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 Dr.  Stern's Menagerie - 14

   Jimmy pulls 15-year-old Luisa from the wreckage of a tragic accident,
and she becomes another member of the menagerie.

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   The van was designed to hold eight passengers but was crammed with 14
migrant workers following jobs during the tomato-picking season in the
Midwest.  They traveled down country back roads, under cover of darkness
where police and immigration officers seldom bothered to patrol.  12 of the
passengers were male adults, the other two passengers in the back were
15-year-old Luisa and her mother, Consuela.  Consuela's husband was
driving. They had made good money so far this season, but what wasn't spent
on meager meals and gasoline was sent back home to Mexico, not on van
maintenance.  When the well-worn bearings in the left front wheel seized up
at 65mph, the driver lost control.  The van went hurtling off the road and
into a wide irrigation ditch.  The last thing Luisa remembered was the
sound of her mother's screams as the van rolled over the irrigation berm,
landing upside down in the water.

   In his room on the upper floor of the farmhouse, Jimmy suddenly sat up
in bed, wide awake.  His time in the Army stationed in Afghanistan had made
him a light sleeper, and he had heard a noise like the wreck of a HumVee.

   Next to him, Julia stirred, half-awake.  She was no longer known as
Beverly - Jimmy had re-named her Julia.  "Whais, Shimmy?" she slurred. 
Since being released from the plaster shell where her jaw and tongue were
unable to move for almost a week, she was slowly reacquiring her ability to
speak.

   Overall, she was recovering nicely.  Doc had confirmed she was knocked
up, and her skin had acquired the glow of pregnancy.  After all the weight
she lost during her imprisonment, with her tall frame she had become quite
the svelte arm candy in the nice dresses Jimmy bought for her.  With Doc's
permission, he had even taken her out for quiet dinners in town a couple of
times, and was pleased to see other men eyeing her jealously.  Her strength
was slowly returning to her limbs, although she soon tired when she moved
around for an extended period.  The woman known as Mrs.  Beverly Akers was
gone.  She had been reborn, physically and mentally.

   One thing that didn't need rehabilitation was her sex drive.  Aside from
his mother, Jimmy had never known a woman so devoted to him; he loved how
Julia was totally attached to him, and couldn't stand to be away from him
for more than a few hours at a time.  If he was gone for too long, she
would curl up into a ball on the bed and cry, and then promptly fuck his
brains out when he came back.  Even now, half asleep, her hand slipped
under the covers to fondle his cock.

   "Plees fuckmi, Shimmy" she whispered.  She spread her legs and started
to stroke him gently, his cock now semi-rigid.  Jimmy gently removed her
eager hands and stood up.

   "I heard something, Julia.  Sounded like a crash.  Might be trouble.  I
gotta go check it out." Her eyes opened and she looked at him with a woeful
stare.  "Don't cry, Julia," he warned.  "I gotta do my job, make sure the
Doc is safe." Clutching the sheet to her naked body, she choked back her
anxiety and nodded her head in obedience.  He left the light on for her,
because after her being trapped in plaster, she freaked out about being
left alone in the dark.  As soon as Jimmy was dressed and out the bedroom
door, she curled up and whimpered softly.

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   Lying in the back of the van with water lapping at her, in the moonlight
Luisa saw hands open the rear liftgate through her swollen eye slits.  The
big hands gently lifted her out and carried her a short distance, then laid
her on a blanket.  She felt the hands gently remove her wet clothes, wrap
her up in the blanket and place her in the back of a car.  As the car
started moving, she lost consciousness again.

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   In the clinic Jimmy stood by the small girl as Roger examined her.  "It
was pretty bad, Doc," he said.  "I saw at least 8 dead guys floating on the
surface, and there was probably more inside the van under the water.  Looks
like she was the only one made it out alive."

   Roger continued his examination.  "Tomorrow morning, take the backhoe
out there and bury the dead guys and the van.  As far as the world is
concerned, they never existed.  You got it?"

   Jimmy nodded.  "Sure boss, I'll make them gone by lunchtime." He hurried
back upstairs, and as soon as he opened the door Julia was on him.  Ripping
his clothes off, she pushed him backwards onto the bed and took his cock in
her mouth.  He thought to himself that fucking must be a hell of a workout,
since Julia seemed to be getting stronger every day.

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   Luisa opened her eyes.  She was in some kind of hospital room.  To her
side, a man wearing a white doctor's coat was holding some x-rays to the
light.  She tried to lift her arms, but her wrists were in restraining
cuffs.  Her ankles had been restrained as well.  The movement caught his
attention and the man turned.  She saw a nametag on the coat that
identified him as Dr.  Roger Stern.

   His handsome face smiled at her.  Unsure of her background, he spoke to
her in Spanish.  "Ah, you're awake.  Have some water." He placed a straw to
her lips, holding a plastic cup with water in it.  Suddenly she felt very
thirsty, and drank it greedily.

   After she finished it, she whispered in English, "Thank you sir." The
doctor put the glass down and picked up a clipboard and began studying it.
"Where are the others?  Are they OK?" the girl whispered.

   He put the clipboard down.  "It was a pretty horrific crash, and the van
went into an irrigation ditch.  Several men were killed after being ejected
from the vehicle.  The remainder of the people inside were drowned.  You
would have drowned as well, except my assistant got there in time to pull
you out.  You're lucky to be alive.  Now can you tell me who you are,
little one?"

   Luisa felt herself choke up, and for a moment couldn't speak.  Her mind
reeled as she processed the thought that her mother, her father, several
uncles and her boyfriend were all gone.  She was alone.  Tears rolled down
her cheeks as she spoke.  "My name is Luisa Valdez, sir.  We're migrant
workers, and we were on our way to a new job to pick tomatoes.  My parents
and my boyfriend were in the van.  He was going to marry me when we got
back to Mexico."

   The man picked up the clipboard.  "Well, Luisa, this accident has just
changed your plans.  You're not going back to Mexico, you're staying here.
The good news is you're relatively healthy.  No STDs, no concussions, no
broken bones.  I gave you a complete exam while you were unconscious;
you're not a virgin, but you're not pregnant." He pulled the sheet down,
exposing her naked chest.  Luisa felt her face flush as his hands explored
her small but youthful brown breasts, the nipples becoming rigid as the
cool air hit them.  He felt them thoroughly, gently squeezing and probing
with his fingers before announcing, "Your breasts are healthy, no lumps. 
Very good." Ignoring her modesty, he did not bother to cover her up again.
"As of right now, Luisa, as far as the rest of the world is concerned you
have ceased to exist.  The remains of the van and its occupants are gone.
No one will ever know of the accident."

   "My name is Dr.  Stern." He made a slight gesture towards the wall. 
"This farm house is my home and my clinic, paid for powerful men who have
retained my medical services.  Everything here is mine.  This now includes
you.  You will stay with me here, doing chores and helping out as needed.
You will warm my bed, or anyone else's that I tell you to as needed.  You
will bear my children as needed.  If you cooperate, you'll be well-treated.
If you do not cooperate, you will be punished harshly.  But be warned: if
find you planning to run away, you will be punished severely.  If you
actually do try to run away, I promise you that you'll end up in the same
place as the rest of the people in that van, with cows and pigs relieving
themselves on the ground you're buried under."

   The doctor looked at her with kind eyes.  "I know this is all a lot to
process, so you'll stay restrained in bed until you decide to cooperate. 
If you need a bedpan, press the call button on the wireless device next to
your right hand, and it will alert a staff member." Then he left.

   Luisa sat there in stunned silence, tears running down her cheeks as the
reality of her situation set in.  In about a half an hour the door opened
again, and a small Asian woman with a white silk scarf around her neck and
wearing a nurse's uniform came in with a tray of mild foods, toast, broth
and gelatin.

   "I am your nurse, my name is Keiko," she said.  "You have been through
much, Doctor Stern says you need to keep up your strength," she instructed
Luisa as she set it on a side table.  Pulling up a chair next to the bed,
she took Luisa's restrained hand in hers.  "This is not a bad place," she
told the girl.  "The Doctor takes care of us, and only punishes us when we
are disobedient."

   "Is there any way to escape?" Luisa asked.  Keiko's eyes got wide,
almost fearful.

   "You must never speak or even think of such things," she said quietly.
"Sometimes the Doctor is watching on hidden cameras.  He would punish you
severely if he heard you say that."

   The girl whispered back, "What about you?  Are you a prisoner here?"

   Keiko looked at the floor.  "I am here by choice," she replied.  "I once
did a very wicked thing to the Doctor, and eventually was caught.  I was
punished severely.  The Doctor gave me the choice of dying, or staying here
with him.  I was not afraid of dying, but decided to serve him instead to
make up for the wrong I had done.  He is my Master, and I have his baby in
me now.  I please him, and I am happy again."

   She continued, "The Doctor used to be a kind man and a good doctor. 
Before, he was a very gentle person, but I fear the things this other woman
and I did changed him.  Because of the two of us, his life was ruined.  He
can still be kind, but he can also be cruel.  Very,very cruel.  This is why
you must be obedient and always try to please him."

   "What does he want from me?" the girl asked.  Keiko squeezed her hand
again, softly.

   "Although his former wife never game him any, he loves children.  He
wants many children.  We live out here on a big farm with lots of space,
and he has started to build another house with many rooms to hold them.  He
also wants them to be of all colors; I am carrying his first Asian baby. 
You will be carrying his Hispanic babies.  There is a Black woman here who
he wants to carry his African-American babies.  Someday he will have a
White woman and an East Indian woman to give him babies as well."

   "But what if I don't want to have his babies?" Luisa naively asked. 
"Don't I have rights here in America?"

   Keiko shook her head and spoke quietly.  "My dear, once you arrived
here, to the outside world you no longer exist.  You lost all rights and
protections except for what the Doctor allows you.  Accept this, and you
will live a good life.  Reject it, and I fear you will regret it."