Chapter seven

Usually, Anne was quite good in naming things exactly, but now, she just could not tell wether the man had raped her or not. On the one hand, he had committed sexual acts upon her without her consent. On the other hand, he had made her climax as she had never before.

Of course, Anne had not much of a comparison: No man had so far gone farther than touching her private parts with his hands and her selfmade orgasms of course lacked any element of surprise. But somehow, deep inside her, she did not only ask herself what else the man had in store for her with fear, but also with some anticipation.

After he had freed her completely, he had gently led her to the bathroom.

„You have 30 minutes for your own. However, the rules are still valid: any disobedience will get you two hours of punishment. Only next time, I will have to increase the level of pain a bit.“

Once inside the bathroom, she had seen that this room was prepared for allowing her some privacy. Of course, the key was gone. Also, Anne could see that a thick plywood board was screwed over the window, blocking it completely.

Anne first cried for a while till she had calmed down a bit. Then, having relieved herself, she examined her butt. Though it still burnt a bit, she could only see lots of tiny fading marks instead of the bruises she had expected. Obviously, this kind of torture did not produce lasting damage.

Involuntarily, her hand wandered over her shaved pussy. It was strange to feel the smooth and soft skin instead of her pubic hair. Anne shuddered from the memory when he had shaved her there. However, the feeling was not unpleasant.

Anne examined the board covering the window. The screws looked solid and it would be impossible to rip it away, at least not without alarming her captor. Perhaps she could use her nail file or her scissors as a screwdriver, she thought.

However, Anne had to find out that he had emptied the bathroom shelves, leaving her only some towels and washcloths, her toothbrush and paste and some of her shampoo and shower gel. She could only wrap one of the gel bottles in a towel and use it as a makeshift club, but it would be a one-sided fight. Even if she got him by surprise when he opened the door, Anne would not be able to knock him unconscious and even if she could alert someone, he would be at least able to hurt her before rescue. Anne decided to wait for a better opportunity for escape.

He suddenly knocked at the door, telling her that she still had 15 minutes. So, Anne took a long, refreshing shower. Wrapped in a towel that covered her from her breasts to some two inches below her pubic area, she awaited her captor.

The man cuffed her like he had done before her escape attempt, her ankles together and her hands in front of her. He did not gag her and she did not hesitate when he again placed her on the kitchen table. To her surprise, there was a complete breakfast prepared, he even had made some ham and eggs.

Anne would have thought that she would not be hungry after what she had gone through. However, she found out that she indeed was very hungry and thirsty and the man, who gently assisted her when her bound hands prevented her from getting something done, smiled at her.

Anne blushed: „Now you think that I like this“, she whispered, avoiding his eyes.

She felt him caress her still damp hair.

„Well, if you do so – excellent. If not – there`s little you can do against it, isn`t it?“

Anne looked at him. He still smiled, but there was something else in his eyes – some hidden desire that had nothing to do with the carnal pleasures he had encountered with her. Anne cleared her voice and said:

„Please, may I ask a question?“

She had decided that it was better to be polite than to provoke more punishment. Besides, now she was treated well and she did not want it to end that soon.

„You may ask everything, dear Anne. You only have to accept that I sometimes can`t give you an answer, at least not yet.“

„Why-why me? Why haven`t you just exposed me to the crowd, like you did with the other girls?“

The man really seemed surprised by her question.

„What other girls?“

Then, his face lightened and he once again smiled.

„Oh, you think I am the Defoliator. Well, I am quite interested in his work, but I have to disappoint you. I am – well, that`s one of the things I will reveal to you later. But now, I would say it`s bed time. It`s two o`clock in the morning and I am sure you are tired, too. If you keep on behaving well, you will be allowed to sleep in your bed and I will take the couch.“

Anne wanted to bombard him with questions, but she could see that he had already laid his hand on his gun and so, she decided to wait for a better opportunity.

He led her to her bedroom where he cuffed her wrists to the bedposts, tight enough that she could not reach her face, but not straining. He then took a long scarf, tied it to the foot end of the bed and then knotted it to the short chain between her ankle cuffs.

„This will allow you some movement, but not to work on your gag with your toes. And, speaking of that...“

Anne could see that he was holding one of her panties in his hand.

„Please, not these! I know that you can`t trust me not to scream, but can`t you use just some tape?“

„Well, I could, but I won`t. It`s better for you to get used to a perpetual state of humiliation as soon as possible.“

„But Iaaauuhhmmmmph! Nnnggggg!“

He stuffed her mouth when she tried to talk to him. The panties were still wet with her saliva and still tasted vile, but at least, he seemed not to intend to get two pairs into her mouth. When the silky fabric was behind her teeth, he taped five rounds of tape over her lips and around her head. Before, he gently grabbed her hair to trap as less of it as possible in the sticky tape.

„Mhhmmm!“

She protested when he ripped away the towel, leaving her stark naked.

„Oh, don`t be afraid, sweet Anne. I won`t take advantage of your helplessness – now. That is“, he gently let his index finger encircle one of her nipples, „that is, if you don`t want me to do so.“

It took Anne three treacherous seconds of hesitation before she could shake her head vigorously.
The man smiled enigmatically, but he withdrew his hand, hissed her forehead and went out of the room.

***

Though it was two o`clock in the morning and though it had been a long day for her, Barbara Krull could not find sleep, though she was in her own bed.

The Defoliator had grabbed her immediately after she had left the bathroom. Clamping her mouth shut, he had pushed his gun at her temple and told her to behave if she did not want to become the first casualty in the Defoliator`s case. He then had forced her to sit on her bed and taped her right ankle to her right wrist and her left ankle to her left wrist, forcing the naked woman to sit bent forward with stretched arms and legs. Then, he tightened zip ties around these ties.
Before she could protest, he had stuffed her mouth with a handful of coloured thongs that filled her mouth to capacity and tasted as if they were not taken from the fresh laundry. He sealed the gag in with several layers of tape before he said.

„Well, time to get a rest.“

Barbara mmphed through her panty-gag when he shoved her to the upper end of her bed and taped her fingers together. Then, he took another zip tie and connected her right ankle to the right upper bedpost.

„Mhhhmmmmmph! Uuuhhmmmmmmph!“

Barbara tried to fight him when he grabbed her left leg and bent it over to the other bedpost. Her crotch opened and when he finally tied her other foot to the post, her legs were straining from the inconvenient position. Her bed was some five feet wide, forcing the woman to sit with her legs almost stretched and obscenely spread. Her arms were painfully stretched and her breasts were heaving heavily.

„Mhmmmmmm! Uuhhmmmmmm! Nnnnnnggg! Mmmhhhhhmmmmmph! Mph!“

However, the Defoliator did not notice her. He just undressed to his T-shirt and pants before lying on the bed, too. Barbara screamed from humiliation when he put his head on her exposed pussy, using her as a pillow.

However, there was little except from moaning the bound girl could do against his great proximity and soon, she could hear him snore. Even the moves of her pelvis to shake him off her did not seem to disturb his sleep.

***

It was six o`clock in the morning when Ulinka`s phone rang, ripping her rudely from the arms of Morpheus. She had some sware words on her tongue, but then, she could see that it was the number of Sabine Sturm, the Lord Mayor.

„Miss Miotova? Sorry for disturbing your sleep, but we will need you in one hour. Your colleagues just phoned me and said that, if we want to leave some gaps in the security ring for the Defoliator to try an attack, it would be too dangerous for me – us. He therefore wants us to do the real discussion right now, before there will be too much people at the studio. We will do a recording, but send it in the evening, as planned.“

It took Ulinka some seconds to digest so much information before her first coffee, but the Mayor continued speaking.

„We have phoned Dr. Suttner, too, but she does not answer her phone. Could you please do the little extra way and pick her up? It`s almost on your way to the studio.“

sabine hung up before Ulinka could say anything. So, she sent messages to Nicole and Tina and quickly got dressed.

When she came from her bathroom, she could see that only Tina had answered.

„The Lord Mayor has just lost my vote. Pick me up at my flat.“

Ulinka frowned, for usually Nicole was an early-riser and normally answered messages immediately.
She and Tina reached Nicole`s house some 20 minutes later. They rang the bell several times, but nobody answered.

„Maybe, she is with some man“, Tina yawned, but Ulinka was just peeping through the letterbox`s lid.

„Shhh! I think, I can hear something!“

Indeed, there was a very faint sound, barely audible.

„Well, I am sure Nicole will forgive me if it is really just a false alarm!“

Ulinka raised her gun and kicked the front door open.

When the two policewomen carefully entered the corridor, Tina could hear a faint moaning, too. It came from the second floor, where Nicole`s office was.

„Take care of my back“, Ulinka hissed and went up the stairs.

„Mhhmmmmm! Uhhhhmmmmmm!“

Secured by Tina, Ulinka jumped into the office with her gun ready to fire.

„Mhhmmmmmmph!“

In the office, there was only Nicole Suttner. The blonde woman was sitting in her revolving chair. She was stark naked and her arms obviously were tied behind the backrest. Her legs had been bent over the armrests and her knees were tied to them with tape and zip ties. Nicole`s mouth was taped shut with silver duct tape.

„Mhhmmmmmmph!“

The blonde psychologist thrashed about with her lower legs and mmphed through her gag.

„Nicole! Oh my god! Is he still here?“

„Mhhmm!“

Nicole shook her head and Ulinka peeled the tape from her mouth. The woman spat out a wad of cloth that turned out to be a pair of white panties.

„Thank you! The Defoliator! He was here! Sarah, he-“

„Easy, Nicole, tell us what had happened.“

Meanwhile, Tina had found some scissors and worked on Nicole`s leg ties.

„Last evening, I had a therapeutical session with Sarah – Sarah Winkler, the Defoliator`s first victim. When I was fetching something, I suddenly was grabbed from behind and a smelly rag was pressed on my face. When I woke up again, I was tied up and gagged like you found me.“

Nicole shook out her legs when Tina had freed them. One minute later, they had released her from the handcuffs, too.

„You will have to search for his previous victims, now!“, Nicole said. She obviously had no intention to cover herself in front of two other women, but she quickly went for her sleeping room and selected some underwear.

„What do you mean?“

„His great finale. The Defoliator will not try to expose the Lord Mayor! He has planned something with his former victims! That`s why he has kidnapped Sarah!“

Meanwhile, she had put one some panties and was just closing her bra. Tina was about to phone the Mayor, but Nicole interrupted her:

„I am sure, time is of the essence. I will go and inform the Mayor. You will have to find this man! Maybe, he is in one of their flats, or he has taken them somewhere!“

She had put on a T-shirt and a short skirt and headed for the door where she slipped into a pair of sandals. She did not look as elegant as they were used, but if the psychologist was right, there was no time for thinking about a dress code.

Nicole reached for her big handbag and rummaged it. When she had found her keys, she frowned:

„That`s cracy!“

„What is it, Nicole?“. Ulinka asked.

„The key to my garden house. They are on this key ring. Perhaps-“

Quickly, Ulinka noted the adress and headed for the car.

„Go to the Mayor! Tell her, we will bring her the Defoliator on a silver tray.“

***

The same time, Anne, who to her surprise had quickly fallen asleep after the man had left her, was awaken by her captor.

„Mhhm?“, the still drowsy girl asked before she remembered where she was – and with whom.

„Sorry, dear, but I just got a message and have to go for some hours. That means I will have to secure you a bit more.“

„Mhhmmmph! Nnnngggg!“

however, he just released her and cuffed her hands behind her back. Tugging the third cuff in his belt, he led her to the bathroom and sat her on the toilet.

Anne watched him whilst he was adjusting something in her bathtub. Then, he turned to her and said:

„You better pee now, for I will be out for at least some ten hours.“

„Mhhmmmmmphh! Nnnnnngg! Uuuhhmmmmmm!“

Anne shook her head, but he just looked at her like she was a child refusing to take it`s medicine. Finally, she closed her eyes and blushed all over. A splashing sound told him that Anne had estimated a minimum of inconvenience higher than modesty.

He flushed, then, he lifted her into the bathtub and made her lie on her back. Before, he had fixed the other handcuff to the bathtub`s drain. Now, he tied the cuffs around Anne`s elbows, right above the joints, forcing her to thrust out her anyway big breasts a bit. Then, he loosened her left ankle tie and threaded the chain through her wrist ties before tying it to her ankle again. Anne now was hogtied and had no possibility to wriggle herself out of the bathtub.

„Mhhmmmmmph! Uuuhhhhhhmmmmmmmmm!“

„Right, your gag isn`t good enough!“

He fetched her other used panties and removed the tape from her mouth. Despite Anne`s weak resistance, he stuffed a second pair into her mouth before he once again wrapped the lower half of her face.

„Nnnnnggg! Nnnnnggg!“

He began pulling a third pair over her head, but to her surprise, he stopped and put them over the rim of the bathtub instead. Searching through her dirty laundry drawer, he got three more. He held each pair under his nose and took a deep breath.

„It`s really luck that you are that lazy in doing the laundry“, he said as he packed the four pairs into his bag. Anne could not help blushing again.

The man now wrapped an entire ace bandage over her mouth, followed by some 20 layers of duct tape. Again, he checked the efficiency of her gag by pinching one of her nipples.

„Mhrrrrrr!“

„Sorry, but if I would ask you to test that gag for me, you might fake it more efficient than it is.“

He gently kissed the nipple he had just hurt, then, he left the apartment.

***

When Ulinka and Tina reached the garden house, they first looked through the windows, but the curtains were pulled close. During their ride here, they had decided first to look here before they alarmed their colleagues. If Nicole was right and they could free the damsels, they would be the heroines of the day. If the Defoliator was still there, they could decide ad hoc, if they called for more men or overpowered him alone. And if there was nobody, they had at least not disturbed their hard working colleagues.

The small house only had one door, so, after a quick search through the garden and the shed, they decided to get in. Ulinka peeped through the keyhole, but the room was dark. She could see something like a couch or upholstered bench, but no details. Obviously, there was noone inside.
For the second time of the day, Ulinka kicked a door open. Tina thought involuntarily that not many women would have done so wearing a short skirt.

When they entered, their eyes fell on the bench. On it, there was lying a figure, wrapped so thoroughly in black tape that it was impossible to say who she was. However, they could definitely say it was a woman, for the tape left her breasts and her pussy free.

The woman was not only mummified from head to toe, she also was tightly fixed to the bench she was lying on. She was totally immobilized and Ulinka could only tell from her slightly heaving bust that she was still alive.

There was a strong scent of female arousal in the air. Tina opened the windows whilst Ulinka detected the obvious reason for that: a buzzing vibrator was shoved between the helpless woman`s thighs. When Ulinka approached, not only the scent became stronger, but she could also see that the vibrator was completely covered with fluid. So, she took her handkerchief to remove it with pointed fingers.

Now, they could hear a barely audible moaning from under the layers of tape. Ulinka and Tina now worked together. The redhead had taken the scissors from Nicole`s office and Ulinka always had a pocket knife in her handbag. She cut the tape connecting the woman to the bench whilst Tina worked on her head. After some five minutes, she could squirm a bit and Tina had freed her head from the bench, too.

When she worked on the tape mummifying the woman, Ulinka found that she was wrapped in saran wrap underneath. The body temparature of her and the smell of sweat, now mixing with the scent of arousal, told her that it must be terribly hot in that cocoon. So, she went to the tab and prepared a jug of water.

Meanwhile, Tina had unwrapped her head. They could see sweat-soaked, dishevelled brown curls and a pair of blue eyes was watching them.

„Mhhmmmm!“, she moaned faintly.

„All right, Miss Winkler, you will be free in a minute.“

„Mhhmmmmmmm!“

Whilst Tina unwrapped the tape from her head, Ulinka called for an ambulance. When she came back, she could see that beneath the tape, there was an ace bandage wrapped over her mouth, secured by two zip ties.

Ulinka continued working on the mummifying layers of tape and saran wrap whilst Tina curt the zip ties. Before she unwrapped the bandage, she saw the earplugs in Sarah`s eyes and removed them. The girl squeezed her eyes shut for a moment. Obviously, after being deafened for hours, now even the rustling of the tape was comparatively loud.

Beneatht the bandage, there was a cleave gag, secured by yet another zip tie. Tina cut this and undid the knot. She could tell from the distorted lips and the bulging cheeks that Sarah`s mouth was stuffed to the bursting. Tina pulled on something that protruded from her open lips. It turned out to be the first of no less than four kitchen sponges.

„Uuhhhhhhmmmmm!“

The woman still retched. Reluctantly, Tina reache dinto her mouth and felt some cloth. She pulled and yanked free a totally sodden pair of black panties.

Sarah, now free from all her bonds, panted heavily, but was to exhausted to say anything. Suddenly, they heard the sound of an approaching ambulance.

Ulinka ripped away one of the curtains and draped it over Sarah`s naked body, but the woman suddenly rose up and got to her feet. Tina wanted to stop her and tell her to stay seated, but Sarah went out of the hut. Once in the garden, she crouched and relieved herself.

„Oh, eh, sorry, we didn`t know-“

Three ambulance men were standing by the fence, obviously a bit embarrassed by what they saw. When Sarah saw them, she shuddered shortly, then, she fainted.

***

The Defoliator had been on the run for some time and before, he had been quite busy in doing his work. So, he was totally exhausted and still sleeping when Ulinka and Tina had informed their colleagues about the latest events.

He did not hear that Officer Markus Raser, accompanied by three more policemen, was examining the door of Barbara`s apartment. Before he had chosen to become a policeman, Raser had been befriended with some criminal youngsters and so, he could see that this door had been worked on by a picklock.

„We will enter silently, perhaps, he`s still there“, he whispered.

Whilst two of his men backed him wis raised guns, he worked on the door and quickly, it was open. They sneaked inside and heard a loud snoring from one of the rooms.

„This can`t be a woman“, Raser whispered.

„You don`t know my wife“, his friend Armin Müller answered, but they continued sneaking forward, always backing each other.

Once they had reached the sleeping room, they stormed in with their guns raised.

„Police! Raise your hands! You-oh!“

the eyes of the four men fell on a young man dressed in a T-shirt and shorts who drowsily blinked at them and yawned. Behind him, a woman was sitting, if one could call her position „sitting“.

Her legs were spread widely and tied to the upper bed posts, as were her arms. She mmphed through some tape covering her mouth and though the head of the man still covered her middle, it was clear that this woman was totally nude.

„Mr Gebhard? Mr. Johannes Gebhard?“, Raser asked the man who definitely resembled the wanted criminal.

„The same, aka the Defoliator“, the man answered and raised his hands. „Congratulation, Officer, I would have thought that I could finish my work. It`s a pity, but that`s life.“

He offered no resistance when they put him in handcuffs and led him to the police car. Raser turned to the stark naked woman that still was bound and gagged and looked at him with wide eyes.
„Miss Krull, it`s always a pleasure to help the helpless!“

Saluting, he touched the rim of his cap before he started to work on Barbara`s ties and ungagged her.

***

At the studio of Würzburg`s local TV program, Nicole had asked her way to the Lord Mayor, finding her in quite a fury. She and Elena were sitting in a small office that was only some metres away from the parking lot, but far away from the hall where the shooting of the panel discussion should take place.

„These idiots! They have called me at five o`clock in the morning that I should be here best before yesterday because the shooting would last at least some five hours and they would need the hall for their usual program from noon on! And now, they told me that the technicians will not arrive before eleven o`clock!“

Elena tried to soothe her employer, but Sabine was in the mood of kicking some asses, at least figuratively.

„Speaking of being late, where are these policewomen?“

„They are behind a hot track leading to the Defoliator!“

Sabine sighed: „Well, I hope they get him before eleven o`clock, then I can cancel this whole damned panel discussion!“

Nicole smiled enigmatically: „Oh, you will not have to be on the discussion. At least, you won`t have to talk!“

Sabine and Elena looked at her, puzzled.

„What do you mean?“, they asked unisono.

„Well, I mean that you will do as I tell you if you don`t want to get hurt“, Nicole answered and reached into her handbag, raising a gun.

„Dr. Suttner! Is this some kind of joke?“, Sabine blurted.

Nicole smiled: „Somehow, it is, but I am afraid it won`t be you who will be laughing. Let`s say, the Defoliator maybe is closer than you think!“

Both Sabine and Elena were too perplexed to react. It took Sabine some seconds before she made a move towards the door, but Nicole stopped her with a waving of her gun.

„Sabine, please, don`t end your career by such a foolishness! You both better sit down and listen to what I will tell you!“

Since a gun was quite a compelling argument, both women obeyed and seated on the small couch. Elena looked at Nicole with an expression of fear, but the Lord Mayor still tried to be cool.
„Dr. Suttner, I am sure, if you drop this gun now and hand yourself over to the police, it will turn out to be a missunderstanding.“

Nicole laughed heartily.

„The only missunderstanding was that you became the head of our city! For a reputable researcher like me, it was nearly impossible to get enough money from your side to continue my work. I had to work beside my original job. For example, at the very asylum where last year a certain Johannes Gebhard spent a few months after a nervous breakdown. We had some interesting conversation about what he thinks about women in our 21th century. I have to admit, some of his ideas turned out to be quite – stimulating!“

***