The boys were prostrating themselves before Dani and Jack, their daily worship of the king and the goddess
''Today I am very upset and I miss my sister very much'' Dani said to Jack while they ate grapes and enjoyed the sight of the boys worshipping
''Babe I am very sorry I know it hurts and you miss her'' Jack said and hugged Dani
''Some days I hate Ralph so much'' she continued ''After all, he could have stopped them from taking the raft out but he did not, instead he went with them the fool''
''Yes Ralph was not using his brain that day''
''Well, I wish I could punish Ralph! But maybe I'll punish a few of these boys instead!''
Jack watched with surprise as the feisty and mean Dani jumped down from her throne and started to walk over the backs of the boys, they all began to cry in pain
''SHUT UP BOYS'' She demanded ''WHEN YOUR GODDESS STEPS ON YOU YOU MUST REMAIN SILENT AND NOT SCREAM, YOU LITTLE ANTS!''
She ordered Jason to get on all fours
''Now I will ride on your back and you will be a donkey escorting me around!'' she declared ''let's see how strong you really are now Jase''
Dani sat on Jason's back and he crawled around on all fours
''You're a very slow donkey!'' she taunted ''need to speed up a bit!''
Jack, ever the devil. could not resist joining in to torment the boys and jumped down from the throne and started to pee over the boys while they were face down
''I really needed to empty my bladder'' he said ''I think using some of you as urinals is a good idea!''
Later on Roger, Henry, Jason and some of the others were alone in the forest
''Dani is becoming an absolute bitch'' Roger said ''I like worshipping Jack but I don't like worshipping her. I always wanted to worship only Jack and never a girl''
''Same here'' Henry said
''Well I don't know what has happened to Dani now'' Jason said ''she wasn't like this before Jenny died. I know she is upset about losing her sister but to change like this is too much''
''Well I don't like her'' Roger said ''I like the king but not her''
The other boys agreed
''Maybe she needs teaching a lesson the same way Maurice and his mates did?'' a boy called Stephen suggested
''Yeah maybe she does'' Roger said with a grin ''It's simply a matter of deciding how to do it''
It was almost dark when Dani set off for her evening jog around the island, she liked to jog and keep fit
Sometimes Jack went with her but tonight he was busy with discipline. 3 boys, all littluns, had misbehaved and, as a result, punishment was being given to them. All three boys were going to be thrashed and would spend 3 hours kneeling on twigs. It was painful for their knees. They would also go without dinner
''Think yourselves lucky the punishment pit is full right now or else you'd all be down there now'' Jack told the three boys ''You understand?''
''YES SIR SORRY SIR'' the three small boys said
''I am going to start being a lot tougher on you littluns'' Jack told them sternly ''We've been here long enough now and you're starting to get a bit older, there are no excuses for being bad little boys anymore. You have had long enough to improve, so from now on I'll help you improve by punishing you harder. You get it?''
''YES SIR THANK YOU, SIR, YOU ARE OUR AWESOME TEACHER, SIR!''
Dani was jogging in the forest in the dark when something jumped out at her from behind a bush. She screamed as the ''thing'' grabbed her and pushed her against a tree. It was a boy in a mask. He had painted his face and made a mask out of twigs and leaves to hide his face
Dani wanted to scream again, she was a tough girl but even she had her limits. The boy looked scary and she felt scared of him, whoever he was
''Take your mask off you idiot'' she hissed ''Show me your face''
But the boy didn't take his mask off, instead, he just stared at Dani
''Well at least speak you, coward! At least let's talk!''
But the boy didn't talk he stayed silent
''Too scared to talk? too scared to show your face? Could be because you know you'll be for the high jump with Jack when he hears about this silly little prank? He won't find it funny that one of you scared me like this, right, so why even do it, to begin with?''
The silent, masked, boy ran his fingers through Dani's heir and then began to touch her breasts
''You pervert!'' she said and then tried to pull his mask off, they struggled and he restrained her
''I WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE!'' she yelled in sheer anger ''I WANT TO SEE WHICH BOY YOU ARE SO THAT WHEN I REPORT TO JACK HE'LL KNOW WHO TO PUNISH!''
The attacker pushed her against a tree and tried to pull her knickers off, it was quite clear what his intention was. But Dani wasn't the kind of girl to submit and let a man or a boy rape her, she fought back like a lioness
''I'LL KILL YOU, YOU MORON!'' She screamed and tried to grab his balls. He tried to strangle her, he got his hands around her throat and she kicked him in the balls and he screamed in pain and let go. She backed away and he tried to attack her again She kicked and punched him and pushed him away and ran off into the forest
Then she slipped and fell over and banged her head and everything went black
The three littluns who were undergoing punishment were beginning to struggle with their three hours of painful kneeling
''Sir please have mercy'' one of the small boys said ''please we've learned our lesson now Sir ''
''No no no you must complete the full length of time you know I will not give you any time off'' Jack said
Roger, Henry, and Jason returned from a walk and Jack looked angry
''You three were gone way longer than I said you could'' he said ''Where were you for so long boys?''
''We're sorry Sir, we lost track of time'' Roger said ''but we caught some squirrels so we weren't wasting time Sir''
The boys showed Jack the meat they had caught and he softened and looked pleased
''Well done boys!'' he said proudly
Jack was looking towards the dark forest and getting worried
''Did any of you see Dani on your travels?'' he asked ''she has been gone a while and I am a little worried now''
''No Sir we did not see her anywhere'' Jason said
''Wake up, wake up Dani'' the concerned boy said and was shaking Dani while she was lying on the ground
Dani woke up feeling dizzy and sat up. She took a moment to remember what had happened, a boy in a mask had attacked her and when she escaped she had slipped and hit her head and been knocked unconscious. Then she screamed in terror, a dark figure was standing over her, bending down
''Look please'' she said ''If you hurt me you'll answer to King Jack later and you know it''
''I'm not going to hurt you I'm trying to help you'' a familiar voice said, soft and kind. It was Ralph
''I heard you screaming and when I came to look I saw you running and I saw you fall and hit your head'' he explained and sat beside her ''what the hell happened?''
''Some creep in a mask attacked me that's what happened'' she said angrily
''You're kidding, that's awful''
''Well it's ok I got away from him anyway, he didn't get his way''
''Well, what a relief to hear that. I really was very worried about you''
''Hang on a second'' Dani said and began to stare at Ralph with suspicion and hostility ''How do I know that it wasn't you who attacked me?''
''Oh come on now, look I know you hate me because of Jenny but you don't seriously think I attacked you do you?''
''Why not? I don't know what you're capable of anymore since you lost your mind and it's funny how you turn up like this right after I was attacked''
''Look I was out in the forest collecting nuts and berries for Simon and me and I heard you that's all, come on Dani you know I didn't attack you''
Ralph tried to hug her and she pushed him away and stood up
''You wait until I tell Jack about this'' she said harshly ''he'll kill you''
''Oh come on, I didn't do it I swear''
Damni didn't want to listen anymore, she turned and ran off, in a hurry to get back to Jack and safety. As she was running she thought about it, did she really believe that Ralph had attacked her? She wasn't sure but she had decided to put the blame on him anyway. She hated him for her sister's death and now she was hellbent on revenge
Jack was relieved when she arrived back to the warmth and safety of the campfire and the tribe
''I was worried about you, I was about to set out to look for you'' he told her ''what happened?''
Dani did something she was good at doing when she wanted to manipulate someone, she turned on the tears
''I was attacked by one of the boys!'' she sobbed and Jack hugged her and was instantly angry
''Who was it? I'll kill him!''
''It was Ralph!''