The prison van drew to a halt outside the ominous block of black glass that served as the Research Centre of the Genesis Corporation. The black sheets parted to allow Dean, in chains, followed by Watkins and another guard to step into a bright white room. They stood before the camera and all three looked up into the unblinking lens.
A buzzer sounded and a green light appeared where one it had glowed red. All three men stepped into a large bright foyer littered with elegant, expensive furniture.
"Dino, it seems very comfortable," Watkins told his prisoner. "I thought it might be some sort of hospital. They talked about nurses. This is like a hotel." Dino nodded, but Watkins sensed he was nervous, so he approached the woman behind a brilliant white desk who offered all three men a winning smile.
"Delivery for Dr Moriarty. One prisoner."
The receptionist placed a call and asked the three men to be seated. After five minutes Moriarty appeared, wearing a white coat and carrying a clipboard. She offered Watkins only a cursory smile as he handed over the paperwork.
"You can leave him here. I have some matters to attend to before we begin our processing."
"Sorry, Doctor, but we need to take him to a secure location. That means somewhere with doors and locks. Then he's your responsibility."
The doctor was significantly less sociable than their first meeting, and Watkins was irritated by her dismissive tone as she led the three men to the lift and pressed for the fifth floor. She studied her notes while the booth rose, only the changing red number on the screen by the door indicating any sense of movement. The doors parted without a sound and they stepped out into a spacious hallway surrounded by glass walls.
Moriarty led the prison party to one of the doors. She punched a number into the key pad and the tiny red light over the door turned to green. They stepped into another reception area staffed by a nurse in a short white tunic. She offered a reverent welcome to Moriarty and cast a lustful glance at the young prisoner, setting her pen in her mouth. Another glass door and then they entered what appeared to be a doctor's consulting room. There was a bed on wheels along with what appeared to be a dentist's chair. Watkins was unsettled to see that both bed and chair were adorned with leather straps. He had witnessed many unsavoury moments in his twenty three years in the prison service, but he knew that straps were only for the hard core, dangerous cases. Young Dino was just a youngster who made a mistake and was almost through paying for his misguided loyalty.
They passed through another set of doors and walked along a passageway before ending their journey in a bare room with only one small window above the eye line. There was a simple bed with a stand and a chair. The guard laid the sack with Dean's belongings on the bed.
"Where's the wardrobe?" Watkins asked.
"Not all of the furniture has arrived," Moriarty explained, almost surprised by the question.
Watkins removed the cuffs and took the prisoner's hand.
"Be good, son, and do as they say. I'll see you again when we're done." He left him with a slap on the back and walked out of the cell, followed by the guard who had not spoken, or even given the slightest indication that he was about to speak, during the entire visit.
Moriaty followed the two guards, casting just one furtive glance at the prisoner, her personal captive, as the door closed. He was surveying his new room and did not notice the woman at the closing door.
The doctor and the guards retraced their journey to the reception area and they parted with a brief flurry of handshakes. She appeared eager to be rid of them and was stepping away before Watkins called her name. She spun on her heels and returned.
"Is there anything else I can do for you?" The sharp tone was meant to be a reprimand for wasting her valuable time, but Watkins was not to be diverted by a midget with a clipboard and a white coat, especially a midget with a clipboard and a white coat that he did not trust. He had stared down serial killers, drug barons and deranged hitmen, so Dr Kerry Moriarty was no challenge.
"Yes, doctor, there is." He paused, and noticed that she pressed her glasses, a sign of unease. "I want you to look after Dino." She was about to speak, but a raised hand brought him silence. "I have signed him over to the Genesis Corporation, but I am placing him in your care. I have looked after that boy, and he is just a boy, for the past three years. If anything happens to him ... I will be disappointed." He turned and left without another word.
Three hours later, the cell door opened and an attractive young woman in a short white outfit and a nurse's cap appeared in the doorway. She offered Dean a smile that he could not describe as friendly and beckoned him with a crooked finger to follow him into the passageway. She swayed her hips like a streetwalker, allowing her hem to ride up to reveal bright pink knickers. The glass door into the main room was open and two more nurses were waiting for him, dressed like his guide in short white tunics that revealed their pink underwear. All three women were young and appealing, but all wore a cruel smile that even a convict without sight of cute women for some time found unsettling.
"Good afternoon, Dean. My name is Cindi, and this is Kimberley." She presented the young blond to her left who offered the prisoner a mock curtsey. "This is Tiffany." The brunette to her left waved. He did not return the gesture. "We're here to make sure that you deliver your ... end of the bargain. Now, we need to make you presentable for Dr Moriarty." Cindi reached behind her to collect a wire brush. "She has left specific, very specific, instructions about your appearance. Those tattoos have to go and frankly, there's far too much body hair. So, we'll start with the tattoos and then we'll shave you everywhere, and I mean everywhere." All three women giggled. "Then well give you a full hot wax and you'll be fit for decent company. Now, before we start. Take off all your clothes and stand with your legs apart and your hands behind your head. I want to suck you off."