Author's note: West Valley Academy is fictional. All actors in this universe are 18 years of age or older. Neither the school, nor any of its inhabitants, exist in the real world and any similarities to actual places or persons is completely coincidental. In the real world, the activities taking place in these stories would result in lawsuits, arrests and worse. Do not try this at home.
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Susan Mitchell was not sure when she fell asleep. It had been another long day, this one a day of more mental anguish than physical, trying to keep herself as still as possible to prevent barbs and nails from piercing her naked flesh. She had only been moderately successful and had several puncture marks on her back, buttocks and breasts, along with deep red gouges at the base of her tits where the headmaster had wrapped steel cables around her. The nurse's aide had tended to her wounds in the afternoon and then given her some Advil and sent her to the cell in her dorm room.
As she awoke this morning, the young college cheerleader realized she was not in her cage but was instead lying in the middle of the floor. She was once again tied up, a daily circumstance for her this year. She was lying flat on her stomach in the middle of the small room with her knees bent and her ankles chained to the top of a pair of metal poles anchored into the floor of her tiny cell. Susan had no idea how she had come to be tied like this and wondered if maybe she had been given more than just Advil by the nurse's aide.
The young woman didn't notice the rope wrapped around her neck just under her collar until she felt it being pulled slowly into the air. Susan scrambled in her sleepy state to get her arms underneath her and she lifted herself quickly into a plank position as the rope pulled tighter on her neck. Her arms were now fully extended, her ankles flailing uselessly against the posts. The rope tightened around her neck and she was straining to try to breathe. Her arms were completely straight now, and she felt the rope tightening around her neck. She struggled to lift herself up as high as she could to avoid choking. A couple of books were sitting in front of her, apparently left by whomever had bound her there. She stretched her legs out, increasing the pull on her neck and used one of her arms to try to reach one of the books. But she was losing air quickly and had to pull her arm back in. She tried several times to grab one of the books, even getting her fingertips on one, but she didn't have the reach to pull it close enough to her to use as a prop for her weary arms.