first part of " Clockwork Crisis pt2 by FreezeAntix and Zero
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:00 pm
Clockwork Crisis
Part 2: Unification
By FreezAntix, Zero and Tek
Victoria Towers, Malibu, California, USA
Erika looked at the frozen form of Main Street reporter Claire Cook before her. The
reporter stood with one hand raised with a finger nearly curling up as to point up, her lips were
slightly parted and her eyes carried a blank look. Erika couldn’t help but to smile at the
unmoving woman and clear some of Claire's brown hair from her face as she stroked the
reporter’s cheek with the back of her hand. The young reporter was a looker and that was a fact.
Looking at the unmoving woman up and down, Erika felt herself get warm. “I think we need to
really meet… But first…” Erika said to the silent Claire before pulling up her phone, scrolling
through the numbers. “I need to find out what’s going on.”
She found the number she was looking for and selected it. Sending a simple text to the
number Erika waited a few seconds before deciding it would be faster and better to call it.
Pressing the call button she held the phone up to her ear she looked around at the frozen scene.
Standing closest to her and Claire was Monica, who stood behind the reporter with clenched fists
and a grimace on her face. Behind Erika a few paces, flanking her, were Caitlin and Mary, both
women exchanging looks. The security officer named Jeridine was farthest away, next one of
lobby’s columns, frozen while holding her radio to her lips while the concierge or desk agent
Harmony sat behind the front desk, leaning back with a magazine in her hands. After the fifth
ring a cautious voice answered the phone, “Hello?” The signal was off and the voice sounded
distant but none the less Erika could hear Tucker Holmes clear enough on the other end.
“Holmes? What the heck is going on? I have a busy day I don’t have time to be
distracted…” Erika said as she moved to stand in front of Monica. She looked her friend up and
down before her fingers on her free hand moved to Monica’s burgundy blouse and unbuttoned
the top few buttons. It was enough to reveal the dark haired woman’s cleavage.
“Erika?” Tucker asked.
Erika stroked Monica’s hair in a pet-like fashion before moving on to stand between
Mary and Caitlin, “Yes, who else would it be?” She turned Caitlin’s head to look forward from
the chin and then with skilled fingers adjusted the brunette woman’s face to have a smiling wideeyed
expression. Erika smiled at her friend’s fake look as she removed the big hat from Caitlin’s
head and let it fall to the ground.
“How are you not frozen? Everyone around me is frozen, I thought you or Tasia were
behind this,” Tucker asked from the other end.
“Interesting,” Erika simply replied and moved over to her lover Mary. She played with
Mary’s newly-colored hair before turning her head to face forward. She then closed Mary’s eyes
and opened her lips to form an ‘o’ shape. She traced Mary’s lips with fingers as she licked her
lips. “Well I can assure you Holmes it’s not me,” Erika then said, eyeing Mary’s blouse.
“Well… That’s great… If it’s not you then is it Tasia?” Tucker sighed and asked.
“I don’t know, I will have to call her,” Erika replied as she unbuttoned and opened
Mary’s blouse, revealing the satin tan bra that held her breasts. Moving behind Mary she found
the zipper to Mary’s skirt and pulled it south. Balancing the small phone on her shoulder, she
used both hands to pull the skirt south and letting it fall, revealing her lover’s nude pantyhose
bottom half. She could easily make out the white thong that her girlfriend wore underneath.
“You want to call her and get back to me?” Tucker asked impatiently, Erika could hear
the stress in the young man’s voice.
Erika, sounding a bit distracted as she removed the blouse from Mary’s shoulders having
decided to punish her lover for the jab at UCLA earlier, replied, “Sure, that sounds like a plan, sit
tight, I’ll get back you.”
“Well I can’t go anywhere but since the cell phones seem to be working I might make
some calls myself….” Tucker said.
“Some calls?” Erika asked curiously as she knelt down to remove Mary’s skirt and heels.
“I know some people… It's worth to try since we don’t know what’s going on,” Tucker
replied.
“Interesting,” Erika noted and sighed, “Yeah I guess it is worth a try but I don’t like the
idea of others knowing about this... Not exactly keen to broadcast to the world what I can do.”
“We don’t have a choice Erika, the whole world seems to be frozen but we have cell
service and we’re both moving. That shouldn't be possible given what we know about how
stopping time works. All hands on deck, yeah?”
“I guess you’re right… I'll call you in a bit then,” Erika replied as she hooked her fingers
around the waistband of Mary’s pantyhose and tugged it south.
“Got it,” Tucker simply replied before the line went dead.
Mary’s clothing was piled at her naked feet as she stood with hands posed on her hips,
clad nothing but her undergarments. Erika playing with her cell phone in her hands, looked over
her nearly naked girlfriend and nodded in satisfaction before pulling the mobile phone back up.
As she searched for Tasia’s number she made her way towards Jeridine Jackson, the lone
security officer. Finding the number she pressed the call button only to get a ‘no signal’ icon
appear on the screen. “Drat…” Erika cursed, remembering that her phone used an internet
connection for long distant calls; it was part of the service plan. She needed something to boost
her cell signal in order to call the UK. Standing in front of Jeridine she smiled, eyeing the
security officer’s radio.
Erika slipped her cell phone back into her purse and slipped the radio from Jeridine’s stiff
fingers. The handset was a high end one made by her company so she knew its antenna could
carry the signal with some modification. “I’m gonna borrow this sweetie, but it’s not like you’re
gonna need it…” she said tracing Jeridine’s parted lips. “Now for a work space….” She said to
herself looking around before moving towards the reception desk.
“I’m gonna need your seat,” Erika told the frozen Harmony Niles as she pulled the
magazine from her hands and tossed it behind her. Dropping her purse on the desk top Erika
hooked her arms under Harmony’s and lifted her up and out of the seat. With a little more
maneuvering the dark-skinned concierge was standing to the side of the desk. Erika looked at the
suspended woman up and down, taking in her features. “You know you are a pretty one,” Erika
observed, running her fingers through Harmony’s lush dark hair. Her eyes were cast downward
with pupils looking oddly to the left so Erika decided to close them. She looked at the radio and
purse on the desk before looking back at Harmony. “Time’s frozen… Tasia can wait…” she
smiled.
Harmony’s suit jacket and blouse were skillfully removed from her unmoving frame
revealing a white form fitting tank top that clearly showed off the girl’s erected nipples. Erika
could see the dark colors of the desk agent’s nipples through the tank top’s thin material.
Harmony’s arms were raised up over head and Erika peeled the tank top off rendering the girl
utterly topless. Next Erika knelt down and pulled Harmony’s trousers south along with her
purple silk panties uncovering the girl’s dark hair covered mound. Finally her heels and thigh
high nude stockings were stripped off leaving Harmony Niles in her birthday suit.
“Yeah, you’re definitely hot,” Erika remarked as she sat Harmony’s bare backside on the
desk top and position the frozen girl’s leg wide. She placed the desk agent’s hands on her knees
and then molded her face to have a wide toothy smile. “Gorgeous…” Erika breathed admiring
Harmony before turning her attention back to business.
It only took Erika few minutes to figure out what she had to do to get the radio to work
like her cell phone; it was basically the matter of swapping some chips around and her phone’s
SIM card. She smiled after dialing Tasia’s number and hearing the ring tone. Getting up from
Harmony’s seat she casually walked back towards Claire Cook.
“Erika! What the hell is going on?” boomed Tasia’s voice from the end after ten rings.
Like Tucker’s voice the Greek voice sounded weak on the other end due to the signal but it was
strong enough for Erika to clearly hear the other woman.
“Well Tasia I was calling you to find out as well… Holmes and I seem to be the only
moving people back in the States, that's all we know of so far,” Erika explained as she removed
the CyPad from the reporter’s hand and placed it carefully on the ground.
“That’s odd, what do you think is going on?” Tasia asked. Erika could hear that the
Greek ITEA agent was moving around.
“I don’t have the slightest clue but it has the feeling of something catastrophic,” Erika
replied as she balanced the radio against her shoulder and ear. She then unzipped the biker jacket
to reveal that Claire was clad in a pink tank top underneath. “Are you the only one that’s moving
over there?” Erika then asked as she adjusted Claire’s body in order to remove the jacket from
her shoulders.
“I’m about to go out and look, but it looks that way right now.”
“Have you tried calling work?” Erika asked as she rose up Claire’s arms and began
working the tank top off her body. It was soon off and lying on the floor next to the jacket
leaving Claire only clad in white and pink flowery bra over her biker suit bottoms. She then
moved around to the reporter’s back to work on the bra.
“I haven’t,” Tasia answered simply. “I don’t plan to either, I think I’m gonna go at this
thing on my own for now. You’re welcome to but don’t tell them about me.”
“Going rogue?” Erika inquired with a smile. She always knew her friend had the lone
ranger mentality to her. Claire was topless and lying on the ground as Erika worked on taking off
the biker boots. They were soon off and the pink socks that the reporter wore soon followed suit.
Once Claire was barefooted Erika began working on the brunette’s biker pants.
“Just trying to find out what’s going on and I rather do it without a leash,” Tasia replied.
“Oh are you… Or are you just going out to check out all the frozen people?” Erika asked,
tossing Claire’s leather bottoms behind and eyeing the hot pink thong that the girl had covering
her sex. She then hooked her fingers around waistband and began tugging.
“Well… I can do both… Listen Erika I gotta save my juice on this thing but keep me
informed if you find out anything on your end.”
“Very well…” Erika said with sigh. “Talk to you later love,” She then added, stroking the
hair that covered the woman’s sex.
“Bye, remember not a word to the agency if you get in touch with them,” Tasia reminded
before the line went dead.
Erika sighed as she disconnected her line and clipped the radio to the waistband of her
skirt. She then stood Claire up right and dragged her over to the desk where she sat her on the
desk top in a similar pose to that of Harmony’s. The reporter was a slender tallish woman, barely
having any curves, Erika observed giving Claire a once over none the less she pretty attractive.
A moment later Erika put in a call to the ITEA. Erika wasn't sure who exactly would be
in the office, since it was nearly quitting time, but the billionaire did know of one woman who
would probably still be present. As Erika made the call she left Claire and wandered over
towards Caitlin. “Hello?” greeted a cautious voice over the phone a moment later.
“Kimmy, this is Erika Stone,” greeted the blonde, resting her free arm's elbow on
Caitlin's shoulder. “It seems we have a situation on our hands... ”
“Boss, I can't believe we're even able to talk right now!” exclaimed Kimberly Ewart over
the line. “They're saying this... event thing is global! I don't even really get how we're okay right
now!”
“It's a complicated situation Kimmy, to say the least,” commented Erika, getting to work
on Caitlin's clothes. “You got anything you can tell me?”
“I hear someone went outside and turned into a human statue!” hissed Kimberly.
“They're saying she isn't unfreezing either. This is really trippy... ”
“So leaving the building froze them, and bringing them back into it didn't unfreeze them,
interesting,” muttered Erika, dropping Caitlin's clothes. Caitlin didn't tend to wear underwear all
the time and today was no different, thus the British woman was now naked. “Who's in charge
right now, that Sonia woman?” asked Erika as she posed Caitlin to stand at attention.
“She wasn't here when time stopped, so Assistant Director Christophe is in charge,”
answered Kimberly. “Do you want me to find her?”
“Yeah, I get the feeling she'll want to speak with me,” confirmed Erika, clipping the radio
to her waist again. When Caitlin's posing was complete Erika dragged her to stand over by the
elevator, Mary then being moved to join her.
As Erika waited while Kimberly looked for Lucienne she went to work on Monica. Her
assistant was stripped down to her matching black bra and panties and then dragged to stand next
to Mary. She thought about getting the two women completely naked as well but decided to save
it for later if she got bored. She had a feeling that it was a high possibility. When Lucienne came
on the line, Erika had moved on to Jeridine. Lucienne confirmed that the time stop was
worldwide. They did not know why the building seemed to be protected from whatever was
happening but she had people working on it. Lucienne pointed out that the ITEA analyst did
confirm that whatever was happening seemed to originate from somewhere in Malibu. Erika, not
mentioning anything about Tasia, said that she would look into the matter on her end and report
back to ITEA when or if she found anything.
During her conversation with Lucienne, Erika borrowed a pair of scissors from the
reception desk and carefully cut away Jeridine’s uniform and underwear, leaving the guard naked
saved for her shoes and knee high black socks standing in the pose that she was frozen in. The
woman looked pretty good for a woman her age, Erika thought as she played with Jeridine’s
exposed nipples. As she admired her work she dialed Tucker. “Erika?” greeted a voice on the
phone a moment later.
“Holmes, I got hold of Tasia and the ITEA,” Erika told Tucker. “They know about you,
right? I didn't mention you but... ”
“Yeah, Tasia got me classified as a non-threat, whatever you're listed as, and even then I
think my file's top secret,” confirmed Tucker, sounding a bit out of breath. “So this isn't Tasia?”
“No, but they think whatever this is originated in Malibu,” answered Erika, playing with
Jeridine's hair. “Tell you what Holmes, you want to come by my place? You can bike right?”
“I just tested my wand on the building elevator, I might be able to get my car moving,”
revealed Tucker, surprising Erika. “This shouldn't work though. Normally my wand can't
unfreeze something someone else froze... ”
“Given that cell phones are working, I think we can call space warped and time
bendable,” chuckled Erika, taking a moment to fiddle with Jeridine's lips.
“Ah, a reference I approve of,” came a chuckle in return. “Okay, I'll drive up your way,
but it'll still probably take me at least an hour. I've got a stop I want to make anyhow, there's a
friend of mine you should probably meet... Speaking of friends, I made a couple of calls. We
aren't alone. I've got family and a... I guess you can call her a friend, both answering. Should we
all converge at your place?”
“Ugh... Yeah fine, but Holmes?” agreed Erika, then offering a warning, “If these people
are trouble, I'm going to find a rather creative punishment for you. Something involving your
manhood and fire, I imagine.”
“Oh good, roasted nuts,” quipped Tucker. “On my way, alright?” Erika couldn't help but
smirk as the call ended, finding her talk with Tucker to be less tedious than anticipated.
After she hung up with Tucker, Erika eyed her three friends who stood next to elevator,
wondering how to get them back up to the penthouse. While Tucker had a way to unfreeze
objects and possibly people Erika was skeptical if she could do the same. Her radio suddenly
rang, the radio didn’t have a caller ID on it so Erika figured it was just Tucker calling back.
“Holmes?” she answered.
“Erika!” came a panic shrill of a woman’s voice on the end of the line.
Wide-eyed Erika replied, “Mom?”
* * *
Part 2: Unification
By FreezAntix, Zero and Tek
Victoria Towers, Malibu, California, USA
Erika looked at the frozen form of Main Street reporter Claire Cook before her. The
reporter stood with one hand raised with a finger nearly curling up as to point up, her lips were
slightly parted and her eyes carried a blank look. Erika couldn’t help but to smile at the
unmoving woman and clear some of Claire's brown hair from her face as she stroked the
reporter’s cheek with the back of her hand. The young reporter was a looker and that was a fact.
Looking at the unmoving woman up and down, Erika felt herself get warm. “I think we need to
really meet… But first…” Erika said to the silent Claire before pulling up her phone, scrolling
through the numbers. “I need to find out what’s going on.”
She found the number she was looking for and selected it. Sending a simple text to the
number Erika waited a few seconds before deciding it would be faster and better to call it.
Pressing the call button she held the phone up to her ear she looked around at the frozen scene.
Standing closest to her and Claire was Monica, who stood behind the reporter with clenched fists
and a grimace on her face. Behind Erika a few paces, flanking her, were Caitlin and Mary, both
women exchanging looks. The security officer named Jeridine was farthest away, next one of
lobby’s columns, frozen while holding her radio to her lips while the concierge or desk agent
Harmony sat behind the front desk, leaning back with a magazine in her hands. After the fifth
ring a cautious voice answered the phone, “Hello?” The signal was off and the voice sounded
distant but none the less Erika could hear Tucker Holmes clear enough on the other end.
“Holmes? What the heck is going on? I have a busy day I don’t have time to be
distracted…” Erika said as she moved to stand in front of Monica. She looked her friend up and
down before her fingers on her free hand moved to Monica’s burgundy blouse and unbuttoned
the top few buttons. It was enough to reveal the dark haired woman’s cleavage.
“Erika?” Tucker asked.
Erika stroked Monica’s hair in a pet-like fashion before moving on to stand between
Mary and Caitlin, “Yes, who else would it be?” She turned Caitlin’s head to look forward from
the chin and then with skilled fingers adjusted the brunette woman’s face to have a smiling wideeyed
expression. Erika smiled at her friend’s fake look as she removed the big hat from Caitlin’s
head and let it fall to the ground.
“How are you not frozen? Everyone around me is frozen, I thought you or Tasia were
behind this,” Tucker asked from the other end.
“Interesting,” Erika simply replied and moved over to her lover Mary. She played with
Mary’s newly-colored hair before turning her head to face forward. She then closed Mary’s eyes
and opened her lips to form an ‘o’ shape. She traced Mary’s lips with fingers as she licked her
lips. “Well I can assure you Holmes it’s not me,” Erika then said, eyeing Mary’s blouse.
“Well… That’s great… If it’s not you then is it Tasia?” Tucker sighed and asked.
“I don’t know, I will have to call her,” Erika replied as she unbuttoned and opened
Mary’s blouse, revealing the satin tan bra that held her breasts. Moving behind Mary she found
the zipper to Mary’s skirt and pulled it south. Balancing the small phone on her shoulder, she
used both hands to pull the skirt south and letting it fall, revealing her lover’s nude pantyhose
bottom half. She could easily make out the white thong that her girlfriend wore underneath.
“You want to call her and get back to me?” Tucker asked impatiently, Erika could hear
the stress in the young man’s voice.
Erika, sounding a bit distracted as she removed the blouse from Mary’s shoulders having
decided to punish her lover for the jab at UCLA earlier, replied, “Sure, that sounds like a plan, sit
tight, I’ll get back you.”
“Well I can’t go anywhere but since the cell phones seem to be working I might make
some calls myself….” Tucker said.
“Some calls?” Erika asked curiously as she knelt down to remove Mary’s skirt and heels.
“I know some people… It's worth to try since we don’t know what’s going on,” Tucker
replied.
“Interesting,” Erika noted and sighed, “Yeah I guess it is worth a try but I don’t like the
idea of others knowing about this... Not exactly keen to broadcast to the world what I can do.”
“We don’t have a choice Erika, the whole world seems to be frozen but we have cell
service and we’re both moving. That shouldn't be possible given what we know about how
stopping time works. All hands on deck, yeah?”
“I guess you’re right… I'll call you in a bit then,” Erika replied as she hooked her fingers
around the waistband of Mary’s pantyhose and tugged it south.
“Got it,” Tucker simply replied before the line went dead.
Mary’s clothing was piled at her naked feet as she stood with hands posed on her hips,
clad nothing but her undergarments. Erika playing with her cell phone in her hands, looked over
her nearly naked girlfriend and nodded in satisfaction before pulling the mobile phone back up.
As she searched for Tasia’s number she made her way towards Jeridine Jackson, the lone
security officer. Finding the number she pressed the call button only to get a ‘no signal’ icon
appear on the screen. “Drat…” Erika cursed, remembering that her phone used an internet
connection for long distant calls; it was part of the service plan. She needed something to boost
her cell signal in order to call the UK. Standing in front of Jeridine she smiled, eyeing the
security officer’s radio.
Erika slipped her cell phone back into her purse and slipped the radio from Jeridine’s stiff
fingers. The handset was a high end one made by her company so she knew its antenna could
carry the signal with some modification. “I’m gonna borrow this sweetie, but it’s not like you’re
gonna need it…” she said tracing Jeridine’s parted lips. “Now for a work space….” She said to
herself looking around before moving towards the reception desk.
“I’m gonna need your seat,” Erika told the frozen Harmony Niles as she pulled the
magazine from her hands and tossed it behind her. Dropping her purse on the desk top Erika
hooked her arms under Harmony’s and lifted her up and out of the seat. With a little more
maneuvering the dark-skinned concierge was standing to the side of the desk. Erika looked at the
suspended woman up and down, taking in her features. “You know you are a pretty one,” Erika
observed, running her fingers through Harmony’s lush dark hair. Her eyes were cast downward
with pupils looking oddly to the left so Erika decided to close them. She looked at the radio and
purse on the desk before looking back at Harmony. “Time’s frozen… Tasia can wait…” she
smiled.
Harmony’s suit jacket and blouse were skillfully removed from her unmoving frame
revealing a white form fitting tank top that clearly showed off the girl’s erected nipples. Erika
could see the dark colors of the desk agent’s nipples through the tank top’s thin material.
Harmony’s arms were raised up over head and Erika peeled the tank top off rendering the girl
utterly topless. Next Erika knelt down and pulled Harmony’s trousers south along with her
purple silk panties uncovering the girl’s dark hair covered mound. Finally her heels and thigh
high nude stockings were stripped off leaving Harmony Niles in her birthday suit.
“Yeah, you’re definitely hot,” Erika remarked as she sat Harmony’s bare backside on the
desk top and position the frozen girl’s leg wide. She placed the desk agent’s hands on her knees
and then molded her face to have a wide toothy smile. “Gorgeous…” Erika breathed admiring
Harmony before turning her attention back to business.
It only took Erika few minutes to figure out what she had to do to get the radio to work
like her cell phone; it was basically the matter of swapping some chips around and her phone’s
SIM card. She smiled after dialing Tasia’s number and hearing the ring tone. Getting up from
Harmony’s seat she casually walked back towards Claire Cook.
“Erika! What the hell is going on?” boomed Tasia’s voice from the end after ten rings.
Like Tucker’s voice the Greek voice sounded weak on the other end due to the signal but it was
strong enough for Erika to clearly hear the other woman.
“Well Tasia I was calling you to find out as well… Holmes and I seem to be the only
moving people back in the States, that's all we know of so far,” Erika explained as she removed
the CyPad from the reporter’s hand and placed it carefully on the ground.
“That’s odd, what do you think is going on?” Tasia asked. Erika could hear that the
Greek ITEA agent was moving around.
“I don’t have the slightest clue but it has the feeling of something catastrophic,” Erika
replied as she balanced the radio against her shoulder and ear. She then unzipped the biker jacket
to reveal that Claire was clad in a pink tank top underneath. “Are you the only one that’s moving
over there?” Erika then asked as she adjusted Claire’s body in order to remove the jacket from
her shoulders.
“I’m about to go out and look, but it looks that way right now.”
“Have you tried calling work?” Erika asked as she rose up Claire’s arms and began
working the tank top off her body. It was soon off and lying on the floor next to the jacket
leaving Claire only clad in white and pink flowery bra over her biker suit bottoms. She then
moved around to the reporter’s back to work on the bra.
“I haven’t,” Tasia answered simply. “I don’t plan to either, I think I’m gonna go at this
thing on my own for now. You’re welcome to but don’t tell them about me.”
“Going rogue?” Erika inquired with a smile. She always knew her friend had the lone
ranger mentality to her. Claire was topless and lying on the ground as Erika worked on taking off
the biker boots. They were soon off and the pink socks that the reporter wore soon followed suit.
Once Claire was barefooted Erika began working on the brunette’s biker pants.
“Just trying to find out what’s going on and I rather do it without a leash,” Tasia replied.
“Oh are you… Or are you just going out to check out all the frozen people?” Erika asked,
tossing Claire’s leather bottoms behind and eyeing the hot pink thong that the girl had covering
her sex. She then hooked her fingers around waistband and began tugging.
“Well… I can do both… Listen Erika I gotta save my juice on this thing but keep me
informed if you find out anything on your end.”
“Very well…” Erika said with sigh. “Talk to you later love,” She then added, stroking the
hair that covered the woman’s sex.
“Bye, remember not a word to the agency if you get in touch with them,” Tasia reminded
before the line went dead.
Erika sighed as she disconnected her line and clipped the radio to the waistband of her
skirt. She then stood Claire up right and dragged her over to the desk where she sat her on the
desk top in a similar pose to that of Harmony’s. The reporter was a slender tallish woman, barely
having any curves, Erika observed giving Claire a once over none the less she pretty attractive.
A moment later Erika put in a call to the ITEA. Erika wasn't sure who exactly would be
in the office, since it was nearly quitting time, but the billionaire did know of one woman who
would probably still be present. As Erika made the call she left Claire and wandered over
towards Caitlin. “Hello?” greeted a cautious voice over the phone a moment later.
“Kimmy, this is Erika Stone,” greeted the blonde, resting her free arm's elbow on
Caitlin's shoulder. “It seems we have a situation on our hands... ”
“Boss, I can't believe we're even able to talk right now!” exclaimed Kimberly Ewart over
the line. “They're saying this... event thing is global! I don't even really get how we're okay right
now!”
“It's a complicated situation Kimmy, to say the least,” commented Erika, getting to work
on Caitlin's clothes. “You got anything you can tell me?”
“I hear someone went outside and turned into a human statue!” hissed Kimberly.
“They're saying she isn't unfreezing either. This is really trippy... ”
“So leaving the building froze them, and bringing them back into it didn't unfreeze them,
interesting,” muttered Erika, dropping Caitlin's clothes. Caitlin didn't tend to wear underwear all
the time and today was no different, thus the British woman was now naked. “Who's in charge
right now, that Sonia woman?” asked Erika as she posed Caitlin to stand at attention.
“She wasn't here when time stopped, so Assistant Director Christophe is in charge,”
answered Kimberly. “Do you want me to find her?”
“Yeah, I get the feeling she'll want to speak with me,” confirmed Erika, clipping the radio
to her waist again. When Caitlin's posing was complete Erika dragged her to stand over by the
elevator, Mary then being moved to join her.
As Erika waited while Kimberly looked for Lucienne she went to work on Monica. Her
assistant was stripped down to her matching black bra and panties and then dragged to stand next
to Mary. She thought about getting the two women completely naked as well but decided to save
it for later if she got bored. She had a feeling that it was a high possibility. When Lucienne came
on the line, Erika had moved on to Jeridine. Lucienne confirmed that the time stop was
worldwide. They did not know why the building seemed to be protected from whatever was
happening but she had people working on it. Lucienne pointed out that the ITEA analyst did
confirm that whatever was happening seemed to originate from somewhere in Malibu. Erika, not
mentioning anything about Tasia, said that she would look into the matter on her end and report
back to ITEA when or if she found anything.
During her conversation with Lucienne, Erika borrowed a pair of scissors from the
reception desk and carefully cut away Jeridine’s uniform and underwear, leaving the guard naked
saved for her shoes and knee high black socks standing in the pose that she was frozen in. The
woman looked pretty good for a woman her age, Erika thought as she played with Jeridine’s
exposed nipples. As she admired her work she dialed Tucker. “Erika?” greeted a voice on the
phone a moment later.
“Holmes, I got hold of Tasia and the ITEA,” Erika told Tucker. “They know about you,
right? I didn't mention you but... ”
“Yeah, Tasia got me classified as a non-threat, whatever you're listed as, and even then I
think my file's top secret,” confirmed Tucker, sounding a bit out of breath. “So this isn't Tasia?”
“No, but they think whatever this is originated in Malibu,” answered Erika, playing with
Jeridine's hair. “Tell you what Holmes, you want to come by my place? You can bike right?”
“I just tested my wand on the building elevator, I might be able to get my car moving,”
revealed Tucker, surprising Erika. “This shouldn't work though. Normally my wand can't
unfreeze something someone else froze... ”
“Given that cell phones are working, I think we can call space warped and time
bendable,” chuckled Erika, taking a moment to fiddle with Jeridine's lips.
“Ah, a reference I approve of,” came a chuckle in return. “Okay, I'll drive up your way,
but it'll still probably take me at least an hour. I've got a stop I want to make anyhow, there's a
friend of mine you should probably meet... Speaking of friends, I made a couple of calls. We
aren't alone. I've got family and a... I guess you can call her a friend, both answering. Should we
all converge at your place?”
“Ugh... Yeah fine, but Holmes?” agreed Erika, then offering a warning, “If these people
are trouble, I'm going to find a rather creative punishment for you. Something involving your
manhood and fire, I imagine.”
“Oh good, roasted nuts,” quipped Tucker. “On my way, alright?” Erika couldn't help but
smirk as the call ended, finding her talk with Tucker to be less tedious than anticipated.
After she hung up with Tucker, Erika eyed her three friends who stood next to elevator,
wondering how to get them back up to the penthouse. While Tucker had a way to unfreeze
objects and possibly people Erika was skeptical if she could do the same. Her radio suddenly
rang, the radio didn’t have a caller ID on it so Erika figured it was just Tucker calling back.
“Holmes?” she answered.
“Erika!” came a panic shrill of a woman’s voice on the end of the line.
Wide-eyed Erika replied, “Mom?”
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