Chapter 1
May has come back from a mission to the hub and Maria, her Domme is not back until tomorrow so she cannot do her normal destress session.
She goes to Hand grudgingly as she has subbed for her before.
Hand mentions that she had not scheduled a meeting
May has an internal debate before deciding to ignore hand not saying anything closing and locking the door and sits on the couch in a corner of the room
hand ignores her going back to her paperwork watching her out the corner of her eye in the reflection of a cabinet
20 minutes later may breaks and lets out a huff
hand sits back in her chair and stares at may with piercing eyes as if she can see through mays thoughts
May shifts uncomfortably and tries to cover it by standing to lean on the wall and hand keeps staring
Hand finally says "Yes?"
May just looks down shaking in fury
Several more minutes pass before hand calls the triskelion on a level 8 priority line (may is level 7)
she sighs audibly moving around the desk to leave
the communications officer comes on the line and hand asks for a connection to hill
May keeps moving to the door passing the desk. she glances down at the desk and remarks “My breasts aren’t that big,” as she sees Hands cartoon doodles she has been making on the reports.
she waits for the crackle of the officer coming back on the line to say Hill was unreachable and says “And I don’t scream ‘I’m coming’ when I climax.”
over the line hill screeches "is that may?" and instantly knows she is in troubble with Maria too
“Why yes it is, Commander Hill,” Hand answers charmingly smug, “Would you like to speak with her?"
"Put her on,” Hill snaps out.
may confirms she is there and hill asks what level she is
may replies and is asked what level the call is encoded she replies again and is asked why she is on the call then
May starts to apologise when hand buts in and says that it is her fault saying she didn't expect her to pick up
Hill then asks if hand didnt want her then what did she want
“It seems that Agent May has been a little unsettled with your absense. I was attempting to get her to tell me what was wrong.”
“By phoning me? Really am I that big a threat?” Hill demands
Hand scoffs and says “No, I was actually hoping that she’d follow the rules as soon as I placed a call above her clearance but-”
“But she’s Melinda May,” Hill breaks interupts
“I was actually going to say ‘but she’s not quite thinking clearly’ but I think you get the picture,” Hand says shooting a smile mays way
“Melinda?” Hill questions but both the change to her first name and the drastic change in tone have her appreciating that Maria has changed roles on her.
“Yes, mistress,” she answers appropriately respectful.
“Tory will hold you tonight,” Maria orders without explanation.
“No,” May refuses, deliberately forgetting the honorific.
“Don’t disrespect me, Melinda,” the Mistress suddenly shouts down the line and it does make her flinch
“Or when I'm back I’ll beat your ass ‘til you cry and beg me to stop. every day for a week” Maria pauses to let it really sink in.
“And don’t you tell me ‘no’ either, Melinda,”
She sighs then before continuing, “You know that Tory is one of the few that I trust to wrangle with you, Melinda. As much as I’d like to fly out there now to hold you there are things in play here that I am needed to deal with.”
“I don’t expect-” May starts to respond but Maria interrupts so she falls silent respectfully.
“You might not. You ask too little of everyone but yourself, Melinda. Now, I trust Tory with you. Will you sub to her tonight?”
“I don’t need to-”
“I don’t care what you think you need, Melinda. I am telling you as your Mistress that you will let Tory hold you tonight. Do you understand?”
“I understand, Mistress. But there is no way in Hell that I-”
“Do you think I want you left alone when you’re upset or would I want a trusted Domme to take care of you when I can’t?”
“I’m not ups-”
“Would I want you left alone or taken care of?” Maria pushes firmly.
Mays stays silent looking at the floor in a submissive pose
“I’ll sub for Agent Hand,” she concedes quietly
“Tory?”
“I’ll take care of her,” Hand promises.
“Melinda?”
“Yes, Mistress?”
“Try to behave,” Maria says firmly exasperation clear in her tone.
“Do you have your collar?” Hand asks as soon as Hill terminates the call.
“Yes.” She avoids the honorific. Avoids looking at Hand at all.
“Let’s let that slide for now but we will come back to how you properly address me shortly,” “For now, you can simply collect your Mistress’s collar and wrist cuffs. Prepare yourself and be back here in fifteen minutes. Try to bring some of that respect I’m sure Hill's drilled into you with you.”
She’s dismissed. She turns and leaves the office without saying a word and deliberately not looking at Hand. This is not how she planned the meeting ending.