THE UNFINISHED STORY

by
Paul Kavanagh

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There were four of us. I was the youngest. Mark the eldest found the place. Mark�s mother and father were very rich. Mark found the place in the middle of ten acres of wasteland. Nobody would come across us, he told us. He was really proud of his find. Peter and Luke went out and stole bricks, wood and other materials. From a building site they stole supplies, wood, nails, plastic sheets, dry wall. They were amazing thieves. Mark created the plans. He had a great vision. The den would consist of four rooms. We listened to him explain and we knew that he had the right plan. Each room would have a doorway. It would work perfectly.

During school I never talked of our planned den to my friends. It was a secret. To make sure the secret didn�t get out Mark kept the destination of the den to himself. He would only show us the place on the day of the construction of the den.

I stole my father�s hammer and saw. Peter and Luke stole pop and crisps from the corner shop. We met Mark at six in the morning and followed him. He led us on a path, it was a long walk. Never before had I traipsed through this wasteland. It was more like a forest. It was a thick black jungle of tipped couches, beds, seats, broken televisions, fridges, all kinds of junk. The waste of civilisation. We carried our supplies for the den in a superstore cart. We took turns pushing. It was hard work. When I pushed I tipped the superstore cart over. Mark slapped me hard. If it wasn�t for the fact that I was brave I would have cried. Deeper and deeper we journeyed. The reek of sewage filled our nostrils. We knew that nobody would find us.

We could not believe the place Mark had found. It was in a strange valley. All around us were burnt out cars, dismantled motorbikes and obscuring wild bush with plastic bags and bottles. We were safe, nobody would find our den. Mark pointed to a place were we could stand, if need be, and watch and see all around the wasteland. From that point there were no blind spots. Mark also showed us an escape route. He had thought of everything.

Mark dictated while Peter, Luke and I set about building our den. We worked for ten hours. Now and again a wall collapsed, but we didn�t surrender, we carried on. Mark showed me how to use a hammer properly. There were doors, windows, and rooms. I was flabbergasted. Mark was a genius. The walls were secure. We used brick to lock the walls and we hammered them tight. We used things we found lying around; we used a car door, a whole fridge. We were industrious. For glass for the windows we used plastic bags. For a roof we used a huge sheet of thick plastic. Peter had to saw the edges and Luke hammered in nails to secure it. I could not believe my eyes. The den was amazing.

You entered the den upon your knees and travelled from room to room upon your knees. You had no need to stand. The rooms were a good size. From home we stole pillows, sheets, cushions.

Each had a room of his own we thought, but Mark said that the rooms were not ours. We never questioned him.

At school I never told a soul of our den, the castle we had constructed deep in the forest.

I told my mother that I was going to sleep at Luke�s. That night we all slept in the den. We joked and played games. We told ghost stories until late. Mark�s mother bought him a new sleeping bag so he allowed me to use his old one. I heard all kinds of strange sounds during the night, but Mark told me that it was only my imagination. Plus Peter and Luke had Stanley knives and Mark said that if anybody tried anything fishy Peter and Luke would cut them to ribbons. Peter and Luke were crazy. They were always being arrested for things. I felt safe. I slept soundly.

In the morning it rained, but we were dry. We laughed and slapped each other on the back. We were great friends and we had built a great den. We were full of pride.

Wendy and Tracy were sisters. They said they would stay all night so long as we bought them cigarettes and gas and beer. Peter and Luke stole everything they needed. They relaxed in their rooms and sniffed their gas and smoked and drank beer.

Carol laughed at first but when Mark said he would give her thirty pound she agreed.

Jade was more than happy to escape from her father. Her father beat her when he got drunk. He got drunk every night.

Mark told the four girls to meet him at seven Saturday morning. They were there, but all four grumbled.

Jade complained about my age so Mark whipped her with hogweed. Her anaemic flesh inflamed. I felt so bad for Jade, but Mark pulled me out of the den and said that I needed to get strong. I told him I would.

I got a terrible headache from Tracy�s room. The reek of gas was too much for me.

Some rules

Each room shall have a slut.

In each room a different sex act shall be performed.

While fucking no fucker shall be disturbed.

No slut can turn away a fucker.

It is in the power of the fuckers when swaps each take place.

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All four of us will finger, lick, kiss fuck each cunt. Boredom will set in so we will double up. We will gang fuck Jade. We shall have group sex. We shall insert a gas bottle in the cunt of Carol. Tracy shall laugh and encourage us. Carol will be too high on beer and gas to object.

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Mark will threaten Carol and Jade with physical violence. He will tell Peter and Luke to show their Stanley knives. Only when Carol and Jade perform homosexual acts will he stop the threatening them. A wall will be knocked down so we can all watch. Disgusted Mark will kick Carol in the face. She will cry and curse. Because she will cry for her mother none of the girls will help her.

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We will watch the girls urinate and defecate. Carol will menstruate.

5

Mark will leave and bring back old man Smith and his dog. Old man Smith is a local drunk. He is a mess and his face is made up of scars, boils and blackheads. Old man Smith will fuck each girl. Old man Smith�s dog will perform a sexual act upon the unconscious Tracy.

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Peter, Luke and the girls will attack old man Smith. Because of incessant barking Mark will kick the dog to death. The girls will be made to eat cockroaches.

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To placate old man Smith the girls will perform sexual acts upon him. Tired of old man Smith Luke and Peter will drag him screaming out of the den. They will beat him and leave him somewhere in the wasteland. We shall not see him again.

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Night. All will sleep in the two rooms.

10

Drugs. Different kinds of drugs will be used and the results will be described in full. All four boys will experience anal sex.

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A game of dare. The boys and girls will see how much pain they can endure.

The boys will whip the girls with thorns.

The girls will burn the boys with cigarettes.

The violence will increase throughout the day. The litany of violence will be described in full.

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Mark will go wild. The other boys will follow his lead. They will beat the girls unchecked. The girls will be like rag dolls. The boys will destroy the den. All will dissipate into the night.

� Paul Kavanagh
Reproduced with permission

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