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An unwise bet
by
apervylittleperson1990
Mary Camden’s basketball jersey clung to her skin, damp with sweat that hadn’t dried since the final buzzer. She stared at the peeling paint of the visiting team’s locker room door—forest green, chipped where someone had kicked it years ago. Her fingers trembled slightly as she adjusted the strap of her gym bag. It felt heavier than usual.
Inside, the air smelled like cheap disinfectant and stale popcorn. Six girls from Ridgewood High leaned against metal lockers, their own uniforms swapped for hoodies and sneakers. Tina Vargas, Ridgewood’s point guard, cracked her knuckles. "Right on time," she said, her voice flat. No smirk, no taunt. Just cold efficiency. Mary’s stomach tightened. She’d known Tina since middle school tournaments—always ruthless on the court, but this silence felt different. Dangerous.
Mary’s gym bag thudded on the tile floor. "You don’t have to do this," she whispered, her throat dry. One girl—Lena, with buzzed pink hair—snorted, turning away. Another, Jasmine, fiddled with her hair, not making eye contact. Tina stepped forward, blocking Mary’s view of the exit. "We made a bet, a bet" she stated. "A bet that was your idea" Mary remembered how she had taunted them before the game, she had let her temper get the better of her, since it had been her idea she couldn't back out now and she wasn't going to try to.
Cold metal pressed against Mary’s spine as Tina backed her against lockers. The disinfectant smell thickened. Tina’s fingers hooked under the hem of Mary’s jersey.
"You said," Tina murmured, peeling sweat-soaked polyester upward, "the loser’s star gets *used*." Cotton scraped over Mary’s ribs. "Then killed in any way the winning team wants." The jersey pooled at her waist. Tina’s knuckles brushed bare skin—a clinical touch, devoid of heat. Mary flinched as Tina’s palm flattened against her sternum, pinning her. "Your words, Camden. *‘Make them scream before they stop.’*" Tina’s other hand tugged at Mary’s shorts. The zipper teeth snagged. "You drew the contract. We’re just signing it."
Mary nodded. Her shorts slid down her thighs. She kicked them aside. The locker-room fluorescents bleached her skin blue-white. She unhooked her bra, dropped it, hooked thumbs into damp cotton panties. Lena stopped picking at her nails. Jasmine’s charger cord slipped from her fingers. Six pairs of eyes tracked the fabric’s descent. Mary stood naked against cold metal. "I know," she said, chin lifted. "And I’ll keep my end." Her voice didn’t waver. "But when it’s time?" She scanned their faces—Lena’s pinched mouth, Jasmine’s twitching eyelid. "Don’t chicken out. Some of you..." Her gaze locked on Tina. "...won’t have the guts to finish me."
Tina’s smirk faltered. She grabbed Mary’s hair—hard—yanking her forward onto bruised knees. "You’re about to learn how wrong you are." The vinyl tile stung Mary’s kneecaps. Tina shoved her face toward Lena’s crotch. Lena wore loose grey sweatpants. The scent of stale popcorn and Lena’s nervous sweat filled Mary’s nostrils. "But first," Tina hissed, fingers tightening in Mary’s scalp, "you’re gonna lick every one of our cunts. Make us cum all over that perfect face of yours." Lena’s hips jerked back half an inch. Mary didn’t wait. She pressed her mouth against the damp cotton seam.
The slap cracked like a puck hitting plexiglass at a hockey rink—sudden, sharp, echoing off metal lockers. Tina’s palm left a crimson handprint blooming on Mary’s cheekbone. "Then," Tina said, voice low and jagged as broken glass, "we’ll hurt you so much that by the end, you’ll be begging us to kill you."
Mary’s tongue dragged along Lena’s sweatpants seam, tasting cheap polyester and fear-salt. Lena gasped, hips bucking forward—not away—as Mary’s teeth grazed cotton. The fabric darkened. Jasmine watched, chewing her thumbnail raw. Mary didn’t tease; she hooked fingers into Lena’s waistband and yanked downward. Lena’s sweatpants pooled around her ankles. Mary pressed her face into coarse curls, inhaling musk and adrenaline. Lena’s knees locked. Mary’s tongue slid upward—slow, deliberate—finding slick heat. Lena’s cry wasn’t pleasure; it was shock, sharp as Tina’s slap. Mary worked deeper, relentless. Lena’s fingers tangled in Mary’s hair, pulling her closer, grinding against her mouth. "Fuck," Lena choked out, thighs trembling. "She’s—" The sentence died in a shudder.
Tina watched, arms crossed. Jasmine edged closer, hoodie discarded, jeans unbuttoned. Mary surfaced, lips glistening. Lena staggered back, clutching her stomach. "Your turn," Mary told Jasmine, voice raw. Jasmine hesitated, then stepped forward, pushing Mary’s face into her own wiry thatch. Mary tongued her roughly—no finesse, just pressure. Jasmine whimpered, hips jerking. Tina’s gaze never left Mary. Jasmine came fast, biting her fist to mute the cry. Mary pulled back, spitting onto the tile. "Two down," she rasped. "Four to go." Her eyes met Tina’s. "Still think you’ll finish this?"
Mary crawled to the next girl—Kim, Ridgewood’s shy reserve player. Kim trembled as Mary hooked fingers into her leggings. "I’ve watched you play," Mary murmured against Kim’s thigh. "You freeze under pressure." Kim whimpered. Mary’s tongue worked slow circles, coaxing, patient. Kim’s breath hitched, then she arched, sobbing as release crashed through her. Mary moved on without pause. To Debbie, who cursed and grabbed Mary’s hair. To Sarah, who came silently, tears streaking her cheeks. Each time, Mary’s gaze flicked back to Tina. *Still watching? Still doubting?*
When only Tina remained, Mary knelt before her. Tina’s jeans were already unzipped, her stance wide. "Last one," Mary said, wiping her mouth. "Make it good." Tina’s fist clenched in Mary’s hair, forcing her face forward. Mary didn’t resist. She pressed her lips to Tina’s trimmed curls, inhaling the sharp tang of sweat and rage. Tina’s hips jerked—a brutal, punishing rhythm. Mary took it, tongue relentless, until Tina shuddered, a guttural cry tearing from her throat.
Tina stumbled back, breathing hard. Mary sat back on her heels, blood-streaked saliva trickling down her chin. "See?" Mary’s voice was raw but steady. "I can take whatever death you have planned for me. And I will love it." She smiled, genuine and unsettling. "Because it means I won. I made you all weak." Tina’s eyes narrowed, flickering with something colder than anger—doubt, sharp as shattered glass.
"Down, bitch!" Tina snarled, her bare foot driving hard into Mary’s stomach. The air rushed from Mary’s lungs in a choked gasp as she crumpled onto the freezing tile. Before she could curl inward, Lena and Jasmine seized her wrists, pinning them wide. Kim and Debbie grabbed her ankles, forcing her legs apart. Mary arched against their grip, tendons straining like bowstrings. The fluorescents glared down, bleaching her naked skin ghost-pale against the grimy floor.
Tina stalked to her locker, the metal door screeching open. She pulled out a coiled bullwhip—dark, braided leather, its handle worn smooth. The tail hissed against the tile as she uncoiled it. "Hold her tight," Tina commanded, her voice low and venomous. "No one touches her face. When this is done?" She flicked the whip experimentally; it cracked like a gunshot. "I’m taking her head. Mounting it above my bed." Jasmine flinched but tightened her hold on Mary’s thrashing leg.
The first lash caught Mary across the ribs. A searing line of fire bloomed, stealing her breath. She didn’t scream—just arched, teeth gritted so hard her jaw ached. Tina’s eyes glittered. The second strike landed lower, wrapping around Mary’s thigh. Skin split. Blood welled, hot and slick against the cold floor. Lena whimpered, turning her face away from the spray. "Keep her spread!" Tina snarled. "She wanted this." The whip sang again, biting into Mary’s hipbone. Mary gasped, a ragged sound ripped from her throat. Her vision blurred. Sweat stung her eyes.
The next hit came down on Mary’s left nipple—a vicious, precise snap. Pain exploded, white-hot and electric. Blood beaded instantly, trickling down the curve of her breast. It hurt—a deep, tearing agony that made her body convulse against the girls’ grip. But as she lay there, pinned and bleeding, smelling the sharp tang of her own blood mixing with sweat and the leather of the whip, something unexpected surged beneath the pain. A low, insistent throb pulsed deep in her belly. Her skin felt hypersensitive, every brush of air, every tremor of her muscles amplified. She could feel it—a slick, undeniable heat gathering between her thighs, dripping onto the tile beneath her hips. The thought, stark and undeniable, sliced through the haze: *I’m going to die right here.* And instead of terror, a wave of dizzying, shameful arousal crashed over her. Being used, broken, dying in agony—it twisted into something darkly thrilling. Her breath hitched, not just from pain.
A low moan escaped Mary’s lips, raw and involuntary, as Tina raised the whip again. It wasn’t a cry of protest. Lena’s grip tightened on Mary’s wrist, nails digging in. "Did she just—?" Lena whispered, disbelief warring with disgust. Jasmine stared, transfixed, at the unmistakable wetness glistening on Mary’s inner thighs. Tina paused, the coiled whip hovering mid-air, her eyes narrowing as they tracked the flush spreading across Mary’s chest, the tremble in her legs that wasn’t just from pain. "You sick bitch," Tina breathed, a cruel grin twisting her lips. "You’re *enjoying* this?" Mary met her gaze, her own eyes wide, pupils dilated. She didn’t deny it. A defiant, almost triumphant smirk touched her bloodied lips. "Does it scare you?" Mary rasped, her voice thick with pain and something else. "That I want it? That your killing blow might feel like… release?"
Tina didn’t answer. Her jaw clenched, knuckles whitening around the whip handle. The silence stretched, thick with the metallic tang of blood, the sharp sting of sweat, and the humid, musky scent of Mary’s arousal. Lena shifted uncomfortably, her grip slackening slightly. Jasmine swallowed hard, unable to look away from the proof of Mary’s twisted pleasure staining the tile beneath her hips. Tina’s gaze locked onto Mary’s exposed core, slick and swollen despite the lacerations blooming across her thighs and belly. The air crackled with a sickening tension – fury, confusion, and Mary’s dark, defiant ecstasy.
The whip sang through the air with a vicious, whistling hiss. It struck true, the hardened leather tip landing squarely on Mary’s exposed clit with brutal precision. Agony exploded – white-hot, blinding, a searing lance that ripped a ragged scream from Mary’s throat. Her body arched violently against the restraining hands, every muscle locking in excruciating spasm. But beneath the agony, deeper than the tearing pain, a volcanic surge erupted. The brutal impact ignited nerves already hypersensitive, flooding her system with an overwhelming, contradictory wave of pure, devastating sensation. Pain and pleasure fused into an unbearable crescendo. Her scream fractured, morphing into a guttural, choked cry of release as her hips bucked uncontrollably, slickness gushing onto the cold floor. It wasn’t gentle; it was annihilation – a violent, shuddering climax ripped from her core, leaving her trembling, breathless, and utterly spent against the unforgiving tile. Tears streamed down her cheeks, mingling with sweat and blood, her body humming with the aftershocks of both torment and impossible satisfaction.
"More!" Mary gasped, the word thick with pain and defiance, spat out through bloodied lips. Her eyes, glazed yet fiercely focused, locked onto Tina’s stunned face. "If I’m going to die at sixteen…" She sucked in a ragged breath, her ribs screaming where the whip had bitten deep. "...I want *all* the pain I can take!" A wild, unsettling grin touched her lips. "And you haven’t given it to me yet!" The challenge hung in the air, thick with the coppery scent of blood and the humid musk of her own arousal. Tina’s expression shifted from fury to disbelief, then hardened into something colder, more dangerous. Doubt vanished, replaced by a furious determination to break this defiance utterly.
Tina didn’t speak. Her arm snapped back, the braided leather whistling through the humid locker-room air. It landed with a sickening *crack* directly on Mary’s inner thigh, reopening a barely-closed wound. Mary jerked, a choked cry escaping her, but her grin remained, twisted and defiant. The next blow landed higher, grazing the curve of her hip bone. Then another, lower, biting into the tender flesh of her calf. Tina moved with grim precision, her arm a piston, the whip singing its cruel song. Each strike was calculated, aimed not just to wound, but to ignite agony in the most hypersensitive zones – the soft skin behind her knees, the delicate arch of her foot, the bruised swell of her breast. Mary’s body bucked and strained against the restraining hands, sweat stinging her eyes, tears carving paths through the grime on her cheeks. Yet, beneath the blinding pain, that dark pulse of arousal throbbed hotter, a shameful counterpoint to every lash.
The whip coiled again, Tina’s eyes fixed on Mary’s core, slick and swollen despite the carnage. "You want *all* the pain?" Tina hissed, her voice raw with fury. "Fine." The leather tail flicked out, not a wide swing this time, but a precise, viper-strike. It landed squarely on Mary’s clit – a direct hit, brutal and intimate. The pain was instantaneous, catastrophic – a white-hot detonation that ripped a guttural, animal scream from Mary’s throat. Her entire body spasmed violently, muscles locking in agony. The restraining girls gasped, their grips faltering as she writhed. Blood trickled fresh where the hardened leather tip had bitten deep. The air filled with the sharp tang of copper and the humid musk of her violated flesh. For a heartbeat, the world dissolved into pure, searing torment.
Then, beneath the blinding agony, something deeper ignited. The nerve endings, already hypersensitive from pain and arousal, overloaded. The brutal impact triggered a violent, involuntary climax – a volcanic eruption of sensation that tore through her, eclipsing the pain for a split second. Her hips bucked wildly, slickness flooding the tile beneath her. A choked, ragged cry escaped her – part agony, part ecstatic release – as her body shuddered uncontrollably. Tears streamed freely, mingling with sweat and blood. She hung limp in their grasp for a moment, trembling, breathless, utterly spent. A shaky, delirious laugh bubbled up from her raw throat. "Was that supposed to do anything besides turn me on?" Mary gasped, a defiant, blood-smeared smirk twisting her lips. Her eyes, glazed but fiercely focused, locked onto Tina’s stunned face.
"Enough games!" Tina snarled, her voice cracking with fury. The braided leather whip clattered to the tile floor, forgotten. She spun towards her locker, the metal door screeching open violently. Her hand emerged clutching a thick, green glass soda bottle – condensation still beading on its surface. Without hesitation, Tina swung it hard against the locker's edge. Glass exploded with a sharp, echoing *crack*, showering shards across the floor. Tina stood holding only the jagged, dripping neck of the bottle, its newly formed edges glinting wickedly under the fluorescents. The sharp scent of spilled soda briefly cut through the metallic tang of blood.
Tina stalked towards Mary, who lay pinned and trembling on the cold tile. The jagged glass fragment dripped soda and condensation onto Mary's bruised thigh. "I will not beg for mercy," Mary stated firmly, her voice raspy but unwavering. Her eyes, defiant and strangely calm, locked onto Tina’s furious gaze. Tina paused, a slow, cruel smirk twisting her lips. "I'll make you." she hissed, her voice low and venomous. Then, without warning, without ceremony, Tina plunged the broken bottle neck deep into Mary’s exposed pussy.
A raw, guttural scream tore from Mary’s throat—a sound ripped from her very core, echoing off the locker room walls. The jagged glass shredded tender flesh, tearing inward with brutal, invasive force. Blood, slick and hot, gushed instantly, mingling with the spilled soda on the tile beneath her hips. Mary’s body convulsed violently against the restraining hands, her spine arching off the floor in agony. Lena gasped, her grip faltering as she stared, horrified, at the protruding glass shard embedded deep within Mary. Jasmine whimpered, turning her face away from the fountain of crimson welling around the wound.
Tina leaned closer, her breath hot on Mary’s ear, her fingers still wrapped tightly around the bottle neck. "Still enjoying it?" she hissed, twisting the jagged glass slowly, deliberately. Fresh agony lanced through Mary’s pelvis, sharp as shattered ice. Mary choked back another scream, focusing instead on the peeling green paint of the locker door across the room. *Morning,* she thought fiercely, the word a lifeline in the storm of pain. *It’ll be over by morning.* Sweat stung her eyes, tears blurred her vision, but her jaw remained clenched. Not a whimper escaped her lips now—only ragged, shallow breaths.
The locker room air thickened with the sharp tang of iron and the sickly-sweet scent of spilled soda. Blood pooled darkly beneath Mary’s hips, spreading in viscous rivulets across the grimy tiles. Lena gagged, her grip on Mary’s wrist trembling violently. "Tina… she’s bleeding too much!" Jasmine whispered, her voice cracking with panic. Tina ignored them, her gaze locked on Mary’s face, searching for cracks in her defiance. She twisted the glass shard again, grinding it against bone. Mary’s body spasmed uncontrollably, her vision tunneling, but her eyes stayed fixed on Tina’s—wide, unblinking, holding a terrifying calm. "Is that… all?" Mary rasped, her voice barely audible above the drip of blood onto tile. "Feels like… a paper cut."
Tina snarled, wrenching the bottle neck free with a wet, tearing sound. Crimson sprayed across Jasmine’s hoodie. Mary gasped, a ragged, wet sound. Tina’s eyes scanned the room—discarded towels, a dented locker, a forgotten field hockey stick propped against the wall near the showers. Its wooden shaft gleamed dully under the harsh lights. Tina stalked over, snatching it up. The weight felt solid, comforting in her grip. She returned, the stick’s curved blade hovering over Mary’s prone form. "You want more?" Tina hissed, her voice trembling with fury. "I’ll give you more." She raised the stick high, muscles coiling.
The first blow cracked against Mary’s ribs. A sickening crunch echoed. Mary jerked, a choked cry escaping her. The second landed on her thigh, splitting skin like overripe fruit. The third smashed into her shoulder, snapping bone. Tina swung with frantic, brutal precision—downward arcs fueled by rage and Mary’s infuriating defiance. Each impact jarred Tina’s arms, the wood biting into Mary’s flesh: her stomach, her hip, her already bleeding thigh. Lena whimpered, turning her face away. Jasmine tightened her grip, knuckles white. Mary’s body bucked and convulsed with every strike, blood blooming in grotesque patterns across her pale skin. Her breath came in shallow, wet rasps, but her eyes remained locked on Tina’s, wide and strangely bright.
Tina shifted her stance, raised the stick high, and brought it down with all her weight onto Mary’s left knee. The sound was different—a wet, splintering *crack* as wood met bone. The field hockey stick shattered instantly, jagged fragments clattering to the tile. Mary’s leg twisted at an unnatural angle beneath her. A ragged scream tore from her throat, raw and primal, echoing off the lockers. She sagged in the girls’ grasp, trembling violently, sweat and blood slicking her skin. Tina stood panting, holding the splintered handle, staring at the ruin she’d made of Mary’s knee. "Was that just a papercut?!" Tina demanded, her voice hoarse and trembling. Blood dripped from the fractured end of the wooden shaft onto Mary’s ruined thigh.
Mary lifted her head, her face a mask of agony and defiance. Her breath came in shallow, wet gasps, but her eyes burned with unnerving clarity. "That was just foreplay," she rasped, her voice thick with pain and contempt. "You dyke bitch." The words hung in the air, sharp and deliberate. Tina froze. Her knuckles whitened around the broken handle. Then, with a guttural snarl, she flung the shattered wood aside. It clattered against the lockers. She spun on her heel, storming back to her locker. The metal door screeched open violently. Tina reached deep inside, past jerseys and towels, and pulled out a heavy, bone-handled hunting knife. The blade gleamed coldly under the fluorescents. "Took this out of my dad’s truck," she explained, her voice chillingly calm. She tested the edge with her thumb; a bead of crimson welled instantly. "This is what I’m going to use to cut your fucking head off when I’m done." She stalked back towards Mary, the knife held low. "It will be a trophy mounted in my room." Tina knelt beside Mary’s prone form, her eyes locked on Mary’s defiant gaze. "That is all you will be," she hissed, leaning close enough for Mary to smell the stale coffee on her breath. "A thing on display."
"But first," Tina growled, her voice jagged with fury, "it's going into your guts." Her knuckles whitened around the bone handle, the blade catching the harsh light. Without preamble, Tina plunged the knife deep into Mary’s lower abdomen, just above her pubic bone. The blade sank in with a sickening *thunk* of parting flesh. Mary gasped, her body arching violently against the restraining hands, a choked scream tearing from her throat. Blood, dark and slick, welled instantly around the steel. Tina didn't pull it out. Instead, she leaned her weight forward, pressing her shoulder into the hilt. Slowly, agonizingly slowly, she began dragging the blade upwards. The razor-sharp edge sliced through layers of muscle and fat, parting skin with a wet, tearing sound. Crimson spilled onto the tile, spreading in a widening pool beneath Mary’s hips. Lena whimpered, her grip on Mary’s wrist slackening as she stared, horrified, at the gaping wound unfolding before them. Jasmine turned her face away, gagging. Tina’s jaw clenched, her focus absolute, her movements deliberate and cruel, maximizing every millimeter of excruciating separation.
The knife carved a brutal path upwards towards Mary’s ribs. Tendons snapped, layers of muscle peeled back like grisly petals. A coil of glistening intestine, pale pink and slick, bulged obscenely from the widening rent. Tina angled the blade slightly, ensuring the cut was deep enough to expose visceral depths without severing major arteries too quickly. Mary’s ragged breaths became wet, bubbling gasps. Her eyes rolled back, showing whites, before snapping forward to lock onto Tina’s face with terrifying intensity. Pain radiated from her core in blinding waves, a furnace consuming her from the inside. Yet, beneath the agony, a perverse tremor ran through her. The invasive metal, the tearing sensation, ignited hypersensitive nerves already frayed by torture. A fresh slickness, distinct from the blood, seeped from her violated core onto the cold tile. Tina saw it. Saw Mary’s hips give an involuntary, desperate twitch. "Still?" Tina hissed, disbelief warring with disgust. She twisted the blade savagely within the wound. Mary screamed again, arching wildly, but her gaze remained locked on Tina’s, defiant and strangely bright. "Does it… hurt?" Mary rasped, her voice thick with blood and something darker. "Or does it feel… like… home?"
"Home." Mary choked the word out as a gout of crimson spilled from her lips, trickling down her chin onto her torn chest. Her eyes, glazed but fiercely focused, never left Tina’s furious face. "Didn’t beg." The words were thick, wet, but clear. A final declaration. Her body went rigid against the restraining hands – not a spasm of pain, but a sudden, absolute stillness. The fierce light in her eyes flickered, dimmed, then extinguished entirely. Her head lolled to the side, lifeless eyes staring blankly at the peeling green locker door. Silence crashed down, heavy and suffocating, broken only by the frantic drip of blood onto tile and Lena’s choked sob. Mary Camden was dead.
As Promised Tina cut off and mounted Mary's head but it only served to remind Tina of her failure to break the other girl, in the end Mary had won.
The End.