The Games Players: Mayday

[KP Presents]

Steve

Tammy and I set each other a May Bank holiday challenge – hit two houses at the same time, next to each other, and see who got the most. We knew young families stayed there, and we were prepared – so we parked outside the two houses, and I tossed a coin.

As we both got out, I made my way up the side of the left hand house, stopping to pulled the stocking down over my head and tuck it into the collar of my black jumper, and adjusting my black gloves as I crouched down and worked on the lock of the rear door to the house.

I smiled under the mask as the door opened inwards, and I slipped inside, closing the door as quietly as I could behind me. Looking round the room, I listened for a moment, and then walked down the hallway as I glanced into the front room.

I could see two girls sitting there watching a film on the television. Both girls had orange headbands in their hair with bows on them the older girl with her dark hair in long braids, the young girl with her hair pulled up in a bun on her head.

I nodded and stepped back as I heard footsteps upstairs, and stood by the staircase as their mother came down. She was wearing a fawn-coloured jacket over a white top, and tight blue jeans, the legs tucked into a pair of knee length tan leather boots which were laced up the front of the shoe, but zipped up the side. She was dark skinned – as were her daughters – and her long brown hair fell over her shoulders.

As she turned she saw me and stifled a gasp as I put a finger to my covered lips and said “don’t shout or scream. What is your name?”

“Lola…”

“All right Lola – and what are your daughters called?”

“Ore and Yinka – who are you, and what are you doing in my house?”

“Well, I’m a robber, and I’m a robber,” I said with a smile, “but I have no desire to upset you or your daughters more than necessary, so I need you to do something for me.”

“And that is?”

“Tell them this is a special game you have arranged – I find the younger children are less likely to be upset if they believe that.”

She stared at me for a moment, and then said “you want me to help them believe this is a game while you rob me?”

“Yes – imagine how scared they would be if you told the truth.”

She nodded and then said “so how do we do this?”

“Turn round,” I said as I slipped my rucksack off, “and put your hands behind your back…”


“Ore, Yinka – can you look at me for a moment please?”

The two girls looked round and stared at their mother as I walked in behind her.

“Mum?”

“Ore,” she said as she looked at the older girl, “I know I said we were going for a drive, but I have abetter idea. I want you girls to play a game with me, with the help of this man.”

“Why are your hands behind your back,” Yinka said as she looked over. She looked to be about five years old, and was wearing a multicoloured striped hooded cardigan over a white top and blue jeans, the lower part of the legs tucked into a pair of short chocolate coloured leather boots.

“Well, this man is pretending to be a robber,” her mother said, “so the game is he is going to do what a real robber would do, and stop any of us from moving or calling for help. It looks scary, but it’s not as bad as it looks.”

Ore stood up and walked over. She was a couple of years older than Yinka, and had on an orange cardigan over a white top, her jeans tucked into a pair of brown fur boots which came almost to her knees, large pompoms on the cords at the front.

“Cool” she said as she saw the white rope round her mother’s wrists, “are you going to do that to us as well?”

“I am,” I said with a smile, “do you want to go first?”

Ore nodded as I took some cords from my rucksack, and then took the young girl’s hands behind her back, tying the cords round her wrists to hold them together nice and snugly, before she walked over and showed her little sister.

“It doesn’t hurt,” her mother said, “so you can let the man do this to you as well, and then you can sit together on the couch.”

Yinka nodded as she walked over and stood in front of me, waiting as I tied her wrists together before she walked over and sat next to Ore. I asked their mother to sit down in an armchair before I walked over and said “now I need to make sure you both stay here.” Taking more cords, I secured their ankles together, the rope making Yinka’s boots squeak as it rubbed on the leather, and then sinking into the soft fabric of Ore’s boots as they were held together.

I then took some more cords and secured their legs together below their knees, Lola watching as I did so, before she said “so think you can get up and walk round?”

“No,” Ore said, Yinka nodding in agreement as I stood up and said “Well now…”

“Lola? Who is this, and what has he done to my granddaughters?

I stood up to see an older woman had joined us, her dark hair greying, wearing a black leather jacket over a white blouse with black strips, jeans and black ankle boots. Lola looked at her and said “Well, Mother, we’re playing a game of robbers?”

“A game?”

“Yes, a game – and the girls want you to play as well, don’t you girls?”

The new arrival looked at me, and then at her granddaughters as they both nodded, before she said “well, it may be more exciting than a walk. I presume you are going to tie me up as well?”

“OF course,” I said as I took more cords from my rucksack, “kindly put your hands behind your back.” As she did so, and I started to bind them together, she looked at Ore and Yinka and said “you girls all right? You’ve not been hurt?”

They both shook their heads as I finished securing the older woman’s wrists, and then I took a longer rope and passed it round her body, forcing her arms against her sides as the two bands framed her chest, her jacket forced to the side.

“Oh wow – can you do that to us as well,” Ore said as I tied the ropes off behind her grandmother’s back.

“I can – later,” I said as we walked over the two girls shuffling to the side as their grandmother sat between them, and I knelt down to secure her ankles and legs as well.

“Please, they’re just girls…”

“They asked me, Lola – how can I refuse?”

Lola fell silent as I stood up, and then took more rope and made sure both Ore and Yinka had their held tightly against their sides.

“Now, I need to take your mother for a walk round the house,” I said. “Do you all promise not to call for help?”

“We’ll be quiet,” their grandmother said, both girls nodding as I helped Lola to stand – and then secured her arms to her sides in the same way as her mother, before we left the room.

“I don’t believe it,” she said quietly, “you got them tied up with my grandmother and they are still calm?”

“Indeed – now, show me where your valuables are…”



When we came back in, the girls and their grandmother saw that Lola now had a strip of white tape over her mouth, her cheeks puffed out as she said “Hmmfhn” and then sat down, watching as I secured her ankles and her legs together.

“Now, we need to keep you all quiet,” I said as I held up two pairs of sports socks, and balled one up. “Open wide, young lady.” Their grandmother watched as I pushed the sock into the young girl’s mouth, and then peeled a length of white tape from the roll before pressing it gently down over her mouth.

I then gagged Yinka in the same way, making sure she was comfortable with the sock in her mouth before I taped over her lips.

“Are you both all right,” their grandmother asked as they both nodded and rubbed their heads on her arms. She then opened her mouth as I pushed the second pulled up pair into her mouth and then taped over her lips, before I said “nobody moves for half an hour, ad then you can try and get free.” I turned on Disney+ for them to watch some cartoons, as I made my way out of the back and towards the car removing my stocking mask first…


Janna

I walked to the rear of the house on the right, pulling down the stocking mask and tucking it into the roll neck of my sweater before I tried the rear door and opened it. I was wearing a tight brown sweater and pants tucked into knee length suede boots, so I looked the part – especially to the two boys who were sitting at the kitchen table, having a drink.

One looked to be about thirteen, and was wearing a blue hoodie over a top that looked like one Dennis the Menace would wear, with blue jeans and black trainers. The other boy was about a year younger and was wearing a black and white checked shirt over a black t-shirt, grey jeans and red trainers.

“Who… Who are you,” the older boy whispered as they stared at me.

“Tell me who you are first,” I said as I pointed the starting pistol at them.

“Kyle – this is Jake. Who are you?”

“Me – I’m the one who has been employed to play a game of Robbery with you and your family,” I said with a smile.

“A game of robbery?”

“that’s right Jake,” I said as I looked at the younger boy. “I tie everyone up, stop them raising the alarm, but it’s a game, so nobody gets hurt, and you all have fun. Didn’t your mum tell you she had arranged this?”

They both shook their head as I said “Well, it’s going to be a nice surprise for her to see you went first. So finish your drinks, and then stand up and put your hands behind your back.”

“What do you say Bro – up for the challenge?”

Jake slowly nodded as they both stood up and turned round, putting their hands behind their back as I drew cords from my rucksack, and then crossed and bound Kyle’s wrists tightly together behind his back.

“You know what you’re doing,” he said as he looked over nd watched me securing Jake’s wrists together in the same way.

“I do – ever been tied up before?”

“No…”

“Well, I do it the right way,” I said as I tied the ends of the cord off above Jake’s wrists, then tied a longer rope round the arms and bodies of both boys to make sure they really could not move easily.

“I like it,” Jake said quietly as I cinched the bands between his body and his arms.

“Good – so where are the rest of your family?”

“Mum, Patty and Scarlet are in the front room…”

“Well – let’s go and join them…”



As we walked into the front room, Kyle said “Where’s mum?”

“She went to the shop with Toni – she should be back in…” The ten-year-old girl looked at her brothers, then at me, as I said “and you are?”

“Bridget – who are you?”

“She’s pretending to be a robber who is robbing us,” Jake said, “she did a real good job of tying us up – and she’s going to tie you, Toni and mum up as well.”

I looked at the young girl, who had long blonde hair. She had a black top on over a red one, a grey rara skirt with four tiers, black tights and knee length burgundy leather boots.

“You’re going to tie me up? Why?”

“Because it gives you the chance to show you are better than your brothers at getting free,” I said with a smile, “so sit there – boys, I’m going to put two cushions on the floor, and I want you to lie down with your heads on the cushions, all right?”

Bridget slowly nodded as the boys lay on their stomachs, watching as I took more ropes out of my rucksack and crossed their ankles before tying them together, then securing their legs together below their knees. They then gasped as I pulled their ankles back and tied them to the ropes round their chests, as Bridget said “Well, you boys are going nowhere – and you will do that to me?”

“Oh yes,” I said as I stood up, “so stand up and put your hands behind your back.”

She smiled as the boys watched me secure her wrists together behind her back, and then stared as I wrapped the rope round her upper body and arms and made sue could only wriggle round.

“You two all right?”

“Err – yes,” Kule said as Jake kept watching while I took the rope under the lower band on one side, up and around the back of the young girl’s neck, and then under the other arm before tying it off behind her back. She smiled – and then looked at the door as she said “hey Mum – we’re playing a game of robbers!”

I turned and smiled as her mother, and a seven yar old girl stood there, staring at the boys and Bridget. “You must be Toni,” I said as I looked at the young girl. She also had long blonde hair, and was wearing a green and blue top, black and white leggings, and green slippers.

Their mother had long dark brown hair, and was wearing a green jumper with a red wool scarf wrapped round her neck, as well as jeans and knee length dark brown boots with a flat wedge sole. She stared at Bridget, Kyle and Jake, and then at me as she said “oh no – a game? You’re playing a game?”

“That’s right – and you and Toni are going to play as well, aren’t you?”

“Please Mum,” Bridget said, Kyle and Jake nodding in agreement as they wriggled round on the floor.

“Well – of course we will, but Toni stays with me, all right?”

I nodded in agreement as I put a third cushion on the floor and said “why don’t you both sit down, and keep your hands where I can see them. Bridget, I promised you would be like the boys – lie down on the floor.”

As her mother and sister sat down, Bridget lay down, the boys watching as I secured her ankles and legs together, Jake with a strange look on his face as I pulled his sister’s ankles back and placed her in a hogtie. She grinned as she looked at the boys as I said “you get to stay there and get comfortable while I talk to your mother and sister.”

The three of them nodded as I stood up and looked at Toni. “What’s your name,” I said as I looked at her mother.

“Gail…”

“All right Gail – I am going to tie the wrists and arms of you and Toni, and then we are going to take a walk round the house.”

“I want to go with Mummy,” Toni said quietly.

“You can – but because the robber needs to keep some secrets, she is going to blindfold you while we walk round, all right?” I smiled as Toni nodded and I said “so why don’t we start with you – stand up, and put your hands behind your back.”

“Can I mummy?”

“Yes you can,” Gail said as Toni stood up and I started to bind her wrists together behind her back, before I wrapped rope round her upper body and arms in the same way as I had with Bridget. I then asked her to sit down as her mother stood up, and I made sure her wrists and arms were just as tightly secured as well – and then I took the red scarf off from round her neck, and used it a as blindfold for Toni.

“One more thing before I go,” I said as I took from my bag three small sponge balls, compressing them and pushing them into mouths of Jake, Kyle and Bridget, before I covered their mouths with silver tape.

“Now just lie still – I’ll tell you when you can start to try to get free,” I said, the three of them nodding as I took Toni by the arm, and said to Gail “Shall we – you go in front of us.”

I took the two of them on a tour of the house, letting them sit down as Toni ptu her head against her mother’s side, and I emptied the contents of her jewellery boxes into my rucksack, as well as the contents of her safe. We searched the other rooms as well, before we went back to the room and I sat Toni on the smaller of the two couches.

Gail sat on the other one, watching as I secured her ankles and legs together, and then she watched as I made sure the ankles and legs of Toni were just as tightly tied. I then pressed the silver tape down over her mouth - nothing in it – and helped her to lie on her stomach before I placed her in a hogtie as well, before she rolled over onto her side.

“Your turn,” I said as I compressed a larger sponge ball and pushed it into Gail’s mouth, then pressed the tape down over her lips before I laid her down on her stomach and hogtied her as well. As she rolled onto her side, I removed the scarf from Toni’s eyes and she blinked before she said “Ehrrhltheshhmhmhm.”

“Thsswhhrhr – bht dhntmhfhrruhllhrtuhrshlf,” Gail said, Toni nodding as the saw Karl, Jake and Bridget look at each other.

“So, the challenge is to see which of you three can get free first – good luck, the winner gets bragging rights and then you can join me in the kitchen for a drink.”

I watched them as the three of them tried to get free, and then walked out of the house, my rucksack on my back and my mask and gloves in my pockets as I joined Steve in the car…