Here is Bridgett's article about Slavery Games. Like the first part, this article is not intended for children. If you are an opponent of Slavery law, you should skip it.
*
The testimonies I received from slaves during the previous week had made a mess of my mind. I needed to find calm after the disaster that the second crucifixion show turned into.
I went home and undressed so I could have a look at the electronic tag that was rubbing my ankle raw. It had been placed there to ensure I would come to the next show.
If I didn't, I would be made a slave immediately. That's the fate for the coaches who fail to keep their trainees on the cross for long enough. My brain was so frazzled, I was wondering if it wouldn't be better to accept slavery rather than being hung and displayed on a cross.
I began to cook since Alejandra wasn't home. She had participated in the first crucifixion show and when I interviewed her in the slave pen's I had taken the life changing decision to become her coach. Since that event, she had spent most of her nights at my home, usually naked. I really enjoyed it. I hadn't realized that I was bisexual, nor had she but the game show had joined us together. Our relationship was forged from the extremes of the game show. By the time I heard the door, the meal was nearly cooked.
"Hi, Bridgett! I met Patrick Saint-Andrew earlier and we came to an agreement," she said. Patrick was the show organizer and the sentence was supposed to be happy and upbeat but her tone of voice betrayed considerable anxiety.
"He accepted that my articles are enough advertisement, so I don't need to climb on that cross?" I asked hopefully aiming to lighten the mood.
"Err, not exactly... He accepted that I will be your coach, but if you end up as a slave I will not have to compete again. Our fates are still linked," she said quickly. Something was odd I thought but I couldn't quite say what exactly was wrong.
Alejandra knew how to distract me though, she stripped naked and went into her slave fantasy. She served us our dinner and lead me to the bedroom.
"Strip!" she ordered. I was stunned. She had just given me an order. What?
"I'm no longer the slave, Bridgett. I'm your coach. You need to exercise and to get used to being naked!" she said.
All week long she kept me busy, making me do lunges and squats as well as quite a lot of running. I easily understood the reason why. I was scared but she was good at making me forget my worries in bed afterwards.
I was shivering as Alejandra and I descended into the Slavery Game Limited basement. On my previous trips I'd been a reporter or a coach. Today, I'm still a journalist, but I'm the one that will stay in one of the cells held naked and possibly not to return to life as a free woman. I was glad Alejandra held my hand while we were following Patrick Saint-Andrew. I had not noticed the previous times how grey, cold, and hostile the walls were. I didn't belong here. At that very moment, I would have run away had it not been for the electronic bracelet fastened around my ankle. I couldn't remove it so I knew I would have nowhere to hide. I noticed a table had been added in the middle of the corridor. I stepped to the side to have a look at what was laying there and behind Patrick were three slave collars. My blood ran cold.
I also felt Alejandra's reaction at the sight of the symbols of slavery, as she stopped walking. She was usually so confident but I could tell how nervous she was.
"I thought you would appreciate having a look at them!" Patrick said with a wide smile. I had to reply but struggled to find the words.
"Are they fake?" I asked.
"I don't like the word 'fake'. They are true slave collars, but they are transitional ones. Be sure the wearer is already a true slave. Not just for trying of course," he joked. I didn't appreciate his sense of humour but the reality of how little that mattered was starting to sink in.
"I... I will try..." Alejandra stuttered. She approached the table and took one of them and held it up to her neck. I was afraid Patrick would say that she should be kneeling to close it around her neck, but he did not.
"It's ... large... and heavy!" she said while putting it back on the table. She was scared. So was I. Did these devices have any other purpose than scaring us? Perhaps tomorrow they would be locked around our necks. Even if they were 'transitional' we would be slaves for life. It made me think of what Patrick explained to me the first time I met him, that losing is a way to become a slave without having to ask for it. But I'm a winner I thought. Well, I wasn't so sure now. I was so afraid of not being able to win!
"It has to be noticeable," Patrick explained. "But we don't have all the time we want! You know you mustn't meet the other participants. Here is a kind of changing room," he said while opening a door to a cloakroom. Fear paralyzed me. "Please Bridgett!" he insisted and I worked hard to move there. There were cases for me to store my private things. "You can put your clothes there and you will get them back afterwards." He didn't say it, but I heard the 'if you're still a free woman'. I looked around and there were no curtains. I began to close the door. "I prefer it stays open," he said looking at me. I looked at both of them. Patrick didn't move and was still looking at me and enjoying my humiliation. Alejandra turned her back to me. I understood I had to disrobe without privacy!
I turned to face the back of the room. I chose to remove my clothes now because I knew I would have to take them off before going into the cell. I removed my shirt and bra first. I noticed my nipples were hard. I hadn't noticed that before in the turmoil of emotions I felt. I removed my trousers and panties at once and I put them in the cupboard. I was shaking and couldn't yet make myself turn around to face Patrick and Alejandra. Patrick went to the cupboard, closed it and put a lock on it.
"I'll keep the key for you as I see you have no pockets," he said cheerfully and laughed. I did not. I shielded my breasts and sex with my hands. I thought back to when I had met the first contestants. They had all done the same and as a free woman I had found it ridiculous and childish for people that were about to be displayed naked on a cross. And here I was doing the same thing, but I couldn't help it. I saw the smile on Patrick's face. Was he thinking the same?
"Here is your room, the room service is really reduced, I think," he said as he opened a cell. I went in. Alejandra followed me. The door closed behind us.
"Oh, Alejandra! I'm so scared," I managed to say.
"Being naked increases that feeling of helplessness, doesn't it?"
"Oh god, you're right. It cannot be worse!" I said. I was naked in a cell. I just had seen slave collars. I felt like a slave already. I thought of Cathy or Stephanie. I thought of Lana with guilt. 'They could force me to do whatever they want now!' was my main thought.
Alejandra went behind me. "You're prepared. Try to relax if you can. The others will be in the same emotional state," she reassured me. She explained she had to leave to eat. She took my hands and explained she had some things to do and would be back later in the afternoon. Then I felt a cuff at my wrist. She kissed me in my neck and cuffed the other wrist behind my back. "I love you, I trust you," she said and knocked at the door.
"But...!" I asked as she left me even more helpless than I was before. I couldn't even shield my breasts and sex with my hands!
I looked around. The cell was a not so small room with bare concrete walls. It felt cold, but wasn't, as I was naked, and I wasn't cold. In one corner there was a mattress and a toilet at the opposite end of the cell. The flooring was some sort of linoleum. Walking barefoot on it wasn't unpleasant.