An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby KP Presents » Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:45 am

One week later

“Cassie? Someone’s here to see you?”

I looked up from the book to see Bobby standing there, a big bag of chocolates in his hand.

“Hey Cas,” he said as he walked over and sat down beside me, “How’s the leg?”

I looked down at the tunnel that was holding the blankets off my right leg below the knee. “It itches like crazy, if truth be told, but Jenny keeps saying that’s a good thing. It means it’s getting better.”

“she’s right, you know,” he said quietly, “it does mean it’s getting better, but I still wish it hadn’t happened in the first place.”

“So do I,” I said quietly, “but it did - and you can’t blame yourself for it. I don’t.”

He looked at me, and I saw him smile - the first time I’d seen that for a few days.

“Alicia and Suzie are downstairs as well - they were wondering if they could come up, but I said I wanted to see you first.”

“How are they?”

“Sore, but at least they’re talking about it - if we’ve learned anything as a family through all that’s happened, it’s that we need to share.”

I nodded at that - Rachel’s mum and dad visited yesterday, and had a long chat with my mum and dad about what happened. Jenny and I had explained why we did what we did as well, and at least it meant they would allow Rachel to go round to Patty’s house again.

“hey.”

I shook my head and looked at Bobby, who was holding my hand.

“I’m just glad you came out the other side - if it had...”

“Bobby,” I said quietly, “You’re the real hero in all this. If you and Colin hadn’t come round on Saturday, and found the door open, then you’d never have started looking for us, and then...”

I don’t know why, but I started crying at that point, letting out huge sobs as Bobby just held me with my head on his shoulder.

“It’s all right, Cas,” he said quietly as he patted my back, “Let it all out, trust me, you’ll feel better for it...”

“Bobby? Is Cassie all right?”

I could hear Mum, but I didn’t move. “She’ll be fine,” I heard Bobby say, “Just give us a few minutes.” And so I started to think about the last weekend, all the way back to the Thursday night...



Thursday

“Homework done - check. Clothes tidied - check. Room cleaned - check. Good work, Cassie - now you have the chance to relax.”

I smiled as Mum riffled my head, and then went to check on Jenny. We all had the day free from School that Friday, so Mum and Dad had agreed to let us all spend the weekend at our house, knowing full well how we planned to spend most of the day.

“Yes, you can all wear some of Granny’s clothes, so long as you don’t get them dirty,” was what Mum had said when I first laid out the idea - now all I needed was to gather everyone together, which meant we needed Alicia and Suzie to come. Alicia was heading into town with Jenny tomorrow to do some research for a school project, but she would be staying the weekend as well - her parents were taking Andrew to her other grandparents, and Angela was away for a week’s holiday.

The ring on the doorbell allowed me to slip out of the room and run downstairs in my joggers and t-shirt, opening it to see Patty and Rachel standing there with Aunt Jessie. “In you go, you two,” she said as they ran past me and into the front room,

“Thanks, Jessie,” Mum said as she took the two bags from her. “Did she bring Bobbi as well?”

“I think she’s in her bag somewhere,” Jessie said with a smile. “How does it feel to have a weekend without the twins?”

“A blessed relief all round,” Mum said with a sigh. Granny had come round earlier, to take David and June with her until Sunday. She said something about “giving you a break” to Mum, but whatever it was she meant I could tell she had agreed without hesitation.

“Right, well - I’ll leave them to you and John. See you on Sunday.”

“See you,” Mum said as she waved Aunt Jessie off, then said to me “Go on - but nothing too strict, all right? You need an early night.”

“All right, Mum,” I said with a sigh. Patty, Rachel and Suzie were all going to rest in my room, while Alicia used a camp bed in Jenny’s room. I walked into the lounge, to see that the two of them had already got started.

“You can’t feel it through them, can you,” Patty said as she tied Rachel’s ankles together over her new black leather boots.

“No,” Rachel giggled as she looked down, “but they still feel well locked.”

“Cas, can you take care of me?” Patty jumped onto the couch and swung her legs up, showing me her black felt boots over her purple leggings. I took some rope and tied her ankles tightly together as well, then her legs below her knees, before I did the same to Rachel over her white tights.

“So I guess that means hands in front and a scarf,” Patty said, and Rachel nodded eagerly. I did what they wanted - for Patty, I kept the cords over the cuffs of her purple sweatshirt, and for Rachel it was over her bare wrists - she had on a black and white smock top.

Tying their wrists down to the ropes between their knees, I then went to the cupboard and found two bandanas, which I rolled up and tied between their teeth. “Right then,” I said as I sat down, “let me...”

“They couldn’t wait, could they?”

Jenny came in, in her jeans and blouse, and sat down to listen as I nodded, then laid out some of my ideas for the next three days.

“Oh come on, Bobby, admit it - you only came with us to see Cassie!”

I had to nudge Suzie in the ribs to stop her from giggling as she sat next to me.

“All right, O beloved and wise cousin - I came to see Cassie as well. But I wanted to be sure Trouble here was really staying for the whole weekend. The idea if a weekend free from interruption had to be seen in concrete.”

Alicia smiled and turned to look out of the window, as Suzie swung her legs to and fro. She had put on her blue bib dungarees over a grey t-shirt and leggings, with her feet in her favourite sneakers.

Alicia was more formally dressed, in the sense of she had on a knee length skirt and a roll neck sweater under her grey leather jacket. My combat trousers and brown shirt seemed overly silly, but I wasn’t looking to impress.

Not really anyway.

“We’re here,” Dad said as he pulled up outside Cassie’s house, and got out of the car, holding the door open for Suzie as Alicia got out on the other side. “Come on Bobby - you can help me with the bags.”

I made my way out, watching Suzie as she ran up the path, and saw Alicia shaking her head.

“You all right,” I said as Dad handed me a bag.

“Yeah - just... Just a little under the weather,” she said quietly as we walked up to the door.


“Hello Suzie - they’re in there,” I heard Mum say before Suzie came into the room.

“Couldn’t wait to get started, could they,” she said as she looked at Patty and Rachel.

“Whtbtu,” Patty mumbled through the red cloth in her mouth.

“Oh I can wait - I suspect I won’t be moving or saying much over the weekend,” Suzie said as she sat down. I heard Alicia say “May I use your bathroom, Mrs Craig,” and Mum telling her where it was as Jenny stood up.

“I’m happy with what you suggest,” Jenny said, and then she left the room, closing the door behind her.

“So what were you suggesting,” Suzie said. I grinned, and told her of my idea for tomorrow.

“Hi Jenny,” I said as she came out of the room, “Is Cassie in there?”

“Yeah, but I wouldn’t go in - she’s telling them just how much they won’t be able to move tomorrow morning. Mum, can you tell Ali to come upstairs when she’s finished?”

I saw Mrs Craig nod, and then say to Dad “So Alicia as well?”

He nodded and said “Started the day before yesterday. Keep an eye on her, will you?”

“Hello Alexander,” Mister Craig said as he came through from the kitchen. “Want to stay for a coffee?”

“I wish I could,” Dad said with a laugh, “but I need to get back. I have a meeting tomorrow in London, and I have to catch the early train. Come on Bobby.”

“Say hello to Cassie for me,” I said as we left the house, and walked down the path to the street. There wasn’t a lot of traffic around - just a couple of parked cars and a grey van across the road and down a little.

“Right then,” Dad said as we set off, “Early night for you as well - you have to spend all day tomorrow on the History project.”

“Don’t remind me,” I said with a groan, “but at least it means I’ll be free Saturday...”


“Right then,” Mum said as she brought in a tray with glasses of milk and a plate of cookies, “You four, eat and drink up, and then ready for bed. I have this horrible feeling you’ll all be up far too early tomorrow.

“Yes, Mum,” I said and then laughed with the others. “We’re going to have such a wonderful day tomorrow...”

Friday

“Wow - your Grandmother really did have some beautiful clothes.”

I nodded as we stood in the spare room, looking in the large wardrobe that Mum and Dad had stored the clothes we got from Uncle Jethro during the summer.

“So the idea is we’re all going to be the girl detectives again,” I said as I picked out a bag, which had in it a white short sleeved blouse that had a big collar that formed a square on each side of the buttons, and a red knee length skirt.

“Aw no - I don’t want to be Tuppence again,” Patty said with a groan as Jenny helped her by fastening her dress at the back, and then tying the big bow at her back. It was red, with white polka dots, and had a similar collar to mine in white, as well as white trim on the short sleeves and the skirt. She already had on the white socks and black shoes, and started to put a red headband in her hair.

As for Rachel, she was looking at herself in the mirror, twirling round as the skirt of her dress rose just above her knees. Her dress was pink with little white flowers, and a slightly smaller and more rounded white collar. She also had a white band at the front, and above the hem of her skirt, but like Patty she had a big bow tied at the back.

“Actually, Jen, I think I could get away with this dress today - what do you think?”

Alicia was fastening up the last of the buttons on the front of her blue knee length dress. It had an open collar, and the sleeves came to just below her elbows, with big pockets in the skirt. Picking up a red waistcoat, she put that on over the top, and then sat down to put on the matching red shoes.

“You might - this makes me look like Sandy in Grease,” Jenny said with a laugh. She did indeed look like a fifties schoolgirl, with her wide blue skirt that had a horse printed on the front on the right hand side. She also had on a white blouse with puffed short sleeves. The blouse had thin black vertical stripes on it, and she was pulling on a pair of white gloves before handing one to Patty and Rachel.

I fastened the red belt round my waist, then slipped on my red shoes before helping Suzie. She had picked out a white dress that had alternating horizontal and vertical black stripes running across the material. It had a funny square collar that was almost the reverse of mine - it was split at the back and hung over the front.

“Thanks,” she said as she pulled on her gloves, having first put on a pair of white shoes. “I think we all look the part now.”

“Agreed,” Jenny said as she opened the door. “Well, as the older sisters, we need to get you downstairs for Mater to serve breakfast.”

We trooped down and into the kitchen, to be greeted by “My goodness, we are dressed up to go out on the town.”

Dad was sitting at the breakfast table, dressed for work in a dark blue suit, white shirt and striped tie. Mum was wearing a pair of pink leggings with a flower print, a long t-shirt and a pair of flat shoes.

“Sit down, girls,” she said as the front doorbell rang. “I’ll get it - probably the postman,” Dad said as he stood up and walked out of the room.

“Now then,” Mum said as we heard the front door open, “who would like... Oh my God.”

We all looked at the door that led to the hallway, and all of us had the same basic thought - even if our faces said different things. This was not going to be a normal weekend.
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Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:11 am

Thanks for starting this!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby Imp Caesar Augustus » Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:44 am

Granny' s clothes again? WE NEED PICTURES!! :big: :big: (Sorry 'bout that, Road Trip really spoiled me on that score.)

Nice start, but dark clouds are gathering!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby KP Presents » Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:56 am

Imp Caesar Augustus wrote:Granny' s clothes again? WE NEED PICTURES!! :big: :big: (Sorry 'bout that, Road Trip really spoiled me on that score.)

Nice start, but dark clouds are gathering!


Ah yes - Courtesy of William F Somebody...

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Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:08 am

What a three day weekend!!!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby Tom Ford » Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:43 am

OH MY GOD! Cassie’s injured? Hope it wasn’t too terrible, and that that injury is the only trauma that she has to suffer. And only Cassie. And she’s crying! Part of me is that she’ll cope the same way she always does, by pretending it is a game, even if she knows it’s not, and enjoying the ropes and gags even if it was put on her by the bad guys. Because she’s too young to suffer emotional damage!

Still, I assume that they would need some kind of therapy for the six of them. Hm, how about the half term at Halloween? You know, the same time last year they spent on New England? Only this time, they should spend it on Holderness Manor, and use that time to have real fun, and perhaps address some real issues that arose. Would Cassie’s leg be okay by that time for that to happen? Another Last Day of Summer, but happening in the fall. And Mary and Cathy, and Pippa, Hazel and Claire, could come in particular days, not the entire time, but on some. And let’s bring Brian Hampton, Tommy, and Martin plus Angela and Edward in on it! Would you be okay with the idea?

God I was confused at first by the narrator switching. But it rapidly became clear when I realized it’s Bobby who was narrating that part.

And I have to ask, will the robbers transport them to some other place in Saturday, because of the open door when Bobby looked for them, or are they simply hidden in some part of the house that is locked and Bobby dare not enter the house without permission?

Anyway, hope that the girls could have breakfast before the inevitable tie up, so they won’t be bound and gagged on an empty stomach.

And I will hope that Patty and Rachel doesn’t get too damaged by this. They’ll think it’s a game, but with Cassie injured, it would be hard to sustain that illusion.

Anyway, hope that DSupt Hampton would get to pin a medal both on Bobby, and on his own son for whatever they’ve done.

You know the cruellest thing for Cassie about the entire ordeal? Because of her foot, she won’t be able to be tied up until it’s healed!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby KP Presents » Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:50 am

Tom Ford wrote:OH MY GOD! Cassie’s injured? Hope it wasn’t too terrible, and that that injury is the only trauma that she has to suffer. And only Cassie. And she’s crying! Part of me is that she’ll cope the same way she always does, by pretending it is a game, even if she knows it’s not, and enjoying the ropes and gags even if it was put on her by the bad guys. Because she’s too young to suffer emotional damage!


You'll just have to wait and see, but Cassie is like her aunt - tough, with the need to let it out eventually.

Tom Ford wrote:Still, I assume that they would need some kind of therapy for the six of them. Hm, how about the half term at Halloween? You know, the same time last year they spent on New England? Only this time, they should spend it on Holderness Manor, and use that time to have real fun, and perhaps address some real issues that arose. Would Cassie’s leg be okay by that time for that to happen? Another Last Day of Summer, but happening in the fall. And Mary and Cathy, and Pippa, Hazel and Claire, could come in particular days, not the entire time, but on some. And let’s bring Brian Hampton, Tommy, and Martin plus Angela and Edward in on it! Would you be okay with the idea?


That might be on the cards - abd tie it into a story idea William sent me. See, it all comes together eventually...

Tom Ford wrote:God I was confused at first by the narrator switching. But it rapidly became clear when I realized it’s Bobby who was narrating that part.


Difficult to do in writing, but yes - italics means Bobby

Tom Ford wrote:And I have to ask, will the robbers transport them to some other place in Saturday, because of the open door when Bobby looked for them, or are they simply hidden in some part of the house that is locked and Bobby dare not enter the house without permission?


To quote Prfoessor River Song - Spoilers...

Tom Ford wrote:You know the cruellest thing for Cassie about the entire ordeal? Because of her foot, she won’t be able to be tied up until it’s healed!


Now that's funny :big:
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Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:57 am

Great start!!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby Tom Ford » Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:00 am

KP Presents wrote:
Now that's funny :big:


Another cruel punishment for her if Cassie gets naughty is to tie up Patty, and Jenny, in front of her, or in the same room, full job, and Cassie just itches to join the fun but can't because of her leg.

But that's too far, I think. :big:

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby William F Somebody » Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:19 am

Oh my God is right! I too am shocked at Cassie’s current condition, but hopefully, she’ll bear this and will come out stronger. Hope she doesn’t lose that innocence she is so famous for. And if this happened to Cassie, how about Alicia? She’s growing up, if the clues are right. This is the worst timing for her, but perhaps, things can be made bearable for her in the coming ordeal. Not to mention Rachel. Hope she emerges out of this like Cassie did when she was 10.

Hurray for Bobby! I agree with Tom, he and Colin should be granted medals! Wouldn’t that be neat? Both Bobby and Cassie, who will be, well, a couple, both have medals for two separate incidents!

Tom already voice some of my thoughts, so I’ll add this. Wonder what the reaction of the robbers to seeing the girls in the costume? Hope they really tie the girls up, full job—I’m sure Patty will make sure of that—complete from taped hands to overgag over wrapped tape over mouth.

Anyway, so it’s three days, till Sunday, or only 2 days? Well, hope everything turns out well, but in the meantime, make sure they’re bound and gagged really well! The fun of that kind of rope will somehow mitigate the terror of being held hostage—at least for the older ones. Patty and Rachel hopefully, after their encounter with Mr Billy James, will think it another game.

This is a wonderful start, and well, I’ll be waiting for the next update!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:29 am

Great chapter!!!!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:07 am

Great update!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby Tom Ford » Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:56 pm

I wonder if Cassie could tell us her thoughts on the last story? Especially if she believes Dad's tale about Billy James. I assumed she would because she trusts her father. This might be pertinent considering what might follow.

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby Mister Mistoffelees » Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:20 pm

Ah, yes; frame structure well done generates interest immediately. Cassie is hurt--how did she get injured? Nicely played opening, sir!

And the old patterns are a nice added benefit; they allow us a peek at what the characters look like in their outfits. And I'm always such a sucker for short white socks... :odd:
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Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:54 pm

Please please update really really soon!!!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby Tom Ford » Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:57 pm

KP Presents wrote:“All right, Mum,” I said with a sigh. Patty, Rachel and Suzie were all going to rest in my room, while Alicia used a camp bed in Suzie’s room.


While rereading this, I came across this rather minor error.

This is Cassie's house, not Suzie's, and since Alicia is Jenny's special friend, I think that should be Jenny's room.

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby John Kennon Smith » Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:29 am

Hope you update soon!!!!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby KP Presents » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:05 am

Dad was standing in the doorway, but he wasn’t alone. There was a big man behind him, wearing blue overalls, and he had a black balaclava pulled over his head. He also had a gun in his hand, as he looked at all of us at the table.

“Hello, Cassie, Jenny, Mrs Craig - are these your friends,” he said, and my mind flashed back to that night he had spent with us before - when we had been trussed up tightly all night and Dad had been taken away.

I looked over at Jenny, and I could see she had recognised the voice as well, as had Mum - she had very slowly put the bowl she had in her hand down, and simply said “Please - not again...”

“Why don’t you stay in here,” the man said as he pushed Dad back out of the room, and closed the door, “and finish your breakfast. We’ll tell you what’s going to happen after that.”

I was remembering that night - the fun we had, being tied and gagged so tightly, but I also remembered the look of fear on Mum’s face when she came back that night - and I could see a similar look of fear on her face now.

As for Suzie and Alicia, they had their hands together in front of them as they looked at the gun in the man’s hand. I knew that was a real gun now - so much had happened since that night - but Suzie wasn’t sure. Alicia was though, as Jenny said “It’s all right Ali - let’s just have our breakfast.”

As for Patty - she nudged Rachel and said “I guess Uncle John has arranged another game!”

Now - about that ‘game’ the previous week at Aunt Jessie’s house. I was so glad that Patty and Rachel had found it so exciting - and to be honest, I guess Suzie and I had as well - but I had seen the look in Jenny and Alicia, and especially in Angela. It was only later I realised Dad would not have done something like that without telling Angela - but after she talked to him, she played along.

This - this was different however. This was real, and I wasn’t sure exactly how we were going to explain this to Patty - and especially Rachel.

“All right girls,” Mum said as she put the bowls in front of us, “:Let’s all have our breakfast, and then you can start to play your games, all right?”

“That’s right, girls,” the man said as he smiled at us, “You need to have a good breakfast.”

So we started to eat our cereal, but as Patty kicked me and whispered “This is going to be so good” I just shook my head a little. Yeah, I was a bit excited, and yeah I could imagine what was going to happen, but all the things Mum, Dad, Granny and especially Aunt Cassie had told me - well, I just ate my breakfast and waited.

Eventually, as Alicia and Jenny gathered the bowls and glasses, Dad came back in with two more masked men. Mum looked at him, and I could see he was worried as he said “Sit down, Jennifer - I need to explain what’s going to happen.”

“Girls, these men are going to be playing a very special tie-up game with you this weekend. I need to go to work, and I may have to stay away for a day or two, so I want you to do everything that they tell you.”

“Oh goodie goodie,” Patty said as she and Rachel clapped their hands, before Dad said “Please, Patty, listen to me for the moment. I’ve told them that you are spending the weekend pretending to be girls in the time your granny was young, and they have agreed to do the tie-up game around that theme. So you will listen to them, you will do what they say - and most important of all, I want you to enjoy the game.”

He looked at the four of us - me, Suzie, Jenny and Alicia as he said this. I could see Alicia had gone very pale, but Jenny took her hand, gave it a little squeeze and said “We understand, Dad - just promise us you’ll be home as soon as you can.”

“All right,” one of the men with Dad said, “you’re going to be spending most of the time bound and gagged, like real hostages, but we’ll make sure you get fed and have toilet breaks. As Mister Craig says, just do everything we tell you, and we’ll all get along just fine.”

Mum walked over to Dad, and said “I’ll make sure they behave - you just do what you have to do.” She then hugged and kissed Dad, as the nice man said “all right girls - we need you and your mum to come upstairs. Give your dad a hug and kiss as you go past.”

Jenny went first, hugging Dad and saying “we’ll look after them,” as he kissed her forehead, then Alicia was hugged. I went next, burying my face into his tummy as he said “Be brave for them Cassie” and then taking Suzie’s hand as we walked up the stairs. Patty and Rachel followed us, and I heard Mum saying goodbye to Dad as we were walked into Mum and Dad’s room.

“I remember you two from last time,” the man said as he looked at us. “Give me one good reason why we shouldn’t keep you in separate rooms.”

“I want us to be together,” I said quietly, “so tie us and gag us as tightly as you need to, so tightly and so well we cannot escape. But please, keep us all together.”

He looked at Patty and Rachel, then said “Even them?”

“Especially us,” Patty said in a haughty tone. “Don’t you think we’re as capable as the others?”

“Patty,” Mum said quietly as the two other men came in, carrying two duffle bags between them, “Please, just play the game as they say.”

“One thing,” Mum then said, as she whispered into the man’s ear, looking at Alicia as she did so. He looked at her as well, as she trembled slightly, then said “All right, we’ll keep a special eye on her.”

“All right girls,” he said as one of the other men brought in a number of pairs of white socks, “Put these on your hands, and then line up.”

“That won’t work!”

“Patty,” Jenny said quietly, “please remember what Dad said...”

“But it won’t - if they just use socks, Cassie can rip them open. They need to do more first - tape our hands or something!”

“She’s right,” Rachel said as she nodded her head, “Cassie’s really good.”

I could feel their eyes on me, and so I swallowed hard and looked at Mum.

“Listen - we’re all going to play the game, but you can’t watch all of us. So let us help you - I’ll take care of the two youngest kids, and Jenny can take care of our friends Suzie and Alicia. You can watch what we do, tell us if we are doing something you don’t like and we’ll change it. We can remember what you did to us that night, so we should be able to do it as well.”

“Yeah - she’s really good,” Patty sang out, as Alicia said “I’d prefer it if a friend did it, if that’s all right to you, mister robber.”

The man looked at us, then nodded and said “All right - Mrs Craig, I want you to lie on the bed, hands on your head and don’t move. Cassie, Jenny - do whatever you need to do.”

He opened the first of the duffel bags, and as Jenny and I looked in we could see they had indeed brought a lot of things. We took out tow sponges, and as he watched we used a pair of large scissors to cut them in half, then gave two halves to each of the others.

I also took out two rolls of silver duct tape, handing one to Jenny before I stood behind Patty and Rachel, and she stood behind Suzie and Alicia. “I want you to hold these tightly in your hands, and make little fists,” I said, watching as they did so before I stared to wrap the tape around their hands, making them into little silver balls.

“I really can’t use them now,” Rachel said as she looked at the silver fists her hands had become. I then helped them to pull a pair of socks over their hands and up their arms, before wrapping tape over the sick top and their arms.

“Right then,” I said as Jenny put her hand on Alicia’s shoulder, and whispered “be brave” while Suzie looked at the white that ran up to her elbow. “Jenny and I are going to take care of your hands and arms now.”

I watched as Jenny took four lengths of rope from the man, and handed me two of them. Patty crossed her wrists behind her back, singing and humming to herself as I tied them tightly together, passing the rope three times around and then twice between her arms before I tied the knot out of reach of - well, where her fingers would have been if they weren’t covered in glove, sponge, tape and sock.

Rachel cooed as I did the same thing to her, then tied the usual rope around their waists to lock their wrists in place. I could see Jenny had done the same to Alicia, while Suzie looked at me and nodded as her wrists were tied to her back. She knew what was going on as well, but was going to play along.

“Arms?”

“Arms,” I said to Jenny in agreement, as I tied Rachel and Patty’s arms to her side as I usually did - wrapping the rope around their tummy and their arms below their elbows. As I knew the men would not leave us alone together if we were not completely secured, I also tied a second length of rope around their upper arms and shoulders, before using two shorter lengths to tighten them under their armpits.

I could see Jenny had done the same to the other two, before we said “Where do you want us to be sitting?”

The two men looked round the room, then said “At the foot of the bed - you’ll all be sitting there.” So I helped Patty and Rachel to sit on the floor next to each other, near the window, while Jenny helped Alicia and Suzie to sit down by them.

“Ali, are you going to be all right,” Jenny said as she took yet more rope, and started to tie her friend’s ankles tightly together.

“I’ll cope - so long as we’re together, I’ll cope,” she said with a little smile, as between us we tied their ankles tightly together, then their legs below their knees.

“Not bad,” the man said as he looked over them. “Right - take a washcloth and out one in each of their mouths.”

“No - that’s too much,” Mum said as she looked up, but before the three men could say anything I said “She’s right - for Patty and Rachel, it is too much. Please, use some of my dad’s handkerchiefs for them.”

Patty glared at me, but before she said anything I said “Patty, it could really hurt your mouth to have a big washcloth in it for a long time. Please, trust me.”

“Well, all right,” she said as one of the men found four large hankies, “but I want everything else the same, right Rachel?”

Rachel nodded, and then they opened their mouths to allow me to push two folded hankies in. Suzie and Alicia got the washcloth, and I could see Suzie’s cheeks bulging as Jenny tied a knotted strip of towelling between her lips.

“Mlfngths,” Rachel said as she nudged Patty. I could see Jenny talking quietly to Alicia, as we were handed four cotton scarves with squiggly patterns. We folded them into triangles and tied one rover the hair of each of the four girls, before we wrapped the silver tape round their heads to keep the gags in.

“Vrrgg,” Patty said as she looked at me and Jenny. “Guess we’d better of all the way for now,” Jenny said as she went to the wardrobe, took out four head squares and handed two to me, so that we could fold them into bands and tie them over the tape.

“Well,” the nice man said as he checked our work, “I can see you really do know what you’re doing. They won’t be going anywhere so long as you all are in here, right?”

“We promised we would,” Jenny said quietly, “so what now?”

“Get off the bed Mrs Craig,” one of the other men said, “and tie your daughters up in the same way.”

We winked at the others as Mum slowly got up, walked over and hugged both of us. “You know what’s really going on,” she whispered into our ears as she did so.

“Yeah, Mum,” Jenny whispered back, “so we’ll play along for Patty’s sake.”

We then took the cit sponge that Mum gave us, and allowed her to first make our hands useless, then bind us in the same way as the other two. We were sat with Jenny next to Patty, and me next to her, before our legs were bound, and then our mouths gagged in the same way.

“Go and find something for them to watch,” the man said to the nice one, and as he went downstairs he said to Mum “Anything you wish to say, Mrs Craig.”

“Just be gentle,” she said as we all watched her hands transformed into silver balls, covered with socks, and then her arms and body bound. They did a slightly different thing for Mum - she still had rope round her waist, but they used one long length of rope and tied her arms to her side above and below her chest, before using the ends of the rope to tighten them.

She sat next to me, smiling at all of us and saying “I hope you’re enjoying this,” as he bound her ankles and legs together, not just below her knees but around her thighs as well, then gagged her. Unlike all of us, he used a head square to cover Mum’s hair, but she soon had the band of silk covering the silver band as well.

“As you all look like girls from the fifties,” the nice man said as he came back, and put a DVD into the television player Mum and Dad have, “You can all watch this until lunchtime.”

We watched the screen, then cheered through our gags as Grease started. Alicia wriggled a little, but by and large we sat still, the men taking turns to watch us as the film went on...
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Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby John Kennon Smith » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:56 am

Nice!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby Tom Ford » Tue Oct 01, 2013 3:25 am

I didn’t expect an early update, but welcome it all the way. Given the length of their coming adventure, hope we could have frequent updates!

Needless to say I really really love, love, LOVE the way they are tied up and gagged! Perfect! Perfect! Not even Aunt Cassie could escape such a tie up! And hope Cassie and the older girls are enjoying the ropes! I know Patty and Rachel are, absolutely! As for the older girls, Cassie and Suzie are enjoying it more I think, than afraid, while Jenny was more afraid than enjoying it, while Alicia, well, she’s the only one of the girls whose fear, I am afraid, will overrule all.

Needless to say I hope, I hope that whatever happens, what will make Cassie cry at the end will only happen at the very end, and she will be brave and cheerful and enjoy what she could while it is happening. Besides, I believe that what is happening is close to what she planned the six of them will experience the entire three days anyway. Hopefully, fear won’t rule her actions, and she could, for a moment, forget that they’re essentially hostages, and pretend, that this is a game they usually play.

She’ll be tied up and gagged for a very very long time, but, I believe, it wasn’t her first time, or the first time of the others. Rachel is the exception, and I hope that she would enjoy it! But, lunch is three or four hours away anyway, and she’ll have time to stretch her arms when that happens!

Anyway, hope the robbers are extra nice and gentle because of the presence of the two little ones. With them tied like that, they have no reason not to do so, as the girls can do absolutely no trouble (well, they can, even like that, but the robbers don’t know that).

Perhaps after lunch, they could hop around the room and the other rooms in the second floor like that to give Rachel a dose of their usual fun. The robbers, hopefully, will simply watch in amusement, and laugh at their antics and so be more considerate of them. Or even go down, just to show Patty and Rachel it’s a game.

It’s a gamble, but Cassie and Jenny know that the robbers will not take drastic action against the little girls doing so because they can’t turn door knobs, nor draw curtains open, nor scream to neighbors. I hope they’ll simply watch in amusement, if they don’t ignore them. The robbers would I think, be prudent enough to close all windows and draw all blinds and curtains.

Besides, if Patty and Rachel decided to do it, the other’s can’t stop them, since gagged like they are, they can’t tell them not to.

Anyway, magnificent update, as always.

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby Imp Caesar Augustus » Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:07 am

Hope they come out of this OK!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby John Kennon Smith » Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:35 am

Very interesting!!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby John Kennon Smith » Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:00 am

Great chapter!!!!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby William F Somebody » Tue Oct 01, 2013 7:01 am

So they are the crooks from After School Special are back! And they seem to get back where they left off, only this time, with more captives, and a lot stricter ropes.

That’ reminds me. After School Special was the second tale. This is the twenty second tale. Exactly twenty stories ago!

And Patty and Rachel are playing Cassie’s role in that story—that of two innocents who really believed this to be a game and the robbers really nice men, while Cassie played Jenny—someone only a bit older, who knew what was happening, but enjoyed it just the same. Jenny was, well the same, I think, while Alicia, oh, my concern is entirely on her. Hope she comes through okay with this, especially with what is to come.

Good thing that they are watching something they like, because if not, they’d become bored, and well, even if Cassie and Suzie has enough sense, Patty… doesn’t, and she might do something stupid, even if there is a robber watching them. She might think that he’s just like Billy James, and God Forbid, hop around him. Will the robbers do anything if for example, she started jumping on the bed? Or starts to roll around the floor? I would assume the window curtains are closed, so there wouldn’t be a chance that they would be seen.

Hope the robbers, if Patty and Rachel did this, would just be amused and smile or laugh, and not get angry. If so, they could do some games like that, like Follow the leader. For example, Cassie is the leader, but instead of following her around, she will just hop in front of them. She starts sitting behind a wall, like they are behind the bed. Then she stands up. The rest stands up. She hops to the left, the rest follows. She hops to the left, then they follows too. She squats, and they squat too. She shuffles forward, they do so. Perhaps the one who did an activity last should then become the new leader, and goes do something that they will all have to follow. If the robber who played Sorry with them would watch, perhaps he could persuade the others to let them do so as long as no one outside is alerted.

Knowing what will happen to Cassie makes the story rather gloomy, but let’s just hope that nothing bad happens to anyone of them, and that they are all emotionally okay at the end, especially Patty and Rachel. Hope they don’t have to find out the truth while they’re still captive by these robbers.

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby John Kennon Smith » Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:00 am

Great update!!!!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby John Kennon Smith » Tue Oct 01, 2013 4:40 pm

Please please update really really soon!!!!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby John Kennon Smith » Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:24 pm

Hope you update soon!!!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby KP Presents » Wed Oct 02, 2013 1:31 am

We watched the screen, then cheered through our gags as Grease started. Alicia wriggled a little, but by and large we sat still, the men taking turns to watch us as the film went on.

As the others watched the film, I looked round the room. They’d closed the curtains while Jenny and I had been tying up the others, and I guess they had closed the curtains in all the other rooms as well. Patty and Rachel were mumbling along to the song, while Jenny and Suzie were sitting with their heads against Alicia. She looked a little better now, I think because the initial shock of everything had worn off, but I could see she was still scared.

As for the men - they were quiet, but I knew they meant business. Last time had been exciting - and yeah, it was a bit exciting this time as well, but unlike last time I knew they meant business.

I was also worried about Dad - and wondering just how long they were really going to stay.

Suddenly, I felt movement next to me, and I realised they were untying Mum and helping her to stand up. “We’re going to take your mum to prepare you some lunch,” the man said, “You will stay here until we carry you downstairs, understand?”

We all nodded, as the nice one said “Don’t worry - I’ll put something else on for you to watch in the meantime.” I actually heard Alicia and Jenny groan as Scooby Doo started - but it was a fun thing to watch.

After about twenty minutes, one of the men came back in and knelt next to Rachel. “Don’t struggle,” he said as he put his hands under her and lifted her up, “I’ll be back for your friend in a minute.”

“Nmmcmngt,” Patty said as she pushed herself up the bed, and then hopped after the man and Rachel, her skirt rising and falling with each hop. The nice man in the room went to stop her, but I called “NNSLLRRT” and shook my head as he looked at me.

“The other one’s following you - make sure you keep an eye on her,” he said as he called down. “Look call me Jay, Cassie,” he said as he smiled at me, “In fact, all of you call me Jay. I know this can be scary, but I’ll try and make it as non-scary as I can.”

I nodded and said “fnku,” wondering what was going on downstairs. I was glad we had a name now - even if it wasn’t his real one.

Thirty minutes later, we heard thumps, and then Patty and Rachel hopped into the room, Rachel looking down through her glasses as she did so to make sure she didn’t trip. Jay and the other masked man helped her to sit down, and then said to me and Suzie “I suppose you two cam move like that as well - just remember, the rest of your family are up here, so don’t try to raise the alarm.”

We both shook our heads and pushed ourselves onto our feet, our skirts falling down before we hopped to the door, hearing Patty call “tsshknsp” after us.

I was glad the twins were away as well - I don’t think Mum would have coped, as I sat on the top of the stairs and started to slide myself down. Taking each step at a time, I wondered what Bobby was up to...



“Bobby? Lunch is on the table!”

I saved the report I was writing to my tablet, and came down to the dining room. Mum was sitting there, drinking coffee from a mug as I started to dig into my ham sandwich.

“So how’s the report coming along,” Mum said as she looked at me.

“Getting there - I’ve covered the Triple Alliance, and the oppression of the Serbs, but I need to do a bit on Imperialism and the expansion of the colonies.”

Mum looked at me, smiled and said “Boring, isn’t it?”

“Yes,” I said quietly, then looked at her as she burst out laughing. “It’s important to do this, Bobby - not just because practice makes perfect, but because we need to learn from the past. Only then can we avoid making the same mistakes.”

I nodded and ate the rest of my sandwich, then started to drink the milk.

“Mum?”

“Hmm?”

“Suzie’s not here, and Dad’s in London - can I ask you a serious question?”

Mum looked at me, put her mug down and said “Yes?”

“What do you really think of Cassie?”

She looked at me, before saying “I like her a lot, Bobby - and her family and our family do seem to have become great friends. Why are you asking?”

“It’s silly, but it’s something I keep hearing Suzie and her cousin Patty saying when they think I’m not listening - they call her Lady Cassie, and me Lord Bobby. I know it’s in fun, but sometimes...”

“Sometimes you wonder if there’s more to it than that?”

I looked at Mum and nodded slowly. “Bobby,” she finally said, “You and Cassie have a lot of growing up still to do. When the time comes, you’ll know how you truly feel about her - when that happens, come and talk to me and Dad. Promise me that?”

I nodded, and then said “I wonder what they’re doing for lunch?”

“Knowing Cassie, something involving ropes,” Mum said which made me laugh.



“Right - that should hold you in place.”

Suzie and I had hopped into the dining room, where the other masked man was waiting by two of the chairs. They had helped us both to sit on one of them, and then tied ropes around our tummies and the chair back, as well as the seat and over our skirts.

Mum came in, carrying two bowls of soup. I realised now what Patty had said, as she placed them in front of us and then stood back, her hands in front of her. She still had her gag on, the pale blue silk around her head as she looked at us.

“We’re going to remove your gags, and your mother will feed you.”

With that, I felt the scarf around my head being removed, and as I looked at Suzie we watched each other as the tape, towelling and facecloths were removed. “Can I have a drink of water,” Suzie croaked out, so Mum poured some clear water from a jug into a glass and held it to her lips, then let me have some as well.

Mum then tucked a napkin into the front of our dresses, and started to give us spoonfuls of the creamy chicken soup.

“How are you holding up,” I said to Suzie once I had swallowed the first mouthful. She swallowed hers, and then said “I’m fine - it’s not the worst thing that’s ever happened to us. But it’s not a game, is it?”

Mum shook her head as she gave Suzie another mouthful, “No, it’s not,” I said as I looked at them, standing against the curtains that covered the glass doors to the garden. “Remember I told you about the men who held us hostage overnight - before we first met.”

Suzie nodded as I swallowed some more soup, before having a drink of water. “Is this the same gang then? So your dad is...”

“Doing everything he can to protect us - he must have convinced them to play along and make it seem like a game.”

“Smart girl,” one of the men said. “Especially for your young cousin and her friend - do we scare you?”

“A little,” I said as I looked at them. “We’ll play along, and make it a game, but we’ll do what you say. Can I ask for one thing though?”

“What’s that?”

I looked at Mum, and said “If you’re still here at dinner time tonight, can we all eat together? You can tie us all to the chairs, and we’ll do whatever you say, but it would be easier for you and for us.”

The men looked at Mum, who nodded as well, before saying “All right - one of us will go and get some pizzas or something, and you can all eat and talk together - but no funny stuff.”

“We won’t and thank you,” I said as Mum fed me the last spoonful of my soup then let me finish my drink. She then whispered “Fnkumbrfgrl” into my ear before giving each of us a hug.

“Good one, Cassie,” Suzie said as she sipped her drink. “It’ll make it seem more like a game if we are all together.”

“That’s the idea,” I said as I saw the men take two fresh facecloths from Mum’s clean laundry basket. “Right then - you’ve had something to eat and drink, so it’s time for the gags to go back on.”

We nodded and opened our mouths as the fresh cloths went in - I could taste the fabric softener on it, but I had no choice but to let him pull the towelling strip back into my mouth, then wind the tape round and tie the scarf over it.

“Toilet break next,” one of the men said as he untied Suzie from the chair, then removed the rest of the ropes, as well as the socks and tape from her hands - but I saw the way they laid them carefully on the table. “Do not touch the gag,” he said as he helped her to walk to the downstairs toilet, and Mum sat next to me.

“Usgd,” she mumbled as she hugged me, and I felt her cheek on my hair. “Lkftrlshswlk?”

I wondered for a minute why Mum was so worried about Alicia, but Suzie coming back in stopped me thinking of that. She stood in front of me, holding the sponge in her hands again as they were covered in tape and the socks, before they tied her as Jenny had done so before. She was then sat in the chair as her ankles and legs were bound again, before I was released from the chair and untied.

“Same for you - do not touch the gag,” the man said as I was escorted to the downstairs toilet, and did something I realised I really needed to do.

A few minutes later, I washed my hands and then looked at myself in the mirror. My hair was completely covered by the red cotton scarf, and the black silk band covering my lower face was indeed hiding the tape band around my mouth.

I wasn’t sure what to make of the look in my eyes - excitement, fear, courage, what - but I knew I would have to be strong for the others. I then heard a knock on the door, and stepped back out, returning to the kitchen and taking the sponges in my hands as I was re-tied.

Once I was done, we both slipped off the chairs, Mum giving us a hug and a kiss before she went back to the cooker, and we hopped to the stairs, pushing ourselves up and then back into the room.

“Smmlrt,” Jenny said as she looked up at me, and I nodded as I joined Patty and Rachel on the floor. The man then helped her and Alicia to stand up, and they jumped to the door as well, while Jay looked at us.

“They’ll be back soon, and then your mum,” he said quietly. “Then we’ll see what we can do this afternoon.” I nodded and then looked at Patty and Rachel.

“Hvngfn?”

They both nodded and I could tell they were smiling under the scarf and tape, but I hoped their jumping around earlier was not going to cause problems for us later. For now, however, I was happy to sing along with them.

It was another twenty or so minutes before the older girls came back, Alicia looking a lot happier now. They sat next to us, and we waited until Mum was walked back in. Her upper body had been rebound, and she was made to lie face down on the bed before Jay and the other man rebound her legs.

To my surprise, they then pulled her legs back and tied her ankles to the ropes around her chest. “If you kids get out of line,” the other man said, “We’ll do the same to you.”

Now, I could see the gleam in Patty’s eye, so I looked at Jay and said instead “Cnwpl?”

“You want to play? What game do you want to play, Cassie?”

“Fllwthldr.”

“Oh no,” the other man said, “if they start moving round, someone might notice...”

Jay looked at me, than winked and said “Come on - they want to see if they can move around when tied up like that. I think we know they can, so provided they promise to keep quiet, and not try to open any of the curtains or blinds, then let them play. Do you want to be leader first Cassie?”

I nodded, then looked at the others. Patty, Rachel and Suzie were all for it, but Jenny and Alicia shook their heads.

“Wllsstwfmm,” Jenny said as they pushed themselves up, then hopped either side of the bed, laying themselves down either side of Mum. She looked at them, and said “Fnku” as Jay removed the glasses from Patty and Rachel.

“Don’t want to break these, do we? I’ll keep an eye on them.”

The other man looked at us, shook his head and then left, as I decided what to do first.
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Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby John Kennon Smith » Wed Oct 02, 2013 1:49 am

VEry very nice!

Re: An Education - Where's Cassie?

Postby Tom Ford » Wed Oct 02, 2013 2:41 am

Thanks again for this story, and the way you wrote it!

You’ve read my mind! Although I originally proposed that they do dinner the same as lunch, I think that I want to see them talk of the days’ events, and doing that the way they did lunch would be impossible! I was going to say that they should eat together, so thanks! I would like to see how the discussion will go with Patty and Rachel there.

But of course, they could talk to the robbers normally. How? Simply say them in an exaggerated manner to make the little ones think it’s part of the game. Like, “where is my father? Don’t hurt us! Or how long will this happen?” They would be serious in asking them, but in such a way that Patty and Rachel will think it’s part of the game, all of them play acting as if this is real! And of course, they would interpret Alicia’s fearful look as simply acting! I know, they should congratulate her on her good “acting and acting scared!”

Anyway, it would be interesting to hear how they fared after a long day tied up, in one form or the other. I guess Rachel and Patty are in heaven. They haven’t been tied up this long this tight, and every sensation they felt magnified this fun, and with no fear to temper it, they would be mad with joy. They would say thank you to the robbers for this ‘game’ and to tell everyone who listened how this is the best tie up game ever, and for both of them to tell them that this was the best fun any of them has ever had, period. They want the game to continue on and on and on…

Cassie and Suzie would be the same, except it’s tempered by fear. They want the game to end, but only because they’re concerned for her mother and father, not because of the ropes. In fact, if this was a real game, not an actual hostage situation, Cassie and Suzie would probably want this to go on and on, and vie with Rachel and Suzie on expressing how happy they are. But they know the truth so they had to sometimes exercise some will power in not acting like it’s the best thing to happen to them. And even if they know it is real, they decided that they should be tied up as tightly as they could, so they could stay together, but because they know it’s fun, and despite all, enjoyed it. Besides, they have no choice in being held hostage, so why not get themselves tied as tightly as possible for fun?

Jenny is more concerned. She’s scared. She enjoyed the ropes, but her personality, and her age, won’t allow her to exploit the situation to tie them up as tight as possible. If it were up to her, she would negotiate as loose a rope as possible. But it’s not up to her. Her caution and her common sense, ironically, led her to take a backseat role to her younger, more enthusiastic sister. And she knew that she can’t really stop Patty and Rachel from demanding to be tied up to the fullest extent. So she simply leaned back and let her younger sister and cousin get them tied up as tight as possible, and enjoy the ropes too.

For Alicia, it’s really simple. She’s physically not 100%, experiencing what Jenny experienced in Road Trip, have bad memories of her first tie up with robbers in Learning the Ropes, cried during the Gentleman robbers visit, and was scared too when Billy James made that visit. She simply wants out of this, but her common sense told her to simply do as they say. The ropes and a gags are a comfort and joy, and she enjoyed it too, but at the same time, reminds her who caused her to be tied up. Her fear caused her to stay silent and just let herself be dragged by Cassie and Patty’s antics. She’s confused and really doesn’t know what to do, so she just follows along what the others have decided for her.

Anyway, they can’t really do a heart to heart with Patty and Rachel there, and with the robbers present. Still, hope we could have an interesting dinner conversation!

As for dinner itself, they should be tied up to the chairs, but with their hands freed, and eat the pizza in front of them. After that, The robbers announce that the sleeping arrangements.