Surprises
Last time, Frank, Donald and I prepared a
trap for Andrew and David. We were able to get Andrew first, then David
in Andrew’s room. Joined by my younger brother John, we tickle tortured
them. We then left them. They escaped and captured us and tickle tortured
us. Then they left us. We were not able to escape. When they released us,
we swore revenge.
We spent the entire week on studies and chores.
As usual, Andrew got straight A’s on all his subjects, while I, trying
to compete with him, got A’s on most of my subjects, with a few B’s. Me
and my brother are very competitive. I admire and respect him yet at the
same time I always try to outdo him at everything.
Tie up games is one such activity where I
felt I must outdo him. Getting revenge for him tying me when I should be
the one gloating in the last tie up game. I was determined to get him good
next time.
Our first problem is determining what went
wrong in our last tie up game. We discussed it. What went wrong? I’m sure
there was no sharp object in the room, they cannot move from where they
are tied, and the bonds are secure. What went wrong?
We decided that in order to find out, we
would tie ourselves in exactly the same way and try to escape. We decided
to do it Friday night at Frank’s house.
Getting permission from Dad and Uncle Richard
was easy. Before I went to Frank’s house, I took some rope, torn sheets,
bandanas, and duct tape and put them on a backpack. I headed to Donald’s
house and from there, Donald and I went to Frank’s house.
Donald also carried a backpack. “What’s in
the bag?”, I asked. “Oh just some of the stuff we need”, answered Donald.
We arrived at Donald’s house. We then went
straight to Frank’s room where we discovered that he too has been prepared.
There are white cotton rope, some clothesline, duct tape, socks and other
binding materials. “Looks like Frank’s going to tie and gag everyone and
I mean everyone!”, Donald said.
“Better overprepared than not prepared at
all”, Frank responded.
We decided to wait until after dinner and
after Frank’s parents went to bed. The wait seemed forever to take. Fortunately,
Frank’s parents decided to turn in early, at about 10 p.m. We then decided
to begin.
Beside the door of Frank’s room is a chair
identical to the chair Andrew was tied. There I tied Frank to that chair
in exactly the same way Andrew was tied. I also gagged him the same way,
sock in mouth sealed with duct tape.
Donald was next. I tied his hands behind
his back in the same way David’s hands were tied, and his feet too. I also
applied the same gag. I then led to the bed where he was tied exactly like
David.
“Begin!”, I said.
They began struggling. Frank mightily struggled
against his ropes, twisting his shoulders up and down, pulling and pushing
his arms against the ropes. He tied to lean forward to get away from the
chair, tried kicking, but it was of no use. He mmmphhhh a lot, finally
giving up after 10 minutes.
I then checked on Donald. He too made no
progress. He was rolled across the bed (which of course was of no help),
struggling, trying any course, but it was no use.
I then noticed their bare feet. Then it hit
me. Why not tickle them? There they are, helpless. I fought the temptation,
knowing the consequences of such a course of action. So I just watched
them.
I went to the bathroom and returned after
five minutes. When I returned, Donald is where I left him, just lying in
the bed and looking at Frank. Then I turned to Frank. What I saw shocked
me. There he is in the chair, his upper body still tied to the chair but
his wrists are free and the rope binding them to the waist was tied to
him anymore. His feet is tied and he still gagged, but obviously, with
his wrist free, he would get eventually get free without help. It took
him ten minutes to get out of all the ropes, then he went to Donald. Four
minutes, later, both were completely free.
“H-h-how d-d-d-did y-y-you…..?”, I stammered,
too shocked to speak coherently.
“The first thing I realized is that struggling
will get you nowhere.” Frank said, cutting me off in mid sentence”
“So I stopped.” Frank continued. “ I decided
to relax and flexed my fingers. While doing that, I suddenly felt the knot
that tied my wrist and the knot that bound my hands to the waist. I figured,
that maybe, I could pick the knots at my wrist, and with that, free the
rest of myself. It being a square knot made the job easier. I tugged at
the knot binding my wrists together. Finally, it came loose. I then picked
at the knot tying my wrists to my waist. It too came loose just before
you returned. Then with my wrist free, I freed the rest of me”.
“Square knot?”, Donald asked? He (and myself)
did knot know the names of knots at that time.
Frank took a piece of rope, knotted it and
said, “This is a square knot”.
“So that’s how those two got free”, I said.
“Now we know, and we won’t make the same
mistake!”, Frank replied.
“By making sure the knots are beyond the
reach of their wiggling fingers”, added Donald.
“And tying them with different knots”, Donald
also added.
“What different knots?” I asked. (During
that time, the only knots I knew were the square knot, the knot used at
neckties, and the knots use at shoes).
Frank responded by getting an old book from
his book shelf. It was a book on knots, how to tie it and their uses and
applications. There are lots of illustrations which made it easier for
us to learn It was not particularly thick book, but thick enough for our
tastes.
“You know all these knots?”, Donald asked,
pointing to the book.
“Not all.”
“Then why did you not use them on Andrew
and David last Sunday!?” I demanded.
“Because I asked Dad to teach me about knots
on Monday, instead, he gave me this book. I’ve been studying it all week
and I’ve learned quite a few things from this book.”
“Yea right!” I replied.
Anyway, we spent the next 1 ½ hours
learning the knots and tying ourselves in different positions, trying to
escape and just experimenting.
We went to bed at about 12, Frank in his
bed while Donald and I in sleeping bags. We did not immediately sleep,
however, we spent about half an hour planning the our revenge. And it was
Donald who came with the plan.
“I learned that David’s parents are leaving
very early in the morning, about six.” Donald said. “And I also know that
Andrew will go over to David’s also early. So what if we go to David at
the earliest possible time, get him before Andrew arrives. Then we just
wait for Andrew to arrive and ambush him. So guys, what do you think?”
“Sounds like a plan to me.” Donald replied.
“Then let’s do it.” I said.
Then we discussed the details by which we
would tie our captives and what form of torture we would inflict upon them.
Well, Frank and I discussed. Donald fell asleep a few minutes after revealing
his plan to us. After 10 minutes of discussion, I set the alarm at 5:50
a.m., then fell asleep.
I woke at 5:50 a.m. when the alarm rang.
I was still very sleepy, but I forced myself to wake. I then woke my two
companions and told them to get ready.
We changed and washed in 10 min. I wore jeans,
a white T-shirt, white socks and rubber shoes, while Frank wore slacks
and a red shirt. Donald also wore jeans, with black shirt and rubber shoes.
We ate breakfast (Frank’s parents also wakes
at around six), and left the house at six thirty. It was already bright
and shiny, although a little cold. We arrived at David’s house at around
six forty. I knocked on the door, and a half asleep David emerged, wearing
shorts and white shirt, barefoot, hair disheveled, eyes half-open.
“Don’t you (yawn) guys know is only six for
- (yawn) - ty in the morning?”, David asked.
“We know, I replied. “We’re here to take
you hostage”.
With that, we pounced on David and we soon
had him laying on the carpeted floor on his stomach. David was too sleepy
to struggle, and only gave token resistance. We pulled his arms behind
his back, and Frank tied it using a constrictor knot twice and used a then
used a double square knot to make sure the ropes remained snug around his
wrists, placing the knots carefully out of reach of his prying fingers.
I tied his crossed ankles and under Frank’s direction tied a constrictor
knot. I rather did it clumsily at the first two tries, but at the third,
I finally got it right, and tied two more constrictor knots at his ankles,
then secured it with a double square knot.
David, at this time, was fully awake, but
it was too late for him. So he just decided to go along with this. “Not
too tight!”, was all he said.
“Don’t worry, I won’t kill you!”, I responded.
I then took two handkerchiefs, wadded it,
and stuffed it in David’s mouth. I then sealed his mouth with duct tape.
I then took a rope, tied it around his waist,
and tied it to his wrists. I then tied it to his upper body, pinning his
elbows to his sides, further immobilizing him.
Then Donald took a rope, tied one end to
David’s wrists, and took the other end and tied it to the his ankles. He
then pulled his feet as far as it could go, and knotted it off. When he
was finished, David’s fingers can actually touch the soles of his feet.
His hogtie was complete.
“Hey, what are you doing with my brother?”
Standing at the stairs, staring at us, is David’s eight year old little
sister Nancy. Nancy is about a little shorter than Frank, has long blonde
hair, and has blue eyes. She was wearing pink pajamas, and is barefoot.
“We’re just taking him hostage.”, Frank replied.
With that, Nancy ran upstairs. We thought
that was the last of the matter, but Nancy returned with her sister Cathy
(7). Cathy has long brown hair, has blue eyes and her clothes is similar
to Nancy’s. “Could we join?”, Cathy said.
“No.” I snapped.
“Why not?”
“Because you’re girls, and girls can’t play
these sort of things”, Frank said.
This started a shouting match between the
girls and Frank. Donald and I, of course, were drawn in and also shouted
with the girls. These match were full of insults, teasing and that sort
of stuff.
Finally, Nancy said, “You boys are going
to pay for this!”, and she and Cathy angrily marched upstairs toward their
rooms. This of course, was followed by laughing and more shouts from us.
It was now six fifty two. We then settled
into a wait for Andrew. As we waited, both girls emerged from their rooms
after changing into everyday clothes. They of course, marched pass us,
we shouting and teasing them, they shouting back, and marched toward the
back door. Before they left, Cathy stuck up her tongue at us and then left
the house and closed the door.
We just laughed. It was now six fifty nine
as we waited for Andrew. Four minutes later, at 3 minutes past seven, a
knock was heard at the front door, and I opened it. As was expected, it
was Andrew.
Andrew then entered and saw the hogtied David.
“What the…!” he exclaimed. He was cut off as we pounced on him and soon
we had him on the floor laying on his stomach, hands behind his back and
upper body tied exactly like David’s. I then took two handkerchiefs, wadded
it, stuffed it in his mouth, but instead of placing duct tape over it,
I took a bandana and cleave gagged him with it, holding the cloth in his
mouth in place.
Frank was about to tie his feet, but I stopped
him.
“Don’t tie his feet yet!” I asked.
“Why? What did you have in mind?” Frank replied.
“Well, let’s march them up the attic and
tie them there.” I said.
They agreed and released David from his hogtie.
His legs were free but his upper body were still tied and he was still
gagged.
By this time, Andrew has stopped struggling.
We marched our captives to the attic and closed the door. We then retied
David’s feet and his hogtie after laying him in an old sofa. We then took
a short rope and tied it on David’s feet, and tied the other end to one
of the legs of the sofa. That way, he would not be going anywhere that
isn’t close to the sofa.
We then tied Andrew’s ankles, knees the same
way we tied David’s. We then hopped him over to a post in the middle of
the attic, and attached him there with rope at the ankles, the knees, the
thighs, the waste, the upper body. We then took a very long rope and wrapped
it around his body from ankles to shoulders. He was completely wrapped
with rope when we were done. We knotted it off with a square knot, as we
did the other ropes binding him to the post.
“There”, I said. “What should we do now?”
I asked.
“The usual”, Donald replied.
“Tickle torture?”, Frank asked.
“What else?”, I replied.
We then went to Andrew to proceed with the
torture. I bent down and tried to remove his shoes, but it was very difficult
to remove his shoes at his position. I decided to forget about tickling
him at his feet. I then went and pried my fingers at his ribs, stomach,
and sides. I tickled and tickled and Andrew just went crazy. Of course,
I gave him the customary 2-3 minute breaks from tickling, just enough to
let him catch his breath. We’re not that cruel. At least not yet.
David was given a dose of tickling by my
two companions. Frank at David’s feet, while Donald at his upper body.
Although only moderately ticklish, he still gave the desired reaction,
mmmmmppphhhing in the loudest possible way, and wiggling and rolling in
the sofa. Only Donald’s hands kept him from falling. Being less ticklish
made us more cruel to David than Andrew. The 2-3 minute breaks became 30
second to 1 minute 30 second breaks.
After the usual 30 minutes of torture, we
decided to leave them there and return after another 30 minutes to untie
them and declare our first victory. We went down and we just basically
watched TV, read some of David’s comics, and just have fun.
After 20 minutes, Donald decided to check
our captives.
“I’ll go to the attic and check on those
two. They might be trying to escape.” Donald said.
“Ha! The chances of them escaping are a million
to one!”, Frank replied.
“Just wait another 10 minutes, and we’ll
all go.”, I said.
“I’ll go now, just in case”, Donald insisted.
“OK, OK, you can go. Wait for us upstairs
in 10 minutes.”
Donald quickly ran towards the attic, while
we continued watching TV.
After 10 minutes, we decided to go and free
Andrew and David. They have been tied up for one hour now.
As we came toward the attic, we were expecting
Andrew and David still bound with Donald watching over them. It is now
time to release them and declare victory.
As we expected, we entered the attic and
saw a bound and gagged boy. But the boy was not either David or Andrew.
It was Donald who is bound to the pole Andrew was supposed to be bound.
And When we entered, we were immediately grabbed by David and Andrew. We
wrestled each other in the attic floor, and pretty soon, we were all covered
with dust from all that rolling around. Although a little stronger than
me, I was able to hold my own against Andrew, until he tickled my stomach.
With that, I jerked and laughed and with that brief moment, Andrew was
able to gain permanent advantage over me. I soon was laying on the floor
with my hands on my back. But instead of using rope, Andrew took the duct
tape and duct taped my wrist behind my back. He then proceeded to cross
my ankles and taped them. Whenever I would resist, he would just tickle
me on the sides and I would just submit. When he was finished, my ankles,
knees, thighs, wrist, waist, arms was covered with duct tape. He then took
two pieces of handkerchiefs, wadded it and shoved it up my mouth. He then
took the duct tape and wrapped it around my head five to six times. This
is the first time I was ever wrapped up in duct tape.
He then went and helped David, who is still
wrestling Frank. Frank gave great resistance, which helped against David’s
greater strength. David however, would not give up just as Frank did not.
They wrestled evenly, trying to gain the advantage, but nobody got it.
The fight remained even. Even while I was being taped, David and Frank’s
wrestling match in the floor continued. So when Andrew went to join them,
Frank was exhausted (so was David) and seeing the futility of fighting
2 to 1, gave up. Andrew then proceeded to tie up Frank. He hogtied and
gagged Frank the same way David was earlier hogtied and gagged.
I just lay on the floor, wondering how could
they have escaped from us again, when I noticed in a corner of a room,
two girls, one age eight and the other seven. I immediately recognized
them as David’s younger sisters, Nancy and Cathy. Both were laughing at
our predicament, and as soon as they saw that I saw them, they immediately
begin to shout insults and begun to mercilessly tease us. So that’s how
these two (David and Andrew) were able to escape. They had accomplices!
After finishing Frank’s hogtie, they dragged
me so I lay beside him. Donald was still tied to the pole. Then David and
Andrew begun their tickle offensive. At the sides, at the feet, they were
merciless. I jerked, I rolled, I screamed but there was nothing I could
do. I could see a similar reaction from the hogtied Frank. Luckily, there
was still a bit of mercy in those two, so they gave us the usual 2-3 minute
breaks. Donald was less fortunate, who was relentlessly tickled by the
two girls. Then Andrew and David drew back and I thought that was the end
of our agony. But these hopes were quickly dissipated when Andrew announced,
“okay girls, they’re yours, just don’t be cruel.” Nancy came upon me while
Cathy went to Frank. “I told you were going to pay for this”, Nancy said
to me, then relentlessly begun tickling me. It would have been much worst
had they not been restrained by Andrew and David, who forced the girls
to give us the 2-3 minute breaks from tickling. And it was Andrew and David
who forced the girls not to force us to beg mercy to them, saying that
tickling is enough to “punish” us. So the girls reluctantly stuck to tickling.
After 30 minutes of tickle torture, I was
on the verge of tears, but luckily, those breaks enabled me to hold them
back. I was however, exhausted with the tickle torture. Luckily, they stopped,
Andrew and David pulling the still tickle happy girls from us. They reluctantly
stopped when threatened with tickle torture by David and Andrew.
They left us in the attic for thirty minutes.
I tried to struggle, but it was of no use. It was duct tape, so there was
no knot to pick. I tried to feel and pick the end piece of the tape, but
I could not. With that, I just gave up. My two companions also gave up
the fight and just relaxed.
Well so much for our “victory”. This is the
second time in a row that we managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of
victory. This is my third defeat in a row, my companions second defeat
in a row.
I began formulating my next plan of revenge.
But first I must know how did this happen. It is pretty obvious that the
girls were mad at us because of the shouting match we had with them earlier.
So they got their revenge by interfering in the game. They freed our captives,
then they attacked Donald as he entered. Then they attacked us.
But I still must learn the details.
After the 30 minutes, they released us. The
girls plead to David and Andrew to keep us bound and gagged, but Andrew
would hear none of it. “Rules are rules, and by that we should let them
go”.
The girls are furious. “Boys’ are all the
same!” Nancy exclaimed. Nancy then made a move that shocked me. She went
over to Andrew and tried to kick him in the shin. Andrew, however, was
too fast for her, and he was able to dodge the kick. Nancy, meanwhile,
kicked too hard, and when she was not able to hit her target, lost her
balance and fell.
This all elicited laughter from all of us,
including Cathy. Then Nancy gave us a murderous look, and Cathy stopped
laughing. The rest of us boys laughed still harder. Nancy got more furious
and attacked us all. Cathy just watched. Well, she was no match against
us. We soon tackled Nancy to the floor.
“Maybe we should tie her up?” Donald suggested.
“That’s a good idea, I’ll get the ropes.”
David said.
“That’ll teach them a lesson”, I added.
“No”. Andrew said.
We looked at Andrew like he was crazy. Is
he serious?
“What do you mean no?”, David said.
“When I say no, I mean no.” Andrew said.
“What?” I said, still not believing my ears.
“Nobody will tie both girls today!”, Andrew
said.
“But she needed to be taught a lesson. You
know better”, I said.
“And we will teach her a lesson before we
leave the attic. We just won’t tie her.”
“How?”
“Just hold her like that”, Andrew said.
We did as we were told, as Andrew took Nancy’s
feet, and tickled her there.
Nancy is ticklish at all places.
She begun to laugh loud and begun to struggle,
but we four held her. She tried to free herself, but the tickle and us
three boys holding her down managed to restrain her. When she started screaming,
I simply clamped my hand over her mouth. There was of course 1-2 minute
breaks for her. After 15 minutes, we stopped, her spirit broken from all
that tickling, and she begged to be let go. We looked at Andrew and he
nodded, and we released her. Andrew then commanded that she and Cathy,
who just looked quietly at what happened, go down and leave us, and they
did.
“Are you crazy, why didn’t we just tie them
both up?” I demanded.
“Because she’s eight, and we all know my
Dad’s rule.”
“But we’re in my house!”, David exclaimed.
“We can just tie them here and you won’t be punished for it.!”
“But then she’ll snitch on us, and when Dad
learns we’re tying people who are younger than 9, all hell will break loose.
Anyway, she got punished. Let’s leave it at that. Once she celebrates her
ninth birthday next year, we can tie her all we want”, Andrew responded.
With that, the matter was settled. Although
we have misgivings about Andrew’s explanation, we accepted it.
After that, Frank, Donald and I talked about
what happened.
“What happened when you went up that stairs,
Donald?”, I asked.
“Well, I went up the attic, thinking that
both of them are still tied up. When I entered the attic, I was surprised
that Andrew was not in the pole where he should have been lashed against.
“ Donald said. “I looked and saw both Nancy and Cathy over David untying
him from his hogtie. I said ‘hey, what the …..’, I never finished because
I was hand gagged from behind. It was Andrew! He held me tight, and held
me at bay by tickling my sides whenever I tried to resist. Soon, David
was free.
“ ‘Get two handkerchiefs and a piece of duct
tape’, Andrew told David as soon as David was free.”
“David got the two handkerchiefs and wadded
it. He held it to me and tried to force it into my mouth. I kept my mouth
shut, refusing to accept the gag. David then held my nose, and when I was
forced to open my mouth to breath, he shoved those wadded hankies into
my mouth. Andrew then clamped his hand over my mouth to prevent me from
spitting the hankies out. He soon removed his hand, but as soon as he removed
it, David sealed my mouth with duct tape.”
“Both of them tied me to the pole in exactly
the same way we tied Andrew to the pole. And as they were tying me up,
Andrew told me all”.
“ ‘You tied me up pretty good, you know.’
Andrew explained.”
“ ‘You tied the knot where I could not reach
it with my fingers. At least you learned your lessons from the last game.
During that game, your knots were so simple and within easy reach of my
prying fingers that I was able to get free as soon you left. At least you
learn how to tie knots now. And tying David and me with constrictor knots
was clever.’
“ ‘Well after you tied us up and tickle tortured
us and left us, I struggled to get free. I tried to reach those knots that
held my wrists, but could not find them. Then I struggled. It was useless.
I looked at David and noticed then that he made no progress too. I then
concentrated in removing my gag. Using my tongue and wiggling my face,
I was able to spit out those hankies in my mouth. I then was able to rub
down my face those bandanas.’
“ ‘After removing my gag, I then tried to
relax, knowing I had lost. But two girls entered the room.’
“ ‘ “Let me go!”, I immediately said.’
“ ‘ “Why should we”, Nancy replied.’
“ ‘ “Because there’s 50 cents to whoever
unties me”, I said.’
“ ‘Nancy and Cathy discussed it among themselves.
Finally’,
“ ‘ “Three dollars”, Nancy demanded.’
“ ‘ “75 cents”, I responded.’
“ ‘ “Two dollars and fifty cents”, Cathy
shot back.’
“ ‘ “A dollar fifty”, I said.’
“ ‘ “ Two dollars and twenty five”, Nancy
responded.’
“ ‘ “Two dollars and that my final offer”,
I said.’
“ ‘ “Then two dollars it is. By the way,
what are you going to do when you are free’, Cathy asked’.
“ ‘ “What else, but get revenge on those
three!”, I replied.’
“ ‘ “You mean Tom, Donald and Frank?!”, Cathy
exclaimed.’
“ ‘ “Yea”, I replied.’
“ ‘ “What will you do with them?”, Nancy
asked.’
“ ‘ “Tie them up and torture them.”, I said.’
“ ‘ “What kind of torture?”, Cathy asked.’
“ ‘ “Tickle torture!”, I replied.’
“ ‘ “Could we also tickle them”, Nancy asked.’
“ ‘ “Sure. As long as you follow the rules”,
I said’.
“ ‘With that they started to untie me. They
did not even bother to ask what the rules are. They were too exited. They
had some difficulty untying me, inexperienced as they are, but with my
directions, they managed to do it in only twelve minutes. I then went over
to untie David when I heard footsteps coming up. I hid behind the door
and when you came in, I grabbed you. You already know what happened next.’
“The explanation lasted about eight minutes.
By the time he was finished, I was already tied securely against the pole.”
“Andrew then reached for his pocket and pulled
out his wallet. He then took four dollar bills and gave Nancy and Cathy
two dollars each. After both pocketed the money, we heard footsteps from
the stairs leading to the attic. The girls then went to the corner and
Both Andrew and David hid behind the door, where they pounced on you as
you entered. You already know the rest”.
After hearing Donald’s story, I swore revenge
on both Andrew and David.
Did I get my revenge? Read the next part
and find out.
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