Chapter 8 - Into the Lion's Den again
Kim and Lisa were driving Jerry's car to Jerry's work on a Thursday to the resort. They had the rough outline of a plan, but they would have to improvise as needed, so it wasn't ideal. Sally hid under a blanket in the trunk.
They left Kim's mother handcuffed to the gas line on the floor in the basement, which was the strongest pipe they could find in the house. Initially, Kim didn't agree to tie up her Mother like this, but when Kim asked her Mother directly if she would free Jerry if given the opportunity, she calmly replied, "That Father knows what's best for them." Kim realized how brainwashed and broken her Mother had become after years of slavery and beatings; she couldn't trust her Mother either.
Lisa and Sally discussed bringing their Mother to Jerry's to watch Karen or vice versa. But there was Steve in a coma to think about. They couldn't risk him waking up without someone around. It would take far too long to transfer Steve to Jerry's. Time was of the essence. At this point, Jerry was absent from work for two days. No one had asked where he was yet, but they would sooner or later.
As they pulled up to the Gate, a Woman guard asked them about their business. They told her they had been ordered by their Master, Jerry Johnson, to pick up some files he needed at work. He was homesick and needed them now!
The gate guard said ok and buzzed the gate to open it. The guard didn't give a second thought to what they told her as she was trained to obey, not question.
Pulling up to a parking space on the side of the building, the employee entrance door was just where Jerry said it would be. Lisa and Kim quickly took off the tops they were wearing, already naked from the waist down, and exited the car. Lisa took a bulky gym bag with her. When Lisa and Kim exited the vehicle, Sally moved from the trunk to the back of the car through the back seat that folded flat. She didn't dare to raise her head above the windows; she was there just in case they needed a quick getaway if things went south.
Lisa felt so exposed walking in the open parking lot, completely nude. Kim commented that she was beginning to get used to wearing clothes again, and she had to take them off already.
"We have to," replied Lisa, "We would stick out if we dared to enter dressed."
They had "tattooed" the front and back of their bodies using black paint and number stencils they picked up at a hardware store. Lisa also had to paint on a barcode tattoo. It wouldn't scan, but it was passable at a distance. They just hoped they would pass as staff. Only the heavy gym bag Lisa carried with her looked out of place. They picked two random numbers Jerry remembered seeing around the resort back of the house to paint on their bodies; they just hoped they didn't run into anyone with the same number as they used.
They reached the door and entered the code Jerry provided. If he lied and gave them the wrong code, they were fucked. But the keypad turned green, and the door clinked and opened without issues. They stepped through the door and walked inside.
They walked down the hall and deeper into the building. They were both surprised that the walls were not transparent like they were in other parts of the resort; they looked like ordinary walls. They found stairs just were Jerry said they would be going up. As they were climbing to the 3
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floor, on each landing wall between levels, there was a whip hanging on the wall. Kim recalled passing one in the hall downstairs with strange decorations. There was an elevator, but they deemed it too risky; if any alarms triggered, they were trapped; better to have access to the stairs in case they needed to get out in a hurry.
Walking down the hall, they passed another woman with tattooed numbers on her. Kim turned to look at her as they passed her and noticed whip marks on her back. She couldn't help herself and asked the other woman how she got her marks. The other woman stopped and thought it strange that someone other than a Master was asking her questions, but she didn't hesitate to obey and answered Kim.