Postby KP Presents » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:48 am
As I'm going to be off line for most of the weekend, you get a double instalment today, and the next part Monday...
Whh.... I must have dozed off, because the lights are off in the room. Looking to my side, Cassie is still sound asleep, but when I look down to the floor April is no longer there.
The man is though - he's still standing there, just watching both of us. I wonder where April is - maybe they let her go? Somehow, though, I doubt it, so I go back to thinking about what happened when Mum and Dad came back.
The man took them both out of the room, and I could hear them talking in the kitchen, Dad occasionally raising his voice and Mum - Mum was crying. Eventually, however, two of them came back with Mum.
"Listen, girls," she said as she wiped her eyes, "I'm going to go upstairs with these men and get changed, and then when we come down we're going to make sure you both get ready for bed, all right?" Cassie nodded, as did I, as I watched her been taken by the arm out of the room and up the stairs by one of the men.
Dad came in next, the black tie round his neck, and he did something nice - he hugged each of us in turn, asking us if we were all right. We both nodded again, as he said "Please, let them speak."
"We were going to do that anyway," the masked man said as he untied the tie that was in my mouth and helped me to push the handkerchief out, before doing the same to Cassie.
"Dad," I said as soon as I could speak, "We're playing a game here, right?"
"That's right, Jenny," he said as he stroked my cheek, looking over to April as he did so. "You need to stay here with Mummy and April - Daddy has to go with one of these men and take care of a few things."
"Will you be back later, Dad," Cassie said as she snuggled into his chest. "I hope so, Poppet," he said as he held her head and stroked her hair, "I really hope so."
"Let's go, Mister Craig," the masked man said as he took Dad by the arm. As he stood up, Mum came back in - she had taken off the dress, gloves and shoes, and was wearing a pink pyjama top with a picture of Pooh Bear on it, and purple bottoms. Dad looked at her, shaking his arm loose a she hugged and kissed her, before he waved at us and left the room.
"Cut them loose," the man who had played the game with us said, and she sat perfectly still while one of the others took a knife and cut the tape away from our wrists and ankles. We both stood up and hugged Mum, April watching as she hugged us in return.
"I'm sorry you're caught up in this, April," she said as he looked over at her, "but I'm going to need your help so that we can keep playing the game with these men, all right?"
"Of course, Mrs Craig," April said as she smiled at Cassie, "What are we going to do now?"
"I want you to take Jenny upstairs," M<um said as she let go of me, "and get her ready for bed, then come down and take Cassie up. Can you make sure they have some bed socks on please?"
Now, I normally wear bed socks anyway, but I wasn’t sure why Mum was insisting on that. I could see she had a pair of white ones over her feet, and her pyjama bottoms were tucked in, but that was all. Anyway, April nodded as she took me by the hand and led me upstairs, one of the men following us up.
As he stood outside the door, April looked for some bed clothes while I took off my shorts and top. She handed me a long blue nightdress, with a frilly collar, and said "Put that on, Jenny, and I'll find the socks for you." She looked in a drawer as I pulled the nightdress over my head.
"Why are you crying, April," I said as I heard her sobbing.
"I'm sorry, Jenny," she said as she turned round, "I'm just scared, that's all. Please, don't tell Cassie."
"I won't" I said as I sat on my bed and pulled on my bed socks. "I'm a little bit scared too. Do you think they will hurt Mum?"
"I'm sure they won't," she replied as she took me by the hand. "Come on - let's go downstairs."
The clock was showing nine thirty when April brought Cassie back in. She had put on a pair of white cotton pyjamas, which buttoned up her front, and a pair of bright yellow bed socks on her feet. Mum had been allowed to go and get us some milk and cookies, which we sat down to have as she talked to the man who was leading the gang.
"I still don't understand - why now, and why hold us hostage?"
"The people we walk for trade in the Asian markets, Mrs Craig - and we need your husband to be ready when their markets open at midnight your time. So long as you do as you're told, and he does as well, everyone will be ok."
He glanced at his watch and said "It's time - let's get them ready."
"Ready? Ready for what?" Mum watched as he opened a bag and showed her the largest collection of ropes I had ever seen. "Who's going to be first," he said a she looked at us."
"Me," Mum said as she stood up, "You take care of me first, and I want your assurance they will be all right.2
"You have it," the man said as he picked up the bag, "Let's go up to your room."
We walked up the staircase, Mum and the man first, then both of us, April, and the other two. As we walked into Mum and Dad's room, we could see the drawers had been opened.
"All right girls," our friend who had played with us said, "We need to make sure that you are going to still and silent for the night. Watch what we do to Mum, and then we will do something similar to you, all right?
"First though, I need you to put these over your hands." He handed to Cassie and me a pair each of my white gym socks.
"Why?"
"You'll see - it’s part of the game."
I took the socks from Cassie and unrolled them, before pulling them over her hands. "They're like glove puppets," she said as she held her hand up to her face and closed her thumb and forefinger together. As April put the other pair on my hands, I saw him take out of the bag a roll of grey tape.
"Use this," he said as he tossed the roll t April, "and tape over the ends of the socks on their arms." She nodded as Cassie held her arms our, watching as she wrapped the tape over the sock cuff and pyjama sleeve.
"Are they going to be all right," I heard Mum say as she looked at us. "We're fine mum," I said as I felt the tape pulling at my skin as April wrapped it over my socks, "We can be as brave as you want us to be."
"All right Mummy," the man said a she took a length of brown rope out of the bag, "put your hands behind your back and stand perfectly still." We watched as he used the rope to tie her wrists together behind her back, Mum grimacing slightly a she tightened it up.
"It's going to be fun, Mum," Cassie said, and I could have kicked eh rat that point. Mum - Mum just smiled weakly as she said "I know, Cassie - we're all going to play the game together, all right?"
As she said this, our friend picked up a length of rope. "Your turn now," he said as he looked at the three of us, "Who's going first?" I said "Me," and he walked behind me, putting my hands together palm to palm as he tied my wrists tightly over the socks. It was tight, but not too uncomfortable, as I watched the other man wrap a length of rope around Mum's waist, pinning her arms against her back. I soon felt some rope round my waist, as the third man crossed April's wrists behind her back and tied them together as well.
I watched a she tied Cassie's hands, been as gently and as firmly as he could, and secured them to her back as well. With all of us, he passed the rope around between our arms and backs as well, to make sure they were held tightly in place.
"Please," I heard Mum say, "Don't do this." As I looked over, I could see the man had tied her arms to her side, the rope going around her body so that it looked as if she was wearing a tight t-shirt. As he passed the rope over her shoulders, I saw a length pass over my head and I watched as my own arms were pulled into my side, the rope going around my midriff, then my shoulders, then my midriff again.
"I want to be like Jenny," Cassie said with a sad look, and I said "Of course you can be, sis." I looked over at April, who was been tied like Mum, then back as Cassie as he lashed her arms to her side.
"Now girls," he said as he tied the ropes off behind Cassie's back, "You need to say good night to Mummy - we're going to take you to your own room in a minute."
That was when.... When.... Must... Must stay aw.......
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