I woke up feeling like small sledgehammers where banging out a rhythm from the inside of my brain. I hurt and my mind stumbled from thought to thought, not remembering drinking so much that I'd be in this state.
Tentatively I opened my eyes and winced. The light was way too bright. The windows must be open and my face turned towards the morning sun. Hold on, I couldn't even remember the hotel room. Last thing I had was John and I walking out of customs to find the travel rep.
I opened my eyes again, then despite the pain lifted my head and looked around in shock. There where no windows, just blank concrete walls and bright overhead strip lights. I was laying on the floor, still in the cloths I'd worn on the plane.
I rubbed my head, everything hurt so.
"Stand and undress." A cold mechanical voice sounded from somewhere.
"What? Where am I? What is..." I doubled up in pain, feeling like my body had been doused in boiling oil.
"Do not speak. Stand and undress. If you comply you will be told more, if you don't you will be punished again."
"What? Ah..." I was wracked in pain again. I hadn't been touched, there was no one else in the room. The pain retreated, but my body ached even more than it had moments ago. I'd strained every muscle as the pain flushed through me.
The voice was silent, but the words still hung in the air. Trembling, and uncertain of my own body I stood. I didn't want to experience that again, so slowly I started to take off my cloths. I only had on a t-shirt and jeans, knickers and a simple white bra, so there wasn't much to take off. It was then I found the simple metal band around my neck. It was close fitted and as best I could tell had no join or lock or anything. That must have something to do with the pain.
The room was cool, and I was shivering both with the temperature and the bizarre humiliation.
"Thank you. You and your husband have been taken."
"John! How..." Pain shot to every end of every nerve yet again. I crumpled onto the floor. Slowly it receded again.
"Stand." Somehow I managed to get to my feet. "You and your husband have been taken. You have no choice in the mater. You have been selected to become highly trained body servants for a unique resort." I was about to shout out, but bit my lip. "So long as you comply, do as asked, learn what you are asked to learn you will have a comfortable, even pleasurable life. There will be no violence involved, though the punishment will be used appropriately if you do not behave. You will not be raped, or physically forced to do any act. You must learn and eventually serve. Your husband has been similarly segregated and will be trained separately to yourself. This is part of ensuring your mutual compliance. The punishment from this point on will be meted out to both of you at the same time if either of you disobeys. You may, from time to time, be given short contact with each other to re-assure yourselves of each others safety. This is all you will be told about your state."
"Please open the box in the corner of the room and put on the cloths there."
The room went silent again. My mind reeled with what I'd just heard. It was enough to make me ill, and not enough to really tell me anything. I don't know how we ended up in this mad house, but clearly I was here and I had to assume John was close by in the same predicament.
I went over to the small box and opened it up. Inside was a thin red silk camisole top and a small pair of knickers. It was a lot racier than anything I ever wore. I was an M&S white smalls sort of girl. I loved John to bits, and know he would have liked me to be more daring with my cloths, but it just wasn't me.
Chewing my lip I lifted the weightless smalls up, then with a sad shrug quickly slipped them on. I felt my shoulders hunch, and tried to pull my body in on itself like I had when I was a teenager, all arms and legs and no self worth what so ever.
Then all of a sudden the pain came back. I hadn't done anything! It stopped and I caught my breath.
"Your husband was not complying with a request and you have both been punished." The room went silent, and I stood there, alone and cold. I wanted to talk, wanted to ask questions, but was too afraid of the pain.
Then it happened again. It lanced through me and I knew I hadn't done anything. It must be John! What where they asking him to do? I both wanted to be with and comfort him, and wanted to just shout at him to tell him to do what they wanted!
The pain stopped again. Suddenly I heard John's voice, "Cindy! I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Its OK, I'm OK. I'll just do it." Then it was silent again.
"John?"
"Be silent."
I went quiet and just stood in the cold again. Finally a door just opened in front of me. "Go through and meet one of your trainers. She will tell you what to do."