Lisa blinked as the lights from the stage found her smiling face one more.

Matt took a bow and stepped away from the cabinet in which Lisa had reappeared to the amazement of the audience, who had just seen the small box assembled from parts onto the table from which Lisa now jumped as she took her bow. Matt grinned, Lisa's black bikini was only just on the legal side of decent and he couldn't help but steal a glance at her as she stooped. She winked back and stood hand on hips to one side, drinking up the attention.

"Ladies and gentleman you have been a great audience this evening. Sadly its almost time for Lisa and I to go, but before we do we have time for one last trick. Lisa, the sawing box if you please "

As Lisa went to retrieve the final prop there was a sense that the audience were a little flat, perhaps expecting something a little more original than a tired old illusion that held rather less mystery than even the attractive assistants briefest of outfits. Lisa could see people sit a little more upright as she returned pushing a prop which looked nothing like a sawing the lady in half box.

Lisa set the upright box in the centre of the stage, swivelling it from side to side to allow the audience to take in the boxes details . It was about the size of Lisa of course, and made up of two small upright boxes clearly designed to hold legs, an hourglass central section which seemed about the size of a sexy assistants torso and a small top section ready to accept her head.

"OK folks I can see you all sitting there wondering what the trick will be, where the trapdoors and false legs are. Well tonight I want to divide Lisa in a way you have never seen before and in a way that will leave you in no doubt that there is no trick. Lisa , can you go out into the audience and find 3 or 4 helpers while I get ready up here ?"

Lisa grinned and slid off the stage wandering between the tables and booths in the old style club looking for people who seemed keen to help. She was excited, this was the first time she and Matt had done this sawing for an audience and she thought it was going to be a blast. Not to mention it felt amazing. She settled on two young couples from a couple of rows back and led them up on stage with a reassuring smile. 

"Thanks for helping guys. Don't look so worried, its Lisa going in that box". The blonde looked visibly relieved but Lisa fancied that the smaller brunette with the mini skirt looked a little disappointed " All we need you all to do is check every step of the way to make sure we aren't cheating here. Is that ok  ? "

Both couples nodded and awaited further instructions. Lisa did a couple of turns to allow the helpers to be sure that she was a normal girl in one piece and that her bikini concealed nothing but her charms within its strings and scraps of fabric. Next each  couple was handed a magic marker and Lisa held her breath to hold still while they carefully signed her shins, shapely thighs , tanned tummy, the top of her cleavage and finally each forearm. While this was going on Matt flipped open the doors on each of the leg boxes, 2 doors on the torso part and a solo door on the head. 

"All done ? Good good, then watch carefully and check anything you want, feel free to pull push tug or shake anything you feel needs it". He grinned and took Lisas hand and led her to the box, helping her step back into it. "From this point on, I won't touch Lisa or any part of the trick, so you can all be sure I am not operating some sort of cheat".

"OK so first things first, you will see a box over there full of padlocks" . The blonde nodded and fetched the cardboard box, which turned out to be full of new padlocks still in the packaging . Ladies take a lock each, and use it to lock the manacles around Lisa's ankles. Make sure they are nice and tight we don't want her getting away now!"

Lisa looked down as her ankles were trapped, wow the blonde wasn't wearing a bra, hmmm more adventurous than I guessed, she thought. Matt had the guys close the leg doors covering Lisa up to the base of her thighs, but leaving her feet visible. Hatches near the top of each door were popped off to leave a few square inches of toned upper thigh clearly displayed.

"Great stuff. Now Lisa will get her arms into place…" On cue Lisa carefully threaded her arms out of holes at the side of the torso box by her shoulders and let them them hang down the outside of the box. "Great stuff now if I can have you chaps take a lock each from the selection there and tightly lock each wrist down to the side of the box . Awesome, thanks. Next if you can lock her neck with a lock and the collar there, maybe not quite so tight with this one!"

Lisa wriggled as her helplessness grew. She grinned and winked as flirtatiously as she could as she lifted her chin to allow her neck to be collared, sealing her fully into the box. She couldn't see much of the audience in the dim lighting away from the stage, so had to hope they were having fun too.

"Nearly there everyone, then we can get to the fun stuff. Please can you rotate the lovely Lisa there from side to side a bit, good good, now all the way around so everyone can see she's still locked in the box, and that its a tight fit, no second assistant or false limbs . Good Good. Now if you close the 2 doors covering her rather lush body, thats it great. Now on each door you should find 3 more of those little hatches, if you could pop those off please"

Lisa grinned as she could sense the surprise as people realised just how much of her they could still see. Those last six openings provided a good view of each hip about where her bikini strings sat, a patch of her flat tummy and the top her bikini top and the breast it struggled to cover. There could be no doubt the body parts were real, and really her.

"That's great. Doesn't she look cute all locked up and nowhere to go ? " Lisa smiled and blew a kiss to acknowledge the cheers." Now ladies how would you like the ones to be doing the actual cutting? " Both girls nodded hesitantly. OK back over there there are 2 large metal blades, grab one each and be careful and use the handles, they are indeed sharp"

"Now can you give them a bang and a tap and a shake and show to the good folks out there the blades are sharp and solid . " Lisa winced theatrically at the noise. The blonde was closest to her and was holding the blade parallel to the floor at about waist height when Matt stopped her.

"No no, as we are breaking all the rules lets do this a really different" Lisa's gaze shot over to Matt, the audience laughing at the shocked expression on her face. Matt helped the blonde regrip the blade vertically and smiled approvingly as the brunette followed suit.

"Hey no way. Thats not what we rehearsed …. You …. " Lisa's protests were muffled by Matt flipping the head box closed. 

"Don't worry, she will get over it. Now to business" . One of the guys moved to start closing the various windows into the box. "No no they can stay open, like I said, no funny business here".

"OK now first blade , line it up with the slot between the doors , thats it. Now push. " Lisa screamed inside the box. "Go on harder, she's ok!" 

The blonde shrugged and pushed harder and the blade sank into the box to loud applause and a few muffled protests. She kept on shoving until the divider was all the way into the box its wooden handle against the doors of the torso box .

Lisa's arms were wriggling madly, fingers clenching. She had felt the blade press hard on her chest and stomach then a slight draft as the thread between her bikini top was the first think to succumb to the edge of the blade. As the blade had slipped into her right down her middle she had almost passed out, glad she was restrained out of sight for a few moments. She wasn't sure if it hurt, or…….. , she bit her lip hard and shook all over.

Under Matt's direction the brunette had soon added her blade. The girls took a step back leaving their guys to once rotate the box showing the blades were indeed poking a foot clear out the back of the torso box.

As the box was once more facing the audience Matt asked his helpers to check out the windows . One by one they confirmed that Lisa's feet , thighs hips tummy and chest were all present and real. They couldn't help but notice that scraps of material that had been visible at breast and thigh seemed to have gone, as if the fabric connecting them had intact been cut.

"Well folks do you think we have indeed succeeded in cutting poor old Lisa there into two? " His question was met with three solid nods and one puzzled look. 

"Not really" ventured the brunette. "She may be kinda split up the middle, but she's not really in two, she's still connected at the neck!"

Despite Lisa's hands waggling frantically, Matt nodded sagely. "So you would be happier if she was cut up some more ?" 

"I guess"