Thank you for your interest in this story. This is set in my usual world where corporal punishment is a legal sentence used by the justice system regularly. This story focusses on two students who get themselves arrested for a crime which doesn't really deserve the punishment, but they both accept the offer of corporal punishment instead of going to court and risking prosecution. This picks up directly from the end of Chapter One, so PLEASE read that first for a better grip of what is going on.
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JDB.
Lisa's hands were in handcuffs and stretched above her head. The chain was linked through the ring in the wall and she was strapped down to the bed at the waist and her legs were spread painfully wide. She was naked, breathing hard and her skin was coated with sweat. Amanda was in the room too, she was also naked and tied up against the wall. The police officer who arrested Lisa was standing in the middle of the cell and was brandishing a long, dark leather whip. Amanda's back was a bloody mess and she was screaming like a banshee. There were bright red marks across her shoulders in sharp contrast to her pale skin. Her butt had been whipped harshly too, with lots of red stripes across the top of her buttocks. The cell door opened and another officer came in.
"Good morning, I've brought you breakfast," he said, brightly.
It took a moment for all the images in her mind to clear and Lisa realised she had been dreaming, or more of a nightmare. She looked around to find she still had her orange scrubs on, in her sleep she had thrown her blanket on the floor. Her mind was foggy from lack of sleep and she was struggling to focus a bit.
The guy in uniform took a step into the cell and placed a tray on the floor. It was like she used to get in school for lunch, a preformed plastic tray with separated compartments on it. One was filled with what might be porridge, there was a slice of limp, pale looking toast and a paper cup that was half full of coffee.
"It's six AM, I will be back at six thirty to collect you to get you ready. A friendly piece of advice from me -- make sure you use the toilet -- you don't want any accidents later," he said as he stepped back out of the cell and shut the door without further comment.
Lisa swung her legs around onto the floor and stood up. She paced up and down the cell a couple times -- it didn't take long. The reality of her situation was dawning on her as she came fully back to consciousness. She had barely slept as it had felt that every time she closed her eyes images of punishment and torture invaded her thoughts even though, logically the reality would be nowhere near as bad as her nightmares.
She eyed the CCTV camera up in the top corner of the cell and decided she was going to have to use the toilet, even with them looking at her. She lowered the pants of the scrubs outfit as little as possible for her to get away with having a wee. She couldn't stop looking at the camera and because she felt like she had an audience, she struggled to get started, but she got there in the end.
She looked at the breakfast tray and reluctantly picked up the cold, soggy slice of toast. It was limp and sad looking, but as she held it, she realised how hungry she was and so ate it, washing it down with luke warm coffee that was weak and would be a good contender for the worst coffee she had ever had.
Then she had nothing to do. She just had to wait in the cell, alone. It felt like forever and there was a tight knot in the base of her stomach made up of nerves for what was about to happen to her and worry for Amanda, who she had not seen or heard from since last night when they both arrived at the custody suite.
Eventually, there was another loud thunk as the mechanism in the door was operated from outside and another male officer in uniform that she hadn't seen before entered the cell.
"Miss McKenzie, I am Custody Officer Grundon and I am here to escort you over to the punishment suite for your correctional action to be administered. Please stand up and face the back wall of the cell placing both hands in the small of your back to be cuffed," he instructed in a tone suggesting he had done this probably a thousand of times. As he spoke he motioned with his hands with the stand up and turn around instruction. He had the handcuffs in his hand, an ominous silver coloured glint in the otherwise drab space.
"Please," Lisa pleaded, shaking her head, "you don't need to handcuff me, I'll be good," she said, immediately hating how pathetic and whiny her voice sounded to herself. She could feel tears welling up in her eyes. The moment had finally come, after all that waiting and she was not at all pleased about it.
"Its just procedure, there's no inference you're going to kick off" he said, simply. He couldn't be doing with this bullshit -- not this early. He hated earlies and he wasn't that keen on these arrogant, self centred students who always thought they were better than the system -- and him. "Stand up and turn around," he added, making it an instruction this time, rather than a polite request.
She realised the only way she was leaving this cell was wearing his handcuffs and decided it was better to not give him any excuse. She decided he was one of them, like the medic or whatever the hell he was that did the inspection on her. She stood up and stepped towards the wall, stopping about a foot's length away from it and placing her hands together behind her back. In her last moment of freedom for what might be some time, she took a very deep breath in through her nose and exhaled through her mouth. The tears were filling her eyes now, but so far weren't spilling over.
"Not like that," he said." Don't hold your hands together."
She whimpered slightly, but didn't say anything and did as she was told as he stepped towards her. He took the back of her hand in his and, pulling her arm slightly away from her body, pressed the metal cuff gently against her wrist and applied a steady, even pressure until the ratchet gave and the arm swung through its arc until the famous ratcheting sound rang in the cell and he pushed the cuff closed tighter until it dug gently into her soft skin.
The cuffs were the solid kind and as he guided her second wrist to join the second handcuff, she was forced to separate her wrists further and she ended up with her wrists locked apart and the shape of the cuffs and they way they held her wrists preventing her altering the position of her arms.
As she realised how restrictive they were -- much more than when the police officer who arrested her put them on her because this time they were much tighter, the tears she was holding broke loose and one slowly rolled down her cheek and she was powerless to wipe it.
"Come on," Officer Grundon said, not unkindly, but equally, his tone didn't offer an opportunity for further comment or discussion from her. He took hold of the cuffs, between her wrists and put the other hand on her shoulder. She flinched at the touch, but he had up pretty much up against the wall, so she had nowhere to go, even if she had tried. He firmly but gently turned her around, and manoeuvred her so she was facing forwards out of the cell and gently pushed forward to indicate to her she should begin to walk. They exited the cell and headed back along the corridor towards the main custody suite reception where she had been booked in the previous evening. When they got there, it was much quieter than the previous evening.
Lisa noticed that the nice sergeant who had booked her in, was no longer there and had been replaced by a tall, handsome man who appraised her as she was led past. She hung her head a little as they passed through his gaze, her hair falling slightly over her face. She was grateful for the feeling of cover it gave her.
They went through another door and the temperature immediately dropped noticeably to Lisa in her thin orange scrubs. They had got into a short, bare, featureless corridor with what looked like an external door at the end. He paused to lock the door that they had just come through, and then pushed her gently again to give the indication to move forward.
Lisa was feeling a mix of emotions as she was almost manhandled towards her fate. She was scared and embarrassed, but also she was getting really pretty angry at this guy who was treating her exactly like 'just another number' and was acting like a drone, just going through the motions. Before her irritation could build though, they got to the door. He turned her away from the door and pushed her onto the wall at the side, face forward, her small breasts crushed into the cold concrete. She gasped at the surprise move, but again, was powerless to do anything. He placed one hand flat on her back, between her shoulder blades and held her in place against the wall. She heard him put a key into a lock and operate the lock.
The door opened and the corridor filled with cool air and daylight from the outside. It was early in the morning and autumn, so the air was cold and fresh compared to the recycled air of the custody suite. He eyes took a moment to adjust to the new bright light and she felt the cold sting her face, particularly along the line where the tear had run. He pulled on the cuffs, making her step backwards and pushed her forwards out of the door. He stood her still while he locked the door again behind them.
She took the opportunity to have a look around. They were in a covered walkway between two buildings across a yard. There were bins nearby and lots of police vehicles of all kinds and, in the distance, she could see a very tall blue security fence. He finished up and pushed her forward again, along the covered walkway and again, she was about to ask him to stop pushing her as much, choosing her words carefully, when she saw the sign above the door they were heading for at the end of the walkway. She involuntarily paused, or at least, she tried to, but he was ready for that and gave her another firm shove to keep momentum. The sign she had seen read 'Corporal Punishment Suite'.