Big Changes in Riverside
Sergeant Hall walked towards the expensive Mercedes that she had just pulled over. Apparently the registered owner, Mr. Vic Black could afford to drive thirty miles over the speed limit. She could see three women in the car as well as the male driver, who was presumably the aforementioned Vic Black. The window slid down as she approached, and the driver openly checked her out as she stepped up to the window. MEN, she thought with disgust. "Good afternoon Sir, may I see your license and proof of insurance please?" she asked him.
"No problem, Offic-, I mean Sergeant Hall" he corrected himself as he eyed her rank and name plate and passed her the documents. Sergeant Hall noticed the front passenger busy on a laptop. She glanced into the back seat and the brunette there caught her eye and deliberately licked her lips as she stared back at the Sergeant. She gave the brunette a scowl and returned to her cruiser. She ran his name through the computer and it came back clean. Well, Mr. Black wasn't going to have a clean driving record after this ticket, she thought as she walked back to his car.
Damn! What a sexy cop, Vic thought as she walked back to her cruiser. He turned to the front passenger and asked Heather what she had found out about Sergeant Hall of the Riverside PD. She replied, "Sergeant Brandy Hall, 25, single, joined the force at age 18 as a cadet while still in high school. She has a Bachelors degree in criminal justice, as well as one in psychology; both from Riverside Women's University." Vic thanked her and asked if Riverside had a Men's University to go with the Women's. Heather replied after only a few taps of the keyboard with, "No."
"Well, see if you can find out why, that's not very fair." Fingers tapping away, Heather set to her task as the oblivious Sergeant Hall returned. Vic used his rather substantial mind control powers to take control of the police Sergeant. "Brandy, have you written the ticket yet?"
Brandy had a flash of anger when he called her by her first name, but the normally aggressive Sergeant Hall was suddenly confused, tentative, scared. "Um, yes," she replied.
Vic knew that she couldn't rip it up without her superiors knowing about it, he'd been stopped for speeding over a hundred times, he knew the procedures for the tickets. "Well, since you can't rip it up, when we get in court, I want you to drop the charges, understand?" The still bewildered Sergeant agreed with out hesitation. He held out his hand and she passed him the ticket. "I should get going now, and I should drive safely," he suggested to her.
"You should get going now, and remember, drive safely," she repeated back to him.
"Thanks sweetie," he said and drove off with Jasmine and Laura giggled from the back seat, at Vic's Jedi mind trick on the helpless police woman. After a few minutes on the road Heather told him why Riverside didn't have a men's university. Apparently, Riverside had about a fifteen to one female to male ratio, so there weren't enough men for a men's university. "Ah, that's interesting," he commented.
Heather went on to say, "The feds did a big study several years ago, but couldn't find out why. Even more strangely is that the birthrate is also fifteen to one. In fact, it is getting worse. Twelve years ago it was only ten to one."
"Great, I think we found our new home, ladies," Vic announced.
After settling into a hotel Vic got to know more about his new home. He bought property for his business, as well as paid visits to the city council, mayor, and chief of the police; to make sure he started at the top in his take over. All easily fell under his power. Soon he had expanded his sphere of influence to include the entire town. Vic and his staff planned everything. He had experts in multiple fields, all beautiful women and working for him for free. Like any good leader, his girls handled the details, he just gave them direction. A couple of weeks later Vic went to court to contest his speeding ticket. Sergeant Hall informed the judge that she was dropping the charges, much to the judge's surprise, as she usually tried to slam every speeder, especially men.
A week later Sergeant Hall was on patrol and noticed some new construction on Highway 69. The sign out front proclaimed, "Future Home of
Platformz
Riverside's premiere Gentlemen's Club, Clothing Store, Restaurant, and Gym." She was outraged that the mostly female city council would issue a permit for such a place. Then she laughed. There weren't enough men in Riverside to keep an establishment like that operating. The owner was wasting his money. She glanced back at the sign to see if the owner was mentioned, and it was. "Vic Black." Sergeant Hall recognized that name, he was that speeder that she'd let off the hook. She still wondered why she'd done that. . .
The strip club construction continued at a lightening pace. Sergeant Hall drove by it nearly everyday. A few weeks later, as it neared completion, she realized that she wasn't as outraged as she was at first. At least the city would get some tax revenue from it and, she would have a new place to shop until it closed down for good.
God, I hate listening to this fat sexist pig, Sergeant Hall thought as she sat in shift briefing a few days later. The fat sexist pig in question was Riverside's Police Chief, Chief Phil Beavers. I even hate his name, she thought as he prattled on. Finally, at the end, he said something useful. He announced that the owner of the new club on Highway 69 had invited the entire department to the grand opening next week. Sergeant Hall was horrified to see her friends grin at this news. Well, I guess I can forgive them this time, she thought as briefing broke up.
On the way out, Chief Beavers handed her and the other female officers envelopes, telling them that it was a gift card from Platformz for the female officers. Sergeant Hall mumbled thanks and left, opening it in her cruiser. The gift card was for fifty dollars. Sergeant Hall made a mental note to spend as little as possible over that, just to spite the club's owner.
A week later Sergeant Hall showed up at Platformz for the grand opening. The parking lot was packed. She counted eight patrol cars in front, and several of her fellow officers pulling security nearby. Officer Jones waved hello to her as she squeezed in.
Damn, this place is way over the fire code limit, Sergeant Hall thought as she pressed through the crowded complex. She found the clothing store and started her shopping. She really only meant to spend the fifty dollars on the gift card, but she just couldn't stop herself. The store was full of tiny, tight, stretchy things that she just had to have. Sergeant Hall had always dressed rather conservatively, as befitting a police officer and a college graduate, but she just loved the scooped-neck top, thin, tight pants and platform ankle boots.
Her arms were full besides that when she finally made it to the register. The bubbly blonde complimented her choices as she rung her up. The total was $293.69. Terri, as her pink nametag proclaimed her, told Sergeant Hall that if she spent over two-fifty, then she would get a free pair of platforms. When Sergeant Hall gently reminded the ditzy girl that she had already spent over two-fifty, Terri replied that the two-fifty couldn't include a gift card. The lines were long, so instead of spending another seven bucks, Sergeant Hall decided to save her gift card for next time.
Looking at her watch, she realized that she wouldn't have time to check out the restaurant, and some of the other shops before she had to go to work. Driving was a little difficult in her new boots, but she managed.