"Come on, Kira. It's an adventure! Don't you want a bit of fun?" Maya wheedled, glancing in that flirty way she had, up through her eyelashes. I couldn't resist that look, though in our week-long relationship, I'd already figured out that she used that look to get me to do what I'd be better off avoiding. Hesitantly, I followed her into the warehouse.
From the outside, the building looked to be abandoned. Weeds grew around it and the sign advertising a carpet and flooring discount warehouse was missing half its letters. But Maya seemed to think we'd find something interesting in here, and our relationship was too new for me to say no to her. After all, adventure was part of her allure.
We had entered by a back door, well away from the desolate street in an industrial park on the outskirts of town. There were few people around by day, and by night there was nobody. Maya went in ahead of me, carrying the flashlight she'd brought. I had a moment to wonder why she hadn't turned it on when I heard the door clang shut behind me. At the same moment, a floodlight was turned on in front of us, shining full in our eyes.
I cringed away from it and moved to put my hands over my eyes, but before I could do much more than flinch, my arms were grabbed from behind. I felt handcuffs close over my wrists. Desperately I struggled, wondering why Maya wasn't screaming or struggling too. It was no use. The hands holding me were prepared for a struggle. In moments I was on my knees, my head down, a foot on the small of my back.
"I brought her, mistress," Maya said.
At that moment, a leather hood was slipped over my head, cutting off all sound and sight. Once it was locked in place, I was lifted to my feet and made to walk, guided by a rough hand on my elbow.
It was some minutes later when I was stopped. I felt the cuffs being unlocked, but before I could formulate a plan to take advantage of that, my arms were lifted over my head and heavy metal cuffs clinked into place to hold me there. They were high enough that I could just barely put my feet flat on the floor; I certainly couldn't relax at all. A moment more and the hood was removed.
The room where I found myself was quite large, and full of strange furniture I couldn't begin to guess the purpose of. It was dimly lit by sconces on the walls at regular intervals, and the light did a god job of hiding as much as it revealed. Immediately in front of me was a tall, curvaceous woman with short red hair, wearing a leather corset, a tiny leather skirt, and thigh-high spike-heeled boots. To either side of her were two more women, encased from head to toe in black PVC catsuits. There was mesh over their eyes and noses so they could see and breathe, but I could tell very little about them.
I craned my neck a little and saw that Maya was to my left, kneeling on the floor. When I had followed her into the warehouse, she'd been wearing a strapless summer sundress and some strappy sandals; now she was naked except for the three-inch red leather collar at her neck which kept her head up.
"So Maya didn't tell you why she brought you here, did she?" said the woman, addressing me. I shook my head. Her smile shifted to a frown and she slapped me across the face. "You will answer, "No, mistress," when I speak to you," she instructed.
"No, mistress," I whispered, seeing no other options.
She slapped me again, the other cheek this time. "If I want you to whisper, I'll tell you to whisper," she crooned.