Victim of a Robbery (MMF/M)
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2024 9:54 am
Well, the job just sucks sometimes, but I suppose it’s worth it if the pay is good (which it very much is).
It’s late, I’m closing the jeweler’s office, and I’m the only one on shift. I sigh and check my watch, a Panera Luminor on a black strap: it’s 9pm, and I should have been home hours ago, but if they want the money counted and stored away, it tends to be the new guy’s job. The doors are all locked and the gate is down, so all is well.
I’m counting down the minutes until I go home when there’s a relatively gentle tap at the grate. I glance at my watch - it’s 9:40 and all the stores in the surrounding area should be closed. I take a glance out of the office to see a well-dressed woman in her 30s giving me a wave. Technically I should have done nothing at all, just told her we were closed, but she seemed very harmless, maybe even embarrassed, so I walked up to the grate to see what she needed.
“Hi, can I help you?â€
“Oh I hope so,†the woman replied. “I was in your store this afternoon, you may have seen me, and I actually left my purse! It has my keys in it, so I’m stuck in midtown unless I get it. Do you mind if I pop inside to take a look?â€
I was immediately unsure, as this was very against everything I’d be told, but her appearance was still very disarming, so I gave her the benefit of the doubt.
“I’m sorry ma’am, but I really can’t do that,†I replied. “There’s no way I can open up the store after 8:30pm - in fact I should be home myself!â€
“Oh, are you the only one here?†When I nodded in reply, she said “I’m so sorry - that must be tough! I’ll tell you what, I’ll just be a quick minute - I think I know where it is, and I really would like to get home!â€
After thinking for a minute or two, I nodded and said “okay.†I’m 6’1†and this lady was maybe 5’5†- she can step into the store for a minute or two I’m sure.
I push the button to raise the gate, and she waits patiently while it gets to its full, open position. She smiles very sweetly at me.
“Oh thanks! You have no idea how helpful you’ve been.â€
I guess that was a cue, because two broad-shouldered men in black masks and hoods quickly strode into the store after her. They both rushed me incredibly quickly as I stood there frozen in shock. One grabbed a hold of my wrists and pinned them to the wall I was near while the other covered my mouth with a gloved hand and forced my head against the wall. Meanwhile, the woman, her smile never leaving her face, pressed the button to lower the gate.
“Hmmmph!†I shouted in alarm into the hand tightly clamped over my mouth, but the tight handgag turned my yell into something of a whimper.
“Shut up, dumbass,†one of the men growled at me. You messed up and now you’re going to deal with the consequences.†He was right - I had seriously misjudged things and now was in deep shit.
Now that the gate was fully closed and the lights in the store turned off again, the shorter woman walked up to me, then met the eyes of the two men and jerked her head to the right. I squirmed ineffectually and yelled into the hand over my mouth as the guys holding me dragged me around the corner - now there was no line of sight to the street.
“Here’s what’s going to happen next, kid,†the woman said, the vaguely mocking, self-satisfied smile still on her face. “You’re going to point us in the direction of the safe, which I doubt is locked, considering you were still here. We’re going to ransack the cash from this place along with a few more expensive pieces, then leave you here, nice and tied up and relatively unharmed, and then call the cops to report some suspicious noises once we’re a decent distance away.â€
She walked a little closer and tugged the sleeve of my dress shirt up my arm a bit - the wrist and arm themselves were pinned to the wall, to my sides, so there was no room for me to stop.
“I’ll even be extra nice, just because this is a big ‘wrong place, wrong time’ situation; I won’t take your watch, even though it’s worth quite a bit on its own, as I’m sure you know. Now, which way is the office where the safe is? Pointing is fine.â€
“Hmmmph!â€
“Now none of that pleading or yelling. We’re actually being very civil about this. Now, the office?â€
I at this point was resigned to my fate, so I moaned a little into the hand over my mouth and gestured with my left hand to point towards the office at the far back of the store.
“Very good,†the woman nodded. “Alright gentlemen, let’s get back there.†The two men wrenched my hands behind my back, holding them there with seemingly little effort. The hand still covered my mouth the whole time, so I had no chance to yell as I was force marched into the back room.
“Have a seat,†one of the men grumbled at me, as I was pulled down into an office chair. The hand left my mouth for a split second while one man moved behind me.
“Please, let m-mmmph!†Before I could get three words out, the hand covered my mouth again.
“That wasn’t an invitation to talk,†said the woman, not even looking at me as she squatted beneath the desk to see what was underneath.
Next I heard the loud rip of duct tape being pulled off a roll and my wrists, now held against the arm rests of the office chair, were tightly taped down with 12 or 15 layers. First my left wrist was tied, the gray duct tape pinning my arm to the chair, just beneath my watch, followed shortly after by my right. The process was repeated with my right arm, then both of my forearms were taped down, just below my elbows. I gave a few twists and jerks of my arm and chest, but they were half-hearted at best. The duct tape roll traveled around my ankles, then below my knees, before my ankles were taped to the plastic pillar where the rolling wheels connected with the seat. I felt very stuck, to say the least, and groaned into the hand over my mouth while the second man checked my bonds.
“Alright,†the woman said, finally turning around. “Now that you’re settled, my friend is going to take his hand off your mouth. Do you promise not to shout? I’d hate to make this more difficult than it needs to be.†I nodded in resignation and the hand came off my mouth, but I stayed silent, mostly out of fear rather than commitment.
“Do they have a secret safe or room where they keep the really valuable stuff,†the man rumbled from behind me. The second man who had taped me to the chair had left to check the room for compartments along the wall, though I knew he was wasting his time.
“No,†I replied feebly. Suddenly, and for the first time, the woman’s eyes showed a blaze of anger as she strode towards me and gripped my cheeks painfully.
“Do you think we’re stupid? No store keeps the good shit easily accessible. Now tell me, before I really get upset, where are the most valuable pieces kept?†She loosened her grip on my face to allow me to talk more easily.
“The far right marble tile next to the fireplace,†I replied glumly as I let my head drop.
The woman perked up immediately.
“Excellent,†she said. “I’m so glad you see it my way. Is it a key or a combination lock?†I answered that it was a key.
“Well, we’d better get started then†she said brightly as the man behind me handed her one of the two small duffle bags, from which she withdrew a small set of tools as she moved towards the fireplace. As she got halfway there, she said over her shoulder: “oh, I hate being disturbed while we work. Let’s handle that and we can focus then.â€
The man behind me started rustling in the bag he still had behind the chair.
“Wait, what else do you need,†I stammered hastily. “I might know wh-hnnngh!†My sentence was cut off as a wad of thick fabric was forced into my mouth. It seemed to expand to fill my cheeks, but the man insisted on forcing it in deeper with his strong fingers until it nearly touched the back of my throat, at which point another bundle of dense cloth was added to the front to stuff my mouth further. Whatever was stuffed in my mouth, it had already started to taste like sweat and foot odor.
“Mmmph!â€
“That’s better,†the man grumbled from behind me. He took the tie I had worn all day from the hook behind the door and made two passes around my head, cinching a thick band of silk between my lips before double knotting it around at the back of my neck. He moved around in front of me, bending down closely to make sure that the gag was tight. He didn’t need to worry at all - the tie was already painfully cutting into the corners of my mouth and holding in the stuffing which was nearly threatening to explode past it. He prodded at the fabric in my mouth, forcing it in slightly deeper, then moved behind me again to tie the knot on my gag even tighter before grabbing me by the chin and forcing my head back to his chest.
“Try and talk,†the man demanded. “Yell for help.â€
“Hmmmph mmmph! Hmmmph!†I struggled to plead into the gag, my wide, blue eyes meeting his dark ones through the holes in his mask. Evidently he was satisfied, as he let go of my head and gave the chair an idle push so it strayed closer to the corner near the fireplace where the woman was working, giving me a fine view of her taking advantage of my mistake. She looked up at me, thoroughly taped to the chair at the wrists, feet and legs, and raised her eyebrows as I tried to plead with her through the thick gag to let me go.
“Pmmmmph!†But it was no use - I could hardly hear myself.
“I hope those pantyhose don’t taste too bad,†the woman said as she met my eyes with a smile. “I’m pretty sure they’re clean.â€
“Nnnmph,†I shook my head at her - now that the huge wad of fabric had been in my mouth for a few minutes, my saliva had made the taste of sweat much stronger, and it was just getting worse.
“Well,†the woman said with a casual shrug. “Who gives a shit?†She returned to examining the safe while the two men explored the rest of the office and rear room of the store.
My eyes fell on the face of my watch - it was just now 10pm, which means the three burglars had broken into the store, forced me to give them all the information they wanted, tie me up tightly and stuff a thick gag in my mouth, and set to work in barely 20 minutes. From my point of view it had felt like forever, and they were barely starting the process of looting the store. I gave my bonds a few tugs and grunted into the pantyhose stuffed in my mouth, but I didn’t feel the tape budge and the huge gag still muffled my voice disturbingly effectively.
It was going to be a very long night.
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I suffered from some writer’s block on my other story in-progress, so here’s the first part of a quick two-chapter tale I’ve been toying with the idea of for a while. As always, I’d love feedback!
It’s late, I’m closing the jeweler’s office, and I’m the only one on shift. I sigh and check my watch, a Panera Luminor on a black strap: it’s 9pm, and I should have been home hours ago, but if they want the money counted and stored away, it tends to be the new guy’s job. The doors are all locked and the gate is down, so all is well.
I’m counting down the minutes until I go home when there’s a relatively gentle tap at the grate. I glance at my watch - it’s 9:40 and all the stores in the surrounding area should be closed. I take a glance out of the office to see a well-dressed woman in her 30s giving me a wave. Technically I should have done nothing at all, just told her we were closed, but she seemed very harmless, maybe even embarrassed, so I walked up to the grate to see what she needed.
“Hi, can I help you?â€
“Oh I hope so,†the woman replied. “I was in your store this afternoon, you may have seen me, and I actually left my purse! It has my keys in it, so I’m stuck in midtown unless I get it. Do you mind if I pop inside to take a look?â€
I was immediately unsure, as this was very against everything I’d be told, but her appearance was still very disarming, so I gave her the benefit of the doubt.
“I’m sorry ma’am, but I really can’t do that,†I replied. “There’s no way I can open up the store after 8:30pm - in fact I should be home myself!â€
“Oh, are you the only one here?†When I nodded in reply, she said “I’m so sorry - that must be tough! I’ll tell you what, I’ll just be a quick minute - I think I know where it is, and I really would like to get home!â€
After thinking for a minute or two, I nodded and said “okay.†I’m 6’1†and this lady was maybe 5’5†- she can step into the store for a minute or two I’m sure.
I push the button to raise the gate, and she waits patiently while it gets to its full, open position. She smiles very sweetly at me.
“Oh thanks! You have no idea how helpful you’ve been.â€
I guess that was a cue, because two broad-shouldered men in black masks and hoods quickly strode into the store after her. They both rushed me incredibly quickly as I stood there frozen in shock. One grabbed a hold of my wrists and pinned them to the wall I was near while the other covered my mouth with a gloved hand and forced my head against the wall. Meanwhile, the woman, her smile never leaving her face, pressed the button to lower the gate.
“Hmmmph!†I shouted in alarm into the hand tightly clamped over my mouth, but the tight handgag turned my yell into something of a whimper.
“Shut up, dumbass,†one of the men growled at me. You messed up and now you’re going to deal with the consequences.†He was right - I had seriously misjudged things and now was in deep shit.
Now that the gate was fully closed and the lights in the store turned off again, the shorter woman walked up to me, then met the eyes of the two men and jerked her head to the right. I squirmed ineffectually and yelled into the hand over my mouth as the guys holding me dragged me around the corner - now there was no line of sight to the street.
“Here’s what’s going to happen next, kid,†the woman said, the vaguely mocking, self-satisfied smile still on her face. “You’re going to point us in the direction of the safe, which I doubt is locked, considering you were still here. We’re going to ransack the cash from this place along with a few more expensive pieces, then leave you here, nice and tied up and relatively unharmed, and then call the cops to report some suspicious noises once we’re a decent distance away.â€
She walked a little closer and tugged the sleeve of my dress shirt up my arm a bit - the wrist and arm themselves were pinned to the wall, to my sides, so there was no room for me to stop.
“I’ll even be extra nice, just because this is a big ‘wrong place, wrong time’ situation; I won’t take your watch, even though it’s worth quite a bit on its own, as I’m sure you know. Now, which way is the office where the safe is? Pointing is fine.â€
“Hmmmph!â€
“Now none of that pleading or yelling. We’re actually being very civil about this. Now, the office?â€
I at this point was resigned to my fate, so I moaned a little into the hand over my mouth and gestured with my left hand to point towards the office at the far back of the store.
“Very good,†the woman nodded. “Alright gentlemen, let’s get back there.†The two men wrenched my hands behind my back, holding them there with seemingly little effort. The hand still covered my mouth the whole time, so I had no chance to yell as I was force marched into the back room.
“Have a seat,†one of the men grumbled at me, as I was pulled down into an office chair. The hand left my mouth for a split second while one man moved behind me.
“Please, let m-mmmph!†Before I could get three words out, the hand covered my mouth again.
“That wasn’t an invitation to talk,†said the woman, not even looking at me as she squatted beneath the desk to see what was underneath.
Next I heard the loud rip of duct tape being pulled off a roll and my wrists, now held against the arm rests of the office chair, were tightly taped down with 12 or 15 layers. First my left wrist was tied, the gray duct tape pinning my arm to the chair, just beneath my watch, followed shortly after by my right. The process was repeated with my right arm, then both of my forearms were taped down, just below my elbows. I gave a few twists and jerks of my arm and chest, but they were half-hearted at best. The duct tape roll traveled around my ankles, then below my knees, before my ankles were taped to the plastic pillar where the rolling wheels connected with the seat. I felt very stuck, to say the least, and groaned into the hand over my mouth while the second man checked my bonds.
“Alright,†the woman said, finally turning around. “Now that you’re settled, my friend is going to take his hand off your mouth. Do you promise not to shout? I’d hate to make this more difficult than it needs to be.†I nodded in resignation and the hand came off my mouth, but I stayed silent, mostly out of fear rather than commitment.
“Do they have a secret safe or room where they keep the really valuable stuff,†the man rumbled from behind me. The second man who had taped me to the chair had left to check the room for compartments along the wall, though I knew he was wasting his time.
“No,†I replied feebly. Suddenly, and for the first time, the woman’s eyes showed a blaze of anger as she strode towards me and gripped my cheeks painfully.
“Do you think we’re stupid? No store keeps the good shit easily accessible. Now tell me, before I really get upset, where are the most valuable pieces kept?†She loosened her grip on my face to allow me to talk more easily.
“The far right marble tile next to the fireplace,†I replied glumly as I let my head drop.
The woman perked up immediately.
“Excellent,†she said. “I’m so glad you see it my way. Is it a key or a combination lock?†I answered that it was a key.
“Well, we’d better get started then†she said brightly as the man behind me handed her one of the two small duffle bags, from which she withdrew a small set of tools as she moved towards the fireplace. As she got halfway there, she said over her shoulder: “oh, I hate being disturbed while we work. Let’s handle that and we can focus then.â€
The man behind me started rustling in the bag he still had behind the chair.
“Wait, what else do you need,†I stammered hastily. “I might know wh-hnnngh!†My sentence was cut off as a wad of thick fabric was forced into my mouth. It seemed to expand to fill my cheeks, but the man insisted on forcing it in deeper with his strong fingers until it nearly touched the back of my throat, at which point another bundle of dense cloth was added to the front to stuff my mouth further. Whatever was stuffed in my mouth, it had already started to taste like sweat and foot odor.
“Mmmph!â€
“That’s better,†the man grumbled from behind me. He took the tie I had worn all day from the hook behind the door and made two passes around my head, cinching a thick band of silk between my lips before double knotting it around at the back of my neck. He moved around in front of me, bending down closely to make sure that the gag was tight. He didn’t need to worry at all - the tie was already painfully cutting into the corners of my mouth and holding in the stuffing which was nearly threatening to explode past it. He prodded at the fabric in my mouth, forcing it in slightly deeper, then moved behind me again to tie the knot on my gag even tighter before grabbing me by the chin and forcing my head back to his chest.
“Try and talk,†the man demanded. “Yell for help.â€
“Hmmmph mmmph! Hmmmph!†I struggled to plead into the gag, my wide, blue eyes meeting his dark ones through the holes in his mask. Evidently he was satisfied, as he let go of my head and gave the chair an idle push so it strayed closer to the corner near the fireplace where the woman was working, giving me a fine view of her taking advantage of my mistake. She looked up at me, thoroughly taped to the chair at the wrists, feet and legs, and raised her eyebrows as I tried to plead with her through the thick gag to let me go.
“Pmmmmph!†But it was no use - I could hardly hear myself.
“I hope those pantyhose don’t taste too bad,†the woman said as she met my eyes with a smile. “I’m pretty sure they’re clean.â€
“Nnnmph,†I shook my head at her - now that the huge wad of fabric had been in my mouth for a few minutes, my saliva had made the taste of sweat much stronger, and it was just getting worse.
“Well,†the woman said with a casual shrug. “Who gives a shit?†She returned to examining the safe while the two men explored the rest of the office and rear room of the store.
My eyes fell on the face of my watch - it was just now 10pm, which means the three burglars had broken into the store, forced me to give them all the information they wanted, tie me up tightly and stuff a thick gag in my mouth, and set to work in barely 20 minutes. From my point of view it had felt like forever, and they were barely starting the process of looting the store. I gave my bonds a few tugs and grunted into the pantyhose stuffed in my mouth, but I didn’t feel the tape budge and the huge gag still muffled my voice disturbingly effectively.
It was going to be a very long night.
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I suffered from some writer’s block on my other story in-progress, so here’s the first part of a quick two-chapter tale I’ve been toying with the idea of for a while. As always, I’d love feedback!