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EMILY LOCKWOOD in A BROKEN DREAM
[[START]]
[[CHAPTER SELECT]][[The First Night|Intro]]
[[Tour of the Town|Olivia day options]]
[[Second Night]]
[[Who to Trust|Trust Decision]]
[[Beneath the Surface|Undressed in the lab]]
[[On the Run|Forest Vent]]
[[Time to Leave|Wake up]]
[[Epilogue]] "Emily. We're almost there." You feel his hand brushing along your leg, making a smooth gliding motion back and forth on your nylons. Your eyes make a slow blink open as you sigh softly. You still feel sleepy and let out a little yawn as you lift your head from his shoulder. "How long have I been asleep?" you mumble quietly as you rub your eyes. He gives your leg a gentle pat as he replies "A few hours now. You were out almost as soon as we set off" He leans in and kisses you on the cheek, making you smile and turn your head to face him.
You see Tommy smirking a little at how sleepy you still look "Good morning" he says with his hand still resting on your leg, and in response you lean in and kiss him on the lips then say "Good morning" with a happy smile on your face. On your left side sits your purse so you quickly turn to that and take out a small mirror. You begin checking your appearance, running your hand through your hair and smoothing out any creases on your outfit. You're wearing your blue dress with a white blouse underneath and a pair of light black pantyhose with black flats.
"You look great babe" Tommy says as he sees the worry on your face, your head tilting left and right as you look in the mirror and try to get your hair just right. "Relax" he gently lowers the miror down, guiding your hands to rest in your lap "This is supposed to be a vacation remember? You don't have anything to worry about" you nod but still let out a small nervous sigh as you reply "You know, normally it would be you who's worried to meet my dad. You're the first boyfriend I've ever introduced him to. I just want everything to go well." He slides his hand around yours and gives it a small squeeze as he replies "I know it's been a while since you've seen him but your dad still loves you, and so do I" You smile and take a slow breath to relax. Then you lean in and kiss Tommy o the lips again as you say "I love you too"
[[CONTINUE|Journey]]With your hand still in his you look out the window at all the trees passing by. It's been like this since you awoke and you have no idea how much longer it's going to take. You already thought you were in the middle of nowhere when you got off the plane. There wasn't even a real airport, just a small building for travel enquiries. From there this car your dad sent picked you up, making this all seem like one non-stop journey. All you know about this remote town is that it's up in the mountains surrounded by a massive sprawling forest on all sides, and that your dads living here now.
You've been emailing him recently but he's been a little vague on the details, just that he's semi-retired and that this town was the perfect place for him and his new wife to settle down. You feel a slight tension in your shoulders as you think about her. Olivia is her name apparently. This all just feels so strange, you don't hear from him for months after the divorce, then here he is living a perfect life with a new woman ten years younger than your mom. You're glad Tommy is here at least, you're not sure you could've handled this alone, even with all your muddled emotions you know you can rely on your boyfriend.
He must have noticed you looking worriedly out of the window as you feel his lips kissing your neck then the warmth of his breath by your ear as he says "I thought I told you to relax" He wraps his arm around you and pulls you a little closer, letting you rest your head on his shoulder again as you try not to worry. Past the driver you can see the winding road ahead of you, and beyond that the rocky mountains coming into view. Then the car takes a turn and you see a sign next to a bridge leading into the town. The wooden sign is painted pink and in big white letters says - WELCOME TO DREAM FALLS!
[[CONTINUE|Enter Dream Falls]]You lift your head off of Tommy's shoulder as the car crosses the bridge, wanting to take a look at this place your dad chose to move to. You always thought Greenfield was a small town but this place makes you realise just how wrong you were. There doesn't seem to be a building over two stories, the only large man made structure is the radio tower you can see stretching up amongst the trees past the outskirts of town. Everything seems so clean and well maintained, the buildings, the roads, even the people on the streets are all smartly dressed. It feels a little like you've been transported to some idylic version of society.
The driver slows down as you pass through what you think is the centre of town but it's hard to tell. There's a few streets with small businesses, all of them with polished glass windows and handcrafted signs. You pass by happy families and loving couples, children playing in a spotless playground, people smiling and saying hello to anyone the meet. Everyone here seems so pleasant and upbeat, not a single face unsmiling. Then the car turns into a suburban neighbourhood. Every house is near identical, each one with a gleaming white picket fence around a perfectly kept front yard.
You have to appreciate the beauty of such a pristine little town. But a part of you also feels a slight anger. Is this what he left you and your mom for? To come here for a perfect life? You can feel your breath catching in your throat, a slight twist in your stomach. You squeeze Tommy's hand a little harder as the car comes to a stop. You're finally here after all this time. There's no putting it off any longer Emily. It's time to see your father.
[[CONTINUE|Charles Lockwood]]You get out of the car and Tommy takes the suitcases out of the back. You're only here for a week but you ended up packing for twice as long. You make a final few smoothing motions over your dress, then at the end of the stone path you see the front door begin to open. Those swirling emotions bubble up even more as you see him. The last time was over a year ago now. He came to visit you at Greenfield and took you for ice-cream. Before that was the last summer you spent together as a family, when you went to that small mediterranean village and he rented a boat to take out on the ocean.
Mom spent the entire time sunbathing at the front of the boat. But you stayed at the back with him as he showed you how to fish. He'd taught you how to fish a dozen times and you mostly remembered all of it, he probably knew that too, but every time you were on a boat he would show you again and you wouldn't say anything. He was never happier than when he was teaching you something, and you were always happy to listen. You remember the warmth you would feel whenever you showed him you had been paying attention, that prideful look he would get and the way he would give your shoulder a small squeeze as he said 'That's my girl'
He's wearing light grey trousers and a cream coloured shirt with the sleeves rolled up. Ever since you can remember his hairs been grey, and he's always worn those gold rimmed glasses. He was a university professor for a long time and he still holds himself with a slight formal rigidity. The past year doesn't seem to have aged him at all, he still has those big broad shoulders and firm muscles in his arms, making you remember how when you were little he would toss you high in the air and catch you like you weighed nothing at all. You've been so unsure of how to feel for the entire journey here. But as you see him step out of the house all you can do is smile and hurry over to him, hugging him as you say "Hi daddy"
[[CONTINUE|Dad]]His arms wrap around your slender form as he hugs you tightly, burying your cheek against his chest. "There's my girl. It's been too long pumpkin" You can feel the words reverberating through his chest and you close your eyes for a moment as you murmur "It's good to see you dad" He smells just like you remember and for a moment you feel like a little girl again. Then you hear a heavy thump behind you and he says "And you must be Mr Hart. It's good to finally meet you son" He keeps one arm wrapped around you then uses the other to shake Tommy's hand. You realise you should probably let him go and unwrap yourself from his torso. As you step back your dad moves aside to gesture to the door "And there's someone I'd like you to meet as well Emily. My wife. Olivia Lockwood"
She steps out of the house in a pink dress and white heels, her blonde hair is perfectly styled and the dress clings to her trim figure. She looks stunning, her makeup accentuating her deep green eyes, her ruby red lips forming a sincere smile, her gorgeous features glowing with warmth. You can't help but notice a slight resembelance to your mom, your dad certainly seems to have a type. She's a decade younger but just like the previous Mrs Lockwood she's a beautiful blonde image of glamorous good looks. She approaches you with her long legs striding forward, her hips making a rhythmic sway side to side, each clack of her heels perfectly in line.
That bright smile never leaves her face, her eyes trained on you with a look of affection as if you're her actual daughter. "Emily, I've been so excited to meet you for such a long time." her voice is smooth and soft, her plump lips rolling out the words with a practised elocution. You're about to hold out your hand to shake but she just hugs you, pressing you against her large bosom as she sighs happily "Your fathers told me so much about you. I'm so glad you're finally here"
[[CONTINUE|Intro]]It's the afternoon when you arrive, and by the time you get your suitcases inside, unpack and take a quick shower, the sun is beginning to set. Your dad tells you that tomorrow you can explore the town a little, but tonight you'll just stay in. You've been travelling in your clothes all day, so after your shower you change into a fresh pair of pantyhose and a light red sweater dress. You can smell the food downstairs as you step out of the guest room you and Tommy are staying in. In only a short time you've learnt that Olivia is the perfect housewife, your room was as crisp and clean as a five star hotel when you came in, the rest of the house just as immaculate.
Tommy's already made a small joke about you having a lot to learn from her, and you have to admit she is impressive. The food smells amazing and you hurry downstairs to offer to help set the table, but of course she's somehow found the time to already do it. Your mom never quite took to what your dad wanted from a wife. But you see now Olivia is everything he ever dreamed of. There's something almost too perfect about her, the way she moves and talks seems almost practised in how smooth it is. Over dinner you learn that she and your father met many years ago, when she was in her last year of college, and he was just starting as a lecturer. They didn't start a relationship until recently though. At least that's what they say, you get the feeling that Olivia might have had something to do with the divorce.
As you eat in the dining room the conversation remains mostly light, Tommy discusses the detective agency and how well you're doing as a secretary, your father talks about his life here and how much happier he is in such a small town. He makes vague references to his work here but you cant quite tell what it is. He never did like talking about work with you so you don't find it suspicious. After the meal Olivia begins gathering the plates and you help her. Your father says he's going to the living room to light a fire in the fireplace. This could be a good opportunity to speak with one of them alone. Who should you speak with Emily?
[[Talk with Olivia]]
[[Talk with your dad]]"I'll help you Olivia" you say as you go to follow after her. You share a quick look with Tommy, who gives you a small nod of approval at making an effort to get to know her. You did come here to see your dad, but you're intrigued by Olivia and cant shake that curiousity. You walk into the kitchen and see her pulling on a pair of yellow washing up gloves. She looks like she could've stepped out of a commercial from the 1950's with her perfect pink dress and those gloves. She glances over her shoulder at you and smiles "There's a towel just there sweetie.
You can dry the plates once I'm done with them" You grab the towel and cautiously walk up beside her. You're a little unsure of what to say at first, so you stay silent as you dry the first plate and put it away. "So... you and my dad seem pretty happy together..." you say without looking up from the plate you're drying "We are, I'm sorry you couldn't be at the wedding. Your dad didn't want to make a fuss about it. But I think you'd have made a very pretty bridesmaid." you make a half hearted smile at her compliment and reply "I wish I could've been there too. This all seems to have happened so fast..." you've settled into a steady rhythm now, her washing something up, handing it to you and you drying it then putting it away, all in smooth flow as you talk.
"I know it probably seems like that to you. But I've known Charles since you were a child. To me it felt very slow. Anyway, you're here now, so everything worked out in the end." you feel a tightness in your jaw and have to calm yourself for a moment so you don't say something rude. She's almost done washing up as you compose yourself and reply "It did work out I guess... but my mom really struggled at first. I'm sorry, I know it's not your fault. It's just... everything seems so perfect here and it just makes me realise how alone we were in Greenfield. My mom had to work a bunch of jobs, she was even a waitress for a short while..." Olivia lets out a small sigh and you see her perfect smile fade for a moment. She smoothly pulls off her gloves and turns to you as she says "It wasn't supposed to be like that. You were supposed to be here Emily. With us."
[[CONTINUE|Olivia talk]]"I'll join you dad" you say as you follow after him. You look at Tommy who gives you a small nod then goes to help Olivia in the kitchen. The living room has a vintage feel, there's no television, a leather couch by the window faces two matching armchairs, an old oak coffee table sitting between them. You nylon clad feet press softly into the carpet as you come into the room. Your dad is already crouched by the fire, piling up up small logs of wood. As you come in he glances over his shoulder "Hey pumpkin. Come over here" you walk over fiddling with your hands, still feeling a little nervous about how much hasn't been said yet.
You lower down to your knees in front of the fireplace, your hands resting on your thighs. "The trick is to position the logs so there's a little space underneath where you can start the fire. Pass me those matches pumpkin" You smile warmly as he slips right back into showing you how to do something. "Why do you always call me that?" you ask as you pass him the matches. He takes them then gives you a gentle pinch on your cheek as he replies "Because that's what you looked like when you were a baby." you blush a little from embarrassment as you smile and roll your eyes. "Here, watch" he says as he lights match and pushes into the small pile of kindling he's made under the larger logs. You both watch the fire in silence for a moment, the growing orange glow illuminating your faces.
He looks over to you and smiles then straightens up and stretches his arms above his head. You neatly unfold your legs to stand up as well, giving your sweater dress a small tug to settle it back into place. You can already feel the heat from the fire pulsing through your body, building a warmth beneath the nylon on your legs and the sweater dress resting on your shoulders. You turn away from the flames to see your dad sitting on the couch. He pats his leg and you walk over shyly, you open your mouth to say that you're too old to sit on his lap, then you close it and sink down. He still wants to treat you like a little girl, and it feels nice to let him after being apart for so long. He wraps his arms around you and you lean against him, resting your head against his shoulder, your head tucking just under his chin.
[[CONTINUE|Dad talk]]"So... Olivia seems nice..." you say half heartedly. He gently strokes his hand up and down your arm as he replies "I know this isn't easy for you pumpkin. But if you give her a chance I know you'll get along. She's been looking forward to meeting you for a long time, and she's part of the family now" You let out a small sigh as you try to pick your words carefully, you don't want to spoil the moment but you cant help yourself "Right... because you married her without telling me or inviting me to the wedding, after you divorced mom without telling me about that either..."
He lets the silence sit for a moment, he doesn't stop stroking your arm, even though he can feel you've tensed up slightly. After taking the time to think he says "Do you know what my arrangement with your mother was? What we had agreed she would do after we got divorced?" You have no idea what he's talking about so you hesitate, your brow furrowing as you try to think if she ever mentioned anything about this "I... no... she said... ummm I remember her saying she was going to find a place for us to live after our vacation, somewhere far away from Greenfield" You hear him let out an angry sigh, it makes you a little nervous as you know he can have a temper sometimes.
"Here. She was supposed to move here with you so you could finish your studies in the local high school. That was our arrangement, which she agreed to. I was going to support her financially and make sure both of you were looked after. Then on the day I was expecting you to arrive she calls me and tells me she's taking you back to Greenfield. That you've convinced her it's the best place for you." You hear him sigh again, his hand coming to a stop on your arm and pressing into it firmly as he mutters more to himself than you "Her teenage daughter... convincing her to move to a town she's never been to with no way to support herself..."
[[CONTINUE|Dad Talk1]]"She was just doing what she thought was best for me." you say softly, this new information making you a little unsure of her decision. You feel his grip on your arm loosen and he goes back to the gentle stroking as he replies "I know. But sometimes a parent has to do things that may seem mean or unfair, sometimes they have to make the responsible decision and not the popular one. I was expecting you to be here with me, and then you weren't. I could've handled that better I suppose." You don't feel like you have anything else to say about what happened. So you just nestle your head against his chest a little more and reply "Well I'm here now dad" his hand moves up and begins stroking along your hair, a gentle brushing motion that makes you feel at ease.
You let your eyes close for just a moment, and in that moment you sink into sleep, your tiredness from the plane ride and the long drive finally catching up to you. Your father feels you going limp against him, the soft rise and fall of your chest signalling you've drifted off. He continues stroking your hair as he looks down at you lovingly, then his eyes snap up as Tommy comes into the room. "I think the first night went pretty well" Tommy says as he sees you sleeping in your dads arms. Your dads look of affection for you immediately hardens as he replies to Tommy "We'll talk tomorrow. You should take her to bed" Tommy nods "Yes sir" he says as he comes over, speaking with a measured respect you rarely see him address anyone with.
He slides his arm under your legs and back, then he scoops you up from your fathers lap, cradling you in his arms. Your long nylon clad legs rest neatly in his grip, your sweater dress riding up slightly as your behind droops down inbetween his arms. He grips you to his chest to keep a hold of you then says goodnight to your father and carries you upstairs. He takes you into your room and lays you down gently on the bed. Then he wakes you with a gentle kiss on the lips, your eyelids fluttering as you feel the soft sensation against your mouth. You make a soft moan as you awake still in a sleepy daze, then Tommy kisses you again and tells you to get ready for bed.
[[CONTINUE|Bedtime]]A few moments later and you're dressed for bed, you're in the bathroom doing the last few touches of your night time routine, rubbing some cream into your face and brushing your hair a little. You're wearing a skimpy white nightdress, the silky fabric hanging off of your slender shoulders on two thin straps. It shows off a generous amount of cleavage, and it's so short the matching white silk panties you're wearing poke out at the bottom, your rounded behind pushing out at the fabric if you take a single step. It's what Tommy likes you to sleep in though and after the past year you don't even question having to sleeping in such sensual attire.
He comes in just as you're finishing up putting the last dabs of cream under your eyes. He walks up behind you and places his hands on your hips, leaning in to kiss you on the neck as you feel the heat from his body. "So first night... I think it went pretty well" he says softly as he kisses you again. You feel a small shuddering tingle through your shoulder, making it twitch as your heart beats a little faster. You tilt your head to the side to give him more access and let out a small breathless moan. "Are you going to break your rule on the first night?" you say as a blush colours you cheeks.
But with a final kiss Tommy pats you on the hip and replies "Nope. I said not in your dads house. Come to bed" He walks back out, leaving you with an unscratched itch. You make a frustrated little grumble, then you switch off the light and slide under the covers with him. He wraps his arm around you, spooning you as your legs curl up and you snuggle in. Today was really just an introduction to your dads life here, there's still so much more you want to know. But for now you're too tired to think. You fall asleep in seconds, drifting into the darkness like a switch has been flipped. Tommy's arm around you making you feel like no matter what happens you'll be safe and protected.
[[CONTINUE|Morning]]"I don't understand" you say with a confused expression. "Come over here" she says with a small nod toward the breakfast bar. Olivia walks you over to the table, then you both sit down and cross your legs as she continues "Do you know what the arrangement was between your parents? The divorce was in process and Lynda convinced your father that she wanted to take you on vacation over the summer. But after that, do you know what they agreed to?" you make a small shake of your head as you reply "No... Mom said that she was taking me out of Greenfield... but she never specifically said where..."
Your hand is resting on the table and Olivia rests hers on top of it as she says "Here. She was supposed to bring you here Emily. Your dad was going to support the two of you while you finished your studies in the local highschool. He had everything ready, you should've seen how excited he was. Then on the day you were supposed to arrive he gets a call from your mother. Telling him that she's taking you back to Greenfield, that you've convinced her it's where you want to be. He perhaps could've handled it better... but he was upset for a long time after that"
You look down at the ground as you struggle with your conflicted emotions. Your mom was just doing what you begged her for, and she gave up an easy life here for you, but you can also understand why your dad would've been angry. You know he has a temper and takes someones word very seriously. Your eyes flicker up as Olivia pats your hand and says "It's in the past now Emily. You're here with us now, your fathers not going to leave you again, and neither will I" You smile at her and share a warm moment. She's turning out to be a lot nicer than you thought, your initial hesitations fade away and you feel her growing on you. She's not the completely mindless younger wife you had feared, she seems to actually understand you and you're glad you came in here.
[[CONTINUE|Olivia talk1]]"Its getting late. I'll make us some tea" she says with a gentle pat of your hand. She seems to glide around the kitchen as the water boils, setting out cups and getting the tea prepared. You don't pay her much attention, you're still a little lost in your thoughts after hearing the truth about what happened between your parents. The soft tap of the cup being set down in front of you makes your eyes flutter. You smile and smell the pleasing scent of the herbal tea wafting up to your nose. Wrapping your hands around it you bring it up to your lips and take a slow sip. You can feel the warmth running down your throat, a little pulsing tingle of heat travelling through your body.
She joins you as you both drink and chat. You feel like you've said everything you need to about the past. The conversation becomes lighter and you talk about mostly inconsequential things. Olivia's very happy for you about your job, she thinks it's 'really cute' that you're working for your boyfriend. She starts telling you a few stories about previous boyfriends she's had, making you giggle as she makes jokes about her failed romances. Time passes without you realising and soon your cup sits empty on the table beside you. As she talks you start to feel sleepy, your long journey here finally catching up with you. Your eyes begin to glaze over ever so slightly, your eyelids drooping as you make a big tired yawn.
You cover your mouth with your hand, blushing a little as you say "Oh... sorry..." Olivia just smiles at your sleepiness, patting your hand as she says "That's quite alright. I think it's time you got to bed. Let me just check on the boys. Stay right here" she slides out of her chair and heads to the living room. She takes a little longer than you thought, and without thinking about it your head droops down to rest on your crossed arms atop the counter. You make another sleepy yawn and close your eyes for a second.
[[CONTINUE|Olivia talk2]]A few moments later Tommy comes in and sees you sleeping there. He smiles at how peaceful you look, your head turned to the side with your cheek resting neatly on your arms. He approaches you quietly, then gently lifts you off of your arms. You make a little sleepy mumbling noise, a slight flicker behind your closed eyes, but you don't fully awake as he handles your body closer to his. He turns you so you're facing him, then pulls you against his chest. Pulling you to the edge of the seat he slides his arm underneath your thighs and scoops you up. Your legs lift either side of him, your feet danling toward the floor. Your head nestles into his shoulder as you settle into the infantile pose.
He has one arm like a perch under your behind, the other around your back to keep you pressed against him. He turns and carries you to the stairs, showing no effort cradling your weight to his chest. Your sweater dress slides up to reveal the darker portion of your pantyhose, but you're fast asleep with no concern for the display of your nylon coated legs. He carries you into your room, laying you down gently on the bed. Then he wakes you with a gentle kiss on the lips, your eyelids fluttering as you feel the soft sensation against your mouth. You make a soft moan as you awake still in a sleepy daze, then Tommy kisses you again and tells you to get ready for bed.
[[CONTINUE|Bedtime]]When you awake the next morning you immediately notice Tommy's gone. You've gotten so used to him beside you in bed that his absence feels like a void of comforting warmth. You slide out from under the covers and make the bed, smoothing out any creases and setting the sheets and pillows neatly into place. Then you go to the bathroom and slip out of your nightdress to take a shower. There's still some fog on the mirror, you must've been really out of it to not hear Tommy showering. After a quick shower you come out of the bathroom wrapped in a white towel. Then you notice your clothes from yesterday have been cleaned, folded and left on your dresser. You have no idea when Olivia found the time to do that.
You put on a pair of white bra and panties then take out a fresh pair of pantyhose from your suitcase. You sit on the edge of the bed and inch the nylon up your legs. Then you stand to pull the waistband into place, your legs squeeze into the tight silky coating. You take the dress and blouse she washed and put it back on. They smell like roses now and you take a deep inhale with a happy smile. Your feet pad softly on the stairs as you skip down them. You can smell the scent of a cooked breakfast from the dining room and feel a slight rumble in your stomach. When you open the door the tables laid for only two places and both of them are empty.
You're about to investigate the kitchen when the door opens and Olivia comes in with a big jug of orange juice "Good morning sleepy head" she says with a cheery smile. She's wearing a light pastel blue dress now, completely creaseless and fitting her perfectly just like before. "The boys have already gone out. Your father said he wants to get to know Tommy better so he's taken him hunting for the day." she explains as you sit down. She pours you a glass of juice then goes into the kitchen to bring out two plates with bacon, eggs and a few slices of toast. She's somehow managed to make the food look like it could be on the cover of a magazine. You feel a little bad for ruining the perfect presentation, but you're also pretty hungry so you thank her and begin digging in.
[[CONTINUE|Olivia day options]]She joins you at the table to eat breakfast, as she walks past your chair you feel her stroking her hand atop your head in an affectionate gesture. You're not sure you feel quite close enough for that but you don't say anything, she always seems so happy and pleasant you don't want to spoil it. She sits down and begins eating, about halfway through she pauses to say "So, it's just us girls today. Which means I get to show you around Dream Falls. Everyone always wants to see the waterfall the town got its name from."
"But I thought we could do that as a family maybe later in the week. Today I just want us to spend a fun girly day together. There's a local market I could show you around. It's not as big as a mall but there's market stalls and other shops that all have really beautiful locally made stuff. Or there's the lake, we could just sunbathe and go swimming, it's a beautiful day for that. There's also the observatory, it's at one of the highest points in the town. I never really liked actually going inside but it's a nice little hike and the views up there are breath taking"
She takes another bite of her food and washes it down with some juice, giving you a minute to process all your options. Then she sets the glass down and continues "You're the special guest here Emily so it's up to you. What do you want to do today?" You were expecting to spend the day with your dad, but you appreciate that she's made the effort to plan out different things for you to do. Hiding the slight disappointment you smile and take a second to reply, then you say...
[[Shopping]]
[[The Lake]]
[[The Observatory]]"...seems like it could be fun." she's delighted by your decision and claps her hands together "Excellent choice Emily! You have to let me pick out some oufits for you! You look so cute in a dress and I saw some just last week in town that you have to try on." With the decision made she takes over, clearing away the table once you're done and telling you to get ready to leave in a few minutes. You go upstairs and get a pair of black flats, then you quickly check your appearance in the mirror. What you're wearing is suitable for shopping so you don't need to get changed. With a final few checks you head back down and Olivia ushers you out of the door.
The town is so small that you can walk to the market in about ten minutes. The line of shops you drove past yesterday now have market stalls on either side of the street, each stall housed in a small blue tent. The road is closed and the market is already busy as people wander about the stalls. Olivia guides you through the people, stopping every now and then as a stall catches her eye. She tells you that you'll start here then make your way behind to the actual shops where you can try on some clothes. A stall selling homemade jam draws her in, but you notice a stall with handcrafted jewellery and part ways for a moment.
The woman at the stall sees you approaching, she has dark black hair and is wearing a necklace and a few metal bracelets all matching the handcrafted style of her storefront. "Welcome. I make everything you see here myself. Do you see anything you like?" she asks with a pleasant smile as you stop and slowly scan along all the pretty jewellery. Your eyes pause at a ring with some kind of gem in the centre. It's a pure white and even sitting still there are shimmering white lines pulsing through it. She notices you staring at it and smiles as she says "Ahhh I see my meditation ring has caught your attention. I find that special gem has a way of clearing the mind of any negativity. Perhaps you'd like me to demonstrate?"
[[Accept her offer]]
[[Politely decline]]"...seems like it could be fun." she's delighted by your decision and claps her hands together "Excellent choice Emily! It's such a lovely day after all. You're going to love the lake, the waters so clear and it feels incredible going for a swim on a day like this" With the decision made she takes over, clearing away the table once you're done and telling you to get ready to leave in a few minutes. You go upstairs and start getting ready, undressing and laying out what you need on the bed.
You change into a yellow bikini and put on a flowery sundress over that, the hem resting nicely on your thighs. Then you slip your bare feet into a pair of sandals. You quickly check your appearance in the mirror then grab a pair of sunglasses and head downstairs. Olivia's already packed the car with anything you might need. You hop into the passenger seat and you're at the lake in less than ten minutes. There's a small car park with a few other cars here. You can see families sitting around the lake as Olivia parks and you get out. She was right about the water, it's a deep glistening blue, looking so clean and fresh that it beckons you toward it.
Olivia sees you staring and smiles as she says "It looks even better up close. Come on" You take out one of the bags she packed and she takes the other, then you walk across the grass. You can feel the slight crunch of the perfect blades of green beneath your sandals, even the grass here is so vibrant and pristine. You get close to the lake then let out a small sigh as you realise you left your phone in the car. You don't really need it but you still think about heading back. Should you tell Olivia you want to head back or just keep going?
[[Go back to the car]]
[[Keep going to the lake]]"...seems like it could be fun." she's delighted by your decision and claps her hands together "Excellent choice Emily! It's such a lovely day after all. You're going to love the view up there, you can see the entire town and the mountains around the edges of the forest. It's really just so beautiful." With the decision made she takes over, clearing away the table once you're done and telling you to get ready to leave in a few minutes. You go upstairs and start getting ready, undressing and laying out what you need on the bed.
Olivia told you that you cant drive straight to the observatory, instead there's a short hike along a path that'll take you up there. You get changed into a pair of olive green shorts and tan pantyhose, along with a light blue blouse with the sleeves rolled up. Then you slip your nylon clad feet into a pair of boots suitable for hiking, pulling at the laces to make sure they're nice and tight. You take a few looks in the mirror to assess your appearance, turning left and right as you make sure your outfit fits nicely. Then you head downstairs, finding Olivia already prepared to leave.
She's wearing a pink flowery blouse and white shorts that show off her long legs, along with a pair of stylish boots. She ushers you out of the door and you hop in the passenger seat of her car. Moments later she's parking at the start of the trail that leads to the observatory. The two of you get out and begin making your way up amongst the trees, the path winding higher and higher as the sounds of nature surround you. About halfway up you begin to slow down a little, you've been doing a lot less running around since you stopped being a detective, and you find your stamina isn't what it used to be.
[[CONTINUE|Olivia Observatory]]"Ummm... sure..." you say with a slight emotionless tone, your eyes still locked on the shimmering lines of light flowing through the gem. She slips it on her finger and your eyes follow it upward. With her fingers pointed downward she begins making a fluttering motion, her fingers swaying up and down in a rhythmic dance. The smooth movements makes the ring rise and fall, the pulsing lines of light getting closer then further away from your entranced gaze. "Watch the light my dear. See how it moves with a life of its own. Let the light fill your mind. Take a deep breath for me"
the sounds of the people all around you fade away. No-one seems to notice you standing there with a dull look growing in your eyes. All you can do is focus on the ring, a darkness seems to creep in around the corners of your vision, blocking out everything else except the wavy lines of light. Your lips part ever so slightly, and you take a long deep inhale of breath, your chest rising then falling slowly. As you breathe out you feel your shoulders sagging. A tension leaving your body.
"That's it. Nice and relaxed. Just keep breathing deeply, just like that. All you can see is the light, it's so pretty you cant look away. Good girl." she smiles as she watches your eyes glazing over, her fingers continuing the fluttering motions as you sink into a mindless state. With that satisfied smile on her face she takes a quick look around, confirming no-one at the market has noticed you've been hypnotized. Then she softly says "Come round the stall my dear. I have more things to show you here"
[[CONTINUE|Ring Hypno]]You take a few rapid blinks as you realise this ring is making you feel strange. "Ummm... no... that's okay. I was just looking. Thank you" You say as you back off. She looks disappointed as you begin to move away. Her mouth opens to say something to lure you back but you're already gone. You put your hand on your head as you walk amongst the people at the market. That ring was making your head feel all fuzzy and it's taking a little time to clear. You're not looking where you're going and you bump into someone.
"Oh! Sorry!" you exclaim as you see you've made a girl smudge her ice cream into the side of her mouth. She giggles and replies "No problem." then she dabs your cheek with the ice cream and says "There. Now we're even" with a mischevious grin. You laugh and rub it off with the back of your hand. This girl is the first person you've seen here who doesn't look like impossibly immaculate. She's wearing ripped jeans and a grey tank top, her dark blonde hair is a little messy and her once white sneakers are worn and turning grey. "You're... not from here either right?" she asks as she takes another lick of her ice-cream, her eyes looking you up and down curiously.
She's about your age and you get the feeling if you'd been friends in school she would have probably gotten you into trouble, she has a playful look in her eyes that makes you warm to her as you reply "Is it that obvious? No, my dad is though. I'm visiting him. What about you?" She nods and replies "Me and my girlfriend have an instagram page where we visit remote towns like this. We drive around in a van and explore hidden corners of the country. Here, check it out" she takes out her phone with one hand, licking the ice cream with the other. Then she shows you her phone and begins scrolling through her page.
[[CONTINUE|Amy Market]]She lets her fingers come to a stop, but she keeps her hand held up, your listless gaze still trapped by the ring. In small shuffling steps you walk round the stall, becoming a little more hidden by the walls of the tent. You come to a stop beside an open suitcase she has prepared back here, then stand still with your arms hanging limply by your sides. "Just a few more steps my dear. To your right. Lift your feet." she says soothingly. In response your feet lift up, her words controlling you like strings on a puppet.
You step into the suitcase, standing in the centre and coming to a stop again. She smiles and takes another glance past the stall to check the coast clear. Then she lifts the ring a little closer to you, her other hand rising to press a small switch on the side. A small puff of white misty powder shoots out from the ring, right into your face. The swirling cloud of white fills your lungs, a numbness quickly overtaking you from the unknown chemical concoction. The cloud quickly dissipates, leaving you with an even more hazy stare than before.
With a weak breathless moan your eyelids begin fluttering closed and you sink down to your knees in the suitcase. Your eyes snap shut and you pass out, crumpling to the side with barely a sound. The woman slips the ring off her finger and puts it back on display. Then she crouches down and positions your body in the suitcase, carefully moving you so you fit more neatly inside. With your knees balled up against your chest she closes the lid and zips it up, leaving just a small bulge to signal you're trapped inside. She stands and retrieves a walkie talkie from beneath her stall, bringing it close to her mouth as she says "I have her"
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Shopping]]"Oh my names Amy by the way" she says as she tucks her phone back into her pocket and extends her hand "Emily Lockwood" you reply as you shake it. "Oh, well hello Emily Lockwood" she says with a playful smirk at you saying your full name "I gotta go meet my girlfriend but if you're bored later you should swing by the motel in town. There's no actual bars in this weird place so me and my girlfriend are just going to get drunk in our room. And don't worry we're not going to try and kiss you or anything. Unless you ask nicely" she playfully nudges you with her elbow and you let out a small laugh.
"See around Amy" you give her a little wave as she winks at you and moves amongst the crowd. Seeing her has made you realise just how... peculiar this town is in a way. But then again you've never been to a town this small before so maybe you're just unused to how different things are here. You glance over your shoulder as you realise you've lost track of Olivia. As you look around another stall catches your eye, it's lined with sweets and toffees, the colourful sugary candies tempting you to go over. Should you go over to the stall or should you focus on finding Olivia?
[[Go to the stall]]
[[Find Olivia]]With a small lick of your lips you move toward the stall. Olivia will be alright on her own for a little while longer, it's not like she's going to get lost. As you approach your eyes widen at all the options, you pause, unsure of what to choose as everything looks so good. "It's hard to choose just one isn't it" the old woman behind the stall chuckles as she sees your indecision. She reaches under the stall and pulls out a small tray lined with toffee, each one a perfectly cut little rectangle. "Here. Try one of these. Free of charge" You smile at her and pluck one of the toffees from the tray. Popping it between your lips you begin to chew.
You feel a burst of sugary sweetness all around your mouth, the delicious flavour running across your tongue and down your throat. You smile as you chew, letting out a small satisfied moan. But strangely the toffee doesn't seem to be dissolving. As you chew it becomes thicker and thicker until finally you can't move your mouth. Your lips are stuck shut and you make a frightened moan as your hands frantically pat at your jaw "Oh my, I must have made it too thick" the old lady says as she sees your alarm "Some hot water always does the trick. My husband owns the carpet store behind this stall. Come with me and we'll get this all sorted out" you're desperate to get this off so you follow her willingly.
You try to not to panic, taking trembling breaths through your nose. The toffee feels like concrete now, your plump lips are firmly stuck together. She leads you round the stall, onto the sidewalk and into the store. The lights are off and it's a little dark as you make your way past stacks of rolled up carpets. "It's just back here. We'll get you some warm water and have you unstuck in a few seconds" she says cheerily as she coaxes you into the back room of the store. She opens the door and you walk in to see a carpet laid out on in an empty storeroom. Then you feel hands grabbing you as you're forced to the floor.
[[CONTINUE|Carpet roll up]]You're supposed to be spending the day with her so you shouldn't wander off for too long. You begin making your way back through the crowd as you find the stall you last saw her at. You let out a small sigh as you see she's not there anymore, putting your hands on your hips as you look left and right. You turn around to continue your search and almost walk right into a schoolgirl who's standing completely still "Oh... I..." You were about to apologise but there's something off about her. She's standing there staring at you, rooted to the spot and barely blinking. "Are you... alright?" you ask as you look at her blank expression with confusion.
Her dead eyes suddenly come to life as she smiles happily and says "Are you coming to school with us tonight?" You look side to side but she seems to be alone, you're a little creeped out as you reply "Ummm... no... I don't go to school anymore. Why tonight? Wont the school be closed?" she shakes her head and giggles as if you're being silly "Of course not. We learn under the moonlight. Where no-one can see or hear us. There's an empty desk just for you. It's been waiting for so long. The desk, the school, the teachers, like a jigsaw missing one final piece, and that final piece is you Emily" you feel a tremble in your chest and make a slow step back as you say "I didn't tell you my name..."
Her smile suddenly drops and her hand shoots out as she grabs your wrist, clutching it tightly in her small hand "You can't leave! No-one can Emily. Don't you understand?" You try tugging at your wrist but she's surprisingly strong and holds you in place "Let me go" you moan as you feel her fingers digging into you "Emily! There you are!" you hear Olivia behind you and your head swivels to see her waving as she approaches. As you look away the grip on your wrist disappears, you look back and the girl is gone. Leaving you with an uneasy feeling as Olivia comes up beside you.
[[CONTINUE|Shops]]The two men who were hiding either side of the door force you onto your front, lying you down on the carpet. You moan through your stuck mouth and wriggle your legs, but there's nothing you can do, they're just far too strong. They position your arms behind your back so each hand is touching the adjacent elbow. Then they wrap lengths of rope along your forearms, binding your arms together in the uncomfortable position. They don't react to your squirming movements, they just continue in a silent and efficient process, your capture a foregone conclusion.
They move down to your legs and quickly wrap more lengths of rope around them, starting at your ankles, then your calves, then above and below your knees. Each rope tied as tight as it will go, squeezing your soft nylon coated legs together. Your moans become more whimpering and pleading the more you're restrained, a sense of helplessness washing over you. It's made worse by having no idea why this is happening. You hear a swish of a bottle behind you, liquid pouring out onto something. "Just one last thing" the woman says as she comes over to you, her cheery tone of voice now seeming creepy and sinister.
She crouches down by your head and you see a white cloth in her hands. She ties it round your mouth and nose and you immediately smell a familiar chemical scent. You realise she's poured chloroform onto the cloth and you make a scared moan as you feel the scent filling your lungs. They don't even wait for you to pass out before they start rolling you up in the carpet. They roll it as tightly as it will go around you, it's shape making you even more restrained.
You feel dizzy and weak as you're plunged into darkness, large wads of fabric are stuffed into either end to ensure no-one will see you inside. The two men hoist you up on their shoulders, from the outside it looks like it's just a rolled up carpet, but within your eyes are fluttering closed as you succumb to the chloroform. The woman watches you being carried out with a happy smile. Then she picks up a walkie talkie from a nearby table and presses the button to say "She's on her way"
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Amy Market]] "I lost you for a moment there. Had enough of the markets? I don't know about you but I'm ready to do some real shopping" Olivia says happily, completely oblivious to how rattled you are by that strange girl. You look amongst the market stalls but you cant see any sign of her. "Emily? Is everything alright?" Olivia asks as she tries to see what you're looking at. "Yeah... I'm fine... there's a highschool here right?" She looks confused by the question as she replies "Yes but the towns so small classes are conducted on a rotating schedule. Most students only do half days then continue studying at home." She sighs as she continues "You really missed out by not coming here"
To your surprise she takes your hand as she says "Come along Emily, I want to buy you something pretty" she takes you through a gap in the stalls then onto the sidewalk where the brick and mortar shops are. She then leads you into a store with dresses similar to hers in the window. "Olivia! Welcome back!" the store owner says as he sees the two of you come in. He's wearing a smart black waistcoat with a measuring tape resting over his shoulders. Olivia goes over and hugs him with a warm greeting. Then she gestures to you and says "Anthony, I'd like you to meet Emily Lockwood." He smiles and takes your hand, kissing the back of it as he says "It's a pleasure to meet you my dear"
He takes you both through a door that leads to a circular room, the room is surrounded by mirrors and has a pedestal in the centre you can stand onto to look at yourself at every angle. With a few measurements he starts bringing you dresses to try on. He and Olivia wait outside while you get changed then they come in to shower you with compliments. With every new dress Anthony steps up onto the pedestal with you, he makes subtle touches of your body as he sees how well the dress fits, running his hand along your waist and down to the hem of the skirt. You're wearing a tight fitting pink dress as he stands behind you "Very nice, you look lovely my dear" he says as he places his hands on your hips "Yes... this fits perfectly..." then he lowers his tone as you feel his breath by your ear "Perhaps you'd like to try on some lingerie as well? I have some items you'd look very pretty in" You feel a little tremble pass through you as you take a sharp intake of breath. Should you continue this fashion show or bring it to an end Emily?
[[Try on the lingerie]]
[[Ask to leave]]"Oh...ummm... okay..." you say softly with a slight blush in your cheeks. He's been so nice and flattering this whole time you just couldn't find it in yourself to say no. Besides it'll make Tommy happy if you show him you've bought new lingerie. "Excellent choice my dear" he says with a small pat of your hips "I'll be right back" he steps off the pedestal and heads out of the mirrored door to retrieve your lingerie. He spoke so softly you're not sure if Olivia heard what he's talked you into. She comes alongside you and runs her hand over the hem of your pink dress as she says "This looks so cute on you Emily. Now I don't want you worrying about the cost, I'll be paying for..."
Before she can finish you hear a buzzing in her purse. She pauses and looks down at it then back to you "Oh, excuse me for a moment. I'll be right back" she goes to answer her phone, leaving you alone for a moment until anthony returns. He lays out a set of silky pink bra and panties with matching thigh high stockings. Then he steps up onto the pedestal with you. "Let me help you out of that" he says by your ear as you begin hearing a zipper lowering, the fabric of your dress loosening around your body. As the zip glides down to the bottom he places his hand firmly on your hip again "Now, put on each of those items and I'll be back in a moment" he says as he gives your hip a soothing caress.
Your hands hold your dress against your chest, keeping it from falling right off of you. With your arms scrunched up to your torso you look in the mirror, seeing him behind you smiling at how dainty and fragile you are. He steps off the pedestal and gives you a moment to change. You feel like you cant back out of this now, you've already agreed and he's expecting to see you in the lingerie when he returns. With a soft sigh you lower your arms, peeling the dress from your body and stripping down to your bra and panties. Then your hands curl round behind your back and begin unhooking your bra.
[[CONTINUE|Lingerie]]You can feel a natural submissive tendency pushing you to just agree to anything he says. But you'd really rather not model lingerie for this guy. Fighting past that feeling you make a small uncomfortable moan as you reply "Ummm... no thank you..." then you wriggle out of his grip and turn to Olivia "I think this one looks nice. I'll just buy this" you can see the man looks disappointed and you want to just get out of here as quickly as possible. Olivia seems completely oblivious to your nerves.
She smiles brightly as she looks you up and down "Oh it does look very nice. But so did the last two dresses. We'll just get all three." she looks to Anthony and he nods, stepping off the pedestal to retrieve the dresses. You notice him making one last look at you, a slight frustration still on his face, then he heads out of the mirrored door. You let out a small sigh of relief at having held your nerve. Then you reach back and begin unzipping the pink dress. Just as your hand finds the zipper Olivia says "Oh why don't you just wear that out? It's so pretty and I just know Tommy would love to see you in it. And don't worry about the price by the way, this is my treat"
You look at yourself in the mirror again, seeing how much more you look like her dressed like this. You don't know why that makes you feel so strange, but you've only been here a day and already it's like this place is changing you. Looking away from the mirror you see her expectant smile and sigh "Okay... thanks" she claps her hands together and exclaims "Excellent! I think this has been the perfect start. Ready for the next shop?"
[[CONTINUE|Shopping continues]]A few moments later and you're dressed in the pink lingerie, it's silky material making your skin tingle with the soft sensations. Both the bra and panties are a little tight, they press into the supple nature of your body. Your breasts bulge over the top and your behind is only barely contained. You know Tommy's going to love seeing you in this overtly feminine attire, your body is like a present wrapped in silk for him. You bend down to make a final few adjustments to the pink thigh high stockings, pulling them a little more firmly to your legs. Just at that moment Anthony returns and you quickly straighten up. Your wide eyes watch him in the mirror as he assesses you.
He's brought in a black case which you assume has more lingerie and he sets it down on the bench beside the door. Then he slowly walks around you as he says "Just as I thought. They fit you perfectly my dear, and you look quite lovely too" he has the same warm tone of voice as if this is a normal transaction. But you can see a slight hunger in his eyes, making you glance over your shoulder, hoping that Olivia will return soon. He walks all the way around you then steps up onto the pedestal. He places his hands on your hips, running along the waistband of the panties, giving the stretchy edges small pinches as he ensures it's properly fitted. Then he does the same with your bra. Not quite fondling your breasts, but touching round the edges as he makes flattering comments about well you fill it out.
You blush and shyly mumble "Th... thank you..." as he tells you how beautiful you are. Then his hands rest on your hips again as he whispers into your ear. "I also have some bondage items you'd look quite ravishing in. You're boyfriend likes to tie you up doesn't he?" your eyes go wide with a shocked tremble as you reply "I... well..." he chuckles at your embarassment and pats you on the hip as he says "I could just tell. A submissive, pretty girl like you was just made for bondage. Your boyfriends going to be very happy with what I have for you. Stay right here"
[[CONTINUE|Bondage Try on]]He goes back over to the case he brought and opens it up. You feel frozen to the spot, blushing with embarrassment at him so easily reading your relationship with Tommy. Unable to move you watch as he retrieves something then steps behind you again. His hands run down your arms, gently guiding your wrists behind your back. Then you feel leather sliding up your arms. He pulls an armbinder up to above your elbows, the he begins tying the interlaced string, squeezing your arms closer together within the leather. The leather casing keeps your hands trapped inside, and as he ties off the knot your arms are stuck in the rigid position.
You make a small moan and wriggle your shoulders as you say "It's... a little tight..." His hands smoothly move around your head and you suddenly see a ballgag moving toward your lips. You let out a small gasp, then the sound is blocked by the plastic pushing into your mouth. "Mmmppphhhh" you make a muffled moan as he buckles the strap behind your head. "Now let's get your legs taken care of" he says in the same pleasant tone as when you were trying on dresses. He uses a series of leather straps, like belts but designed for bondage, squeezing your legs together with each one.
He secures one belt at your ankles, then above and below your knees, then another a little higher up your thighs. "I think your boyfriend will be very happy. These fit you perfectly" he says as he runs his hand up your legs, making small checks of each strap, then the armbinder and the gag, ensuring everything is as tight as possible. All you can do is moan helplessly as you look at yourself in the mirror. Your feminine form so on display in the silky pink lingerie, your limbs completely restrained and your lips stretched open by the gag.
[[CONTINUE|Bodage Try On END]]With everything in place he returns to standing directly behind you with his hands on your hips. He looks over your shoulder at you in the mirror, smiling at what he's done to you, using your submissive nature to get you willingly into lingerie and then bondage. "Perfect. There's just one final touch" he whispers into your ear "On your knees" his hands slide up to your shoulders and he guides you down, taking care to place you gently on your knees, your bound legs unable to control the movement at all.
You let out a scared moan as you realise somethings wrong but it's too late now. You cant even get up from your knees with your legs bound like this. You try moaning through your gag for Olivia to hear you but she's nowhere to be found. Anthony pats you on the head then steps off the platform. He walks over to the case and retrieves a remote control. At the press of the button the pedestal begins to lower into the ground, a soft mechanic whir making you descend downward. You moan in fright and shake your head, your wide eyes pleading with him to stop.
The pedestal goes all the way down until you're inside some kind of metal tube down here. Then it slides shut above you, plunging you into darkness. A second later gas begins to fill the dark tube and your scared shrieks slowly die down, a numbness settles over your mind and your eyes flutter closed. You slump to the side, resting on the metal and passing out. In the changing room the floor where you were standing shows no sign of the pedestal. The section that slid shut is completely seamless. Anthony smiles as he mutters to himself "Such a silly girl" then he reaches into the case and takes out a walkie talkie, pressing a button to say "I have her"
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Shops]] Olivia pays for the dresses and you walk out with two bags hooked over your arms. She then takes you to a shoe store and you go through the same process all over again. She seems intimately familiar with every person she meets, greeting them warmly then introducing you to them. You sit down and the clerk begins bringing you shoes to try on. He crouches by your legs, and carefully tilts your nylon clad foot up to slip on a pair of cream coloured heels. He takes your other foot, treating it like it's made of porcelain, and snugly fits that one into a matching heel.
The heels are a little pointier than you're used to and you wobble as you stand up. Olivia says you'll get used to them and tells you to walk around the store, smiling delightedly as she watches you find your balance. You smile back, trying to match her enthusiasm, however you never quite had the interest in fashion like your mother does. With another few wobbles you manage to walk in straight lines around the store, your hands making a feminine sway by your sides as you do "Oh you look so perfect!" Olivia exclaims as she watches you walk.
You try on multiple pairs and model each of them for her with that exact same walk. Once again she buys every item you try on and insists you wear the cream coloured pair out of the store, gushing about how perfectly they match your new pink dress. She takes you into another store that sells accessories and you can start to feel a slight ache in your feet. This feels less like a shopping trip and more like her dressing you up like a barbie doll. Her positive energy slips easily into being quite controlling and you feel unable to slow down this shopping spree.
[[CONTINUE|Final Shopping choice]]After buying you a new purse Olivia takes you to another store that sells perfume. You come out smelling like flowers, the scent so strong it makes you feel a little dizzy. She keeps holding your hand as you walk between the shops, telling you pretty your are and how lucky Tommy is to have you. Your enthusiasm is waning by the second but hers never seems to falter. It's getting close to mid-day and she must sense that you're starting to tire. Holding your hand she takes you to one last store, telling you that it's one of the most important final touches. You see her leading you to a store that exclusively sells hosiery and you realise she wants to buy you a fresh pair of pantyhose.
She of course knows the woman inside, kissing her on the cheek as she introduces you to Marisa. She's wearing a pair of high quality glossy black tights along with a tight fitting satin skirt and a white blouse. "Oh my... what pretty legs you've brought me" she purs as she looks you up and down. She comes up to you and tickles her fingers along the hem of your dress as she continues "But these pantyhose are simply not good enough for such a pretty girl. Come with me my dear" her hand slides up the hem of your dress and she takes your wrist, leading you into the store. She takes you along the rows of hosiery, picking out a few pairs of pantyhose as she comments on how good your legs will look in them.
Then she takes you through a door to a line of cubicles, telling you to get changed in the closest one. You slip into the cubicle and hear the door close, finally giving you a moment of peace. Poking your head out you see she's gone, your head swivels the other way and at the end of the cubicles you see a door marked EXIT. You really could use some fresh air and a reprieve from all this dressing up. But you don't want to seem rude and step out on Olivia. Should you head outside for a minute or stay here and try on the pantyhose.
[[Step outside]]
[[Stay and try on pantyhose]]You sneak out from the cubicle and move quietly down the hall toward the exit. You feel a little guilty but you'll just stay out there for a few minutes and clear your head. The exit door makes a slight creak as you slip outside into the alley behind the building. You let the door close behind you and take a deep breath. Even the alleyways here look immaculate and it reminds just how oddly pristine this whole place is. As you look down one end of the spotless alley you hear a voice from behind you "Are you going to come to school with us Emily?"
You feel a slight shudder as you recognise the familiar melodic tones of that girl from earlier. Turning around you see her standing there, perfectly in the centre of the alley with her eyes locked on you. She has that same creepy smile plastered on her face, never wavering or shifting, as rigidly still as the rest of her slender frame. You make a nervous glance toward the door back into the store, then you look to her and reply "I said no. Why are you following me? What do you want?" she remains strangely silent for a moment, that staring smile creeping you out more and more.
"I want you to come to school with me. We all do Emily. You have so much to learn, and we have so much to teach you" her voice is both happy and strangely emotionless, like a robotic recreation of a joyful emotion. You're about to ask her something else but she begins walking toward you, making you feel slightly alarmed. She's a schoolgirl but she looks only about a year younger than you, she could easily pose a threat to you. You're intrigued by her but also scared, should you see what she wants or try to get away from her?
[[See what she wants]]
[[Try to get away from her]]With a small sigh you go back into the cubicle. Olivia did say this would be the last store after all, it wont hurt just to try on some of these pantyhose. You reach behind your back and find the zipper of the dress, pulling it down and loosening the fabric around your torso. Then you slip it down to your feet, leaving you just your bra, panties and pantyhose. You take a look at the tights you're wearing currently, running a hand along the silky fabric coating your long legs. "Not good enough?" you mutter softly to yourself, her comment about the quality of your nylons sticking in your head.
Theres a small bench on the opposite wall of the mirror so you sit down to take off your heels. Then you stand to wriggle the waistband of your tights off of your hips. You peel the nylon off your legs then take a white pair of pantyhose she picked for you. As soon as you start inching them up your legs you can feel just how much softer these are than your usual tights. The fabric glides up against your skin, the nylon impossibly soft, it's touch like a gentle caress that makes you tingle. They're also incredibly form fitting, as you pull the waistband up to your hips you can feel the pantyhose hugging your legs. With these on you would never have to worry about them sagging throughout the day.
You're so impressed you peel the white ones off and quickly try another pair, these ones are glossy and black like Marisa was wearing. They compress your legs and make them look shimmery and soft, catching the light in thin white lines. As you twist side to side and assess how you look you hear the door opening. You're still in your pantyhose and bra but Marisa comes right in. "Let me get a look at you" She says with a warm smile. You blush slightly as you turn toward her, displaying your nylon coated legs for her. You see her eyes light up as she takes in your sensual figure "Absolutely ravishing my dear. You see what a difference a good pair of pantyhose makes?"
[[CONTINUE|Pantyhose try on]]It looks like she's brought you another item to try but you cant quite see it behind her back. She glides around your as she assesses how lucious and soft your legs look in the silky nylon. She gently strokes her hand along your hip, her fingers caressing your pantyhose as she says "You were just made for my nylons. Such a good fit. It feels nice doesn't it? This high quality nylon against your skin" Your arms are wrapped around your stomach in a slightly uncomfortable pose. You make a small nod then reply "Yes.." with a quiet, shy tone. She moves behind you and says softly "Why don't you try on some more. See how this feels"
You can feel her hands lifting up behind you. Then she smoothly pulls down a nylon hood down over your head, the tight fabric squeezing down all the way to your neck "Hey!" you gasp as she traps your head inside this thing, the feel of nylon pressing in around your head. Your hands rise to try and remove it but she just calmly takes your wrists and guides them behind your back. In one swift movement she ties your wrists with another length of nylon. Then she crouches down and ties your ankles as well. You let out a weak moan as you wriggle your hips, your shoulders shifting up and down as you unsuccessfully try to free yourself. You can smell a strange sweet scent on the hood, the smell surrounding you in the tight confines of the nylon. Every breath you take makes you feel more and more dizzy, a numbness settles over your brain and darkness begins to seep in around the corners of your vision.
As you waver on your weakening legs the woman continues binding you with nylon. She moves her way up your legs, tying more lengths of soft nylon, squeezing your thighs firmly together with them. Then she wraps more around your torso, above and below your breasts, pinning your arms more tightly to your back. As she finishes the final knot the sweet scent on the hood finally overwhelms you. With a weak sigh your eyelids flutter closed and you fall backward into her arms. She holds you lovingly, gently guiding you toward the floor. Her hands make a few strokes of your body, running along the nylon your feminine form is tightly bound in. Then with a satisifed she leaves you lying there. She picks up a walkie talkie she left outside your cubicle, raising it to her smiling lips she presses the button and says "I have her"
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Final Shopping choice]] Your sense of curiousity is just too strong and you take a slow step toward her. "How do you know my name?" you ask with a slight tilt of your head, trying to figure her out. She smiles and continues walking calmly toward you. Her arms swing slowly at her sides, she's not holding anything and she seems to be alone, she's creepy but you cant see any obvious danger. You come to a stop but she takes a few more steps, walking right up to you, just slightly too close. "Are you listening to me? I asked you how you know my name?" you say with a barely hidden annoyance, your brow furrowing at how unmoving the smile on her face is.
She looks into your eyes and you realise just how dazzlingly blue hers are, you find yourself captivated by them as she says "Everyone knows who you are Emily. We've been waiting just for you." Your chest rises and falls slowly. Her eyes are having a strange calming effect on you. Your mouth opens and you softly mumble "I... I don't understa..." but before you can finish she quietens you "Shhhhhhh. You do understand Emily. You know why you're here. Look into my eyes. This is exactly where you're supposed to be"
That furrow in your brow slowly loses it's tension, your expression softening, her soothing words and sparkling eyes lulling you into a relaxed state. You can sense this sinking feeling and try to say something to stop whatever she's doing. Your lips open but this time her finger lifts and presses against their soft shape, a gentle touch that keeps you silent. She's slightly shorter than you and your head droops down as your vision becomes locked with hers. Seeing the light behind your eyes begin to dim her smile widens a little. Her finger lifts off your lips as she softly says "That's it Emily. Just keeping looking into my eyes and relax"
[[CONTINUE|Alley Hypno END]]You've been through more than enough weird stuff in your life to know you should probably get out of here. Giving her a final suspicious look you move toward the door. You go to open it but it doesn't budge, you rattle the handle and make a small scared moan as you look back to her. She's still walking calmly toward you, that frozen smile becoming more sinister by the second. "Okay, that's enough" you say as you take off in the opposite direction. You try to run but you've forgotten you're still wearing the uncomfortable heels. You only get a few sprinting steps before you stumble messily to the floor. "Oh!" you gasp as you land heavily on your chest, the wind rushing out of your lungs.
You lay there moaning breathlessly for a moment, then you hear "You have to come with me Emily" you turn round onto your back to see the schoolgirl looming over you. She reaches out and grabs your wrist, trying to pull you up, her fingers squeezing tightly on your arm. "Stop" you moan as you try to pull away from her. She might be slightly shorter than you but she's stronger and you feel her overpowering you. "No... get off..." you groan weakly as she pulls you to your feet then begins forcing you to come with her. "Let me go! Someone help!" you cry out as she pulls you down the alley, taking you away from the market to a deserted side of the street.
You feel so scared that tears begin to well up, her fingers are digging into you and you cant get her to let go. Then suddenly you hear "Hey! What's going on?" you turn to see Amy rushing over, the schoolgirl suddenly lets you go and runs away, giggling mischeviously. "Yeah you better run!" Amy says as she reaches you, slightly out of breath. "You alright?" you rub a soreness on your wrist and reply "I think so... thanks." You see Amy looking in the direction the schoolgirl ran off with a concerned expression. Then she looks back to you and speaks with a more serious tone than she had before "I told you this place was weird..."
[[CONTINUE|Amy Shopping Olivia]]Everything becomes fuzzy and unclear, everything except those deep pools of blue you cant look away from. It feels so hard to form a coherent thought, like your mind is just going to sleep, her eyes are just so beautiful and easy to focus on. Her finger leaves your lips and her hand strokes along your cheek, this strange schoolgirl treating you with a caring affection as she entrances you.
"You're doing so good Emily. Just keep staring and let your mind sink down into nothing. No more thinking. No more worrying. Just look into my eyes. This is where you belong, right here, with us." She makes another stroke of your cheek then lets her hand rest on your shoulder. Her eyes seem to drill into you even more, that bright blue dissolving the last bits of your willpower, your mind turning to jelly. She sees your shoulders sag, your body taking on a listless posture, your lips parting ever so slightly.
"Now, are you ready to come to school with me Emily?" your hypnotized mind can only reply with a soft "Yes" the word so faint it's barely audible, coming out like a whisper between your plump lips. "Good" she smiles as her hand strokes down your arm. She takes your hand then turns and leads you down the alley. You walk in slow robotic movements, that blank mindless stare stuck on your face. Then she turns the corner, taking you away from the alley without a trace. Your hand is tightly held in the schoolgirls grip as she leads her hypnotized captive away. Your footsteps so faint no-one hears a thing.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Step outside]] "Me and my girlfriend are getting out of here first thing tomorrow. There's space in the van if you want a ride" You take a slow breath as you try to calm down. Your eyes still have a slight frightened tremble as you smile at her and reply "No, that's okay. Thanks. She was just trying to freak me out I think..." Amy believes that even less than you do, and she can see it on your face. "Okay... But... look I don't know what's going on here but it's not just her. Me and my girlfriend only got here yesterday and the people here... there's just something not right about..."
Before she can finish you hear "Emily! There you are!" You turn to see Olivia hurrying over, her heels making a rapid tapping noise as she moves toward you. She hugs you tightly, pulling you against her chest before you can say anything "You really cant go running off like that!" she exclaims with a heavy sigh "But don't worry I bought you some wonderful pairs of tights from the store. You can try them on at home" You can barely breathe against her chest so you don't say anything as she squeezes you.
"Oh yeah, I used to hate wearing those things" Amy says with a small smirk. Olivia suddenly seems to notice she's standing there and she looks at Amy with a coldness in her eyes. It seems so much harsher compared to how warm Olivia normally is. Amy notices it too and she looks down at the ground uncomfortably as she mumbles "Anyway... I'll see you around Lockwood" Amy walks off without Olivia saying a single word to her. Then she looks down at you and that warmth instantly returns to her face, smiling at you as she says "Ready for some lunch?"
[[CONTINUE|Lunch Olivia]]Olivia takes you to a cafe in town, you sit outside in the sun and she orders you both salads without asking if that's what you wanted. You're still feeling a little shaken by that strange schoolgirl but you try not to let it distract you. She's just one girl after all. Instead you decide to try and get to know Olivia a little better as you wait for the food. "So what did you do before you met my dad?" she blinks with a slight confusion as she says "What do you mean before?" you look confused too as you reply "Oh... I just meant before you were a... housewife... that's what's its called right? Looking after the house?"
She laughs and shakes her head "Well yes that's what it's called. But I'm not a housewife Emily. I work with your father." You feel a little embarrassed as you realise she never actually said she was a housewife "Oh I'm so sorry. I just assumed because the house looked so amazing and... I don't know the dresses you wear and how put together you are... now that I'm saying it aloud I guess it was kinda silly to just assume that. What is it you and my father do exactly? I don't think I've seen a single office building in this town" The juice she ordered arrives and she takes a sip before replying "Your father funds a very important charity. It's an initiative aimed at creating a better future. It's something he and I were very passionate about when we first met in college. It's the reason we became friends actually."
It still sounds a little vague but she probably just doesn't want to bore you with the details. It makes you think of your own relationship and you say "That's really nice that you get to work together. Sometimes I think Tommy would prefer it if I was a housewife though. He's always making little comments about how much happier I would be... I don't know though... I guess I cant be a secretary forever, it does sorta make sense" She smiles at you with a knowing look as she asks "Well Emily, do you love him? Do you believe he wants what's best for you?" You notice her eyes widening a little more than they usually do, she seems fascinated by this topic and you can see a slight sparkle in the deep green of her gaze "Yes. I do" you say as you look back at her piercing stare "Well then, there's your answer"
[[CONTINUE|Lunch Continues]]"I guess so..." you reply with an unsure smile. As you look into her eyes you cant help but say "You know Olivia... there's something really familiar about you. When I first got here I thought it was because you reminded me of my mom. But I don't think that's right. I cant put my finger on it." she pauses for a moment, the gears in her head turning as she thinks of what to say, you see a slight flicker of her smile, her lips turning downward for just a moment before they curl back up again
"Well I do tend to have that affect on people. But we have met before Emily. Don't you remember?" She leaves you in suspense and you try to think. Your brow furrows as you look at her, she's clearly enjoying your confusion, playing with you a little as she waits for you to say "No. I'm sorry I don't..." you can feel yourself leaning in a little for the mystery to be revealed as she says "Well you were just a child at the time. There was some issue with your nanny and your mom was off at some fashion show. Your father brought you to class with him. You were very popular as I remember, such a cute little girl"
You lean back with a small disappointed sigh. You were expecting something more significant than that. Your food comes out and you realise that you're hungrier than you thought. There's something about the fresh air this high up that has you craving food more than normal. As you start to eat Olivia watches you for a moment. Then her eyes lower and she picks up her fork with a satisfied smile.
[[CONTINUE|Day Ends]]After lunch Olivia walks you around the town, showing you where everything is in case you need to make your way around on your own. Everyone you pass on the street says hello to you and you find yourself saying hi back in a similar pleasant tone. You pass the motel and see Amy's van parked outside, you smirk at how out of place the beaten up vehicle looks in a town like this. From a distance you see the school, as you pass by you narrow your eyes, expecting to see that girl creepily watching you. But you see nothing out of the ordinary, just a class going on through one of the windows.
You felt like an observer yesterday as you drove through here, but now you feel immersed in this kind of lifestyle. You could actually see yourself settling down in a place like this. You can see it all so clearly. Staying at home in a pretty dress, making sure everything is perfect for when Tommy comes back from work, kissing him on the cheek as he walks through the door. It would be everything he ever wanted, and his happiness would make you happy. But even in this perfect fantasy that schoolgirl pops up, staring at you with a smile on her face and a dead look behind her eyes. Amy's words bounce around your head, telling you over and over again how weird this place is. The fantasy fades away even as you try to cling to it, and in it's place is a question. Where was that girl trying to take me?
You remain a little distant in your troubled thoughts as you and Olivia walk home later in the afternoon. If she notices she doesn't say anything. She just ushers you inside and begins directing you around the kitchen. The two of you prepare an elaborate dinner that takes hours to make. Olivias perfect timing has it ready for the table just as Tommy and your father walk through the door. You greet him as he comes in and he kisses you on the cheek just like your fantasy. But even though you smile as he kisses you, the feeling that something is wrong here still persists.
[[CONTINUE|Second Night]]Before sitting down to eat you take a quick shower and change into a fresh pair of tights and a dark blue sweater dress. Over dinner you notice Tommy and your father have grown quite close. It hasn't escaped you that they are similar in certain ways. Like your father Tommy has always been over protective of you, controlling in a way that comes across as a loving concern. Your dad tells you about how well Tommy handled himself while they were out hunting, he says you've made a good choice and Tommy squeezes your hand under the table. Everyone seems happy and content, a perfect little family, but no matter how hard you try you cant stop thinking about that girl. It begins to annoy you how she's sticking in your mind, you're not a detective anymore, you shouldn't be worrying about things like this. You're here with your dad and your boyfriend, everyones happy and you should be too.
You push her to the back of your mind and force a smile onto your face. With a little prompt from Olivia you tell your dad all about your day together. He looks very happy that the women in his life seem to be getting along, that look of pride in his eyes making you feel all warm and tingly. He promises that tomorrow you'll spend the whole day together, and you immediately begin looking forward to it. "Maybe we could go fishing?" you ask hopefully. You see the memory play across his eyes then he replies "Do you remember how?" you make a small smile as you reply "Not really... you'll have to show me again" he smirks knowing you probably do remember, then he nods and says "Alright, tomorrow then"
Olivia begins to clear the table after dinner and you help her. Your dad makes some reference about chess to Tommy, something they must've talked about today, and the two of them go up to his study to play a game. You go to help Olivia in the kitchen but she say's she's okay. She can see you've been missing your dad today and she tells you he likes an audience so you should go watch them play. You go upstairs to the study, the door is slightly ajar and you can hear them inside. You don't know why but as your hand reaches for the door you pause, you get a strange urge to listen in on them. Should you listen to it or just go in?
[[Listen at the door]]
[[Go in]]Your hand reaches out but your fingertips stop as they brush the wood of the door. Then you slowly pull your hand back. You're not quite sure why you're doing this, but you stay completely still and don't make a sound. You bend your legs slightly, trying to ease the tension as you lean forward and tilt your ear toward the crack in the door. You can hear a soft tap of a chess piece being moved then your father speaking "You never did say why you haven't played for so long" there's another tap then Tommy replies "In Greenfield there was no-on who could challenge me. It was too easy."
You hear the slide of another chess piece then your father "You've been a big fish in a small pond for a long time. I know the feeling. But that's no excuse to not seek out the challenges. Your company is doing well from what I can see, and my daughter seems very fond of you, but just because you have what you want doesn't mean you stop. There's always more to accomplish Tommy" you breathe softly through your nose, your body so rigid you can feel the slight tremble of your breath "I know there is, sir." you hear Tommy reply, making you look away for a moment with a slight confusion in your eyes. You've never heard Tommy speak so humbly, or call anyone sir for that matter, he must really want to impress your dad.
"Good. Because I'm trusting you to take care of Emily. I thought that school would be the solution but it almost got her killed. It's up to you now. You have to keep her safe." You're starting to feel silly for spying on them, even after all this time you cant stop acting like you're in some detective novel. You can hear Tommy replying "I intend to. I love her" as you try to back away. But your first step makes a creak on the floorboard under the carpet and you wince at the sound. You freeze in place, your face scrunched up as you wait in a tense silence. Then from some kind of sixth sense your fathers always had you hear "Come in here Emily"
[[CONTINUE|Dads study]]You move your hand closer to the door and ball up your fist. You shake off that strange urge to listen in on them, you don't even know where that came from. Your fist makes a soft tapping sound on the wood as you knock. Your dad must be able to tell it's you as he calls out "Come on in pumpkin" you slowly push open the door and make a shy smile as you step into the room "I'm not interrupting am I?" you say as you fiddle with your fingers. You feel a little out of place, your dad never let you go into his study when you were little.
"Of course not. You can stay and watch us play" your dad says as he beckons you closer "You better be on my side though" Tommy says with a playful smirk as you come over. There isn't another chair so you pause as you approach them, looking around at where you should sit. Tommy slides his chair out a little, just enough so he can still reach the board. Then he pats his knee and says "Sit with me Em" you nod and walk toward him, then turn and lower your behind onto his leg. You sweep your hands under your dress as you smooth out the fabric against your legs, then you sit down and snuggle up to Tommy.
You wrap one arm across his shoulders and rest the other in your lap, your toes rising ever so slightly from the floor as you put your weight fully on Tommy. His arm slides around your waist and he pulls you a little tighter against him, then he rests his hand on your thigh, at the edge of where your dress stops and the nylon begins, his fingers tickling the silky threads coating your legs. With your slender frame in place on his lap Tommy reaches out with his free hand and makes the next move as the game continues.
[[CONTINUE|Emily Chess]]You make a soft scared groan and straighten up, no longer needing to keep your legs bent. You slowly push open the door and shyly walk in with a blush in your cheeks. There's a stern look on your fathers face, one you haven't seen in a while but were very familiar with when you were younger. He looks to Tommy and says "Give us a moment" and your boyfriends walks out without a word, closing the door behind him. Your father turns his chair away from the chessboard and sighs, removing his glasses and setting them down "Tommy told me you had stopped pretending to be a detective. You're a little old for these silly games Emily" You look down at the floor fiddling with your hand behind your back.
You feel so embarrassed you don't know what to say other than a mumbled "Sorry dad..." Your eyes flicker up from the floor to him and you see him make a small shake of his head as he says "I'm afraid that's not good enough young lady. If you're going to act like a child then I'm going to treat you like one." He slides chair a little further from the chessboard then pats his knee as he says "Lie down." Your mouth hangs open for a moment as you realise what he's telling you to do. A pleading whine begins to grow as you almost start saying something. Then his stern stare makes your lips snap shut. Your shoulders sag and you dejectedly walk over to him.
You slowly lie down across his knees looking at the ground, the tips of your toes just barely touching the floor. You never thought you'd be back over his knees like this, it's been years, you can already feel a slight tremble through your body as you remember the painful memories. He pulls your dress up past your hips, revealing your white panties, squeezed in the nylon casing and hugging your rounded backside. "Now you know what you did wrong don't you Emily?" he asks as he rests his hand on your back "I... I was snooping..." you whimper weakly. He pats your back as confirmation and says "Good. You can apologise once we're done."
[[CONTINUE|Dad Spank]]You can feel your body tensing up in a fearful anticipation as his hand rises. Then it comes slamming down on your backside, the flat of his palm making a stinging smack as he begins spanking you. The pain shoots through your behind, the soft flesh feeling tender and sore from the first spank. The nylon and your panties seem to give you no protection at all. His hand rises and comes down again, each spank just as painful as the first. He settles into a steady rhythm, spanking you over and over. Each time you make a soft girlish moan, the sound pushing out of your lips as your body jerks forward with his powerful smacks. A blush colours your cheeks at how humiliating this is, tears welling up in your eyes.
The only sounds in the room are the loud smacks and your little whimpering noises. It feels just how you remember, that overwhelming combination of pain and embarrassment. You cant tell how much time he goes on for, but it feels like forever. With a final few spanks his hand comes to a rest on your back. He gives you a moment to compose yourself as he pulls your dress back down and settles it into place by your thighs. Then he soothingly rubs your back as he says "Now, is there something you'd like to say Emily?" you make another small whimper as you reply "I'm sorry for listening by the door." He pats your back and helps you up. You sniffle and brush your hands down your dress to straighten it out as you stand next to him, your head bowed in a shy, humbled pose.
"Alright Emily, now get to bed. And I want you to apologise to Tommy as well when you get in there." You nod and reply "Yes dad. Sorry" then hurry out of his study and back to your room. Tommy seems to find the whole thing amusing. But you apologise to him anyway. He can see how watery your eyes are so he sits you down on his lap and hugs you til you calm down. You nestle your head against his chest as you take deep breaths, each one making your bubbling emotions slowly steady themselves. He rubs your arm gently then he leans down and kisses you on the lips as he says "All better?" you nod and he smiles then kisses you again "Good. Let's get ready for bed"
[[CONTINUE|Second Night Decision]]Twenty minutes later and you're in your skimpy white nightdress lying under the covers. The covers rest on your stomach, displaying your chest in the silky white fabric, rising and falling with your worried breaths. You're staring at the ceiling with a blank look, your mind completely focused on the schoolgirl from earlier. You're not sure your going to be able to sleep. You're lying in the darkness with a faint glow from the bathroom, the sound of Tommy brushing his teeth the only noise over your breathing.
You hear the flow of water then the light switches off and he enters the bedroom. He notices you staring at the ceiling and sits on the edge of bed. Leaning in he kisses you on the lips, making your eyelids flutter as you come back to your senses "Everything alright?" he asks as he stays leaning over you, looking into your eyes with a concerned expression. You make a half hearted smile as you think about telling him what happened today. You think it'll sound crazy if you say it out loud though, a schoolgirl playing some dumb prank is all he'll think happened. "Yeah... I'm fine..." you reply as you lean up from the bed and kiss him back "It's just been a long day"
He assesses you for a moment then stands back up and picks up his phone. He retrieves two small earpods as he says "I think you need another meditation session. It'll help you relax" He makes you do this sometimes, listen to these special meditation tracks while you sleep. It's soft music that always knocks you out, and you always wake up feeling more relaxed and carefree than before. "I'm okay. Really" you say softly as he sits beside you again. But he just cues the track up, setting the phone down on the bedstand. Then he brings the earpods toward your ears as he says "Just relax Em. This'll be good for you"
[[CONTINUE|Second Night Decision1]]"I forgot my phone" you blurt out, making your decision to stop. Olivia turns and replies "Oh... do you want me to come back with you?" She's just trying to be nice but the offer makes you feel like a little kid. You shake your head and smile as you say "No it's alright. Could I just grab the keys? I'll meet you there" You offer to keep the second bag but Olivia wont hear of it, she takes it from you, they're both pretty light anyway. Then she gives you the keys and you walk back on your own. Your arms swing casually by your sides as you make your way to the carpark, the keys making a slight jingle with each sway.
A car that wasn't there before is parked next to you now, you can see an older guy is struggling to get the trunk open, making a few jerking movements that don't get it to lift. You're about to open the door to your car when he catches your eye "Excuse me young lady. Would you mind giving me a hand with this?" You smile at him as you come over and reply "Sure, no problem" your natural instinct to help people immediately kicking in. He's not really that old, maybe a few years older than your dad, but if there's anything you can do to help you want to try. "Thank you so much. You take that side and on three just push it up"
You nod and grip the bottom of the trunk. At his count you both push it and it lifts instantly, almost like it wasn't stuck at all. The trunk lifts up and you see it's mostly empty except for a big black duffel bag on top of a carpet laid down. You make a confused expression as you look at the bag, seeing a few lengths of rope poking out of the top "Such a helpful girl" the man says with a pleased smile. Then he simply steps behind you and in one smooth movement wraps his arms around your neck, locking in a tight chokehold.
[[CONTINUE|Chokehold Lake]]With a glance over your shoulder you keep going and don't say anything to Olivia. She leads you to a spot near the water and sets down the bags, laying out two blankets for you both to lie down on. She takes a minute making sure the blankets are neat around the edges then she peels off her dress. Underneath she's wearing a white one-piece swimsuit. You could already kind of tell but you see now what incredible shape she's in. Her body is firm and nicely toned, the swimsuit hugs her feminine curves like a second skin, her sensual silhouette impossible to ignore.
You feel a little self conscious seeing the perfect contours of her womanly body. Your hand running along your own slightly less curvy hip. "Coming in?" she says with a warm smile and a nod toward the water. You smile back and reply "Absolutely" then you shyly lift up your own dress, taking it off your head and letting it fall to the floor. She might be a little taller and slightly more voluptuous but your youthful figure fills out the bikini nicely. The two skimpy pieces of yellow fabric displaying your supple skin and accentuating your natural beauty. You give a small tug at the bikini to make sure your chest is properly contained, then you follow Olivia into the lake.
The water isn't too cold, it's refreshing and cool against your skin as you swim out, your slender form making small ripples as you move through the water. In the distance you can hear the faint sound of rushing water and you turn toward it. The lake twists round so you cant see it but you can hear the waterfall somewhere amongst the trees "Don't try to swim out there Emily" Olivia says as she comes up alongside you. "There's a path through the treeline over there. We'll do that walk another day, maybe have a picnic by the falls as a family" you nod then swim back with her, closer to the shore, leaving that constant sound of outpouring water behind you.
[[CONTINUE|Sunbathing]]Your eyes go wide with shock and your mouth opens to make a scared gasp. That sound comes out in a dry choking wheeze, his strong arms squeezing your throat. Your feet make a few shuffling movements, but your head is trapped and you cant get away, he doesn't move an inch no matter how hard you try pushing against him. Your hands rapidly tap at his arms in frantic slaps and pulls, trying to get him to let go, but he doesn't even react to the meagre effort of your slender arms. He takes a few casual glances around the car park, ensuring he's alone with you, then he increases the pressure just a little. Another wheezing choked noise escapes your lips, your face scrunching up in distress.
You can see the lake from here, hear the sounds of the children playing in the water. But you're partially blocked by the car, and no-one is paying any attention to what's happening here. All he has to do is keep the chokehold applied and you soon start to feel dizzy. You make a final few taps at his arms then your hands flop down by your sides. A glassy stare settles over your eyes, your expression taking on a far away dazed look. Your eyelids begin to droop closed, your body now hanging limply in his grip. With a soft sigh your eyelids close and you pass out, your body losing any tension as he forces you into unconsciousness.
As soon as you're out he bundles you into the trunk you helped open. Then he leans in and quickly ties you up, binding your legs together and your wrists behind your back. He finishes by taking a roll of duct tape and pressing a few strips over your mouth, ensuring that if you do wake up you wont be able to call for help. "Thanks your your help" he chuckles in a mocking tone, patting you on the shoulder before he stands and slams the trunk shut. Another car arrives just as the door closes, just missing seeing you being kidnapped. The man whistles a happy tune as he goes to the drivers seat and gets in. He starts the engine then just before pulling out he picks up a walkie talkie and says "I have her"
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|The Lake]] You swim in the lake for a little while but you've never been that strong a swimmer. Your arms soon start to feel tired and you tell Olivia you're heading back to lay in the sun for a little bit. "Okay sweetie! There's snacks in the bag! And take my purse if you want an ice-cream!" she calls to you in a motherly tone as you breaststroke toward the shore. She doesn't seem tired at all and goes right back to swimming, her perfect figure cutting through the water.
You emerge slowly out of the water, your body glistening as thick droplets of the liquid run along the curves of your feminine shape. The bikini clings to you even more now, the fabric damp and glossy. You reach behind you and shake out your hair a little as you walk along the grass, giving it a little help to dry out. The sun does most of the work, your skins already nearly dry by the time you lay down on your blanket. You lie on you back and close your eyes, letting out small tired sigh from your swimming.
You can feel your skin soaking up the suns rays, a warm glow tingling through your body. You feel so relaxed at ease, your arms laying by your hips completely still. Then you hear the soft jingle of an ice-cream truck. Your eyes flicker open and you see it in the car park. If you lie here much longer you'll probably doze off, and an ice-cream would be amazing right now. But you'd also have to force yourself to get up and walk all the way over there. Should you make the journey to the truck or just lie in the sun?
[[Get an ice cream]]
[[Continue sunbathing]]It takes some effort but you force yourself up to your feet. You make a small tired yawn as you stretch your arms above your head, then you slip your feet into your sandals. You crouch by Olivias bag and find her purse, then you begin strolling across the grass to the ice-cream truck. You're about halfway when you realise you probably should've put on your sun dress. Lying out in the sun has baked your brain a little. Not wanting to walk back you keep going to the car park. There's no line so you walk right up to the truck and order a vanilla ice cream in a cone. As the elderly man hands passes it through the window you see there's a little cherry placed neatly in the vanilla swirl "Free of charge" he winks at you, making you smile happily.
You thank him then turn around and take a big lick. However your focus on the ice cream causes you to bump right into another girl who was coming over "Oh! I'm so sorry!" You exclaim as a bit of your ice-cream smudges her cheek. She giggles and replies "No problem." then she gently guides your hand to dab your cheek with a small dot of ice cream and says "There. Now we're even" with a mischevious grin. You laugh and rub it off with the back of your hand. This girl is the first person you've seen here who doesn't look impossibly immaculate. She's wearing ripped denim shorts and a open blouse with a black bikini, her dark blonde hair is a little messy and her once white sneakers are worn and turning grey.
"You're... not from here either right?" she asks as she looks you up and down curiously. She's about your age and you get the feeling if you'd been friends in school she would have probably gotten you into trouble, she has a playful look in her eyes that makes you warm to her as you reply "Is it that obvious? No, my dad is though. I'm visiting him. What about you?" She nods and replies "Me and my girlfriend have an instagram page where we visit remote towns like this. We drive around in a van and explore hidden corners of the country. Here, check it out" You take a few licks of your ice-cream as she takes out her phone and begins showing you her page.
[[CONTINUE|Amy Lake]]You tilt your head back to looking up at the sky. Closing your eyes again you put the ice-cream out of your mind. You are on vacation after all, you should be allowed to lie around a little. After a few minutes you begin to slip into a sleepy haze. Not quite unconscious but a soft fading of your conscious thoughts, the sounds around you dimming until they mesh together into one faint noise. You feel faraway from yourself, the warm heat of the sun soothing your mind. You stay like that with a small smile on your face for a while. Then you hear beside you "Excuse me. Did you drop this?"
You sense a presence is next to you, having approached without you even realising. Your eyes slowly flutter open and you lift up onto your elbows to see a guy on one knee holding a necklace. He's only wearing a pair of swimming shorts and your eyes cant help look at his muscular body, tracing up until you meet his gaze. You blush as he smiles at you, he's insanely cute and you find yourself unsure of what to say. Your lips part but no sound comes out for just a second too long. The sun has slowed you down so much you have to take a series of rapid blinks to focus. You look at the necklace hanging in his hands and finally realise what he's asking
"Oh! Sorry... I... ummm no that's not mine" you say in an embarrassed stammer, squinting at the necklace just to be sure even though there's no way it could be yours. It looks really pretty and has a green gem in a pendant, you'd remember owning something like that. You feel so flustered in the presence of this guy, the entire time he's had this calm confident smile on his face which isn't helping your girlish emotions. "Are you sure?" he asks as he looks at you with his piercing gaze "Something this pretty looks like it belongs with you" A redness colours your cheeks as you blush again, it's taken you a while to figure it out but you're pretty sure he's hitting on you.
[[CONTINUE|Sunbathing guy]]You smile shyly back at him, slightly in awe of how handsome he is. Then you suddenly snap out of it and blurt out "I have a boyfriend" he smirks at you just coming right out with it and you feel a little embarrassed "Well then, he wouldn't want you to lose this. Are you sure it's not yours? Take a closer look" he says soothingly as he begins slowly swaying the necklace back and forth in front of you, the small green gem catching the light and making it twinkle. Your brow furrows as you do as he says and focus on the necklace "I'm... pretty sure..." you mumble softly, even though he's making you less certain of what you know to be true.
"Just keep looking. Watch the way it reflects the light. It's so pretty isn't it?" He's right, the more you focus on it the more you see the depths of the gem, the green swirls inside that create endless shapes. "Yes..." you mumble in a slightly dull tone, your eyes now swaying back and forth with the rhythm of the necklace "Just like you. And the more you watch it the more relaxed you feel. Take a deep breath for me" you're no longer conscious of what he's saying, the words just slip into your mind and a second later your chest is rising with a deep inhalation of breath "Good girl. Just relax and keep watching the necklace. Let your mind just sink into the pretty colours. All you can do is watch the necklace and listen to the sound of my voice"
To any outside observer it just looks like he's just showing you the necklace. No-one notices the blank hypnotized stare settling over your expression. With a final few swings he brings you down into a deep trance. Then he tucks the necklace away and says "Now take my hand, you're coming with me" Your hand slowly lifts in a robotic motion and he grasps it, gently guiding you to your feet then across the grass to the car park. In just your bikini you walk with that same dull haze in your eyes, following him without even thinking about it. He takes you to his car and guides you into the passenger seat, buckling the belt across your half naked body. Then he gets in the driver seat and picks up a walkie talkie to say "I got her"
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Sunbathing]] "Oh my names Amy by the way" she says as she tucks her phone back into her pocket and extends her hand "Emily Lockwood" you reply as you shake it. "Oh, well hello Emily Lockwood" she says with a playful smirk at you saying your full name "I gotta go meet my girlfriend but if you're bored later you should swing by the motel in town. There's no actual bars in this weird place so me and my girlfriend are just going to get drunk in our room. And don't worry we're not going to try and kiss you or anything. Unless you ask nicely" she playfully nudges you with her elbow and you let out a small laugh.
"See around Amy" you give her a little wave as she winks at you and moves through the car park back toward town. Seeing her has made you realise just how... peculiar this town is in a way. But then again you've never been to a town this small before so maybe you're just unused to how different things are here. You start walking back across the grass to your blankets. As you walk you take careful licks of your ice-cream, trying to make sure it doesnt run down the sides of your cone in the heat.
You take another lick then your eyes flicker up to see someone is standing right by your blanket. Your happy smile wobbles a little as you see her, she's dressed in a school uniform and has perfectly straight blonde hair. She's facing away from you and standing completely still, the rigidity of her pose making her look a little creepy. You let the ice-cream lower as you focus on her, getting a little closer you call out "Ummm... excuse me? Can I help you?" without turning around you hear her say "Are you coming to school with us tonight?"
[[CONTINUE|Girl Lake]]You look side to side but she seems to be alone, you're a little creeped out as you reply "Ummm... no... I don't go to school anymore. Why tonight? Wont the school be closed?" she giggles as if you're being silly "Of course not. We learn under the moonlight. Where no-one can see or hear us. There's an empty desk just for you. It's been waiting for so long. The desk, the school, the teachers, like a jigsaw missing one final piece, and that final piece is you Emily" you feel a tremble in your chest and make a slow step toward her as you say "I didn't tell you my name...Who are you?" You start trying to move round her to see her face.
She suddenly spins round, her dead eyed expression staring at you as she says loudly "You can't leave! No-one can Emily. Don't you understand?" You make a scared gasp and jump back, your ice-cream slipping from your fingers. It lands right on your foot and the shock of cold makes you gasp again, looking down and shaking your foot to get the cream off. By the time you look back up the girl is gone. Your head swivels side to side as you try and look for her but she's nowhere to be found. You're left with an uneasy feeling as you clean up the ice-cream from the floor and your foot. Olivia sees you putting the cone in a nearby bin as she walks out of the lake "Oh sweetie did you drop your ice-cream? Do you want me to get you another one?"
You shake your head and reply that you're okay, making a half hearted smile as you still feel a slight tremble down your spine. Olivia lies down on her blanket to sunbathe and you join her, lying down on your front this time to let your back get an even tan. You start to get bored after a little while, lying there with your chin resting on your interlaced fingers, your feet making an idle flutter up and down. You know she said you could see the waterfall later but you kinda want to see it now. You could just wander off and find the path that leads through the trees. Or if you dont want to go that far you could just dip your feet in the lake again, you are starting to heat up and could use some cooling down. What should you do Emily?
[[Try to find the waterfall]]
[[Dip your feet in the lake]]You glance over to Olivia, her eyes are closed and you cant tell if she's asleep or not. She probably wont even notice if you just slip away to take a quick look at the waterfall. You slowly get up and remember to grab your sundress this time, you don't want to be walking through the woods in just a bikini. You let it fall down over your head, then give the straps a small tug to settle them into place on your slender shoulders. You slide your feet into your sandals then with one last look at Olivia you sneak away.
There's a sign pointing to where the path to the waterfall begins. You follow it alongside the lake then amongst the trees as the sound of children playing begins to fade in the distance. The path winds through the trees and away from the lake, soon you can only hear the sounds of nature and your sandals tapping softly on the dirt trail. The hem of your dress makes a small swish against your thighs with every step. The thin delicate fabric clinging to the feminine curves of your body.
You feel a little alone out here, the path is well maintained but you're the only one on it, slight feelings of vulnerability creeping in. It doesn't help that the path is a lot more winding than you thought it'd be, it feels like you're getting further away from the waterfall rather than closer to it. You come to a stop and put your hands on your hips with an annoyed expression. You don't want to be walking out here all day. You look toward the trees in the direction you heard the rushing sound of water, you're pretty sure if you cut through the woods you'll get there faster. Should you take the shortcut or stay on the path Emily?
[[Take the shortcut]]
[[Stay on the path]]You glance over to Olivia, her eyes are closed and you cant tell if she's asleep or not, you really shouldn't wander off too far without telling her. You'll leave the waterfall for another day and just go down to the lake for now. You stand back up and walk toward the water, your slender form strolling calmly under the sun. As you get closer you notice to your right is a small wooden pier that goes out into the lake. You turn toward it and soon your bare feet are stepping up onto the wood. You reach the end then sink down first into a crouched pose, then slipping onto your behind to dangle your legs off the edge. You rest your hands on the wood either side of your thighs, letting your feet slowly drift back and forth in the cool water.
The water reaches your ankles and you look down at the ripples you make with your movements. You keep making a slow kick with your feet as you look across the water, it's a little quieter where you are and a feeling of tranquility settles over you. You listen to the soft sound of your feet rippling through the water, taking slow breaths as you sit there peacefully. Then you look down at your feet again and notice something strange. You're not sure if you're imagining it at first, but there seems to be some kind of dark shape moving closer to your feet. It's about the size of a person but you can't quite make it out.
Your legs go still as you stare at the shape with a curious expression, leaning further forward from the pier as you try to get a better look. Then suddenly the shape rushes up toward you and a hand bursts up from beneath the surface. It grabs your ankle and you make a scared shriek as it yanks you off of the dock and under the water with a loud splash. The sound is lost amongst the noise of the children playing nearby, and no-one was watching in the few brief seconds it took to pull you under. The tranquility of the pier resumes as the ripples from the splash settle down, as if you were never there at all.
[[CONTINUE|Underwater Peril]]The man in the divers suit pulls you close to him, he's wearing a breathing mask and black goggles, making him a dark faceless shape in the blue of the water. You try wriggling away but he's too strong, he gets a hold of your writhing form and wraps his arms around you. Your back is pressed to him, his strong grip squeezed around your midsection. You kick your legs and make a terrified expression, your head tossing side to side as you begin to feel your lungs burning for air.
Keeping one arm around your slim waist he retrieves a small breathing mask from his tactical belt, it has it's own miniature canister attached on front and he begins bringing it toward your mouth. You try turning your head but you're too desperate for oxygen and have to let him put it on you. He secures it with a strap around the back of your head, the mask fitting snugly over your mouth and nose. You make a huge gasp of air, breathing deeply in panicked breaths. But it's not just oxygen filling your lungs, it's mixed with a chemical sedative, after only a few breaths you feel yourself becoming dizzy and weak.
As you begin passing out he starts restraining you, retrieving a series of thick leather straps. He tightens them around your legs body, squeezing your legs together and your arms by your sides. Inside the mask you make a weak moan of distress, unable to stop him from binding you under the water. With your body now a compressed package he turns you to face him. You look into the darkened goggles with your wide fluttering eyes slowly closing. Then as they come to a close he pulls you close to him and begins swimming against the bottom of the lake, taking you with him toward the sound of the rushing waterfall.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Girl Lake]] Your lips curl up at one side as you make an unsure expression. Then you glance along the winding path. "Well... I can always turn back if this doesn't work out" you mutter softly to yourself. You step off the path and begin making your way through the trees, taking one last look over your shoulder before going deeper into the woods. You take a big inhale of breath as you enjoy how fresh the air is out here. Your head looking up at the pretty colours of the leaves above you.
This feels like a fun little adventure, a small throwback to your days as a detective. After walking for a short while you begin to hear the rushing sound of water. You knew that path was taking you the long way round. There's no mistaking the faint sound of the waterfall and you keep heading in a straight line toward it. You have a small smile on your face as you wonder whether you should tell Tommy about this excursion, or if you should just let be your little secret.
You're so pleased with yourself that you don't notice your next step isn't on the grass. But rather carefully lain tarp with grass scattered on top of it. Your smile turns to a shocked look as you step on the tarp and it crumples beneath your foot. You plummet into the pit below, letting out a loud girlish shriek as your hands reach out at nothing. Then with a heavy thump you hit the ground, groaning in pain as you look at the walls of dirt surrounding you.
[[CONTINUE|Pit Trap]]Your lips curl up at one side as you make an unsure expression. You look amongst the sea of trees all blending together and imagine yourself getting lost out there. Then with a small sigh you turn back to the path and keep walking. The path continues it's serpentine route but it does slowly take you toward the falls, the sound getting louder somewhere past the trees. As you keep walking you suddenly hear "Are you going to come to school with us Emily?" You feel a slight shudder as you recognise the familiar melodic tones of that girl from earlier.
Turning to your side you see her standing there, a little way into the woods with her eyes locked on you. She has a creepy smile plastered on her face, never wavering or shifting, as rigidly still as the rest of her slender frame. You have no idea how she got out here without you noticing, it looks like she's been standing there just waiting you, so completely still that she just blends in with the forest. You make a nervous glance back the way you came, then you look to her and reply "I said no. Why are you following me? What do you want?"
She remains strangely silent for a moment, that staring smile creeping you out more and more. "I want you to come to school with me. We all do Emily. You have so much to learn, and we have so much to teach you" her voice is both happy and strangely emotionless, like a robotic recreation of a joyful emotion. You're about to ask her something else but she begins walking toward you, making you feel slightly alarmed. She's a schoolgirl but she looks only about a year younger than you, she could easily pose a threat to you. You're intrigued by her but also scared, should you see what she wants or try to get away from her?
[[See what she wants|Hypno girl woods]]
[[Try to get away from her|Escape girl woods]]"Hello! Is anyone there?! I fell into a... a hole!" This thing must've been for animals, maybe hunters or something? Although it seems a little strange it was so close to the path to the waterfall. You have an uneasy feeling in the pit of your stomach, your hands pressing against the walls of the pit as you look up at the sky. It's clearly man made, the dirt is too neatly cut. It's just deep enough to make any attempt to climb out impossible. You don't even want to try as you're afraid of making one of the walls collapse in on you. Crossing your arms you let out a frustrated sigh and begin pacing back and forth. Every now and then you call out "Hello!! I need help!! Please!!" then go back to your pacing with a scared tremble in your eyes.
You wish you'd just stayed with Olivia, you could've been lying in the sun right now instead stuck down here. "Hello!! Anyone?!" you call out again to no reply. Then to your surprise you actually hear something, it sounds like soft footsteps approaching "Oh hello! Hello is someone there?! I fell down here!!" the footsteps stop just before you can see who's there. You can sense them though, standing in silence. You open your mouth but close it as a scared tremble runs through your spine, that ominous silent presence making you even more scared than you were before. Then an object suddenly arcs down into the pit, tossed by whoevers standing there. It's a small metal canister and it begins spewing thick smoke as soon as it hits the floor.
You let out a scared gasp and cover your hands with your mouth. Your hands do little good, the smoke fills the pit and shortly after your lungs. You let out a few dry coughs, swiping at the smoke surrounding you. Then your legs wobble and you drop to your knees. You make final weak cough as you waver side to side on your knees, your eyes fluttering closed as the chemical gas overwhelms you. Your slender form crumples softly to the ground and after a few minutes the gas dissapates to reveal your unconscious body lying there. At the top of the pit a man in tactical gear appears, he stares coldly down at you then brings a walkie talkie to his mouth to say "The targets been captured"
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Try to find the waterfall]] Your sense of curiousity is just too strong and you take a slow step toward her. "How do you know my name?" you ask with a slight tilt of your head, trying to figure her out. She smiles and continues walking calmly toward you. Her arms swing slowly at her sides, she's not holding anything and she seems to be alone, she's creepy but you cant see any obvious danger. You walk off the path and onto the grass with her, then you come to a stop. She takes a few more steps, walking right up to you, just slightly too close.
"Are you listening to me? I asked you how you know my name?" you say with a barely hidden annoyance, your brow furrowing at how unmoving the smile on her face is. She moves her hand slowly behind her back and you tense up as she says "I need to show you something. It's important that you look at it" You're ready to run in case she tries anything, your eyes intently focused on her hand as she brings it back in front of her. Then you see she's just holding a thin metal torch, the kind that could hang off of a keyring. You cross your arms as you say "You want to show me that?" looking at it with distrust.
She makes a small nod and raises it to your eyelevel as she replies "Yes. The light is so pretty you need to see it" You roll your eyes with an exasperated sigh as you say "Fine. But after that I want you to tell me how you know my name... and..." as you talk she taps the button on the side of the torch and a vibrant blue light begins to blink rapidly on and off. The shock of the light in your eyes stops you talking, but as the surprise quickly fades you find yourself unable to look away from the light, a dullness settles over your eyes as you stare at it. A mindless look that makes the girls smile grow even wider.
[[CONTINUE|Hypno Woods]]You don't care about seeing the falls anymore, you want to get back to where there are people around and where this girl wont creep you out as much. You turn and begin hurrying down the path, glancing over your shoulder as you see her walking behind you, joining the path. "Leave me alone!" you cry out as you quicken your pace, turning your head away from her and making fast strides. You suddenly hear the patter of her feet and turn to see her breaking into a run. You let out a scared gasp at this schoolgirl sprinting silently toward you in the woods. You start running too but it's more panicked and messy, unlike the girls single minded sprint straight at you.
In your frenzied run you quickly end up tripping over your own feet, stumbling to the floor and landing hard on your chest. You let out a breathless groan as you lay there in pain then you hear "You have to come with me Emily" you turn round onto your back to see the schoolgirl looming over you. She reaches out and grabs your wrist, trying to pull you up, her fingers squeezing tightly on your arm. "Stop" you moan as you try to pull away from her. She might be slightly shorter than you but she's stronger and you feel her overpowering you. "No... get off..." you groan weakly as she pulls you to your feet then begins forcing you to come with her.
"Let me go! Someone help!" you cry out as she pulls you into the woods. You feel so scared that tears begin to well up, her fingers are digging into you and you cant get her to let go. Then suddenly you hear "Hey! What's going on?" you turn to see Amy rushing over, the schoolgirl suddenly lets you go and runs away, giggling mischeviously. "Yeah you better run!" Amy says as she reaches you, slightly out of breath. "You alright?" you rub a soreness on your wrist and reply "I think so... thanks." You see Amy looking in the direction the schoolgirl ran off with a concerned expression. Then she looks back to you and speaks with a more serious tone than she had before "You're lucky I decided to check out the falls. I told you this place was weird..."
[[CONTINUE|AMY Olivia Lake]]Amy can see you're pretty scared so she walks you back to Olivia. As you walk along the path she says "Me and my girlfriend are getting out of here first thing tomorrow. There's space in the van if you want a ride" You take a slow breath as you try to calm down. Your eyes still have a slight frightened tremble as you smile at her and reply "No, that's okay. Thanks. She was just trying to freak me out I think..." Amy believes that even less than you do, and she can see it on your face. "Okay... But... look I don't know what's going on here but it's not just her. Me and my girlfriend only got here yesterday and the people here... there's just something not right about..."
Before she can finish you get to the end of the path and hear "Emily! There you are!" You turn to see Olivia hurrying over across the grass, still wearing just her white swimsuit. She hugs you tightly, pulling you against her chest before you can say anything "You really cant go running off like that!" she exclaims with a heavy sigh "When I woke up you were gone and I was so worried about you!" You can barely breathe against her chest so you don't say anything as she squeezes you.
"Don't worry, I've been looking after her" Amy says with a small smirk. Olivia suddenly seems to notice she's standing there and she looks at Amy with a coldness in her eyes. It seems so much harsher compared to how warm Olivia normally is. Amy notices it too and she looks down at the ground uncomfortably as she mumbles "Anyway... I'll see you around Lockwood" Amy walks off without Olivia saying a single word to her. Then she looks down at you and that warmth instantly returns to her face, smiling at you as she says "Ready for some lunch?"
[[CONTINUE|Lunch Olivia]]The blinking blue light reflects in your glassy eyed stare, as if the light has now worked it's way deep into your mind. A numbness tingles through your entire body, a weakening sensation you're only faintly aware of. You make long slow blinks as your lips part, the tension melting out of your expression as you stare at the light. Your gaze is helplessly entranced by the rhythmic blinking of the light, your mind falling so easily under it's power. The girl holds the torch calmly in front of your face without a single wobble of her hand.
That wide smile remains on her face as she watches you become hypnotized by the light, her eyes looking up at you and sparkling with glee. "That's it Emily. Just keep watching. It's so pretty isn't it? Just relax and let your all your thoughts fade away." she sways the light left and right, watching as your head tilts in response, following the light like a puppet on a string. "Your mind is completely blank now. You're going to do exactly as I tell you. Understand?" you respond in soft breath, your plump lips barely moving as you say "Yes"
She smiles and flicks off the light, tucking it back into the waistband of your skirt. Then she holds out her hand and says "Give me your hand Emily" your hand rises immediately and rests in her palm, then the schoolgirl turns and with a gentle tug says "Now come with me" There's nothing behind your eyes as you let her lead you deeper into the woods. Your limp form taking slow robotic steps. The schoolgirl keeps your hand firmly in her grip, taking her hypnotized captive toward the sound of the waterfall. Then the two of you dissappear amongst the trees.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Stay on the path]] Olivia strides ahead of you, her perfectly toned legs showing no sign of tiredness. Then she pauses as she notices you lagging behind "Oh sorry sweetie. Do you need to stop for a second?" You shake your head, your reddened cheeks turning side to side as you reply "I'm okay... I'll stop at the top." you see a small disapproving look at your perseverence but she doesn't say anything. She slows down so you can keep up and you keep going, your steps becoming heavier as you force yourself up the winding path. You can feel a tingling pulse of heat against your skin, the sun beaming down on you as you walk.
The warmth is particularly noticeable in your legs, and you start to regret wearing the tan pantyhose. Tommy wont even see you today so you probably could've gotten away with not wearing them. The observatory slowly comes into view above the tops of the trees, its a grey metal dome with a big telescope poking out of the top. You look up at it wearily nodding as you see how much longer you have to walk. Finally you reach the top, your chest heaving up and down, your supple skin glistening with a slight perspiration. "Didn't I tell you?" Olivia exclaims happily as she gestures to the view. You're resting your hands on your thighs as you try to catch your breath, your head tilting up as you look across the landscape.
She was right, the town looks even more beautiful up here, like a perfect model playset. The green of the forest stretches far around in ever direction, a vibrant sea of emerald that leads to the mountains. The vivid greens and browns of the rocky peaks are stunning to look at from a distance, and you slowly straighten up as you appreciate the gorgeous scenery. "Beautiful" you say through one of your heavy breaths. Olivia takes a moment to appreciate the view with you then she says "You should really take a drink. There's a water fountain inside, I'll be right out here"
[[CONTINUE|Enter Observatory]]You leave her looking out at the town as you head inside the observatory. Pushing open the metal doors you walk in and immediately feel the pleasing tickle of the air conditioning in here. You look around the large circular building as you wander inside, it has a few models of spacecrafts hanging from the ceiling, around the walls are interactive games that explain the solar system. In the middle of the room is a big spinning model of all the planets spinning round the sun.
Your eyes scan across everything then settle on the water fountain. You stroll calmly toward it, already feeling better just being out of the sun. Reaching the fountain you lean down and press the metal button, letting the water arch out and onto your tongue. The cool liquid feels good running down your throat and you take a long drink. Then with a satisfied sigh of breath you straighten up and run your hand along your hair. You should probably take a look around this place now that you're in here.
You're standing in the main section of the observatory but you can see signs leading to to other areas. As far as you can tell you're alone in here, your boots making a slight echoe as they tap on the polished floor. You see one sign that says it leads to a theatre - A 3D trip through the cosmos! Then another which is a tour through the observatory, leading up to the observation deck. Which one should you do Emily?
[[Head into the theatre]]
[[Explore the observatory]]It would be nice to sit down for a minute after the long walk, so you stroll casually toward the theatre. Your hands make a slight sway by your sides as you walk, your hips making a feminine tilt side to side. You walk through the doors to the theatre and enter a short dark hallway. On the wall to your left is a metal rack with black VR goggles lined up, and a sign that reads 'PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEAT THEN PUT ON THE HEADSET!' They look more high tech than you were expecting, there are black straps that run round the back to secure them in place, and little built in headphones that go over your ears. You pluck one of the headsets up and hold it by your side as you go through the next door.
Inside is a small theatre, eight rows of seats are tilted back pointing at a screen that has a ticking clock and the message 'NEXT SHOWING IN...' the clock is currently ticking down with only twenty seconds left so you hurry into the theatre and take a seat. You fiddle with the straps for a second but manage to get this thing on your head, tightening the strap and making sure your eyes and ears are properly covered. You lean back in your chair and wrest you arms on the armrest, settling in and taking a deep breath as you stare into the black screen on your goggles. It takes a second then you begin to hear soothing melodic music.
The screen comes to life so naturally you don't notice it at first, the black becoming deeper as stars and planets begin to appear. You begin moving through the cosmos like you're on a slow roller coaster, a gentle flying motion that takes you through the solar system then further out into the reaches of space. It has a strange relaxing effect on you, your shoulders sagging as you find yourself entranced by this journey through the galaxy, staring at all the pretty colours of the passing planets as it takes you further into darkness.
[[CONTINUE|Glasses Hypno]]You don't want to just leave Olivia out there while you watch a movie. With a little shake of your legs you head toward the door that leads through the observatory. You walk through a short hallway that has the history of the observatory in graphs and charts on the walls. You glance at the walls but there's a lot of writing and you don't find it that interesting. Soon you find a metal staircase that leads further up, to mid-section of the building where the tour continues. The staircase goes along the wall then onto a walkway where you find the next set of doors. This room has less blocks of texts and more displays that catch your eye. You walk by the ones that are showing off recreations of space rocks and focus on one that has models of various UFO sightings.
They've recreated a flying saucer but it looks like something's missing, like there should've been something standing next to it. You hear movement behind you, a shuffle of footsteps then a feminine voice say "Take me to your leader!" you spin round and let out a girlish shriek at a grey skinned alien with big black eyes. You stumble back and bump into the model of the spacecraft as a girls head pops out from behind the alien "Hey don't freak out! I was just messing with you... I thought you'd find that more funny than scary... ummmm.... sorry?" You take a second to catch your breath as you look at the obviously plastic alien "Are you supposed to be playing with those?" you ask as you step around the alien to get a better look at her. With a michevious grin she heaves it up and sets it back next to the spacecraft as she replies "Sure. But only to scare people. There was a sign saying that I swear."
She's wearing ripped jeans and a grey tank top, her dark blonde hair is a little messy and her once white sneakers are worn and turning grey. "You're... not from here either right?" she asks as she settles the model and turns back to you. She's about your age and you get the feeling if you'd been friends in school she would have probably gotten you into trouble, she has a playful look in her eyes that makes you warm to her as you reply "Is it that obvious? No, my dad is though. I'm visiting him. What about you?" She nods and replies "Me and my girlfriend have an instagram page where we visit remote towns like this. We drive around in a van and explore hidden corners of the country. Here, check it out" she says as she takes out her phone and begins showing you her page.
[[CONTINUE|Amy Observatory]]You can feel a numb tingle pass through your body and you melt into the chair. The goggles and headphones overwhelm your senses so much that you forget you're in a theatre, the rest of the world fading away as you stare blankly at the screen. As the video takes you past planets and star systems you notice that you're passing less of them than you were before. Until soon you're just moving through an empty dark space, that void of nothingness filling your mind and making you feel empty in return.
Behind the gentle music you can faintly hear a voice, telling you to relax, to let go. But you can't focus on it, the words too far away to make out, seeping into your subconscious as you sink deeper down. Your plump lips part ever so slightly and your body takes on listless pose, lying limp in the chair as your conscious mind simply switches off. You lie there for another few moments, your eyes now taking on a dazed glassy stare beneath the goggles. Then the voice tells you to stand up, and like a puppet on a string you rise up, standing rigidly straight.
The gentle words guide you out of the row of seats. Then on the other side of the theatre a hidden door slides open, leading into darkness. Through no will of your own you walk toward the door, making slow robotic movements. Then you disappear into the dark and the door slides shut. The theatre screen clock resets to twenty seconds, but it's not counting down this time, merely waiting should another helpless victim wander in here. In the theatre there's no trace you were ever there, as if that darkness you've been staring at has swallowed you up whole.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Enter Observatory]] "Oh my names Amy by the way" she says as she tucks her phone back into her pocket and extends her hand "Emily Lockwood" you reply as you shake it. "Oh, well hello Emily Lockwood" she says with a playful smirk at you saying your full name "I gotta go meet my girlfriend but if you're bored later you should swing by the motel in town. There's no actual bars in this weird place so me and my girlfriend are just going to get drunk in our room. And don't worry we're not going to try and kiss you or anything. Unless you ask nicely" she playfully nudges you with her elbow and you let out a small laugh.
"See around Amy" you give her a little wave as she winks at you then heads toward the door that leads downstairs. You're left alone again and you make a suspicious glance at the alien before moving forward. You see a door that leads to the next staircase and finally the top level. But to your left is another door that you feel the need to check out on your tour. You get closer and see a sign above the door that reads 'EXPERIENCE LIFE IN SPACE!' with a small shrug you push it open. Inside you see that its a recreation of the interior of a spaceship. Cold white metal and blinking control panels line the walls, a little way ahead of you is some kind of command centre.
You stand there looking around when suddenly a female robotic voice comes from a hidden speaker "Welcome to space! To begin your experience discover how astronauts sleep! To your left you'll see a sleeping bag! Please enter the sleeping bag!" You look over at a light that's suddenly turned on, beaming down on a sleeping bag that's hanging in an open cylinder cut into the wall. Do you want to see what it's like to sleep in space or just keep heading through the observatory?
[[Get in the sleeping bag]]
[[Go to the next floor]]You are kinda curious so you walk toward it, stepping onto the half cylinder cut into the wall. The sleeping bag is thick and puffy, the spongy exterior a vibrant orange. You trace your hand along it then find the opening and pull it. It's hanging from the cylinder with a secure strap at the back, the bottom only just touching the ground. You slip inside then reach down and zip it up, sealing yourself in the snug confines of the bag "Thank you!" the robotic female voice exclaims "Please put your hands by your sides for the demonstration"
You're not sure what she means but you do as she says. The bags thick but not so much that you cant slide your hands down by your hips. As soon as your hands are down you hear an electronic whir behind you and suddenly the bag lifts up, the strap at the back rising to bring your feet off the air. You let out a scared gasp at the movement, but it doesn't stop so high that you couldn't just unzip it and hop out if you wanted to. Now standing suspended in the bag any movement makes it wobble and you try to stay still as you listen to the voice "In zero gravity these specially designed bags will keep you safe and containted at all times! Once the astronaut is inside the bag it inflates to ensure they don't go floating off!"
You hear a soft hiss and the bag begins to expand on the inside, the soft puffy material squashing against you as it fills any inch of free space. "Hey... that's a little tight..." you moan as it squeezes you to the point that you feel like you're being crushed, your body barely able to move. It stops expanding and remains in the inflated state, your body compacted inward. You scrunch up your face and maked a pained moan, you can barely breathe and it feels hot inside the bag now. "Let me out of this thing!" you groan as you toss your head side to side, but the robotic voice ignores your pleas and continues.
[[CONTINUE|Sleeping Bag Peril]]You tilt your head side to side as you make a small hum of indecision. Then with a shrug of your shoulders you turn to leave. The view at the top of the observatory seems more enticing than messing around in here. You go back to the door that leads to the stairs and pull the handle. You immediately see there's a schoolgirl standing in the stairwell, her sudden presence makes you gasp in fright, your body shuddering from the shock. She's standing there staring at you, rooted to the spot and barely blinking. "Are you... alright?" you ask as you look at her blank expression with confusion.
Her dead eyes suddenly come to life as she smiles happily and says "Are you coming to school with us tonight?" You look side to side but she seems to be alone, you're a little creeped out as you reply "Ummm... no... I don't go to school anymore. Why tonight? Wont the school be closed?" she shakes her head and giggles as if you're being silly "Of course not. We learn under the moonlight. Where no-one can see or hear us. There's an empty desk just for you. It's been waiting for so long. The desk, the school, the teachers, like a jigsaw missing one final piece, and that final piece is you Emily" you feel a tremble in your chest and make a slow step back as you say "I didn't tell you my name..."
Her smile suddenly drops and her hand shoots out as she grabs your wrist, clutching it tightly in her small hand "You can't leave! No-one can Emily. Don't you understand?" You try tugging at your wrist but she's surprisingly strong and holds you in place "Let me go" you moan as you feel her fingers digging into you, then with one final hard tug you break free. You stumble back and fall through the door, landing on your behind as it swings shut. You expect to see her coming after you and you scramble backward on the floor, your feet shuffling and pushing. But the door doesn't open again, the schoolgirl doesn't appear. You stare at the door for a few tense seconds then you slowly get up and brush yourself off. You approach the door cautiously and open it, peering your head past the door to see she's disappeared.
[[CONTINUE|Top Floor Observatory]]"Getting a full nights sleep can be difficult when you're in space!" you groan and tense your muscles as you ignore the annoying robotic voice. Your arms are trapped by your sides and you can only make the smallest wiggle of your fingers. There's just no way to reach the zip and you can feel a growing panic at just how tightly restrained you are. Your cheeks turn hot as you feel a pulsing heat growing inside the bag, your body like a little thermal battery stuck inside the puffy material.
"Let me go! Someone help!" you cry over the voice as it continues "If the astronauts don't go to sleep it could affect their performance and be catastrophic! So a light sedative can be used to assist them getting a good sleep!" two small holes open up either side of the curved walls right by your head. You gasp and shake your head as you moan "No!" but the automatic gears of this system pay no attention to your pleading. A thin white gas shoots out from either hole, surrouding your face and filling your lungs.
You let out a series of small coughs at the gas, your nose wrinkling up at the chemical scent. Then a numbness settles over you mind like a warm blanket. You sigh softly as your head lolls up and down, your eyelids fluttering "Enjoy your sleep!" you hear the voice say as you slowly pass out, your head drooping down to your chest as your neck becomes too limp to support it. With one last long blink your eyes snap shut, your lips hanging open as you take slow breaths. Then the cylinder section begins to turn, spinning you into the wall into a hidden room, your sleeping form snugly restrained within the bag and completely helpless.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Amy Observatory]] You're a little freaked out but you don't want to admit it, turning back would mean a schoolgirl has scared you off. Taking a few deep breaths you head up the stairs to the top floor of the observatory. Up here there's less models, the floors mostly empty except for the huge telescope that sits here and goes right up to the open section of the ceiling. It's not night so you wont be able to see anything and you make your way around it. At the front of the room is the balcony and you walk toward it, your boots making a soft squeak on the polished floor.
You open a glass door and step out onto the balcony. There's one of those high powered binoculars you put a quarter in to get a closer look at points of interest, but you didn't bring any change so you move along the balcony and just use your eyes. It's the same view from before but even higher up, giving you a better look at the mountains that make a jagged line along the edges of the forest. You rest your hand on the railing and lean forward, your slender form tilting out as you enjoy feeling of the sun on your skin again. You look down and notice you cant see Olivia outside, she must've come in to look for you.
Just as that thought crosses your mind the door to the balcony opens, you assume it's her and look over expectantly but it's just some guy. He sees you and gives you a subtle wink, he's pretty cute and you feel a warm tingle in your cheeks as you blush and look away. He takes his eyes off you then slots a quarter in to the binoculars and looks through them. You take another long look across the view up here then decide to go find Olivia. As you head back toward the glass doors the guy steps away from the binoculars and checks you out again as he says "Hey, I gotta spare quarter if you want to take a look?" you smile shyly at him then at the quarter he holds between his fingers. He's pretty clearly hitting on you, should you look through the binoculars or just politely decline his offer?
[[Look through the binoculars]]
[[Politely decline his offer]]It's not like you're doing anything wrong by just accepting his offer. As long as it doesn't go any further than that. You smile at him and try not to get too distracted by his eyes as you say "Sure, that would be nice. Thank you" He makes a small gesture at the binoculars then slots the quarter in. A metallic thunk signals the start of your alloted time and you go to step onto the thin metal platform in front of the binoculars. Just before you can make the small step up he slips behind you and places his hands firmly on your hips, lifting you up and setting you down on the metal.
"Oh..." you let out a small gasp of shock from the feeling of him mahandling you so easily, making you feel as if you weigh nothing at all. You're too embarrassed to say anything so you just press your eyes to the binoculars and begin looking around. You scan along the town and find your dads house, then you drift upward and take a closer look at the mountainous landscape. You suddenly feel his presence behind you, a slight warmth as he gets in just a little too close. You feel your breath catching in your throat, a tension that squeezes your shoulders tighter to your body. You know you should say something but you feel too shy. Perhaps you could just say you're done with the binoculars before the time is up and make a quick exit?
Before you can come up with a good excuse to slip away you feel his hands on your hips again "See you anything you like?" he says softly by your ear, letting you feel his breath on your slender neck. He's gone too far now. You wriggle your hips and try to get him off of you, but he seems determined to keep you where you are, his firm grip not letting go. "Get your hands off... mmmpphhh!!" your words are turned into a muffled moan as he reaches into his pocket and pulls out a white cloth. He clamps it down over your mouth and nose, forcing you to inhale the familiar scent of chloroform.
[[CONTINUE|Chloroform Observatory]]You probably shouldn't be talking with guys trying to flirt with you, Tommy wouldn't be happy if he ever found out. "I'm okay thanks" you shyly mumble as you quickly push open the glass doors and hurry away. You can feel his eyes burning into you as you walk brisky across the top floor and back to the stairs. But luckily he doesn't try following after you and you're soon heading back to the floor with all the alien models. You make a nervous glance at the aliens unmoving stare as you pass it, feeling a little creeped out having to be alone with it again. Then you find the stairwell that leads down to the ground floor.
You were expecting to bump into Olivia by now but you still haven't found her. As you open the door to the ground level you see she's not here either, your head swivelling left and right with a confused expression. You begin walking across the room to the exit then you pause as you see something laying on the floor. It's... it's a suitcase. It's lying open with a note sitting inside. You stare at it then look around the room, wondering how it got here.
You cant help get an ominous feeling from this open suitcase just laying there. Although that note does make you feel curious as to what's written on there. "Hello?" you call out, just to make sure you're alone in here. Then you take a slow cautious step toward the case. Your eyes flicker up from it to the exit doors, you could just move around this thing and hurry out. What should you do Emily?
[[Read the note]]
[[Head to the exit]]His other hand slides around your waist and he pulls you off the platform, keeping your feet off the air as he keeps you gripped against his muscular form. You make a wide eyed expression of shock as moan against the cloth, feeling the chloroform fill your lungs with every breath. Both your hands begin slapping and pulling at his hand over your mouth, but it doesn't have any effect, he has the cloth firmly in place and the efforts of your slender arms aren't going to change that. You wriggle and kick your legs as you moan as loud as you can, your panicked brain unable to think of why this is happening to you.
A numbness begins to tingle through your body, your moans becoming weaker and more distressed. You can feel yourself slowing down, your thoughts, your body. You make a final few small pulls at his hand with the cloth, then your arms flop down by your sides. A glassy stare begins to settle over your gaze, a far away look that signals your senses are leaving you. His stance hasn't changed at all, his arms have kept a tight hold throughout your frantic writhing, wearing you down to this point of submission. He can feel you going limp in his grip, feel your body softening as you melt into him.
He holds the cloth until he's certain, until your head begins to droop. Then with the cloth still in place he carefully turns you to the side, just enough so he can assess your feminine features. He checks that your eyes are closed and that your fully unconscious. Then finally he peels the cloth away from your plump lips, leaving them slightly parted and glossy from the damp cloth pressed to them for so long. In one smooth move he hoists you up over his shoulder, settling your weight in place and wrapping his arm around your thighs. With your long nylon clad legs draped in front of his chest he carries you away, your behind sticking up on his shoulder, its rounded shape pushing at your tight fitting denim shorts. Taking out his phone he quickly calls someone to say "I've got her"
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Top Floor Observatory]] It's just a note, there's no harm in having a quick look. You keep making slow cautious steps, glancing side to side in case this things a trap. You're probably just being paranoid though, you don't get trapped anymore, you're not a detective anymore. You're on vacation visiting your father and someones probably just lost their suitcase. The soft tap of your boots on the floor comes to a stop when you reach the case. Your arms are wrapped nervously around your stomach as you peer down at the note.
The writings not that big so you have to crouch down, your slender legs bending as you lower toward it. You narrow your eyes as you read on the white piece of paper 'IMPORTANT MESSAGE! YOU MUST...' it seems that the note continues on the other side and you desperately want to see whats so important. You reach out and grab the note, pulling at it to try and turn it over. It doesn't lift up though, it's stuck on something and the small tugs of your slender fingers aren't getting it loose. You let out a small groan of frustration and pull it harder, finally getting it to break off of what it was stuck to. As it lifts you hear a metallic click and you notice it was attached to a thin metal disc.
You look at the disc with confusion then you look at the note. You turn the note over as you stay in the crouched pose, your curious eyes widening with fear as you read the word 'SLEEP' just as you read the single word on the paper the disc shoots out wispy stream of white gas straight into your face. You gasp in shock, inhaling the chemical scent as it surrounds you. The note slips from your fingers as you shoot up straight, standing to try and get away from the gas. But it's far too late, you can already feel it overwhelming you.
[[CONTINUE|Suitcase Peril]]There's something about the suitcase that sends a shudder down your spine. You give it a wide berth, hurrying round it, moving along the walls of the observatory as you reach the exit. You push open the doors and finally step back out into the sunlight, your boots making a soft crunch on the dirt. You were expecting to be facing Olivia waiting for you but she's not here either "Where is she?" you mumble softly to yourself. You walk up the wooden fence where you last saw her, looking out across the town again. Then you decide to just head back down the trail to the car, you can't think of where else she could possibly be. If she's not there then you'll start to get really worried, but for now you wont panic.
Just as you turn to head down the trail you hear "Are you going to come to school with us Emily?" You feel a slight shudder as you recognise the familiar melodic tones of that girl from earlier. Turning around you see her standing there, right in front of the doors you just came through, as if she's been following you all this time. She has that same creepy smile plastered on her face, never wavering or shifting, as rigidly still as the rest of her slender frame. "I said no. Why are you following me? What do you want?" she remains strangely silent for a moment, that staring smile creeping you out more and more.
"I want you to come to school with me. We all do Emily. You have so much to learn, and we have so much to teach you" her voice is both happy and strangely emotionless, like a robotic recreation of a joyful emotion. You're about to ask her something else but she begins walking toward you, making you feel slightly alarmed. She's a schoolgirl but she looks only about a year younger than you, she could easily pose a threat to you. You're intrigued by her but also scared, should you see what she wants or try to get away from her?
[[See what she wants|Phone]]
[[Head down the trail]]You try to step back away from the suitcase but your legs feel wobbly and unresponsive, feeling like a single step would cause you to topple over. All you can do is stand there swaying side to side, your glassy eyes unable to focus properly. You let out a weak moan, your hand rising to your head to try and clear the fog settling on your mind. Then a numb tingle shudders through your arm and it flops down by your side. You can feel it crashing over you like a wave now, the chemical making your body slowly shut down. Your eyelids feel so heavy you can barely keep them open.
With a faint sigh your legs finally buckle under you, your body crumpling as you sink down to your knees. You're standing so close to the suitcase that your knees drop down inside of it. Then your eyelids flutter closed and your torso falls inside of the case as well. You're lying messily inside of the case as you pass out, your head and feet poking out of the sides. You don't hear the calm footsteps approaching you, a figure in black standing over your unconscious form. Your unknown captor crouches down and carefully pushes your body to fit snugly inside the case. Your knees are squashed up against your chest and your head tucked inward.
Then he closes the lid and zips it up, sealing you inside still sleeping peacefully. You disappear, becoming just a small bump on the lid of the case. The man then tilts the case up on it's wheels and extends the handle. He notices the note you read with the word 'SLEEP' facing upward. With a small smirk he picks it up, crumpling it in his hand and stuffing it in his pocket. Then he wheels you toward the exit, the case completely concealing the sleeping captive within. As he reaches the doors he takes out his phone and dials a number to say "I've got her"
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Politely decline his offer]] Your sense of curiousity is just too strong and you take a slow step toward her. "How do you know my name?" you ask with a slight tilt of your head, trying to figure her out. She smiles and continues walking calmly toward you. Her arms swing slowly at her sides, she's not holding anything and she seems to be alone, she's creepy but you cant see any obvious danger. You keep walking cautiously forward, then you come to a stop at a safe distance. She takes a few more steps though, walking right up to you, just slightly too close.
"Are you listening to me? I asked you how you know my name?" you say with a barely hidden annoyance, your brow furrowing at how unmoving the smile on her face is. She moves her hand slowly behind her back and you tense up as she says "I need to show you something. It's important that you look at it" You're ready to run in case she tries anything, your eyes intently focused on her hand as she brings it back in front of her. Then you see she's just holding a cellphone, she must have had it tucked into her skirt behind her back. You cross your arms as you say "You want to show me that?" looking at it with distrust.
She makes a small nod and raises it to your eyelevel as she replies "Yes. There's a video you need to see" You roll your eyes with an exasperated sigh as you say "Fine. But after that I want you to tell me how you know my name... and..." as you talk she taps the button to play the video and the black screen comes to life. It immediately brings your words to a mumbling halt, your eyes staring at the screen with a puzzled expression. It's playing a white and black swirling spiral, the swirls making a constant sinking motion into the centre that you cant look away from.
[[CONTINUE|Phone Hypno]]You're too creeped out by this girl to see what she wants, you just want to find Olivia and get out of here. You turn and begin hurrying down the path, glancing over your shoulder as you see her walking behind you. "Leave me alone!" you cry out as you quicken your pace, turning your head away from her and making fast strides. You suddenly hear the patter of her feet and turn to see her breaking into a run. You let out a scared gasp at this schoolgirl sprinting silently toward you in the woods. You start running too but it's more panicked and messy, unlike the girls single minded sprint straight at you.
In your frenzied run you quickly end up tripping over your own feet, stumbling to the floor and landing hard on your chest. You let out a breathless groan as you lay there in pain then you hear "You have to come with me Emily" you turn round onto your back to see the schoolgirl looming over you. She reaches out and grabs your wrist, trying to pull you up, her fingers squeezing tightly on your arm. "Stop" you moan as you try to pull away from her. She might be slightly shorter than you but she's stronger and you feel her overpowering you. "No... get off..." you groan weakly as she pulls you to your feet then begins forcing you to come with her.
"Let me go! Someone help!" you cry out as she pulls you into the woods. You feel so scared that tears begin to well up, her fingers are digging into you and you cant get her to let go. Then suddenly you hear "Hey! What's going on?" you turn to see Amy rushing over, the schoolgirl suddenly lets you go and runs away, giggling mischeviously. "Yeah you better run!" Amy says as she reaches you, slightly out of breath. "You alright?" you rub a soreness on your wrist and reply "I think so... thanks." You see Amy looking in the direction the schoolgirl ran off with a concerned expression. Then she looks back to you and speaks with a more serious tone than she had before "You're lucky I was here. I told you this place was weird..."
[[CONTINUE|AMY Olivia Observ]]She holds the phone perfectly in place in front of your entranced gaze. She's slightly shorter so has to keep her arm raised, her hand never wobbles or shows a sign of strain though. She watches you with a satisfied glint in her eyes, seeing the dull look settle over your face. Your brow furrows for a moment as you try to fight it, then that tension melts away. The spinning spiral seems to draw your mind deeply inside, trapping you within the white and black swirl. The constant motion reflects in your glassy stare, like the spirals are deep within you now.
As the girl holds the phone she begins speaking in a soothing tone of voice "That's it. Just keep looking at the spiral. You can't look away. Let your mind go completely blank." The rest of the world seems to fade away, until the only thing you can see is that spiral. Your shoulders sag as your body goes limp, your blank stare making long slow blinks. Your plump lips part ever so slightly, every part of you taking on a listless pose. The girl smiles as she sees you becoming completely hypnotized "That's very good Emily. No more thoughts. Just the spiral and my words. When the screen goes blank you're mind will follow. Just a blank little puppet who does exactly as she's told" with that her thumb taps the off button on the phone.
The spiral disappears and in its place is a black screen that your empty eyes are reflected in. The girl then lowers the phone and tucks it back in the waistband of her skirt. She then reaches out and gently takes your hand. With a small tug she turns and leads you away, around the side of the observatory and through the woods. You make slow robotic movements as you let her lead you, offering no resistance to the schoolgirl. Soon the two of you disappear amongst the trees, the schoolgirl slowly taking her hypnotized captive away.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Head to the exit]] Amy can see you're pretty scared so she walks you back to where you parked to try and find Olivia. As you walk along the path she says "Me and my girlfriend are getting out of here first thing tomorrow. There's space in the van if you want a ride" You take a slow breath as you try to calm down. Your eyes still have a slight frightened tremble as you smile at her and reply "No, that's okay. Thanks. She was just trying to freak me out I think..." Amy believes that even less than you do, and she can see it on your face. "Okay... But... look I don't know what's going on here but it's not just her. Me and my girlfriend only got here yesterday and the people here... there's just something not right about..."
Before she can finish you get to the end of the path and hear "Emily! There you are!" You turn to see Olivia hurrying over. She hugs you tightly, pulling you against her chest before you can say anything "I went looking for you in there but couldn't find you! I don't know how we missed each other!" she exclaims with a heavy sigh "I was so worried about you!" You can barely breathe against her chest so you don't say anything as she squeezes you.
"Don't worry, I've been looking after her" Amy says with a small smirk. Olivia suddenly seems to notice she's standing there and she looks at Amy with a coldness in her eyes. It seems so much harsher compared to how warm Olivia normally is. Amy notices it too and she looks down at the ground uncomfortably as she mumbles "Anyway... I'll see you around Lockwood" Amy walks off without Olivia saying a single word to her. Then she looks down at you and that warmth instantly returns to her face, smiling at you as she says "Ready for some lunch?"
[[CONTINUE|Lunch Olivia]]"So who's winning?" you say as you look across the board. Your dad taught you the rules a million years ago but you don't remember. Tommy pats your thigh as he replies "It's not that simple Em. A game like this is about patience and strategy. If you assume you're winning you're more likely to make a mistake" You feel a little silly for asking now, but your dad seems pleased by Tommy's answer. He slides another piece across the board as he says "I was always worried about who you'd end up with Emily. But I have to say you've made a good choice. Much better than your first choice"
You blush as you realise who he's referring to, Tommy notices it and strokes his hand along your leg as he asks "I don't think I've heard this story. First choice?" You make an embarrassed groan and rest your head on Tommy's shoulder as your dad continues "Before I sent her to boarding school there was this boy who lived in our neighbourhood. He took a liking to Emily. He was a troublemaker though, he was known in the neighbourhood for breaking windows and vandalising the houses. I saw him trying to get close to Emily and I told her not to speak with him. I thought that was the end of it. Then one day I got back from work early, and what did I find Emily?"
You groan again as you remember that day, keeping your head against Tommys shoulder you mumble "You found him... tying me up..." Tommy lets out a small laugh at your admission and you blush even more. The two of them keep playing their game as your father continues "That's right. He'd convinced her to play some game where she was a damsel in distress. I came in to find her in a hogtie just as he was tying a gag between her lips." you squeeze your eyes shut at the embarrassing memory, the first time you were ever tied up. Tommy doesn't say anything but you can feel his fingers stroking your thigh, teasing you as he happily listens to the story.
[[CONTINUE|Emily Chess END]]"And do you remember what happened next Emily?" your dad asks as he slides another piece across the board. "You... you spanked me..." you mumble into Tommy's chest with that red warmth still colouring your cheeks. Tommy laughs again then says "Well you don't have to worry about her being tied up anymore. I'm keeping a close eye on her. And if she does get into trouble then spankings still an option" he gives your led a firm pat as he says this, making your dad chuckle. You make another embarrassed groan and bury your head in Tommy's shoulder. "Ahh I see what you're trying to do" Your father says as he makes another move. He and Tommy begin discussing different chess strategies as the keep playing, moving past your embarrassing damsel in distress origins.
Their conversation goes over your head and you find it hard to focus on what they're saying. Their words all seem to blend together and your head rests more heavily on Tommy's shoulder. You make a sleepy yawn as you feel your eyelids drooping closed. You try to keep them open but with nothing to occupy your mind a dull look settles over your gaze. Your eyes flicker toward the chess board but you don't find it at all interesting. You don't even realise it's happening, one second you're trying to focus on their game then the next your eyes are closed and you're sleeping peacefully on Tommy's lap. In your sleepy state you make a little nuzzling motion against Tommy's shoulder, settling in as your legs curl up on his lap.
His hand slides down your legs as your dress shifts up slightly. He gives the nylon a gentle pat and kisses you on the cheek as he says softly "The games almost done. Then I'll take you to bed" You let out a faint sigh in response, only partially able to understand his words in your semi-conscious state. He keeps stroking your nylon clad legs as he plays, both he and your father continuing their conversation over the game, your sleepy curled up form fading into the background. You only awake when you feel yourself being lifted and carried, your eyes opening to see Tommy cradling you in his arms and taking you to bed. "Did you win?" you mumble softly as you look up at him. He smiles down at you as he replies "The game? No. But I did get a pretty good trophy" with that he leans in and kisses you on the lips. Then he takes you into your room and sets you down gently on the bed.
[[CONTINUE|Second Night Decision]] Without asking he presses each airpod into your ears, fitting them snugly inside. Then he strokes his hand along your cheek as he says "I know it's a little strange being here. Seeing your father after all this time. You just need a good nights sleep and everything will seem better in the morning. I love you Emily" your lips begin to part to say something about not needing the meditation track. Then you just sigh "I love you too" and he leans down to kiss you on the lips again "Go to sleep" he whispers softly then taps the button on his phone to begin playing the music.
You hear the familiar calming tune playing in your ears. You're not quite sure where he's getting these tracks from, they're slightly different each time, but they always send relaxing tingles through your brain. Tommy smiles at seeing your shoulders sag, your body melting into the bed. He kisses you on the cheek then stands and walks round to his side of the bed. You feel him getting under the covers then he goes still. You look up at the ceiling as the music slowly coaxes you down into a deep sleep.
You can feel your eyelids beginning to droop, a numbness settling over your mind. But even in this sleepy state the memory of that girl remains, a part of your brain continuing to prod at you. The urge to turn the music off pushes up at the warm blanket the music is laying atop your mind. But if Tommy notices he might get mad at you, and he'll just make you put it back on. Should you turn the music off or just let it send you to sleep?
[[Turn the music off]]
[[Go to sleep]]You know Tommy is just trying to help, but you don't want to just ignore what happened. You want to stay awake for a little while and try to figure it out. You glance over at him, it looks like he's asleep already but you're not quite sure. You begin slowly gliding your hand toward the phone, feeling a heavy tension in your chest as you disobey him. You reach it and quietly press the button to stop the music. Then you make the same slow gradual movements to remove the earpods, quietly setting them down on the nightstand.
You let out a small relieved sigh as he doesn't stir. You interlace your fingers and rest them on your stomach as you go back to staring at the ceiling. Come to school with me? What does that mean? As you lie there you begin to feel an urge you haven't felt in a long time. The one that usually comes before you do something stupid and get into trouble. You try to control it, to not listen. You've been through all this before, seven times, seven failures. If you do this you'll just get yourself hurt or captured or worse.
No no no no no. You repeat the word over and over again in your head, knowing how angry Tommy would be if he knew you were even considering investigating something again. But the longer you lie there the stronger that urge becomes. You let out a soft frustrated groan as you realise you cant fight it any longer, you have to know what's going on in this town. You very slowly slide out from under the covers, easing your weight from the bed to the floor as you stand up. Then you creep out of the room, opening the door just enough for your slender form to slip out. Despite your best efforts you find yourself once again heading toward a mystery, sneaking away in the darkness and leaving what should be a perfect life behind.
[[CONTINUE|Amy or Schoolgirl]]Tommy knows what's best. You should just do as he says. With a soft sigh you squeeze your eyes shut and keep them closed, trying to force yourself to stop thinking about that girl. There's no mystery here, just go to sleep. You repeat the words in your head until they stick. The music continues sending a warm relaxtion through your brain until finally you begin to fade away. You lay there with your hair resting around you head on the pillow, your angelic expression softening until there's not a single trace of tension.
Your plump lips part ever so slightly as you take slow breaths, the faint sound barely audible in the dark of your room. Your mind sinks down into complete nothingness, a deep sleep that the music always lulls you into. It continues to play as you lie there, the soothing tones keeping you in this deep state of unconsciousness. You don't hear anything at all as a figure in the darkness walks around to your side of the bed. This person is obscured by shadows, a dark human outline that looms over you, their menacing presence making a stark contrast to your soft slender form wrapped in white silk.
They reach into their pocket and pull out a white cloth. It's damp with chloroform, prepared just for you. They settle the cloth in their palm, then they crouch lower, getting closer to your peaceful feminine features. They bring the cloth toward you slowly, not wanting to stir you, their hand drifting silently forward. Then they let it stop just in front of your mouth and nose, a fraction away from grazing your full lips. They keep the cloth there, not disturbing you by touching your skin, but letting you inhale the scent with every breath.
[[CONTINUE|Bed Chloro]]Your nose makes a small wrinkle and you let out a faint mewling noise, perhaps deep in your brain feeling the chemical in your lungs. The figure calmly retracts their hand and waits for you to settle again, the music pulling you back down into sleep. Then they bring the cloth right back where it was, forcing your slow breaths to breath the chloroform deeply. It continues like this for a few minutes, a few flickers of recognition on your listless expression, the cloth drifting away then back again, each time your body becoming more and more limp.
The figure holds the cloth close and watches as this time your too weak to react. Then they move in to finish you off, the slow process having taken its toll. They press the cloth firmly to your mouth and nose now. Your eyelids make a slow roll open, only to the smallest sliver of white, displaying a tiny portion of your wet eyes. Then they fall shut, closing as quickly as they opened, that small reaction the only sign of any struggle you put up to being chloroformed. Your captor hears you let out a soft sigh against the cloth, a convenient signal that you've now passed out, that unlike a regular sleep nothing will wake you now.
They carefully slide off the covers, revealing the rest of the white silk clinging to your limp form, your long supple legs laying completely still. They put the cloth back in their pocket then scoop you up from the bed, holding you tight to their chest so your limp body doesn't slip through their grip. You nightdress instantly slides up to reveal your silky white panties, but your captor is unconcerned for your modesty. They simply carry you away in the darkness, leaving no trace of you as you sleep helplessly in their clutches.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Second Night Decision1]] It's just a small investigation, it's not going to be dangerous, you'll be back before anyone even knows you're gone. You keep telling yourself that as you make your way downstairs, carefully pressing your bare feet onto each step, holding your breath in anticipation of any creaking noises. You reach the bottom of the stairs and feel an ease of tension from your shoulders, you've made it this far without waking anyone. Now that you're down here you suddenly notice that you're only in your skimpy nightdress. You let out a soft groan of annoyance, you were so worried about being quiet you forgot to grab any appropriate clothing.
You take a quick look around and find Tommy has left a grey hoodie down here, you bring it toward your nose and smell him on it, the scent making you smile as you slip it on. You try to pull up the zip but it seems to be broken so you leave it open. It doesn't cover up as much as you'd like, your long legs are still on display and your rounded behind pokes out from the bottom, exposing a tiny glimpse of your silky white panties. But it's better than nothing. You head toward the door, knowing this final step will be the most difficult. You turn the locks slowly and carefully, each heavy click of metal making you wince. Hearing nothing from upstairs you slip through the door and close it behind you, leaving it unlocked so you can come back later.
As soon as your feet step out onto the stone path you let out another annoyed groan. This mystery has you so scatter brained that you forgot to put on shoes. It has been a little while since you've done this, you've gotten rusty Emily. You don't want to risk heading back now and potentially waking someone. Besides the streets here are impossibly clean so it should be fine. Continuing on barefoot you pause as you realise you're not sure where to go. You could go to the school and see if the girl was just making the whole thing up. Or you could go to the motel to talk to Amy some more about her experience in this town. Where do you want to go Emily?
[[The School]]
[[The Motel]]It's the schoolgirl you cant stop thinking about so you'll go to the school. You don't want to drag Amy into this if it turns out to be all in your head. You walk down the path and onto the street. You were right about how clean the floors are, it's a little chilly on your bare feet but there's no danger of you stepping on something sharp. You don't look back at the house. If you did you would have seen a dark shadowy figure watching you from an upstairs window. Their eyes calmly following your slender form getting further away.
You feel exposed in just your nightdress and the hoodie, but as far as you can see there's no around to witness your lack of clothing. This town seems to just shut down at night, there's no night life to speak of, the whole place is deathly silent. You remember the tour Olivia gave you and make your way to the school, moving quietly through the town, your bare feet making a soft slap on the sidewalk. You keep your hands in the pockets of the hoodie as you walk, your body tensed and nervous as you think about what you'll find at the school. If its nothing you'll just be embarrassed at being tricked by the girl. But a part of you knows something will be there, it's not just you, Amy felt it too.
You reach the school, or rather you reach the sports field that the school is at the other end of. The large field has spotlights at either end but they're bot off, stretching up into the night sky ominously. If you walk across the field you'll be really exposed, there'll be nowhere to hide and anyone looking in this direction will spot you instantly. You could make your way around but it'll take longer. Are you just being paranoid or should you stick to the shadows?
[[Sneak around the field]]
[[Walk straight through the field]]You need to talk with someone who's as suspicious about this town as you are, Amy's leaving tomorrow so tonight is your only chance. With your decision made you walk down the path and onto the street. You were right about how clean the floors are, it's a little chilly on your bare feet but there's no danger of you stepping on something sharp. You don't look back at the house. If you did you would have seen a dark shadowy figure watching you from an upstairs window. Their eyes calmly following your slender form getting further away.
You feel exposed in just your nightdress and the hoodie, but as far as you can see there's no around to witness your lack of clothing. This town seems to just shut down at night, there's no night life to speak of, the whole place is deathly silent. You remember the tour Olivia gave you and make your way to the motel, moving quietly through the town, your bare feet making a soft slap on the sidewalk. You keep your hands in the pockets of the hoodie as you walk, your body tensed and nervous at being all alone in the dark.
The motel is on the edge of town, near the bridge that you drove over when you arrived. The street you're walking on is right next to where the woods begin. You make nervous glances at the sea of dark trees, your mind trying to conjure all manner of monsters that might be hiding amongst them. You reach the end of the street and see the motel, it's quiet and dark like the rest of the town, although you notice a dim light is on in the reception office. You're about to walk across the street and find Amy's room when you hear the sound of tyres approaching from down the road. Should you wait and see who's arriving or just go straight to Amy's room?
[[Wait to see who arrives]]
[[Go to Amy's room]]You take a long nervous glance in every direction. You're certain that no-ones out here but you. Yet you still feel a sense of danger, a small shudder down your spine as if peril is imminent. You decide to be safe and go around the field, continuing down the sidewalk as you take the long way. You walk all the way round to the school, then you sneak closer. You're pretty sure the doors will be locked so you decide to try and take a look through the windows. In a crouched pose you creep alongside the building, stopping every now and then to lift up on your toes and peer into the dark interior of the school.
It's what you would expect to find, empty hallways and classrooms. You're about to give up when you move along to another class. You see this one isn't empty at all and you let out a small gasp, your hand clamping down over your mouth to quieten the sound. The lights are off but the desks are occupied. Schoolgirls like the one you saw earlier are all sitting facing the chalkboard. You can only their mouths, on their heads sit a strange type of metal helmet, attached to a stand on the floor behind them. The helmets cover their heads completely, leaving only their lips and chins visible. On each helmet you see a blue blinking light, the light is slow and pulsing, as if the helmet is processing something.
The girls hands rest neatly on the desks in front of them, each girl making the same rigid pose as they sit completely still. You have no idea what you're looking at but you cant look away. It's so creepy how they're just sitting their in the dark with those strange helmets on. Dressed up like they're actually going to school. As you watch the door to the classroom begins to open and you duck down. Then you slowly peer back up again as you see a man in dark tactical clothing enter the room.
[[CONTINUE|School Hypno Scene]]You take a long cautious glance in every direction. There's not a single sound out here, nothing moving in the darkness. You decide that no-one will see you and that you're worrying unnecessarily. The sooner you get to the school the sooner you can find out the truth. You walk straight onto the field, cutting a path toward the school. Your feet make a soft crunch on the grass, bending the small green blades beneath your soles. You get halfway and are glad you made this decision, you would have wasted so much time going around. But just at that moment the floodlights turn on, the sudden burst of light blinding you and making you gasp in shock.
You squeeze your eyes shut as you're bathed in the bright white light, the darkness disappearing as the entire field is illuminated. You stand there wincing from the sudden light, colours dancing across your closed eyelids. Then you hear a loud male voice, the stern commanding tone sending a shiver down your spine "STAY WHERE YOU ARE!" You cant tell where exactly it's coming from, it's being amplified by something, perhaps a megaphone, the sound booming in your ears. You open your eyes to just a small sliver, keeping them scrunched up to try and block out the light.
Then you lift your hand up to your forehead to shield the light as you look around and whimper "Who... Who's..." before you can finish the voice booms "STAY WHERE YOU ARE! YOU ARE TRESPASSING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY!" You let out a scared moan as you realise you're in big trouble. This all seems like a nightmare, one second this was just a small town, now you're being yelled at like it's a military base. "I'm... I'm sorry. I'll just leave." You say in a trembling tone, making a step backward as you try to just slink away. You make one step back and you suddenly feel a pinch of pain in your slender neck. You glance down with confusion seeing a small dart sticking to the side of your neck, the needle piercing your slender skin.
[[CONTINUE|Field Dart]]"What..." you mumble weakly as you pluck the dart from your neck and look at it with confusion. It's like it just came out of nowhere, you look around at the darkness at the edges of the field and still cant see anyone. It's just a school... why would they be shooting darts at me? You suddenly feel a numble tingle shoot through your body. The dart slips through your fingers, your hand no longer able to hold onto it. You let out a scared moan as you realise the chemical in the dart is overwhelming you. Everything begins to go blurry, the field around you fading away. You make a few stumbling steps across the grass as you try to run, but you're legs are all wobbly and weak.
With one final step you collapse to your knees. You groan again as you try to keep your eyes open, your mind shutting down against your will. Then the darkness takes you, in one powerful surge you feel yourself being forced into unconsciousness. You fall forward, your head slumping down against the grass, your behind sticking up. The hoodie and your nightdress slide up, revealing your white panties in the embarrassing pose. You stay like that for a couple of minutes, kneeling with your head on the ground and your backside pointed upward. Then a heavy crunch of boots approaches you. A man dressed in dark tactical gear looms over you.
He puts the rifle he used to tranquilize you back across his shoulders. Then he reaches down and lifts you up, easily manhandling your limp body. He hoists you up onto his shoulder and wraps his arms around your thighs to keep you in place. He gives your butt a firm pat, a sign that your sensual figure isn't going anywhere. Then he carries you across the field and toward the school. As he does the lights shut off, once more bathing you in darkness. Your body over his shoulder becoming obscured by shadow as the mysterious man carries you away.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|The School]]You try to keep your head as low as possible while you watch him, resting your fingers on the window sill with your toes extended on the floor. He looks like he could be in some kind of military unit, he has a patch on his shoulder with the letters 'A-B' it's not any kind of sign that you recognise. He walks amongst the rows of desks, looking at each schoolgirl. Then he stops in front of one of them. You notice this girls helmet doesn't have the blue blinking light, hers is a solid green, a signal that the helmets process is complete. He taps a button on the side of the helmet and the light turns off. He then raises the helmet up, the stand extending the helmet off of her head.
You see she has a completely blank expression on her face, a mindless unwavering stare. The man says something to her and she stands to the side of her desk. He reaches out and takes her chin, turning her head side to side as he assesses the emptiness in her eyes. Then he calmly crouches down and wraps his arms just under her backside. He stands and hoists her up into the air, in response she lies limply over his shoulder, showing no sign of struggling against being carried. You watch as he wraps an arm around her thighs to keep her in place, settling her weight on his shoulder.
All you can see of her now is her legs draped down in his chest, and her behind sticking up on his shoulder, only barely covered by her pleated school skirt. He turns to the door and begins carrying her away, leaving the other girls to continue sitting there in the helmets. You're not sure what to do, whatever you were expecting it wasn't this. You want to help the girls in there but you don't know how. You think that maybe you should follow the girl being taken, see what the next stage of this strange process is. You could either do that or try to get into the school and help the girls in the classroom. What should you do Emily?
[[Try to get into the classroom]]
[[Try to follow the girl being taken]]You want to see where the girls being taken, but you cant just leave all the other girls in there. You'll save them first then try to track her down. You wait for a few minutes after the man has left, wanting to make sure you wont get caught sneaking in there. Then you try to slide the window up. You let out a frustrated groan as you find it wont budge, they're locked. You lower down onto the heels of your feet and look along the school. If you cant get in the window then you'll just have to go through the front door.
You move quickly and quietly to the front of the school, making scared glances over your shoulder. That man in black is a constant presence in your mind, a man dressed like that wont be alone. He was wearing a uniform, but for what organisation you still have no clue. Your current plan is to take the helmets off those girls and try to wake them up. You're hoping it wont take too much, maybe if you just speak loudly at them you'll be able to snap them out of the trance. You walk up the stone steps to the front door, then you peer through the glass panel on the door, making sure no-one approaching from the hallway inside.
Taking a deep breath you reach your hand out and grab the handle. As soon as your fingers wrap around the metal you feel a huge surge of electricity. It makes your whole body tense up, your hand gripping the handle tighter, unable to let go. You feel your muscles shuddering under your skin, you body twitching and shaking as you groan through gritted teeth. You stand rigidly in place as the electricity shoots through you. Then it suddenly stops and you're left with a dazed tingle in your brain, white spots flashing in front of your eyes. Your lips part as your mouth hangs open, and with a soft sigh you sink down to your knees.
[[CONTINUE|Shock Trap]]You feel like you have to follow the girl, you need to know where she's going, to understand more of this process. You watch him walk out of the door then turn right. As soon as he does you begin moving round the school in the same direction. You stay low and poke your head up every now and then, trying to catch glimpses of him and keep up. You follow him around to the back of the school, then you see the back doors open and scurry back to hide against the brick wall. You lean out to watch as he walks along a path that leads to a black van on the road.
The back doors open and he puts the girl inside. You think he's going to get in and drive off but he doesn't, he just slams the doors shut and turns back to the school. You have to quickly move back so he doesnt see you. Listening to the sound of his footsteps you wait until the door opens and closes again. Then you lean out and stare at the van, knowing the girl is inside. The windows are tinted so you cant see if anyones inside, or if the guy in black is doing this alone.
You want to run over there and try to get the girl out, this might be your only chance to rescue her. It could be really dangerous though, if you're not careful you could end up in that van with her. The guy has probably gone to pick up another schoolgirl so you don't have too long to decide. Should you move to the van or wait and try to follow it, wherever it's going it cant be too far in a town as small as this.
[[Try to get the girl out of the van]]
[[Keep hiding and follow the van]]Your arms hang limply by your sides as you remain on your knees, your body making a weak sway side to side as it decides which way to fall. You can see the darkness seeping in from the corners of your vision, slowly encompassing everything as you pass out. The electric shock was just too powerful, you're too dazed to even realise it was a trap. There's a dull look behind your eyes now, a hazy stare that your eyelids begin to droop down over. You let out a final faint groan, your lips barely moving with the quiet sound. Then you crumple down to the floor, your slender form going still as you sink into unconsciousness.
You lie in front of the doors for a little while, taking slow breaths with no-one discovering you sleeping there. Then the sound of heavy boots approaches. The man you saw from earlier stops and looms over you, his menacing presence making you look even more lithe and vulnerable as you lay beneath him. "Found an intruder by the doors" he says calmly into a walkie talkie, your presence not worrying him in the slightest "Add her to the class" comes the stern reply from his unknown commander. He reaches down and scoops you up, lifting you first into a cradle carry then tossing you higher to slump over his shoulder. He taps an electronic button on the side of his glove, deactivating the trap, then he enters the school.
He carries you down the hall and into the classroom, amongst all the other schoolgirls sitting there in silence. He takes you to the empty desk, the one you saw the girl being taken from. It's as if this was supposed to happen, she's been taken and now you're being slotted seamlessly into her place, just another helpless girl to be processed by these strange machines. He sits you down and sets the helmet on your head, then he taps a button and that same pulsing blue light turns on. He then walks amongst the girls and finds another helmet with a green light, removing the helmet he lifts this girl up and carries her away. Leaving you sitting there in the dark with the others.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|School Hypno Scene]] Despite the danger you cant stop yourself from trying to help someone in need. You move along the school until you're behind the van, hoping if someone is in the front they wont see you approach. Then you sneak slowly toward it, trying to press your feet to the floor as softly as possible. You step onto the tarmac where the van is parked and stay low as you creep toward the back doors. You're hoping they wont be locked, otherwise this will all have been for nothing. You reach for the handle and as slowly as possible begin to squeeze it. You hear a soft click as it opens and you freeze for a moment as you listen for the drivers door opening.
You hear nothing, the still silence of the night continuing on. With a relieved sigh you open the door just enough to slip inside. You let out a shocked gasp as you see there's more than just one girl in here. There's a metal bench on either side of the van and on each bench sits more hypnotized schoolgirls. To your left there are three and to your right four, it looks like there's one last spot before this van goes to its unknown destination. "Okay..." you whisper nervously to yourself as you think of what to do, the logistics of this just became a lot more difficult. You approach the closest one and wave your hand in front of her face.
She has a blank stare, looking directly ahead with no awareness that you're even here. "We need to go" you say as you snap your fingers by her ears. You groan as you realise this isn't working. You take her shoulders and give her a small shake as you say "Wake up. You're being kidnapped. Please, come on..." Nothing you do seems to have any affect. You're too scared to stay here any longer so you go to sneak out of the van, as you slip out though you see you're already too late. The man in tactical gear is facing you, he has another girl over his shoulder and he's holding a pistol pointed right at you.
[[CONTINUE|School Capture]]You can feel your body tensing, wanting to run out and help her. But it's just too dangerous, there's so much you don't know about what's going on here. You wouldn't even know where to go if you got her out of that van. You listen to your better instincts and stay hidden behind the wall, waiting for that guy to appear again. It only takes a few minutes for the doors to open. You watch him carrying another schoolgirl to the van, opening the doors and putting her inside. Then he gets in the drivers seat and the engine starts.
You crouch down and take a deep breath, then as soon as he pulls out you run as fast as you can. The hoodie flutters by your sides as you sprint after the van, your legs making long strides, your thighs pushing up at the silky fabric of your nightdress. The lack of any other sound in the town helps you keep up with him. He gets far ahead of you but you manage to follow the soft rumbling of his engine. You run through the empty town following the noise, eventually reaching a dirt road that leads into the woods.
You can see the tyre tracks and hear him getting further away. You have to pause for a second to catch your breath then you start running again, not wanting to let the schoolgirls get away. The path winds through the trees and as you follow the tracks you hear a sound. A constant rushing of water, a steady outpouring that has to be the waterfall this town is known for. You keep following the path until you reach a clearing and see the source of the sound.
[[CONTINUE|See Waterfall Schoolgirls]]"Put your hands on your head and come toward me" he says in a stern tone, completely emotionless as he holds the gun steadily. You're frozen with fear, your mouth hanging slightly open as your body makes a slight tremble "Now!" he snaps at you and you quickly obey him, the fear just taking over. You quickly put your hands on your head and walk toward him. "Stop there. Turn around and put your hands behind your back" Once again you do as he says, too afraid to even consider trying to run. He approaches you and holsters his pistol. Then you feel a pair of plastic handcuffs being tightened on your wrists. "Please..." you whimper as you try to plead with him. But a stern "Quiet" makes you snap your lips shut.
The girl on his shoulder stays in place even as he uses both his hands to restrain you, first tightening the cuffs then pulling out duct tape from one of the pouches on his tactical belt. He presses a strip of tape over your lips then runs it round your head, going round multiple times to make a thick seal of shiny silver on your mouth. You hear him put the tape away then suddenly he spanks you on the behind, ushering you forward as he says "Now get back in the van" you let out a muffled girlish shriek through the gag, your eyes becoming watery from the stinging pain in your backside. Your legs make stumbling steps forward as you hurry to the van and step into it.
"Turn to face me and get on your knees" you turn and sink down, watching as he sets the schoolgirl on the final spot on the bench. The girls sit either side of you now, all of them just as helpless as you are. The man takes a long look at you kneeling in your white nightdress, then with cruel smirk he unholsters his pistol again. Your eyes go wide and you shake your head, making pleading moans through your gag. He presses the trigger and instead of a bang there's a soft hiss. A dart shoots out and sticks in your stomach. The chemical making you feel dizzy in seconds. He watches your eyes flutter closed, then you slump to the floor. With another captive ready for transport he slams the doors shut. Seconds later the engine quietly rumbles to life and he drives away into the night, letting you sleep on the floor bound and gagged, taking you to your unknown fate.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Try to follow the girl being taken]] It's the first time you've seen it, and in the dark of the night the crashing of water isn't the spectacle it would be under the sun. The waterfall reflects the dark of the night sky, becoming a thick black as if its absorbing the shadows around it. Like so much in this town it has a subtle sinister undertone, and in the darkness that ominous feeling is enhanced a hundred times over. Your eyes scan along and you see the van, it's parked close to the waterfall, next to the rocky cliff face. You hide behind a tree as you watch the man approach the rock wall, then to your surprise it slides open, a part of the rock revealing itself as a metal door, built seamlessly into the cliff.
More men in tactical gear come out of the door, and one at a time they carry eight schoolgirls from the van into the open door. You watch as the door slides shut again, the man gets in the van then drives back down the path. As he heads in your direction you crouch down and slide around the tree, keeping it between him and you, hiding yourself against it's thick trunk. Once the sound of the engine dies down you're left with the sound of the waterfall, the loud constant sound making it hard to focus on your panicked thoughts.
It's not just a couple of guys kidnapping or brainwashing girls out here. This is something big, something organised and well funded. In all your adventures you always push forward no matter how outmatched you are, you've taken down criminal organisations with your persistence. But this mystery seems just too big for you to tackle. You're standing in the woods in a nightdress, you cant see any way to stop whats going on here. A part of you wants to admit you're in over your head, just give up and go to the police, let them handle this. But you are already out here, you could go have a look at the rock wall, see if there's any way to open that door. What should you do Emily?
[[Leave and tell the police]]
[[Investigate the rock wall]]There's no way through that thick rock wall, and they're not going to just let you in there. Admitting defeat you slink away from the waterfall and head back down the path. Your legs feel a little sore from all the running so you walk slowly. You emerge from the woods and make your way to the police station. You briskly walk up the steps and pull the handle, preparing what you're going to say in your mind. However the door doesn't budge, your arm jerking on the handle but not moving. You look at it with confusion, pulling it another few times with a gentle rattle.
"What..." you mutter softly as you look through the glass panel on the door. The lights off and there's no signs of life. You groan in frustration as you realise the stations closed. This towns so small the police station just closes at night. In annoyance you rattle the door again then let your hand flop down by your side. You pace up and down in front of the station then with a heavy sigh you begin walking back home. You'll come back first thing in the morning. You're not leaving the girls in there you just don't have any other choice. You feel dejected and hang your head as you walk quietly through the shadows of the town.
Turning the corner you see your dads house and walk toward it. As you reach the door you look over your shoulder, scanning along the houses all in a perfect row. Whoever those men were they live somewhere in this town, they're a part of something sinister, something just beneath the surface of this idylic image. You dont want to go inside, you want to do something that makes you feel less powerless. But out here there's no-one else to turn to. Looking back to the door you quietly push it open and slip back into the house, closing it behind you with a soft click.
[[CONTINUE|Wait for morning]]You've already come this far, if you can just find some way in there you might be able to save the girls. You slowly creep out from behind the tree, cautiously looking left and right as you step onto the path. You follow it up to where the van stopped, beside the waterfall. The crashing of the water drowns out the heavy beating of your heart. You glance over at the massive stream of water, looking up at it and feeling small in it's presence. Then you look back to the rocks and step a little closer. This is exactly where you saw the door open, how it opened though is still a mystery.
You begin tracing your fingers along the rocks, trying to find some hidden switch or button. Your fingers tickle the nearly invisible seam of the door, it's a thin line cut into the rock, no-one would ever find it unless they knew where to look. You run your hand along to the other edge of the door, getting a clear look at the dimensions of the door. Even the rock the door is made out of is slightly different, it's synthetic, designed to feel and look like the rock surrounding it. You let out a small sigh of frustration as you don't find any way to get this thing open, it might not be real rock but it's just as solid. You ball up your fist and make a small tap on the door for no real reason. Then you let your hand fall down by your side.
Well that didn't work but at least you know exactly where the door is so you can tell the police. You just need to bring someone out here and show them this fake section of the rocky wall. You go to turn around and leave but you suddenly hear a metallic click from behind the wall, as if something's activated. You look at the rock with a confused expression, seeing if anything is about to happen. Then to your surprise the ground beneath your feet falls away. You might have noticed the wall was fake but you didn't see the floor was too Emily. The trapdoor you were standing on reveals itself, dropping you down into darkness with a girlish shriek of fear.
[[CONTINUE|Trapdoor]]There's something about that low rumbling of an engine that makes you feel afraid. Like its the sound of a predator stalking the quiet streets of this town. You hurry into the woods, just enough to hide behind a tree and watch. The vehicle turns a corner and comes into view, as soon as you see it you're glad you waited. It's a black van and it's headlights are off, as if it wants it's dark shape to blend in with the shadows. You crouch a little, cowering in fear as you watch the van park and the engine turn off. You can feel your heart beating hard in your chest, your eyes narrowing as you stare intently at the van.
The door opens and two men in black tactical gear step out. As soon as you see them you know you were right, something strange is happening here. They look like they're in some kind of military, but not any kind you recognise. They have a patch on their shoulders with the letters 'A-B' but you have no idea what that means. You watch as they walk up the stairs to the upper level of the motel. Then they walk along and stop at Amy's door, you're breath catches in your throat as you watch them knock on the door and wait. It opens and they charge in, grabbing Amy as she answers the door and forcing her inside the room.
You hear girlish shrieks from her and her girlfriend but you cant see what's happening from this angle. You have a pretty good idea though, they brought that van for a reason, to transport something. Right now Amy and her girlfriend are most likely being tied up and prepared to be taken somewhere. You feel like you have to do something but those guys will just capture you too if you confront them. Then you notice that dim light in the reception office again. Should you run in there and try to raise the alarm? Or should you just keep watching and wait for an opportunity to save the girls yourself?
[[Run into the reception office]]
[[Keep watching and wait for a better opportunity]]You're probably just being paranoid, it's a motel, someone arriving is perfectly normal. You cross the street and go up the steps to the upper level. Just as you reach Amy's door you hear the vehicle pulling in and glance down. It's a black van, it's large ominous shape blending in seamlessly with the shadows. The windows are tinted so you can't see who's inside, and they drove up without their headlights on. You stare nervously at the van then suddenly the engine turns off. You look back to Amy's door and begin knocking frantically, the van sending a cold shudder down your spine.
You hear the doors of the van sliding open and heavy boots coming up the stairs, your balled up fist now tapping rapidly on the wood. "Just a sec!" You hear Amy call out from the room. You look to the side and see two men in black tactical gear moving purposefully toward you. Your eyes go wide and you gasp in fright as you yell "Amy open the door!" They get closer and closer then the door swings open, before Amy can say anything you push your way into the room and turn to slam the door shut. You almost get it closed when a black gloved hand jams inbetween the door and the frame, forcing it to stay open. The three of you all shriek as the door is barged open. You, Amy, and her girlfriend who's sitting on the bed.
The other two girls are both dressed in skimpy pyjama shorts and tight fitting tank tops. Amy's wearing white socks but her girlfriend is bare foot, both of them just as unprepared for this as you are. The door pushes you back and you fall on your backside, hitting the floor with a heavy thump "What the hell! Get out of here!" Amy yells with a wobble in her voice as the two men storm into the room. But you know nothing any of you say will dissuade them, for the girls this is all new, but you know exactly what's about to happen. The three of you are about to be captured.
[[CONTINUE|Motel Capture]]"I said... hey!" Amy shrieks as she's grabbed and thrown onto the bed by one of the men. Her girlfriend tries to scramble over to the phone on the nightstand but he grabs her ankle and pulls her back closer to Amy. He then gets on the bed and forces Amy onto her front, straddling the backs of her legs. He pulls her wrists behind her back and quickly tightens a ziptie over them "Get off of her!" Amy's girlfriend yells as she beats her balled up fists against him. He barely reacts to her efforts, shrugging off the attack as he secures the zip tie and pulls out another one. He then grabs her and does the same, forcing her down and onto her front, using his superior strength to manhandle her into position.
"No! Stop!" Amy moans as she sees her girlfriend being restrained, the distress in her voice full of helplessness. Meanwhile you scramble up to your feet and try to get around the other guy. You try to dart to the side but he's faster, he wraps his arms around you and lifts you up, holding your wriggling form against his shoulder for a moment. Then he carefully manouvres you to the floor, forcing you down then rolling you over, his strong hands easily controlling you. In less than a minute any hope of a struggle is over. A ziptie is tightened over your wrists as well and the two men calmly restrain all three of you. Amy and her girlfriend moan loudly and shout for help, but none comes. More zipties are tightened around your legs, first your ankles then your calves, then above and below your knees. Then a large ballgag is forced between your lips, stretching your mouth open as the strap is secured behind your head.
The girls are carried out first, the two men each hoisting them up over their shoulders. You're left wriggling around on the floor, groaning softly through your gag, waiting to be taken as well. Then one of the men returns and you're lifted up and placed on his shoulder. With one arm around your thighs he makes a final check of the room, scooping up Amy's phone which fell on the floor. He tucks it in your pocket then reaches to his shoulder and gives your backside a firm pat, his hand spanking your bottom which is now visibly in your white silky panties. You blush in embarrassment as he carries you down to the van. Then you're placed inside with the girls and the door slams shut. The engine starts and you feel the van move, taking you to your unknown fate as you listen to the soft moans of the other two girls.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|The Motel]]Someones in there who could help you save Amy, you cant just stay hidden and not do something. You take a deep breath then run across the road and through the parking lot. You push open the door to reception and a bell makes a small jingle to mark your entry. You wince at the sound, not wanting the men upstairs to hear you. There's no-one at reception even though a dim light is on, sitting on the desk and bathing the room in a soft orange glow. "Hello?" you call out as you walk up to the desk, and to your relief a woman appears from a back room.
She's modestly dressed in a button up sweater and a long green skirt. She looks a little shocked by your lack of clothing, her eyes moving up and down with concern. Then she shakes it off and smiles warmly at you as she says "Hello young lady... do you need a room?" You feel a little out of breath from running over here, the panic settling over you isn't helping either. You shake your head as you reply "No. There are two men upstairs, I've just watched them force their way into a guests room. I think they're trying to kidnap the girls staying there. Do you know Amy? She arrived recently." The woman makes a shocked look and replies "Oh my. Yes I know her, lovely girl. Show me what you saw."
She begins moving round the desk and you make a nervous glance at the door "Can we just call the police? We don't have a lot of time..." You can see she doesn't quite believe you, she has a slightly condescending look as if you could just be imagining all this "Let me just confirm what you're saying then we'll see about calling someone. After you" she gestures to the door and the argument is over. You groan then pull the door open and step out with her right behind you. Just as you begin pointing to upstairs you feel her grip your shoulder from behind, then something heavy hits the back of your head.
[[CONTINUE|Motel Knockout]]You stare at the dim light in the office, wanting to run toward it. But there's something about this that doesn't feel right, they knew exactly what room Amy was in, and their attire is clearly part of some organisation. You cant be certain but you think whoevers working here is a part of this, and you cant risk asking them for help. You stay hidden behind the tree, hoping that some opportunity will present itself. You're really wishing you had brought your phone but it's too late to turn back now.
After a few minutes the two men reappear, walking back out of the room. They each have a girl over their shoulder, Amy comes out first then her girlfriend. They look like they were dressed for bed, wearing skimpy pyjama shorts and tight fitting tank tops. You can see their legs are tightly restrained with multiple zipties, draped in front of their captors chest, each man keeping a firm grip on the girls thighs to keep her in place. Your eyes trace up their long legs and you see their hands resting on the small of their back, their wrists bound with another ziptie.
You cant quite see at first, but as the men start walking down the stairs you can see the girls are gagged. There's a black ball gag in each of their mouths, turning their cries for help into muffled moans. You watch as the men take their bound and gagged captives to the van, they open the door and carefully set them down inside, lying them next to each other on the metal floor. Then they slam the door shut and walk to the office. You don't hear any commotion as they go inside, you must have been right about the owner being involved. The van is just sitting there, this could be your chance to try and save Amy. Should you go over there? The only other choice is to try and follow the van when they drive off.
[[Go to the van]]
[[Wait and follow the van]]The blow rattles your skull and you hear a ringing in your ears. Like turning off a light switch your body shuts down, you crumple to your knees then collapse to the floor. You lie moaning softly at her feet, on the verge of unconsciousness, your vision all blurry and faded. She tucks the blackjack she used back into the pocket of her sweater, looking down at you with a satisfied smile. Then she looks to the upper floor of the motel. The two men appear with the girls bound and gagged, slung over their shoulders and making soft helpless moans. "I've got another one over here. She was snooping around and saw you" The woman calls out to them, not needing to raise her voice in the quiet of the night.
The men put the girls in the van first then begin to approach. You cant even lift your head as their boots stomp toward you. "Nice work" one of the men says as he crouches down and begins restraining you, your limp body easily handled into a position to be bound. "Happy to help" the woman cheerily replies, watching as zipties are tightened against your wrists and along you legs. With the zipties squeezing into your limbs the man then pulls out a black ballgag. He lifts your head up from the floor and forces the ball between your lips, securing the strap behind your head.
You're then hoisted up from the floor, held by your hips to keep you on your feet for a moment, then pulled across the shoulder of your captor. You make a scared moan as you're lifted up into the air on his shoulder, your body bound and now ready for transport "Oh the poor girl sounds so scared. Let me just put her to sleep" the woman coos sweetly. He turns so your head is pointing at her and she slips the blackjack out of her pocket again. With another firm strike to the back of your head everything goes black, the second hit knocking you out instantly. The woman smiles as she watches you being put in the van then driven away. Then she goes back to the office humming a pleasant tune to herself.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Wait to see who arrives]] This is your last chance, you cant just leave them in there. You take a deep breath then run across the road and toward the van. As you run you look toward the office, nervously trying to see when those two guys will reappear. You reach the van and focus on the back doors, carefully squeezing the handle so it doesn't make too loud a sound. Luckily they've left it unlocked and you quietly slip inside. The girls moan in fright as they hear someone coming in, they're lying on their front so they cant quite see it's you.
"It's okay. I'm here to rescue you, just hold still" you say in a hushed tone as you crouch down by Amy. You begin trying to pull the zipties off, but it's a lot harder than you realised. There's no way to release the tension on the thick strips of plastic, and they've been tightened so securely that you cant slide them off either. You move up Amy's legs, checking each one and groaning frustration. "Come on..." you moan angrily as your fingers pull at the zipties, trying to find some way to get them off. "Just... hold on..." you say in an unsure tone of voice, a rising panic begining to grow as you realise you have no idea what to do. They're too heavy for you to carry out of here on your own, if these zipties wont come off they're not going anywhere.
You move over to Amy's girlfriend and begin checking her zipties as well, but the men haven't made a single mistake with either of them, not one length of plastic has been left even slightly loose, each one squeezing into the supple forms of their captives. "I... I'll be right back... I just need to find something sharp..." you mumble as you give up and head to the van doors. Just as you do they fly open and you see the two men in black tactical gear blocking your exit. You make a scared gasp, freezing in place for a moment. Then like cornered animal you try to just dart between them, throwing yourself forward and out of the van.
[[CONTINUE|Van Capture]]You can feel your body tensing, wanting to run out and help them. But it's just too dangerous, there's so much you don't know about what's going on here. You wouldn't even know where to go if you got them out of that van. You listen to your better instincts and stay hidden behind the tree, waiting for those guys to appear again. It only takes a few minutes for the doors to the office open. You watch them walk out with a woman who must own the place, she shakes each of their hands then goes back inside. You're really glad you didn't go in there for help now. You watch the two guys in black get in the van then the engine starts, it's time to see if you can follow this thing.
You crouch down and take a deep breath, then as soon as the van pulls out you run as fast as you can. The hoodie flutters by your sides as you sprint after the van, your legs making long strides, your thighs pushing up at the silky fabric of your nightdress. The lack of any other sound in the town helps you keep up with them. They get far ahead of you but you manage to follow the soft rumbling of the engine. You run through the empty town following the noise, eventually reaching a dirt road that leads into the woods.
You can see the tyre tracks and hear them getting further away. You have to pause for a second to catch your breath then you start running again, not wanting to let the girls get away. The path winds through the trees and as you follow the tracks you hear a sound. A constant rushing of water, a steady outpouring that has to be the waterfall this town is known for. You keep following the path until you reach a clearing and see the source of the sound.
[[CONTINUE|See Waterfall Amy]]You leap out from the van and are immediately caught by one of the men. He wraps his arms around your waist, catching you before you even touch the floor and squeezing you against him. You feel his arms constricting around your midsection, squashing your slender form with his far greater strength. You let out a pained groan, your hands frantically pushing and slapping at his arms around you, your legs wriggling in the air as he calmly applies more pressure. "Check the others. She'll be done soon" he says in a stern emotionless tone to the other guy, showing no sign of exertion from keeping you in this tight grip.
The other guy steps into the van and checks the girls are still secure, running his hands along their bodies to check each ziptie, confirming that you made no difference by going in there. You can feel the bearhug slowly forcing the air out of your lungs. Your cheeks have turned a light red as you struggle to breathe, his arms feeling like they're crushing your now. You moan again, but now the sound is weak and soft, your lips trembling as you squeeze your eyes shut in pain. You start to feel dizzy, a slow creeping numbness settling over your brain. His arms slowly squeeze inward and you shudder as the lack of oxygen finally overwhelms you.
With a soft breathless sigh you pass out, your head tilting back as you hang limply in his arms. He holds you for another few seconds just to be sure, keeping your listless body crushed against his chest. Then he sets you gently down in the van, carefully handling you to not bruise the latest acquisition. Within minutes you're bound and gagged just like the other two girls. Laying inbetween them with the zipties restraining you and a third ballgag in your mouth. The doors slam shut, bathing you in darkness as the engine rumbles to life. You dont feel a thing as it pulls out of the parking lot. You're so deep in your forced sleep that you cant even hear the soft moans of the girls you failed to save.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Keep watching and wait for a better opportunity]] It's the first time you've seen it, and in the dark of the night the crashing of water isn't the spectacle it would be under the sun. The waterfall reflects the dark of the night sky, becoming a thick black as if its absorbing the shadows around it. Like so much in this town it has a subtle sinister undertone, and in the darkness that ominous feeling is enhanced a hundred times over. Your eyes scan along and you see the van, it's parked close to the waterfall, next to the rocky cliff face. You hide behind a tree as you watch one of the men approach the rock wall, then to your surprise it slides open, a part of the rock revealing itself as a metal door, built seamlessly into the cliff.
More men in tactical gear come out of the door, and one at a time they carry Amy and her girlfriend from the van into the open door. You watch as the door slides shut again, the man gets in the van then the two of them drive back down the path. As thye heads in your direction you crouch down and slide around the tree, keeping it between them and you, hiding yourself against it's thick trunk. Once the sound of the engine dies down you're left with the sound of the waterfall, the loud constant sound making it hard to focus on your panicked thoughts.
It's not just a couple of guys kidnapping girls out here. This is something big, something organised and well funded. In all your adventures you always push forward no matter how outmatched you are, you've taken down criminal organisations with your persistence. But this mystery seems just too big for you to tackle. You're standing in the woods in a nightdress, you cant see any way to stop whats going on here. A part of you wants to admit you're in over your head, just give up and go to the police, let them handle this. But you are already out here, you could go have a look at the rock wall, see if there's any way to open that door. What should you do Emily?
[[Leave and tell the police]]
[[Investigate the rock wall]]As soon as you're inside the door above you slams shut, you land on some kind of metal slide, groaning from the impact as you begin shooting further downward. Your nightdress slides up and your wriggle your legs as you slide down the smooth metal, this trap transporting you somewhere with no way to stop. You're deposited inside of a tiny metal room, falling down from the ceiling and landing on your feet. It's hardly a room and more of a box, the four walls are so close your shoulders touch the side. The ceiling snaps shut and you're left trapped within the cramped structure. It's so tight you have to slide your arms up your body to get your hands higher. You then begin banging your balled up fists on the wall as you call out "Hello!? Is anyone there?! Let me out of here!"
Your small fists make a soft tapping noise and no-one responds. You groan in fear, already feeling a terrifying sense of claustrophobia from being in such a tight space. The box is so cold and metallic, like you're just an object being stored in here. Tears begin to well up and you call out in a more whiny tone of voice "Please let me out!" This time you do hear something, a soft mechanical whir near your feet. Small holes slide open at the bottom of the walls and a thin wispy gas begins to stream up around your legs. You gasp and moan "No! Stop!" but there's nothing you can do, the gas slowly fills the box, surrounding your lithe form and filling your lungs.
It immediately makes you feel dizzy and weak, your mind feeling tired and hazy. You let out a soft sigh as your eyelids flutter closed. Then with no space to fall you simply sink down to your knees, leaning on the wall to your side as you stay in the kneeling pose. A few minutes later and the gas is sucked out of the room. The wall in front of you slides up and a man in black tactical gear reaches for you. He hoists you up on his shoulder then carries you down a metallic hallway, your limp form taken into the facility you were trying to sneak into.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|See Waterfall Schoolgirls]] You quietly creep up the stairs and back to your room. The house is just as you left it, the silence making each of your footsteps sound so much louder. You slip into your room, seeing Tommy still lying there. Standing there for a moment you wrap your arms nervously around your stomach. Looking down at him you wonder if he knows anything about what's going on here, or if your father does, or Olivia. You feel alone and afraid as you stand next to the bed, a part of you wishing you had just gone straight to sleep tonight. You walk round the bed and take off Tommy's hoodie. Then you slowly lower yourself down onto the matress.
Your slender form makes it easy to not disturb the bed too much, sliding under the covers quietly. You're planning on just laying there and waiting for the sun to come up. But after a few minutes tiredness takes a hold of you, your eyelids droop down and before you realise what's happening you're fast asleep. When your eyes open again you're alone in the bed and sunlight is streaming through the window. You shoot up, annoyed at yourself for having dozed off, you need to get to the police as soon as possible. Wanting to leave quickly you grab Tommy's hoodie again then a pair of denim shorts, pulling them both on over your nightdress. Then you slip your feet into a pair of flats and hurry out of your room. Your feet make a rapid tapping as you descend the stairs.
Just before you rush out you hear a noise from the garden. It sounds like they've decided to eat breakfast outside on the sunny day. You can imagine the perfect spread Olivia's laid out, your loving boyfriend waiting for you, your father expecting his daughter to wake and join the family any moment now. Yet you're standing in the hall a tired, bedraggled mess, your mind full of fearful theories on the true nature of this town. It feels like you're in a different world from them now, a seperate path that cant go back to the one they're on. You run your hand along your messy hair, wishing everything was alright and that you could go out there with them. Then you sneak out the front door and take off down the path, running as fast as you can to the police station.
[[CONTINUE|Police Station]]You get a bunch of funny looks as you run through town. All the perfectly dressed people casting sideways glances at you. It's obvious how you stand out in the hoodie with the edges of your nightdress poking out in a few places. You don't pay them any attention, they could all be a part of this. You can feel yourself trembling as you reach the police station, and you pause at the stone steps leading into the building. How can you tell everyone in there isn't a part of this secret organisation? They could be just waiting for you to walk in so they can grab you.
As you stand there quietly panicking you suddenly hear your voice being called out "Emily! Hi!" You turn to the sound, not recognising it at first. Then you see a girl your age approaching you, her blonde hair is in a neat bun, her makeup is perfectly applied, and she's wearing a pretty pink dress that fits her frame nicely. She smiles brightly at you as she approaches, showing her gleaming white teeth. You're still a little tired so you narrow your eyes as you stare at her, trying to figure out who this girl is. Then your eyes flicker with fear and you take a step back as you mutter "Amy?..." She's transformed since you last saw her, every rough edge smoothed down until she fits in with everyone else in this town.
Her smile is plastered on, her entire being radiating a joyful delight, even her tone of voice becoming more girlish as she says "I'm so glad I saw you! Me and my girlfriend have decided to stay here! Isn't that so wonderful?" she takes another step toward you and you take another nervous step back. Then suddenly your emotions bubble up and you cry out "Stay away from me!" much louder than you intended. She stops walking forward but keeps smiling, her eyes showing only the smallest flicker of confusion. Everyone around you on the street stops as well. All of them watching you as you look around taking panicked breaths. You turn away from her and run off, heading straight back home and cutting across the street, everyone you pass watching you suspiciously.
[[CONTINUE|Trust Decision]]"I have to get out of here" you mutter to yourself as soon as you get back inside. You feel like you're going insane, but it's just this town, everything was normal before you came here. You're still trembling from your run in with Amy, whatever they've done to her has you terrified. You can picture yourself in the same dress, every part of your mind altered to make you a smiling zombie. You can still hear the soft chatter in the garden out back as you head upstairs. But any one of them could be a part of this as well.
You push open the room to your door and hurry inside. Grabbing any item of clothing you can find you start throwing them into your suitcase, shoving and forcing the clothes in before slamming the lid shut and zipping it up. You almost trip over your own feet you're so frantic, your mind racing with nervous thoughts you can barely focus on what you're doing. You grab your suitcase and purse and head back downstairs then you stop at the door. Are you really going to just leave without saying anything?
There's a bus station which will take you to the airport, but you're starting to feel guilty about even having the idea. You hate to admit that you cant trust Tommy or your dad anymore. But your dads been living here for so long, does he really not know what's going on here? And Tommy brought you here, this could all be part of a big conspiracy. Then there's Olivia, Amy looked just like her in that perfect pink dress. If she's being controlled too can you really just leave her behind? It's up to you Emily. Do you want to trust one of them or none at all?
[[Talk with Tommy]]
[[Talk with your father]]
[[Talk with Olivia|Olivia Talk]]
[[Leave without talking to anyone]]This is crazy, you have a life with Tommy, you cant just run off and leave him here. He only met your father two days ago. Whatever's going on here there's no way he can be involved. You love him and he's not a bad guy anymore, you need to trust him and get of here with him as quickly as possible. You feel a sense of relief at having made your decision, as if you're less alone now that you're going to trust Tommy. You take a deep breath then head through the house and toward the garden. You leave your suitcase by the door as you're hoping this wont take long.
You just need to get Tommy away from them and convince him to leave. You can hear Olivia laughing at something as you come out, the light feminine sound making you even more tense and nervous. She spots you instantly, her eyes making a quick disapproving glance at your attire before she smiles and says "There you are! You almost missed breakfast, pull up a chair and..." As predicted she's laid out an incredible spread of fresh fruit and pastries on the garden table. The three of them are sitting around it, basking happily in the sun. Meanwhile you stand there with a slight jitter and a panicked look in your eyes.
Before Olivia can finish you interrupt "No. Thank you. I actually just need to speak to Tommy for a moment" you make a motion to the door as you stare at Tommy, your eyes pleading with him to come with you. He looks confused but with a small shrug he begins to get up. There's a tense silence as he comes over to you, then Olivia tries again "You really should eat something sweetie, why don't you just quickly try..." Your fists clench as you snap at her "I said no!" it comes out louder than you intended and you feel embarrassed. They all stare at you and your father doesn't look pleased. Before he can say anything you grab Tommy's hand and lead him away as you say in a shaky breath "I need to speak to you right now"
[[CONTINUE|Trust Tommy]]Out of all the people here there's only one who's known you your entire life. There's no way your dad can be involved in all of this. You don't know if that means Tommy and Olivia are working together. But right now all you know is you need your dad to help you get out of this town. You feel a sense of relief at having made your decision, as if you're less alone now that you're going to trust your dad. You take a deep breath then head through the house and toward the garden. You leave your suitcase by the door as you're hoping this wont take long.
You just need to get your dad away from them and convince him to help you leave. You can hear Olivia laughing at something as you come out, the light feminine sound making you even more tense and nervous. She spots you instantly, her eyes making a quick disapproving glance at your attire before she smiles and says "There you are! You almost missed breakfast, pull up a chair and..." As predicted she's laid out an incredible spread of fresh fruit and pastries on the garden table. The three of them are sitting around it, basking happily in the sun. Meanwhile you stand there with a slight jitter and a panicked look in your eyes.
Before Olivia can finish you interrupt "No. Thank you. I actually just need to speak to my dad for a moment" you make a motion to the door as you stare at your dad, your eyes pleading with him to come with you. He looks confused but you can see he's noticing the worry in your eyes, he takes a second then looks to Olivia and says "It's okay, I'll just be a second" There's a tense silence as he comes over to you, then Olivia tries again "You really should eat something sweetie, why don't you just quickly try..." Your fists clench as you snap at her "I said no!" it comes out louder than you intended and you feel embarrassed. They all stare at you and your Tommy looks concerned. Before he can say anything you grab your dads hand and lead him away as you say in a shaky breaths "I need to speak to you right now"
[[CONTINUE|Trust Dad]]You feel tears well up in your eyes as you realise you cant trust any of them. You dont know what that means for your future with Tommy, you don't want to think about that. All you know is that you cant stay in this town. Amy will never leave now and you're not about to fall into the same trap. Maybe you'll call here from the airport, tell your father this place was freaking you out and apologise. Or maybe you'll just get on the plane and go hide at your moms place in Greenfield. You take a long look toward the back of the house, wondering if you'll ever see any of them again, then you slip out the door with your suitcase and wheel it down the path.
You try to keep your head down and move as quickly as possible without running. The wheels of your suitcase rumble alongside you, making more noise than you'd prefer as you try to sneak away. You reach the bus station and buy a ticket. The guy at the desk is just as bright and cheery as everyone else around here, making you feel even more crazy for running away from this place. The next bus is in thirty minutes so you sit down and wait on a bench, your suitcase sitting on the floor between your legs.
Your feet make a nervous tapping as you watch the seconds tick by. You wonder if they've noticed you're gone yet, you wouldn't know what to say if Tommy or your dad found you here. I'm leaving because girls are being kidnapped here and I think you might be a part of it? That's not a conversation you want to have. You stay in a hunched pose, your body all tense as you wait to see if someones going to stop you. Then the bus pulls up and you let out a relieved sigh. You get on and move near the back, slumping into the your seat and watching out of the window as the bus begins to drive through town.
[[CONTINUE|Bus Scene]]Whatever's happening here seems to be focused on kidnapping and brainwashing women, so the only person you can trust is Olivia. It makes you feel horrible thinking that your father might be brainwashing her, but you can't focus on that right now. A part of you still hopes that maybe none of them know what's happening here. You just have to get out of this town and you'll figure out your feelings about Tommy and your father later. You feel a sense of relief at having made your decision, as if you're less alone now that you're going to trust Olivia. You take a deep breath then head through the house and toward the garden. You leave your suitcase by the door as you're hoping this wont take long.
You just need to get Olivia away from them and convince her to leave with you. You can hear Olivia laughing at something as you come out, the light feminine sound making you even more tense and nervous. She spots you instantly, her eyes making a quick disapproving glance at your attire before she smiles and says "There you are! You almost missed breakfast, pull up a chair and..." As predicted she's laid out an incredible spread of fresh fruit and pastries on the garden table. The three of them are sitting around it, basking happily in the sun. Meanwhile you stand there with a slight jitter and a panicked look in your eyes.
Before Olivia can finish you interrupt "No. Thank you. I actually just need to speak to you for a moment" you make a motion to the door as you stare at her, your eyes pleading with her to come with you. She looks confused, a small worried smile spreads across her lips. She looks to your father and he gives her a small nod, perhaps thinking this is some kind of female problem only she can help you with. There's a tense silence as she comes over to you, then Olivia tries again "You really should eat something sweetie, why don't you just quickly try..." You quickly grab her hand and interrupt before she can finish "It's urgent. I need to speak to you now" You can see Tommy looking concerned and a guilty expression crosses your face, you know he'd be furious if he found out you're abandoning him here. Unable to look him in the eye you squeeze Olivias hand and quickly lead her away.
[[CONTINUE|Trust Olivia]]You're the only one on the bus, which isn't too surprising as it doesn't seem like anyone here goes to the airport very often. You watch the buildings pass by then the trees as you reach the edges of the town. Just before you reach the bridge the bus pulls over, for what you assume is another routine stop. However the doors don't open, and after a few seconds the engine shuts off. The sudden stop of sound draws your attention away from the window and you look to the driver. You see him getting up out of his seat, he has jet black hair and a broad frame. He begins slowly walking down the aisle and you shift over to the outer seat.
You lean into the aisle to ask "Is there a problem?" He continues walking toward you as he smiles and replies "We can't let you leave Emily. Don't make this difficult." Your blood runs cold and you immediately slide out of the seat, backing away with stumbling steps as you yell "What do you want? Leave me alone!" he keeps calmly approaching, ignoring your questions as he closes in. He reaches into his jacket pockets and pulls out a small bottle of chloroform and a white cloth, smoothly unscrewing the lid and dampening the cloth. You gasp at the sight of the familiar chemical, a tremble in your wet eyes as they focus on the cloth.
There's no way out of the bus back here. You're trapped. Your only option is to try and get past him or... maybe you could try to get him to take you into that secret facility. He's going to try and knock you out, but maybe if he thinks you're already unconscious he'll just take you there. It's very risky but you could try pretending to faint, it worked a few times in your schoolgirl detective days. You keep retreating until the backs of your legs bump into the final row of seats. It's time to decide Emily, what do you want to do?
[[Try to get past him]]
[[Pretend to faint]]You're not going to just lie down and let him capture you. Your eyes dart around as you look for a way past him, his large frame is blocking the aisle completely, if you try that way he'll easily grab you. The chairs are your only option, and the gap under them looks just big enough for your slender frame to crawl through. He makes a lunge for you and you dive to the floor, moving into a row of seats then crawling under them. Your hands and knees shuffle rapidly on the floor as you crawl as quickly as you can, your hips wriggling side to side with the frantic movements.
You make it down a few rows until you feel a hand grip your ankle, trying to drag you out of there. You make a scared shriek as you feel his fingers pressing firmly into your slender ankle, getting a strong hold of your leg. You try kicking at him with your other foot and wriggling out of his grasp. But he's holding you so tightly that it feels like you'll twist your ankle if you fight too hard. He slowly pulls you out and back into the aisle. You keep writhing and struggling on the floor but it does no good. Once he has you in the aisle he turns you over and lowers to one knee to get closer to you.
He grips your throat with one hand to pin you down, squeezing just a little to make it clear you wont get away. Then with his other hand he lowers the cloth down over your mouth and nose. He pushes the cloth until it's scent is the only thing you can breath, clamping it firmly down and holding it in place. Your hands weakly slap and push at his wrist, trying to get the cloth off of you. But he doesn't even react to your efforts, your girlish struggles having no chance of stopping him. In less than a minute you can feel the chloroform making you dizzy, each deep breath you take only makes it worse.
[[CONTINUE|Coach Chloro]]You take a long deep breath as you continue backing up. You plan what you're going to do in you're mind, seeing a dozen ways for this to go wrong. You could be just handing yourself over to these people. But you're literally backed into a corner here. You take another step back and your legs bump into the final row of chairs. You can see a slight menacing glint in his eyes as he sees he has you, that cloth ready to be pushed against your mouth. Then in a girlish tone you gasp "Please! Don't!"
You let out a soft moan as you make your eyelids flutter. Your brow furrows for a moment as if you're confused by what's happening to you. Then that confused look softens as you make a tired, dizzy expression cross your face. You wobble your legs as you sigh "Oh..." then you sink down to your knees, swaying gently like your body is going limp. Finally you collapse to the floor at his feet and lay still, snapping your eyes shut as if you've passed out from being overwhelmed by fear. You lay in a tense silence as you hear him step toward you and crouch down.
Your head is turned to the side and he strokes a hand along your cheek. He could easily use the cloth just to be sure, but you're performance must've been very convincing as you hear him mutter softly to himself "Fainted..." he lets out a small sigh as if he's a little disappointed you made it so easy for him. His hand continues it's soft caress of your cheek and you feel his thumb trace along your plump lower lip. It takes all your resolve to not shudder at his touch, forcing yourself to lay still as he gently assesses your feminine features.
[[CONTINUE|Coach Faint]]As your senses leave you so does the feeling of panic and fear, your mind too feeble now to focus on any specific emotion. All you can feel is a drowzy sensation, a slow sinking down into unconsciousness. Your wet eyes look up at him with a dull stare, the only part of your expression visible with the cloth still firmly on your mouth and nose. You take a long slow blink, a muffled mewling moan coming from beneath the cloth. Then your eyelids simply flutter closed and stay that way. Your struggles were so frantic only a moment ago, and now you pass out with barely a sound. Your body softens on the floor, going completely limp.
Your legs slide out and lay flat, your arms rest by your sides. The driver takes a few more seconds to make sure you're out. Then he rolls your eyelids up, checking that you're not faking. He sees the empty look in your eyes and with a satisfied smile tucks the cloth back in his pocket. He then scoops you up from the floor, carefully handling your limp form up and over his shoulder. As he carries you toward the door a black van pulls up behind the bus. He steps down and out onto the side of the road where he stopped, then toward the van. The vans doors slide open and two men in black tactical gear step out as you're brought over.
They nod silently at the driver, seeing your behind sticking up on his shoulder and your legs dangling limply against his chest. You're handed over to one of the men and they bring you inside the van. Within seconds you're bound and gagged, the men working quickly and efficiently. Meanwhile the driver goes back to his bus, whistling a happy tune. The van turns and heads back into town and after a few minutes so does the bus. The sight of the bridge and your potential escape fades into the distance as you're taken toward the sound of the waterfall. The inevitable fate that you're helpless to prevent.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Bus Scene]] His hand comes away then he takes your shoulders and turns you over onto your back. You feel his hands hook under your arms and he lifts you up from the floor. Lifting you so you're feet are on the floor he smoothly slides his hands down you're sides and takes a hold of your hips. You're then hoisted up into the air and settled down on his shoulder. You keep your eyes shut as he carries you off the coach, listening to the steady sound of his footsteps.
You hear the sound of a sliding door, like the one from the van last night. You're laid down on a cold metal floor, it feels chilly and dark in here. You can hear the sounds of more men around you in the van, getting closer as the bus driver walks away. Then to your horror they begin to restrain you. Zipties are tightened on your legs, your thighs squeezing together before you realise what's happening. Then you're rolled over so your wrists can be bound behind your back. A ballgag is pushed between your lips and secured behind your head, your head gently lifted up from the floor then rested back down again.
Through it all you keep up your ruse of being unconscious, letting your body be manhandled and bound. It's too late to back out of this now, you'll just have to hope an opportunity presents itself later. You hear the engine of the van rumble to life, and seconds later you feel the wheels moving. A sense of utter helplessness washes over you as you're driven away to an unknown destination. Being bound and gagged wasn't part of the plan Emily. One way or another you're about to find out what's really going on in this town. Let's just hope you survive the experience.
[[CONTINUE|Van arrives]]The drive is horrible and silent, panicked thoughts fill your head, telling you this was a terrible decision. You can't make out much from outside, then you hear the sound of the waterfall. Just as you planned you're about to go insid the facility you saw last night. But now you have to find a way to escape, something which is currently impossible with how tightly bound you are. The van comes to a stop, then you hear the door sliding open. A pair of strong hands grab you, lifting you out of the van and settling you on a mans shoulder. You feel his arm wrap around your thighs, keeping your bound form tightly in place as he carries you forward.
For a second you feel the sun on the back of your neck, then suddenly it feels cooler, like you're inside now with perfectly measured air conditioning. You can hear the stomp of the guys boots as he carries you down a hallway, but you're too afraid to open your eyes just yet. He stops for a second and you hear the tap of a button, then the soft swish of a door sliding open. He steps forward then you hear another tap, follwed by a sinking sensation. You're in an elevator, a soft whir all around you signalling you're going deeper into the earth. Just how big is this place?
The elevator stops and you're carried out. Then the man stops again and you hear some other guy ask "This her? The Lockwood girl?" the man carrying you pats you on the butt, his hand reaching up to your rear perfectly placed on his shoulder with two firm pats "Restrained and ready. We putting her in stasis or is she ready to be processed now?" Both options fill you with dread and a cold tingle runs down your spine as you await the response. It sounds like the other guy is checking something then he replies "Uhhh no we can process her now. Doctor Parker is free. Let me just call the lab techs to get her prepared"
[[CONTINUE|Lab arrival]]You pull him along through the house and toward the front door. "Em what's..." before he can finish you turn around and say "We have to go. Right now. I've packed my suitcase, we're going to the bus station." He smiles as if you're joking then his eyes flicker past you to the suitcase sitting by the door. He then takes a closer look at the panic in your eyes. You see him trying to choose his words carefully as he calmly says "Em are you feeling alright? We're supposed to be here for another four days."
You glance nervously over his shoulder, making sure Olivia and your father didn't follow you in here. Then you look back to him and lower your voice "Something is going on in this town. Something bad. I saw these guys in black tactical gear last night, they were kidnapping girls and putting them in their van. Then today I see this girl Amy, I met her yesterday and today she's like a completely different person. They're taking girls and changing them somehow and I'm not waiting around for it to happen to me. Please Tommy, I want to leave, please can we just go?"
He's stunned by all of this and it takes him a few moments to process the information. Then he pulls out his phone and says "Okay. I'll order us a taxi. It'll take about thirty minutes to get here though, why don't you just try to relax. And you're sure you don't want to tell your dad about this" You shake your head and glance over his shoulder again toward the back of the house as you reply "No. We can call them at the airport and apologise. Stay right here, I'm going to pack your stuff too" You can hear Tommy calling the taxi as you rush upstairs. You feel a little more relaxed now that you've convinced him to help. Coming back into your room you start filling Tommy's suitcase, grabbing every item of clothing you can find.
[[CONTINUE|Room invasion]]You finish packing Tommy's case and zip it up. Heaving it off the bed you set it down by the door. As you do you notice you're still trembling and you go to the bathroom to splash some water on your face. You close the door and let out a long sigh as you turn on the cold water. It feels like you're so close to escaping this place, but you wont be able to relax until you're on the plane heading home. You cup the water in your hands and splash it on your face, the small shock waking you up after your long night.
You hear the door to the bedroom open and call out "Is the taxi coming? I packed your suitcase" There's a strange silence, then you hear footsteps approaching the bathroom. You feel a cold tingle of fear run down your spine, a sinking sensation like a stone in your stomach. You walk slowly to the bathroom door and push it open. As soon as it swings open you let out a scared gasp. Approaching are two guys dressed black tactical gear like from last night. "Tommy! Help!" you shriek as the close in on you. Your feet shuffle back on the bathroom floor as you retreat from their menacing presence.
In just a few steps the one in front blocks the doorway and you let out a scared whimper as he glares at you. There's no way out of the bathroom. You're trapped. Your only option is to try and get past them or... maybe you could try to get them to take you into that secret facility. They're going to try and knock you out, but maybe if they think you're already unconscious they'll just take you there. It's very risky but you could try pretending to faint, it worked a few times in your schoolgirl detective days. You keep retreating until the backs of your legs bump into the bathtub. It's time to decide Emily, what do you want to do?
[[Try to get past them]]
[[Pretend to faint|Faint Bathroom]]You've escaped from hopeless situations before, you just have to try and slip past them. Use your speed to your advantage. You wait for the other one to come into the bathroom as well, giving you the doorway to aim for. The guy in front reaches for you, his large black gloved hand trying to grab your arm. At the last second you dart to the side, grabbing the glass by the sink you throw it at him. The glass shatters and the shards along with the toothbrushes that were in there fly everywhere. The momentary distraction gives you just enough room to dart past him.
The guy behind him goes to grab you with both his arms, aiming to wrap them around your waist. But you throw yourself to the floor at the last second, scurrying between his legs. "Tommy!" you shriek loudly as you rush to the door, your bedroom then the door to the hallway now in sight. Just as you make it through you feel a sharp pain in your scalp. The guy you evaded simply span round and now has a tight grip on your hair, forcing you to stagger backward as he yanks you toward him. "No! Stop! Ple..mmmmppphhhh!!" He quickly gets a hold of you, clamping down one hand over your mouth and the other around your chest to pin you firmly against his muscular form.
You try flailing around but he doesn't even react, he has you in his tight grip and it quickly becomes obvious there's nothing you can do. The other guy walks to the bathroom door and closes it, making you feel even more alone and trapped with the two of them. Then he turns to you with an angry glare, brushing a few strands of glass from his shoulder. He reaches for the walkie on his belt and calls in to someone "We've got her" even though you're still moaning through his palm the conclusion is inevitable. You've been captured.
[[CONTINUE|Bathroom Capture]]You take a long deep breath as you stare at them with a worried expression. You plan what you're going to do in you're mind, seeing a dozen ways for this to go wrong. You could be just handing yourself over to these people. But you're literally backed into a corner here. You can feel a tremble in your body, feeling like you might actually faint for real. The guy closest to you has a coldness in his eyes, as if this is just part of his job, your fear eliciting no sympathy from him. You can see his hands slowly rising, about to reach out and grab you as he closes in. Then in a girlish tone you gasp "Please! Don't!"
You let out a soft moan as you make your eyelids flutter. Your brow furrows for a moment as if you're confused by what's happening to you. Then that confused look softens as you make a tired, dizzy expression cross your face. You wobble your legs as you sigh "Oh..." then you sink down to your knees, swaying gently like your body is going limp. Finally you collapse to the floor at his feet and lay still, snapping your eyes shut as if you've fainted from being overwhelmed by fear. You lay in a tense silence as you hear him step toward you and crouch down.
"Did she just...?" you hear the guy behind him ask and in response the guy crouching beside you replies "Yeah. Fainted. We're done here. Let's just get her in the van." You feel him take your shoulders then you're turned onto your front. His hands hook under your armpits and you feel him lifting you up from the ground, your legs dragging up from the floor as you keep your body totally limp. Getting you up to your feet his arms then smoothly slide down and wrap against your thighs, just under your backside. He uses your rounded behind like perch to hoist you higher, settling your limp form on his shoulder. Then their heavy boots stomp out of the room, carrying their captive to the stairs.
[[CONTINUE|Bathroom Faint END]]Releasing the button the walkie he reaches for something in pouch on his belt. The guy holding you hasn't moved an inch, he's so strong you cant get him off, your hands weakly push at him and your feet make small shuffling motions to no effect. Feeling how futile your struggles are you focus on the guy in front of you, watching with a wide eyed expression of fear as he pulls out a small black breathing mask. He steps toward you with it, then in one smooth motion the guy behind you peels his hand away and the guy in front presses the mask down over your mouth and nose.
He presses a button on the side of the mask and you hear a soft hiss as a sedative gas is released. You make a panicked moan as you feel it filling your lungs, the man pressing the mask so tightly against you that the gas has nowhere else to go. He holds the mask until he's sure you've inhaled the entirety of the sedative, then he peels it away and tucks it back in his belt. As the mask comes away there's already a glazed look in your eyes, the sedative overwhelming you instantly. Your head begins to droop down as your whole body goes limp. But before your chin can dip too far the guy holding you slides one hand up, gently guiding your chin up so the other guy can ensure your eyes are closing.
You can feel the darkness closing in all around you, your limp lips mumble something softly but you cant properly form words. The man looks into your wet fading eyes with a cold expression, simply waiting for the inevitable to take place. You let out a soft sigh as youre eyelids finally flutter closed, the man behind you lowering your head as you pass out in his strong grip. He's holding you up now, your feet merely resting on the floor with your legs completely limp. Keeping a tight grip on your waist he turns you around then hoists you up on his shoulder. The other guy clicks the radio again and says "We're bringing her in" then they carry you out of the room to your fate.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Room invasion]] You have no idea where Tommy is, or how these guys got in the house. You know there's a chance he alerted them, that he's been a part of this all along. But you cant focus on that now. They might have sneaked past him, or maybe he's been captured too. Either way you have to focus on escaping, the odds are just too stacked against you to think of anything else. You feel a slight bump of his shoulder against your hips as you're carried downstairs, then the front door opens and closes. You can feel the warmth on the sun on your legs, a slight blush colouring your cheeks as you realise your behind is sticking up in the air outside, that red flush luckily going un-noticed as you're carried away from the house.
You hear the sound of a sliding door, like the one from the van last night. You're laid down on a cold metal floor, it feels chilly and dark in here. You can hear the sounds of more men around you in the van, their presence making it so difficult to not moan in fear. Then to your horror they begin to restrain you. Zipties are tightened on your legs, your thighs squeezing together before you realise what's happening. Then you're rolled over so your wrists can be bound behind your back. A ballgag is pushed between your lips and secured behind your head, your head gently lifted up from the floor then rested back down again.
Through it all you keep up your ruse of being unconscious, letting your body be manhandled and bound. It's too late to back out of this now, you'll just have to hope an opportunity presents itself later. You hear the engine of the van rumble to life, and seconds later you feel the wheels moving. A sense of utter helplessness washes over you as you're driven away to an unknown destination. Being bound and gagged wasn't part of the plan Emily. One way or another you're about to find out what's really going on in this town. Let's just hope you survive the experience.
[[CONTINUE|Van arrives]]You lead him through the kitchen and toward the front of the house, trying to get as far from them as possible before you explain what you're doing. Just as you reach the hallway you feel him squeeze your hand, stopping you in place as he says "Emily. It's time to tell me what's going on. That outburst wasn't like you" He has that serious tone of voice that let's you know there wont be any argument, you have to tell him what happened. You turn round to face him and nervously glance over his shoulder, checking that Olivia or Tommy haven't followed you out here.
He furrows his brow as he sees how jittery you are, but before he can say anything you start, speaking much quicker than normal "I'm leaving dad. I'm sorry but I can't stay here. Something is going on in this town. Something bad. I saw these guys in black tactical gear last night, they were kidnapping girls and putting them in their van. Then today I see this girl Amy, I met her yesterday and today she's like a completely different person. They're taking girls and changing them somehow and I'm not waiting around for it to happen to me. Please dad, I want to go, can you just drive me to the aiport?"
You finish breathlessly, all the words having tumbled out of your non-stop. Your dad takes a long pause, crossing his arms for a moment as he thinks of a response. "Pumpkin... if what you're saying is true then we should go to the police. You can't just run away from your problems." you make a scared groan and you can feel your eyes becoming watery as you reply in a whiny desperate tone "No dad, they're... everyone in this town is... haven't you noticed anything strange living here? How sterile and perfect everything is?" This time he responds instantly, shaking his head as he says "No Emily, I haven't"
[[CONTINUE|Go to Police Station]]You try arguing with him but he wont hear it. He calls out to the garden that he's just heading out for a few minutes. Then he takes your hand and leads you outside. You try pulling back against his strong grip as he takes you to the car, moaning as your feet shuffle on the floor. "Dad..." you whine with no real follow up as he opens the passenger door. He stops and gives you a stern look as he says "Emily. Did you see a crime being committed last night?" you let out a weak sigh and nod, looking at your feet. "Then get in" he says firmly and you slink into the car. He drives straight to the police station. The entire time you look worriedly out of the window, expecting something bad to happen at any moment.
He gets out and takes your hand again, leading you up the steps and through the doors. He takes you to the front desk and explains that you saw a kidnapping last night. The woman on the desk looks you up and down and asks your dad "Is she eighteen years or older?" Your dad says that you are "Okay, you don't legally need to be with her when we take her statement then" You look to your dad with a pleading expression, not wanting to say anything with all the people around but begging him with your eyes. He pats you on the shoulder as if you're just being immature and says "You'll be fine pumpkin. Go with the woman and tell her what happened." With a sad sigh you nod again and the officer leads you through the station.
She takes you to an interview room with a metal table in the centre "Take a seat Miss Lockwood" she says as she closes the door behind you, gesturing to the nearest chair. You sigh and slump into it, wishing you'd never told your dad about this. From behind you there's the faint sound of swishing liquid. You look over your shoulder just in time to see her pouring chloroform onto a white rag, tilting the small brown bottle before tucking it back into a pouch on her belt. You make a scared gasp and slide out of your seat before she can grab you.
Retreating into the corner of the room you call out "Help! Please! I'm being kidnapped!" but no-one responds to your cries, the locked door remaining closed as the woman makes a cruel smile and closes in on you. Your only option is to try and get past her or... maybe you could try to get her to take you into that secret facility. She's going to try and knock you out, but maybe if she thinks you're already unconscious she'll just take you there. It's very risky but you could try pretending to faint, it worked a few times in your schoolgirl detective days. You keep retreating until you're scrunched up in the corner. It's time to decide Emily, what do you want to do?
[[Try to get past her]]
[[Pretend to faint|Faint station]]It's too risky to just lie down and pretend to pass out. All you have to do is make it to that door, surely she wont try anything with all those people around outside of this room? You glance past her to the table, seeing it as a good thing to aim for. As she tries to keep you cornered you dart to the side. She tries to grab at you but you duck under her hand and quickly scurry underneath the table. You crawl out the other side scrabbling to your feet, rushing toward the door as you hear coming up behind you. Reaching the door you turn the latch to unlock it then pull the handle.
The door however doesn't budge, your arm jerking back and stopping in place. You rattle the handle a few more times, moaning "Come on..." in a low desperate tone. "It's locked sweetie" you hear the woman say mockingly behind you. Your eyes scan down past the latch to see a keyhole, only now realising theres a second lock which requires a key to open. "Help! I need help in here!" you cry out as you bang your small balled up fists against the door. The sound doesn't garner any repsonse, but it does mask the sound of her walking right up behind you. Feeling a grip on your shoulder you're suddenly span around and pushed up against the door. Her feminine form squashes up against you as she pins you to the metal, keeping you firmly in place as she pushes the rag over your mouth and nose.
You moan desperately through it as you smell the familiar chemical scent of chloroform, your wide pleading eyes looking up at her with distress. Her bodies so tightly against yours you can barely move, the blue of her uniform crushing into you. Your hands try pushing at her, but using her free hand she grabs one of your wrists and pins it to the door beside your head. You let out a scared weak moan through the rag, a dizzy sensation begins to wash over you as you realise there's nothing you can do. You're being captured.
[[CONTINUE|Station Chloroform]]You take a long deep breath as you press yourself into the corner. You plan what you're going to do in you're mind, seeing a dozen ways for this to go wrong. You could be just handing yourself over to these people. But you're literally backed into a corner here. You can see a slight menacing glint in her eyes as she sees he has you, that cloth ready to be pushed against your mouth. Then in a girlish tone you gasp "Please! Don't!"
You let out a soft moan as you make your eyelids flutter. Your brow furrows for a moment as if you're confused by what's happening to you. Then that confused look softens as you make a tired, dizzy expression cross your face. You wobble your legs as you sigh "Oh..." then you sink down to your knees, swaying gently like your body is going limp. Finally you collapse to the floor at his feet and lay still, snapping your eyes shut as if you've passed out from being overwhelmed by fear. You lay in a tense silence as you hear her step toward you and crouch down.
Your head is turned to the side and she strokes a hand along your cheek. She could easily use the cloth just to be sure, but your performance must've been very convincing as you hear her mutter softly to herself "Oh you delicate girl..." she lets out a small satisfied sigh and you hear her tucking the cloth back into a pouch on her belt. Her hand makes another soft caress of your cheek, brushing a stray strand of hair away. Then you hear a metallic click and she says "I've got her, I'll be out back in a second"
[[CONTINUE|Station Faint]]That numb tingling sensation travels through your brain and down throughout your body, every inhalation of breath you take making it stronger and stronger. Your body begins to limp, softening between her and the door. You can feel her pressing herself a little more firmly against you, keeping you on your feet. Her hand slowly releases your wrist, letting it flop down limply by your side. Her free hand slides down to your hip, slipping round the curve of your behind and using it as a perch to stop you from sinking to the floor, her hand pressing firmly into the softness of your backside.
Your wet eyes make a slow flutter as you look up at her. Your vision is all hazy now, darkness seeps in from the corners of your eyes. You're completely overwhelmed by the chlorform, letting out one last faint sigh into the rag as your eyelids begin to droop down. She smiles down at you, watching as your eyes close, your glassy faraway stare fading to nothing. She holds the rag in place for a few more moments then slowly peels it away from your plump lips. She tucks the cloth away then slides her other hand under your backside as well. Using her grip there she hoists you up, sliding you up the door then pulling your limp form over her shoulder.
She wraps an arm around your thighs to keep you in place, then reaches for a walkie talkie on her belt "I've got her. I'm bringing her in" she says into the walkie, then she gives your behind a small satisfied pat, signalling you're ready to be taken. She opens the door and pokes her head out, checking the coast is clear. Then she quickly takes you to a back door, leading out behind the station. A black van is sitting there awaiting your arrival, and as the woman comes out the doors slide open. The open van is like a black void, one that you're quickly taken into, the door slamming shut like you never existed.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Go to Police Station]] You force yourself to stay limp as she begins handling your body. She turns you over then slides her hands under your back. She slowly sits you up then gets a firmer grip of your torso, wrapping her arms around you and dragging you up from the floor. The steel table is close enough that she can turn and pull you over to it, sitting you down for a moment as she catches her breath. She lets you sit on the table slumped forward with your head against her chest. Then after composing herself she grips you firmly again and begins hoisting you up onto her shoulder "There we go sweetie" she says in a satisfied tone as she settles you up on her shoulder, her hand giving your behind a firm pat as she makes sure you're nicely perched there. Then she wraps her arm around your thighs to keep you in place and carries you to the door.
She opens the door and pokes her head out, checking that the coast is clear. Then she quickly carries you to a back door, leading outside behind the station. You hear the sound of a sliding door, like the one from the van last night. You're laid down on a cold metal floor, it feels chilly and dark in here. You can hear the sounds of more men around you in the van, getting closer as the woman walks away. Then to your horror they begin to restrain you. Zipties are tightened on your legs, your thighs squeezing together before you realise what's happening. Then you're rolled over so your wrists can be bound behind your back. A ballgag is pushed between your lips and secured behind your head, your head gently lifted up from the floor then rested back down again.
Through it all you keep up your ruse of being unconscious, letting your body be manhandled and bound. It's too late to back out of this now, you'll just have to hope an opportunity presents itself later. You hear the engine of the van rumble to life, and seconds later you feel the wheels moving. A sense of utter helplessness washes over you as you're driven away to an unknown destination. Being bound and gagged wasn't part of the plan Emily. One way or another you're about to find out what's really going on in this town. Let's just hope you survive the experience.
[[CONTINUE|Van arrives]]Keeping a tight grip on her hand you lead her through the kitchen and down the hall, stopping by your suitcase at the front door. "Emily what's wrong?" she asks as you turn to face her. You take a deep breath, knowing how crazy this is going to sound, then all the words just start tumbling out of you. "I know this town is your home Olivia, but... I'm sorry I think something is happening here. Something bad. I saw these guys in black tactical gear last night, they were kidnapping girls and putting them in their van. Then today I see this girl Amy, I met her yesterday and today she's like a completely different person. They're taking girls and changing them somehow and I'm not waiting around for it to happen to me."
"Haven't you noticed anything strange happening here? Is there any part of this that's making sense to you Olivia. You could come with me. We could go right now" you finally stop talking, feeling out of breath from how fast and panicked you were speaking. Olivia looks worried, she glances over her shoulder to the back of the house then back to you as she says "I'm sorry Emily... But I've been living here for a while now and I've never noticed anything like that... You really should just sit with us for a while and talk about this. Maybe you're just feeling a little stressed, there's a spa in town and I'm sure the boys wouldn't mind if we..."
She takes a step back as if she's trying to lead you back into the garden, but it just makes your panic rise even more, your hand shoots out and you grab her wrist as you look her in the eyes and say "Olivia. I'm leaving this town right now and you're the only person I trust. Please, please can you just take me to the airport?" your shaky voice has become a little whiny and desperate, your eyes trembling as you look at your only hope of escaping this place. She takes a long pause then with a sad sigh she nods and replies "Okay. Let's go"
[[CONTINUE|Leave Olivia]]She makes you promise to call Tommy and your father when you get to the airport and you immediately agree. Just being out of this town will be a huge relief, from there you can try and sort out how you feel. You're a little surprised she's actually agreeing to this, but she opens the door and takes you to her car without another word. You put your suitcase in the trunk and let out a sigh of relief as you get into the passenger seat. She's only dropping you off at the airport, not coming with you, saving her from whatever's going on here will have to come later. She pulls out of the driveway then starts driving toward the bridge that leads out of town.
But before you get there she notices the gas tank is a little low for the long drive to the airport. You want to leave as soon as possible, feeling tense and nervous as she pulls into a gas station. As she fills the tank you look around, your head swivelling as you worry about someone trying to stop you from leaving. She goes into the station to pay for the gas, leaving you alone in the car for a moment. You watch her go then hear a vehicle pulling up beside you. Turning to your window you see a black van has pulled up right next to you. It's dark ominous presence sends a tingle through your spine. You immediately know somethings wrong, the windows are tinted and no-one gotten out yet, the van sitting right next to your car.
Suddenly the side door slides open and you see two men in tactical gear jump out. You shriek in fear and try to scramble across to the driver seat. There's a smash of glass behind you and you feel a hand gripping your ankle, dragging you out through the window and toward the van. You cant see Olivia in the station, it's a little too far away and the counter is right at the back. You could try fighting them and calling to her but it might be too later. Or... maybe you could try to get them to take you into that secret facility. They're probably going to try and knock you out, but maybe if they think you're already unconscious they'll just take you there. It's very risky but you could try pretending to faint, it worked a few times in your schoolgirl detective days. They pull you through the window and you see the dark void of the inside of the van waiting for you. It's time to decide Emily, what do you want to do?
[[Keep fighting and call for Olivia]]
[[Pretend to faint|Faint Van]]You're not going to just let them take you, not when Olivia is so close. There's no-one else around so you begin shouting toward the station, hoping she'll be able to hear you inside. "Olivia help!" you scream out as you struggle against them, your feet scraping on the floor as you try to stop them from bundling you into the van. You manage to hold them off for a few seconds, then one of the guys in dark tactical gear grows frustrated. He simply wraps his arms around your waist and hoists you up in the air.
Without your feet touching the ground there's nothing you can do, you wriggle and struggle in his grip but he just carries you into the van, the door sliding shut behind you. "You got her?" the other guy asks as he watches the guy holding you. It takes him a few seconds but he grabs your arms and pulls them down by your sides, trapping you in a bearhug, facing you away from him as he squeezes you back against his large chest. "Yeah. She's not going anywhere. Get the sedative" you hear the guy behind you say, his strong arms not budging an inch as you wriggle around and kick your legs.
There's enough room in the van for them to stand as they restrain you, the guy holding your lithe form against him as the other reaches into a pouch on his belt. You see him retrieve a kind of epipen, a black cylindrical injector that he brings toward your neck. "No! Let me go! Someone help!!" you cry out, the sound filling the van along with your desperate moans. The guy in front of your gets a little closer and presses his gloved hand over your mouth, silencing your cries as he carefully places the injector against your neck. You let out a scared moan as you hear the mechanical click, the injector presses down and you feel a pinch in your neck, a small needle piercing your soft skin as a sedative is injected into your bloodstream.
[[CONTINUE|Van injector]]You offer no resistance to them bundling you into the van, if this is going to work they have to believe you're so delicate you pose no threat to them They're so rough with you they simply toss you in, hopping in after you and slamming the door shut. You scramble backwards, pushing with your feet until you're pressed into the far wall of the van. They go to grab you again, likely to sedate then restrain you. But just before they reach you let out a weak pleading cry for help "Please! Don't!"
You let out a soft moan as you make your eyelids flutter. Your brow furrows for a moment as if you're confused by what's happening to you. Then that confused look softens as you make a tired, dizzy expression cross your face. You beging lolling your head to the side as you sigh "Oh..." then you slide down to the side, your back moving along the wall of the van as you crumple to the floor at their feet and lay still, snapping your eyes shut as if you've fainted from being overwhelmed by fear. The two men have paused to watch this display, observing how you're fainting simply from the notion of being captured. You lay in a tense silence as you hear one of them step toward you and crouch down.
"Did she just...?" you hear the guy behind him ask and in response the guy crouching beside you replies "I think so... guess we frightened the little thing" you can feel him reaching for you, then his hand touches your cheek. It takes all your resolve to not flinch as he strokes along your cheek then takes your chin, guiding your head to the side so he can assess your resting feminine features. He holds your head tilted toward him for a moment, deciding if you're truly unconscious or not. Then you hear "Yeah, she's out alright. Let's get moving.
[[CONTINUE|Van Faint END]]A numb tingle travels through your neck, going from the point of injection and spreading through your body. The man behind you keeps his tight hold, his arms squeezing into your slender form as they both wait for the sedative to take effect. The guy in front tucks the injector back into his belt, his other hand staying firmly placed over your mouth just in case. It takes less than a minute for you to feel dizzy, the interior of the van begins to fade, darkness seeping in from the corners of your vision.
The man in front of you watches your eyes glaze over, then slowly peels his palm away, knowing you're too weak now to call for help. "We're good here" he says to the guy holding you, then bangs on the front of the van, signalling the driver to start the engine. Before you even fully pass out you're taken down to the ground, your capture now a foregone conclusion. You're so sleepy you can barely feel the rumble of the van as it starts up, pulling away from the gas station before Olivia can come back out.
Your wrists are placed on the small of your back and a ziptie squeezed against them. The men work quickly and efficiently, ignoring the few soft moans you make as you try to resist the sedative. You can't even lift your head, your body so numb you simply lay on your front as more zipties are secured on your supple legs. Finally a ballgag is forced between your lips, that faint taste of plastic the last sensation you feel before passing out completely. The darkness takes you, your attempt at escaping the town an utter failure. Your eyelids flutter closed as the van takes you toward the sound of the waterfall. The inevitable fate that you're helpless to prevent.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Leave Olivia]] You hear two loud bangs, one of the men knocking on the front of the van to signal it's time to go. The engine starts up with a small rumble through the van, then you feel the vehicle pulling away from the gas station. You have no idea if Olivia is aware of what's happening out here. But if she is she's too late to prevent it. As the van drives you to an unknow location you feel your body being handled. Your slid away from the wall of the van and into the centre, your limp form rolled over onto your front.
Then to your horror they begin to restrain you. Zipties are tightened on your legs, your thighs squeezing together before you realise what's happening. Your wrists are liften then crossed over, resting on the small of your back for a moment before another ziptie is squeezed against them. A ballgag is pushed between your lips and secured behind your head, your head gently lifted up from the floor then rested back down again.
Through it all you keep up your ruse of being unconscious, letting your body be manhandled and bound. It's too late to back out of this now, you'll just have to hope an opportunity presents itself later. You hear the engine of the van rumble to life, and seconds later you feel the wheels moving. A sense of utter helplessness washes over you as you're driven away to an unknown destination. Being bound and gagged wasn't part of the plan Emily. One way or another you're about to find out what's really going on in this town. Let's just hope you survive the experience.
[[CONTINUE|Van arrives]]The guy makes a call and says "Emily Lockwood to be process in room Delta Seven. Requesting transport" It takes less than a minute before you hear something being wheeled toward you. The wheeling sound gets louder then stops next to you, then you feel the mans hands on your waist, lifting you off of his shoulder. You're laid down on a metal table on your back, your bound wrists pressing into you and tilting your hips up. Then you feel straps from the table pressing into you, one on your ankles, your thighs, your hips, your stomach, above and below your breasts.
As if your bondage wasn't bad enough these straps now have you tightly pinned to the table, making you even more certain that you're trapped down here. With no other option you continue pretending to be unconscious as you're wheeled away. The table takes a few turns as you're taken deeper into the facility, then you hear a door sliding open and you're wheeled inside. You come to a stop and you hear a young mans voice "Doctor Parker? Emily Lockwood is ready for you sir" The man who replies sounds older and little grump "Hmm? Oh yes her, alright then"
You hear him walk toward you then he sighs angrily "For goodness sake. Those goons love to restrain the girls as much as possible don't they. Well all this stuff will just get in the way. Mr Adams, would you please take all of this off of her while I retrieve my tools. I'll be back in a moment" It sounds like the younger guy is his assistant as you hear him reply "Yes doctor" in respectful tone. Then you hear the door slide open and closed as the older guy walks out, leaving you along with just the young man. There's a small moment of silence as you feel him looking down at you. In this moment you can almost hear him gulp, as if he's not sure where to get started, or perhaps not trusting himself with you.
[[CONTINUE|Undressed in the lab]]He starts with the straps, unbuckling each one and letting them hang down by the table. Then you hear him walk over to something and return. You feel a loosening by your ankles as you feel him cutting the zipties off of you. He moves up your legs, carefully cutting each ziptie then pulling it off of you. Once he has your legs free you hear him pause for a moment, taking a slow breath. It feels like he's deciding what to do, then coming to a decision you feel his hand stroke along your legs, his fingers running down your supple skin. He makes a few slow strokes, caressing your legs in silence. Then you feel him wriggling your shoes off. Leaving your feet bare he strokes his hand back up your legs, his hand running along your inner thigh up to your denim shorts.
His hand tickles between your legs as it runs up to the buttons on your shorts. Then you feel his fingers undoing the buttons, loosing the denim around your hips. He grabs either side of your shorts and you feel him wriggling the fabric off of your hips and down your legs. With the shorts off he can see the lower half of your nightgown that you still have on, along with the white silky panties you're wearing under it. You feel his hand tickling the edges of your panties then running up as he mutters softly "A nightdress? Did you wear this for me?" He's clearly enjoying some kind of fantasy here, and you can tell he's only just getting started. His hand slides up the bottom of your nightdress to the grey hoodie.
Taking the zip he slowly eases it up, revealing your feminine form still wrapped in white silk. He sets the two sides of your hoodie down either side of your torso, seemingly forgetting about releasing your wrists or the ballgag. Instead you feel his hand gliding up the smooth silk, moving across your smooth stomach and to your breasts. He makes a cupping motion as he finds your breasts, squeezing one firmly up in his hand then the other as he plays with their soft shape. You can feel him looming closer to you as he fondles your breasts, then he leans in and kisses you gently on the neck. One hand remains on your chest while the other slides down between your thighs, his fingers rubbing against the silk of your panties. You wont be able to control yourself for much longer, you can already feel the tingling sensations running through your body, a deep moan building itself up and threatening to reveal you're actual still awake.
[[CONTINUE|Lab option]]Just before those tingles through your body overwhelm you the door slides open. You feel the man quickly lifting his hands off of you and awkwardly clearing his throat. "Try to focus on the job at hand Mr Adams. I can always find another lab technician" you hear the old man say sternly as he re-enters the room. The young guy clears his throat again and replies "Yes doctor" Luckily neither one of them notice the slight blush in your cheeks and your release from bondage continues. He takes your hips and rolls you over, then cuts the final ziptie from your wrists. He then unbuckles the strap on your ballgag before turning you onto your back again.
You feel the plastic ball being plucked from your lips, and you let your mouth hang slightly open with no tension in your features. "She's ready doctor" you hear the young man say "Very good. Start up the machine. I just need to log her entry onto the files here" You hear the man walk across the room then the tapping of a keyboard. With no-one watching you finally muster up the courage to open your eyes. You squeeze your eyes open just a little and tilt your head slightly up. The room you're in is a pure white, the walls, the tiled floor, even the tables seem to be all made of the same white glossy material.
You're in the centre of the sterile laboratory, against the wall in front of you is a desk and you can see a man in a white labcoat sitting with his back to you, typing on a computer. To your side you see the younger lab technician in a similar coat, he's preparing some kind of medical chair with a metal helmet on top, tapping buttons on an electronic panel on the side of the helmet. On the wall closest to your head is the door out of here, but you have no idea if it'll just slide open or if it's locked. If you get up now they could see you, but this might be your only chance to escape. What do you want to do Emily?
[[Get off the table]]
[[Keep pretending to be unconscious]]You take a slow breath, letting the air out as quietly as possible. You remain frozen in fear for a moment, then you gradually begin sitting up. The room isn't that big, even the smallest sound could alert them that you're trying to get up, then the door might not even open and this will have all been for nothing. You push yourself up on your hands, tilting your torso higher. Then you lift your legs slightly up from the table and swivel round. By removing your flats he actually made this part a little easier. Your bare feet press softly to the white tiled floor, and you slide your backside off of the table.
You don't have the time to retrieve your shorts or your shoes, so you'll have to just continue on in your nightdress and the open hoodie. Taking one last nervous glance at the doctor and the technician, you begin slowly creeping to the door. You feel a tense sensation in your chest as you move across the room, the sound of them working still behind you. Reaching the door you hold out your hand and it slides open. You glance back at them to see if they've noticed, but they're both too immersed in their work. Still moving at a glacial pace you creep out into the hallway and let the door slide closed behind you.
The hallway is just as white and sterile as the lab, this whole facility has an apple store aesthetic, making it impossible for you to know which way to go. There are white light strips running along the sides of the floor and ceiling. You remember the table turning left into the room, so you turn right as you come out, following the light strips as you try to retrace your path. You pass a few other doors but the hallways wide enough that they don't open just from you passing by. You're too scared to think of investigating this place, you just want to find the exit and try once again to get out of this strange town.
[[CONTINUE|Lab Alert]]You're too scared at the thought of being caught sneaking away. The lab isn't that big, both of them are just too close for you to risk it. Letting your fear get the better of you makes you feel a little embarrassed. You tilt your head back down and close your eyes again, hoping that a better opportunity to escape will come along soon. A minute or two passes with you just lying there, every second making you feel more foolish for not at least attempting to escape. Then the window closes as you hear "It's ready doctor" and the young technician comes back over to you. There's nothing you can do now except wait. "Very good. Get her in the chair, I'll be over shortly" you hear the doctor call over as the tapping of the keyboard resumes.
The formality seems so strange, they're both acting like this is all completely normal, like you're here for a medical procedure and not being kidnapped. You feel the young mans hands sliding under your back and your legs. He gets a tight grip of you then lifts you up from the table, cradling you to his chest as he turns and carries you across the room. You know where you're headed and in just a few seconds he sets you down on that soft white medical chair. The chair is tilted back and you can feel that electronic helmet looming just above your head. He lifts your arms and places them on the arms of the chair, then you feel straps tightening on your wrists.
He crouches down and you feel another strap tighten across your ankles, securing you in place on the chair. "Is she sedated?" you hear the doctor call across the room. "Ummm I'm not sure. They brought her in unconscious" the man calls back. "Well... we don't want to give her a double dose... Use the anaesthetic. Ten percent of the regular dosage, just to make sure she stays asleep" As soon as you hear that you know you've made a terrible mistake, you're trapped on this chair, about to be sedated and this helmets going to do something to your mind. You should've escaped when you had the chance Emily.
[[CONTINUE|Lab Brainwash]]You don't know why you're even pretending anymore, it wont change anything, but a part of yourself just forces your eyes to stay closed as if this isn't really happening. You hear something being wheeled over beside the chair, then a white breathing mask is secured over your mouth and nose. There's the twist of a valve, then you hear a hiss of gas, travelling from the canister beside you through a clear tube and into the mask. As the doctor instructed the sedative isn't overpowering, it simply makes your body feel slightly numb, your unconscious act becoming much easier.
After a few seconds of the gas easing you into the chair, your body becoming loose and weak, the doctor comes over. He sets the helmet down over your head, a metal arm extending it lower until only your plump lips are visible. Then you hear a soft hum as he activates the helmet. It starts to make your brain feel strangely warm, a pulsing heat that seems to slowly melt away your thoughts. You start to feel less afraid, in fact it becomes hard to feel anything, as if your mind just doesn't have the energy to experience any particular emotion.
"She's responding well. Vitals are good, brain activity reducing" you hear the doctor say in a plain tone of voice. His words lose all shape and meaning in your mind, this all begins to feel like a dream, one that you have no control over. That warm pulsing continues as any coherent though evaporates, leaving your mind in a completely blank state. It feels like you're floating in a state of utter nothingness, sinking back from behind your eyes. From this deep dark place you hear "Another successful process. Her mind is erased and prepared for re-education. Inform the director that Miss Lockwood is ready"
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Lab option]] You move quickly down the hallway, taking the lefts and rights you remember from when you were wheeled through here a few minutes ago. Any second someone could come down the hall, or a door could open and you'd be discovered. It makes you feel constantly tense and uneasy, your body making a slight tremble as your bare feet press against the cold floor. The sides of the hoodie sways against your hips, the silky nightdress swishing by your thighs with every stride of your long legs. You take another turn and the inevitable finally happens, your absence from the lab is discovered.
Those white light strips begin flashing red, and a robotic feminine voice announces "A SUBJECT HAS EVADED PROCESSING AND IS LOOSE IN THE FACILITY. PLEASE REMAIN IN YOUR ROOMS. SECURITY FORCES HAVE BEEN INFORMED AND WILL RESTRAIN THE SUBJECT SHORTLY" You let out a scared moan and quicken your pace, running down the hall as those red lights pulse all around you. From far behind you the sound of heavy stomping boots can be heard. You can picture those men in dark tactical gear hunting you down, it wont be long now before they find you.
You try to ignore the announcement and the red lights, focusing on remembering each turn you took. You're running so fast now you practically skid round the corner as you make another turn. You come to a stop as you see a door at the far end of the hall. To the side of the door is a white reception desk with no-one currently attending it, this must've been where the guy carrying you stopped to report your arrival. That means the door there leads to the elevator. It might be risky to try it while the alert is on though. Should you try running for the elevator or try to hide while they search for you?
[[Run for the elevator]]
[[Try to hide while they search for you]]You cant stop now, not when you're so close to escaping. You take off as fast as you can, running at a full sprint down the hall and toward the elevator. You look to the desk as you run past it but there really is no-one there, it's not a trap, you're actually going to make it. You reach the elevator door and look at the wall next to it. The button is glossy and white like the wall, but you can see the circular indentation of a button. Before you can press it you hear whirring noise behind the door. In your panicked state you don't realise what that means fast enough. Then the door slides open and you find yourself face to face with another guy in a lab coat.
There's a stunned moment of silence as you both stare at each other. He's not as menacing as the guys in tactical gear, but he's still much bigger than you and could easily overpower you. "You're... you're the escaping subject!" he says as his confusion turns to anger, his eyes narrowing behind his thick rimmed glasses. You begin backing away then spin around and try to run as he says "Oh no you don't!" he lunges for you and manages to grab your arm, his fingers squeezing into you. He might not be one of the security guys, but it seems that he's just as intent on capturing you. With a firm tug he pulls you closer to him, then he crouches down and wraps his arms around your waist.
You can feel him trying to lift you up over his shoulder, a carrying position you'll have no way to get out of. You try pushing at him, wriggling around as you moan "Get off me! Stop!" There's a brief struggle as he keeps trying to lift you and you keep trying to get away. Then in an instant the struggle comes to an end, he manages to get past your writhing limbs, taking a tighter grip of your waist as he finally hoists you up "No! No!" you moan in a distressed tone as your lifted onto his shoulder, his arm wrapping around your wriggling legs to trap you in place.
[[CONTINUE|Scientist Capture]]That elevator is automated, whoevers running this place could probably shut it down remotely, which means going in there will likely just be trapping yourself. With an angry sigh you turn away from the hallway leading to the elevator. You had no idea this facility would be so high tech, it's going to a lot more difficult to escape this place than you had hoped. You run down a different hallway to find somewhere to hide. In the back of your mind you keep a hold of the path to the elevator, hoping you'll be able to make your way back here later. You turn a corner and hear those heavy boots approaching again. With a scared moan you look left and right, seeing a door you just go for it, hoping no-one will be on the other side.
The door slides open and you dart inside. It's a lab like the one you were just in, there's no scientists though, just a desk and another one of those medical looking recliner chairs with the electronic helmet. You make a scared gasp as you look at the tilted back chair, sitting in it is a familiar figure. She's in her pink dress and those white heels. The helmet is down over her head and you can only see her plump lips. It's Olivia and she's being brainwashed! "Olivia!" you cry out as you run over to her, grabbing the helmet and forcing it up off of her head. She makes a series of rapid blinks as she looks at you with a confused expression "Emily?" she says as she furrows her brow, slowly sliding off of the chair to stand.
You take her hand and lead her to the door as you listen for anyone approaching, as you do you speak without looking back at her "I knew they were doing something to you! Just stay with me. I'm going to get you out of here" You lead her closer to the door then suddenly it slides open and two guys in dark tactical gear begin to approach you. Taking a quick step back you bump into Olivia and yell at them "Leave us alone!" To your surprise they do actually stop. There's a moment of silence as you look at them with confusion, not expecting them to have actually listened to you. Then you notice they're not looking at you. They're looking at Olivia. And just as you notice this you hear her say "Give us the room. She's not going anywhere and it's time we had a talk. Just us girls"
[[CONTINUE|Olivia Reveal]]"Got you" he says in a satisfied breath, straightening up as he settles your slender form on his shoulder. You keep fluttering your feet up and down, your upper legs pinned by his arm wrapped against them. Your balled up fists beat against his back as you moan "Stop! Put me down!" but he doesn't react to your efforts. There's nothing you can do as he begins carrying you back down the hall. You feel his hand stroking up your legs then he gives your behind a firm squeeze, his hand scrunching up your white silk panties "Hey! Stop that!" you moan as your cheeks blush a light red.
You hear him chuckle as he pats your behind and says "I never realised how much fun those guys have capturing you girls. Perhaps I'm in the wrong profession" you can hear he's having fun, that your capture is an amusing diversion from his normal routine, and that he has no concern about the possibilty of you getting free. It makes you feel even more helpless how relaxed he is, and after another few wriggles you just lie still, knowing it wont make any difference either way. He carries you into another lab and opens a drawer on a medical cabinet "I'm sure there's... ahh there it is" he says as you hear him retrieving something. You cant see it from your position but he removes the cap on a syringe.
Your backside is a perfect target on his shoulder and he plunges the needle of the syringe into your soft flesh. You let out a pained gasp at the needle, then a weak moan as you feel the sedative dull your senses. He sets the syringe down and rubs your behind where he injected you "That wasn't so bad now was it? Let's get you back to processing" he says with a firm pat of your behind. You hear him calling someone and telling them he has you, then he puts his phone away and carries you out of the room as you begin to pass out. As he carries you the last thing you hear is that feminine robotic tone announce "ESCAPED SUBJECT HAS BEEN DETAINED. ALL SERVICES ARE RETURNED TO NORMAL. HAVE A NICE DAY!"
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Lab Alert]] "Yes Ma'am" one of them says with a stiff nod, then they both file out of the room. Seeing them obey her so quickly makes your blood run cold. It feels like you can't breathe as you slowly turn around and say "What's going on? Who are you?" you take a step back as she smiles and puts her hands on her hips "I'm the director of this facility Emily. And more importantly I am the founder of the A-B Initiative. Everything down here and up there is because of me" Those men are probably right outside the door so you cant run, but you do notice that in the corner there is a metal grill for a vent on the wall near the ceiling. Your eyes flick from it then to her, your curiousity getting the better of you as you ask "I don't understand... you were sitting in that machine. I saw you"
She turns to glance at it then back at you as she says "I was just calibrating it. The neural interface was disconnected. In fact I was calibrating it for you. This would've been easier to explain if you'd just accepted your re-education. But... you're here now" with that she turns and walks over to her desk, you take a few slow cautious steps behind her, letting her lead you into the room. She stops at her desk and picks up a frame, inside is a piece of paper and on that paper is some kind of mathematical equation.
"This..." she says as she turns to you, showing you the equation "...was the beginning. It's an equation I discovered when I was in college. When I first met your father. Back then he was the only one who believed in me. I found a way to analyse a persons brainwaves and in that analysis I discovered a universal truth. That there are only two types of person, those with an Alpha brainwave and a Beta, and both types cannot exist masquerading as something they're not" She still speaks with that perfect elocution, still holds herself with an elegant posture. Her whole image seemed too impeccable when you first met her, that it had to be manafactured or forced upon her. But you can see past your preconceptions now, she's no brainwashed housewife, she's in complete control of herself, as well as every girl being re-educated in this town.
[[CONTINUE|Olivia]]"I began testing how best to get people to accept their natural state. First with primitive techniques like hypnosis, then over years of study evolving my methods to those you've seen within this facility. I gained supporters and funding, all in secret of course, the world isn't quite ready for the truth of my work just yet. But from that first equation, the A-B Initiative was born. The belief that there are those who need to submit for the world to be at peace. The Beta brainwave has no preference of race or ethnicity, im my studies it tends to skew toward females which is where my focus has been, but I myself am an alpha type. I suppose you can guess which one you are?"
You know now that your father has to be in on this too, that she's lead him astray with all this scientific nonsense and that she lured you here to make you another of her subjects. You glare at her as your fear fades for a moment, giving way to frustration as you reply "Yeah I can guess. It wouldn't be the first time someone like you has underestimated me" She takes another long look at her equation, then smiles as she sets it down and focuses on you "Oh... Emily. Do you think this is one of your adventures? No. I feel no particular way about you at all. My equation is a scientific fact. There's nothing here you can fight back against. This wasn't supposed to be an ambush, I just wanted to run some tests on you. If you hadn't snuck around last night everything would've been fine. You've already accepted your place after all"
You take a slow moment as another realisation dawns on you, then you look at the ground and sadly sigh "Tommy" you don't look up but you can hear her smiling as she replies "Yes. We don't yet have the resources to re-educate everyone in the world. So you were one of our experiments in natural submission. You and Tommy represented a classic A B conflict. He has the alpha brainwave and you the beta, yet you kept fighting him and resisting. The past year he has assisted our research by training you, and as my equation proves you have fully accepted your status. Are you not happier with him than you've ever been? That equilibrium is all we're trying to do here Emily. We just want a better world"
[[CONTINUE|Olivia Option]]She pauses to give you a moment to take this all in. You can feel your emotions bubbling up, confusion and fear and betrayal all making you feel so completely lost. Tears well up in your eyes but you choke them back down. Looking up from the floor you meet her satisfied smile as you say in a breathless tone "So. What now? You're going to force me into that chair? Try to brainwash me?" She makes a small shake of her head replies "Actually, I'd rather not. It would mean the failure of this experiment after all. One that started before Tommy even entered the picture. I was the one that recommended you go to boarding school when you were just a girl. I had hoped it would bring out your submissive tendencies, but obviously it had the opposite effect."
"Then there was all that unpleasant business with Diana... No, the proper way for this to end is for you to submit to Tommy. He's waiting for you Emily. You can be happy as a willing part of our intiative" It makes you too upset to think about Tommy so you focus on something else as you ask "Diana? Did you know her?" Olivia sighs as she recalls something in her mind then says "She was at college with me when I discovered my equation. I thought she could see my vision. But she was too focused on her own ambition. She stole my hypnosis techniques and moved to Greenfield, she didn't want to change the world, just create her own smaller one where she was in control. She was my best friend once... but was a fool, I don't hold a grudge for what you did."
"Now enough talking Emily, are you ready for me to take you home? You've already been living a life of submission, does knowing the truth behind it really make any difference? Don't you want others to experience the happiness you've found?" If she thinks this one conversation was enough to break your spirit she's severely mistaken. You might've been happy with Tommy but knowing it was all part of this evil plan changes everything. Your eyes flick to the vent as you think of how to respond. You can say no then try to escape, or you can lie and say yes, hoping that you can fool her into just letting you go. What do you want to say?
[["No"]]
[["Yes"]]"I don't care about your stupid formula. I'm not going to let you control me!" you yell at her as you clench your fists and stare her down. She just sighs in a disappointed tone, unimpressed by your outburst as she calmly replies "Well that's too bad Emily. Because you don't have a choi..." Before she can finish you lunge past her and grab the frame with the formula inside. There was something about the way she looked at it that makes you hope this will work. You throw the frame across the room, smashing it into a far wall with the glass showering around the fragile piece of paper.
"No!" Olivia exclaims as she rushes over to this sacred item she's dedicated so much of her life to. As soon she's out of the way you go to the side of her desk and push it across the room, scraping it along the ground until it's right under the vent. You have to put your whole weight into the desk to move it, your bare feet slipping on the floor as you groan from the effort. Getting it in place you hop up onto the desk and snatch a screwdriver that was laying there with some other of her tools. You stab the screwdriver into the side of the vent, wedging it open slightly as you try to pry it from the wall.
You're still wriggling the screwdriver around when you hear "Guards! Restrain the subject!" Olivia has retrieved her piece of paper from the shards of glass, neatly folding it into her pocket, and is now focused once again on capturing you. The door slides open and you let out a scared gasp as the two men in black tactical gear storm into the room. You look back at the vent and with a hard slam of your hand the vent finally pops off the wall. You immediately pull yourself inside, wriggling into the tight space and crawling further forward. You feel hands grasping at your ankles and you let out scared moans as you kick and wriggle your legs. Before they can get a good grip on your slender legs you manage to crawl away, scurrying through the vent as you attempt to escape the facility.
[[CONTINUE|Facility Escape]]You already managed to act your way in here, it shouldn't be too hard to do the same thing to get out. Your shoulders sag and you let out a defeated sigh as you give your reply. You look at the ground as you make it seem like you're ashamed by your defeat and continue "You're... youre right. About everything... I just want to be with Tommy. I'll do anything you want..." You keep looking at the ground with a sad expression, waiting to see if Olivia will believe you. She takes a few steps forward until she's right in front of your. Reaching out she runs her hands up your arms and gives your shoulders a small squeeze as she says "Good girl"
She gently guides you against her chest, squeezing you in a warm embrace as she rubs your back. You let out a small sigh of relief as you rest your head against her. Now you just have to wait for her to lead you out of here and you can find an opportune time to escape, you might even have to wait until you get to the airport but eventually you'll blow the lid on this whole place. You hear her let out a satisfied breath then she takes your shoulders again and moves you a step back. Still keeping a firm hold of you she begins looking you up and down as she says "Now lets take a look at you"
One hand runs up from your shoulder and strokes your cheek, then she begins running her hand through your messy hair as she makes a dissaproving noise "Oh dear... All that running about, losing sleep, you don't want Tommy to see you like this do you?" she asks as her finger finds a little tangled curl of your hair and carefully loosens it. You shake your head and reply softly "No... of course not" She smiles and looks into your nervous gaze, her eyes locking with yours as she says "Because you do want to make him happy don't you? You're not lying to me?" You tremble slightly as your lips part and you reply "I... I do... I'm not lying..."
[[CONTINUE|Olivia Hypnosis]]She looms over you as one hand keeps a tight grip on your shoulder, the other stroking along your cheek as her deep green eyes draw you in. "Look into my eyes Emily. Tell me you're not lying. Tell me you're ready to submit" she speaks calmly with an authoritative tone as her eyes drill into you, her presence so commanding you cant help but focus entirely on her. "I... I'm not lying..." you whimper softly, each word having less conviction as you tremble in fear. "Good. Then you wont have a problem with a little hypnosis session. I'm going to put you in a light trance where you wont be able to lie. Now, just keep looking into my eyes and relax"
You couldn't get away from her even if you tried, her grip isn't firm enough to hurt, but there's just enough pressure to let you know she has you. She gives you no time to reply, speaking smoothly as her words start seeping into your brain, unable to look away from her dazzling green eyes. "The more you look the more relaxed you become. Let everything else fade away, let my words fill your mind as any other thoughts just disappear. You cant look away Emily, all you can see now are my eyes. You feel so relaxed, so sleepy, you are falling under my control" her hypnosis technique is clinical it's precision, each word forcing you deeper into a trance, her eyes wiping away any coherent thought.
Through her years of research she easily hypnotizes you, her soothing words soon the only thing bouncing around your empty head as your eyes begin to droop closed "Sleep now Emily. Fall down into this deep relaxing state. Deeper and deeper. Deeper and deeper..." your eyes have glazed over, your expression softening into a dazed stare. Your eyelids slowly close over your wet eyes, and as they do your head lolls down to your chest. Your shoulders sag as your body takes on a limp pose, standing in place yet shutting down completely as the hypnosis takes a hold of you.
[[CONTINUE|Olivia Hypno END]]In a dreamy faraway state you feel a hand tilting your chin up, guiding your droopy head to rise as you hear "Open your eyes Emily" the sweet words move you like a puppet on a string and your eyes flutter open, revealing a blank stare on your entranced expression. You stare lifelessly into those deep green pools as you hear "You were lying to me before weren't you? You were still planning to resist?" your lips are so numb you softly mumble "Yes..." the sound weak and breathless. "Silly girl. I suppose the brainwashing will be necessary after all. You'd like that wouldn't you Emily? All those silly thoughts wiped out of your head?"
You can tell what she wants you to say and in the same soft mumble you reply "Yes..." You see her smile as you continue staring into her eyes, then she says "Good girl. Now follow me" she turns and you walk behind her in an almost robotic way, you're arms hanging limply your sides as you follow her to a soft chair with a helmet above it "Sit down Emily" she commands and you immediately obey, sinking into the chair and resting your head back. You stare up at the ceiling as you hear an electronic noise above you. Then the helmet is slowly lowered down over your head and everything goes black.
In your hypnotized state you're unable to resist the machine even a little bit. Olivia's research into the two technniques combining to obliterate your mind and completey wipe away any last bit of your previous personality. There's a warm pulsing in your brain and a tingle runs through your body. This pulsing sensation goes deeper than the hypnosis, you feel it at the centre of your being, melting away what you once were. You don't know how much time has passed when the warm sensation slowly ebbs to a stop. The helmet raises and you see Olivia smiling over you as she asks "Now, are you truly ready to submit Emily?" A placid smile spreads across your face, your eyes wide and dreamy as you reply happily "Yes"
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Olivia Option]]"A-B Inititative... so crazy... never should've come here..." you grumble to yourself as you crawl through the vents, your slender form only barely fitting, your shoulders scraping along the sides as you keep moving. It's too small for anyone else to follow after you so you're safe for the time being. But from all around the facility you hear that alert noise, constantly reminding you that you're being hunted. You move through the facility passing rooms that you can see through the vents. One room has multiple rows of those chairs with the helmets, each one with a young woman being brainwashed. Your eyes scan across the women sitting there with a metal helmet over their head, with a sad sigh you keep moving, unable to help them right now.
Some labs seem to be in the stage of constructing various other pieces of technology to capture and control women. You see experimental tazers and restraints, vials labelled with types of sedative and chloroform, a metal case marked NANOBOT SERUM TEST 117. This place is huge and the vents seem to stretch on forever, like a never ending maze you cant find your way out of. You begin to grow tired, a dull ache growing in your limbs from the constant crawling movements. You keep taking random turns hoping you'll find something but you cant keep going on like this forever.
You pass a vent and see dozens of men in black tactical gear searching for you, before they notice you're there you quickly hurry onward. Olivia has a vast amount of resources and seemingly a small army at her disposal here, you've never been this completely surrounded and you start to lose hope. Slowing down due to tiredness you take another turn then you see a familiar hallway. It's the one you noticed earlier, the one that leads to the elevator. You can see the door for the elevator right there and no-ones guarding it. Should you finally come out of the vents or keep searching for a different exit?
[[Come out of the vent]]
[[Keep searching]]You're too tired to keep crawling around these vents, you have to try and get out of here. It's difficult to get the proper leverage in your cramped position. You manage to put your elbow against the vent and slowly push. You hear a faint creaking but it doesn't come off at first. It takes a couple of minutes for one corner to break away, then with an angry groan you force the rest of it off of the wall. You crawl forward then lower your legs out through the hole. Your bare legs dangle down, making a small fluttering motion as your feet try and reach for the floor.
You lower down as far as you can, clinging with the edges of your fingers to the side of the vent, then with a small gasp you let go and drop to the floor. You stumble a little as you land then regain your balance, steadying yourself as you turn toward the elevator door. You hurry over to it and find a button embedded into the wall next to it. You tap the button repeatedly, hoping to hurry it down to you. This place is high tech but Olivia's arrogance has led her to not use keycards or any kind of identification, no-one knows this place exists after all so theres no chance of intruders. There's no indication the elevator is working and you make a worried expression. But just at that moment the door silently slides open in front of you.
"Yes!" you exclaim in relief as you hurry inside, turning to hit the button for the top floor. The door slides shut and that constant siren noise finally goes silent, giving you some peace and quiet. You let out a relieved sigh as you feel the motion of the elevator, taking you up and away from this place. It keeps moving up for a few seconds then slowly comes to a stop. You look toward the door expectantly but it doesn't open. Instead you hear Olivia's voice all around you from a hidden speaker "I'm very dissappointed in you Emily"
[[CONTINUE|Elevator]]You take a second to catch your breath, then with a tired groan you keep moving. You have to find a better way to escape than the elevator, they'll surely be monitoring anyone who uses it while you're on the loose. Your movements are slow and sluggish as you keep crawling, pushing yourself forward with a weary expression. After a few minutes you turn a corner and look at what seems to be a dead end "No. no no no..." you moan as your eyes tremble with fear. It's too tight to turn around, you're stuck in here, no-ones going to find you and you'll waste away. You begin to panic, letting out heavy breaths as you stare at the metallic wall at the end of the vent.
Then you notice something and slowly calm down. You crawl forward with a curious expression, still a little hesitant as you hope you've seen this right. You get to the end and you see that it's not a dead end at all, the vent goes straight up here, and above you a faint stream of sunlight can be seen. You wriggle round onto your back, then push yourself up into the vertical vent, your back sliding up the metal until you can get to your feet. You look up at the metal grill far above you, the lines of metal are so thin you cant make out what's up there, but you're certain you see lines of light that must be from outside.
You press your hands either side of the vent, then heave yourself up, using the friction from your palms against the metal. Your bare feet actually help you, the skin on your soles giving you enough traction to push yourself up the metal rectangle. You let out groans of exhaustion with each push, your slender limbs trembling from the effort of pushing yourself up. It takes a long while, having to pause and rest multiple times before carrying on. You get so high up that slipping down now would cause a serious injury. But that small chance of escape keeps you going, each push getting you closer and closer.
[[CONTINUE|Forest Vent]]"But this does give me the opportunity to test something on you" There's nowhere for you to go, you're trapped inside the sterile white box as her voice booms all around you. A terrified expression crosses your face, your head swivelling left and right as you await this experiment "Let me go!" you cry out in fear, but she just continues talking, ignoring your pleas "This gas was developed from a psychedelic drug. It's know to induce memory loss, dull the senses, make the subject more submissive. It's not quite complete control but it has potential for the applications for our efforts here. Let's begin the test"
"No! Don't!" you moan in reply, your whole body trembling as you nearly faint from fear. There's a soft hiss as gas begins to fill the room, it's misty and white like a thick fog, billowing up from tiny holes that go around the edges of the floor. You grab the edge of your hoodie and hold it over your mouth, trying to keep the gas out. But the grey fabric has little effect and you soon feel a burning in your lungs. You let out small coughs, your eyes becoming watery as your other hands tries swiping at the billowy tendrils. The gas has a chemical scent that you can feel in your nostrils. That chemical concoction making your brain all numb and tingly.
The gas becomes so thick you can't see the walls, the white clouds completely surrounding you. A tired drowsiness washes over you, your legs trembling as they turn to jelly. You let out a weak moan and slowly sink down to your knees as the gas overwhelms you. A hazy listless stare settles over your expression as you kneel, slightly swaying side to side as your eyes droop half closed. Just before you pass out theres a soft mechanical sound and the gas is suctioned out of the room, leaving you on your knees, your mind still just as cloudy. The elevator doors slide open and Olivia stands there with a pleased smile on her face.
She steps toward you, looking down at your glazed over eyes and faraway stare. With a pleased smile she says "I think that was a success. Now. Come with me Emily" Her words seep into your mind, the chemical formula making you so compliant that they immediately take hold, forcing you to rise to your feet. With a firm grip on your upper arm she leads you out of the elevator and back into the facility. You move beside her in robotic steps, your lips slightly parted, your eyes showing no awareness of what's happening. Far behind you the elevator doors slide shut, your hope of escape coming to a definitive...
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Facility Escape]] Deep in the forests surrounding the town a slim metal grate begins to rattle and bulge upward, something inside seeminly pushing at it over and over. The vent is in a remote spot with nothing around, there would be no reason for anyone to discover it. The soft sounds of nature continue for another few moments, making no notice to the straining sound of metal. Then there's a loud pop as the vent breaks open from the effort. A hand reaches out from the ground and you pull yourself up out of the vent, scrabbling and clawing until you can roll over and rest on the grass. You're cheeks are reddened and you lay there gasping for air. Another few minutes and you might have fallen, but you're out, you're free.
Through the trees you can see the sun, but grey clouds have started to form since you went down there. It feels like the world is against you as you lay there watching the thick clouds drift in front of the sun, a dark overcast shadow making the forest seem far less hopeful. You let out an exasperated groan and slowly get to your feet. You still need to get out of this town, you're far from safe yet. You put your hands on your hips and look around, trying to discern any possible direction to head in. You're dressed in a nightgown and a hoodie and an entire town is trying to capture and brainwash you, including your boyfriend and dad... You feel a small raindrop trickle down your cheek and sigh as you add to the list ...and plus it's starting to rain.
With things looking decidedly bleak you begin wandering in a random direction, your legs too tired at the moment to run. Then you notice something as you look up through the filter of branches and leaves above you. It's that radiotower you saw when you were making your way here. Perhaps that might give you a chance of getting your bearings. Should you make your way toward it or just keep searching for a path?
[[Head toward the radiotower]]
[[Keep looking for a path out]]You might be able to use it to get a sense of where you are, you remember it was to your right as you were driving in. With no better plan you begin walking toward it, looking up through the trees to see it looming closer and closer. You get close enough that you can see it without having to look up, looking forward you can just about see the clearing where the large metal structure sits. You walk out from amongst the trees and slowly approach the tower. There's no fence surrounding it, you could walk right up the ladder that goes up through the centre if you wanted.
You look up and see that near the top is a metal platform that goes around the tower in a square shape, then above that there are four support cables attached to the top of the tower, each cable running off in a different direction, attached somewhere you can't quite see in the forest. You take a slow steps toward it then begin looking around trying to pinpoint which direction you need to go. As you try to get your bearings you feel more raindrops trickle along your face. You look up to the sky and let out a weary sigh at the sight of heavier rain. Then as you look back down you see you're no longer alone.
You can see her standing amongst the trees, it's Amy, wearing that perfect pink dress and staring at you with a serene smile. She reminds you of the schoolgirl you saw earlier, that plastered on smile completely unmoving as her wide eyes stare directly at you. Freezing in place you look back at her with a worried expression. There's no doubt she's been brainwashed, but you cant quite tell if she poses a threat to you. Should you try to see if you can help her? Or just back away?
[[Try to talk to her]]
[[Back away]]The radiotower won't be any help this far out in the woods, you just need to keep searching for the town, then maybe you'll be able to find a car or some mode of transport to get out of here. You turn away from the tower and keep aimlessly wandering amongst the trees. You try to keep a straight line so you don't go in circles, but it's hard to know if you're going straight or not with nothing to guide you. After a few minutes the clouds grow darker above you and you let out a worried groan as you look up a them. Your aimless wandering continues and after a short while heavy raindrops begin to fall. The trickle down your face and along your slender neck, curving inward toward your chest and disappearing beneath the silky white nightdress.
You quicken your pace to a gentle run, your bare feet padding softly on the grass as you try to outrun the rain. It doesn't take long until you're completely drenched, the nightdress clinging to your feminine form and becoming slightly see through from the rain. You start to get more worried about lost out here, the rain is making you shiver, the elements posing more of a threat than you realised. Your hair becomes a thick wet clump and distressed expression settles over your face, your rain soaked form trembling as you keep moving through the forest. You're so desperate to get out of the rain you pay no attention to where you're stepping.
Your foot catches the root of a tree sticking out of the ground as you run. You let out a loud cry of pain as you collapse to the floor, messily hitting the wet grass as you feel a sting of pain shoot through your ankle. You instantly know somethins wrong, a warm throbbing pain pulsing through your ankle as you roll over onto your back. You're completely lost out here and now you've twisted your ankle. Perhaps getting captured by Olivia wouldn't be the worst thing after all Emily.
[[CONTINUE|Twisted Ankle]]You make sad sniffling noises as you sit in the grass, the rain still pouring down on you. Scrunching up your hurt leg you bring your knee close to your chest, looking around it to assess your ankle. You give the hurt area a soft prod then wince as you feel a burst of pain shoot through your leg. You sit like that for a few minutes feeling sorry for yourself. Then you shuffle over to a nearby tree and slowly push yourself up. The pain distracts you from how cold you are, your soaked clothes like an ice cold blanket. You moan in pain as you get up to one foot, resting against the tree for balance.
You test your weight on the hurt ankle and wince each time, tears welling up in your eyes from the pain. You begin hobbling forward, sniffling as tears run down your cheeks. Your slow hobble wears you down, the cold and the pain exhausting you. A dizzy sensation begins to wash over you, each slow hobbling step becoming slower and slower. The colour drains from your face and too late do you realise how laboured your breath has become. You find the nearest tree and rest against it, hanging your head as your chest heaves up and down. You just need to a stop for a moment, the thought taking hold of your hazy mind, lulling you down as you sink against the tree.
Your legs crumple under you as you collapse to a sitting pose against the tree. You sit there with your weary expression softening, your eyes slowly drooping closed. The last thing you notice is just how pale your legs look stretched out in front of you, your skin almost turning blue from how cold you are. Then with a weak sigh your eyes snap shut and you slide off of the tree, slumping to the ground as you pass out. You lay there motionless, your breathing getting slower and slower until it finally comes to an...
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[[CONTINUE|Forest Vent]] Even with all you're going through you cant help but want to help people. Ignoring the rain you begin to slowly walk toward her "Amy? What are you doing here?" you call over as you get closer, looking at her static smile with a growing concern. She doesn't respond, standing there like a statue as you try to get through to her. You walk back amongst the trees and away from the clearing as you continue "Amy? Hello? Can you hear me? What are you..." Before you finish she suddenly says "Waiting. For you Emily. We all are"
She has that same dreamy tone of voice the schoolgirl had. You feel a cold tingle run down your spine and you look around as you say "We...?" You see movement to the side, a small flash of a figure dressed in black. You don't have time to react as something is thrown at you, spinning through the air in a whirling motion. A bolas spins around torso, pinning your arms to your side just above the elbows. The three weighted balls twirl around each other, tightening the black cord, and squeezing into you.
Your scared shriek turns into a groan as the cord tightens just beneath your your breasts, your arms snapping down to your sides as you feel the strain in your chest. You stumble messily to the side, off balance with your arms trapped against your body. Just as you bump into a tree another bolas is thrown, this one wrapping around both you and the tree. The cord tightens a little lower, pinning your forearms to your waist and pressing you firmly to the tree. "No..." you groan as you wriggle against the tight black cord, your feet making shuffling motions as you toss your head side to side. Amy still has a wide smile on her face as she watches you being restrained. Then you hear her let out a girlish giggle as she says "You cant escape Emily"
[[CONTINUE|Amy knockout]]You remain frozen for a few more seconds, staring down her unmoving smile with a growing concern. You begin to slowly back away from her, toward the radiotower. With each step you take back her smile slowly sinks down, that bright smile fading down into stern stare, her eyes hardening with displeasure as you retreat. You try to keep your eyes locked on her but movement to your side catches your attention. You turn, seeing the schoolgirl from yesterday standing in the woods to your side. Slowly other schoolgirls walk forward, all of them with that same angry look that Amy has.
You swivel around and let out a scared gasp as you see you're surrounded. Olivia must have activated every brainwashed person in this town, you can see dozens of people you recognise from your time here, all of them mindlessly filtering out amongst the trees as they begin walking toward you. Amongst them you can also see a few of the security forces here, the men in black tactical gear having also closed in on your location. "You cant leave Emily! No-one can!" Amy yells angrily as she begins walking forward as well, this mob of townspeople closing in on you.
Your heart beats hard in your chest as you turn all the way around, your breathing so heavy you can barely catch the air in your lungs. There's no way through them, there's just too many. Your panicked swivel ends with you facing the ladder to the radiotower. You look up at it then down to the people advancing on you. With no other option you hop up onto the third rung and begin hurriedly climbing the ladder, getting up just in time before the swarm of people reach you.
[[CONTINUE|Radiotower]]"Get this off of me!" you groan angrily as you continue wriggling your legs, your body still tightly pinned to the tree by the two lengths of black cord wrapped around you. Amy begins to slowly approach, and as she does she reaches into a pocket on her dress and retrieves a white silk handkerchief "Don't be scared Emily. Relax" she says softly as she gets closer, resting the handkerchief in the flat of her palm. She stands next to you and begins to drift the silk cloth closer to your face. You can smell a sweet chemically scent wafting off of the fabric and you try to turn your head.
"No... don't..." you moan desperately as it gets closer, but Amy just ignores you. She calmly clamps it down over your mouth and nose as she says "Shhhh. Take a deep breath. Everything will make sense when you join us Emily" you let out a muffled whimper from behind the silk, your wide eyes trembling with fear as you feel the chemical filling your lungs. You came so close to escaping, and now it's over, every breath you take making you weaker and weaker. Only your eyes are visible above the cloth, Amy watching them slowly glaze over with a wet sheen. You begin making slow blinks and let out a tired sigh from beneath the silk, the soft mewling sound barely audible.
Amy holds it in place until you pass out, lowering her hand with the drooping of your head. Even as your head sinks down she keeps it in place, making sure you're completely unconscious. Then with a pleased smile she removes the cloth and tucks it away. Her hand strokes along your cheek as she says softly "There we go, that's better" as she caresses you a man in black tactical gear emerges from amongst the trees, the figure who threw the bolas. He presses a button on his walkie talkie as he watches the gentle scene between the two of you "Subject secured. Ready for pick up"
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[[TRY AGAIN?|Head toward the radiotower]] Your feet make a soft slap on the metal rungs as you scurry upward, your slender arms reachig up and up, moving as quickly as you possibly can. You glance down and let out a scared gasp as you see the townspeople climbing the ladder, dozens of angry eyes looking at you as the follow Olivia's command. You look back up and keep climbing, as you do you notice the access to the platform near the top is closed. The ladder leads to a metal hatch, currently shut. You keep climbing with no clue if the hatch is locked or not, if it is then this is going to be a very short escape attempt. A dull ache begins to grow in your limbs as you get closer to the platform, each climbing motion building a faint pulsing pain in your muscles.
You feel out of breath by the time you reach the hatch, getting right up close to the flat metal panel. You take a quick breath as you prepare to try the door, then you reach out and push it. Luckily it opens, it's unlocked and it's not too heavy for you to push up. You climb up through the hatch then slam the door closed. Up on the platform you see there's a latch on this side and you slide it shut. Seconds later you hear a rattling as the first person on the ladder begins trying to force it open. You quickly step back from the shaking metal hatch, knowing there are dozens of people on the other side trying to capture you.
The latch is just a small metal rod and the way the hatch is rattling makes you worried it wont stay shut forever. You look around and catch your breath up here. While you were climbing the platform shielded you from the rain, but now it's pouring down on you. Looking out across the grey cloudy sky and past the trees you see the town. You know which direction it's in now, you just have to find a way over there. Another heavy rattle makes the latch partially snap off. You gasp as you look at it, your focus shifting from the town and back to your immediate danger. You cant let them get you Emily, the only options you have are trying to keep the hatch closed or keep climbing to the top of the tower.
[[Try to keep the hatch closed]]
[[Keep climbing]]You have no idea how you're going to get out of this, all you can focus on is keeping that trapdoor closed. You rush over to it and kneel down on top of it, pressing your hands firmly on the latch to stop it from bending any further. The loud bangs from beneath the hatch continue, except now it bounces your slender form slight up, your weight not quite enough to keep it fully closed. You let out a scared groan as you try to hold the latch in place. The banging just keeps getting harder and harder. It feels like they've managed to bunch up at the top of the ladder, multiple fists slamming on the thin sheet of metal.
With one extra hard thud from below the hatch finally bursts open. It sends you tumbling back, landing messily on your behind "No!" you gasp as you scrabble to your feet. You throw yourself at the hatch and try to close it again. But a mans arm quickly forces its way up, jamming the hatch as you slam the metal down. He pushes you off again then emerges up, one of the men in black tactical gear the first to get up here. You look up at the radiotower but it's too late now, he's blocking your path there, slowly closing in on you. "No... stay back!" you cry out as you begin nervously backing away from him. Behind him more people swarm out of the hatch, all of them immediately focusing on you as they emerge.
You keep backing up until you're dangerously close to the railing, however you don't even notice it as you're so focused on the danger in front of you. The man in black keeps advancing then suddenly he makes a lunging motion, trying to grab your arm and put an end to this "No!" you shriek as you jerk back away from him, the movement so fast that you bump into the rail and go tumbling right over it. You let out a loud wailing scream as you plummet to the ground, then it goes silent as the ground rushes to meet you. Everything goes black, the rain making a soft patter on your motionless form as your story comes to an...
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[[TRY AGAIN?|Radiotower]] Your mind is too overwhelmed with panic to think of anything else, all you can focus on is getting further away from them. You rush to the centre of the platform, where the tower continues upward. There's no ladder here as no-ones supposed to go higher than this. So you have to just climb the tower itself. The metal is at an angle, making it harder to grab, but luckily each section is flat and smooth so it doesn't dig into your skin as you climb up. You begin climbing up, as you get a little higher you hear a loud bang from below you and look down to see the hatch has burst open, the small latch finally snapping from the strain.
People begin to pour out, swarming up through the hatch and onto the platform, all of them focused on you with hardened stares. You look down at them and nearly lose your balance, the rain making your feet slip off of the tower. You let out a scared yelp and clutch yourself tighter to it, squeezing your chest to the metal as your feet scrabble around for purchase. You manage to get a foot hold on the slanted metal of the tower and keep climbing. But as you do the people below begin to climb as well. The men in black tactical gear are much better suited to this than you are, not only in their physciality but also the thick gloves and boots they're wearing. Meanwhile your trembling slender form is barely covered, the nightdress and hoodie fluttering around your lithe frame as you keep pushing yourself higher up.
There are a few satellite dishes close to the top and you have to awkwardly climb around them, squeezing through small gaps as the tower becomes thinner and pointed. You're almost at the top when you notice the support cables, the thick metal lines that run from up here and down into the forest somewhere. Looking at them you realise they could be used like a zipline, one that would get you away from this mob. But you'd have to figure out how to slide down without actually holding the metal, or it would really mess up your hands. Distracted by your idea you suddenly feel a hand grip your ankle. You look down and let out a scared gasp as you see the black gloved hand squeezing your lower leg. Should you focus on trying to get him off of you or trying to use the cable?
[[Try to get him off]]
[[Try to use the cable]]You cant focus on your escape plan while this guy is holding your ankle. You look away from the cable and down to him as you begin kicking him with your other foot, clutching the tower so you don't fall. "Let! Go!" you yell down at him as your bare foot slaps at the thick helmet on his head. Your efforts barely seem to register to him, the difference in size between you is just too great. Ignoring your small kicks he suddenly gives your ankle a firm yank. You shriek as you lose your grip for a second, slipping off of the tower then scrabbling for it and grabbing on again. He has you even closer to him now, and with a quick climb upward he's almost right beside you.
"No! Stop!" You moan as you feel his strong arm hooking around your waist, getting a firm grip on you and squeezing you against him. "I got ya. Just let go" he says sternly as he begins trying to wrench you away from the tower, making a jerking motion with his arms that pulls your hips toward him "Stop!" you moan again, this time with a weak distressed tone, the sound full of fear as you realise you cant get away from him. He pulls you so hard that your feet lose their hold on the metal support, the lower half of your body dangling loose, held only in hist strong grip. "No!" you moan as you wrap your arms tighter against the tower, hoping that somehow it will make any bit of difference.
His boots give him a strong enough grip that he can use both hands to make you let go. His other hand reaches to his belt, unclipping a tazer. Then he brings it toward your arms, still stubbornly clenching the tower. "Last chance. Let go now" he says sternly as he brings the tazer closer to your slender arms. You look at with a panicked expression as you moan "No! Please don't!" defying him you start trying to climb higher, wriggling your hips as you try to get his grip off your waist. You don't make it a single step as he presses down the button on the tazer, an electric crackle bursting to life which he then firmly presses into the side of your neck.
[[CONTINUE|Tazer END]]You try to ignore him for a moment as you stretch up closer to the cable, extending your body as far as his grip will allow. You reach up to it and tickle the steel with your fingers, you can just about reach but you still need something to... as you reach up you notice the sleeve of your hoodie and quickly begin trying to take it off. It's difficult to keep a hold of the tower, remove your hoodie, and stop that guy from yanking you closer toward him. But with a series of frantic wriggling motions you get it off of you. Taking a firm grip on one sleep you whip it round the cable, the other sleeve dropping down.
You snatch up the other sleeve with your other hand, the hoodie now ready to be used on your makeshift zipline. You feel another yank at your ankle and shriek as you nearly lose your grip on the hoodie. "Let go!" you moan angrily as you look down at him, your leg twisting and turning as you try and get free. You look back up to the cable and hope the momentum will be enough to get him off of you. Then you push yourself off with your other foot, leaning forward as you try to slide down the cable. Holding the hoodie you begin to slide, but he still doesn't let go, your body stretched between him on the tower and the hoodie wrapped around the steel cable.
"No!" you gasp a you see othe people reaching this high point of the tower, their hands grabbing and clawing at the air as they try to get a hold of you as well. This mass of bodies will drag you into them if they can just get a grip on you, but so far it's still just your ankle held by the guy in black. You feel him carefully trying to slide you closer to him, not wanting you to fall to your death. You look at him angrily and prepare your aim, then you raise your other foot and cry out "Get off me!!" you kick him right in the throat, a point that isn't protected by his tactical gear. You hear him make pained choked noise and with a hard yank you get your ankle free of him. Without that grip holding you back you immediately begin to zip down the cable, clutching the hoodie as your rush back down toward the trees.
[[CONTINUE|Zipline]]You let out a shuddering groan of pain as you whole body convulses. The electricity travels through your neck and into your whole body, making your muscles twitch and shake beneath your supple skin. He keeps it pressed for a few seconds, making sure you're properly subdued. With a tired sigh your limbs lose any feeling and you droop off of the tower, easily caught and held in the hook of his arm. He holds your wilting form against him, your legs dangling limply in the air. Then he clips the tazer back on his belt and looks down to the swarm of people on the platform. "She's coming down. Restrain her" he commands to all the brainwashed people, giving them a second to prepare before dropping you.
You fall through the air like a stone, dropping straight down into the outstretched hands beneath you. They catch you then immediately bring you down to the ground. You dissappear amongst them as if you're being consumed by the mass of people. Your body's so numb from the tazer that you can barely feel anything. The faint sensation of ropes being tied around you makes you emit soft moan. But that's quickly silenced by a ballgag being stuffed between your lips and strapped behind your head. By the time the guy in black climbs down you're ready for him, bound with multiple lengths of rope and gagged. Your eyes are all dazed and tired, making a soft fluttering as you see his heavy boots stomp toward you.
In one single motion he lifts your bound form up and settles you over his shoulder. The townspeople all smile as they see you being carried to the ladder, the natural order of the town restored now that you've been captured. You can feel the soft bump of his shoulder against your hips as he climbs down the ladder, one hand holding the rungs, the other your soft thighs to keep you in place. With a muffled sigh through your gag you finally pass out, the effects of the tazer giving you just enough time to see your capture before everything goes black.
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[[TRY AGAIN?|Keep climbing]] You immediately pick up way more speed than you were expecting, the wet cable shooting you forward. You also realise that there's no clear path for you through the trees, and as you get closer to them you see it's going to hurt. You wince in anticipation, your body making a little wriggling motion as it flys through the air. The first few trees just brush against you legs, leaving a few marks. But the cable keeps going lower and soon you're being smacked by branches, catching you in the thighs and hips. "Ow ow ow!" you moan as the zipline keeps colliding you into thicker and thicker branches. Then finally you hit one that doesn't break.
Your hands lose any grip of the hoodie as the branch slams into your stomach. Your momentum sends you spinning in the air then crashing down to the floor. You managed to hold on for long enough that the fall wasn't fatal, but it still knocks the air out of your as you land on your front with a heavy thud. You lay there groaning breathlessly for a few seconds. Without the hoodie you can feel the cold in your shoulders and arms. You're bruised and tired, your weary body wanting to just remain slumped in the grass. But with an exhausted sigh you push yourself to your feet. You feel a little dizzy for a moment, stumbling messily as you get up. Then you shake your head and begin walking, you know the direction of the town now, you just need to get there.
After a long while you finally emerge from the woods. You're in a random part of town but it's deserted, everyone must still be looking for you in the woods. You stumble weakly through the silent streets, your wet and weary form barely staggering through this perfect image of suburban life. You had no idea where to go, and you were too tired to think of anything else, so you've just come back home. You begin to feel faint as you approach the door, everything you've been through finally catching up to you. That dizzy sensation overwhelms you just as you reach the door. Before you pass out it opens, Tommy's standing there and he catches you as you fall, holding you as you faint in his arms.
[[CONTINUE|Wake up]]You sleep for a long time. Staying in that deep darkness, your mind not wanting to face what's on the other side. Even as you wake up you can feel the darkness clinging to you, trying to keep you in it's warm embrace. The first thing you notice is just how good you feel. The aches and pains from the branches have subdued, the weariness in your muscles softened. Your eyes open and you stare at the ceiling, you're back in the guest room, lying beneath the sheets, alone. You can smell yourself and you smell clean, fresh, a slight warm glow tingles on your skin. Tommy must've bathed you and left you here to rest. Your hand slowly reaches for the covers and you slide them off of you.
He's replaced the torn and wet nightdress with a fresh pair of your pyjamas, matching pink shorts and a tight t-shirt that both have little rainbows on them. The silence feels so strange after your dramatic escape, like a nightmare that's suddenly come to an end. You slowly slide off of the bed with a cautious expression. You cant help but wonder why you're here, why you're not waking up in one of those chairs with a brainwashing helmet over your head. Your feet touch the floor and you look around, everything is exactly how you left it this morning. Looking out the window you can see it's the late afternoon.
The setting sun has cast an orange glow across the town, a peaceful idyllic image that seemingly only you know is a lie. You creep over to the door and slowly open it, peeking your head out into the hallway. From down the hall you can hear the sound of typing in your fathers study, downstairs a gentle clink of a teacup from someone in the dining room. Your whole body shudders with each breath you take, waiting for whatever trap this is to be sprung. But it doesn't come, you can either try to escape this place again or go speak to your father. What should you do Emily?
[[Try to escape again]]
[[Speak with your father]]You go to leave your room then pause. If they're really giving you as much time as you want you might as well get changed. You quietly close the door again and go to the drawers, taking out some fresh clothes. You take off the pink pyjamas and put on a pair of white bra and panties. Then you put on a light black pair of nylon panties and slip your feet into a pair of black flats. You put on a fresh white blouse then your favourite blue dress over it. There's something about your standard outfit that brings a small comfort in this dire situation. You've worn it so many times on previous successful adventures that hopefully it brings you some small amount of luck.
You make a few final pinches at your tights, making sure they're nice and taut to your legs. Then you head to the door, ready to try and get out of here for a second time, this time you're not going to trust anyone. You open the door and quietly sneak out, pressing your flats to the floor as softly as you can. You reach the steps and let out a scared sigh, lowering your feet and carefully descending each step. You get to the bottom and begin to slowly walk toward the front door, beside it you see is a bowl and the keys to Olivia's car are there. You begin to reach for them when you hear her voice "Emily. Come in here, please"
You freeze in fear, she knows you're there, her calm but stern tone sending a shudder down your spine. If she wanted to capture you she could have done so easily while you were alseep. Your curiousity gets the best of you and you turn from the front door to the one into the dining room. You slowly swing it open and you see her sitting there. She calmly takes a sip of tea from the cup made of fine china, then sets it down on the saucer and smiles at you. She's at the far end of the table with her legs crossed under it. She sits with perfect posture as her deep green eyes look at you standing nervously in the doorway. "I'm glad to see you're awake Emily. Please, take a seat. We should continue our discussion from earlier" She's talking as if you didn't just escape her brainwashing facility, that calm motherly tone only making you more afraid. But if you refuse she could have people waiting to pounce on you. What should you do Emily?
[[Sit down]]
[[Leave]]Even with all the evidence you've seen, you still cant believe your father is a willing part of this, that he'd want you to be brainwashed. You have to talk to him, to make sense of this and to convince him what's going on here is wrong. You slowly push the door open a little wider then walk out, pressing your feet softly to the floor to be as quiet as possible. Even with your small steps the pink skimpy shorts slide up a little into the crevice of your rounded backside, your perky cheeks pushing out at the edges of the fabric. You reach down and give the side of your shorts a small tug as you reach the door, settling them more firmly on your hips.
Inside you can still hear him typing on one of those old typewriters he likes so much, his fingers slamming into the heavy keys. You take a slow nervous breath outside the door then slowly push it open, stepping into his office and closing the door behind you. He immediately looks up from his work, giving you a stern stare from behind his gold rimmed glasses. "Emily, you're awake. Do you have anything to say for yourself?" he says as he looks at you standing across the room in a nervous pose. "Me?" you reply incredulously "Your girlfr... Your wife has been trying to brainwash me. And apparently you're helping her? What do you have to say about that?"
He gives you that disappointed angry look that still makes you feel like a little girl, your eyes looking down to the ground as it sends a shiver of fear through you. "Emily, I'm your father. There are times when I know what's best for you even if you don't. This is one of those times. What Olivia and I are doing..." Before he can finish your emotions bubble over, you cross your arms and make a small stamp of your foot, your voice coming out more whiny than you intended as you interrupt "You don't know what's best at all! I don't want to be brainwashed and I don't want to submit to this weird organisation!! You're acting insane!!"
[[CONTINUE|Father]]You cant help the strong feeling of curiousity at why she's so calm. You might as well see what she has to say, maybe you can still talk your way out of this. You slowly walk into the room, nervously looking around. She sees your hesitation and says "There's no-one else here Emily. Relax. Please, take a seat" she gestures to the chair again, it's at the right sight of the table, next to her as she sits at the head of the table. You still have a cautious expression, your body tensed and ready to run. But you do slowly walk around the table and sit down, waiting to see what she has to say "Tea?" she asks politely, looking at the empty cup in front of you.
"No... thanks..." you say suspiciously, not wanting to risk her drugging you "I don't blame you for being wary" she says with a small smile, her eyes staring deeply into yours with an unwavering gaze. "But I'm glad you've stopped all that silly running about. This town belongs to the Initiative Emily. There's nowhere for you to go." As she talks she slowly swirls a teaspoon in a circular motion inside of her cup, the metal making soft clink on the china. She also just so happens to twist the handle of the spoon that it catches the light, a small glare beaming into your eyes with every circle.
"You said... you wanted to... talk..." you say softly as you find yourself distracted by the gentle clinking noise and that sparkly gleam of light in your eyes, her constant rhythmic motion with the spoon so hard not to focus on. "I... already said I don't want to submit to you, so... what.. is... there to talk about?" you mumble as your brow furrows, each word coming out softer as you start to feel a little muddled, a strange dizzy sensation settling over you. Olivia smiles as she sees your reaction, her hand continuing it's calm motion as she says "Oh but we have so much to talk about Emily. Or rather, so much you need to hear"
[[CONTINUE|Olivia Hypno]]You stand there for a long tense moment. Then you just turn around and let the door close, marching to the bowl and snatching up the keys. You walk to the front door and open it, striding out into that hazy orange glow. She must've thought letting you wake up would be intimidating, but she was wrong, you're leaving this place right now. You get into her car and start it up, for a brief second the fact you don't really know how to drive concerns you, then you ignore the niggling worry and just put the car in reverse. You reverse out way too fast, turning before you hit the street.
You let out a small gasp as the back of car smashes through the the side of the white picket fence, obliterating the mailbox at the same time. The car bumps from the pavement to the road and you pause as you compose yourself. Then you put the car in drive and slam your foot down on the gas. As you drive quickly through town you can see people watching you. They've returned from the woods and moments ago were just playing out their perfect lives, but now they stand motionless, glaring at you as you shoot down the road. You're going way too fast but you're too scared to slow down, your hands scrabble at the wheel as you take a series of rapid turns, each one screeching the tyres as you nearly mount the sidewalk multiple times.
Finally you find the road out of town, your foot pushing even harder as you pick up speed. You drive amongst the trees for a few moments as the road bends, then you see it, the bridge. Once you're over it you'll be on the road to the airport, the final checkpoint of your escape. A worried smile spreads across your face as you get closer and closer, your arms nervously trembling as you clutch the wheel. Just as you reach the bridge an automated system activates. Metal spikes spring out from a hidden compartment in the side of the bridge, sweeping across the road. It's so quick you don't even see it. But you do hear the four loud pops as your tyres all burst. You lose control of the car, veering wildly to the left. Then you slam into the side of the bridge, having made it halfway across before crashing. Your head slams into the wheel and everything goes black as you're knocked out.
[[CONTINUE|Bridge]]You can hear a ringing in your ears as you wake up. There's a small red mark on your forehead, and your hand makes a small touch of it as you groan and lift your head from the wheel. It doesn't feel like you've been unconscious for long, but it's hard to tell when your heads so fuzzy. The cars not going anywhere. The wheels are blown out and theres a thin line of smoke rising from the crumpled front of the car. Your head lolls limply side to side, then you shake your head and try to clear your thoughts. You push the car door open and get out, immediately collapsing to your knees.
The crash shook you a little more than you realised and you take a second to compose yourself. Then you push yourself up from your knees and begin messily staggering toward the end of the bridge. There's a slight blur in your vision as you walk, that soft ringing still in your ears. The single minded drive to escape pushes you forward, your body unwilling to stop moving. Then you reach the end of the bridge and collapse to your knees again, breathing heavily as you press your hand over the line and say softly to yourself "I made it..." Then you hear behind you "Emily! It's time to stop. It's going to be okay."
You glance over your shoulder and see your father, behind him is Tommy and Olivia, and behind them are multiple black vehicles with men in the dark tactical gear standing beside them, a small army ready to grab you. Your attempt at escape has failed. But they don't make a move yet. Only your father walks forward, stopping in the middle of the bridge as he says "Come on pumpkin. It's alright, come here" You sigh weakly and slowly push yourself up to your feet, looking at the line of the bridge as a small victory before turning to face your father. You ignore everyone behind him and focus just on him as you get closer and say "Why? Why are you doing this?"
[[CONTINUE|Bridge continues]]"Why did I send you to school Emily?" you know it's a rhetorical question so you just stay silent as he continues "For an education. To be moulded and shaped, to learn and to find your place in the world. What the Initiative is doing is no different. I've been speaking with Tommy for a while now, I know you're happy with him. I was sceptical of Olivia's research at first, I denied my place with her when I fell in love with your mother. But after that ended we found each other again, and now we're going to share the same happiness you have with other girls like you." He stops and looks at you, assessing if you understand what he's saying. You can hear the conviction in his words, and you find it hard to argue with the man who raised you.
Your mouth opens and closes again as you fail to find the words, a small sigh emitting from your lips as you hang your head, a slight embarrassed look crossing your face as you fail to stand up to him. He steps closer and hugs you, squeezing you against him as you rest your head on his chest. You feel him rubbing your back and you let out a long breath, letting yourself soften in his warm embrace as he says "I want you to be a part of this Emily. Your life will be just as it was before, nothing has to change. But now there wont be any more lies or deception. You and Tommy will be an integral part of our organisation, an example of what can be accomplished when the A and B types accept their proper place."
He keeps hugging you for a few seconds then moves back just a little, taking your chin and guiding your head up to look at him as he says "You know I always want what's best for you. Don't you?" With your escape having failed you feel an emptiness inside you, there's nothing you can do and your natural instinct to obey your father is so hard to ignore. Your brows furrows as you try to makes sense of your conflicted emotions, then you softly reply "Yes, I... I know you do..."
[[CONTINUE|Bridge Decision]]He smiles and hugs you again as he says "Good girl. Now, Tommy would like to speak with you" He lets you go and turns to the side, letting you face Tommy as he slowly approaches you. "Hey Em..." he says with a slight apprehension as he gets closer. You cross your arms and try to harden your expression, but you're just too tired and confused, that stern stare faltering as you look at the ground and sigh sadly. He gets close enough to reach out and squeeze your shoulders as he says "I joined them just before you came back to Greenfield. They helped me turn my life around and when you returned it felt like this was meant to be" you look up from the floor with a hurt look in your eyes.
He can see what you're thinking and he continues "What we have isn't a lie Emily. I love you, and I know you love me too. Our life together, the business we have together, it's all real" You want to believe him, and try as you might to deny it you do love him, the past year is just too much to erase from your heart even with everything you've found out. He can see you slowly giving in and he holds the sides of your shoulders a little tighter as he continues "I wasn't even sure if I wanted to stay with them at first, all I really wanted was you. But those investigations I let you go on. I said to myself if you had succeeded then it would prove Olivia wrong. But each time you nearly died Emily, each time just proved that you needed me to protect you."
Your eyes become watery as your emotions overwhelm you, the influence of Tommy and your father too much for you to resist. You stare at him with a longing look, trying to force yourself to accept what's going on here. He can see how close you are now and begins to slowly lower down to one knee as he says "And... I want to protect you for the rest of our lives. I didn't bring you here for an ambush Emily, I brought you here for this" He reaches into his pocket and takes out a ringbox, opening and presenting you with a diamond ring. You make a small gasp you see it, a few small tears trickling down your pained expression "I want you to marry me Emily. I want us to go back to the life we have together. You'll never have to worry about the work I do for Olivia. This isn't about her, it's about us. Will you marry me?"
[["Yes"|Marry Tommy]]
[["No"|Refuse Tommy]]The past year of being with him has all built to this point, and in this final moment you can feel yourself breaking, like a dam put under too much pressure, each crack taking it's toll. Without even realising it you begin to slowly nod, a forced smile spreading across your face as you just give in. "Yes... I will" you sigh softly through your choked back tears. You love him, and you're tired of always fighting, of always being the one who has to save everyone. You're happy with him, that's all that matters. Everyone in this town is happy too, what would you even be fighting for? To make people unhappy? Everything Olivia, your father and Tommy have said takes hold of you, turning you to their side as you accept the proposal.
You see Tommy make a relieved smile as he rises from his knee and hugs you tightly. Letting go of your apprehension feels like releasing a part of yourself, an older part that cant exist in the new life you've accepted. This new version of you feels an overwhelming sense of relief, and you feel happy as well, that happy feeling growing and growing until a giddy genuine smile grows. Tommy pulls back from the hug and looks into your eyes, seeing that you're not just saying it to placate him, you really do mean it. He smiles back and kisses you, the two of you embracing as you let your arms drape around his neck and kiss him back.
Your father smiles as he watches this, then turns away to give you some privacy and walks over to Olivia at the other side of the bridge "I told you she'd come around. There'll be no need for the re-education process." he says as he walks up beside her. She strokes his arm then leans in to quickly kiss him on the cheek as she replies "You were right my love. I never should have doubted you" Then she turns away from him, her smile fading slightly to a more serious expression. She walks up to one of the men in black tactical gear and says "Emily Lockwood is no longer a concern. Her status on the database can be changed to subdued and assimilated." He nods and opens a car door for her. She gets in then picks up a mobile phone and calls in to the facility as she says "This site can now be confirmed as a success. I'm coming back in to start immediately. We're activating the other sites and I want the profiles of our future subjects analysed with the necessary preparations taken to increase capacity on re-education. The A-B Initiative is expanding, and it begins today"
[[THE END]]You can feel the pressure of his influence over the last year weighing on you. The strong urge to just give in almost forces the word 'Yes' out of your mouth. But at the last second you tense up and resist that urge. Small tears trickle down your cheeks as you shake your head and say "No. I... I can't... I'm sorry..." You don't run or make any move to get away, there's nowhere for you to go and you're too overwhelmed by your emotions. You just stand there crying as Tommy slowly stands back up and slips the ringbox back in his pocket. "It's okay Em" he says as he hugs you, squeezing you against him. You bury your head in his chest and sniffle back your tears. Then you feel him take your shoulders, gently turning you around.
He slides his hand into his other pocket, retrieving the white cloth he has prepared. His other arm takes a firm hold of your midsection, wrapping just beneath your breasts as he grips you tightly. He calmly brings the cloth up and presses it softly over your mouth and nose, holding it there as he forces you to inhale the chemical scent of chloroform. You make a sad muffled whimper from behind the cloth, your shoulders slightly twisting side to side. "It's okay. Just go to sleep" he whispers by your ear, easily keeping your slender form in his strong grip. Each breath makes you feel more tired and listless, your watery eyes drooping closed as you slowly fade away.
He can feel you going limp in his arms and he squeezes you a little tighter, holding you up now as your legs turn to jelly. With a weak sigh your eyes finally close. Everything goes black and your head droops down toward your chest. Tommy holds the cloth in place for another few moments, ensuring you're fully out. Then he peels it away from your mouth and tucks it into his pocket. He carefully turns you to the side, his arm resting under your back. His other arm slides under your legs and he lifts you up from the ground, cradling your limp form. He turns and carries you toward Olivia, holding you against his chest as you sleep peacefully. As he reaches her he says with a sadness in his voice "You were right. She needs the re-education"
[[CONTINUE|Final Scene]]CONGRATULATIONS!! You have now completed A Broken Dream!
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Girls Night Out!
[[CHAPTER SELECT]]
[[Epilogue]] On the night of your submission you eat dinner as a family. Everyone in good spirits, particularly Olivia. It still feels a little strange to be giving yourself to this organisation. But mostly you're just focused on your engagement, holding hands with Tommy under the table as you look lovingly at him. Olivia lets you spend that first night in peace, sleeping in Tommy's arms, talking about your future together. But in the morning the time comes for you to be processed. It's a necessary part of your willing submission to the Initiative. "Just a few routine procedures, some data collecting" Olivia tells you before driving you back to the falls, back down into the facility.
She holds your hand as she takes you through the glossy white hallways. Feeling a slight tremble in your grip she looks to you and says "Don't worry, it's not the re-education process. Tommy is one of us and you belong to him now, as long as you're under his protection your mind wont be altered in any way." you nod and make a weak smile as you let her lead you into one of the rooms. To your surprise it's not a lab, it doesn't seem to be much of anything. There's just a white bench in the centre of the room and a locker on the far wall. "The procedure requires appropriate attire Emily. In that locker is an outfit that will allow us access to the necessary parts of your body. Put it on then sit down on the bench and wait. I'm going to prepare the procedure, one of my colleagues will be along shortly."
With that she leaves you, walking out the room without waiting for any questions. You nervously rub your arm for a moment then walk around the bench to the locker. You open the door and see your outfit hanging there. It looks like a one-piece swimsuit, or maybe a leotard, it's a pure white and the fabric is thin and stretchy. With a nervous breath you pluck it from the hanger and begin to undress.
[[CONTINUE|Processing]]A few minutes later and you're wearing the white leotard, the straps clinging firmly to your slender shoulders. It must have made specifically for you, as it fits you perfectly. You had to stretch it a little to squeeze into it, but now that it's on it's perfectly moulded to your feminine form, every curve of your body on full display. The lower half sits nicely on your hips, your perky behind filling it out, a small glimpse of your rounded cheeks just barely visible, your long legs bare. You feel exposed and vulnerable in the revealing outfit, wishing Olivia had let Tommy come with you to hold your hand through all this.
You walk over to the bench and sit down, crossing your legs and nervously running a hand along your bare arm. After a few minutes the door opens, you see a young man in a labcoat standing in the doorway, holding a clipboard. He looks you up and down with an interest that clearly goes beyond his work. Then he clears his throat and composes himself, checking the clipboard as he says "Emily Lockwood?" you nod as you feel a tension in your shoulders "Very good. For the purpose of the process today you will be catalogued as subject 6824. Come with me please" He gestures to the door and you uncross your legs, rising up from the bench and following him down another hallway.
Your bare feet make a soft slap as he leads you to the first room, then your 'processing' begins. The first room has a large white tube, standing vertically in the centre, just big enough for you to fit inside. A panel slides open on the tube and the scientist instructs you to step in. The panel slides shut with you inside, sealing you in darkness, your shoulders just barely not touching the metal interior. From all around you there's a robotic feminine voice that says "Subject 6824. Please remain still while the scan is in progress." An electronic green line appears at the top of the tube, then with a whirring noise the line lowers, scanning you from your head down to your toes.
[[CONTINUE|Scanning]]The full body scan is added to the Initiatives files and the panel slides open. The scientist leads you to another room with a glossy white table in the centre. He instructs you to sit up on the table then begins going through an extensive medical check up. He shines a light in your eyes, taps you on the knee to check your reflexes, then gets you to open your mouth so he can look inside and under your tongue. All the information is recorded electronically. Then he pokes a needle into your arm and a blood sample is taken and filed away in a high tech storage compartment built into the wall, the vial taking up a spot besides dozens of other subjects samples.
With your health thoroughly analysed and recorded you're led to another room, this time the scientist gesturing you inside but not coming in with you. There's another table but this one has soft surface layer, which you soon find out is so you can lie down on it. Above the table is some kind of robotic arm, it looks like it can extend and move around in any direction, and there's a pointed tip which you look at nervously. On the far end of the room there's a frosted glass panel, and from behind it Olivia presses a button on an intercom and says "We're almost done here Emily. Please lie face down on the table" You shudder slightly in fear as you walk over to the table, then you slide onto it and lie down just as she told you to.
You hear a smooth mechanical whirring as the arm lowers closer to you, then you feel a slight pinch in the back of your neck "Oh..." you gasp as you wince from the shock. "You've now been implanted with a tracking chip so we can know your location at all times" Olivia explains calmly through the intercom, letting you know just how far their ownership of you goes. The arm moves again, this time to just below your rear, where the back of your thigh curves outward. You hear a humming noise then the arm runs side to side, tracing along your skin and leaving small lines of pulsing heat just beneath your left buttcheek. You tense up from the strange sensation as you hear "This is a barcode using a special type of invisible ink. Only our scanners will be able to pick it up, but should you need to be brought back to one of our facilities it makes scanning you and bringing up your information a lot quicker."
[[CONTINUE|Process]]From behind the glass Olivia watches an electronic readout as your file is updated. The 3D bodyscan has been added, along with your medical checkup as well as your previous medical history. On the file they had for you a series of tick boxes now have green ticks popping up in them. The header of your file going from 'POTENTIAL THREAT' to 'SUBDUED AND ASSIMILATED - Property of A - B Initiative member Tommy Hart' A green tick pops up for 'TRACKING CHIP IMPLANTED' then another for 'BARCODE MARKER ADDED' Olivia smiles as she watches your file flash green, the automated process filing you away as number 6824 along with the other willing subjects. They now know everything there is to know about you, they can track you at all times and have labelled you as their property. Your submission to the Initiative is complete.
Olivia lets out a happy sigh as she presses the intercom again and says "Well done Emily. My colleague will take you back to the changing room and I'll be there shortly to take you back home." She watches you submissively walk back out of the room, not once having voiced any opposition to their treatment of you. Beside her sits an older scientist who had been observing the process as well and as you leave he says "I'm surprised this has gone so smoothly." Olivia glances over to him with that same pleased smile still on her face as she replies "She has the Beta brainwave, this is no surprise at all. My alogrithm is a scientific fact."
He nods then continues "Of course, I... we all know that, it's why we're here. But what I meant was I'm surprised you can be so composed around her. After all she was directly involved with the death of your sist..." before he can finish Olivia swivels round and glares at him, angrily snapping "Diana is in the past. Emily doesn't need to concern herself about that and neither do you. Do I make myself clear?" He looks visibly shaken and quickly nods as he mumbles "Yes, yes of course. I apologise." She gives him a final hard stare then strides past him out of the room, heading down the hall to take you back to Tommy and your new life under his control.
THE END
[[START AGAIN?|TITLE]] There's a tense silence in the room. You've never spoken to your father like that and now have no idea what to do. He silently stands up from his desk then moves the chair over to the side. He stands next to it and puts his hands on his hips as he says sternly "Come over here Emily. Right now" his tone and hard stare makes you tremble with fear, the angry outburst immediately fading away as you make a timid pose and stare at the floor. You glance to the side, wondering if you should just run. But as you nervously glance back to him you find yourself unable to disobey him.
You let out a sad sigh at being so easily controlled by him, walking slowly over in small steps, still timidly looking down at your feet. As soon as you're close enough he reaches out and takes a firm grip of your arm as he says "Come here young lady." He pulls you closer then sits down in the chair, pulling your across his lap facing the floor. You make small wriggling motions, but he just places one hand on your lower back and easily keeps you in place "You might have run off from Olivia but I'm your father Emily, and with me you will do as you're told. Understood?"
You make a small flutter of your legs as you reply in a whiny girlish tone "But.. I... but but... this isn't fair... OHHH!!!" Without giving you any warning his hand lifts up then comes slamming down on your backside, the thin pink fabric giving you no protection from the strong strike. "Ow! Ow!" he follows up the first spank with another, and then another, quickly settling into a steady rhythm. The flat of his palm makes a stinging slap against your soft behind, raining down over and over as he punishes you. The shorts quickly ride up again, giving him even more access to your supple skin, your exposed cheeks soon reddening as he spanks you.
[[CONTINUE|Spanking]]The pain just gets worse and worse as he keeps spanking you, his hand coming down just as hard each time. You can feel a warm throbbing in your backside, the only reprieve the brief moment his hand rises before slamming down again. Tears well up in your eyes then slowly trickle down your reddened face, all your gasping and moaning making your face warm and red. The only sound in the room is your pained sobbing, and the loud striking sound of his palm against your backside. Your shorts have bunched all the way up, your behind completely exposed, his hand slapping against your bare skin, making your backside jiggle with the strength of each impact. With a final three extra hard smacks he finally comes to a stop and asks "Now, is there something you'd like to say Emily?"
The words immediately tumble out of you, desperate to spare yourself from further punishment you reply "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Please. I'll do as I'm told" You sniffle sadly as you hear him reply "Good girl. Olivias downstairs, I'm going to take you down there so you can apologise to her for running off. Then I'm taking you back to the facility" He helps you off of his lap and stands up, taking your hand and leading you to the door. You're still trembling, still feeling the hot pain in your backside. But still you don't want to just give in and with the smallest bit of resistance against his grip you mumble "Please.. I... I don't want to..."
He sighs and turns around, hoisting you up in the air then settling you on his shoulder. With one hand he holds your legs to keep them in place. Then with the other he begins spanking you again, reaching over to your backside perfectly perched on his shoulder with more firm smacks "Ohhh!! Owwww!! You moan as your hips wriggle side to side with each strike. After multiple hard spanks he impatiently says "I don't want to hear a single word out of you that isn't an apology. Do you understand?" He gives you another smack on the backside to emphasise his point, making you gasp as you begin crying again "Yes... I'm sorry..." you moan weakly as you droop over his shoulder, letting out exhausted breaths. He feels you going still on his shoulder, any resistance finally spanked out of you. "Good girl" you hear him say as he carries you out of the study, ready to be taken back to the facility.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Wake up]] "Just relax Emily. No-ones going to hurt you. I want to help you. Everyone here does, Tommy, your father, we're all here to help you. And all you need to do... is relax" Your shoulders slowly sag as you start to feel sleepy, a slightly blank look settles over your gaze, that twist of the spoon reflecting the beam of light into your tired eyes. Olivia smiles and continues in that soothing tone of her voice, her words so smooth, her circular motions with the spoon never missing a beat as the gentle clink rings in your ears "That's it, it's so easy to just let go. No more running Emily, no more fighting. I can see it in your eyes, that you want to finally stop, to be safe and happy. That's what you have here, with Tommy, with us. You can finally relax, this is the end of your story"
Your whole body begins to feel loose, the tension easing out of you. Your face feels so relaxed that your plump lips part ever so slightly, that small gap making your dazed stare look even more mindless. You make a slow sleepy blink, your eyes beginning to glaze over as you fall under her hypnotic power. The room seems to dim, going dark as her deep green eyes become all you can see "You're doing so good Emily. Falling so deep for me. It feels like you're sinking, down into a deep warm darkness. Give in to that feeling. Let it take you. This is what you want, to rest, to finally be at peace. Let your sleepy mind just fade into nothing, let my words fill your empty head. I am in control now Emily. You are becoming completely hypnotized. You can't look away from my eyes."
Suddenly her spoon stops and she speaks in a more commanding tone "Sleep" with the single word your eyes snap shut and you slump forward on the table, going completely limp like a puppet with it's strings cut. Olivia smiles at you slumped forward in front of her, sleeping peacefully in your trance. She takes another small sip of her tea then sets the cup down and says "I'm so glad we could have this talk"
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Try to escape again]] Later that evening Tommy and your father await your arrival in the living room. The sun has set and it's dark outside, but in the living room the fire is raging, an orange glow filling the room. Your father sits in an armchair reading a book. But Tommy is too nervous, pacing back and forth in front of the couch as he waits for you to come back from the facility. The lights from a car outside run across the curtains, the sound of an engine gets closer then shuts off. Tommy stops his pacing and looks toward the sound, his breath catching in his throat as the front door opens. They can hear the sound of footsteps coming down the hall, then the door opens to reveal Olivia.
She steps into the room with a warm smile, letting the tension build for just a moment before saying "The process was a complete success. Emily, come in and say hello" she steps to the side and you walk through the door. You're wearing a pink dress, perfectly fitted to your feminine form. Your hair has been styled and your makeup subtly applied to accentuate your natural beauty. Olivia has taken every effort in your presentation, making you the idyllic image of femininity. There's a dreamy smile on your face, a placid serenity behind your eyes as you say "Hello. I'm sorry for running off earlier. That wont happen again." There isn't a hint of tension in your voice, your words coming smoothly and softly as you stand there with perfect posture.
Tommy looks at you in awe of your perfection, then with a soft pat on your shoulder Olivia motions you over to him. You drape your arms around his neck and hug him, and after a moment he breaks out of his stunned state and hugs you back "I'm so sorry, of cours I'll marry you" you say with your head still nuzzled in his chest. As you embrace Olivia and your father meet each others eyes across the room, he gives her a small nod and smiles at the work she's done with you. There's not a single thought in your head other than loving submission to Tommy, your entire existence is now just to please him and you couldn't be happier. You slowly lean back from the hug and look into his eyes with that happy mindless stare as you say "I love you" then he leans in and kisses you, finally having the perfect version of you all to himself.
END
[[TRY AGAIN?|Bridge Decision]]