A RIDDLE WRAPPED IN A MYSTERY INSIDE AN ENIGMA

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Erika had done her research……….she knew better than them all
They would be all quite horrified on the amount of information she had gained over time………most of it of an intimate and very private nature………..
Without being aware………they had all been violated…………

Feldhofs tunic had just three silver buttons stitched with two straight seems towards her sides……..
The side pockets were flatly ironed…………like her wide lapels, displaying that odd Wehrmacht insignia left over from the old regime, that the new Socialist Army had retained……….her rank epaulettes were flat on each shoulder…………

Hauptmann Feldhof was thin of frame………..of average height, she probably had bony hips and definitely no bulging stomach………..
Her face was very thin………her neck long………….her starched collar and black tie tight on her throat………

Today, she wore no face powder or rouge……..nothing gaudy layered her face
Unlike when she wore her civilian wear …………
Today, when in uniform she had chosen just a light rose lipstick for a little colour……..a grey eyeshadow and what must be those false eyelashes that Erika had seen on her small dressing table………….her ears sported small gold studs………

After all, Hedwig was still a woman………….

Her brunette coloured hair, normally straight and shoulder length was now strictly twisted and bunned at the back of her head………..clipped and pinned, restricted and tight…………it made her face appear more severe…………stern and strict……….which was the image she wished to portray……….especially today………….

Erika had played with something else that Hedwig was currently wearing………..

The woman’s head sported a rather natty field grey NVA pillbox service hat………… tilted stylishly forward towards her forehead…………
Even on her it looked chic and spruce……….slightly sexy too…………

Hedwig Feldhof was not a very attractive woman………that is why she lived within the institute, although she had been seen loitering and exiting the male barracks at odd hours……..some of the girls had seen her………
And Erika had tracked the times that her room would be vacant ……….ensuring that she would not be disturbed in her unhealthy fetish…………..
The outwardly prim and proper Fraulein Feldhof tended to leave her room at around 9pm and return around 5am in the morning…………not all the time, but enough for Erika to work out a routine…………enough of a routine that she could gain safe and unobserved entry to Feldhofs living quarters…………and spend a little time researching…………..

But in her uniform, Feldhof did have a certain sexual appeal……..…..Erika gave her that

Erika straightened her back, like all in the room did………the order was about to be announced
Hauptmann Feldhof stood to attention…………and faced forward
Then her voice loudly rapped out………

‘Class………..Pay attention’
Once satisfied that she had all their attentiveness, she continued……..

‘Good Comrades………’
‘We are the servants of the people and the State……..Today, we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between our glorious Revolution and the decadent and predatory nature of the capitalist West’

She paused………..lowering her head slightly…………as if she was attending a religious ceremony
A room full of young faces were staring rapturously back at her……..

‘And good young Comrades, can we be so blind as to say that a struggle for who is right will not happen in the near future……….
‘All of you will have a part to play in that struggle………wherever you may serve’
‘The time now is to prepare for that struggle………..while we are strong………..and always united in our Communist faith’
‘We must never wait and stand still, waiting for that opening blow to come……….…we need to be forever vigilant’
‘That is the role of our glorious and ever watchful State Security Bureau………..to see that blow before the fist is raised ensuring that it is our fist that lands on target first’

She paused………...taking breath………..her flat chest rising up and down

‘Only one of you will have the honour of becoming a member of State Security’
‘From that day on Comrades…………that fortunate candidate will play the capitalist ogre at their own game’

There……….Erika saw it
That bitch Feldhof had done it…………
Her small ratty dark eyes had shifted……….only briefly………..most would never have detected it……
But her eyes, when saying those important words supposedly for them all…………had focused on……..
Lina Aberbach………..
Aberbach had noted it too…………..she sat a little straighter in her chair……….
Erika was inwardly cursing…………

The pitch of Feldhofs voice raised even higher……….

‘Yet, never forget………..that those remaining will also serve the state in an equally important way ……….be it in the Armed Forces, like myself………or the Party and the Leader……………’
She continued………….
‘Be it in the Diplomatic Corps……….or the ministries of Education, Economics, labour………….or taxation…………all are fundamental and imperative to the success of our Socialist Utopia………’

‘All your contributions and sacrifice are important and vital to us all’

Erika was fuming……….but her face revealed nothing

Fraulein Feldhof sucked in air………
It was time for the conclusion……….

Erika was caught on every word………but for the wrong reason
Whatever the question or task would be………….it meant nothing…………
A decision at the top had already been made………………….

‘Therefore Comrade’s……..you are to complete the following without fail’

The girls fidgeted…………..except for Erika
The world suddenly felt a lot different………….
Her mouth inside tasted acidic………she was experiencing a throbbing pain behind her eyes
Even the colours of the room looked different………

‘Today is Monday……….with no other distractions you are by Friday noon…………to present to Leutnant Becks office a five-thousand-word treatise on the following’

Erika, like them all was very familiar with the office and Hannah Beck.
A young officer seconded from the Army’s Administration and Pay Corps………..she wore civilian clothes most of the time………a very serious and dour young woman was Hannah Beck, a soldier through and through……….and was not without beauty, but no charm………..a pure blonde too with a sporty figure…………she was forever running around the walled perimeter of the institute…………..
In her tight blue shorts and white running vest…………her breasts never bounced when she ran……….and Erika, once again knew the reason why………….

Erika had been only able to explore her quarters too, mainly due to her rather hectic social life………..she liked a drink too………….more so than others…………
Beck ran a tight ship though………the institute’s Administration Centre………….located within the same large building as the ‘Direktorin’ or Headmistress………..

She listened once more to Feldhof…………..

‘The reason why we find ourselves in a position of constant vigilance is not because our enemies have sent men to invade our shores or planes to destroy our cities but rather because of the traitorous actions of those who have been treated so well by our glorious State and our ever-wise leader’

Feldhof paused again……….making sure they understood

‘Therefore Comrades……..following the Party Doctrine you have absorbed from this learned and disciplined institution………how may we improve our watchfulness, our vigilance and constant defense against the Capitalist hyena and their traitorously paid lackeys across the artificial line on a map they call a border……………..’

‘How may the State and the State Security Bureau in particular ensure the survival of our Revolution from hostile internal reactionaries……….’

She looked up……….she had finished

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‘On my desk is that question paper and a prescribed list of reference material you may find and use at the library’

‘Take one of each on your way out’
Hauptmann Feldhof took once pace back………..her feet moving precisely

The class did not rise to leave but the spell had been broken……………..
Hedwig Feldhof barked……….a high female screech actually emanated from her knotted larynx

‘Beware my young Comrades………plagiarism and any dishonest or unprincipled actions on your part will not be tolerated……....there will also be no collusion………….’

‘Otherwise, you may fully enjoy serving the state at a Collective Farm or in one of our Ammunition Factories where your services will be greatly appreciated………..forever………..’

‘Class dismissed’ she shrieked…………

Hauptmann Feldhof filed off towards her desk………

The rest of the class………in their smart uniforms bustled towards the desk………..eager to claim their papers………complete with their names and individual party number………
There was a flurry of starched white shirts, flowing blue skirts and white socks………
Red scarfs tied around necks with the tassels swaying
They were not schoolgirls………..far from it………. but the uniform reflected their general immaturity and lack of exposure to real life………

Erika was slow in claiming her paper……….even though outwardly calm and collected…………inside she was fuming………….and anxious at the same time

That night Erika could not sleep…………..

She lay on her single iron framed bed………………just in her white cotton nightdress, the hemline well below her knees………..issue of course, a plain affair with wide shoulders and high around the chest………..her ample bust still apparent and obviously unsupported………....the material being quite heavy ………... veiling any potential nipple peek……..
The garment had not been designed for femininity’s sake………....
God forbid a night of passion

Her bedside light was on…………the test papers on her small writing desk……….
She kept tossing and turning…………her dark hair loose and free………….she was too restless to sleep

Her brainwaves were working overtime……….with both fear and frustration
She could have punched that Aberbach bitch right in her flawless face…………and Feldhof too
But as per usual she hid her true self…………

She had just left with all the others………….clutching her papers

What was she to do………..the mere thought of failure made her agitated and feeling flush……….
The question was vague………..open to interpretation, as per the norm, that she understood and expected…………..she could type up five thousand words on Party Dogma anytime tomorrow…………
But that would not be enough…………they had already made their decision……….
She knew the competition would be at their best on this……….especially that toady Aberbach……....
Endres was not to be underestimated either……….she may still produce something special……..
But whatever Erika produced it would not sway their decision…………
Fucking Aberbach and her Party connections………..it must be

She thought on that last word……….special…………something special
Maybe that was it………...think of something extraordinary………very special
In their military field classes, they had always been told to think outside the box……….
For Erika………….this was as good as combat……….
Never submit………never surrender………they had taught her that

She smiled………..and instantly felt a little tired…………she reached over and turned out the light
Tomorrow was another day………

Tuesday morning…………..

It was once again bright and breezy and Erika was out and about……….
There was a spring in her step………..she looked and felt like a happy young woman…………
She should be studying, after all Friday was the deadline and every hour should be precious to her……..
But she had thought of something special………..
Toying with the idea as she had showered……….not really there, preoccupied and distant as the bar of soap slid over her smooth and naked body……….
Mulling over the options as she had partaken in breakfast……..not really tasting the food………

Yet the idea had come to her as soon as she had opened her dark eyes that very morning……..

She needed to produce something special………unorthodox…………daring………..something that would make them think twice on who they would send to the bureau………
Audacious……..unsanctioned…………criminal, and yet not treacherous……….she hoped at least that the powers to be would see it that way……..
It was a risk she was prepared to take………..she knew what was at stake…….
What was it she read somewhere recently………
That was it……….
‘Fortune favours the brave’…………..

That stick of a woman Feldhof had given her the idea……….
Her whining and scratchy voice……….her sly look at the gorgeous and the powerfully connected Aberbach
The bitch in uniform’s mouth was lying with every word spoken………how much did Aberbach’s family pay you all……..what did they promise
The lies giving them all or Erika at least a false hope…………..
Fuck them all, the others in the class that is……..
Erika was out for herself from now on………
Feldhofs voice and the betrayal had tormented her all night……….until………..she had thought about stuffing Feldhofs mouth shut……….to silence her lies
Erika, in bed and the darkness of her room had opened her eyes..……..
She had raised herself up……….
She had experienced a moment of revelation…………

Erika had thought about the word ‘Gag’…………to gag Fraulein Feldhof to silence her lies
Her anger was such ………..
Gag……….
The word had reverberated in her mind……….
Gag……….but not Feldhof though……….that would serve no purpose than senseless revenge…….
Erika would not benefit from such a reckless act………

But there were other factors that Erika was combining……..
While at the institute Erika had inadvertently gained a rather intimate knowledge of mature women and their particular habits………..
Erika considered that was a rather special trait to have acquired……..in her mind at least
But now, that knowledge could be used to her advantage………

These instructors and the powers to be still thought of her as a mere youth……….pliable and obedient
She was no threat………..there was no danger
In fairness, most of her classmates were gullible…………highly educated they all were………..socially they were deficient and vulnerable to persuasion….…….
But not Erika Kreuz………..

And then the concept had formed………..on how she could still become a Secret Policewoman………
Erika had always wanted to dress like the instructors; she had yearned to wear their clothes and underthing’s………to look and act like them……….
Desperately so until the urge had become a compulsion……..
She wanted to dress as a grown up but had so far resisted the intense urge……..mainly out of a fear of the consequences………..
The plan forming did not require Hauptmann Feldhof being gagged and any of her clothing being requisitioned by Erika………..
But it would involve another…………but who

They would not be expecting her to carry out this type of action…………..if executed with restraint, she would not be punished………….
In fact, she hoped to be rewarded……………….
Yet to fulfil this embryonic plan she needed a feminine vessel to successfully accomplish it………
In other words, she needed to replace someone………..another woman
Everyone she knew at the institute was well known and easily recognizable……….and would be missed within a short time if held in confinement……..

These women were no good to Erika……..

But other women, mostly strangers to the institute did visit and often………..men were not allowed, only the guards at the main gate and posted around the perimeter walls were allowed anywhere near the institute’s precious female inhabitants …….
And God forbid any of them if they were ever tempted to stray…………

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These mysterious female outsiders only ever visited one building…………and Erika was heading there right now

Erika was in her uniform…………this time wearing a loose-fitting sweater, but with her bust the sweater still struggled to conceal ………..her shoulder bag with her study materials was hanging from her shoulder………
She strode across the institute’s grounds………….supposedly heading towards the silent and studious library……..
When she came to the turn in the concrete path that headed to the library she turned instead in the opposite direction……….
She was heading towards the Administrative Centre………there she hoped to find information………..on who, she did not yet know……….
But this was where she could find out if any of the ‘Strangers’ was due a visit…………..preferably on Friday……………
Thursday would do at a pinch, but was not desirable…………..the unknown ‘She’ would be missed by someone………

She was thinking hard…………….her ponytail styled head was slightly down……….following the path
She eventually reached the concrete steps that led up to her final destination
A female student from another class passed her on her way out………
The girl had cheerily said ‘Morning’
Erika just ignored her and continued on her way………
The other girl just grimaced…………nasty cow she thought
But Erika was in no mood for pleasantries……….…except for those valuable to her plan…………she was saving her smiles and graces for those that mattered……….

Unaware that from now on she was seeing her classmates and others as enemies………….competition………….people she may have to fight…….

Once inside the marble layered foyer………she decided to skip up the ornate staircase that led to the second floor……….
She ignored the Wilhelmine period and metal grilled elevators on either side of the hall……..
The polished walnut walls had matched that of the elevator’s interiors………….the rich dark wood had been installed only halfway up……….the other half and the ceiling were ornately decorated with white plaster of Paris…….

A large and very real crystal chandelier hung centrally from the ceiling………

During the Kaisers day the institute was a finishing school for Leipzig’s young ladies……….and during the Great War a nursing school…………...and as the war progressed a convalescent hospital
During the Weimar years it had once again reverted to being a teaching establishment………in fact, it had trained aspiring girls to become themselves teachers…………and retained this role in the early Nazi period, the only difference being the curriculum and its obvious National Socialist slant……….
During the last war itself the grounds and buildings became a telephonist and signals school for female Luftwaffe personnel………

During all this time this one building only had retained most of its former grandeur………..
But if one really looked, visible scars could just be discerned under freshly layered paint, plaster and varnish……………
And now it served as the institute’s central administrative centre………only the flags and the message had changed………

Erika knew where she was going……..….as she trotted up the carpeted stairwell…………her strong and shapely legs were a blur of long white knee length socks……….

Two females in civilian clothes were striding along the landing of the first floor………….heading towards her……….
The carpeted floor prevented their shoes from making that distinctive click clacking sound as they walked……..
Unfortunately, they were not ‘Strangers’…………
One was an older woman, mid-fifties………stout, married and lived outside the institute……….Erika had no interest in her………
Her clothes and undies would be an impossibility anyway………

The other one with reddish brown and coifed hair………she did interest Erika
This one was much younger………
Erika slowed down her pace, less eager to pass, her face became serious as she nodded to them both in passing
Both women ignored her…………

Yet, Erika did not ignore the younger one………..Ilse Horn, an arrogant and aloof woman……..
Erika quickly noted her bright red lips……….thin lips on a small mouth…………dark eyes……….
As they walked on by in their black heeled shoes……….Horn’s being very high heeled, rather sexy and very desirable for a girl to wear, it made her taller………..
Erika whipped her head backwards for a quick parting view………then her head whipped back and faced forward………..
No one had noticed………

Erika had enjoyed what she had briefly snooped a look at………..

A tight light cream coloured long sleeved blouse, slightly transparent…………enough to observe that Ilse Horn was currently wearing a matching cream or ivory coloured full slip underneath…..…….the straps on and over her shoulders looked enchanting ………..and decidedly removable
She had a decent sized chest too……….comparable or near enough to Erika’s …………
Horn’s grey, black flecked woolen skirt was high on her waist and belted………….a grey worsted maybe………a long skirt that hugged her pert backside, hips and thighs………..
Her curved and round rump pumped like pistons as she marched on by…………

Erika envisaged a tight girdle under that lot………maybe a one-piece body shaper……….
But Erika would never know for sure……..
Ilse Horn was married, and again lived off site……….
Ilse Horns choices in undergarments were off limits and inaccessible………
As she had walked on by Horns rear vented skirt revealed her fine and shapely lower calf’s encased in a thin denier tan nylon complete with a dark straight seam on the back of each leg………
Very nice decided Erika, Ilse Horn was not bad looking and her dress sense was just what Erika was looking for………
But on someone else……….

Erika mounted the stairs to the second floor…………..

As she climbed the carpeted steps she mused with regret………
It was a shame about Ilse Horn
That woman, like all the women who worked in this building were married………..and lived outside of the facility………
And that was the basis of her slowly germinating plot……….she was looking for a female who lived and commuted off the compound……..
But she was at a loss who………..
They were all too well known to each other………that was the problem, she needed a stranger………someone new to the institute………….
There was only one person she knew who was in a position to inadvertently and innocently assist her…………….
And that person would become an unwitting accomplice in her nefarious plan………

Erika reached the second floor and walked down a corridor……….lined with patriotic socialist portraits and revolutionary scenes……….
Until finally she arrived at her destination……….
Fraulein or Leutnant Becks office………………but it was not Beck she was after

And Yes……….Hannah Beck, twenty-eight was one of Erika’s regulars……….she lived within the grounds of the institute
No secrets between these girls………..the only secret being that Hannah Beck had no idea that when she encountered Erika and acted all condescending and superior in attitude……….Erika had more than likely the night before been sniffing her panties and stockings……….

She peered around the corner…………..and looked inside the office
A lone woman sat at a desk……………busy in her paperwork………..
Erika smiled……….it appeared she was on her own………
She knew the woman who currently had her head down…………
Obviously scrutinizing and signing documents………..and occasionally using the pen within her small hand to add comments……….
Next to her on either side were the obligatory ‘in’ and ‘out’ wire baskets………the ‘in’ tray was brimming with paper

She was a smart and eye-catching woman……….in her mid-thirties………..her left hand sported a gold wedding band……….her finger nails had been coated in a red varnish
The gold band was for memories sake…………
Erika already knew that her husband had been reported missing during the war, somewhere out East, near to the South East of Leningrad if Erika had remembered it right, and with her acute and photographic memory she normally did………….the woman still lived in some hope………..
However slim as the years went by………..
Hence, the reason why she was still single…………..

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The woman could have easily remarried………….as well as remaining attractive she had also retained her feminine charm……….she oozed womanhood………….a woman the young Erika would like to be……..
The woman could choose her man………..if she wished it so

The woman had light auburn hair in a neat long bob that curled or flipped out at both ends…………her hair carefully parted on her right side, combed to the left…………partially hiding her forehead
Her small ears were adorned with small gold studs…….
She had round grey eyes……..marred only by the spider’s web of lines………stress of times past and sorrow felt in the present………….
She had been blessed with a small nose, downward turned lips adorned in a light pink lipstick…………her face a tight oblong in shape……..her chin pointed…………
She looked lean………….
Well, most people were still lean nowadays……..
She was a nice-looking lady………conservatively smart in her dress…………..
When she smiled one could still discern the young woman she had once been………..

The woman, a secretary, was attired in a light grey wool and viscose suit jacket, with clean cut lines and collars and when standing the jacket hung straight from her slim frame……….
She wore a white blouse underneath, the blouse was of a thin material, possibly rayon and was tight around her thin neck………a white ribbon like tie dangling from her thin and flawless throat………her outfit produced a smart and professional office look

Erika guessed what her skirt looked like……….currently invisible under her enclosed desk….
She had seen the outfit before………….
A matching skirt………..above the knee…….
This woman normally wore light tan stockings, real nylon too……….and a sensible pair of heeled office orientated shoes

Erika new her by name……..which was Frau Monika Koch……….and she genuinely liked her
Outwardly, Erika was renowned for taking a liking to everyone she met, she was sociable, articulate and likable………..and an excellent Socialist
Yet that reputation had been based on a carefully manufactured fraud, she lived a lie…………formed and perfected over a long time as she had watched, listened and learned………….

She had always remembered what Onkel had told her………..these Communists had murdered her Mama………..
They were not to be trusted……….use them yes, but never believe or put your faith into them………..
Her mind was always running….………never closing down………..always absorbing
She saw people, especially other females as just a means to an end……….
Unhealthily………men were still an enigma, her Onkel was a fleeting ghost held in awe…………
Erika was hiding a darkness, a darkness deep in her soul………..
And no one knew that that darkness was there……….

Yet, she genuinely liked and cared Frau Monika Koch and that was a rare event indeed……….

She meant no harm to the trusting and unsuspecting older woman…………even though she always desired and admired her attire, her looks, her wit and charm…………generally her style
She was not like the others…………
With Monika she would never intrude……….or invade
What Erika was after was information…………
Erika would fish……….like she knew how too………

Erika pursed her lips together…………..only her head was projecting around the corner of the white painted door frame………
‘Psst’ she hissed in a low whisper to get the secretary’s attention

Frau Koch immediately looked up to the source of the sound……………
She smiled when she saw Erika……....her eyes bright……..….inquisitive……..….intelligent

Erika with her right hand vigorously pointed to a door marked ‘H BECK’……..

The attractive and mature secretary said nothing and playfully replied with her own animated hand gestures………..vigorously pretending to consume repetitive drinks………
Frau Koch was employed as a mere secretary………..but she was more than that…….
Fraulein Hannah Beck was supposed to be in charge…………but her excessive drinking and hectic social life tended to get in the way…………
But typical with the system………...the female Army Leutnant on secondment was connected…………….
Monika Koch was the real power behind this throne……….…in reality she ran the show

Erika giggled……….like she was supposed to…………but she was here for a purpose
But she was still amused with comical riposte ………
The lady staff were generally bereft of humour………..

Frau Koch finally spoke……….her voice was soft, slightly cultured and very alluring

‘It’s okay this morning…………she has called in sick………..headache and stomach or something like that’
‘Her Highness may surface this afternoon……….wearing sunglasses probably’

Erika fully entered the office……….smiling, charming, especially in the school style uniform…….

‘Oh dear ………what a shame’ she cheerly offered ‘couldn’t have happened to anyone nicer’

‘That’s not polite ……….’ admonished Frau Koch………but was still smiling herself
She no affection either for Hannah Beck…….

‘Neither is she’ countered Erika, frowning

Frau Koch put down her pen………….
‘How are you today Erika’ she asked insincerely………..

Monika Koch liked Erika just as much………..she always had time for the girl, especially if no one was around eavesdropping or spying…………which was the norm
An institution full of females……….it did not take Socialism to encourage gossip……..

‘I am good Monika………and yourself’ she replied……….

Erika turned her head looking around the office………….with its filing cabinets and shelving full of file binders…………..
The carpet looked slightly worn……..a dark grey………..it may have been plush once………..

‘Busy………as usual………..she’s not one for paperwork is the lady Leutnant’
‘Keeps me employed though………..and I get more done when she is not around and interfering’
‘And talking of being occupied young Erika………..shouldn’t you be’

Monika Koch mimicked a stern and disapproving stare
Erika just looked coy……….innocent

‘Is not your class to submit your citizen placement paper by Friday……………aren’t you supposed to be buried in a book somewhere’……..she lost the mock look on her face………….
She looked concerned…………
She had noted that Erika grimaced, suddenly losing her happy and charming demeanour……..
Erika did not know this aspect on the origins Monika’s outward friendliness………..that ostensibly at least Erika reminded her of her younger self in happier times…………

It all felt so long ago……….and so did Erich

‘I am taking a break………writers block’ Erika lifted her shoulders in a shrug and then proceeded to make stabbing motions towards her head……….likewise, causing her shoulder bag to rock back and fore………
The rapid movement also caused her ample bosom to gyrate under her sweater……….after all, her issued soft cotton bra was not a rigidly constructed garment………
Erika knew, unlike what these ladies wore around their chests hers was rather cheap and not up to the job………

Erika gave the impression she was tired with it all………she stopped smiling, suddenly looking serious
‘Today I have had enough of it all Monika’ she looked away………..hoping for a little compassion or fellow female understanding……….
Playing the older woman like a fiddle………..hopefully

Monika Koch knew Erika was a serious student……….one of the top performers in her class
She would not be that stupid or irresponsible enough to throw away a much-desired career………..she was being groomed, like all the girls to slot into future top positions within the system……….it was not an opportunity to be thrown away lightly………

She also knew Erika to be a party zealot……….….around others at least

But Monika had detected certain pleasing traits within this girl…………
Monika had found all the others tended to act like preprogrammed automatons or where just cardboard cut outs………..although they all looked pretty and normal there was nothing there……….
It had secretly broken Monika’s heart what they were doing to them all………..robbing them of their youth………..

But with Erika Kreuz she had detected traces of normal behaviour, like herself and others used to be like, before the war, before even those pigs in brown and black had shown up……….
Monika Koch would be disappointed in her understanding and expectations regarding Erika Kreuz

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After today, although she did not yet know it………...the both of them would never speak to each other or ever meet again…………

Monika now saw the girl……..….she had to remind and correct herself in that particular perception
Erka was a young woman now…………starting a new chapter in her life
And right now, she did not see the party apparatchik or state functionary in her neat and ironed uniform standing there before her……..…someone evidently and overtly practical…………something cold…………something to be used for unethical purposes………….like State Security

A shame really that she wanted to work in the bureau in the first place…………..she remembered those Gestapo types, those SS………the MFS now, the same people most of the time…………and more recently the NKVD………maybe they were still called that, they kept changing the names and letters…………they all had
Whatever the name……..in any system………they were all the same

‘Well, I do not have to preach to you, but don’t be too overly confident and mess it up right at the end of it all…………that would be a shame’
For Erika’s sake she was sincere in her words…………..

‘I know Monika……….not at this late stage in the game’ replied Erika, pretending to take an interest in all the paper work that the secretary had accumulated…………..
‘I am going to the library straight after this’…………
She feigned sadness………..
‘I have to, I have no choice’

Monika had just finished checking and signing some audit requests from the facilities and maintenance department………..
‘Make sure you do……..do you want to do this all your life’ she indicated with her nail varnished fingers at the stack of paper………

‘You look alright doing it’ whispered Erika…………the thought of being a mere secretary filled her with horror…………..

Monikia stared at her………serious
‘The money is no good, but the extra ration coupons help’
‘Do you want to live on coupons Erika’

She did not mention the black market, she knew people there……….
Hence why she had some good quality clothes, decent underwear and real silk stockings…………
She tried to lighten the mood………….cheer the girl up and get her back to studying……..

‘Anyway……….you’re not missing much here every day………..apart from Fraulein Becks happy go lucky morning repertoire’
She made the same rapid drinking movements with her right hand

Yes…………thought Erika………if, no when…….she joined State Security she would root out the likes of Hannah Beck…………
They were weak specimens, undermining the state………traitors in their own way, just as dangerous as the capitalists…………people like her had no right being in positions of authority………wearing the uniform representing their glorious Army………..
She would enjoy patriotic tasks like that……….

Even though Onkel had warned her……..and generally she did detest and despise her fellow comrades…………but over time and with the constant exposure to the constant indoctrination she had begun to believe……….only that the West was indeed wicked and aggressive in its intent……….they wanted to kill them all…….

Instead, she meekly replied………….and grinned a little
‘You are a patient woman Monika’

Monika looked up………that was an inciteful and very adult comment, and pretty much accurate too……….but like everyone else she knew she needed the job……….
There was not that much to buy anyway except for the essentials in life……….and foreign travel had been banned………...long ago
Monika Koch had never been outside of Germany…………..even a trip down the Rhine was out of the question nowadays…………

‘Yes I am’ was all she could manage to say…………
She was feeling a little depressed now…………
That was what Erika was aiming to accomplish……….she was peeling Monika like an orange………..

Erika was now looking at a graph chart on the wall…….
The chart proudly declared the progress of the States education program last year…………in comparison to the year before…………..this year obviously sported rising graph lines………………..

Erika casually asked……….
‘Anything big on this week……….apart from my class that is’
Now was the time to start fishing for what she came here for…………information

Frau Koch selected another packet of papers………...more official looking forms

‘Well………your class with their study week have produced a plethora of urgent leave applications……….starting this morning’ there was lightness in Monika’s tone

‘Really’ Erika was really intrigued………who was jumping ship

‘Yes……..…and that’s big in my week as you casually stated……….they take ages to process and record’ said Frau Koch…………starting to sort through said applications……..

‘Your instructors have little to do now this week………they see that their work is done I suppose………for now at least’
‘So, they have all decided to have a fun week………leave and travel permits galore’
Her nailed fingers ran through the pile of papers like playing cards…………

‘So, they will all be gone’ asked Erika……….that sounded positive………..no lady instructors around, badgering them all…………and her……………and no poking their noses into their free time like they tended to always do………

Monika had taken note of the question; Erika could see the uncertainty in her cute eyes and sensual eyes……
Why the interest in her instructors……..

And after all Erika knew them all and their habits, Monika was not as rigid and thick headed like some of those so-called ladies……….in their free time they all tended to be the ‘Nickers off brigade of the Peoples Army’

But Monika saw the interest as something more innocent and more natural……….
‘Don’t you and the girls get your hopes up’ Frau Koch looked up and gave her mischievous grin………
‘Fraulein’s Ziegler and Voigt got the short straw………..’

Erika retained the names………Silke Voigt and Margaretta Ziegler

‘They will work the shifts to keep an eye on you lot………..and make sure that all remains well and in order’………………..
Erika always thought that Frau Koch had a charming and cheeky grin………

Erika detested the whores that the state had placed over them………
Those hypocritical rutting swine making sure all was in order…………lording purity and chastity for the benefit of the state………
What a laugh……..
They set the worst example……..…everyone in the class knew so………..the whole institute probably………..
The first chance they got when off duty they were at it………….
Erika had seen and had thoroughly touched up what they wore under those tight dresses and skirts when they slipped out of the main gate at night……….
She wondered if they were the same with the random men she knew they all slept with……….were they still unsmiling and dour as they were stripped, holding those same detached facial expressions with their legs spread and hitched up as those men mounted them and pumped away………..

Maybe not………..some at least

So……..most of the female instructors would be away………….

‘When are they all coming back……’ she enquired

‘Monday………they will be with you all for at least another week……….awaiting a new class or reassignment’

Erika pretended to be uninterested………….her questions casual as if she was struggling to find something to say
So, their rooms……….and their contents would be available to assist her in her plan
That was very convenient……….the concept of synchronicity was starting to form……….

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When apparently just by sheer fate and random decision making, various and seemingly different events were starting to converge………and for Erika creating an opportunity………

Erika sighed………..
‘A quiet week then………..one without them giving us orders all day………’ she smiled ‘that will make a change’
‘I must be off soon’ she threw in……..

‘Good………..go and study lazy bones’ said Monika ‘I have my papers and pen to keep me company all day’…………all in heavy sarcasm………

All rather casually Erika asked………looking nervous at the same time and wringing her hands………..
‘No one coming at all………..to check on us………give us another speech extolling the virtues of our great Socialist education…………on how superior we are to our Capitalist lackey cousins just across the border……’ she smiled as she said it………
‘To give us a rounding send off before we all depart on separate ways’ she added, with a slight bitterness too……….

Would Monika pick up on that……….and try and calm her supposed fears…………Erika was after sympathy

‘Now, Now, Erika……..you will get yourself into trouble saying things like that’ Monika was also smirking
And added……..’Not around me anyway’

She placed her pen down……..
‘And since you asked we only have the courier visiting this week’

‘The courier’ Erika tilted her head inquisitively…………almost childlike in its motion

‘Of course……….from the Leipzig Ministry, they collect the sealed reports on your lot, including your final exam grades and the recommendation from the Frau Direktorin………….from there they go to the Central Office in Berlin’
Monika saw the puzzled look on the girl’s face…………

Girl……..she inwardly scolded herself, she must stop thinking of Erika as a mere girl……….not with that sized bust anyway………
Monika could not help but notice the large protuberance under that sweater………..
She continued……….

‘The decisions made here have to be authorized by someone higher up Erika…………that’s why next week is your last at the institute…………they signal back the authorization and posting list’

‘Oh’ said Erika…………still outwardly not convinced………..

‘Didn’t any of your instructors explain all this’ asked Monika……….slightly exasperated with those so called ‘Uniformed Guardians of Socialism’………..

Just like those before…………the ‘Party wenches’…….’The Block Fuhrers’…………generally dim and mediocre people……………which under a normal system of government would remain were they were supposed to be in life………….sweeping the street or working behind a shop counter……….

‘Nor really’ a little naiveness and immaturity went a long way here thought Erika………..and of course she knew………….

‘I thought they went by special post or something………..a dispatch rider maybe’ offered Erika, sounding a little childlike

Monika sighed…………taken in by the girl’s apparent innocence…………..and supposed lack of knowledge on how the real world worked………….

‘A courier upstairs signs for them personally from the Frau Direktoren’ she explained once more ‘from there to the Saxon State Ministry’

‘No explained that’ said Erika………….lying of course

‘Well, I just have…..twice’ said Monika ‘I have put you out of your misery and ignorance’

Erika tested…………..fishing for more………..
Again, that naive and childlike curiosity and excitement………….

‘A boy maybe………..from outside………….in the institute……….I hope he is young and handsome’ the way she said made her cringe herself……….her true feelings being the complete opposite

Monika frowned at that………….
Noting again Erikas’ adult sized chest………….her wide hips………….she was a good-looking young woman……….and that’s what she was scared of………
Erika, like her classmates had lived a sheltered life so far……….or so she assumed………
She would be like a lamb among wolves out there………..

‘Don’t get your hopes up…………….and do not go throwing yourself at the first Lothario that you run into when you leave here………..you can trust me on that’ she sounded stern all of a sudden
‘You have a chance of a rewarding life outside Erika………you can choose how you live, by your own rules……………and not dictated to by the father of your children or worse……………and when I mean children I mean the vast brood the party will wish you to have’…………….

She was thinking of all those lost in the war………including her Erich, he had not been like that, then the Army had taken him away………………
‘Do you just want to be a housewife………’ she gave Erika that look………….
Never mentioning the option of an abortion outside of wedlock………..God forbid

She saw the girl lower her good-looking head…………….her face a little crimson
Her hands in front of her…………

Monika cursed inside………..she had overdone it there……….or so she thought
She was playing to Erika’s tune and was nor even aware of the fact…….

Monika sounded chirpier instead………….she had no wish to unnecessarily upset the girl…..……….Erika would find out the ugly side of life soon enough herself………..
Was it for Monika Koch do destroy every young girls dream of finding a ‘Prince’ or a ‘Knight in Shining Armour’

‘Okay, so be it………..and yes ………often young’ she offered in a lighter tone
Erika looked up……face expectant
Monika filled in the confusing pause
‘But a man……sorry….….and the answer is no’ smiled Monika ‘no men beyond the main gate, you know that………..only the maintenance and caretaker staff’

There it was…….. synchronicity again…….
Different events converging her way……….

‘How old is she’
Erika sounded incredulous and disappointed……….in fact she was feeling euphoric
This could be it……….what and who she had been looking for………her vessel to impersonate……..her tool for success

‘That’s a strange question……….why the sudden interest in her age……….’asked Monika, her tone suspicious, her head cocked to one side……..
She was very pretty posed like that……..
Monika had obviously picked up on why the females age meant something to Erika……..
Erika had slipped……….maybe it was the eagerness and glint in her eyes………..
Erika thought fast………like she had been trained to do………

‘Well……...if a young woman can do that job……….maybe so could I’

Monika was caught off guard………
What happened to being the Super State Security apprentice……….the Secret Police
Monika explained without thinking………her thoughts knocked off balance by the sudden interest in pursuing another career……..

‘Well yes generally………...not much older than you actually…………they are normally the office assistants………..just getting their little feet on the first rung of the ladder so to speak’
‘I have never encountered middle or senior party officials visit just to collect confidential papers………the office juniors do that type of work’

‘What time does she arrive’ asked Monika……..hitting her with rapid questions

‘Around 11:30 at the main gate, they drive in from the city……….’
Monika asked again………eyes inquisitive……..
‘Why’

‘Nothing special I suppose………’ she pretended to be thinking
‘Maybe I could meet her and ask about her job………….what’s it like and so forth’

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Monika was totally perplexed by the complete turnaround…………..
Erika added……..quickly, seeing the confusion on Monika’s face…………

‘Or, I can get my paper in early………and hopefully the weather will hold and I’ll go for a swim down at the lake……….and forget it all’
Erika looking wistful now……..

‘Sounds good’ said Monika not entirely convinced……

Erika saw that look……….like what are you up too……..or doing
Erika was nothing if not quick off the mark…………

‘Well, it’s something else actually……….that’s why I really came to see you’
Monika gave her a look………well, go on…………she was interested
Erika pretended to look a little sheepish………..
‘You’re not like the others Monika………and in a good way too’
That was the truth………..which was a rarity coming from Erika’s mouth lately

The woman just looked up at her……….her elbows now on the cluttered desk, her suit sleeves a little wrinkled…………...her hands under her chin……….

Erika faked a delay in replying……….pretending that she was looking for the correct words
The woman was listening……….

‘I was thinking of choosing a different career, that’s all………. and I wanted some advice’ now she looked sheepish………a little embarrassed at just saying the words
‘I could not ask the instructors’ she almost wailed ‘they would report me, as if I had doubts about the party’
‘Stating that you did not really want to join State Security would be like saying Fuck you’
She put her hand to her mouth
‘Sorry’

Monika was impressed………..and hopeful
Regardless of all the evil in the world there was still hope…..

‘It’s okay Erika’ that’s all she could say on the sudden use of foul language……….

She indicated with her ringed hand to keep her voice low…………and spoke in a subdued tone
But first she checked no one was walking by her office…………as far as she knew she was the only one in at the moment……….
She had heard and saw no one…………….
So, she spoke……….this was dangerous talk now…………

‘But I thought being in State Security was everything you wanted’

‘Yes and no really’ Erika lied through her teeth…….
‘I have been studying for so long……….obeying rules and regulations……’

Monika was inwardly pleased………Erika’s decent soul deserved better
How wrong she was she would and could never comprehend………

Erika continued………..
‘Maybe I want more in life rather than being just a state functionary………..indoctrinating others all the time seven days a week, every hour of the day……….spouting the party line’
‘I need time to breath………..find myself’

She did sound and look very convincing………..
After all, she had been hiding her true self and her peculiar fetish for a long time………….
She would not look at Monika in the eye………..she was getting good at acting

‘To watch and spy on what others are doing with their lives………keeping files and reports on them……….documenting them as mere things………….or worse’
‘It does not seem right……….there is something wrong there and I feel it so’
Now she looked guilty……….
‘Is it not true that we all feel, love and just want to live life……….the will to survive and be happy as best we can be’

Monika was truly touched…………there was hope for society at last………
After all that had happened………..the ugliness of the thirties………..the war…………the starvation, the rubble and desolation……………then this equally distasteful regime……………and now this Cold War………
It was never ending…………yet this so-called product of the state standing before her…………..athletic and beautiful…………after years of indoctrination
Stating what she truly believed as a human being……..
Well……..she was just a young woman……….and most of all a frightened human being…………
Erika could do better than being a member of the secret police………….it would scar her forever……..

Monika suddenly felt disarmed……….as if she were naked
A little lost in time………….
Her arms now lay at her side………..her shoulders back on her chair………….her decent sized breasts under her clothes suddenly became more noticeable…………..pushing against her high buttoned up grey suit jacket
A sight not lost on Erika…………who pretended not to see
All she could mutter
‘It’s your life Erika……….we only have one’

‘Is it a crime to have a little fun……..maybe while you are still young enough to enjoy it’ Erika knew she had her…..

‘Of course,’ Monika was getting a little emotional now……….

Erika looked down and smiled at Monika……… ………….whose eyes looked a little moist……….
Monika Koch suddenly pushed back on her chair and stood up……..…..

As Erika had known, just by seeing Monika’s suit jacket………..she was wearing the tight grey matching skirt, well above her nice knees…………
Monika had nice legs and Erika had always liked stealing glimpses of them when she was not looking……
She would have liked to do more than just peek……….
If she had been allowed Erika would have enjoyed sliding her hands all over Monika’s legs and feet…….relishing the womanly feel of nylon over soft skin……….exploring where there must be a suspender strap or two……….

The skirt was stretched over her midriff…………..showing the delightful curve of her feminine stomach………her invisible panties must follow that same curve………..
She had strong thighs……….and good hips………….her backside was equally pert and juicy enough to squeeze……….which Erika had always ached to do………..

Any man would be lucky in life to bed her thought Erika………..and for the first time she actually thought maybe she herself…….……..
But Monika was off limits………and Erika was convinced that any lewd advances would be rebuffed……..

Monika’s legs looked good in those light tan stockings…….her skin tone was naturally white, her legs encased in the nylon now looked bronzed and tanned by the sun……….

Erika imagined what must be a garter belt underneath that skirt, similar to those she had handled on her nocturnal visits………
Surely Monika would be wearing something comparable ………..
No evidence of suspender bumps on her thighs……….
Therefore, she must be wearing a complimentary underskirt or slip…………a short slip too, with a high hemline on her upper legs………..enough to hide her suspenders………….easing them over the skirt as she moved around as nature intended her to do so………..
Erika had not once ever caught a glimpse of any of Monika’s slips………and she had tried
Even those grey and sensibly heeled leather shoes looked rather chic on her small feet……..
Erika visualized varnished toe nails under a dark reinforced seam……….

Without even trying Monika had managed to dress in such a fashion that Erika would have readily and hungrily torn her clothes off…….

Instead, despite Erika's overhyped and vivid imagination………..Monika just approached her with extended arms, ready to embrace……..

‘Come here child…………’Monika could not help herself in saying that………….

Erika responded and they both embraced each other in tight hug………

Monika, with her head on and over Erika’s shoulder began to softly pat the girl on the back and offered consolation

‘It will be alright Erika’………….obviously assuming that the girl was confused and a little distraught
Erika was not………..instead she had been aroused………..…sexually

Erika’s head was likewise on and over Monika’s shoulder, her face very close to her neck…………
The beguiled woman innocently and in a more maternal or sisterly fashion gave her a touching and compassionate hug……….
Not so the girl………..she held Monika tight
Erika was very attuned and conscious to the fact that her rounded breasts were pressing into those of Monika………
Their chests were squeezed together in the tight embrace……….
Erika had not been this close to anyone before……….except Onkel, a long time ago……….
Erika pressed harder, imagining the meeting of brassieres, nipples and teats………
Erika was younger……..but she was the bigger in bust………
She pretended to sigh and sound emotional, agitating her stance like she was upset……...all as an excuse to slide her bigger tits over those of Monika’s……..
Her sighs were not faked……....but for a different reason than the trusting Monika had assumed……..
Erika had felt some movement between their respective female chests……….the quiver of rounded mounds fondling against each other……..
But the jacket and Monika’s bra resisted the movement………the blouse was a light cotton; it was the suit jacket……..and what must be a sturdy and supportive bra worn by the older woman……..
It was not Erika’s Bra that was for sure…………its cheapness and appalling design ensured Erika’s breasts shifted like the tide breaking on a shore………

Monika was unaware of the illicit intrusion……..as the movements were subtle………outwardly innocent
And any untoward gestures of a sexual nature would have been totally unexpected……….and incomprehensible

Erika was also staring at that slim neck of hers……….so close to her tongue……….the soft white skin……..she breathed in the woman’s perfume……….soft and sweet, a gentle and typically feminine fragrance…………

She was so close………..amazed at all the detail she could see………..
The woman’s small ear……….the gold stud inserted into the woman’s lobe………..there was more than one piercing there…………tiny holes until know never noticed
She had never been this close to another female………..never like this……….

The wisps of Monika's hair………….
She had a sudden and incomprehensible urger to start licking her neck………..or to kiss it
She fought that urge but it was not easy………..
Erika experienced a twinge within her stomach……….
A nice yet urgent tingling between her legs………..

Her hands were firmly on the woman’s upper back………
On first glance it appeared to be a touching paternalistic or sisterly display of female understanding……….one woman to another
Erika’s hands lingered longer………not patting but caressing
In itself not an obviously sinister and creepy movement…………just a display of mutual empathy

In fact, Erika was attempting to detect the unsuspecting woman’s underwear beneath her suit jacket and blouse……..

Erika’s disturbed mind flashed an image……….
Instead of Monika being within these clothes………or wearing the bra that Erika could just detect with her hands…….it would be Erika herself inside them all……..
Monika's’ panties and stockings too………..the whole assemblage………….everything

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She ached to look and act loke Monika Koch……..
Erika shuddered slightly with the suppressed urge surging through her fit and young body
Monika felt the girl trembling……….

‘There there………it will be alright’ she cooed

Monika had taken this trembling as another sign of the girl’s distress and confusion……….she had hugged the girl harder in her ignorance………….
Never in world could she comprehend that Erika was fantasizing on wearing her clothes………even her underwear ………..and relishing the close proximity to her body………..touching her up
Monika would have reeled in horror and disgust if she had known that Erika’s until now latent lesbian tendencies had finally fully surfaced………..and the girl had finally accepted her calling……….

Erika’s hands were still on her back………but Monika did not realize that the girl was very close to sliding her hands down to her pert and rounded bottom……….
Which unknown to Erika was encased in a tight white satin panty girdle……….

Suddenly………almost like she sensed something was frightfully wrong with the current and intimate looking setting………….Monika came to her senses before someone appeared from the hallway outside
It did not do to offer emotional support to a student……….she had learnt that it went against the creed of their sense of discipline……..as if displaying emotion was a sin………
A charge of corrupting this new youth may lead to her losing the job………....or worse
It would be held against her……….she would be accused of sabotaging the future of the state……….making them somehow weak, just for being and feeling human……….
She had seen it all before……….
God, would it never end…………...

‘Come on you……..back to work’ she offered……….…before she herself broke into tears

Erika reluctantly broke the embrace………
Her heart was racing, blood pumping…………..she was still trembling in pent up and erotic frustration…….
Her chest was sore………
Her own nipples were erect inside her soft cotton bra………..chafing against the cheap material……….
Her engorged teats were just visible under the woolen sweater………..but Monika had failed to notice the difference……….
And why would she……………..she had already turned around

Monika returned to her desk……….
Erika placed her arms around her chest……..hiding the protuberance until the swelling subsided

The girl watched Monika’s hips sway..........the cheeks of her juicy derriere under that equally tight skirt……………those tan stockings and shoes
Her mouth had become dry………

Erika had never been that close to another woman before………..and she had just discovered that she had liked it………..liked it a lot
It was not a surprise really………inside she had already known, but had resisted the truth
Her late-night forays into other women’s bedrooms must have been a dead giveaway………
Erika had finally realized that she preferred other girls………..not to talk to either……..…but to have sex

But she had come here for another reason………otherwise it would be all for nothing
She fought her secret and surging desires………

‘Monika………’ her voice a little croaked………...she coughed and cleared her throat

‘Yes Dear’ was the reply………..a little formal too now

Erika swallowed, still enchanted and overwhelmed with the encounter………...the smell of Monika still lingered within her nose

‘I would like to meet this girl, the courier………and ask her what it is like to work at the Ministry of Education………...here in Leipzig………..after all this time it’s my home………..and really see if it is worth the risk of not enlisting in the bureau………..to create something normal in life’
She pleaded…………
‘I will not be long………just to see what she thinks, I can tell if someone is lying……….and I will not tell that you were involved……….honest’

Her voice once more sounded like a teenager………….imploring
Erika hoped that her request would be hard to refuse…………she had worked hard at getting this far

Monika Koch was now behind her desk and her backside placed on the seat of the chair………...her emotions once more in check……………….
But she was a little nervous now…………and it was not in the knowledge that she had finally realized that she had been furtively fondled and abused……….
Of that she was still ignorant…………

She paused………did she really want to get involved………
She had survived so far by keeping a distance from everyone she had encountered………..her own family were gone, swept away…………
Why now be open………….
It always led to exposure, weakness………and danger………..

My God……….she sounded like them all from before………..looking away at what was going on……….pretending that life was normal………..

Monika saw the look on Erika’s face…………..surely, she deserved more than becoming a secret policewoman………….a trained thug, an expert in torture…………

‘That, sounds really good Erika………a very good idea indeed………..to get another perspective’ her voice low
She wanted to end the conversation…………it was all too complicated
Monika was aware that she was exposing herself………..
The only way to end this feeling of awkwardness was to end the conversation………….
Monika had decided………..
She warned Erika………..
‘But do not get carried away……….remain neutral, no emotions………keep the conversation impartial and do not repeat what you have said to me for God’s sake’
‘You cannot trust anyone Erika’

Erika nodded………her face eager, which was genuine reaction
‘I understand……...it will only a chat……….between girls……….you know’ she offered………..

‘No……I do not know……..I haven’t been a girl for a long time’ Monika’s tone was a little snappy…….

Erika inside laughed at that……..you can say that again……….remembering how Monika’s body felt under her hands……….
Monika was getting irritated now……Erika could see the change in her
She had outstayed her welcome………
Erika took the warning……….…it was time to leave……..she just needed a little more information on this courier………

‘If I met her it would be polite to know her name’………Erika coyly asked

‘Erika…….Fraulein Beck may come in at any moment’ she looked annoyed

Monika relented and turned to her appointment’s ledger…………
‘Oh alright….…..but then leave me in peace……..it’s been a stinker of a morning already’ but she did smile saying the words……

‘Sorry’ was all Erika could lamely reply………

‘Let me see………..politeness costs nothing I suppose……….even in this age’ Monika said to herself

The woman leafed through a few pages…………until

‘Here we are………..a Fraulein Paula Schreiber, Employment and Statistics Bureau 2B………should arrive at the Main Gate around noon……..and not 11:30’

And just like that Erika had achieved the real goal of the visit…………
Time waited for no man………..or woman in this case
Erika did not want to press her luck………..she had imposed herself enough on Monika Koch for one day………
And the unexpected fumble and grope had been truly thrilling………..outstandingly rousing
Erika was sure her panties were moist between her legs……….that sensation was not novel in itself, her unsanctioned trips in handling other woman’s lingerie had produced similar results………

‘Thank you Monika……..you are most kind’
Erika smiled………her facial expression transformed

‘My pleasure Erika………….’
Even though she felt some unease Monika Koch felt as if she had done something good today

‘Well……….I’m off to the library…..……have a nice day Monika’
Erika looked cheerier ………and this time she genuinely was………….but not for the reason Monika thought………
Unwittingly Monika had just set up a totally innocent young woman for a traumatizing ambush………

‘You too Erika……..thanks for stopping by’
Monika returned to her pile of paperwork, in this case the leave applications…………it was going to be a long day………….and the unstable and generally obnoxious Fraulein Beck had not decided to grace the office yet………….

‘And come back on Friday and tell me how it went’ she added

‘Bye Bye……..I will’…………and with that Erika left her office………….

They would never see each other again………….
And Monika Koch’s faith in human kind would once more be shattered………..

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Now it was Wednesday……….

After leaving the office of Monika Koch……..Erika had not lied, after all she had obtained the information she had required………..by chance too………….
Events were converging………….and fast
Synchronicity……………….

So, for the rest of yesterday Erika had visited the library and like the others she had prepared a treatise on the question or questions provided………….

Unlike most of the others she did not labour under the assignment, in fact, she found the task quite undemanding and if she had wished she could have submitted the paper before Fridays deadline……….
The paper supported by her faultless record would have insured a most prestigious position in one of the State’s departments of power, that would have satisfied most………….but not Erika Kreuz
That paper and her lowly social status would not get her into the Bureau of State Security………….

Lina Aberbach, the bitch had been chosen, she was now quite sure of that especially after Fraulein Feldhofs act on indiscretion………..
It was taking all her ingrained discipline just to remain civil to her just when in passing…………

But what Erika intended would be a bonus submission for the final exam, which would hopefully catapult her to the top………surpassing that of her competition………..
Either that or Erika would be thrown into a black hole………..and the trap door above would be slammed shut………..

When lying on her bed Tuesday morning she had briefly toyed with the idea of making Lina Aberbach briefly disappear before Friday’s submission….………..
Nothing extreme…………just a kidnapping, holding her somewhere dark and isolated………..
But still, that would not work either………..there would be no doubt a stiff penalty, probably prison time and a lifetime of back breaking toil somewhere……..…even the Gulag
Plus, Aberbach was pretty skilled at self-defence……….she would be no pushover to overwhelm
Erika had no access to drugs like sedatives……....or even better chloroform
She had seen that being used in the films that they had all occasionally watched…………..that was before the institute’s cinema had been closed down………
Occasionally it still ran a show……….but only Soviet Films, sanctioned by the state

Then there was the other one…………
But Endres was not the real threat now for the top slot……..….
Erika felt confident in that deduction…………….

So instead, thanks to the unwitting assistance of Monika Koch she was preparing for the visit of a certain Paula Schreiber……………
Preparing to give her a warm welcome indeed………..but there were still a lot of variables, problems that were unknown………..and the unknown could be fatal in executing a planned operation……..however well thought out and executed……….
But right now……….thanks to providence and a little astute cajoling…………the unaware and complete outsider Paula Schrieber was her best option………….
This unknown female was actually a workable choice…………the more Erika thought about her the more upbeat she became………..

So, there were practical tasks that Erika needed to prepare before the girl arrived……….
And these tasks involved utilizing those nefarious skills gained at night when visiting other women’s sleeping quarters………and the other was her intimate knowledge on what all those women wore on and over their respective bodies………..

The Wednesday morning parade at been taken by Fraulein Voigt……….who herself made herself scarce soon after roll call………..
Frau Koch had been most correct………the other ladies had suddenly disappeared overnight……….
The institutes cloying supervision and oversight had slackened considerably...………they had already assumed that their task was done……….

Once again……..like the others that morning Erika had spent time within the library………..she did not want to arouse any undue attention by mysteriously disappearing from the pack………and raise any suspicions by vanishing for long periods of time…….

But disappear she did………….when the others were less likely to notice that she had done so……..

It was approaching the lunchtime break……….and as always the institute bell sounded at noon

Erika had feigned that she felt a little faint and informed the stout and mature lady librarian that she was going back to her room to have a lie down……….
She did indeed return to her dormitory……….but not to lie down in her room……….

Instead upon entering through the dark and classical double doors and making for her room as per usual…………she had instead halted within the arched doorway………..
Standing smartly in her uniform……….a picture of youthful beauty

Directly to her front was the stairwell that led up to her level of rooms………..plus those of the lady instructors assigned to this block………..
To her left was the door that led to the basement………….
On her right was the metal grilled service elevator that led to the upper floor and again the basement……..also on the right was the small office that belonged to the duty instructor…………
Normally manned during the institute’s silent hours, but after the surge of sudden leave applications it had remained vacant………
Synchronicity once more………..

Kreuz decided on the using stairwell……….she did not want to advertise her presence within the building by operating the aged elevator………..when in use it tended to create a racket………much to the occupant’s annoyance……….
She reached the heavy basement door…….
She quietly opened it, looking over shoulder just in case she was being observed………all was clear, most of the people would be at lunch right now……….

Erika gingerly proceeded to descend the old granite steps………..her footsteps not that loud as she was wearing the uniform issued flats………

She finally reached the basement……….it was silent……………..a white painted corridor with four doors either side…………
The lights, which were bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling were not turned on…………natural light filtered into the subterranean corridor via the small windows set at ground level………….
No lights and silent………that was a good sign………….
She called out………
‘Oskar……….’
There was no reply………she waited, just in case

Oskar Thomas was the caretaker of all five dormitories………..he was in his seventies
An unusual gesture of compassion by the state……….
Oskar had worked within the institute well before the war………before the National Socialists had taken control……….
He was KPD since 1919………….or in simple terms a Communist, rumour had it that he had once known Ernst Thalmann………..
But that was the trend with these regimes, while they exist………….everyone knew someone at some time……….
Nowadays……….…no one was a Nazi in Germany…………..or a bourgeois capitalist

But unlike Thalmann, Oskar had gone underground……….he had become a submarine to use the parlance of the day……….
He was native to Saxony………..and had been allowed to live out his final days in a place that reminded him of happier times………..
Either that or that he had always enjoyed being surrounded by nubile young females……..
No one asked……….and he had never done anything untoward or suspicious……..
The students and staff generally liked him………..maybe feeling sorry for a man who had lost his family and friends during the war and at the hands of previous and rather odious regime………

He was assisted in his duties by the younger members of the institute’s tradesman and labourers……..but old Oscar had his little office within the basement of her dormitory block………
She had been down here many times, having a chat now and again and was very familiar with the layout and what lay behind those doors………
It was what lay behind those doors and not old Thomas that she was interested in……
They were used for storage………….beds, wardrobes, carpets and mirrors………..spare light bulbs, tools and electric cables……….

‘Hello……..anyone’ she called once more……….
Once again her challenge was met with silence……………
The basement appeared to be deserted……..hopefully they were all at the staff canteen………or dozing somewhere

She silently walked up the corridor passing the wooden door marked ‘104’

At the end of the corridor there was the grated service elevator………tucked over to the left was Oskar’s office door…….

She walked over………and turned the handle………..
It turned and clicked……..
Good old and trusting Oskar……..
She checked over her shoulder and then entered the office……..

It was more of a cubby hole than a dedicated office space……….
Erika pulled the dangling cord that was the light switch…………..the bare bulb provided a dull glow………..it was a low wattage bulb
The space was untidy………but no doubt organized in a way that Oskar could locate anything he needed……
There were tools and building diagrams all over…………...some rolled up and left in a corner
Shelves contained boxes of screws, nuts and bolts……..hammers and screwdrivers……..
Another shelf held various ledgers………

An old wooden swing chair sat at a small desk……….
The said working desk was cluttered with notes, paper and pens………and the odd pencil and ruler
On the desk and facing the chair was an old wooden key press, screwed to the table by Oscar……….the key hooks were nails with hanging numbered keys……

She quickly spied the key marked ‘104’ and removed it……..

She opened one of the drawers set in the desk………..initially she had no luck on what she was looking for
On her third attempt she found something suitable………
A key that resembled the one marked ‘104’……..

She removed the original from its key ring and replaced it with the one from the drawer………
The counterfeit key ‘104’ was rehung on the rack of keys……..it looked no different from the others
Oskar, upon his return would not know the difference
If the old man casually looked at his key press…….it would appear that no keys were missing
She slipped the real key ‘104’ in her skirts side pocket

Erika made sure all the drawers were closed……………
She pulled the cord and the light went out
She carefully slipped out of the office and made sure the door was secure behind her……….

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She made her way back the way she had come………….finally standing outside the door marked ‘104’

She looked left and right……..no one was there, no footfall could be heard from the stairwell………the elevator had not activated
She retrieved the key from her hip pocket………..
She inserted the key and turned………..the lock tumbler turned and clicked
She pushed open the door and entered……….swiftly closing the door behind herself

This was to be the scene of the crime………..

The room inside, as expected was currently being used for storage…………basically for the dormitory furniture if and when required……….or the in the opposite case that it was not………

The room was of a decent size……….once again, natural daylight filtered through via two ground level windows………..both rectangular in shape………
A few dust motes glided through the light………
But more importantly Erika was satisfied that she had enough light to do what she intended to do to Fraulein Schreiber……………
On Friday she did not intend to turn on the lights and draw any undue attention………..not during the working day when tradesmen were about and may be attracted to the light like moths………….

Erika glanced at the lined up and disassembled beds…………….they were exactly the same as the one she slept in every night……….
They were old military style beds, painted white………ex Luftwaffe stock from the days when the also Ex ‘Helferinnen’ had graced their tired bodies in prodigious numbers back in the war………
A Steel framed wire spring bedstead that slotted in a low head board and foot board……..

She needed to assemble one……….
And those springs were noisy………the mattresses were thin…….…underneath her own bed she had inserted old and collapsed cardboard boxes to deaden the constant creaking noise of the iron springs………
She would do the same here………..the bed would need the extra cladding to deaden the anticipated and heightened spring noise caused by Paula Schreiber…………...the said young woman having no idea yet………
She was out there somewhere totally oblivious to the trap being laid out just for her benefit………

Erika also identified some other pieces that she would require for her rapidly forming scheme ……….

There were the thin mattresses all piled up on their ends against a wall…………..and some pillows on a shelf…………..
There was a shelving unit that contained white bed linen………….and coarse Airforce blue blankets
Erika would eventually tare up one of those starched white sheets into appropriate lengths…………she would need the sateen cloth to accommodate Schreiber and make her comfortable in her temporary accommodation…………………..
All in preparation for Friday…………..

She also needed a full-length mirror……….the girls did not have these within their rooms……….the lady instructors did………….the students had to use the ones set in the corridors……….just like in the day when the female soldiers had inspected themselves before going on parade…………...

She hoped to find a long and full-length mirror………..
Eventually her efforts paid off, she found one…………and it would need cleaning………..the piece of furniture had been in storage for a long time……..

Erika had to be quick…………just in case Oskar or any of his colleagues returned from lunch…………
She set herself to the task at hand…………and started to build her secret and disreputable den……

When Erika had finally left the basement she thought that all was going well so far…………
All she needed now was a few articles of clothing……….
And of course……….she needed Fraulein Schreiber to actually arrive………..