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Characters: Rick Maggie
Jimmy Lisa
She was a self-confessed follower, albeit a novice one. He was the only one she’d followed, so far. Though, if you asked her, she of course wouldn’t admit to being a follower. She just happened to be at the same place, at the same time. Today she was following her target in a patch of forest, not far from his home.
Suddenly, she lost sight of him, as he disappeared behind a tree. She went over there as fast as she could; regretting the fact she was wearing a full length skirt today of all days, which meant she right now couldn’t move as fast she might have wanted. She’d come to regret that fact even more, and sooner than she thought.
She came up to the tree, where she had lost sight of him, and fell flat on her face, feeling as if she’d been hit by a very large truck. In fact, it was her cousin tackling her, not too gently, from behind. “Hey,†she screamed, angrily. “That’s not part of the game! Sure, you can catch me if you can, but not flatten me like that! That’s not fair!â€
“I can capture you any way I see fit, and you know it!†He dragged her to a fairly large tree, and tied her arms securely behind it. Then he bent down and tied a rope around her legs at knee-height, finishing off with a balled-up handkerchief in her mouth and a scarf around her head, preventing her from any more screaming. Her muted groans and various other sounds could probably be heard for quite a distance anyway. “And so can you! If you get the chance that is!†he said with a smirk. He looked into her eyes one last time, and remarked: “I’m gonna leave you now. Let’s see how long it takes you to get free. But remember, you have to wait at least fifteen minutes before you try anything.†He gave her a last smirk and went. He didn’t go too far, though, just barely out of sight, and then he sneaked back, hid behind a tree, and enjoyed the show about to begin.
And sure enough, as soon as he was out of sight (or so she thought) she started twisting and turning, trying to get her hands free, which eventually she did, but not before giving him half an hour of pure pleasure, watching her squirm. The other rope holding her to the tree, though, took less than two minutes to get off. She picked up the ropes and began chasing after him. She soon found him, because he hadn’t bothered moving from his hiding-place. She tied and gagged him the same way he had her. Just as she had finished, they heard someone coming their way. Before any of them had any time to hide, another boy/girl team had found them. After a relatively short exchange of obvious questions like: “Who are you?†and “What are you doing here?†and not forgetting the most obvious question of them all: “Why is he tied to a tree?†things quickly settled down. The girls’ names were Lisa and Maggie, and the boys’ names were Rick and Jimmy.
“So, you’re playing cowboys and Indians, are you? And you let a girl do this to you?†Rick said, looking Jimmy, scorn oozing out of his every word. But without him knowing, Maggie had got a hold of some rope from Lisa, and was now sneaking up on her brother from behind. She tackled him to the ground, even though he was considerably heavier, and tied his hands behind his back. Together the two girls dragged him, literally kicking and screaming, over to another tree and tied him to it. Then they gagged him, with the same ‘handkerchief and scarf’-combination that was used on Jimmy. To make him ‘shut up’ as Maggie said.
When they were satisfied, none of the boys’ was going anywhere, Maggie said: “I never thought I’d live to see the day, my brother was overpowered, not to mention tied up, by a girl tinier than him! That is laughable, to say the least!†She walked over to her brother, cupping her hand around his chin. “Ricky, Ricky, Ricky,†she sighed, shaking her head in mocked disbelief, though her whole face was beaming with malice; “what am I to do with you?â€
“I’m sure I can think of a few things!†Lisa said, while flexing her fingers. Maggie caught on, and a full hour of tickle torture followed. When they, finally, got bored and released the boys from the trees, the first thing Ricky said, after spitting out the cloth in his mouth, was: “Hey this was fun! It got boring after a while, but still! I know! Let’s all go to our house and do some serious thinking! I’m sure; we can come up with something!â€