I walk briskly down the long corridor of D-Wing, the sound of my heels bouncing off the hard grey concrete walls. A subtle smile plays over my lips.
As I march past cell after cell, I sense the prisoners trembling at the sound. Sometimes I can reduce them to tears just by walking up to a cell door. Sound is such a valuable tool for twisting weak minds, and prisoners on death row have such deliciously weak minds.
But today, my focus is on the black steel door at the far end of the corridor. Very few people know what happens behind that door. Prisoners are dragged in and never come out. All of them fear the room and we do nothing to ease those fears, using it against them, to weaken their minds yet further.
Today, prisoner number one-eight-seven is due for execution, after six months enjoying our hospitality on D-Wing. On my orders, he was taken to the room early this morning and I have deliberately left him there to stew for most of the day, just for the hell of it. That is my job: to create a private hell for the prisoners, to take away every crumb of comfort, every glimmer of hope, one by one, until finally, when they have nothing more to take away, I take away their existence.
I am their Executrix.
I stop in front of the imposing steel door and pause. I know he is terrified inside, hearing me approach and knowing that the end is near. I let him strain to hear a little longer, idly playing with my electronic pass-key. Then, when he hopes I have gone elsewhere, I touch the pass-key to the security sensor and heavy bolts suddenly open with a sickening thunk.
My smile dissolves into professional iciness as I push the heavy door open, enter, and push it closed behind me. The automatic bolts engage again with ruthless efficiency, and I press the red ‘LOCK’ button, sealing us together in the room.
The space inside is much larger than people imagine, about the size of a tennis court, with a very high ceiling and no windows. Equipment hangs on the dark walls and some chains dangle from concrete beams, but the centre of the room is dominated by a very old wooden rack, with large multi-spoked wheels on either side of the table, awaiting the pleasure of the torturer. To one side there is a leather chair, like a bar stool, its opulent comfort contrasting the cruel brutality of the rack. A single bright spotlight is focussed on the head of the table. The rest of the room is in shadow. It is always kept icy cold.
My prisoner, as I ordered, is lying on the rack in chains, face up.
He watches me by the door, his wild staring eyes looking for any clue about what is about to happen, breathing anxiously. I walk confidently over to the rack, my steps echoing in the gloom, and I look down at him without emotion.
He has been prepared precisely as instructed. He is completely naked, with six inches of black tape sealing his mouth. His wrists and ankles are fixed, by tight leather cuffs, to heavy rusty chains that run loosely to the four corners of the table.
As I approach, he squints back at me, blinded by the spotlight. Then he suddenly panics, thrashing at his chains, shaking his head and grunting at me. But he has been struggling all day and we both know that it is pointless. I just watch him calmly, until he stops in defeat.
“Good evening,” I say, absurdly.
I watch him in silence for a while, then say, “This is the end of your stay with us.” He shifts nervously. “You may be concerned that we will be interrupted,” I continue softly, glancing back at the sealed door. “But no one can enter until I release that lock.” I smile thinly. “So we are alone together. There are no cameras, no microphones. There will be no record of what happens and I am not bound by any rules.” I let the chilling implications wash over him. “You may not make a statement; you may not have legal or medical support. You are here for execution. After death, your body will be incinerated and the ash flushed into the sewers.”
I deliver the same merciless speech to every prisoner, stripping away their hopes. He stares back at me, wide-eyed, shaking his head and making pleading moaning noises. They all do.
“Shall we begin?” I suggest with icy politeness, ignoring his pleas.
His breathing quickens and he twists against the chains once more. I look at him intently, then slowly remove my peaked cap and unbutton my smart black uniform jacket. I place the jacket and cap on the chair and loosen my tie slightly, undoing the top button of my crisp white uniform blouse. He senses that I am about to expend some effort and shifts again, terrified.
I move to one of the wheels and caress a spoke, thoughtfully. Then I turn the wheel a few inches. There is a wooden creaking noise, followed by a clack as something underneath the table ratchets. I smile at him icily, then without warning, I shove the spokes violently causing the wheels on both sides of the table to spin together, making a loud clattering noise that echoes around the room. His arms and legs are pulled quickly to the four corners of the table and he whines with fear, shaking his head desperately.
After a couple of turns he is stretched taut and the wheels slow, ending with a clack, clack… clack.
He whimpers pathetically through his nose. “For fuck’s sake,” I say. “That’s only taken up the tension, you’re not in any pain. Stop whining.”
He doesn’t stop. But he is now unable to move much, being held taut in an “X” form by the chains. He is deliciously vulnerable and utterly terrified. Mine to play with, mind and body. I feel myself grin inside at the sheer joy of the game, but I am still icily professional.
I pace around the table slowly, thoughtfully. Can he read my mind? He is desperately trying to, I can see. But he has no clue what awaits. No one ever does.
I reach between his legs, making him flinch. Stretching out a finger, I feel the hard plastic head of a butt plug and nod to myself. Prisoners usually shit themselves, so we routinely plug them. But it is always worth checking.
I pause thoughtfully and then lift the small metal cage locked around his cock, grinning. “Six months,” I sigh, shaking my head sadly. “Those poor blue balls. You must be desperate?” Sensing I’m teasing him, he hesitates, then nods and grunts. I start to caress his tender balls, sensuously. “You know…,” I pause, as if doubting it myself, “I heard a rumour that some of the girls like to give prisoners one final release. Out of pity perhaps. Their dying wish. One last… slow… delicious blow job. It must be mind blowing after so long. Have you heard that rumour?”
Cock cages were introduced a few years ago, when I joined D-Wing. We use uncomfortable metal ones, deliberately too small for them. They weaken them a little more, removing one more crumb of comfort.
I continue to caress his cage and balls and I feel his erection straining against the cruel metal, his hips rhythmically echoing my stroking. His terrified whimpering changes to moaning as I pump up his arousal more and more and his cock is crushed by the metal.
“Well, have you heard that or not?” I press, softly. He nods. I glance behind me at the locked door. “I can guarantee that we won’t be disturbed and we have plenty of time.” I think for a while, still pumping up his arousal with my caresses. “It might be fun,” I add lightly. “What do you fancy: blow job or hand job?”
He nods at me, grunting as I continue to tease him. “Hand job?” He stares blankly. “Sucked off?” He nods. I lick my lips sensuously and grin at him. “Well, in that case, I’m going to blow your fucking mind,” I purr. He closes his eyes, moaning, and continues to buck his hips gently against my hand.
I let him reach a peak, then say, “There’s just one problem.” I let go of his balls and ice over again. “I don’t have the key,” I say, shrugging. “Prisoners are permanently locked. We literally throw the keys away. Besides, I would never suck that disgusting thing. Sorry.”
I watch him collapse in frustration. He starts to sob softly.
“What kind of fucking idiot would believe we would give them a blow job before execution?” I mock, loudly. “But hey, it gives us a laugh. We have to make the most of this miserable job, you know.” I laugh again, ignoring his sobbing.
I walk around the table slowly, back to the spokes. “Now,” I say quietly. “Where were we?” I stare into his eyes for a few moments and then suddenly make a quarter turn of the wheel.
He cries out in pain. It is stifled by the gag but he is now clearly suffering.
“So we can do this fast or we can do it slow. Which do you want?” I love to torture them with this one. Two choices, neither being what they want. And gagged so they can’t say anything anyway.
He is still processing the pain and I wait for a while. “Well?” I shout loudly, my voice echoing around the concrete walls. He shakes his head, grunting, eyes screwed up in pain, though he has no idea how much pain is yet to come. “What does that mean?” I shout angrily. “Fast? Slow?” He’s in too much pain to think straight so I pinch his nose. “This is fast,” I bark into his face. “Is that what you want?”
Within a few seconds he is thrashing in panic, desperate to breathe, shaking his head from side to side trying to dislodge my grip. “I’m waiting,” I yell, still pinching him tightly. He makes a strangled squealing noise and tries to shake his head. “No? Fine,” I say, eventually letting go of his nose. “Why didn’t you just fucking nod for slow?” He sucks great lungfuls of air through his nose and eventually goes back to rhythmic grunting in pain.
Moving to the spokes again, I run my hands up and down them lovingly, ignoring his suffering. “This is so old,” I say, softly. “The wood is worn smooth. It makes you think of the generations of women who have stood here, looking down at men they despise.” I move the wheel one clack and he breathes in sharply from the extra pain. “You probably think it was always men in control, don’t you? But I assure you that many women have secretly destroyed their enemies on this very rack. It doesn’t take much strength.” I move the wheel again one clack. “Queens, princesses, ladies of the court. They have all had their revenge with this very machine,” I say in awe. “Men tortured by women. They don’t tell you that in the history books, do they? But I assure you it’s true.” I turn the wheel one more clack and he starts to shake with pain. I laugh softly. “It has always been our secret desire. Every woman wants to make some man suffer, even if they won’t admit it. So my job is just perfect.” I laugh at him and then start to slowly crank the wheel again. Clack, clack, clack.
He starts to panic. The pain is overwhelming him and I slow down, giving him time to adjust. The rack is a game that takes time. The body stretches and adapts; the skill of the torturer is in the balance of time and pain.
“The body is surprisingly flexible,” I say in a matter of fact manner. “I can stretch you by six inches or more before things start to tear.” He is sobbing in pain and I wonder whether my lecture of torment is having any effect, but I continue anyway. “Joints expand. Vertebrae pull apart. Eventually joints will dislocate. And then we stretch ligaments and muscles. Then those will tear and rip away from the bones. In the end, the spine will snap and your spinal cord will be ripped apart. You will die shortly afterwards.”
He is crying now. I don’t know how much of what I said he understands. But no matter, he will still get the demonstration that goes with the lecture.
I sense he has adjusted to the pain, so I start to turn the wheel again, slowly. Clack, clack, clack. His whole body is shaking now, trying to resist the pull of the chains. But of course he cannot. I pause again, letting him try to adjust to the new horror and wonder how far I can go. I let him suffer for a couple of minutes, then I dangle a little hope in front of him. Just to prolong the agony, of course.
“Your interfering lawyer was in touch a couple of days ago,” I say, casually. “Something about an appeal or new evidence or some bullshit. Did she mention this to you?”
He can hardly listen to what I’m saying, but he looks at me, eyes fogged with agony.
“I must say, I do hate that woman. Why can’t she just let people do their jobs, instead of interfering all the time?”
He still stares at me through the pain, but I can see he wants to know more. He has taken the bait.
“So anyway,” I say, shrugging. “We told her we were going to process you on Sunday.” I laugh like a drain. “And the bitch believed it.” I laugh again. “Just imagine, it will be fucking perfect. She comes over here at the weekend, with her folders full of crap, demanding to be allowed to see her client and insisting that your execution is stayed, or some bollocks. And we tell her, ‘Oh I’m terribly sorry Miss Jones, but your client was executed on Friday’.” I piss myself laughing, the cruelty echoing around the room to amplify my power.
Somewhere, through the searing pain, I see him crumble. He finally sees that every ounce of hope that he has will be taken away. All that I have to do now is to destroy the one final source of comfort: his affection for Miss Jones.
I look down at him. “You must be quite fond of young Miss Jones?” He is in too much pain to react, but I see him squint at me. “Eww, how are they tweeting you?” I say in a silly voice, flapping my hands about. “Eww, it must be sooo hard for you, you poor thing.” I snort back at him. “She makes me sick, with her tight skirts and tits. She just gets off teasing prisoners with a flash of cleavage and stocking tops. Good job you all wear cock cages.” Then I add darkly, “But we have plans for young Miss Jones.” I give a cruel laugh.
I walk to the head of the table and lean down, whispering close to his head. “You see, Miss Jones has been trying to find out what happens in this room for a long time. For a very long time in fact.” I chuckle softly. “Probably so that she can raise some legal objection or other. Fucking interfering bitch. So when she comes to ‘save you’ at the weekend, we’ve decided to grant her wish.” I laugh insanely, looking deep into his eyes.
“Can you imagine it?” I ask in a whisper, pausing as if doing so myself, with a grin. “Miss Jones, laid out on this very rack. Her expensive suit and designer underwear cut off her. Completely naked. With me standing at the wheel. Slowly stretching her while she screams for mercy. Isn’t that just fucking perfect?” I laugh loudly and stand upright again.
“So I’m afraid that your beloved Miss Jones is going to get more than she bargained for when she finally discovers what’s in this room.” I give another sickening laugh. “Her screams should entertain the inmates though. We will clamp her jaw wide open, so she can scream but not speak. So we can keep the bitch screaming in agony for quite some time, but eventually we will have to rip her apart. Then,” I make a diving gesture with my hand, “it’s down the shute to the incinerator. Burnt to ash, mixed with piss and shit and flushed out into the sewers, just like you.” I clap my hands and laugh loudly. “So the pair of you will be together at the end, as you always wanted. A match made in hell.”
I can tell that he understands me and feels the complete collapse of his world. All hope, all comfort, all control has been taken away. All he has is pain and existence and all I have to decide is how long I want to leave him with those, before I take absolutely everything.
Walking back to the spokes, I caress them warmly again, grinning. Time for more pain.
“So you want it slow,” I remind him, moving the wheel slowly. He can hardly breathe now, from the pain and because his body is stretched too taught to breathe deeply. He makes deep guttural groans as he senses the end is near. I feel the resistance in the wheel now as it stretches his body, but the gearing will easily allow me to continue. “I like slow too,” I say, lightly. “Too fast and there’s nothing to savour. Nothing to enjoy. We might as well shoot you. Slow is so much more…” I trail off, moving the wheel yet again with a sigh.
I hear the crack of something in his body. Flesh and sinew and bone, slowly being torn apart. The pain must be indescribable and he makes even more strangled noises as I watch him. It is such an exquisite pleasure, but I know it cannot last forever.
I give the wheel another couple of slow clicks, then suddenly give it a quarter turn. There is a terrifying splitting sound and he jerks violently, then stops moving, eyes half closed in the spotlight.
Calmly I feel his neck. He has a pulse and there is shallow breathing. He has just passed out from the pain. I sigh and open a drawer in the side of the rack, taking out a small green bottle. I remove the top and sniff it, jerking my head away at the sudden acrid smell, then I waive the bottle under his nose. He groans and moves his head away, coming back to consciousness, fluttering his eyelids, realising he is still trapped in my hell.
I chuckle darkly. “Oh no. You don’t get away that easily, I’m afraid,” I say. “There is plenty more to come yet.” In fact I can see he is close to the end, but why give him that crumb of comfort?
I let him soak up the pain for a little while, watching him and caressing the spokes thoughtfully. Then, when I sense he can take it without passing out, I resume the ordeal, slowly cranking ever more pain into his tortured body. Click, click, click.
I love the end. I love the defeat, the triumph, the helplessness, the cruelty, the complete and utter destruction of a prisoner at my own hands. And my voice is always the last thing they hear, mocking laughter echoing around the chamber. My final power over them.
The laugh comes from a deep animal within me. It bursts out of me when I know the end is near. I can’t help myself. I turn the wheel again, slowly but without pause this time, click after click, watching my victim finally tearing apart. It is the most exquisite pleasure. I keep turning and laughing until he stops moving completely. Until he stops breathing. Until his pulse is dead.
The end is always oddly silent. The room is no longer filled with the screams and taunts of our brief yet intimate relationship. We go our separate ways quietly. Me, to dinner with friends; him, to the incinerator and the sewers.
Calmly, I straighten my tie and put my jacket and cap back on, then head to the door, leaving his corpse stretched out like a hunting trophy. The steel door obediently opens for me. Others will dispose of the body and clear the room ready for the next session. Ready for my pleasure with Miss Jones.
As I walk briskly back down the corridor past the cells, I wonder how much of his gagged screaming they heard and I wonder how they will react to the louder screams of Miss Jones in a few days,and a smile plays across my lips , I woken by my phone ringing……..
And a smile plays across my lips, once again.