Chapter 6 - Home Base
Recap - As the kidnapper locks Jurgen in a cage and drives to his next target, the Detective group (including a tied up Luke) work to figure out the identity of the kidnapper and the location of his captives.
Luke the Detective's POV
Our base of operations, the empty house of Nahum’s buddy he was cat-sitting for, was just outside the city in a rural area.
Upon arrival Selim had held me in place while Nahum retied me. I didn't fight back - I knew it would be a losing battle - but I did try to subtly flex and put just a little space between my wrists as he tied them behind my back, setting up for a potential future escape when the moment was right.
Naham left me in my briefs, and tied me in a chest harness with added ropes around my forearms. He'd left my legs free. The effect was a comfortable tie I could walk around in and wiggle and reposition to avoid getting sore, but still remain under Naham and Selim’s control.
Luke's Bondage Harness
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Selim and I sat on the couch together, Nahum sat in an adjacent recliner. Selim sat on my left, and stretched his hand behind my neck so he could reach across and caress my right arm and periodically play with my right nipple as we talked.
The first thing we did was check Harry’s location. It still showed Seth’s apartment, but the past update was last night.
“Shit,†I said, “Rolland must have turned it off.â€
“Or left the phone at Seth’s place.†Selim said.
“Dang,†Nahum said, “so you really did throw him under the bus for nothing, Luke.â€
“He’s resourceful,†I said, “and the best escape artist of any of us. Don't count him out just yet.â€
We discussed our next move. To win the game we'd need to identify the kidnapper and find his victims.
“Does everyone know the game has started?†I asked.
“There's a few people not in that group chat that might still be in the dark.†Selim said.
“Who?â€
“Jurgen, Artis, and Chetâ€
“Text them,†I said, “tell them the game has started. Warn them that Rolland is helping the kidnapper. Ask if they're still safe, and ask if they know anything.â€
Artis the Nerd’s POV
Another successful raid! I messaged my guild and congratulated them on a job well done.
“I'll be on later,†I typed, “I’m going to make some breakfast.â€
I walked downstairs to the kitchen dressed in only my white briefs and blanket I'd thrown over my shoulders. As I reached the bottom of the stairs I noticed the deadbolt to my condo was unlocked.
I never left my apartment unlocked. I checked every night twice before bed.
Someone was here, or at least had been here.
I froze. I listened. No sounds. I looked around. Nothing else looked out of place, nothing had been stolen.
I looked at the door, I could run outside. I looked upstairs. I could run for my phone.
If it was a real break-in, I should run outside. Whoever was inside obviously didn't care about snatching things and must be here for me. I wasn't safe in here, but would be much safer out where I could call for help.
Of course, there also was Occam's Razor. I'd signed up for a kidnap game on some unannounced weekend. Now - on the weekend - someone had gotten in my house and proceeded to not act at all like how a robber would. Probably the person inside my home was part of the game, and if I could get to my phone before getting snatched I might be able to send some info to the other players and help the search effort.
As I was deliberating, the intruder made my decision for me.
Stepping out of the bathroom, blocking my path to the front door, was Rolland. Tall, stern, and strong, dressed in leathers, with handcuffs, rope, bandanas, and duct tape on his belt.
I turned and ran up the stairs.
I heard him running behind me.
I reached the top of the stairs and ran towards my room, I reached the threshold of the door, and turned to close it behind me.
Only for Rolland to push me to the floor.
I fell backwards to the carpet. He lunged down at me. I tried to squirm away, but he sat on my stomach. Pinned to the floor I punched, slapped, and scratched him, but nothing phased the goliath of a man.
He grabbed my arms, then forced them together. He held both my wrists in one of his strong hands. He tied my wrists with rope in front of me.
He stood and gave a sudden pull. My arms stretched up and I stumbled to my feet. He coiled the lead of the rope around his hand and pulled my wrists above my head. So I was stretched up on my tiptoes. Rolland grabbed my white briefs and pulled, giving me a wedgie.
He yanked my wrists down, then led me downstairs. I had to move quick to avoid falling down. When we reached the base of the stairs he tied my wrists to the railing, then tied my ankles together.
Artis tied to his staircase railing
He gagged me with a bandana. It didn't really silence me, though I'd been tied up enough by Rolland to know he hadn't gagged me to silence me, he'd simply given me something to bite down on when I screamed.
I started shaking as the towering man stood in front of me. I looked up at his stern face, made eye contact and quickly looked away. He grabbed my cheeks and turned my head so I had to look him in the eye.
“You shouldn't have fought back boy.†He said, “You're going to pay for that.â€
He punched me in the stomach, much harder than I'd hit him when I was flailing around. I screamed. He smiled. He hit me again. Then again. He slapped me across my face, then punched me in the gut, then reached around my body and scratched my back.
He hit, slapped, and scratched me once for every time I’d done the same to him while fighting back.
When he was done I was bruised, whimpering, and incredibly turned on.
He pulled my underwear back up, resetting my wedgie that had started to drop during all my struggling.
Then he walked away. I heard him pilfer through things in my house. He passed by me with a big empty plastic container he must have pulled from the garage. He walked to the kitchen. I heard him start filling it with water. I started shaking again at the thought of what he was planning.
As the container was filling, Rolland came over to me and held my phone up in front of my face.
He showed me a text from Nahum.
“The game has started. Rolland is helping the kidnapper. Are you safe? Tell us if you know anything and we can catch this motherfucker. We’ll check in throughout the day to make sure you haven't been taken.â€
Rolland smiled.
“Too bad you didn't check your phone boy.†He said, “maybe you wouldn't have ended up like this.â€
He texted something and then showed me the message he'd sent as me.
“Thanks for the heads up Nahum,†it read, “I'm safe right now. I'll let you know if I figure anything out.â€
Rolland sat my phone down and went to check on the running water.
He returned carrying the filled container. He'd dropped a few ice cubes in it. He sat it down on the floor beside me.
“Don't fight me.†He said, “You know what happens when you fight me.â€
I nodded, still hurting from the beating. Part of me thought of fighting back so he'd be extra sadistic with whatever he had next. The more self-preserving side of me knew whatever he had planned was sadistic enough.
He duct taped my wrists behind my back.
He forced me to kneel in front of the bucket. He grabbed my hair and forced my head into the water.
He held me under the cold water. As I reached the tail end of when I could hold my breath I started struggling and trying to pull my head out.
Rolland pulled my head out of the water. He yanked my gag out of my mouth so I could catch my breath.
“That was pathetic boy,†he said, “you couldn't last long at all.â€
He lowered my face so it was less than an inch above the cold water. I closed my eyes and shook my head.
“Someone's coming to pick you up,†Rolland said, “but they won't be here for a while. So we have plenty of time to work on your lung capacity.â€
“Please-†was all I got out before he pushed my head back under.