Story 3: The Severing

Chapter 3:

We often refer to the room as a closet, but it is actually fairly large, with two rows of tall freestanding shelves laden with parts and papers and pens and other things. The light was off, so the room was only illuminated by an emergency bulb that automatically turned on in the absence of other light. As I looked down before me, I saw a mat of some sort folded neatly on the floor.

My heart was pounding with fear. I had no idea what NemesisGirl might want from me, but it did not seem work related. I was having trouble breathing and I gasped audibly when I could between tremors.

"Are you afraid?" NemesisGirl asked.

I looked up to see her face. She was watching me very closely. Her eyes seemed kinder than I had remembered. They were wide and hopeful and dark. I nodded slowly once or twice. Her mouth spread in a smile.

"Don't be. I won't hurt you. I promise."

I was about to try to ask what she wanted, but jumped suddenly when I heard a sound back in the darkness of the room beyond where NemesisGirl stood - a shuffling of feet perhaps, a tinkling of metal.

"Is there someone else here?" I asked straining to look into the shadows.

She wrinkled her brow for a second. "No. It's just you and me."

"I thought I heard..."

"Take off your clothes."

I looked at NemesisGirl, shocked. My heart was really beginning to pound. We stood looking at each other for an eternity. I gripped the bottom of my sweater in my right hand, but then let it go. I couldn't believe she wanted me to take off my clothes.

"I promise I won't even touch you, subGrrl. Take off your clothes for me."

Apparently on its own volition my hand had grasped the bottom of my sweater again and began to pull up. I jumped and yanked my hand away quickly though when I heard another shuffle in the darkness of room.

"I heard someone!" I said.

"No, subGrrl, no one's here. I promise." To comfort me, she turned to look herself.

Fear grabbed my heart and a scream tried to erupt from within. For as she turned I saw a shadow behind her, short, but decidedly human. NemesisGirl stepped around the figure looking into the dark recesses of the room. Meanwhile the figure took another step towards me into the cone of light.

Laysan! It was Laysan! She stood smiling at me, wearing only her collar and chains and the vulgar tether that descended from her sex.

NemesisGirl stepped around between us. "See? There's nobody here but you and me, subGrrl. I promise. It's okay to be scared, but I want you to try to follow my commands. So, subGrrl, take off your clothes."

I looked over NemesisGirl's shoulder at Laysan, my lovely waking dream. She was nodding her head and motioning with her fists as though pulling open a coat. Trembling, I grabbed my sweater again and pulled it up over my head, the leash rattled through the neck as I pulled the garment away from me. NemesisGirl was smiling as she took it from my hand.

I reached behind me and unclasped my bra, letting the shoulder straps fall down my arms and my breasts drop free.

"Pet?" NemesisGirl prompted. I realized that I had frozen. I tucked my thumbs around the waistband of my skirt. I looked up at Laysan who continued to nod, smiling. I had already given NemesisGirl my panties earlier in the day, so this was it. I would be completely exposed. I pushed down and felt the cloth pool around my ankles.

NemesisGirl knelt down and picked up my skirt as I stepped out of it. Laysan stood still, smiling. The cool air of the office seemed to swirl about my naked skin. We go through our days with barely a thought about the caress of clothing - only really noticing their absence.

"Kneel on the mat," NemesisGirl commanded softly. Laysan nodded and pointed at the mat on the floor by glancing several times. I slowly dropped down onto my knees and sat back on my ankles.

NemesisGirl knelt before me, grabbing my leash as she did. She wrapped the end around the foot of a shelf and snicked a padlock closed. I would not be able to stand up until the padlock was reopened. I bent my head down, shivering with my hands covering my breasts.

NemesisGirl stepped around behind me and gently pulled at my arms. I looked up at Laysan who smiled and encouraged me with more nodding. Laysan quickly moved her own manacled arms around behind her back with a rattle. Indeed, there was a rattle behind me as well, and I felt cold metal wrap tightly around my wrists. When I pulled at them, I found that they were held together by a particularly short connector. Laysan continued to smile and comfort me by keeping my attention.

"These bells are so delicate," NemesisGirl said. I had no idea what she meant so I shot a look up at her as she danced around me again. I heard a gentle tinkling sound. She had two small bells in her hand. It took less than a second to realize that she meant to clamp the bells to my nipples.

"No!" I breathed, but it was such a whisper that I don't think that NemesisGirl even heard it. Laysan, meanwhile had a finger extended across her lips beckoning me to keep silent.

My nipples hardly needed any stimulation. They were already hard and tight and the clamps fit on them with no problem. With each application I sucked in a bit of air, though truthfully, the gasp's source was more from the cold than the pinch. I've worn much tighter, much heavier.

On the other hand, as I sat trembling, the tiny bells tinkled and rang. Every breath, every adjustment, every shiver was broadcast into the room. I tried hard not to move and silence the damn things, but I needed air so badly, and my struggles to control my breathing only increased the bells' sway and displacement.

Laysan held her hands cupped over her heart. I looked at her audibly whimpering. She opened her hands and spread her arms dispersing her heart into the room. "Open your heart," she was telling me. But then she pulled her hands to her face and covered her eyes. Close my eyes?

I saw a flash of black cloth pass in front of my face. NemesisGirl knelt behind me and she brought a blindfold up to my eyes. With a ringing and jerking I dodged for a moment to see Laysan. She was blowing me a kiss as the cloth settled over my eyes. "Laysan!" I whimpered.

"Lights on? Don't worry, silly pet," NemesisGirl said as she tightened the blindfold behind my head. "I'll leave the lights on if you want me to."

I heard NemesisGirl stand. "Are you ok?"

Even my nodding made the bells ring.

"I need to take care of some business, pet. You'll be safe here. I promise. I'll be back. I'm going to give you an assignment to work on while I'm gone. Something to think about. You can give me an answer when I come back. Tell me, subGrrl. What does love mean? To you? What does love mean to you? Think about it..."

I heard the door to the supply room open, then close. I heard a key slide in the door knob and a bolt engaging locking me inside.