In the beginning was the darkness and the darkness filled the room. A wind from the air conditioning blew gently through that space. A woman then said, "Let there be light;" and, lo, there was light. This then was the morning of the first day.
The light, actually a bank of four spot lights, shone down from the void above onto the floor below illuminating the single structure. They also illuminated a shield and the sword, star and hammer & sickle that adorned it. The shield was a familiar badge and was hung prominently on the wall facing the structure: the shield awoke the ghost of a memory: a memory that came from an earlier time. There was a scroll below the shield: a scroll with gold Cyrillic lettering embossed upon it; lettering that spelled out the words:
Комите
́
т
Γ
осуда
́
рственной безопа
́
сности.
Those familiar with the Russian language would translate this as:
Committee for State Security
or more simply as the three ominous letters
KGB
.
The structure was a simple one, just a steel St Andrew's cross set in the centre of the room. There were four rings set into the structure, four steel rings that could slide up and down in slots. An ominous structure facing an ominous shield in an ominous room. The room seemed big due to the lighting and the fact that floor, walls and ceiling were all painted light-absorbing matt black. It seemed huge, although it was scarcely twenty feet square. It was a
Special Interview Room
.
The equally black cross was adorned with the body of a naked American girl who looked to be in her early twenties. The body was, needless to say, very much alive and was held by four furry and padded cuffs: one around each ankle and one around each wrist. The cuffs were clipped onto each ring so that the girl was crucified after the manner of the patron saint of the Scots. She had lost count of the time that she had hung naked in the darkness of that cool room. Half an hour? An Hour? She guessed that this was what they meant by the term "Softening up".
When the spotlights clicked on it had taken a minute or two for her eyes to adjust, when they did she recognised the anachronism hanging on the wall in front of her.
"You have got to be kidding me!" She called out in disbelief.
She heard footsteps clatter on the metal floor. Clack! - Clack! - Clack! Slowly, threateningly they approached from somewhere behind her. Clack! - Clack! - Clack! Suddenly another spotlight flared into life dazzling her all over again.
Then came the voice: a woman's voice with the slight accent that matched the Cyrillic lettering.
"Yesterday, upon the stair..."
It was a young voice, a quiet one, a gentle one.
" ...I saw a girl who wasn't there."
Clack! - Clack! - Clack! The footsteps came closer.
"She wasn't there again today..."
There was breathing behind her.
" ...I think she's from the CIA."
Clack! - Clack! - Clack! The footsteps were close now.
Clack! - Clack! - Clack! Now they were in front of her. She opened her eyes again and saw a woman dressed in a uniform skirt and jacket. They were a khaki-brown colour but with gold buttons and rich blue shoulder boards complete with the three small stars of a senior lieutenant. The lieutenant carried a riding crop.
The women's eyes met under the dazzling lights and the KGB officer spoke «Привет американский леди.» Which sounded like "Privyet Amyerikanskayi Lyedi."
The prisoner thought for a short time: her Russian was more than a little rusty: "Greetings American Lady." The very idea.
"Hallo Russian bitch!" She snapped. "When you gonna let me go?"
The woman, the KGB Officer smiled. "That is not a request that I can grant." The voice was soft and gentle. Then, boot heels clacking, she walked slowly around the prisoner, looking at her and taking stock of every detail. She returned to the front, standing between the cross and the coat of arms.
The woman on the cross was quite attractive: long, straightish, chestnut hair that just reached down to her B-cup breasts. The Russian slowly extended a hand and gently felt the weight of one. The American girl glared with displeasure at this violation, but remained silent. Next the Russian gently ran a finger around the prisoner's coral-pink areola. The finger was gentle as it traced the circle. To her amazement, the American girl felt her nipple harden and poke forward like the rubber on the end of a pencil.
"Nice!" The KGB officer muttered.
"Fuck you!" Spat the American.
The other woman chuckled. "That request, I can grant!"
The glare was icy, but the Russian officer ignored it. The girl with the chestnut hair and perky tits looked to be in her early twenties but had a nice figure: narrow waist and hips in proportion with her bosom. Quite a catch.
"I suppose you are going to torture me!" The girl snapped.
The Russian smiled as if she was enjoying the exchange. "Would you like me too?"
The American looked as if she had been slapped. "What? No, of cause not! I wouldn't talk anyway!"