A suspicious office

I drove my old rattly old truck again despite it being shown in the grainy news video the previous day. There was next to zero risk anyone would recognize it. I wanted to avoid camera hits on my nicer daily driver, though.

Even though it was the weekend, the company website showed the office location was open 7-days a week. This further added to the strength of my hunch.

I was heading to an office that supposedly had 18 women employees and 2 male owners. They had an in-office gym for their tiny office, they worked 7-days a week, and, most importantly, they were involved in producing my MC1000 bike.

With a grinding squeal, I opened the sticky door of my old truck. I was parked a few blocks from my destination, away from any visible cameras. My mechanics coveralls kept me warm in the crisp winter air as I marched to the office with a toolbox in hand.

The building was small at probably 3,000 SQ FT. The architect had clearly designed it to look modern and highlight the company’s fabrication abilities. To me, it looked more like a caricature of all the bad qualities of contemporary design. It was all glass and steel, but shades were drawn around the entire structure. It looked like a building with secrets to hide. Not an open and inviting design like the architect likely intended.

I put on my N95 mask, took a deep breath, and passed through the imposing oversized steel entry door.

The entry area was well-lit with harsh white lights like a hospital. Decorations were sparse, and the interior walls were painted pure white. “How can I serve you today!?” An enthusiastic voice spoke as I walked in.

The voice belonged to a stunning brunette wearing a sexy black mini pencil skirt and white top. She was dressed at the absolute limits of acceptable workplace attire, especially with her top unbuttoned enough to display her sizable cleavage.

“Hello,” I greeted as I approached her desk, “I’m from MKU Electronics. Richard sent me in to look at a noise on the MC1000 in the gym.” I lifted up my toolbox to highlight my intent.

“Oh, ok! Richard and Steve are out today, but I can take you back to the gym so you can get started! She quickly stood up, causing her braless tits to jiggle nicely. “We would be very sad if our exercise bike broke down.”

“Jackpot!” I thought as my adrenaline started to course through my veins. I followed behind the sexy brunette. We passed through a common work area with a dozen cubicles, all filled with similarly dressed women. All of the women were eerily focused on their work. Not a single one looked up as we walked through.

Soon we came to a door with a 9-digit push button keypad. Laura (according to her name tag) bent over at the waist to type in the code. I saw a flash of bare pale skin in the corner of my eye as her mini skirt raised up, but I kept my focus on the keypad. *2718* was clicked in, and then the door buzzed open.

Once I walked through the door, I didn’t have a single doubt in my mind that my hunch was correct. The “gym” looked much more like a sterile operating room in a hospital. The MC1000 sat gleaming in the center of the room with a large spotlight directly over it. The room had no windows and was completely empty, aside from a high-end video camera in the corner of the room.

“Here you are!” The receptionist said, “I’ll stay here and wait since I need to type in the code to exit too.”

I would have been very concerned if I didn’t know the code. But, even knowing the code, being trapped in this room with a single exit made me very uneasy. Despite my misgivings, I nodded to Laura and closely inspected the bike. It looked identical to mine in every way. I set down my toolbox and carefully tipped the bike onto its side to reveal the access ports I had discovered on my bike.

The GPS port was tempting to open and tamper with. A backup bike would certainly be nice, but I decided the risk was too significant. Instead, I opened up the instruction manual port. It was empty, just like mine. My heart dropped.

That’s when I made my first mistake. “Laura, do you know where the instruction manual was moved to?” I asked without thinking.

Her placid smile turned to a suspicious frown. “Why would you need to know that?” She asked accusingly. “Let’s go back to the front and give Richard a call to ask.”

“N-No, there’s no need,” I stumbled over my words, “I just wanted to make sure he didn’t need a replacement, is all.”

She didn’t look convinced. Just as she turned to type the door lock code in, my phone loudly rang and startled us both. It was Amy. I forgot all about telling her to go back to my house before her 24hr programming window expired. I answered the phone. “Hey, Master, I’m back at your house like you said. Are you home?” Amy asked.

“Shit!” I said aloud. Causing Laura to look with greater curiosity. I really didn’t need her waking up from 24 hours of programming at my house without me there. I trusted the memory alteration strongly, but I’d already taken enough risks today. “Amy, I completely forgot,” I explained, “but do me a favor and just wait there for me... also... you belong to me.”

I accidentally made eye contact with Laura as I spoke the default trigger phrase I hadn’t changed yet. Laura froze, and Amy went silent for a moment. The silence was overpowering. Mere seconds ticked by like minutes until suddenly, two voices replied, “Yes, I belong to you.”

I hung up the phone and stared dumbfounded at the sexy brunette. “You do?” I said dumbly.

“I do what, Boss?” She questioned.

“Uh... never mind that...” I stated while starting to realize what had happened. “Can you tell me what your... I guess what your purpose is?”

“Of course, boss!” She chirped, “my purpose is to be the best, most obedient, and loyal employee I can be. I must do everything I can to please my bosses using my mind and body. My duties include...”

“Ok, ok! That’s enough!” I interrupted, “who are your bosses?”

“Well, you, Richard, and Steve, of course!”

“Damn! I need to change the trigger phrase on my bike.” I said aloud. “Let’s try this again, Laura. Can you remind me where the instructions for the bike are?”

She responded affirmatively and led me to a large office with a safe in it. She entered a code into the safe and unlocked it for me.

Inside the safe were several thousand dollars in cash and various documents. Near the back of the safe, behind the money, was a medium box with MKU Electronics written on it. I carefully removed the box and looked inside. The box contained several items, including a futuristic-looking vibrator, a small tablet, assorted electronic components and cables, a small box labeled MC1000 admin chip, and various documents, including the bike instructions. My excitement was immeasurable. I had everything I needed now and possibly more.

Covering my tracks became my priority. I found an empty backpack in the office and pilfered the box, the money, and all the other documents I could from the safe. I then relocked the code reset button inside the safe to change the passcode to a random number.

“Is there a safe in the other boss’ office?” I asked Laura. “No, he uses this safe too.”

Knowing the way this time, I led Laura back to the gym. Unfortunately, we still had work to do if I was going to get away with this without being caught.