Bars and Chains

The demon snarled from behind her bars, tugging hard at the chains that bound her to them. A long rod was stuck in the cage and placed against her skin. She yelped, jolted for a moment, then went still, falling to her side.1

"Pretty soon that shocker won't phase her anymore. She smells the blood." Kalen muttered to the man beside him. He watched the girl in the cage twitch as the last jolts of electricity moved through her.2

Around them were fallen men, some missing limbs, others missing bodies. Blood colored the ground crimson and left a nasty smell of death in the air. Kalen looked back at his young pet and smiled. She was slowly getting up, tugging gently at the chains. Her hands moved to her mouth, tugging at the binding that kept her mouth restrained. They then moved to her eyes which were covered to keep her from seeing. It didin't matter that she could not see the dead. She could smell them.3

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"His beasts have come!" The voice aroused Kalen from his slumber as well as the men around him. He tapped on the bars of the cage, waking the girl inside. She hissed noisily and tried to grab Kalen's hand. He moved from the cage and watched two large cat-like creatures run toward the camp.5

Men moved back behind the cage, out of the demon's view. Kalen neared the girl and her prison, listening to her growl. She was bouncing lightly, nostrils flaring. "You smell them don't you?" he laughed. "Want to play with them?" he asked his pet, hands moving into her cage.6

Her eyes flickered open as the cloth was removed, her red eyes gleaming. Her mouth opened wide as it was unbound. Her sharp, pointed teeth gleamed in the moonlight. She snapped at Kalen's fingers as he pulled away. "Be good," he growled to her, removing her chains.7

The demon began shaking the cage, snarling and clawing, biting at the bars. Kalen opened the door, watching the girl shoot out of her prison and race toward her new play toys.