A Meeting To Remember

Kelly and Anna were already in Barbara's office kneeling naked on the floor when I arrived there. I joined them on the floor and they both did a double take when they turned and saw me with a cell phone strapped to my arm and the number "9" inked on my body.

"Mmkay," Kelly said. "So are you going to tell us about this or is it a big secret, Danica? Or should I call you number nine?"

"Nine," I said.

After Barbara's extravaganza had finally, thankfully ended in Auditorium A she had ordered me to return to her office for a Mailgirls' meeting. "I'll be along in a bit, Nine," she had said. "Tell Anna and Kelly everything you saw and heard here. It'll save me time when I get there."

So I told them everything. Everything except about my onstage orgasm anyway, although I figured they'd hear about it soon enough.

''Holy shit!" was all Kelly could say after I'd finished. Anna didn't say anything although I could tell by her face she was trying to process everything. "So why the number nine?" Kelly asked.

"To keep me in my place," I told her.

Just then Barbara swept into the room past us without acknowledging our presence, sat at her desk and began working on her laptop. There was nothing for us to do but remain kneeling submissively, waiting for her to speak. After a few minutes she finally finished up whatever it was she was working on, then rose to her feet and walked over and stood above us.

"Did Nine tell you everything?" she asked.

"Yes, ma'am," Kelly and Anna replied in unison.

"Good," she said. "So you know there are a lot of changes coming. I called this meeting to talk about the immediate future for each of the three of you." Barbara still seemed full of adrenaline from her stage performance and began pacing around the room as she spoke.

"Nine will begin working the rest of the complex outside of the tower beginning immediately since she's the only one who'll have the new MMU until we get a shipment in from Tokyo in a week or so. Mailgirls won't go live outside of the tower until next Monday but in the meantime she will go around to every department and every floor in each building and let herself be seen, answer any questions, and let them test out the app. Nine, you will give each department as much time as they need. Begin with your old department in Marketing."

Barbara paused for a moment to let that sink in and to see if I had any reaction to it. Obviously I did have a reaction to it, especially after what Stephanie had witnessed happen to me on stage today which I'm sure she'd already told everyone in Marketing about. Apparently I hadn't suffered enough humiliation for one day to suit Barbara. I fought to keep my real feelings hidden though. "Yes, ma'am," was all I said.

"Nine, you'll also begin using the new Mailgirls' locker room starting tomorrow," she said. "Anna and Kelly will continue to use the old one for now." This was the first I'd even heard that there was a new Mailgirls' locker room.

"And where is that, ma'am?" I asked.

"North wing, fifth floor, Development Room A," she replied. I was surprised about the placement of it on the top floor of the north wing since I'd been expecting it to be in a basement somewhere like the one in the tower and the one at Hiromoto headquarters. It took me a few seconds of mentally going over the floor plans and department locations before I realized where she was talking about.

"Do you mean the floor where 'Gangsta' is developed, ma'am?" I asked, hoping I was wrong.

"That's right," Barbara replied. "That's the game series that built this company and is still our flagship product and biggest earner so, as a perk and a reward, we've constructed the new Mailgirls' locker room in an unused part of the floor. You can reach it by using the service stairs in the north wing. Except for a few managers, no one on the floor knows what it is. They've just been told it's new bathroom facilities. You'll get to inaugurate it tomorrow morning," she said with a smirk.

Oh my god, I thought, thinking of the two way mirror I was certain would be there. I'll be showering in front of a room full of computer geeks!

Barbara waited for a response from me but when I didn't provide one she moved on. "With the expansion of the Mailgirls' operation I'll be turning over the handling of day to day operations to Donna Haverly. She's been with the company for eleven years and has a great deal of managerial experience. She'll be working out of Hector Flores' old office on the seventh floor. I'm going to need one of you to assist her with her administrative duties and in the hiring and training of new mailgirls. Anna I'm going to assign that to you."

I knew Barbara wasn't going allow me to perform any administrative duties, but I think Anna was as shocked as both Kelly and I that she was the one chosen. Kelly, after all, had an MBA degree and had been in the company's managerial development program prior to all of this. Anna was fresh out of high school and had been an unpaid intern until just recently.

"You want me to do it, ma'am?" Anna asked. "Danica and Kelly have a lot more..."

"Yes, I want you to do it, Anna," Barbara interrupted. "I'm also assigning you the number One as a mailgirl. You won't need to wear the number or the MMU while you're assisting Donna, but you will be be nude. I'm also rescinding your clothing ban away from work and will be giving you the key to the condo so you can come and go as you please. With your mother in rehab I'm also going to end the security escort for now."

"Yes, ma'am," Anna replied. "And what about Danica?"

"Nine," Barbara responded sharply. "You'll refer to her as Nine from now on while on duty."

"Yes, ma'am. What about Nine?"

"I'm making Nine's clothing ban permanent. She'll need permission from me to wear clothes and I normally won't give it unless it's for a doctor or dentist appointment, something like that."

"So she won't be able to leave the condo, ma'am?" Anna asked.

"She can leave anytime she wants," Barbara responded. "There are no state laws prohibiting nudity and the local laws here are generally unenforced, especially if it involves a nude female. I doubt local law enforcement will give Nine any problems, especially around this area where DDE is the largest employer. In fact I want her naked from now on during the walk to and from work. Anna, you'll be escorting her and I want you dressed while you're doing it."

So there it is, I thought. I'm going to be permanently nude. A flood of conflicting emotions flooded through me, including the familiar tingling of arousal. The more that Barbara took away from me, the more intense this emotional roller coaster became. The idea of being forced to live without access to any clothes actually filled me with excitement rather than dread or fear. Once again I wondered what it was that drove me to feel this way.

"I don't have any clothes, ma'am," Anna said. "I was wearing Danica's...I mean Nine's clothes, and you gave them away."

"Then go shopping, Anna. You're making good money now. I'll get a dress for you to wear until you buy some clothes. They're to be your clothes though, Anna, Nine doesn't touch them." I noticed that Barbara was still referring to Anna by her name rather than by number.

"Yes, ma'am."

"One more thing, Anna," Barbara said to her, "whenever you're off duty and I'm not around, you will be in control of Nine. She will obey your commands as if they were my own. Is that understood?"

Anna hesitated for a moment before answering. "Umm...yes, ma'am. I guess so."

"There's no guesswork about it, Anna. Nine is to obey you, both at work and elsewhere. Is that understood?"

"Yes, ma'am," Anna replied.

"Good," she said. "Now go report to Donna's office on the seventh floor."

I was reeling at the revelation of this latest directive as Anna got up and left the room. I'd expected to still have some degree of freedom while away from work but now it looked like Barbara was determined to strip even that from me, too. Would there be any aspect of my life where I'd have any independence? Barbara quickly turned her attention to Kelly.

"Kelly, you'll be assigned the number Two and you'll continue to work the tower until further notice. Any questions?" I knew that being passed over by Anna - not to mention being given the number two - had to be rankling Kelly. I just hoped she'd be smart enough to keep her mouth shut about it. No such luck.

"Yes, ma'am, I do have a question," Kelly said. Uh oh, I thought. This won't go well.

"Alright Two, let's hear it," Barbara replied emphasizing the "Two."

"Why Anna?" Kelly asked. "I mean she's a nice girl, but she has no background or training in managerial or administrative work. Haven't I done all you've asked, ma'am?"

"Actually you've done a hell of a lot more than I asked, Kelly," Barbara responded tartly. "I didn't ask you to call me an asshole or a manipulative bitch, but you did. I didn't ask you to constantly bitch about me behind my back to anyone who would listen, but you did. And I didn't ask you to leave work without permission to go to my condo to confess your sins to Nine, but you did. And those are just the things I know about. I never asked you to do any of those things did I?"

Kelly didn't respond having figured out too late to keep her mouth shut. Barbara was just getting started though.

'Kelly, I've given you a lot of rope over the past three months and all you've done is tie it into a noose. When I was deciding what number to assign you I was going to give you something in the double digits, hell maybe even triple digits. Then I remembered what bodily function the number two represents and I decided that would be perfect for you." Barbara walked over and stood directly over Kelly now.

"Here's what's going to happen, Kelly," she continued. "You're going to finish out the rest of your contract as Mailgirl #2, then you're going to take your money and go the fuck away. You'd better remain a non-entity for the rest of that time because if I hear of any more problems from you I'll run you off the property myself and have company lawyers hound you for every last dime of penalties owed in the contract. Have I made myself clear?"

"Y-yes, ma'am," Kelly responded, choking back a sob.

"Now get the hell out of here and get back to work, Two," Barbara commanded. "I never want to see you or hear from you again. The next time you're told to report to this office will be the last time."

My heart went out to Kelly as she leapt to her feet and rushed out of the room. Despite everything, I still felt sorry for her. She'd mistakenly believed that her assistance in helping Barbara recruit me and start up the Mailgirls program would be rewarded, but was now discovering she was just a minnow swimming in shark-infested waters. It had taken her awhile but she'd finally come clean to me about her role and I felt bad now about having turned my back on her. She'd made mistakes but I still needed her as a friend, especially now.

I was alone with Barbara now and my anxiety began to rise after hearing how harshly she had dealt with Kelly. Did she have more humiliating revelations planned for me? Another whipping session? Instead, she removed her shoes, then her jacket and surprised me by kneeling on the carpet in front of me. A bright smile lit up her face as I looked up at her.

"You were fantastic today, Danica," she said, calling me by my name. 'You're everything I'd hoped you would be and much, much more." I had no idea how to respond to that so I didn't. Barbara reached out and began gently stroking my cheek.

"I know I pushed you to your limits today but I only did it because I believed you could handle it, and you did," she said with a smile. "I'm going to keep doing that, but I want you to know that whatever I say publicly or how I treat you, that you're not a non-entity or a number to me. You're a bright, beautiful woman and you're very special to me, Danica. I don't ever want you to forget that. I just want you to experience your submissive nature to its fullest."

Barbara leaned in and kissed my forehead, then slid her lips down and held them directly in front of mine. I could feel her breath on my face and the smell of her perfume filled my senses as I trembled in anticipation. Before me was the most intelligent, charismatic, and confident woman I'd ever known and I was being irresistibly drawn into her orbit by the sheer force of her gravitational pull. I knew now that I wanted her more than I'd ever wanted anyone. When I could no longer stand it I leaned in and began hungrily kissing her.

Barbara pulled away, denying me her lips. She was torturing me yet again. She stroked my face one last time then rose to her feet.

"Go Nine," she ordered. "Go see your friends."