Bahia was the result of one of the Roman fleet’s excursions into the Pacific. Even back then a few vessels circumnavigated the globe although they did not yet realize the extent of the earth’s vast expanses or oceans.
Bahia was a young Polynesian girl of 18. Her skin was the color of a caramel candy which the Romans favored.
Bahia was one of the few of the thirty natives who survived the trip back to Rome over the water.
The Polynesians were not good ocean travelers and at the first storm twenty of them died from sea sickness or being swept overboard.
After that the Polynesian men were chained to the galley oars and the women were left in a communal room for the entertainment of the sailors who were off the oars.
The oarsmen were slaves but depended upon so they were double in number to the quantity needed.
They worked 12 hours on and twelve off so the boat could travel at maximum speed at all times.
When the boat finally returned to its home port, there where only 6 women alive, Bahia was one of them,
Maximus explained to his friends. The next girl is an island native and has never been to Rome before in fact never heard of Rome or Cesar or any of our pet kittens.
He said to the guards in attendance, “Erect the walls.”
He guards ushered in perhaps 40 slaves each carrying a section of wall that was erected around the arena to protect the celebrities from any animal who decided to enter the seating area.
When that was completed two beautiful tiger cubs were placed in the center of the arena these cubs were four weeks old and weight less than 15 pounds each.
They were still on mother’s milk and mother was in a cage just outside the arena in a tizzy over her missing cubs.
Bahia who was number three was escorted into the arena. She was not cuffed or tied. When she entered she spotted the two tiger cubs and with natural curiosity and a woman’s attraction to felines approached and started to play with the cubs.
Maximus allowed the play to continue for another 10 minutes and then ordered the mother released.
The mother tiger entered the arena and looked around for her cubs. She spotted them and noted that Bahia was playing with them and they were playing back. They seemed fine so Sinpa the tigress was not anxious to engage the nice young girl who was showing so much affection to her twins
Sinpa noted the woman hanging from the pole with her legs thrashing. Sinpa stood on her hind legs and with her front paw played with the thrashing objects.
This new torment caused Natasha to renew her screaming.
Bahia looked over and watched the tigress swatting at the dangling feet. Bahia being sympathetic by nature decided to come to Natasha’s aide.
She grabbed the tigress by the tail trying to bring her away from Natasha’s feet. What a mistake the formally docile Tigress now turned into a vengeful killer swiping at Bahia and racking open the stomach.
Bahia looked down in disbelief at her intestines exposed and hanging out of her stomach.
Bahia passed out from the pain and fear. The Tigress not seeing any motion lost interest and returned to Natasha who’s feet were still reacting to the impalement.
As Sinpa took a foot in her mouth the additional weight drug her body to full impalement and with a resolute sigh expired.
Bahia in the meantime had gotten up and holding her intestines in her hand made a run for the holding pen.
Sinpa took note and in two quick bounds pinned Bahia under her paws. She reached into Bahia with her fangs and completely disemboweled her.
Sinpa was hungry and ate the offerings.
Bahia died on the floor of the arena with a tigress devouring her from the inside out.
Maximus stood up and addressed the nobles. He said their are still 7 women left and it’s getting late.
Choose numbers and seven of you each take one of the women home with you for the night. Make sure she is not too comfortable tonight and bring her back at noon tomorrow when we will have a whole day to play with them.
With that they chose numbers and the seven who won the females took them with them.
Ceasar Had Two Sons – Chapter 4, by Vikki Williams
To be continued……