiots and I was scared to see what was now permanently on my body. Tears welled in my eyes as I looked at what was scrawled on my body.

In between my hip bones, was scarwled, Avenged Whore.