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From Mouse to Monster part 2
By
kabble
Published: Nov 1, 2021
Part two of my Mouse to Monster series. Like with part one this was written a long time ago and has not been edited.
Mao knelt on her hands and knees clad in her dingy sleeveless grey tunic and continuously scrubbed at a corner in the stockades. The young Asian woman was starting to feel desperate and hopeless again about her situation. It had been two weeks since her encounter with Elizabeth, the small time thief and robber and so far not one other thief from her circle had been caught. Mao sighed and scrubbed even harder, the unknown splotch on the wall not seeming to budge at all. For two whole weeks she had scoured and attempted to clean the dingy dim dungeon but hadn’t made much progress at all.
“What is taking you so long mouse? What are your ears as thin as your eyes? I said I wanted the WHOLE wall clean!” The jailer yelled and threw a hard kick that connected with Mao’s side, sending her toppling over.
“No sir, sorry sir. I’ll try harder sir.” Mao wheezed, nodding her head and avoiding eye contact. She rubbed her ribs and sat back up, scrubbing even harder at the stains on the filthy wall. She had to find a way to get out of here. Mao’s run in with the ticklish thief left her on a short high for a few days after, actually managing a smile every now and again. After that however things not only went back to normal, they got worse. While the large man that had actually hired Mao only threatened to beat her, the jailer actually did. The young Asian had bruises on cheek and legs from the constant kicks and now she was going to have one on her ribs to add to her collection.
“Good because if you don’t I’ll make sure you stay down here, not as a servant but as a prisoner. The only reason I’m not doing that already is you’ve managed to make some progress but if you don’t pick up the pace, you’ll pay.” The jailer hissed. “Now keep scrubbing, I have a new prisoner to bring in.”
“Yes sir. Thank you sir.” Mao nodded, not looking away from her wall. About a week ago she had tried to find Elizabeth’s second stash, the one she promised her the first time. It was just her luck however that it had already been found and returned by local boys digging in the dirt. After some time had passed Mao heard a commotion coming down the hallway. It sounded like people yelling and arguing. The large door burst open and in flooded the jailer along with four guards, all struggling to restrain a hooded woman.
“Let me go you rats! I swear I’ll kill every single one of you!” The woman screamed, fighting tooth and nail against her captors.
“Hold her. I said hold her!” The jailer demanded. “And get that damn hood off her head!” One of the guards let go of her arm and reached up, yanking the hood off her head. The feisty woman used this opening to grab the guard by the throat and head butt him in the face. The man grabbed his shattered nose and fell to the floor, crying out in pain.
“Get her! Don’t let her escape!” Another guard yelled and lunged forward, wrapping his arms around the woman from behind. The thief used the pointed heel of her boot to stomp on the man’s foot which made him loosen his grip. Mao watched in astonishment and horror and the woman spun around and bit the man on the neck, riding him down onto the floor. The other two guards recoiled in shock but the jailer just grabbed a large piece of wood from nearby and shoved them out of the way.
“Move you useless dolts!” The big man yelled, running over and smacking the thief in the back of the head with the wood and knocking her out cold. “There! Now chain her up to the wall and get those men to a doctor. And for goodness sake get those boots off of her!” The mousey Asian woman watched the remaining two guards strip the woman of her boots and chained her to the wall, leaving her in her bare feet and her clothes slightly torn from the struggle. After the guards had left and dragged their moaning comrades with them the jailer stood and stared at the unconscious woman. “You’re going to be a fighter for sure, I’ll have to make extra sure to break you early.” He muttered then turned his attention to Mao. The servant quickly looked away and went back to scrubbing the walls and floor with reckless abandon. Mao continued to clean and brush the stockade, trying to ignore the moans and groans of the few other prisoners. Night time finally came and Mao stood up and grabbed her supplies, heading towards the door.
“I am done for today sir. I’ll continue tomorrow.” She said softly and bowed her head before turning to leave.
“Woah where do you think you’re going mouse? You’re not leaving here until I’m satisfied the whole room is clean!” The jailer growled, grabbing Mao by the arm and throwing her backwards. “From now on you stay here. You eat here, you sleep here, you do EVERYTHING here and you don’t leave until I let you.” Mao nodded her head and bowed a few times, recoiling away into a corner and scrubbing at the floor. A few hours later the jailer left and locked the door, forcing Mao to curl up in a corner and gently cry herself to sleep.
Mao was awoken the next morning to the sound of yelps and grunts. She opened her eyes and looked over to see it was now morning and the jailer was whipping the new thief woman. She was turned so she was facing the wall and was forced to endure the whip cracking across her back. This prisoner was though however, she didn’t scream or cry out when the whip made contact, instead she just let out the occasional groan through gritted teeth. Mao continued to clean and scrub, wincing at every crack of the whip behind her. It was late into the night by the time the jailer left again, locking the door behind him with a clink. The small Asian woman waited until she was sure he was gone then made her way over to the chained woman.
“Are you ok?” She whispered while reaching out to put an arm on the thief’s shoulder.
“Don’t touch me.” The woman hissed, lashing out at the servant. Mao gasped and jumped back. She looked at the woman for a few moments then reached out again, all she wanted was to make sure the woman was ok. After being lashed at again however she gave up and decided to find a place to sleep. This cycle continued for the next few days, Mao forced to endure listening to the thief be put through different tortures from more whippings to beatings. The next night Mao worked up the courage to try and talk to the woman again. She grabbed a candle from nearby and slowly walked over to the thief. The woman was now restrained in some kind of bondage device, she was forced to kneel on the floor with her legs spread wide, her wrists were cuffed and attached to a pole above her head so her arms were in a Y position. Her knees and ankles were also attached to poles and cuffed so they weren’t able to move.
“Hello? Miss are you alive?” Mao asked hesitantly, reaching out towards the woman.
“Don’t touch me.” The thief hissed again, keeping her head hung low.
“I’m sorry, I’m just trying to help.” Mao whispered, pulling her hand back. “Please let me help.” Mao reached out slowly once again and lifted the woman’s face, no retaliation coming this time. The thief looked up at Mao with piercing green eyes, her blonde hair reaching the base of her neck was dirty and frazzled.
“If you want to help then why do you just sit there and ignore me while that oversized pig tortures me?” The woman hissed, shooting Mao an angry look.
“I’m sorry. I’m just a servant. I don’t think I could stop him even if I wanted to. Besides if I speak up he’ll beat me too and he’s threatened to make me a prisoner here so I just clean the room and hopefully one day he’ll let me leave.” Mao explained sadly, kneeling down and looking kindly at the woman.
“Weak.” The thief spat, returning Mao’s kind look with one of disgust. “You’re like all the other women, afraid of the men that surround you. Doing whatever they say, letting them beat you. It’s pathetic.” Mao frowned and nodded her head sadly.
“It’s true, I do listen to whatever they tell me, but it’s only to survive. In my home country women are looked down on too but the men do not beat us, not like this. I’m sorry it’s just I’m so small and weak, that’s why they call me the yellow mouse.” Mao explained, remembering what her life was like before coming to this hell.
“Figures, mouse, a weak name for a weak woman. They call me Squelch.” The thief said proudly.
“Squelch?”
“That’s right, because it’s the last noise you hear before I slit your throat and take all your money.” The woman grinned.
“Squelch, I recognize that name. I’ve heard it before. You used to be a noble, then your family became poor and now you go and murder and rob other nobles.” Mao gasped, recognizing the horrible nickname.
“That’s right, after my uncle tarnished our name and had our family cast to the streets I turned to crime. OW! What are you doing?” Squelch hissed when she felt Mao touch her back.
“I’m cleaning your wounds. I may not be brave enough to save you from the jailer but I can help clean your wounds so they don’t get infected as fast.” Mao explained, gently taking a cloth and wiping Squelch’s back. She could feel the woman’s muscles tighten whenever she touched a new cut. The thief’s robe had been almost ripped to shreds, her toned body visible through the tears.
“Fine but don’t think this will change my opinion of you mouse. I hate people like you, too soft to do what’s right for yourself.” Squelch sneered. Mao finished cleaning the wounds on the woman’s back and crept off to find a place to sleep. The next few nights Mao helped clean Squelch’s wounds, waiting until the jailer had left. Mao watched the next day as Squelch was beaten yet again but still Mao kept quiet and scrubbed the walls. The night before she had ripped off a piece of the front of the thief’s robs to use to wrap around a burn from a hot knife on the woman’s arm. This however worked against Squelch the next day, a good portion of her ribs and toned stomach exposed.
“Where is your hideout?” The jailer questioned, using a cane to beat the left side of Squelch’s ribcage.
“Go fuck yourself.” The thief wheezed. The jailer growled and smacked the woman across the head with the cane, knocking her out cold. Mao continued to scrub, feeling bad for the woman but still remained quiet. “Listen here mouse, I know it was you that wrapped her arm. The guards wouldn’t do that. If I catch you talking or interacting with any of the prisoners I’ll beat you until you can’t walk anymore.” The jailer threatened and left for the night.
“Are you alright?” Mao asked as she unwrapped the cloth from Squelch’s arm and flipping it over.
“I’m fine.” Squelch lied, looking away in shame.
“You’re covered in blood. Here let me clean you off.” Mao offered, taking a rag and wiping blood from the prisoner’s forehead. “So you said you were good at being a thief?” She asked, looking at the small cut where squelch was hit in the face.
“That’s right. I made more money robbing people then I had as a noble.” Mao paused, if that was true she could be Mao’s way home.
“How did you get caught?” Mao asked softly, moving to wipe Squelch’s legs.
“One of the other thief’s sold me out. Told them where I hid the bodies. Damn that Liz, I thought she was better than that.” Squelch hissed. Mao froze. So Squelch was part of Liz’s circle of thieves. Mao glanced over at the woman who was still restrained in the same position she had been for the past few days and bit her lip. She slowly reached over and poked Squelch gently in the underarm but got no reaction. Mao frowned and moved to Squelch’s other side, wiping her leg while reaching up and tracing a finger down the woman’s bare upper arm. “What are you doing?” The thief asked, noticing the soft touch on her arm.
“Nothing, sorry.” Mao said quickly. Just one more spot to try. The thin Asian servant sat up and wiped Squelch’s ribs, cleaning off some of the dirt. The woman however didn’t even bat an eyelash and Mao let a sigh of relief. It was true she had been waiting for one of Liz’ friends to get captured so she could try tickling on them but Squelch had been through enough and Mao was glad to see she wasn’t ticklish. “I’m going to clean your feet.” Mao said, picking up a brush and dipping it in her bucket of water.
“No. You don’t have to. They’ll be fine.” Squelch said quickly as her foot gave an involuntary flinch.
“Please let me help. You’re starting to get sores and if I don’t clean them your feet will surely get infected.” Mao insisted, using the brush on Squelch’s right foot by her toes. “So what is your real name? I don’t like calling you Squelch, it makes me uncomfortable.” Mao asked, slowly scrubbing her way down the foot.
“Thea, and please mouse my feet will be fine.” Squelch said, a hint of strain in her voice.
“Thea? My name’s Mao.” The Asian woman said, moving the brush to Thea’s right arch.
“EEEK! DON’T’!” Thea gasped, scrunching up her foot. Mao paused, surely it wasn’t what she thought. She must have hit a sore.
“Sorry I didn’t mean to hurt you. I’ll clean your left foot, no sores there yet.” Mao apologized and switched feet, scrubbing Squelch’s left arch.
“EEK! Mahao no feet!” the thief grunted, pulling on her left foot now. Mao paused again.
No. Don’t think about it. Mao said in her head, standing up and leaving Thea’s feet alone.
“Ok, I’ll clean your stomach then.” Mao nodded, moving the brush towards Thea’s exposed toned stomach.
“NO! You will not clean my tummy! In fact stop that all together!” The prisoner demanded loudly.
“I-I’m only trying to help.” Mao squeaked, reaching over again.
“I don’t care! Don’t touch my stomach, it’s too……..sensitive.” Thea argued, mumbling over the last word. Mao however heard exactly what she had said, a small jolt of electricity shooting up her spine.
“Sensitive? As in t-t-ticklish?” Mao stuttered, closing her eyes and praying for Thea to say no.
“Fine. Yes, extremely! But that doesn’t matter. I’m done with you and your “help.” Leave me alone you stupid mouse! I’ll figure out a way to survive on my own.” Thea hissed. Mao frowned deeply and shook her head.
No. Don’t do it. She’s been through enough. She’s not trying to be mean to you. Mao demanded in her head.
“Please, Thea. I WANT to help you! You can’t survive for much longer staying quiet like this.” Mao whispered, reaching out to the thief again.
“I don’t care! I’d rather go through any torture and die before taking any more help from a weak willed, pathetic, yellow, squinty eyed bitch like you! I hope you DO get turned into a prisoner. I hope he does to you what he’s done to me!” Thea snapped. Mao began to cry quietly to herself and walked away, laying on the cold floor and trying to fall asleep.
She doesn’t care about you. She’s not nice at all. In fact she’s just like all the others. They see me as weak, as nothing. I may be weak but I know of one thing I can do to teach her to be nicer! Mao thought angrily in her head and came up with her plan for the next night.
“One more night you useless woman! I’ll give you one more night and if this place isn’t clean I’m locking you up!” The jailer roared, slamming the door behind him and locking up for the night.
“Finally, you’re going to get what you deserve mouse.” Thea spat, a cocky smile growing on her face. That smile soon turned to fear however when she felt Mao kneel down behind her and place her nails on her bare stomach. “W-what are you doing? I told you I don’t want your help!” Thea stammered, her stomach muscles tightening. Thea desperately turned her head from side to side trying to see Mao, her blonde hair whipping around.
“You said you knew Elizabeth, Liz. The thief who slept with men and stole from them right? You said she was the one who told them where to find you.” Mao said softly, keeping her fingers resting against Thea’s abs.
“That’s right, why? What does it matter to you?” Thea growled, trying to ignore the prickling sensation on her stomach, her green eyes showing signs of worry.
“I have a secret. I’m the one who broke Liz. I was sent here to clean when she was prisoned here. I made her tell me where her secondary stash was. I almost had her tell me where the main one was too but I took too long before the jailer came back.” Mao said a little louder.
“You? There’s no way someone like YOU broke her. She may have not been as strong as me or the others but she would never tell you anything.” Thea hissed. Mao grew angrier and leaned in behind Thea’s ear.
“I did and I’ll show you how. Like this.” She whispered and began to lightly skitter her nails over Thea’s lower tummy near her waist. The prisoner gave a sharp buck when she felt the free woman’s slender fingers starting to move.
“T-t-tihickling? Y-y-y-you tickled heheher?” Thea stammered and tittered, beginning to fidget around in her bonds.
“That’s right. I found out adults stay ticklish once they grow up. So I did, I tickled her. I tickled her all over until she begged me to stop. Like I said I almost got her to tell me where her main stash is. I learned this time though. I’ll be quicker with you. So tell me Thea, where’s YOUR stash?” Mao asked, spidering her fingers back and forth along the bottom of Thea’s tummy.
“Ngh! Noho! I-I won’t tehell youhehee!” Thea said, turning her head to the side as a few giggles escaped her mouth.
“You will tell me because I’m going to tickle you until you do.” Mao said a little louder this time, the rush of adrenaline she felt with Liz starting to rise back up again with Thea. The thief closed her eyes and tried to block out the tickling sensations but it became increasingly difficult when Mao’s fingers began to crawl their way up her tummy.
“Nohohehee! D-d-dohohont tihihckle up! Mohohohouse! MahahAHAHAHAO! PleheHEHEASE! PLEHEHEHASE STOHOP! MAO STHAHAHAAP! STHAHAHAP TIHIHICKLING HAHAHAHAHHAAHAA!” Thea fought for as long as she could but the further up her thin flexing tummy Mao’s hands traveled the more it tickled and the harder and louder she laughed.
“Tell me Thea. Just tell me where the stash is.” Mao asked, her fingers skittering up to the center of Thea’s stomach. The poor woman was in hysterics now, yanking on her arms and legs as she tried to suck in her stomach.
“NOHOHOHOAHAHAHAA! NEHEHEEHEHVER! I WOHOHONT! I WOHHHONT!” Thea cackled, howling in ticklish laughter, her tummy dancing and jumping from side to side. Mao continued to skitter her fingers up and down Thea’s slim stomach for an entire hour, asking her periodically where her stash was but the woman stayed strong despite her laughter. “I TOHOOHOLD YOU! NOHOHOAHAHHAA! STAHAHAHAAP THIHICKLING MY TUHUHMMY! HHAHAHAHHAHAHA! Thea roared. Mao stopped for a second and thought. She could continue with tickling Thea’s stomach but it didn’t seem like that was going to break her in time. That’s when Mao remembered the woman’s reaction when she scrubbed her feet.
“Ok I’ll stop tickling your tummy. How about it tickle your feet instead then?” Mao said, hoping that would break the woman. She spent the next hour scrubbing both arches with her brush since that seemed to be the only part of Thea’s feet that were ticklish. The prisoner laughed and shrieked, scrunching and flexing both feet, the wrinkles in her arches protecting them a little bit. Mao stopped again to think. There had to be a way, something she could do to make Thea tell her where her stash was. She was obviously much more ticklish than Liz was but her will was that much stronger as well.
“Please. Please stop tickling me.” Thea gasped, her chest heaving as she tried to catch her breath. “I’ll apologize. I’m sorry for calling you weak. Please just don’t tickle me anymore.” Thea huffed. Mao shook her head, maybe this was all in vain. Maybe she did deserve to be a prisoner here.
No. Don’t think like that. You broke Liz. Remember that feeling? That feeling of power as she screamed and struggled under your fingers. That felt good. This feels good too. I CAN break Thea, I just have to think how and quick. Mao thought to herself reassuringly. If only there was a way to tickle both Thea’s stomach and feet at the same time. But Mao needed both hands to be able to tickle her stomach and make her laugh hard enough. What else was there? That’s when Mao thought of an idea. She didn’t know if it would work but she had to give it a shot if she wanted to escape from here.
“This is your last chance. Tell me where your stash of loot is or I’ll tickle you so bad you’ll be sorry.” Mao said confidently. This was her last shot, if this didn’t work she was doomed to a life of being tortured until she died.
“Go to hell squinty eyed bitch! I won’t tell you anything!” Thea yelled, giving one last show of confidence.
“Then you’ll laugh until they pull me off of you.” Mao growled. Before Thea knew it Mao had reached around and started to tickle her stomach again, switching techniques and trying to squeeze and dig instead of just skitter. That wasn’t all however, she felt another tickling sensation run up her body a second later. Her feet! Mao was scrubbing her feet with that damned brush! But how? Both of Mao’s hands were roving across her tummy. Little did she know Mao had come up with an idea. She had taken the rope she used as a belt off and tied the brush to the bottom of her right foot. No one knew this but Mao was actually pretty flexible so all she had to do was angle her foot and she could use it to scrub across Thea’s feet while her hands tickled her tummy.
“NOHOHOHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HOHOHOW? HOHOHOW AAHHARE YOU TIHIHICKLING BOHOHOTH? STHAHAHAHAHAHHAAP! PLEHEHEHASE STHAHAHAP!” Thea screamed, wiggling her hips from side to side and pulling on her ankles. Another hour passed and Mao was still tickling away. She learned that if she wiggled a finger deep into Thea’s round bellybutton while kneading her tummy like a kitten that the woman would laugh so hard that she couldn’t even beg. There was only about twenty minutes left until the jailer came back and Mao almost had her. She just needed one more small push.
Think. THINK! Mao yelled in her head, tickling as fast and as hard as she could would she racked her brain. One memory came to her brain, one of the things that she hated having her mother do when she was younger and it was her last shot. Mao continued her assault on Thea’s tummy, bellybutton, and arches and leaned her head down. She took a deep breath, pushed her lips together and blew.
“PFFFFFFFFFFFT! Num num num!” Mao blew the biggest raspberry she could on Thea’s soft thin side and nibbled her teeth too. She did it again and again, praying Thea would finally give in. After ten minutes Mao finally heard it.
“YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA! NAHAHAHAAH! AAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OKAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAY! OKAHAHAY! MEHEHEHEHHEHEHRCY HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAA!” Thea screamed, laughing hysterical uncontrollable belly laughs. Mao stopped and let her breathe.
“Where? Where’s your stash?” Mao demanded frantically.
“In my old home! Under the floorboards! Beneath my bed!” Thea gasped, tears streaming down her face. Just then the door swung open and the jailer walked in.
“What the hell was all that noise? It sounded like screaming! What did you do?” The jailer asked angrily, raising his hand in the air.
“No! I’m done being hit, being abused and yelled at! I’m done scrubbing your stupid walls and your stupid floors! I did it! I made her tell me where her stash is.” Mao yelled, her voice louder than even she expected. “I’m not going to tell you how I did it. But I’ll make you a deal jailer. Leave me as a free woman and I’ll tell you where the loot is. Better yet. I’ll show you where it is, we split it then turn the rest in.” Mao offered, standing tall and firm.
“What you think I’ll let you go because you broke ONE criminal? That’s not good enough. She may be higher up then Elizabeth but she’s still on the lower end of the pole. I’ll tell you what I’ll do. If you can get her to say where the next meeting of their thieves guild is, I’ll split half the loot 25/75 with you and let you go free.” The jailer offered, impressed with the little mouse’s courage.
“Fine.” Mao nodded. “Come back in two hours and you’ll have the location.”
“No! Don’t! Don’t leave me in here alone with her! Please! I’ll give you the location of two stashes! PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME WITH HER!” Thea begged. The jailer looked from Mao to the thief and back again.
“Fine.” He grunted. “You have two hours, if you don’t get the information the deal is off.” The large man turned and walked away, closing and locking the door behind him.
“Two hours. I can work with two hours.” Mao nodded, turning back to Thea and giving an evil grin. “Now Squelch, where were we?” She asked, wiggling her fingers in midair.
“NO! YOU CAN’T! PLEASE NO! MONSTER! MOHOHOHOHOHOHONSTER HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHHAA!”