Beauty and The Best - Weekend Surprise (MF/Ff)

[KP Presents]

As Tom came into their flat, he heard Barbara mumbling to herself in the main room. He hung his brown jacket and coat up and came in to see his partner looking at some papers on the low table and adding numbers up on a calculator.

“Oh boy,” he said as he sat down and looked at some of the papers “where on earth did they come from?”

“Arrived in the post this morning,” Barbara said as he looked at Tom in his brown shirt and cargo pants. She was wearing a blue smock top and black leggings. “And, of course, they want payment yesterday.”

“Naturally,” Tom said with a sigh. “Well, I guess we need to pay a visit – any thoughts?”

“Well, there was a client at the studio today,” Barbara said as she looked over, “Kate Corday.”

“Her grandmother is Rhona Corday, right?”

Barbara nodded as she said, “she was picking up some outfits – and I heard her say she, her sister and her cousins were staying with their grandmother this weekend while their parents had a long weekend away.”

Tom rubbed his chin as he stood up, went to a drawer and took out a file, opening it and looking at the contents. “Four granddaughters, three in late teens, one twelve years old – and we know their grandfather spends Saturday at the golf course he manages.” Looking at Barbara, he said “and Rhona Corday has a weekly appointment at Robertos… We could hit at lunchtime while she is out, and surprise her…”

Barbara nodded as she said “So, shall we…”



“Cissie, where are you?”

“In the playroom,” a young girl called down as Kate Corday smiled. The nineteen-year-old was wearing a black pinafore dress with a leather skirt, a white blouse under the dress, dark hose and black leather boots. She made her way into the front room, and said “Cissie is fine – so what is we need to discuss?”

“The plans for Gran’s sixtieth birthday,” Una Corday said as she sat with her younger sister Zoe. Una was seventeen, her light brown hair pulled back and hanging down the back of her white roll neck sweater, while her long beige skirt came down to over her knees. Zoe was a year younger, with long blonde hair, and wearing a grey dress that was short in front but came down to the floor at the sides and back. She was wearing black ankle boots, while Una ha don beige high heeled sandals.

“Well, we want it to be special,” Zoe said quietly, “and we want to arrange to – not our mothers.”

“Agreed,” Una said – and then all three turned their heads as they heard the knock on the door.

“I’ll see who it is,” Kate said as she stood up and walked to the doorway. Opening it, she said “Hello – how can I help you?”

“You can allow us to come in,” the young man said as Kate stepped back, staring at the young couple. They were barely older than her – the woman had long blonde hair, and was wearing a black sweater, leggings and over the knee boots. The young man with her had short dark hair and was also wearing a black jumper with pants and trainers – they also had black leather gloves on their hands, and woollen hats on their heads – and they also were wearing black domino masks, the skin noticeably darker round their eyes.

What Kate noticed, however, was the gun in the young man’s hand as his partner closed the door.

“Thank you,” she said quietly, “now, why don’t we join your cousins in the main room, and we can make the introductions.”

Kate slowly nodded as she turned and walked back to the front room.

“Who was it,” Zoe asked - and then she stared at the young couple as the masked man said “Good afternoon – please sit where you are, hands where we can see them. I am known as The Best – this is my friend Beauty.”

“Hello,” the young woman said as she put down the bag she was carrying and removed a smaller one. “As you can see, we are in charge now -so do as we ask, nobody needs to be hurt. Firstly, I need you to place your mobile phones in this bag, along with your jewellery, watches and other valuables.”

“You’re robbing us,” Una said quietly.

“Technically, we are going to rob your grandmother,” Beauty said, “but we take what we can where we can. Please, do as I ask.”

The three young women looked at Best, who smiled and nodded, before Beauty stood in front of Zoe, Kate sitting down as one by one they handed their phones and jewels over.

“Thank you,” Best said, “now put your hands together in prayer, and do not move.”

As they did so, Beauty took a long length of rope, made a lasso, and placed it over Kate’s head, pulling it tight and forcing her arms against her sides before she came round and used the rope to secure her wrists together. Pulling them down so that they rested on her knees, she then took the rope around and between her legs below her knees, and then round her ankles, the leather squeaking as her legs rubbed together.

“You don’t have to do this, we’ll do what you say,” Zoe said as the rope went over her head.

“Ah but we must – it is what we do,” Best said as Una watched her sister being bound, and the felt the rope on her own arms and legs as they were secured as well.

“I know you have a younger sister, Kate – where is she?”
“Upstairs – please, you don’t have to do this to her…”

“But then she would be left out,” Beauty said as she took a length of rope, Best nodding as she left the room and walked up the stairs. He then looked at three teenagers and said “now, this is what is going to happen…”




As Beauty stood by a door, she heard the music playing and opened it to see an eleven-year-old girl dancing round the floor. She was wearing a white cap sleeved top, her long blonde hair falling over her shoulders, and a short pink skirt with shiny hearts on the material. He feet were in a pair of open toed sandals with flowers on the top thongs.

“You are a very good dancer.”

The young girl suddenly stopped and looked at the masked woman, as she said, “who are you?”

“Well, my name is Beauty – what is your name?”

“Cissie…”

“Ah – so you are Kate’s little sister, right?”

As Cissie nodded, she said “why are you wearing a mask?”

“Oh this? Well, I am a robber, and so is my friend The Best.”

“The Best?”

“Oh yes – the Best at many things, including robbing a house – and we have come here today to rob your grandmother. Now I know she is not home yet, but she will be soon -so Best and I have to make sure that you, your sister and your cousins cannot tell her what is happening.”

“Is that why you are holding that long rope?”

Beauty smiled as she said “Well, it is – I need to make sure you cannot surprise your grandmother as well. But you will be like the others, so – can you put your hands together in prayer?”

Cissie nodded as she did that, watching as Beauty made a lasso and then put it over her head, pulling her arms against her sides before the rope went around and between her wrists as well.

As Beauty made a knot, she said “walk with me – you can join the others.”

“All right,” Cissie said as she walked with the masked woman, looking at her holding the rope as they walked down the stairs, and into the front room.

“Kate?”

“Whllbhhlrht,” Kate said, her lips moving under the strip of silver duct tape that covered her mouth. Cissie looked at Una and Zoe, before she sat herself down on the other armchair, pushing herself back as Beauty secured her legs and ankle, and then Best covered her mouth with a long strip of the silver tape.

“Now then,” he said as he looked at them, “stay still, and be comfortable – your grandmother should be home soon…”



Rhona Corday walked to the front door of her house, the wind blowing through her greying blonde hair. She was wearing a black trouser suit with a white camisole under the jacket, and suede black ankle boots, and she smiled as she opened the front door. Coming in and closing the door behind herself, she called out “I’m home – any chance of some coffee?

“Hello?”

There was no loud reply, but she could hear low, quiet sounds coming from the front room. Intrigued, she made her way across the hallway and opened the door, walking in – and then stopping as she saw her four granddaughters sitting, the ropes holding their arms, wrists and legs and silver tape over their mouths.

“What on earth… Who did this to you?”

“Well, that would be us Rhona – may we call you Rhona?”

As she turned, she saw the masked young couple. The girl holding a gun and pointing it at her as she said “I am Beauty- this is the Best, and we are robbing you today Rhone – so I really do suggest you remain calm and do what we ask you to do. Your granddaughters all have done so, and they have not been harmed. Inconvenienced, but not harmed.”

As Rhona looked round the room, she said “are you all safe? You have not been harmed?”

“Whrhfhnghhrn,” Cissie said as she wriggled round. Rhona almost seeing a smile under the tape.

“So, this is a robbery?”

“It is indeed,” Beauty said as she handed the gun to Best, and stood in front of Rhona. “We have already disabled the house security and internet and taken possession of the mobile phones and jewellers of your older daughters. When we go upstairs, I will retrieve Cissie’s from the playroom- I saw it when we talked earlier, and it was off.

“Dhmnn,” Cissie said as she looked at her sister.

“First kindly hand me your handbag and mobile phone, and then give me your jewellery as well - including the gold watch on your wrist.

“I have your word you will not harm me or my granddaughters?”

“You have my word – please now do as I have asked.”

Rhona nodded as she handed her handbag over, Beauty opening it and removing her phone before turning it off and placing it back in. She then held her gloved hands out as the older woman placed her necklace, rings and watch there, before Beauty walked and placed them in a smaller bag. She then drew out a length of rope and walked behind Rhona, the girls watching as she took her hands behind her back and lashed the wrists tightly together.

“Whhshsghrhndhffhhn,” Una said as she looked at The Best.

“For good reason – and when we leave tonight, you will all be bound like her,” he said with a smile as Beauty passed the longer rope round Rhona and pulled tight, her jacket opening up as the masked girl formed two bands that framed her chest and held her arms against her sides.

“Come with me,” Beauty said as she took Rhona by the arm, and they made their way along the corridor to the home office. Walking in, she said “take a seat, and tell me the combination to the safe.”

“Why?”

“Well,” Beauty said with a smile, “I have no wish to force you to tell me, and you would certainly I think prefer it if we did not employ- excessive force.”

“No, I’ll tell you the combination – I mean why do you do this? You must know the penalties for holding people hostage and robbery?”

“Tell me the combination, and I will answer you,” Beauty said, waiting as Rhona gave a sequence of numbers and then opening the safe. “The honest truth is we feel we have to – because if we did not take from those who can afford to give, we would not be able to live.”

“Psychologically?”

“Physically.” Beauty opened the door and placed some contents of the safe in her bag as Rhona stared at her.

“How old are you – I don’t think you are much older than Katy.”

“Not that important,” Beauty said as she closed he safe door and stood up, “but I am serious – the way the world is for people like me and Best, this often the only way we can raise enough just to survive, get food, pay rent – the things far too many people take for granted.

“If there was any other way we could see, we would not do this – but the way of the world is they do not care for those like us, and so – we do what we must.”

Rhona looked at the masked woman, and said “you’re serious, aren’t you? Dear God, that it has come to this for young people like you and your partner…”

“It is the society created for us – but I suspect some people,” Beauty said as they walked out of the room, “would say we are criminals, and some that we have just, to coin a phrase, got on our bikes.”

“Still, to be forced into something so extreme – I should be grateful you are caring and gentle, especially towards Cissie.”

“We have no desire to hurt anyone, but we do what we must – and right now, that means you come upstairs with me…”




Best looked over as Beauty walked Rhoan into the main room, her granddaughters watching as she was walked to an armchair and sat down. She also now had silver tape covering her mouth, keeping her quiet as she watched Beauty kneel and secure her ankles and legs in the same way as the girls.

“Hnnddnhwht,” Zoe mumbled.

“Now,” Best said as she turned the television on, and sat in a chair, the gun in his hand, “you watch the football scores while we prepare some food…”

The family looked at each other as Beauty smiled and made her way to the kitchen.

“Hlhhhk – flhlhhmlhshhn…

“Hghhhn…”




“They steal to survive? Not like Robin Hood, steal from the rich to give to the poor, but rather steal from the rich because they are poor?”

“Essentially, yes,” Rhona said to Kate as she sat round the table with her granddaughters, “I know it sounds strange, and it may not totally excuse what they are doing, but – it does help me understand why they feel they have to do this.” Looking at Beauty, she said “thank you for your honesty.”

“Honesty is always the best policy,” Best said as he looked at Cissie, “as Beauty was with you earlier.”

“I was scared at first Gran,” Cissie said, “but I realized I was going to be all right, and I wasn’t scared anymore.”

“Well, you have all been very brave – even if you have had to tell your friends I have asked you all to stay here tonight for a family night.”

“Maybe we should arrange a group kidnapping for your birthday, gran,” Una said with a smile, “there are firms that would do that.”

“No – we have to get through this, but this is a one-off,” Rhona said with a laugh. “Now, does anyone want anything else?”

As the four girls shook their heads, Beauty said “Cissie, come with me – the rest of you stay in your seats until we can come back.”

Cissie nodded as she went to the toilet with Beauty, and took care of things, before she came back out – to see Beauty holding two lengths of rope.

“So, we are being tied up again?”

“You are – but this time, put your hands behind your back.”

Cissie nodded as she turned and moved her hands behind, feeling Beauty’s hands as she crossed her wrist, and then the rub of the rope as her wrists were bound tightly together. She then gasped softly as the rope was wrapped round her arms and chest, stretching her top as two bands were formed and then the ropes secured behind her.

“That’s – different,” she said as they walked back into the dining room, her sister saying, “oh my god – so we will all be like Gran?”

“Indeed – now, who is next,” Beauty said as Cissie sat herself down. Zoe slowly stood up as she went with Beauty, while Katy said “Cissie, is it all right?”

“It’s not too bad,” the younger girl said, “it feels a bit funny, but…”

“Yeah – we can talk about how it makes you feel once this is all over,” Katy said as she looked at her grandmother. Rhona nodded as Una walked back in, her upper body secured in the same way, and Katy made her way out.

As Beauty walked the bound Una in, Best said “come with me into the front room girls – Rhona, you can go and clean yourself up now.”

“I’ll see you all in a few minutes,” Rhona said as the four girls stood up and walked in a single line. Beauty taking her by the arm and walking her to the bathroom, then going into the front room and getting more reps as she saw Best kneel down and cross Kate’s ankles, lashing them together with rope.

“So, you do this because you have to – you don’t get any – other enjoyment from trussing up innocent women.”

“No – for me, this is part of the job, but I need to do it properly and tightly in order not to hurt you,” he said as he pulled the rope between her ankles, and then knotted the ends together before she secured her legs together below her knees. She and the other three girls were sitting in a row along a long couch, watching as one by one their ankles and legs were secured with ropes.

As Rhona came into the room, the rope stretching across her upper body as well, she sat in an armchair, watching as Beauty knelt and crossed her ankles while Best took a roll of tape from the bag – but this tape was white, and wider, as Cissie said “What is that for?”

“To keep you quiet – it is better than the silver stuff in so many ways,” Best said as he peeled a length of the tape from the wall, and then pressed it down over Cissie’s mouth, the other’s seeing the shape of her lips under it as it stretched from cheek to cheek.

“Hthsshfhttrr,” she mumbled, “hndyyhshmqhhht.”

“Good,” Best said as he went along the row and gagged each of the teenager sin the same way, and then looked at Rhona.

“Thank you,” she said as she felt the tape on her own face, Beauty nodding as she said “no, thank you” and started to put things into the larger bag.

“Wwhndhhthgh,” Kate said as she looked at her grandmother.

“WHnntthwhnthth,” Rhona said as the masked couple sat with them, and then Best stood and looked out of the window. “Time,” she said as Best picked up the bag, and they turned off the light in the room, only the light from the television illuminating their faces.

“Swwhthddhwhdhnh,” Zoe said as she looked at Una.

“Wsshshshtrhtchtlchmdhnshn?”





“Well, that went well,” Barbara said as she wiped the makeup from her face, and looked at Tom, “when does her husband get home?”

Looking at his watch, he said “right about now…”


“Rhona? Why are the lights off?”

Arhtur Corday walked into the front room, turned on the lights – and stared at the sight as Rhoan said “Dhnhhtjhshthhndhthhrr – ghtthtshfmhfhs…”