Hostage Situation

Clara's hands were tied behind her back. The feel of the rope was rough against her skin, binding her wrists tightly to one another. She flexed her fingers, as if trying to reassure herself that she could, and pulled on the restraints. But they were strong, and she couldn't break them. There was a hand on her hand, pushing her forwards, and she stumbled uncertainly into the darkness beyond her.

Uncertainly, in this case, because she could not see either. She was blindfolded, a length of black velvet had been draped over her eyes and tied behind her head, she could feel it pressing against her face, gently but firmly. No matter how much she blinked, she couldn't clear her vision, all she saw was darkness. This only seemed to sharpen her other senses, however. The feel of the rope against her skin was very real, and she could feel the way her clothes rubbed against her as she stumbled. She had changed for this, ditching the look she'd picked before for a more normal look. A dark green skirt and top, black leggings and underwear - which felt strange to be wearing for the first time in days, but it had been decided that it was okay for the sake of the game.

She swallowed, wondering if Alex was watching right now. Wondering if he was looking on, or if she was even still in the house. As soon as she had decided which video to play out, they'd blindfolded her, and then tied her hands behind her back. She felt it was probably Lilly pushing her on, but she didn't even know that for sure. The world outside had become closed off and dark, and all she could tell was that which she could discern with her other senses.

When Alex had asked her which video she had wanted to live out, she;d been mortified. After all, what else did you feel when your boyfriend asked you which of your most viewed porn scenes you wanted to experience? But, after a moment, she'd known her answer. Because this one was different from the others, or so she hoped. She wasn't sure, wasn't certain, but she would know in a minute.

Her heart was beating. She could feel her palms sweating. The hand on the back of her body suddenly pulled at her shirt, ordering her to stop. She did. It was still absolutely dark, and she could see nothing.

"On your knees." Said a familiar female voice. "Do it now."

"O-okay..." Clara said, slowly lowering herself to the ground, she folded her legs under her as she went, so that she was kneeling. A moment later, she felt something rough brush against her neck. It scratched at her, coiling about her throat. It was a rope. Panic blossomed, as is quite natural when a rope is around your neck, but she stilled herself. After all, she trusted Lilly, didn't she? Clara wasn't in any real danger, was she?

The rope pulled tighter. Not enough to cut off her breathing, but enough that she felt its embrace around her neck. She probably wouldn't be able to slip out of it. She felt it grow taut, as the other end of it was connected to something as well. She pulled at it a few times, but there was no give now. She was trapped, limited in her movement by the rope. If she surged to her feet and tried to run, she realised now she would not get far.

A shiver wormed its way through her body. She was acutely aware of the wet patch between her legs. Her helplessness was already making her aroused.

Someone stepped closer. She felt the floor shift slightly at their feet, sensed the presence of their body. It was amazing what you could detect when you weren't focused on your eyes. But that time was coming to a close now, because Clara felt the other woman - Lilly - fiddling with the blindfold. An instant after that, it went limp, and fell from her face. The brunette blinked rapidly, her eyes filling with liquid at the sudden brightness of the room.

She was in the bedroom again, she realised a moment later, as her vision started to clear. Kneeling by the carpet, the rope around her neck connected to the log of the bed. She could see herself reflected in the mirrors, as she had before. Somehow, the sight of her now was much more arousing than it had been when she was actually naked.

The main area of the room had been cleared, and various toys and tools had been set out there. Her eyes were drawn to them for a moment, and then, they flickered to the other side of the bed. There, someone else was also kneeling. Her heart skipped a beat, and she felt the desperate need to suppress a smile. He had done what she had hoped he would do, and the reason she had chosen this video. The video was a three person one, but there had been one girl and two guys. Knowing this, Alex could have placed himself in one role or another. Clara had hoped he would take the role that he seemed to have chosen, kneeling beside her.

After all, many of her fantasies might have involved being dominated by her friends, but a few of them were also about being forced to toy and tease her friends, and them being forced to do the same to her. This was a chance for her to experience that.

Which meant, of course, that the one in charge was...

She turned her head slowly to see that Lilly was standing beside the bed. She'd changed too. She was wearing a close-cut skirt, and a dark button-up top. Her legs were sheathed with nylon tights, and she was wearing an expression that made Clara shiver.

"Welcome back to the waking world, boys and girls." She said. "Or, well, boy and girl, as the case may be."

Alex turned to regard her. Like Clara, his hands were bound behind his back, but he had not been blindfolded.

"Who are you?" He asked. Lilly smirked.

"I'm a sexy and yet mysterious thief with a dark and troubled past, who longs in secret for the emotional closeness of a romantic partner, and yet due to her trauma, can never allow anyone close enough to fulfil said need."

There was a moment of silence as Clara felt herself sigh.

"But that's not important." Lilly went on. "The fact is, I was robbing your house when the alarm went off, and now the cops are outside. Fun fact, did you know that the response time in this area is only a few minutes? I didn't! Now I'm trapped here with the two of you! The police are outside, and the situation is pretty dire. Not gonna lie. But they backed off once I was able to convince them that I had a few hostages, that being the two of you, of course. So now, it's a race against time before they either give in to my demands, or decide to break into the house."

"What demands?" Clara asked, flexing her arms as she struggled against the bite of the rope. " What do you want?"

"Well, mostly to go free at this point." Lilly said, "I was gonna take your stuff, but right now, that's not exactly a priority in my mind. While the police decide whether to break or not, it seems we have a bit of time, so I thought I'd get us all into this very sniper proof room, away from obvious doors or open windows, and have a bit of a heart to heart. I'm Lilly, by the way. What about the two of you?"

"I'm Alex." said Alex with a grunt, clearly fighting against his own bonds."This is Clara, my girlfriend."

Clara nodded silently, wondering just what Lilly would do now. She didn't have to wait long to find out.

"Well, Clara and Alex, it seems to me that we're at a bit of an impasse here." Lilly said. "Since we don't know what the police will decide, I'm stuck with the rather unenviable position that it's very likely I'm going to be going to jail for a long, long time. Consequentially, I don't really have much to lose. I do have a gun, by the way, in case we're thinking about any last minute heroics."

"You could just surrender now?" Clara suggested. "Might do you some good..."

"Eh, that was never my gig." Lilly said. "Defiant to the last and all of that. Anyway, it seems the two of you are pretty kinky, right? I mean, I found all of this stuff in the house." She gestured to the floor, to the toys and machines. Clara felt herself colouring.

"I never..." She spluttered, "I mean, we had it but... we didn't really get around to using it..."

"Well, maybe we can fix that." Lilly grinned. "See, here's the thing. I may be going to jail for a while, and I doubt I'll get much action there. But it looks like I've caught myself quite the adorable couple, so while the cops decide whether to ruin my life or not, let's have a bit of fun."

"You can't be serious." Alex growled, pulling at the ropes which held his arms together. "You really cannot be serious. Do you honestly think we'd do that sort of thing for you? You just broke in and tried to steal our things!"

"Well, to be honest, I wasn't really considering it a choice on your part." Lilly's eyes glittered. "Remember, robber, gun, not much else to lose. How much do you wanna bet I'd be unwilling to do some harm?"

A shiver passed through Clara's body, Lilly's eyes looked so cold for a moment, it almost felt genuine. A sort of icy numbness was spreading through her core, a low grade fear that she had not often felt before. Though, she knew it was a game, it somehow felt very real indeed. She gulped, and then tried to swallow, to moisten her throat.

"Not to mention..." Lilly went on, "With those toys of yours, I have plenty of ways to creatively punish the two of you if you decide not to play along."