6. Cairo

T he moment I stepped foot into the warehouse; I couldn't hold my surprise. When Sienna said this was a neon rave, I expected it to be cheap as shit but looking at it now, I was majorly wrong. I honestly don't even want to know how much money was put into making this place look as incredible as it does, because what the actual fuck?

There are dancers on podiums dressed in white morph suits, covered in brightly coloured paint. Aerialists hanging from the ceiling and everything is lit up by blacklight. Different coloured strobe lights dance through the open space, huge bars on either side and a DJ podium directly in the middle.

Hanging from the ceiling, mind you. Surely that can't be safe.

"This is insane, did you know it was going to be like this?"

"Not at all!" Sienna shouts from beside me and I can't hide my excitement either. "I've heard stories about these guys, but it's a rule you can't talk about." I haven't been out in so long that being here makes me feel free. Most people here are dressed in a lot of fetish wear, leather, PVC, and all kinds of harnesses.

"Kind of like fight club." I snort. "No wonder people pay the money that they-"

"Enjoy your night!" The masked man howls from the podium, cutting me off. Dropping the mic to the floor, he crouches down, sliding himself under the steel bars of the apparatus, and dropping to the floor like a superhero.

The moment he stands, people begin to clap him on the back, shake his hand and just revel in his presence. He's tall as shit too, well over six-feet I'm guessing. The blue neon shining from his mask attracts me like a moth to one of those shocker things you hang outside your house.

"I don't know about you, but that shit is so fucking hot." Sienna cups my ear as she speaks loud enough for me to hear her words over the music. Blood by In This Moment begins playing through the speakers and everyone goes insane.

"This is insane!" I shout over the music. "I'm so glad I came!"

"I told you. Come on," she nods her head to the left. "Let's get a drink. I'm fucking dying of thirst right now." Taking my hand in hers, she leads me through the mass of dancing bodies.

I try my hardest not to barge into people when I walk, but with the excessive amount of people here, it's really hard not to. Keeping my body sideways, I weave my way through the oncoming traffic of people, only my fingers weaved within Sienna's. The moment I turn a corner to the bar I'm shoulder checked. Snapping my head to the offending person, I realise who it is.

Blue Mask.

"Walk much?" The words leave my mouth before I can stop them. Tilting his head like a playful puppy, he takes a step closer to me and I have to crank my neck back, just to keep his mask in my eyeline. I might not be able to see his face, but his fucking scent is the most intoxicating thing I've ever had fill my nostrils.

Spicy nodes of his aftershave mixed with something sweet like cinnamon, invigorate my senses the closer he gets. His chest briefly brushes against mine, and I can already feel my nipples hardening at the contact.

Really, Cairo?

Sienna isn't pulling me anymore, in fact, I'm not too sure where she is, mainly because I'm frozen on the spot staring into the glowing eyes of the masked man in front of me.

"Such a foul mouth." Lifting his gloved hand, he grips my chin tightly between his thumb and forefinger. Desire washes straight between my legs when the sound of the gruff mechanical voice washes over my body. Sending shivers over my skin.

"I have some more choice words for you if you like," I retort, smacking his hand away. "Like don't fucking touch me, cocksucker!"

"Carry on talking to me like that, Cairo." Moving closer this time, and fuck why is this turning me on? "I'll shove my cock so far down your throat the only thing coming out of that mouth will be my fucking cum."

How the fuck does he know my name? Fuck, of course, the form.

"Excuse me!" I shout, smacking my palms to his chest in an effort to push him back from me, when really all I want to him to do is stay right where he is. His cocky laugh sails through the mask and he matches it by shaking his head. "Don't fucking laugh at me, asshole."

"Whoa!" Sienna snakes her arm around my waist, pulling me back slightly. "Sorry my guy, but you shouldn't poke the bear."

I raise both my middle fingers, as Sienna drags me back. "Eat me, motherfucker!"

With every single step she pulls me away from Blue Mask, I watch him stand there; tilted head and unmoving from the spot we first collided. I might not be able to see his face, but why do I get the feeling he's smiling at me.

Stepping away from the bar, I have a bottle of water in my hand because I'm designated driver tonight. Sienna is planning to enjoy herself and that's fine by me. I never intended to have alcohol in my system while here, the amount of people filling this place permit me from it. I'd rather be fully aware.

Two of our friends Garett and Amy, finally find us in the crowd. "Hey!" Garett shouts, enveloping us both in a tight hug. "This is crazy in here right?"

"I didn't expect it to be this good!" I laugh, the music is so loud that my voice will be hoarse as anything tomorrow. Luckily I'm off till Tuesday and my plans consist of doing absolutely nothing. Leaning in to Amy, I kiss her cheek. "It's been so long!"

"I know!" She shout's back. "I haven't seen you since Lexi's wedding." She smiles. "Things going well in… well, life I guess."

"If I'm honest, better than expected. What about you?"

Rolling her eyes, she shakes her head in annoyance. "I feel like my life is an entire travesty right now. I just need a man with a rich job and no shorter than six-foot-five."

"Honey, don't we all!" Garrett chimes in.

Looking over the crowd, I try to look for any toilet signs. Leaning into Amy, I ask, "Do you know where the bathroom is?"

"Yeah, I'll take you." Taking hold of my hand, I tell Sienna I'll be back and follow Amy out of the main room. Walking into the red lit hallways, the music becomes a little less loud and I can finally hear myself think. "I didn't think things like this were your scene," she laughs, looking back at me as we walk to the toilets.

"They're not, but Sienna wanted to come, and I guess I signed up expecting not to be accepted," I laugh. The red lights of the hallway now blending into a pink door for the woman's toilets and on the opposite side, a blue door for men.

Stopping outside, Amy smiles. "I can wait here if you like?"

"No, don't be silly, go back and just tell them to wait there for me? I'll be back in a sec."

"Ok. When you come out," she points down the hallway behind her, "straight down to the end, left and then right we will be waiting by the archway for you." She begins walking backwards a few steps before turning and making her way back to the others.

I walk into the toilets finding a free cubicle and step inside. Breaking the seal is the most annoying thing when you're at a party. The moment you go for the first time, anything you drink after just runs right through you. After I'm done, I smile at the bathroom attendant, taking some hand soap from her and washing them in the sink.

I catch my reflection in the mirror and the thoughts of how everything would be different if I didn't just… no. Shaking my head, I force the continued thoughts of him from my head and take some hand cream from the toilet attendant on the way out, I'm too busy concentrating on rubbing the cream into my skin to see someone in front of me, and I end up bumping head first into a solid mass.

"Shit!" Stepping back. I look up into a man wearing a white mask, similar to the guy from before.

"Well, well, well." He chuckles. "What do we have here?" Bending at the waist, he tilts his head in my face.

I arch my head back slightly and screw my face. "Ever heard of personal space, jheeze." Walking round him, I'm instantly dragged back and pushed against the wall.

"I'm here to collect you for your Caretaker." His voice is a lot more high pitched and crackly than the other masked man I came into contact with earlier, and seemingly with a little twang to his voice too.

"No thanks." I tap his chest, stepping left to move around him. "I'm busy right now, tell him to come find me later." Without warning, I'm lifted up, thrown over his shoulder and taken screaming down the hallway. "You cock-sucking motherfucker!" I scream. "You better put me down before I remove your dick!"

His creepy laughter fills the hallway as I begin to pound against his back.