The story so far: Gerda has been brought by her lover, le Compte Guy de Rhislain to his island in the Mediterranean, only to find it is the training centre for slaves of rich masters. She is to be trained as his personal slave. Despite her torments, she still passes her first test successfully, and now begins to come to terms with her bondage and her slavery. What am I doing here? I am one of the top models in Paris -- encased in hot rubber and leather and unable to move a muscle breathing through two tubes, unable to communicate with the outside world because I am cruelly gagged and unable to see. I have been strapped down so tightly I feel like a corpse. My arms and hands are already rubbered in elbow gloves and are now helplessly encased inside the thick leather sleeves of this wretched meditation bag. I am secured to a table with about twelve wide leather straps from my ankles to my neck; I cannot even raise my head because of a strap over my forehead So what do I do? Panic? I think not. Maybe that is just what the instructor is waiting for. Despite the sponge- rubber against my ears, I can still hear the creak of his leather as he moves about this awful room. My reason tells me there will always be someone in attendance in case I choke or become ill. So I must relax and try to remember Yvette's words of advice -- 'Relax and enjoy it'. I try to project my mind outside of my captivity and look down on myself. Mentally, here I am, poised two metres above my bound body on the narrow table I see that I am a tightly encased body in thick black leather, held down by heavy straps at my toes, ankles, knees, thighs, hips, waist, below and above my breasts, and neck and forehead. Out of the heavy leather hood sticks two rubber breathing tubes is that really me inside? The mental image stirs me despite my anger at the humiliating position. To hell with my training. Just why should I be put into this unsufferable and impossible situation? Why am I here, being trained as a slave for Guy, my loved one? How dare he inflict this on me? Willingly I will go down to him, pander to every sexual need he may require, love and cherish him in every way, so why this dreadful training for some weird subservience as a slave? Abruptly I return into myself, the bondage cruelly tight and wrapping me into a cocoon of helplessness. My heavily rubber-gloved arms were strapped inside the leather suit so firmly that it was impossible to move even a finger. I tried to remember the other advice I had been given to try to sink into one's bondage and punishment. But how could l? Every single muscle of my body was constrained by tight rubber and leather. LOVE IS PROVED I lay there, immobile, breathing through my precious nose tubes, the wide rubber gag inside my leather helmet, stretching my cheeks and mouth, the soft foam-rubber blindfold effectively keeping my eyes closed. Suddenly a wonderful feeling encom- passed me. The blackness over my eyes disintegrated, and I was in a palace where girls were waiting on me. The Guy, my devoted lover entered, dressed in his fantastic white leather suit. He came to me, knelt and kissed me through the thin rubber costume I was wearing, then indicated my girl slaves who were bringing in a figure dressed entirely in white vinyl. "Now look well, slave Gerda" my lover said in a low voice, charged with sex. "For this is your slave. In that heavy costume, you cannot know if it is male or female. He, or she, is yours, to put to death, by any means you wish. But, to win my love, you must take pleasure while you cause its death! " I screamed and protested because I did not want to be responsible for anyone's death, and suddenly I was the figure in the white vinyl, totally encased, with a hood with eye and nose holes only. I saw Guy and my other self through a thin mist and heard myself crying out to them. "Dress me properly and completely, in rubber and leather, then whip me to death. I love you so much, cher Guy! that only in this way can I prove it to you. Gag and bondage me tightly so that I can suffer your strokes, and remember that I love you until I die!" The scene faded and I came back into s, my meditation bondage. I felt numb all over, but it was a pleasant sensation and now I felt curiously happy that I was incapable of moving even a finger. I found, in my blindness, a difficulty in concentrating on my immobility. Again I seemed to be drifting through the air, untramelled by a physical body. Now I was in a dungeon full of terrifying instruments of torture, but strangely unconcerned, as if I belonged there. My body was encased in tight leather, with holes to allow my breasts to poke through. My hands were manacled behind my back, and my booted feet were spread apart by a metal rod strapped to my ankles. I had no idea of time; had I been here for ten minutes or six hours? All I knew, in a flash of pure sexual exhilaration was that I seemed to be enjoying it. BLACK BELT Maria, her personal maid, was waiting for Gerda when whe staggered into her quarters shortly after midnight, wearing only the original heavy latex suit which was now creaming with grease and perspiration after her ordeal. In mutual sympathy they fell into each other's arms. "Your bath is ready, Mistress, I'm so happy! The word around is that you have done well in your training." The first immediate result of her successful examination was that Maria no longer had to chain her to the bed by an iron collar. Gerda slept soundly for twelve hours, unaccustomed to being able to turn over inside her rubber sheets Without feeling the heavy collar round her throat. Maria awoke her in the afternoon with a light lunch on a tray. "No training today" she said brightly, after removing the gag she must always wear outside her quarters. "But you've to report to le Compte at four o'clock, and I have your new slave costume laid out . She examined her latest costume as Maria helped her into it after she had eaten. She slipped into the thin latex working suit. Then she climbed into the new suit, the one she was now entitled to wear. It was of shiny black leather, fitting perfectly, and the leather helmet fitted over her own mask and was laced up tightly by Maria. The gauntlet gloves were thick and lined with rubber. She sat down carefully on the bed while Maria pulled on long leather thigh-boots with the usual five inch heels and laced them tightly to the top of her legs. she attached a spur to each ankle. "You wear the spurs for one week, Madam, so that everyone will know you have passed your first test. And now we can throw away the white belt of a novice and you may wear a black belt ! " GERDA REPORTS Gerda reported to the le Compte's study at exactly 4 p.m., knowing the painful penalties of being even a minute late. He was again dressed in his white leather suit, and she felt weak with love and desire when she saw him encased in the gleaming material. "Sit down, slave Gerda, I regret this is an official visit, but in a few days we will dine again together, as before". She knew this meant spending an evening with him, when she was allowed to eat dinner without her slave mask and without the long rubber gloves. "You did well in your examination" he continued, eyeing her totally leathered face, "and now you can pass on to your next part of training, which is more severe, of course, but, and admit it now, you are starting to like your slavehood? " Her independent spirit rose up in protest, although her feelings did a mental loop-the-loop. "Yes" she admitted slowly, "You've taught me a great deal in the past few weeks. I would never have believed it possible, but only because I love you very much, Guy - Master" she corrected herself hastily. "I have to admit that I am now turned on by the humiliation of bondage. But why? I am not a masochist " . He lit a cigarette watching the raw smoke ascend to the ceiling. "Everyone, male and female, has a part of their character which is masochistic, some more than others. We are drawing upon your masochistic side in order to give you actual enjoyment in your training". "But the costumes" she asked slowly, "I've never felt any sexual feelings towards rubber or leather, and yet now I accept it, and even welcome it. I can't imagine wearing any ordinary clothes now! Am I perverted or something? "There's no such thing as perversion, dear slave Gerda. It's an old-fashioned English word, used in envy during the Victorian era. Curiously enough, although we are strict and sometimes extremely cruel, in the long run there have been very few slaves who have actually resented it. you see, we do not attempt to break the spirit. We do not try to make a female into an object of pity. On the contrary, a slave's ego and personality must be built up to a point where she is proud of her training'.. She could not fully comprehend his words. "Perhaps I'm lucky in that I have you. I love you. But a slave being training for an unknown Master ñ that I couldn't bear. She smiled and stood up, crossing to the two-way mirror on the wall of his office which gave a complete view of the main punishment room adjacent. He activated the screen which allowed them to see into the room without themselves being seen. "There is Tessa a top level slave. She is a happy girl, because she will meet her new Master this week-end for the first time. He is arriving at any moment, and she requested that she be put in this position when he arrived". The slave Tessa was secured over a whipping block, her wrists, ankles and knees padlocked tightly over the steel frame, her rubbered bottom outstretched and ready to be whipped. "He will arrive in about ten minutes", said le Compte. "He is a young and wealthy American, and now all she wants is to find a Master whom she can adore and love". "But surely so that she can escape" said Gerda. Guy obscured the mirror again. "Not actually. That is her decision, of course, but for the time being, at least, she wishes to remain here until she knows him well; she has no great desire to go back to the outside world". "So" he continued, "you will now enter the second phase of your training, but you will be accorded certain privileges, such as being allowed one day of freedom per week. Dressed in rubber, of course, but with no actual training, and permitted to roam the island. Your serving maid will brief you on that. Meanwhile, tomorrow morning you will report for a tawse whipping and the start of your breast training. That is all for now". Suddenly he was the stern Master again. Instinctively, she dropped to her knees and kissed his Supreme Master, tight against the leather suit. SECOND STAGE Despite her fear of 'The Executioner', the sadistic lesbian instructress who had cut off her long hair when she arrived, Gerda had slept well and was feeling relatively calm when Maria dressed her the next morning for her new training. Perhaps it was the euphoria of having passed her first examination or possibly it was the result of having a full day without any training. She put on a pair of tight latex trousers over which came laced up high-heeled boots. Maria then brought across a white vinyl jacket with holes allowing Gerda's breasts to emerge. Her mask and long gloves completed the outfit, apart from a long swirling latex cape which Maria fastened round Gerda's neck. She reported on time to one of the smaller punishment rooms. The Executioner was waiting for her and despite Gerda's bravado she felt a tingle of fear run up her spine. In some manner this woman managed to keep an aura of mysterious evil about her. She was dressed in white rubber breeches, boots and a long whipping cloak under which she was tightly corsetted. A red latex mask covered half of her face and incongruously and ominously her eyes were covered with dark glasses. "Come in, slave Gerda" she purred. "I rarely see you these days, except for punishment. But today I shall have the privilege of initiating you into your second stage of training. First you need warming up. Bend over, your legs straight, and grip your ankles. I will give you 25 strokes with the thick tawse and everytime you move or groan I will repeat the stroke. Take off your cape". Afraid now, Gerda did as she was ordered, bending over in the middle of the room so that her tightly rubbered bottom was high in the air. she heard the rustle of the Executioner's cloak as she raised the tawse, then the next moment felt a stinging thwack as the leather whip cracked across her bottom. With an effort she held back any sound. Again and again it descended, until her bottom was a mass of flaming pain, the tawse whipping cruelly across the same welts. Grimly she clenched her teeth, determined not to incur further punishment by crying out. The last stroke was delivered with the Mistress's full strength, and Gerda's mind reeled with the effort of not moving or screaming out. "What a good slave" the Executioner said mockingly, "I see you are learning. Now go and sit on the punishment chair." The chair was at the side of the room, a heavy black upright Provencal chair with sturdy arms. The Executioner pressed a bell to summon a serving maid, and in a few moments the girl arrived, dressed in the usual high latex stockings, stiletto heels, short rubber dress, corsetted, gloved and masked with a gag tightly strapped into her mouth . She came across to Gerda and secured her to the chair by wrists, ankles, waist and shoulders, then inserted and strapped up a bit gag, and finally secured a blindfold across Gerda's eyes. Then Gerda felt straps being passed over and under her breasts so that they were cruelly extended out through the vinyl jacket. PINS OF TORTURE "Excellent" purred the Executioner. "Now, slave Gerda, you will wear the pins of torture for ten minutes before I beat your breasts. You may scream all you like, as I know it is extremely painful. You will receive this treatment every day until you can accept it within yourself as normal training." The next moment Gerda felt a fearful pain on her left nipple as the clamp was applied. Then her right nipple was similarly squeezed, and she screamed in agony and strained at her bonds, shaking her head in mute appeal. But the bondage was secure and rigid, and the spring clamps remained agonisingly on her extended nipples. Thankfully, after two or three minutes, the pain lessened. "Poor slave, this is only the beginning. Maid, put the machine on her for a moment to get her prepared for a breast-beating. " LESSON LEARNED Gerda felt the vibrator between her legs, then the next moment the cruel oscillations were seething through her. The pain of the clamps gradually turned to a fierce pleasure, and behind the leather blindfold she could feel tears of frustration, knowing this cruel bitch was breaking down the torture into ecstasy. Abruptly the machine ceased and the clamps were removed. Then the low voice of the Executioner again. "Twenty-five light strokes on each breast, slave. Very good for keeping the muscles taut, so look upon it as a therapeutic punishment". The balsa wood flat cane smacked gently across her breasts, gradually increasing in strength. Powerless to move in her bonds, Gerda moaned as the pleasure and the pain mounted together. Then suddenly the machine was turned on again, and now she strained her breasts outwards to meet the light cane, begging for it, knowing she was lost. she screamed endlessly through her gag as the Pleasure hit her in a cacophony of pain. The blindfold and gag were removed. She saw her tormentress smiling beneath the half-mask. "Interesting, slave Gerda, isn't it that you react so well? In time, and with the most severe treatment, you may even become a good slave. What were you about to tell me? " Gerda had learned her lesson well. "Thank you, Mistress, for devoting your time to train me. I humbly accept your tortures and humiliations knowing they are for my own benefit". It choked her to say it, but she knew now that any breach of discipline brought only further punishment. She groaned as the straps were released and she was allowed to stand upright. As she moved forward she tripped against the Executioner who stepped back quickly. "How dare you touch me. Maid, bring a long-term punishment hood immediately". Weakly, Gerda tried to apologist then recoiled as the serving maid brought across a heavy white heimet. "Please, Mistress, I didn't mean to ..." "Silence". The thick rubber hood was fitted over her head, then a high collared cape was clamped on round her neck, causing her to breathe noisily against the rubber. "You will keep that on for two hours, slave, to teach you not to be careless in future. Maid, inform Maria when she can remove it". Desperately Gerda tried to control her breathing inside the heavy loose hood. She realised there were two small breathing holes at either side, but it required long deep breaths to inhale any oxygen, and even by turning her head sideways, it could close up one of the holes. "She's left" the serving maid whispered, "I'll lead you upstairs". Gasping for breath, Gerda allowed herself to be taken from the punishment room. to be continued