Jan: Black Box Bondage Part 12 of 12

There was a note taped to the inside of the lid of the chest.

“The devices around your daughters’ necks were just plain boxes, and they were never in any danger. I hope you enjoyed your frantic attempt to ‘rescue’ them from dire peril. By the way, did you notice that both of your daughters are frantic? This is because I told them that the other would be in dreadful danger once the box was unlocked.”

“Now that you know, you can tell them that everything is okay. No, wait, you can’t as you have a nice gag filling your mouth, and you have no way of removing it until you free yourself. Please note that there is a large set of keys on a ring in the chest, but none of them have any labels, which mean that you will have to try them one at a time. There are over sixty keys on the ring, but only a few actually work. Have fun.”

“By the way, don’t think of calling anyone until you hear from Melanie. By the time you read this, I will have her in my possession and I am sure that you wouldn’t want her to come to any harm because you made a rash decision.”

Jan screamed again in frustration at the message. Angela and Katherine must be scared stiff at the moment, no wonder that they were trying to break free and get my attention. I cannot tell them that everything is all right unless I free myself from these restraints. The helpless mother picked up the ring of keys, sat down on the floor as best she could and started to test each key one at a time on her wrist and ankle cuffs. I’m not going to bother with the padlock keys, I just need the cuffs unlocking.

As luck would have it, she had tried three quarters of the keys before she found the one that would unlock the cuffs that bound her ankles together, but she stayed on the floor until she could find the key that would unlock her wrists. With my hands bound to this chain, I can’t be of any use until I’m free.

When the right key was found, the bound woman applied it to her cuffs and released her wrists. As she walked to the living room with the cuffs hanging from the chain around her waist, Jan unstrapped the inflatable gag that had been a torment to her for so long so that she would be able to speak to Katherine.

As she entered the room and walked over to her struggling daughter, she said “Angela is safe, and the boxes are fake as they do not do anything.” As the gag was removed from the daughter’s face she started to sob with relief, knowing that her ordeal would soon be over.

“What about Angela, how is she?” Katherine said as soon as her mouth was free.

“I need to let her know that we are okay, so I will go upstairs and rescue her. I need you to stay like this until I come back down. It will take some time to free both of you as most of the keys are fake ones.”

“Okay mum, go and free Angela. I will wait until you return.” The helpless lady said.

The mother left the living room and went upstairs to her bedroom, where the bound and helpless Angela was still consumed by a frantic but useless struggle as she still thought that her sister was in danger. “It’s okay Angela, Katherine is safe. The boxes around your necks do not do anything, and we were told these were dangerous so that Athena could make sure of her escape.”

At this, the lady in bondage burst into tears and slumped in her bonds as her sleep mask and gag were removed. “It’s going to take some time to remove your bonds, as I have to go through all of these keys in order to free you. Just rest now, as there will be time to speak later, and I need to concentrate on these keys.” As Jan went through the keys on the ring, Angela remained silent so as not to distract her mother from the task at hand, even though she wanted to talk about what had happened to them during the weekend. It took some time, but the lady was freed from her restraints.

“You can get dressed now, I’ll go and free Katherine. By the way do not use the phones to call the police, as Athena still has Melanie captive somewhere. We don’t want the risk of anything happening to her.” Jan said as she left the bedroom, heading downstairs to rescue her other daughter. This took some time, but when it was over Katherine went upstairs to put some clothes on, while Jan removed the padlocks and chains that were still attached to her and went upstairs to her bedroom in order to get dressed.

All three of the women were sitting in the front room wearing pyjamas and evening gowns, when the house handset rang and Jan answered it on speaker mode. “Hello, this is Jan’s house, who’s calling please?”

“Oh Jan, thank God it’s you and you’re okay!” Melanie said “I’ve been held captive since Friday, and Athena’s associate has been enjoying herself by tormenting me up until this morning, when I was released. A police woman is on her way to you in order to make sure that you are okay, and to take statements. Please wait until she arrives. I have to hang up now, the police are here to question me, bye.”

Angela looked at her mother as she put the phone back on its base. “That’s unusual, sending only one police officer to our house. You would think that they would be sending a forensics team here to gather as much evidence as possible.”

“Perhaps they are sending a team later.” Jan said “This could just be someone to make sure that we are okay. We have been through a major ordeal, so maybe they don’t want to do anything that may scare us. Let’s wait until the officer arrives.”

After ten minutes had passed, there was a knock on the door and the mother left the living room to see who was outside. When the door was opened, she saw that a police officer with long straight black hair and green eyes was standing outside.

“I am Constable Craig, may I come in?” The officer said.

“Please do, a lot has happened over the past day.” Jan said “I’ll take you to the living room.” The officer entered the house, carrying a large holdall, and the mother closed the front door before guiding the constable into the living room.

“May I sit down on the chair?” Constable Craig asked.

“Certainly.” Jan answered as she sat back down on the settee.

After the officer had made herself comfortable, she started to speak. “Just before I arrived here, I received some important news. Athena and her accomplice had been spotted by the police as they made their escape in a black van. After the chase had continued for ten minutes, a tyre collapsed on the van as it travelled at high speed and it drove straight into a concrete pillar. The vehicle burst into flames and the occupants failed to exit the van, so they would have died in the fire.”

“You mean that after all we went through, nothing is going to happen?” Jan asked.

“The formula that they obtained from you would have been incinerated in the resulting fireball. With no one to prosecute, and with no leads to follow, this is just a matter of cleaning up and gathering items for an enquiry. I will need to ask questions about what happened to you three in order to complete the enquiry, but the only other thing to do is to gather up any items that remain here.”

The next several hours consisted of an intensive and searching question and answer session as the officer wrote down everything that happened to the captives. At one point, the mother was separated from her daughters and they were questioned about things that had happened to them alone. After the interview was over, the officer took out a number of white plastic bags, and she used these to hold the restraints that had been used to hold the trio of ladies captive in the morning. The bags were placed in the holdall and the chest was taken out by the officer who returned for the bags.

“You should hear something in the next few days, but seeing as the formula was linked to national security and is very sensitive, it would be advisable to tell no one about this. The last thing you want to do is get yourself noticed by the people who hired those criminals.” The officer said as she picked up the holdall. “I’ll go now, I hope you can recover quickly form your ordeal.”

Jan escorted the officer to the door, and she was surprised to see her walk a few doors down and enter a red car. I would have thought that they would have used a normal police car, but they did saw about keeping this quiet. She went back into her house and closed the door.

It was on a Tuesday, and Jan was approaching her usual cafe when she saw a most unusual site. Dressed in black leather was the very same woman who had interviewed her on the Sunday, and she was hugging the red boots and mini dress wearing Claire Turner who happened to be a local dominatrix. The woman moved into a shop doorway so that she wasn’t seen, and she watched as the supposed officer got into the same red car and drove off while Claire walked into the cafe.

As Jan walked into the cafe, she looked out for Claire who was easily noticeable with her long blond hair and blue eyes. “Is it okay if I sit down here?”

“Go ahead, I don’t bite.” Claire said “I may whip and spank though.”

The mother sat down next to the woman in red. “That woman you were with, I’m sure that I have seen her somewhere before.”

“Do you mean Lillian Craig? She’s a fetish model and a very good actress. Keep this confidential, but she was hired to pretend to be a police officer on the Sunday. Apparently it was for part of a role-play scenario where three women were supposed to have been held prisoner. The person who hired her to do that, hired me to make a special video for the role-play.”

There was a growing suspicion in Jan’s mind at this information. “Do you happen to have to a copy of this video anywhere?” She asked “I would love to see what happened in it.”

“Actually, I have it on my smart phone. I’ll show it to you, but don’t let anyone else know that you have seen it.” Claire said as she picked up her mobile phone. She pressed on the device a few times, and Jan saw the same video that was on Athena’s phone on that dreadful Saturday. “It seems that three ladies wanted to role-play a home invasion and this woman wanted to help out by pretending to be a captive herself.”

“Thank you Claire, that video was a real treat. Maybe I’ll hire your services myself in the near future.” Jan said as she stood up “I have to go now, as I have important things to sort out.” Her mind was in turmoil as she walked out of the cafe, and she needed to get her thoughts straight.

“Melanie, is it possible to have a chat at my house this week, I just want to talk to you about the ordeal that we have gone through.” Jan said as she made a telephone call to her friend. “If you can’t visit me today, how about could you come round to my house in the morning. Okay, I’ll see you at ten o’clock tomorrow morning.”

A taxi pulled up at Jan’s house at ten on the Wednesday morning, a white dressed Melanie steeped out of the vehicle and up to the house, and Jan opened the door for her before taking her into the living room.

“That seems like unusual clothing for you.” Jan said as she brought in two mugs of tea, handing one to Melanie. “It’s not like your usual work clothes.”

“I’m no longer working at the research centre, Jan. This whole incident has shaken me badly, and I have decided to make a fresh start in Chester.” Melanie said as she sipped her tea “I no longer rent an apartment and I will stay in a bed and breakfast until I find new accommodation. I have put all of my items into storage here until I can arrange for them to be shipped.”

“That seems to be very drastic. It seems as if you are breaking with everything altogether.” Jan said “I hope that you won’t forget us.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll never forget you three.” Melanie said with a smile on her face, before frowning a little. “That’s odd, I’m starting to feel a little tired, yet I felt wide awake earlier. I’ve even closed down my bank account and transferred my money to an offshore bank.”

“I hope that you’ve kept a good record of your details.” Jan said “They can be awkward if you don’t have the right information.”

Melanie leant back on the settee. “I- I have all of the details on- on me, in my purse. I’m find- finding it hard to concent- think, I must be getting very tired.”

“Maybe it’s the ordeal that you went through.” Jan said as she took Melanie’s mug “Just rest on the couch and go to sleep. After all, you are in no hurry to get anywhere.”

                                   

“Thank you Jan, you are very kind.” Melanie said as she fell into a deep sleep...

Where am I, what has happened to me? These were Melanie’s first thoughts as she woke up, which were followed moments later by more I’ve opened my eyes but I can’t see, and there is a horrible rubber ball in my mouth. I can’t move and my arms and legs are spread out.

“She seems to be awake mum.” Katherine said.

“Then it is time to make sure that she is fully awake.” Jan said.

Make sure that I am fully awake, what do you mean by- ARRRGH! My nipples! A sleep mask was removed from Melanie’s eyes and she realised with horror that she was spread-eagled on the bed, with her wrists and ankles bound to the corners, a ball-gag was in her mouth, and nipple clamps were attached to her breasts.

“I hope you recognise the equipment.” Jan said as she tugged the chain that connected the clamps “After all they do belong to you.”

Why are you doing this to me? Melanie begged and pleaded with Jan as she lay helpless on the bed.

“Now you know what it feels to be like this. Let me explain what has happened.” Jan explained to Melanie about the meeting with Claire on the previous day “So, I decided that needed to know the truth. I had to go to the doctors to get some sleeping pills because of what has happened, so I thought it would be a good idea to put a few in your tea. Once you fell asleep, I gave Katherine and Angela your storage key and they visited where you had everything stored away.  It didn’t take long to confirm my suspicions, especially as you made all of your notes in a good old-fashioned hand-written journal.”

The fear was growing in Melanie’s eyes as Jan continued. “Yes Melanie, we know that you are Athena, and that you had planned this some time ago. The reason you are leaving is so that it would be difficult to trace you if we had any suspicions. After all, it was only by pure luck that I saw so-called Officer Craig with Claire, and had this not happened, you would have got away with it.”

“However, you haven’t got away with it, and the big question is what to do with you? If we let you go on your way, that would be very bad, even if you paid us off to be quiet.” Jan held up the captive’s journal. “It seems that the real reason that you want to go to Chester is because you already have new targets in that town, a mother and daughter by the name of Tammy and Natalie. Oh, the things that you have planned for them are incredible.”

“Do we hand you over to the police? Well, that would lead to a long trial and a lot of bad publicity for us. Clair and Lillian could end up being prosecuted as accomplices, even though they are innocent in this. Plus there is always the chance of you devising some kind of revenge.”

“By the way, you left the memory storage with the formula on it. It seems that this did belong to the research centre, it went missing and there is a substantial reward for its return. Thank you for that.”

 It was at this point that the helpless Melanie began to struggle against her bonds, even though such an attempt was useless. “I see that you have already worked out what we have decided. You have already decided to make yourself disappear so no one here expects to see you again, and no one in Chester will know if you don’t turn up. No one will miss you and no one will enquire after you.”

“You made us your slaves to be tormented and tortured, so we are going to return the favour. From now on, you will be ours to do with as you please, for as long as we want.”

The enslaved Melanie screamed and screamed again as she listened to the words that sealed her fate...

The End