Postby KP Presents » Mon Aug 25, 2014 7:17 am
Jay soon had Edwin secured as he sat with his wife and daughters, before Ophelia and Mrs McPhee came through and untied the two girls, taking them to wash and then to sit at the dinner table. As they went out, Jay removed the gags from the mouths of Edwin and Connie.
“Are you all right,” Edwin said as he looked at his wife.
“We’re fine – it hasn’t been too bad, and they haven’t hurt us,” Connie said as she looked at Jay and the other masked men.
“That will remain the case,” Jay said, “so long as you do as we tell you. Now, once the girls are settled, I’ll allow Connie to get ready, and then you Edwin. I’m sure you must all be hungry.”
“Martha, this was a marvellous meal,” Connie said with a small smile as the housekeeper cleared the plates away, helped by Mrs McPhee and Ophelia.
“Well, I tried my best under the circumstances,” Martha said as she looked round the table. The family, along with Abby, were sat in the chairs, their waists secured to the chair backs with lengths of rope, while the legs of Abby, Edwin and Connie were tied to the front legs of the chairs. In the case of Ariel and Belle, their ankles and legs had been tied together again.
“How are you, Martha,” Edwin said as his plate and cutlery were taken.
“Better than I thought I would be,” Martha said. “When they came in, I thought it would be a repeat of that last time, but Ophelia talked to us, and – well, we’re not afraid anymore.”
“Thank you,” Ophelia said with a smile as she collected the dishes and put them in the washer.
“Now then,” Jay said quietly, “we’re going to let you two girls get ready for bed, with the help of Mrs McPhee, and then I want you to join her and me in your recreation room. Your mother and Abby will join you soon after that, and then Martha and your father.”
“What are we going to do in there,” Ariel asked as she looked at them.
“Have fun,” Jay said with a smile as Mrs McPhee released both of them. “You go with Mrs McPhee now, and I will see you both soon.”
“Do as she tells you, girls,” Connie said as Mrs McPhee took them both by the hand and led them out of the room.
“Is she a mother?”
“Why do you ask,” Jay said as he looked at Connie.
“She acts like a loving mother, even if she is an armed bank robber and home invader. The girls aren’t scared at all, despite being tied and gagged – and something tells me they’re going to be again.”
“You all are,” Jay said, “but we’ll make you as comfortable as possible. I’d rather be 100% honest as to what will happen – I respect you as a family too much not too.”
“What are you going to take then,” Edwin said as he looked at Jay.
“A substantial donation from your company – but don’t worry. You were forced to do it, under threat of your family being harmed. At least, I am sure that is the story you will tell the police, correct?”
“And true – even if they have not been harmed,” Edwin said with a smile.
“If you will excuse me,” Jay said as he stood up, “I must take care of Ariel and Belle. Ophelia, in five minutes untie Mrs van der Bild and Abby, and take them to their rooms to change. Accompany them.”
“Yes, Jay,” one of the masked men said in an Australian accent, as Jay walked down the corridor and into a large room, the opposite wall taken up with a large television screen with large speakers on either side. A large grey canvas bag was already there, which he opened as Mrs McPhee brought Belle and Ariel in.
Both girls were wearing pyjamas, Ariel’s a dusky pink and Belle’s white with blue polka dots, and had a pair of bedsocks over their ankles. Mrs McPhee also had two pairs of bedsocks in her hands.
“Now girls, I need to tell you something,” Jay said as he looked at them. “We’re going to keep all of you in here while we talk to your daddy, and I am afraid we need to keep you all tightly tied and quiet. Now, I promise you it does not hurt, but you need to be very brave and allow Mrs McPhee and me to do this to you. Have we hurt you so far?”
“No,” Belle said as she held her sister’s hand, “will you stay with us?”
“Until I need to talk to your father, yes. Now, I want you to take a pair of socks each from Mrs McPhee, pull them up over your hands and wrists, and then stand facing each other.”
“All right,” Ariel said as they did that, and then allowed both Jay and Mrs McPhee to cross their wrists behind their back and tie them tightly together with rope, and then to their backs with rope around their waists. They then had a length tied around their arms and stomach, and another around their upper arms, so that no matter how much they twisted round they could not move their arms.
“All right,” Mrs McPhee said as she smiled at them, “Would you like to sit in a chair or on the floor?”
“Can we sit next to each other on the floor,” Belle said, Ariel nodding in agreement. So Jay took two bean bags and set them wither side of a long couch, watching as the two girls sat themselves down before Mrs McPhee crossed and tied the ankles of each of the girls together, and then their legs below their knees, making sure it went between their legs to tighten the coils.
“IT is kinda snug, isn’t it,” Ariel said as she looked at her older sister, Belle nodding in agreement.
“Now then,” Mrs McPhee said, “we need to keep you really quiet, so we’re going to put a folded cloth in your mouths. Take a minute to get used to it, and then nod when you are ready for the next thing, all right?”
“Can we still talk?”
“You can try,” Jay said, “and see if you can understand each other. Now, open wide.”
Ariel felt the soft cloth press down on her tongue, and as she closed her lips she looked at Belle, who was nodding slowly. She then allowed Mrs McPhee to pull a strip of towel, which had a knot tied in it, between her lips, the knot sitting on the cloth as it was tied round her head.
“Tfllssfnnee,” Belle said, Ariel nodding and grinning as she heard a funny sound, and then felt Jay press the end of some white tape on her cheek, which he wound tightly round her head, trapping her hair as it covered her lower face. She looked at Belle as the same was done to her, the two girls trying to talk as the tape held firm.
“Girls? Are you all right?”
“Ysmmm,” they both said as they looked at their mother, who was wearing a knee length white nightgown. Ophelia was with her, while the Australian was with Abby, who was wearing a pair of blue silk pyjamas. They could see that both of them already had their wrists tied behind their back, while they both had some rope around their waists.
“All right, girls,” Jay said quietly, “Mrs McPhee and my friend here are going to stay with you and make sure both your mum and Abby are just as well secured and silenced as you two, while Ophelia and I go and find Martha. Feel free to try and talk to each other.”
“Wwllll” Belle said as she watched Ophelia tie rope around Abby, above and below her chest, holding her arms tightly to her side while the masked man did the same thing to her mother.
Half an hour later, Edwin came into the recreation room, his wrists bound behind his back and his arms to his sides, as he saw the others already there. Abby was sat between the two girls, while Connie lay on her side on the couch behind them, ropes around her ankles and legs and the band of white tape around her head.
Martha was lying on the second long couch, wearing a floor length grey nightdress and bound in the same way as the others, save for the band of rope around her legs just below her knees, gathering the skirt of her nightdress around her legs.
“Are you all fine,” Edwin said, the five of them nodding as he was sat in a comfortable chair and his ankles and legs bound.
“Good,” Jay said as he turned the television on and selected a DVD. “I always wanted to watch the Hobbit – so let’s make a start.” He put the disc into the player, and stood behind the couch as the film started.
It was about ten when Mrs McPhee said “Ach, the two wee dears are asleep.”
Jay looked at Belle and Ariel, before he said “Two of you, take them up to their beds with Mrs McPhee and Ophelia. They’ll make sure they stay in their beds.”
“Whrtthtkgnthmm” Connie said as she twisted on the couch.
“To their beds,” Jay said as the girls were carried out. “We’ll tie their ankles to the bottom of the bed, but they should sleep until the morning, and by then this will all be over. I promise you.”
Connie nodded and calmed down as she was sat up, and Edwin hopped over to join her. “It’s going to be all right,” Edwin said as he nuzzled her cheek, Connie resting her head on his shoulder.
“Now, we need to make sure Martha and Abby are properly secured,” Jay said as he walked over to Martha, and rolled her onto her stomach, before he pulled her legs back and tied her ankles to her chest ropes. Rolling back onto her side, he moved her hair out of her eyes, and then knelt next to Abby, helping her to lie on her stomach and hogtying her before he turned her over and placed a pillow under her head.
Looking at his watch, Jay said “We can watch the end of the film, and then I regret to say we must be about our business Edwin.”
“All right, I’ll do what you say,” he said as he kissed Connie, who slowly allowed her eyes to close.
Edwin rubbed his wrists as he watched Jay bind Connie’s ankles to her chest ropes, and then turned her onto her side, the breathing audible through her nose as she settled down.
Martha and Abby were also asleep, as Jay turned on the radio and said “Keep an eye on all three.”
Two of the men nodded as Jay and the third escorted Edwin out and up the staircase. They looked in on Ariel, who was on her side, sleeping as Mrs McPhee watched her, and then at Belle as Ophelia sat with her.
“Shall we go into your office,” Jay said quietly, as the three men walked into a larger room. A desk was set up with a number of monitors, showing stock prices around the world.
“Tokyo is open,” Edwin said as he sat down in a chair.
“Indeed, raise your hands please,” Jay said, and as Edwin did so the other masked man tied her chest tightly to the back of the chair, before he knelt down and tied his ankles together, securing them to the chair back and then tying his knees together.
“Now then, Edwin,” Jay said with a smile, “switch on your computer and access the main computer at you r offices. Remember, we have the others guarded.”
“What exactly are you going to do,” Edwin said as he typed on the keyboard.
“Just a transfer – oh, and no tricks. If an alarm is set off, I stop being mister nice.”
“Besides,” the Australian masked man said, “I had a little play with your computer earlier, made sure the automatic alarms were turned off.”
Edwin turned and looked at him, before saying “so I just noticed. Very very good, Mr Edwards.”
“You’re welcome – so, access your system, please, and then I want you to plug in this stick.”
“What will that do?”
“Transfer ten million dollars from your reserves. A drop in the ocean to you, but very nice for me.”
“So generous with it,” Edwin said as he took the stick, and plugged it in. “Now what?”
“Sleep,” the Australian said as he touched Edwin lightly on the back of the neck, and he slumped forward, his eyes closed.
“I’ll never get used to that,” Jay said as the other man took Edwin’s arms behind his back, crossed and tied his wrists together, and then secured them to the chair, before he started to gag the captive. “So what is going in there this time?”
“Well,” the masked man said, “once the money transfer is complete, we’re sending in some tracking software.”
“Surely Edwin has done nothing wrong,” Jay said.
“Nope – but a number of rather well known crime groups, such as the Italians and the Russians, have been using his bank to launder funds. He knows nothing of this, but the software will help my friends track down the staff who have, and then they will deal with them – discretely, quietly.”
“So why exactly did you ask us over?”
“Well, it had to look like a professional job, and you have that reputation, and also it had to be deniable – but we had another reason.”
“Which was?”
“So that you could be the godparents of the twins as well.”
Jay stared at the man, who smiled and said “Oh the look on your face – and admit it, you enjoyed the challenge.”
“Yeah – yeah we did,” Jay said as he smiled. “We’d be honoured – but perhaps we can finish here first?”
“Yeah,” the man said as they watched the monitors.
Connie slowly opened her eyes and looked round, seeing Martha and Abby asleep on their sides. She could also hear footsteps, and called out “hwsthrrr” through her gag.
The door to the rec room opened and she saw a police officer run in. “We got three in here,” she called out as she walked over and cut the tape away from Connie’s mouth, and then the towel strip before she spat the cloth out.
“My girls…”
“Where are they?”
“They… they took them to their bedrooms. Please, hurry…”
Charlie opened the door to the room he and Lisa were sharing and said “Hi Mum” as he saw Yvonne standing there.
“Breakfast, both of you,” she said before she left them to get ready, and then walked down, joining Mark at the breakfast table.
“They’ll be down in a minute,” she said as she saw Alicia Bowden walk in.
“Ah there you are,” she said, “I hear my children gave you a little trouble last night.”
“Not really, just fun and games,” Alicia said with a smile as she sat down. “How was your day?”
“Very interesting,” she said with a smile as the kids came over, saying “Hi Ali” as they sat down with their breakfasts.
The woman was walking from the main entrance of her bank across the staff car park, the soft autumn wind blowing her long brown skirt as she did so. It was a cool afternoon, and she wore a matching jacket over a v-necked sweater, as well as brown ankle boots.
The car park was deserted save for a panel van which was parked next to her car, but she paid little attention to it as she opened her driver’s door. So the shock of the arm around her waist, and the damp sweet smelling cloth placed firmly over her nose and mouth, made her open her mouth wide to scream. This only made the fumes of the chloroform work faster, as she closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
The man carefully lifted her into the van, and crossed her wrist in front of her, binding them tightly together with rope before he played it out and tied her ankles together with the other end of the rope. Stroking her long brown hair away from her eyes, he leaned over and kissed her lips, before pressing a length of white tape over them, and then a second length over her eyes.
“Nobody is taking you from me,” he said quietly before he got behind the wheel of the van and drove off, leaving the car behind them…
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