She calls Max

Lucy stood outside her own dorm room, just after being unceremoniously kicked out by the health and safety officer. She hadn't heard of anything like this ever happening before. How could they even do this? Her morning had gone from bad to extremely worse in a matter of minutes. It all happened so fast she'd wondered if it was all a bad dream, but the weight of the collar around her neck and the cool air she felt on her bare lower half confirmed she was in fact awake and stuck in this horrible situation.

Trying to dust away the cobwebs from her foggy brain and think of her next move, Lucy began walking down the corridor to the staircase of her dormitory. Thankfully the hallway was quiet as it was still early, she knew all she had to do was find Kim or Max and they'd be able to help her and everything would be alright. Not knowing what was going to happen to her dorm room and all of her belongings was a worry that lingered in her mind, but that was out of her control for now. Hopefully they'd be able to let her back in by the evening, otherwise she had no idea where the hell she was going to sleep.

Lucy slowly and cautiously stepped down the dorm stairs until she reached the bottom. Looking around, thankful that nobody else was in sight she walked towards the front door and decided to call Max from the payphone just outside of her dorm building.

If I can just get hold of Max, he'll be able to get this dammed collar off and get me something decent to wear, she thought hopefully.

Peeking outside Lucy saw some people moving about, most likely headed to classes and going about their normal daily business. They were a fair ways off from the payphone though, so she took a deep breath and steeled her nerves. Without much hesitation Lucy stepped outside of her building and quickly walked the ten yards to the payphone. The cool morning air kissed her bare skin causing goosebumps to form all over her pale uncovered legs. Picking up the phone Lucy dialed in the number.

Meanwhile across town Max was at his apartment when his phone began to ring. 'No Caller ID' the phone read. He knew it would be Lucy. He answered to a machine.

"An incoming collect call from... 'Lucy', do you accept the charges, press 1."

Grinning to himself Max hit '1' to accept the call. Knowing that she'd be desperate at this point, Max put on his most sincere voice to try and comfort Lucy.

"Max!? They've kicked me out of my room, I need your help please! You left this stupid collar on me and it's locked on, I don't even have any clothes. All I'm wearing is your basketball jersey."

"Oh Lucy that sounds terrible, I heard something on the news about an outbreak at the college, are you alright?"

"I-I guess so, but I'm barely dressed and look ridiculous in this collar. Why didn't you take it off me before you left?"

"Sorry but I had to leave early for work this morning and you looked so peaceful sleeping there in nothing but the collar, I didn't want to wake you up."

"Max, this isn't some joke, I'm practically naked out here now!"

Max could barely contain himself and covered his mouth to avoid Lucy hearing him laughing out loud at her plight. Soon she'd see her true nature and forget her silly modesty. Regaining his composure once more, he set about sending Lucy off to her next series of trials, knowing that he shouldn't push her too far to quickly. He began by saying...