"Rough day, huh, Joe?" Joe took off his safety helmet and wiped his forehead as he looked at his colleague Sammy,
"Yeah it's been a little tiring, to be honest, Sammy,"
"What's up man? You know I'm here for ya!" Sammy shouted over the sound of a tele-handler driving past. The two men were clocking off after a long day of construction, working on a new office building for a World Order state contract.
"That's appreciated Sammy," Joe shouted back, "I dunno. I've just been a little tired is all," he began to quieten down as they got further away from the noise of the site, "obviously things are pretty tirin' here anyway, but after Maw died, I've just lost a lot of energy,"
"I'm sorry man. I know how much your mother meant to ya,"
"She was a special one-of-a-kind, you know? Got me through the bad old days all those years ago."
"Yeah I remembered you sayin'" Sammy nodded compassionately, "so whatcha plannin' now?"
"What do ya mean?" Joe questioned, a little bemused. He'd always liked Sammy. He was a good kid, but they'd never really had a proper heart to heart like this.
"For tonight. I was wonderin' if you wanted to hang out?"
"That's a very kind offer Sammy, but I dunno. I'm thinking I'll just head home and get some shut-eye." They reached their in/out staff board and clocked in their times. Freedom, Joe thought with a sad smile,
"I was wonderin' if you'd heard about the new product the company got?" Sammy seemed to be driving to the point of what he was getting at. Joe looked at him again, puzzled,
"New product?"
"Yeah. They said it would help with the guys' morale. Wondered if you'd be interested, what with your funk and what not?"
"It's probably just a new pool table or somethin'. I'm really not interested, sorry Sammy." But Sammy was persistent,
"I dunno Joe, I think you'll really like it. It's in the trailer!"
Joe hadn't even bothered going into the trailer that day. Normally they'd all meet up for a coffee in the morning before they got started, but today he'd just set straight to work and not really thought of much else. He'd had his own sandwich so he hadn't had to go anywhere for lunch, so he hadn't really noticed any changes or excitement.
Sammy led Joe up the steps of the trailer, which had a gross, run-down interior, smelling of old sandwiches and stale coffee. Joe wondered what the hell could be in the trailer that would boost anyone's morale? Sammy led him into the little corridor of the temporary construction, past the fetid kitchen area, towards one of the unused "conference rooms" that were ostensibly used for planning meetings.
Joe couldn't believe his eyes when he came in. Kneeling in the middle of the room was a completely naked young woman.
After rubbing his eyes and realising that she was in fact real, Joe saw with closer inspection that the young woman's wrists were chained to the floor. She also wore a collar with the construction company logo on it. She was blonde, with long silky smooth hair that fell down to her shoulders. Her breasts weren't huge, but they were perky and pronounced. Her butt was also not too big, exhibiting a slim athletic figure. Her crotch was completely shaved. She looked up at the two men and smiled,
"How may I serve you, Masters?" she exclaimed pleasantly,
Joe turned to look at Sammy,
"Sammy what the fuck is this?"
"She's the new company slave, Joe!" Sammy replied with a hyena's grin, "she's here to boost morale!"
"Boost morale...?" Joe looked back at the girl, who was just waiting for them silently with an expectant expression,
"We had a demonstration this mornin', Joe," Sammy continued, "that's how I knew you were in a funk that you didn't even hear nothing about it all day!"
"Demonstration...?"
"We fucked her Joe. And may I just say she was perfect!"
"You all fucked her? What? In front of each other?" Joe looked at Sammy with disbelief,
"Sure, Joe! Why not? Was great gettin' a mornin' fellatio!"
Joe's mind couldn't make sense of it. There was a naked girl, chained to the floor, and this was a good thing? He knew slavery had been brought back and had seen rich assholes peacocking around with their slaves in tow, but he'd never really got used to the idea. He was an older guy, from the days before the World Order. Slavery wasn't something to be celebrated. At least when he'd been growing up that was the case,
"Sammy...I...I dunno what to say..."
"Just try her out. Seriously man, she's amazin'!"
"I um..." Joe wasn't normally a man who faltered over words, but he felt his face turning red,
"Ah I know what it is!" Sammy laughed, slapping Joe on the back, "you like your privacy! I get it!"
Joe just stared back at him, really not knowing what he was supposed to do in this situation,
"I know you weren't feelin' very sociable this evenin', so you know what? I can leave you two lovers to it tonight!" Sammy continued laughing,
"But I'll expect a lovely greetin' tomorrow mornin' girl! You treat my friend right, ya hear!?"
The girl just nodded happily as Sammy sauntered off laughing, leaving Joe alone in the room with the girl. Joe felt very uncomfortable. She was very naked, and very...exposed...he felt his dick hardening in his pants but tried to shake off the feeling. This was too weird.
He approached her slowly, then said, "Um hi..."
"Good evening, Master!" she continued smiling her pleasant smile,
"I umm...well...sorry, what's your name girl?"
The smile faltered for the fraction of a second, then came the reply, "I'm Scanning Construction Company's Slave No. 6543. How may I be of service Master?"
"No, I mean, come on now, you got a name, don't you?" he persisted. He could see her eyes flash with fear,
"I..." she paused, "My name is...was Claire Jackson."