Robby was left alone for what seemed an eternity. The warm surgical lamp that had brightly shown above the stainless steel table he was secured to had been switched off as the women left, and a dank and heavy chill had filled the room. He lay there, shivering, terrified, cold and alone, a single shrill high pitched whine constantly reverberating in his ears, changing pitch and volume constantly, breaking his thoughts like glass striking concrete. Robby had urinated upon himself in fright soon after the shock of his situation had worn off, and now lay in a puddle of his own cold piss. Finally, blessedly, the light returned to his world as the pillowcase was removed. Above him, looking down at him, was Miss Jason and Ruby, both with smiles upon their faces; not warm friendly smiles, no, more like smiles on those animal shows, like jackels closing in upon a small baby antelope for the kill. Both were dressed in leather covered in harsh spikes, their bosom's uncovered save for a golden button upon each nipple. Miss Jason had a large necklace on with a single word upon it, "DRESSED" while Ruby had on a neckace with the phrase, "TOKILL". A single large cloud of smoke enveloped his face obscuring his view, burning his eyes as it was expelled by both women at the same time at him. Ruby spoke for the first time, in a harsh direct tone, befitting the muscled and sculpted female before him. "Ready to cooperate and begin "The Learning Curve", Robby? All you have to tell me is that you love me and want to stay with us forever". "Let me go you stupid cow", Robby sobbed, sounding more like a child than anything else. Ruby smiled, took a long drag and dropped her ashes into Robby's open screaming mouth, making him choke and sputter for a moment before resuming his screaming. Ruby cuffed him with her hand, knocking him senseless while Miss Jason snorted in disgust, "Spoiled fu#k$n little turd, you really have no idea what is happening do you?"; and exhaling a thick cloud of her own vapor into the air. Ruby spoke softly and directly, her strong tobbaco flavored breath flowing directly up Robby nostrils. "I can put that gag back into your mouth, but since part of "The Learning Curve" is realizing the total uselessness of protest, I won't. However, it is time to up the ante for you a bit." Suddenly Miss Jason was next to him, forcing his eyes wide open while Ruby place clips upon his lids so that he could no longer blink at all. Once in place both ladies crawled up upon either side of him, making sure to stay away from where Robby had messed himself earlier. Both of the women were directly in front of Robby's face, his screams filling their ears. Ruby shook her head, reached over and grabbed a full ashtray from an adjacent table, dumping the contents in Robby's open mouth while Miss Jason duct taped it all down before he could begin to spit it out. Ruby told him, "Punishment will be dealt out swiftly to you, dear". She took one of her sharpened nails and dug it deep into his navel, causing excessive pain, clawing her way around inside it. "Swallow the gift i gave you boy, eat it all or i will dig my way to China via your navel." Having simply no choice in the matter, wanting the intense pain to only end, he complied as swiftly and quickly as he could. The pain finally ceased, and through his bleary eyes he watched as Ruby's fingernail, now coated with his fresh blood, fed it to Miss Jason, took a long drag off her cigarette, and shared a single long smokey kiss with her. "Well now, back to business", Ruby said. Through his tearing burning vision, Robby watched as each woman took an intense drag off of their cigarette, bent close to him, and expelled the smoke slowly in deliberately into his open eyes. Robby, still able to move his head around, turned to get out of the direct line of those huge funnel shaped clouds to protect his eyes as best he could. Robby felt that nail in his navel again, beginning to probe. "Keep your head towards us, dont ever turn away from our smoke again". Robby complied immediately, again feeling the flash of smoke upon his skin and the burn in his eyes, more intensely as he concentrated upon complying with Ruby's wish. As the minutes past, Robby began to adjust to the constant discomfort of his eyes and began to grow defiant inside again. Robby's renewed confidence was short lived, as Ruby took out a large cigar, lit it, and smiled as the thickest most acrid smoke he had ever smelled renewed the assualt upon his eyes and he just had to turn away. This time the digging nail did not threaten, but renewed the war upon his navel, and Robby watched as the same type of thing occured as his blood was shared and a smokey kiss from the cigar was given. Once again his eyes were forced to deal with smoke, this time from a much thicker source. "Well, I think that is all for now, Robby. We'll see if your ready to cooperate next time on your own, for now i'll just leave you with something to think about." Miss Jason adjusted the clips upon his eyes so that a single round hole like a target was looking down at his eye. Each one of the holes suddenly was filled with a burning cigarette, the ashes positioned to fall into his forced open eyes. The duct tape was removed, and he was again able to speak, babbling and begging to no avail. The shrill whine again filled his ears, double in volume, but this time no darkness. Instead bright flashing multi colored lights burned into his retina's and directly into his brain, as he was again left alone to suffer.
