19 chapter 21

The cult leaders were given a grand life and wanted for nothing. They did not have to work for anything and took whatsoever they wanted or thought of wanting. The slaves of the invisible hand had

to support the lavished lifestyles of it's leadership without question.

The slaves of the cult were to worked until they dropped dead in the desert and eaten by vultures.

Donas and Iona had tried to forget to why they left their own home, if you could even call it that.

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The pair were working one day on an idol dedicated to the great shadow. They were trained to make elaborate idols in their early childhood.

They were like drones in that had a specific function that they and could do not much more. The cult leaders wanted that their workers did a lot of work and knew only how to do very little. The invisible hand had wanted to keep a monopoly on all knowledge in the territory of Socanas.

Knowledge could and often be very powerful. The lack of knowledge creates a dependence on those who posses such desired knowledge.

Donas and Iona were not romantically involved since they taught that sex without leadership's permission was a punishable offense. The workforce usually would act asexual in their behavior so that more work could be done, as commanded by the cult leader.

The two were both very good sculptors and that talent was used by the invisible hand to make idols of the great shadow and his followers.

Donas and Iona were taken in completely enclosed buggies so that could not figure out a route to escape. The invisible hand was extremely paranoid and left nothing to chance. The cult wanted to

control everything that went on in the desert.

The pair of Iona and Donas had been alone most of the day and it was starting to get dark. The idol that the pair was working was finished and they were double checking the statues for any errors.

Donas spoke," The back side of the statue is correct, how about the front?"

Iona was finishing looking over the front and she said,"The front is identical to the drawing that

we were given."

Donas had a gotten an old wooden ladder and was looking over the top of the elaborate statue.

Donas speaks,"Good, let me finish looking over the top of the statue.

The idol was that one of the great shadow's various evil spirits.

The invisible hand cult worships the great shadow and his demons. They demanded that all idols be perfect and without any blemish.

If ether Donas or Iona made a single mistake then they would be killed. The cult leaders would look at the idol at every considerable angle to see that it was correct.

A short fat man begins to walk towards the pair of Donas and Iona with a sinister look on his plump face.

The pair bow to the fat man in a prostrate position(on all fours with forehead to the ground).

The large man was a lower class cult leader and he was not here to check up on Donas and Iona's progress with the idol. He had other ideas in mind.

The man speaks,"Male slave you can now leave now! Raise your head and make your leave immediately! Make haste and leave us without looking back!"

Donas jumps right to his feet and makes a standing bow.

Donas speaks," The statue of..."

The cult leader cuts him off and says,"Just leave us or you will die! Do not question me, slave!"

Donas bows and begins to walk away.

He obeys as he has been taught since he has been taught. The cult leaders were to be obeyed

since to the cult they were perfect. The invisible hand were to be obeyed or else.

Donas thinks," The leader did not care about the statue! That does not make sense since the leaders focus so much on worshiping our beloved spirit guides. The master had wanted to see only Iona and not me! It does not make any sense!"

Donas was walking very slowly since he felt ill to stomach as Iona was in danger somehow! Back at the site of the newly built idol, there is Iona still in a prostrate position on the ground.

Iona was being to wonder what was going on and she being to ponder,"Why has Donas had sent

away and not me? It does not make any sense or does the master here have a special purpose for me? I hear that some blessed workers get to to be used for special purposes! Could I be a candidate for becoming a special worker?"

The cult master spoke," I have decided that you will be my concubine and later a ritual whore! How blessed you will be! I have picked you out of hundreds of female slaves and I found you to be the most beautiful and most fertile. The invisible hand needs more stock to support our group in the future generation! The invisible hand is to live for the future generation!"

Iona had no concept of sex since she had not even kissed a man before yet alone slept with one. The invisible hand would set aside female virgins and even some males as well, to sacrifice to the great

shadow and his spirits. The great shadow loved the victimization of the weak and innocent ones. They loved to prey on those of could not defend himself.

The cult leader spoke,"I will have to break you in before you can become a ritual whore!"

Iona had no concept of what she was being told and remained silent.

The fat man grabs Iona by her hair and pulls her to her feet. Iona is raised above his head and Iona's hairdo falls apart.

She falls to the ground revealing her long red hair that went down to her shins.

Iona become very frighten and rightful so.

The fat man was angered that he had dropped his prized concubine to the stony ground. The cult

leader went to kick Iona on her left side.

Iona was so scared that she grabbed the fat man by his shin and she would not him let go.

The cult leader speaks,"Let me go slave or I will kill you for your rebellious nature! Let me free at once!"

Iona was so scared that she went in fight or flight mode and squeezed the fat man's leg so hard that it breaks the fat man's shin.

The cult leader screams and falls unto his back and yells out in pain. The fat man has never felt pain before in his life and he screaming like a spoiled child on the ground.

Iona has lost it and begins to scream out in horror about what has just happened.

She had worked with Donas for the last ten years so she could trust in him is what he thought.

She screams," Donas, I need help! Come back here at once!"

Donas walked less than a quarter of a mile when he had stopped in his tracks.

Donas spoke,"I just do not know what feels wrong but I just can not shake this sense of dread. I know I have been told ordered to leave but I can't just leave Iona by herself. I will just walk back within eye distance then go on my way. I feel that something bad is going to happen to Iona! I am going to return to see what is up."

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Donas had walked back near where he had built the idol with Iona when he hears some blood curdling screams.

Donas was aghast by what he saw from the distance.

The cult leader was fighting with Iona. The fat man was getting the upper hand of the struggle.

Donas stood speechless at what he saw.

The fat man was trying to **** the idol maker Iona but the pair did not know that going on. The

pair was kept naive on purpose so the cult leaders could take advantage of those that were under their control.

She had only knew that she wanted nothing with being this old fat man's concubine and later becoming a ritual whore that was traded around to everybody that was elite.

Ritual whores were said to be nomads and never had a true home.

Iona was panicking and she only knew that she had to fight back.

The fat man speaks,"Slave, stop fighting me or I will kill you! You should feel honored that I would pick you out of thousands of female slaves. I have at right now, have over one hundred different female slaves that I keep to bear me strong successors of my seed. You will also get to have such an opportunity! You should be jumping in joy for such a chance. Women throw themselves for such an opportunity that was given you ingrate."

Iona spoke,"Why would I want that? Why would I want to be with a fat slob!"

The cult leader smacks Iona in her face and knocks her to the ground.

Iona was balling her pretty eyes out.

The cult leader spoke," You have too much self will, but I will take my time breaking you in! You will call me master soon enough! I will have my fun until then!"

Iona spits in the fat man's face and receives another slap in the face for her effort.