When the cargo vans rolled up to the 40 foot wrought iron spiked fences of the institute, I prepared for a sudden stop by grasping the overhead rail with one hand and I held my stomach with the other. Was my one-piece body suit uniform starting to feel a little too tight?
I was glad that none of the naked, repossessed female debtors, manacled and strapped to the benches running up the sides of the cargo van had thrown up during the night -- long drive. Geeze that would ruin my day, throwing up on the uniform I wore so proudly.
I had come into my indenture differently from these people who defaulted on their debts. My parents indentured me at age 18 to pay back taxes their small business had run up. Impressed with my athletic achievements in wrestling suggested an indenture in its Security. What differentiated me from the indenturees aboard the cargo van was the uniform I wore.
I preferred the uniform short sleeve blue body suit, basically a top that hugged my curves down from my shoulders to my crotch but left the groinal crease and flanks exposed. More modest female colleagues, even cute short and perky Elm, assigned with me to shepherd the female cargo, wore the optional dark pantyhose with the top.
I expressed concerns about putting Elm on the manifest as crew. She was a computer hacker who sought a career in Institute Security.
"Elm," Lt Bernie assured me, "is adaptive. She'll follow your lead. Just shepherd her through."
"Won't the others turn her in?" My tone would have shown I was unconvinced.
"The others on the team are more concerned about keeping the money and valuables seized from the indenturees to pay Elm much attention." In an assuring tone, Bernie reminded me, "Look at the numbers, the Institute will see the mission to River Bend as its most successful, unlikely to generate inquiries."
"And we're not going to search the crew to recover Institute property before leaving?" I asked.
"Are you envious?" Bernie chided me.
Oh, there were times I envied my female colleagues who sported the baggy trousers and shirt of the utility uniform. Yet, I was anxious to please Bernie despite the extra effort in grooming the revealing attire required. Body hair on the legs and the pubis had to be regularly shaved clean.
I was more daring primarily because LT Bernie liked the way the body suit displayed my long muscular legs. "Think of the way, the tight fit makes a sexy presentation. It must increase the humiliation of the irate repossessed males you force to strip, search and lock down in chastity for shipment in the nude to the Institute."
Bernie would have preferred I work the male prisoner's van. "To train Elm in security OJT (on -- the -- job) we need to place her with females. I must be there to guide her."
Right now, as the lurch felt when the cargo van ground to a sudden stop, that tight sexy fit made me fear I'd throw up. I had been suffering from a queasy nauseous feeling throughout the overnight excursion from the university town of River Bend.
Clenching my stomach, I wondered, was I pregnant or was it the power of suggestion? LT Bernie had the magic. He could weave a yarn you suspected was untrue; yet you'd believe him.
Believe something you knew to be untrue? I mused. Quite a contradiction you might say. Until you met Lt Bernie, the contradiction made no sense. A warm, fuzzy feeling fell over me as I thought of the contradiction. It isn't what Bernie said or promised, it was his smile that seemed to reach out to me, his gentle touch sent my skin tingling, the tone of his voice sent my hormones into overdrive, the gleam in his eye drove me mad with lust. I had the itch.
Bernie was different from other men. Tall, curly haired, Bernie cast a spell on everyone around him. With me my nipples hardened, my voice became inflected. My eyes were fixed on the twinkle in his. All I wanted to do was rip his clothes off and mine too, mount him and capture his member between my legs to slake the itch.
Bernie convinced me that he had a plan for us to branch off on our own.
"Branch off on our own?" I teased Lt Bernie, "Set us free, one happy family, you, me and baby makes three! What magic could make this possibly be?"
"I've found a computer hacker -- a good one -- right here -- among the detainees." Bernie pointed out Elm, a short slender girl with cup cake sized breasts. "The hacker could be creative with Institute and official records to say what we needed them to say." Bernie boasted, "This gem fell right into my hands. How can I -- eh -- we pass this opportunity up? All this hacker wants is the chance to get into Institute Security. You and I could jump from here, set up shop in town."
"To the truly affectionate, baby makes three is an appropriate admirable sentiment, but you've forgotten,' I smiled as I called to his attention, "the impediment, conception blocked by Birth Control Implanted." I sighed. Bernie was a dreamer, but even the most delightful dreams must face reality. "Do you have a magic wand ready to deal with that implement," I goaded Bernie.
"Yours has been deactivated," Bernie announced.
At those words, I suddenly felt strange. My clothes felt too tight. The restriction of a bra made it hard for me to breathe. My tits hurt. My tight muscular belly felt soft. Was I pregnant or was it the power of suggestion?
I might have ran off in fright except that Bernie began to explain his win -- win proposition which would bring wealth to the Institute and resolve the problem of progressive impoverishment in Society at large.
Around me in the van, working class girls in the cargo called each other by their last names. Over the next few days they'll learn that an indenturee has no clan and no last name. Voluntary indenturees like Bernie, passed naked through a door with the legend institutum est nostra familia, the Institute is our family. Though enrollment was less ritualized for those like me voluntarily surrendered by a parent, the concept is the same, an the institute has replaced our natural family. In security we belong to each other. That's an even harder cultural shock than indenturees allowed only such clothing that the master permits.
Our cargo reflected the progressive decline in the economy. With our cargo van paused at the checkpoint to examine the manifest, our cargo of naked females from various walks of life, college girls who overspent their allowance, housewives who charged to make ends meet, recently discharged hospital and university employees whose salaried positions had been replaced by indentures fell silent as the cargo anxiously awaited the unknown.
Nerved up, the girls' breasts heaved. Their beating hearts echoed in my ears. In bound the girls were figures on a balance sheet. Once received by the Institute, the girls faced classification based upon their figures, physical appearance and intelligence. Beauty sells. Didn't LT Bernie tell me that?
Most looked at each other for reassurance as they looked ahead into the unknown. One coed may not have known any more than any other what lie ahead, but she did know who to blame for her predicament. She was eying me bristling with hatred and contempt.
During the roundup in River Bend, I walked in on Tom "Cat," a team member, `messing with inventory,' extracting favors from that buxom blond in exchange for release. Naked upstairs in the crews' quarters, Buxom Blondie, taunting the Cat, daring the Cat to thrust a full eight inches into her, reminded the Cat of his promise to return her clothes and let her out the front door. He agreed. I watched the Cat, twirl her around in the shower, bend her at the waist to take her from behind. The other member of the team standing by meowing to cheer `The Cat' on hadn't noticed me.