A clang from downstairs. That was what had woken up 13 year old Aaron during this Sunday night. He checked his Applewatch. It was 2 am, his parents wouldn’t be home from their business trip until 4 pm that day. Carefully, the red-haired boy with green eyes got out of his bed and walked downstairs. If he heard it right, the sound must have come from the kitchen. Still in his black short pants and his white shirt which he used for sleeping during summer, he stepped on the stairs, as careful as possible, even though he still heard every step of his bare feet. A bit scared, he switched the light on in the kitchen. A broken plate was lying right next to the kitchen table. Just as he realised that somebody must have broken into the house, a black gloved hand clamped over the mouth of the teenager.
„Shhhh, You’re gonna be a good boy and you won‘t scream, right? What’s your name?“ It was a female voice who asked him.
He turned around, raising his hands stammering „I-I‘m A-Aaron… who are you?“ he looked at a female figure in black clothing. The woman looked around 20 years old. Her blonde hair was tied back in a ponytail. She was pretty tall for a woman, if he had to guess, Aaron would have estimated her height to around 6 foot (1.83 meters). He on the other hand was barely 5 foot (1.52 meters) tall. „Aaron, hm? Are you alone?“ the woman asked while looking him straight in the eye. „M-My parents won’t be home until 4 pm… they‘re on a business trip. Please don’t hurt me, I won’t make any problems, I promise“ he stammered, still scared. „Ohhh, you‘re a sweet boy, you even know how this works. I like you. And I see you have a fancy little watch on your wrist.“ With that she pointed towards the Applewatch on his right wrist. „Th-Thank you…“ Aaron looked down as he said that while the woman suddenly changed her voice, now sounding more serious than before. „Now be a Good Boy and give me that watch of yours!“ Aaron complied without any complaints.
As the woman put his watch into her black backpack, she looked around. „Do you have some tape lying around or something like that? Anything I can tie you up with“ she asked with an evil smile on her lips. At this point, Aaron lost any hope that was left in him. „My parents keep some zip ties in the garage and my mom has some scarves in one of her drawers“ he admitted, biting his lower lip. „Very good, show me the way please“ the woman asked, now in a much friendlier voice again as if she was his babysitter or something like that. Aaron nodded and then first showed her the zip ties and afterwards the scarves of his mom. The woman grabbed a pack of zip ties and two scarves, one in a dark blue colour with a floral pattern in white on it and one completely black scarf. She then ordered to go to his room and stand in his closet.
With no other choice, he followed the instructions. The intruder then grabbed his wrists and pulled them upwards towards his cloth rail so he had to stretch a lot. She then put one zip tie around each of his wrists and connected them with another zip tie, effectively zip cuffing him. But she was not done yet as she tied another zip tie through all three zip ties and around the cloth rail, tying his hands to the metal bar. Aaron was now tied to that bar with no chance of escaping. The woman then repeated the zip cuffing process around his feet and put a final zip tie around his big toes. „That‘s very tight“ Aaron complied while he saw in fear how the woman grabbed one of his dirty tennis socks lying around in his, to his disadvantage, very messy room. „Be a nice boy and open up that mouth of yours!“ she said in a nearly humming voice. Aaron just shook his head and kept his mouth shut. The intruder rolled her eyes and then tickled his ribs, which made Aaron giggle. While he giggled, the robber instantly shoved the balled up sock into his mouth and grabbed the blue scarf, pushing it in his mouth and knitting it behind his head three times. It pulled a lot at the corners of his mouth and the sock tasted awful. Aaron only now realised that there was a large knot in the centre of the blue scarf, probably a double knot. That knot pushed that horrible socks even further into his mouth, making his cheeks bulge since he didn’t want to choke on that thing.
Finally, the intruder grabbed the final, black scarf. „Well, it’s time to say Goodbye now, Aaron. It was a pleasure meeting you“ she chuckled and then tied the scarf over his eyes, blindfolding him in the process. This scarf was also knitted behind his head 3 times. „MMMMMMHHHHH“ Aaron screamed into his gag while he could only hear the door to his closet close. „Bye Sweetie!“ was the last thing he heard, after that the woman must have left the house.
Aaron tried to fall asleep, but there was no way he could sleep in that position. He knew he had to wait for his parents to return. After hours of waiting, he finally heard their voices calling his name, so he tried to call back. „MMMMMMMMMGHHHHHHH! MMMMMPPPPPPH!“ After he tried his best to signalise his parents where he was, he was glad to hear the closet door open just a few moments later. His parents were shocked to find him like that and he broke into tears while telling them what happened. They embraced and shared a long hug since Aaron was extremely glad to be freed after more than 12 hours. They immediately called the police and told them what had happened but the woman was never found. After months of work, Aaron could finally forget what had happened and life normally again.
