Avoiding Melissa is about as hard as getting out of the way of a charging turtle. I get to the edge of the rough land around the mansion, and take cover so I may avoid observation. I slowly work my way around the mansion, surprised to see Lucia standing over our two male cousins who are bound to trees before the house! And there, some kind of casing caked with dirt; I use my monocular and note that it is some kind of strong box... hmm... five keyholes. It's the chalice!

The sun is setting, so I'm quickly working my way around the Manor House before the sun sets. Every light in the place is lit, and there is the sound of many voices partying inside. Hmm... perhaps someone celebrating victory a bit early? If so, they would soon be surprised!

Dark washes over the island, so I don my infra-red goggles. My two cousins stand out in the cool of the evening, as does the house. I look for my three landmarks, the tunnel entrances... and note a moving warm spot going into the "dead-end" tunnel. Well, that could be interesting indeed.

Waiting a few minutes, nobody exits, so I change tactics for a bit, combat-crawling across to my cousins. Taking out the third part of the chemical I've been making in their blood, I spray just a whiff into each of their nostrils, both pass into the deep, long-lasting coma that indicates the stuff is working. crawling across to cover, I snuggle up and watch for warm spots for a while.

Not a thing moves, other than a few birds and a family of noisy squirrels rushing around. Quietly, I work to the mouth of the "dead-end" tunnel. I note a few simple dead-falls to make noise should someone clumsy walk into them; disabling one I get to the edge of the hole.

There is a soft red glow showing in my night-vision glasses, down in the tunnel. I drop softly to the floor and freeze, watching and waiting for movement. There is none, so I move over to the warm spot; Melissa is deeply asleep lying there innocently. Silently, I get out my sprayer dose Melissa with the third element of the chemical. Her sleep deepens, and heartbeat slows; she is into the coma now. Opening the 'secret' door, I carry Melissa into the tunnel beyond, erase all my and Melissa's tracks, and close the door. Shouldering the load a ways, I finally manage to put her down in the room with my three friends. They welcome me, and agree to take over the care of Melissa. More food for them from the cache I found, then quickly up into the tunnels I had not had a chance to explore.

Room to room, I used the peek-holes; each was busy with naked slaves partying or having sex or just relaxing. I watched one for a while; he was hung like a donkey and was forcing his whole length into my little Ellen. She moaned and screamed, but soon came hard repeatedly as he pounded his length into her. Moving to the next, I heard two chatting; Louisa had told them they had the night off, after she found and bound my unfortunate cousins. But she was not in the house.

I set my cap to find her... but not until tomorrow. I needed some sleep soon. Back in the room with my friends, I added a collar to the sleepy Melissa, and marked down the time on the wall that I had captured her, just in case there were questions. How would the contest end, Louisa or me?