11 - The Perfect Plan
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By Tom Ford
Monday, June 10th 2002 - 12:19:36 AM
Spring - 1966
The Perfect Plan
During my last story, my brother Andrew, his friends David, Chester and Jay, launched an attack on us on early Saturday morning. They succeeded in capturing us. But thanks to Donald's younger brother Ben, we were able to escape and in turn, capture Andrew and his allies. Thus we won our second victory.
However, I still want more. Yes, we won this time, but the odds are still overwhelmingly against us. We won twice already, but lost six times. Andrew and company on the other hand won five in a row and another one after that, a total of six. I was determined to even out the odds. So I decided to strike that Saturday afternoon.
Chester and Jay went home after the game, while the rest of us plan to go to Chester and Jay's place in the afternoon. Meanwhile we spent the rest of the morning at Donald's.
It was an hour before noon, Frank, Donald, David, Andrew and I were playing tag. No, that tag has no scene were anyone was bound and gagged. It was getting hot, so we went inside the house. We began discussing what we would do when we get to Chester's place. That's when I made the announcement.
"Listen guys, Donald and I won't be able to go this afternoon. You see, Donald has some unfinished chores, and I promised to help him. So you guys go on ahead without us." I said.
"You sure, well, how 'bout all of us help Donald with his chores? That way, we can all go at the same time!" Andrew responded.
"Thanks guys, but no thanks. We can handle it. Besides, you shouldn't keep Chet and Jay waiting." Donald replied.
"Donald's right guys, we shouldn't keep them waiting. Besides, I'm sure they'll finish whatever it is they're suppose to do and join us soon." Frank said.
Well, that was the end of that. Donald and I would stay for a while to finish the "chores", while the rest of the gang would proceed to the Adams' place.
Actually, this was just an excuse so that Donald and I would not go to Chester and Jay at the same time.
Andrew, David and Frank went to our house to have lunch there, while Donald and I remained. We ate lunch, and shortly afterward, left for Chester's place. Before leaving, I gave a call to Frank to announce we left. We both carried a bag full of rope, torn cloth, duct tape, handkerchiefs and bandanas.
We arrived at Chester's house at about one in the afternoon. We knocked on the door, and who should answer but Mr. Adams (The twins father) himself. He and Mrs. Adams are going out these afternoon, and inasmuch as Chester and Jay has no pesky younger siblings, there is less prospect of my plan going awry.
"Tom! Donald! What brings you here?", he asked.
"Is Chet and Jay home?" I asked.
"Oh sure. Come in, come in. Chester! Jay! Your friends are here!"
Chet and Jay darted into the living room, where we were, and greeted us.
"Isn't this a little bit too early?" Jay asked.
"Well, we did say afternoon, we just didn't tell you what exact time." Donald responded.
"Sure, sure." Chester replied. "Where are the others?"
"They're going to be a bit late. They said they've got to take care of something before they'll go here." I answered.
"What's the bag for?" Jay asked, referring to our backpack.
"Oh nothing. Just some stuff we thought we'd bring." I said.
"What stuff?" Chester asked.
"Well, you'll just have to wait for the others to find out."
With that, we went to their room to show off their comic book collection and their toys. Donald and I waited for the parents to leave. At about one twenty in the afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Adams told us they'd be back after three hours and left. Chester and Jay then asked us again about the bag.
"What's in the bag?" Jay asked.
"Yea, Tom, what's in the bag?" Chester also asked.
"Alright, alright. But do you have any scissors?" Donald asked.
"Sure, in the kitchen. Why?" Chester asked
"We'll need scissors to use what we have in the bag." Donald replied.
"Okay!" Jay said and went down to get the scissors. Actually, the scissors was just an excuse to separate them. Once Jay left, Donald and I pounced on Chester.
"Hey, what's mmmppphhhh" he said as I clamped my hand over his mouth. Donald took a sock from his bag, I released my hand, he opened his mouth in an attempt to shout to warn Jay, but before any sound could come out, Donald shoved the sock into Chester's mouth, muffling any sound he may make into mmmmpppphhhh that cannot reach Jay's ears. I held Chester while Donald took long strips of cloth, and used tied his wrists behind his back. He then took a rope and tied it around his waist and to his wrists. I then took another long strip of cloth , crossed his ankles, and tied it up.
That's when Jay returned. "Hey guys, here's the sci - what the... hey!" We pounced on him, took away the scissors and forced him to lay on his stomach on the floor. We didn't put the gag on immediately, because, who will he warn in the first place? We pulled his arms behind his back, and tied his wrists with another long strip of cloth. "Hey, what's the mmmppphhh", I took another piece of cloth, and shoved it in his mouth. I then duct taped his mouth to prevent Jay from spitting out the cloth.
We then sat them on two wooden chairs, and using rope, tied both of them to it by wrapping rope around them and the back of the chair. I tied each of Jay's feet to the legs of the chair. Donald meanwhile took a piece of rope, tied one end of it to Chester's feet, and tied the other end to the back of the chair so that he's feet could not touch the floor.
After tying them to the chairs, we stepped back to admire our handiwork. Both Chester and his twin are struggling furiously against their restraints, mmmpppphhhhing loudly while doing it. We then stepped back to wait for the remaining two.
"Well, two down, and two to go." I said.
"You think Frank was able to separate those two?" Donald asked, referring to Andrew and David.
"Hope so. I wouldn't want to fight both of them at the same time. Although we would still beat them three to two if not." I said.
"Yea. Great plan, by the way. They won't be suspicious because Frank's with them. They'd also think we're still in your house doing chores." Donald said.
"I know. They'd be surprise to see us in here. By the time they recover from the surprise, they'd be bound and gagged and since there's no little brats to mess up our game, we'd have victory in the bag." I added.
"Yea, a third victory! But the odds are still in their favor, six wins for them and three for us. I want to even the odds." I continued.
"But how?" Donald asked.
"By just hitting them. Hit them before they can recover, and pretty soon, we'll sit on a tide of victories!" I answered.
We went to the kitchen, were we helped ourselves to the food. We drank soda, ate junk food while we waited for Frank and either David or Andrew to arrive.
We did not have to wait long. Twenty minutes later, we heard a knock on the door, and we came to the door and I opened it. Frank and David soon entered.
"I thought you guys were doing chores at your house!" David exclaimed after seeing Donald and me.
"Well, the chores were not so hard after all. We worked extra hard and got the job done in no time. So, we decided to go here ahead and surprise you!" I answered.
"By the way, where's Chet and Jay?" Frank asked.
"They're in their room waiting for us to join them." Donald answered.
"Where's Andrew?", I asked.
"He said he forgot something and went back home to get it. He should be here soon enough," David replied.
"Good!" I said.
We entered the twins room. There, David saw the twins bound to the chairs and gagged. Before he could react, Donald, Frank and I grabbed David and wrestled him to the floor and laid him on his stomach. We pulled his hands behind him and tied his wrists, palm to palm, with torn cloth. Frank took a handkerchief from his pocket, wadded it, and shoved it in David's mouth. I then duct taped his mouth. Donald tied his knees and ankles, while Frank took a piece of rope, tying one end of it to the ankles and the other end to the wrists, putting David in a hog-tie.
We stepped back to admire our work. David is on the floor hog-tied, struggling and mmmpppphhhhhing against his restraints. But as usual, it did no good. We had captured three of the four. All we need to do to win is to wait for my big brother Andrew and capture him. And with a three to one advantage, victory is assured. Or so we thought.
We went down to wait for Andrew to arrive. Fifteen minutes. No Andrew. Twenty minutes, still no Andrew. Thirty minutes, he hasn't arrived yet. We lost our patience, and decided for some reason, he wasn't going to make it. I sent Donald to up to check on the three while Frank and I waited another ten minutes for my brother. Still, he did not come. So at the end of the ten minutes, I decided to come up and begin the torture of David, Chester and Jay, with or without Andrew.
Well, when we entered the room, I was tackled by Chester and - of all people, my brother Andrew!!!! - while Frank was tackled by David and Jay. Donald is in one of the chairs, hands tied behind him and trussed up with rope and gagged with duct tape. (We rarely used cleave gags anymore because based upon the incident with Cathy and Nancy in Spring - 1966 "Surprises", they are not really effective, even if the mouth was packed before that before the gag was applied.). My hands were tied behind my back, and I was placed in a chair, where I was further trussed up just like Donald. Andrew then placed a handkerchief in my mouth and sealed it with duct tape. Frank was not so lucky. His hands were tied behind his back, but since there are no more chairs, Jay and David just hog-tied him in the floor. They didn't even bother to leash him. Well, so much for my plan!
"Well, little brother, don't be surprised!!!" Andrew remarked.
"Yea. It isn't the first time you're bound and gag." David added. The four of them just burst into laughter.
We just mmmmppphhhhhed through our gags. We would have said something, but the gag prevented any intelligible speech.
"Looks like somebody's plan went awry!" Chester remarked. "By the way, how did you learn about their plan?"
"I'll explain later, Chet. Right now, we have some torture to do on these plotters." Andrew replied.
The four of them jumped, howled and shouted. Then they started the torture. They removed our shoes and socks, and tickled our feet, ribs, sides and stomach. As I said, I am extremely ticklish, so I just went berserk. I laughed, shouted, screamed which was filtered through the gag and came out as mmmppphhhhsssss. They continued this for 30 minutes. Fortunately, those four didn't forget to give the usual 2-3 minutes breaks, so we didn't die of laughing!!! Guess I was lucky to have such merciful brother. Still, even with the breaks, we still nearly died of laughing.
After our torture, the four of them left the room for a half hour. We were left alone, and we struggled mightily against the bonds. As usual, they did us no good. We were immobile, hardly able to move. I tried to feel for the knot on my wrists, but all I could feel is miles and miles of coils of rope. It is then I lost all hope of another victory. As for Donald and Frank, they continued with their fruitless struggles. Donald soon gave up, while Frank fell down to his side, wiggling, but after 10 minutes also gave up.
I decide to think and contemplate my situation. Obviously, my plan fell to pieces. But what went wrong? I tried to figure that out. Apparently, Andrew arrived the house when we were tying up David. He must have sneaked into some room beyond the twins' room so he can hide there while we trussed up David. When we went down to wait for my brother, Andrew apparently sneaked on the twins' bedroom and freed David, Chester and Jay. I played right into their hands when I sent Donald to check on them and wait for us, for it gave them the opportunity to divide and conquer. When Donald was all tied up, it assured them victory because they can now take us on two to one. And the surprise that it gave us further contributed to their advantage, thus making our defeat all but inevitable.
But there is still the nagging question of how my brother knew? Well, Frank might have told him, but all indications say that that assertion is not true. Frank apparently did his job of separating the two to ease our operation, so Frank did not tell him. Well, Andrew must have figured it out by himself. Remember, my brother is a smart guy.
They returned after thirty minutes, and following their usual boasting about winning, untied us.
We did our usual congratulations on a good game, and the usual promises of revenge.
"By the way, how did you know we had a plan." I asked.
"Well first I didn't know you had a plan, then got suspicious, then figured it out." Andrew replied.
"How did you figure it out?" Frank asked.
"Tom's a smart guy. I'm sure he can figure it out!" Andrew responded.
With that ended another game. We lost this game. That makes a total of seven failures. I was ticked off by that fact. Nevertheless, it was still fun. I was determined to win the next game, and promised myself we would even out the odds.
I never figured out that day how Andrew figured out that we had a plan. All seems perfect in my plan. Yet it came crashing down.
We spent the rest of the afternoon at Chester and Jay's house, doing what we originally planned before any of the tie ups. Mr. and Mrs. Adams returned home after a couple of hours, and gave us snacks and drinks. We soon went home after that.
Did I get my revenge, or did they get us first? Read the next part and find out.
Tom Ford
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Tom Ford's stories
- 01 - First Games (mm/m)
- 02 - Revenge (mmm/mm, mm/mmm)
- 03 - Surprises (m/mm, mmm/mm)
- 04 - Afternoon Attack (mm/mmm)
- 05 - Sunday Morning Offensive (mm/m, m/mmm)
- 06 - Victory! (mm/mmm, mmm/mm)
- 07 - Chester and Jay (mm/mm, m+/mm)
- 08 - Cops & Robbers (mm/mm, m/m+)
- 09 - The Unexpected Game (mm/F, F/mm)
- 10 - Another Victory! (m+/mmm, mmm/m+)
- 11 - The Perfect Plan (mm/mmm, m+/mmm)
- 12 - The Counterattack (m+/mmm)
- 13 - Angela (f/m)
- 14 - The Next Round of Tom vs. Angela (m/f)
- 15 - Curiosity Kills the Cat! (ff/mm, mm/ff)
- 16 - Déjà Vu (m+/mmm)
- 17 - The Next Morning! (m+/mmm, mmm/m+)
- 18 - Tom & Company's Attack (mmm/mmm)
- 19 - Angela's Revenge-and Request?! (ff/m)
- 20 - Negotiations (mmm/m+)
- 21 - The Initiation (m+/f)
- 22 - Angela's First Game (m+/fmmm)
- 23 - Last Game of Spring (m+/fmm)
- 24 - The First Game of Summer (mm+/fmmm)
- 25 - Vacation in Vermont (mm/fmm+)
- 26 - Robert and Jerry (mm+/fmm+)
- 27 - The Treasure Hunt (m+/m+)
- 28 - Revenge - Sweet Revenge (mf+/mf+)
- 29 - Angela's Fury (ffm/m+)
- 30 - The Hunter and the Hunted (m+/m+)
- 31 - The Night Attack (mf+/m+)
- 32 - The Second Cops & Robbers Game (m+/fm+)
- 33 - Capture the Flag (m+/m+)
- 34 - A Couple of Answers to Questions Asked
- 35 - A Father's Day Adventure (m/m+)
- 36 - A Father's Day Adventure - Part II - Dad's Boyhood Experience (MM/m+, mm/ff, ff/mm)
- 37 - Cowboys and Indians (m+/f, fff/m+)
- 38 - Flag Wars (m+/m+)
- 39 - By the Dawn's Early Light (mm/fm+ )
- 40 - Turnabout is Fair Play! (mm+/fm+)
- 41 - Tying-Up Mom and Aunt Rachel - and the Aftermath (fm+/FF, FF/fm+)
- 42 - The Island Adventure (mm/f, mm+/fm+)
- 43 - The Long Afternoon (f/mm)
- 44 - Defeat - Again? (mm/fm+)
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