Neither working as an agent for her Mistress nor sleeping with soldiers and other men to get valuable information was a job for cowards and so, Heidi was more angry than fearful about being overpowered, bound and gagged by the three men. However, her predicament was not meant to be taken light-heartedly.
The men had tied her to the chair at hands and feet. Her wrists and elbows were bound behind the backrest and her legs were bent over the armrests and tied to them at the knees. The skirt of her dress was crumpled around her waist and her knickerless middle was clearly visible, but that was not the worst of her bondage.
Positioned on a small table positioned at the door was a shotgun that pointed directly at her. Thin twines were tied to the trigger, threaded over the doorknob and then tied to Heidi`s big toes. If she lowered her legs or flailed about too much, the trigger would be pulled and the gun would fire at her. The same would happen if someone opened the door. That was the reason why Heidi, although she had heard steps and voices on the corridor several times, had not tried to call for help through her gag. She could have made some noise and alert someone, but she would not have been able to tell someone that opening the door wasn`t a good idea.
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After a while, Heidi`s legs began to hurt from the straining position and her body was covered with a thin coat of sweat. Forcing herself to stay calm, she thought about her possibilities of freeing herself. She could reach her wrist bonds, but with her elbows bound, it would not have helped her to get her hands free – or would it? Heidi knew that she could not reach her elbows, but perhaps, her knees were a different matter.
„Mmmhhmmmmm!“
Heidi closed her eyes and fought down her growing urge to pee. The man had grabbed her in the middle of the act and the fact that she and Heinrich had drunk beer didn`t help the matter. But sure she would not die from the desire to press her thighs together! Picking on her wrist bonds, she finally managed to loosen the rope. Now, the difficult part began. Carefully and slowly, Heidi bent forward and finally managed to get her arms over the backrest of the chair. She nearly lost balance, but in the end, she was crouching on the seat with her upper body bent forward.
After some panting, Heidi squirmed until she could pick on the rope tying her right knee. When it was free, she had to resist the urge to lower her aching leg and to get shot. Shifting her position, she freed her other knee. Then, she took a deep breath, counted to three and jumped forward.
„Uuhhmmmm!“
Heidi landed on the bed and the shotgun fell on the floor. She waited for the shots, but all she could hear was a faint „click“.
„These bastards! The gun wasn`t loaded!“
Heidi came to her staggering legs and panted. Before she could do anything else, she had to follow nature. With some difficulties, she managed to lift her skirt and to sqat over the chamber pot. With a sigh of relieve, Heidi did the inevitable. Then, she considered what to do next.
In the room, there was no knife and sawing through her elbow ties would be difficult anyway. Heidi listened at the door. Now, it was about midnight and the soldiers had gone to bed. she opened the door and sneaked on the corridor. Then, she went to the door, managed to slip through the guards who were busy with gambling and reached the palace. Since her captors had taken her keys from her, she was sure that they wanted to kidnap Lady Elisabeth.
Heidi found out that the secret side entrance wasn`t locked. Carefully, she went up the stairs leading to their rooms.
„Uuuhhmmmmm!“
„Mph?“
At the upper post, she could see that a woman was tied to it. There was hardly any light, but from the smal height and the buxom forms she was sure the bound and gagged girl was Mitzi.
Working together, the two maids finally managed to free themselves from their ropes and the gags. Mitzi hugged Heidi and started to cry, but Heidi pushed her gently aside and went into the sleeping room to look for Elisabeth. However, her Mistress was gone.
Two minutes later, they had found out the terrible truth: Elisabeth had been kidnapped and since all her clothes – except for her stockings and knickers – were still there, they had kept her naked or nearly naked.
„Have you heard them talking about where they wanted to take her?“, Heidi, who was putting on a fresh pair of knickers, asked her colleague. Mitzi shrugged.
„I only heard them talking about a San Juan once. San Juan – isn`t that on Puerto Rico?“
Heidi slowly shook her head.
„There is another San Juan not far from here – San Juan monastery, an abandoned cloister some ten or twelve miles from here.“
Mitzi wanted to rush for the door, but Heidi stopped her.
„But Heidi, we have to tell the governor and the Captain and-“
„Mitzi, listen to me! These thugs were no villains from outside – at least two of them were members of the Legion. But why should they kidnap Madame without a reason? Maybe, Preud`homme, or the governor, or both are behind the abduction. If we tell them, they might think that getting rid of us would be saver for them!“
Mitzi shuddered. Unlike Heidi, the little blonde wasn`t very brave and she had always been reluctant to help Elisabeth in her plans.
„But what shall we do? Pretending that we don`t know anything and leave Madame in her plight?“
Heidi went over to her fearful colleague, put her hands gently on her shoulders and looked her straight in the eyes.
„That would be one possibility. But we could also try to free her, now that we know where she obviously is.“
Mitzi wanted to say something, but Heidi increased her grip and tried to make her voice sound steady and confident:
„I know that it will be more than dangerous and that they are at least three. But we have some advantages, too. They don`t know that we will be behind them and they also don`t know that we both are good shootists. At least, we should take a look and find out how worse Madame`s predicament is.“
She looked at Mitzi and finally, loyalty won over the girl`s fear and she nodded weakly.
„W-we will n-need a-a disguise“, Mitzi stammered.
Heidi quickly hugged her and half an hour later, the two maids left the building through the side entrance. Both now were wearing plain dresses, shoulder cloths and headscarfs. They looked like any average peasant`s women, except for two things that could not be seen from the distance: both girls didn`t look Mexican and each had two revolvers hidden in their bags.
***
Arina still was overwhelmed by how fast Lien had overpowered Carmencita and Emilia. The two had been riding to the fireplace, pointing at the Chinese with their guns. Arina, who had been hiding behind the rock, had seen them talking for a while. Suddenly, Lien had moved. She threw sand at both women`s eyes and used their temporary blindness to jump at Carmencita`s horse and threw her to the ground. Emilia shouted and raised her gun, but did not dare to fire. Lien, who had slung her arm around Carmencita`s throat, used the other woman as a human shield and forced Emilia to drop her gun. Then, she threw the girl against her colleague. Both landed on the ground and when they looked up, they could see that now Lien was holding the gun in her hands.
„Now, it seems that the girl you are looking for has found a friend. Arina, come here.“
Arina, still only clad in her knickers, the cloth covering her breasts and the blanket, approached carefully. Carmencita and Emilia were standing some three yards apart, with their hands in the air.
„It seems that you beed some clothes and my wardrobe isn`t your size. But I am sure that these two will like to help you with that little problem.“
The two Mexicans gasped at the implication of that, but Lien showed no mercy and forced them to strip. Both girls stepped out of their boots. Since they usually wore their gipsy dancing dresses, they had no stockings and now were barefeet. Forced by Lien at gunpoint, they started working on their belts.
„You only need one dress. So, why do we have to strip both?“, Carmencita asked.
„Just a matter of fairness. Now, get it done!“
Reluctantly, both took off their trousers. Now, they were just wearing their knickers and their shirts. Lien forced them to get rid of the latter, too. Now, both Carmencita and Emilia were standing side by side, shivering in the cold and trying to cover their breasts with their hands.
Arina took one set of clothes and quickly got dressed. Then, Lien told her:
„Now, we have to take care that these two won`t go anywhere whilst we look for your friends. Do you know how to tie knots?“
Arina nodded and took the lasso the girls had brought with them. Taking a knife, she cut two pieces and tied their captives`s hands behind their backs. Although they were only women, both Carmencita and Emilia blushed from not being able to cover their boobs anymore.
Remembering only too well how secure such a restraint was, Arina continued by tying both girls`s elbows, too. Now, she was a bit uncertain about how to get on, but Lien helped her. She forced their captives to walk over to the dead tree and told Carmencita to sit down facing the trunk and to put her legs around it. Lien took another rope and tied her ankles together, forcing Carmencita to encircle the trunk with her legs. Then, she took the remaining shirt and cut it into pieces. Lien forced a wadded piece of cloth into the girl`s mouth and seciúred it by tying one of the sleeves between her lips.
„Uuhhmmph!“
Now, it was time to further secure Emilia. Lien gagged her the same way Carmencita was silenced. Then, she decided to make the whole situation a bit more – interesting. She took the blanket and draped it under Carmencita`s body. The girl mmphed when Lien touched her body and lifted her panty-clad butt, but then, the Chinese forced Emilia to sit on the other`s lap. Arina helped her to tie Emilia`s lower legs to Carmencita`s upper arms. The girl shifted in her bonds, causing her companion to mew with uneasiness when the other`s butt grinded against her pelvis.
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„That should keep them occupied for a few hours. Let`s go and rescue your friends.“
Arina suddenly hugged her new friend. There was something in Lien`s behaviour that made everything look like an easy task, or like an adventure. Quickly, they mounted the two horses and followed the tracks of the cart, taking Lien`s mule with them on a leash.
***
Every member of the French Foreign Legion had to undergo an intensive training in the Algerian desert and so, neither Kilian nor Heinrich had any difficulties in marching at a constant speed of four miles an hour, even on the rocky terrain and even whilst carrying some excess baggage of 110 lbs. Pedro, who was carrying their backpacks, was less trained, but he mamaged to keep pace.
Elisabeth had soon given up struggling in her unyielding bonds. A while longer, the naked girl had screamed through her multiple gags and hoods, but now, even her faint moaning had died away and she was just trying to breathe through the layers of cloth covering her nose.
There was not a single part on her body that was not hurting. Her arms hurt from being bound tightly together, making her to arch her back and almost dislodging her shoulders. Her fingers hurt from being crushed together by the now dry leather wrapped around them, despite her silk stockings upholstered the pressure a bit. Her legs cramped from being tied in a constant spreadeagle and her toes were aflame from being tied.
However, the worst pain was on her most sensitive parts. The clothpegs on her nipples now didn`t hurt much, since they had grown numb now, but on every move the crotch rope felt like it was trying to split her into two.
Elisabeth had thought that she was an adventurer. At least, she had decided to go to another continent and to face the dangers of the Mexican revolution. But now, she was naked, bound, gagged and humiliated in the clutches of some men who, according to what they had said during their trip, had been paid by Preud`homme, with her grand cousin knowing about her abduction. She wasn`t sure if they would keep her as a hostage, sell her to the rebels – or just have their way with her.
Being a young woman of noble birth, Elisabeth had hardly any experience with men. She knew what a naked man looked like, at least from books and ancient statues, and she also vaguely knew what Heidi was doing when she „persuaded“ men to tell her some secrets. But her own experiences were reduced to some exploring of her body by herself when she was sure that she was alone.
The girl trembled. These men would not be gentle. Gentlemen would not have abducted her whilst she was stark naked and they would not have touched her like they had already done. Elisabeth`s tears were dried and now, she was almost hoarse from crying through Heidi`s knickers and the cotton wool stuffing her mouth, but her black fear was still as strong as it had been when her abduction had started. Unfortunately, her senses refused to escape the horrors of her predicament by fainting.
***
Some hundred miles from Mazatlan, Paloma`s exitement of starting a new life had changed into tiredness and frustration. Zenobia had wanted to rent a coach, but Andrea had insisted that they bought horses instead and started their trip to the North immediately. Andrea was a skilled rider and so, she had taken the lead of the little group. The others had to do their best to keep on her tracks and after a few hours, Paloma`s butt hurt from having to sit in the saddle. Not only was it an attack on modesty to ride men`s style, it also was quite inconvenient whilst wearing a skirt. But Andrea was mercilessly and forced them to keep on riding until by the dawn`s early light, their horses, though excellent representatives of their kind, were totally exhausted, too.
„Okay, let`s stop at that well over there. Now, we can`t get any further and we need a rest. But even if she ist riding like hell, we will still be some hours ahead of Xenia.“
Gratefully, Paloma and Zenobia sank from their saddles and staggered over to the little well. Once they had quenched the thirst of their horses and themselves, all Paloma and Zenobia wanted was to fall asleep immediately. Andrea, however, who was less groggy from the trip decided to check the area first.
When she went up a little hill, she could see a dead tree some 100 yards away – and froze to her tracks. She could see the forms of two persons, obviously women. Andrea could also see that they were naked and tied up. One was lying on her back with her legs slung around the tree, the other one was sitting on her companion`s lap. When Andrea looked closer, she could see that the two women were gagged, too.
After having checked the area for those who had tied up these girls, Andrea fetched the others and they approached the tree with raised guns. When seeing them, both Carmencita and Emilia mmphed through their gags.
After a few minutes, they had freed the two half naked girls and given them some water. Since there were only Carmencita`s pair of trousers left, Emilia had to stay with naked legs. Zenobia could only borrow the two girls two camisoles from her bag to cover themselves. Gratefully, they put these on, then, Carmencita started to speak:
„Thank you. We are members of a group of showwomen. Some female robbers have overpowered us and taken our cart and the other with them. They left us here to die!“
She started crying and Andrea tried to console her. Emilia was not able to cry on command, but she tried to look convincing, too. Carmencita`s story had some plotholes, but perhaps, they could either overpower their rescuers and take their guns or they could persuade them to help them getting Arina and the Chinese girl into their hands.
Usually, Andrea could not be called naive, but now, she was tired and unable to think twice about what Carmencita told her. So, she just padded the Mexican`s shoulders and said:
„We don`t know if these women will come back for you, but we really can`t get on any further. So, here`s the plan: we will go over to that little group of rocks over there“, she pointed on some rocks some half a mile away, „and try to sleep. We will put up guards and so, the thugs – or Xenia, if she`s really fast – won`t be able to take us by surprise.“
Since this plan was the best they could do, they walked over to the rocks and prepared some makeshift beds. Andrea agreed upon taking the first watch and soon, everyone except her was sleeping soundly. However, the former reporter was tired, too, and so, she more and more had to keep herself from falling asleep.
„I must wake up Zenobia“, she thought and wanted to get up. Suddenly, she heard a noise. Before she could do or say anything, Andrea felt a sharp pain in her neck and everything went black.
***
„How long can it take to catch that girl?“, Viola thought when they had finally stopped their trip at ameadow where the horses could grass. Since their other captives still were tied up and gagged like they had been for several hours now, they decided that it was secure to sleep for a few hours. By noon, Viola decided, they could think of what they had to do if Carmencita and Emilia hadn`t arrived until then.
She went inside the cart and she and Inez laid down on the beds. Soon, they dozed off until the horses seemed to have seen someone approaching.
Viola was quickly alert and peeped out of the window through the curtains. To her big surprise, it was Arina! She was trying to get one of the horses to put a pair of reins on it. Viola woke up Inez and both women grabbed their revolvers. Then, they stepped outside the cart and wanted to catch Arina.
„Where has she got the clothes from?“, Viola suddenly thought. That very moment, she heard a female voice from behind:
„Drop your guns and raise your hands!“
Viola had been an outlaw for some years and she was quick on the draw. She let herself fall and whilst rolling under the cart, she fired in the direction of the voice. Like she had thought, the woman was on the top of the cart. One second later, Inez jumped close to her.
„It`s only one woman! But we can`t get her from here!“
„Yeah, but she can`t get us either! And we are two!“
None of them counted Arina in, because they had seen that the girl was neither armed nor a skilled fighter. However, she was a vital part of Lien`s plan.
„If you won`t give up, Carmencita and Emilia will die!“, she yelled.
„I want to talk to them!“, Viola answered.
That was a problem since both girls were tied and gagged some 20 miles away, but this talk was only meant as a distraction anyway. Whilst talking to Arina, Viola had looked into her direction and had tried to get a glimpse of her. Inez had tried the same involuntarily and so, Lien had been able to get into the cart through one of the windows.
„Uuuhhmmmmmmm! Mmhhmmmmm!“
Three girls who were lying side by side on the floor, all tightly hogtied and fixed by a rope that was connected to the ceiling, were moaning and looked at her with a mixture of fear and curiosity. Lien ignored their pleading and took a pillow from one of the beds. Then, she jumped on the other bed and listened. She could hear Viola talk to Arina and that told her that She was on the right side of the cart.
„Mmmhhmmmmmmmm! Uuhhhhmmmmmm! Mph!“
Damn, these stupid bitches would betray her position! Lien threw the pillow out of the window opposite to her.
BANG! BANG!
Two shots told Lien that the two women had bought it, but she had already jumped through the other window and had landed on the ground, directly behind Viola and Inez. Before the two women could react, Lien attacked them. It took her just two blows against the two women`s windpipes to knock them out. They were only uncoscious for a few seconds, but this had been enough to disarm them and so, Viola and Inez reluctantly raised their hands.
Arina came from her cover and whilst Lien was watching them at gunpoint, she forced them to lean against the cart`s wheels and tied their hands to the spokes. Then, she gagged both women by stuffing their mouths with rags ripped from their skirts and tied them in place with strips she also ripped from their skirts. Having done so, Lien nodded towards Arina, tossed her knife over to her and said:
„You can free your friends and maybe find a way of restraining these two better. I will take two horses with me and will fetch the other two.“
Having said so, she mounted her horse and rode off. Arina quickly freed Aurora, Marita and Isabella who immediately staggered behind the next rocks, only to come back a minute later. Then, the three girls apporached the bound and gagged Viola and Inez, still clad only in their camisoles and knickers that were now covered with sweat.
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„Well, what have we got there? Before this other woman will be back, you will regret what you have done to us!“
***
The same time, the three soldiers and their naked, bound and gagged captive finally reached the abandoned monastery. It was positioned on a little plateau and was surrounded by an adobe wall. The court contained afew trees – orange trees, as promised – and a little well. Whilst several wooden huts now were broken and in ruines, the two stone buildings still seemed quite intact. These were the church and a slightly smaller building, obviously the room where the monks had lived.
Quite gentle, they placed Elisabeth in the shadow of one of the trees. She weakly moved her hooded head and let out a faint sound, telling the men she was still awake. Whilst Pedro and Kilian checked the building, Heinrich looked at the naked and trussed up girl. He knew that Kilian would not appreciate that, but he felt pity for her. They had to keep her restrained and he definitely was not against the fact that she was naked, but here, they could sure be a bit nicer to her. After all, they had been ordered not to hurt her.
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„She sure would like to have these off“, he thought and carefully put the clothpegs from the young Lady`s nipples.
„Ooouuhhmmmm!“
Heinrich could not tell if Elisabeth`s faint groan was from relief or from pain. Fascinated, he looked at her nipples who were erected and looked like swollen. Heinrich thought if he could dare to play with her breasts a bit when the others came back.
„Well, Heini, you must see this! In the cellar, there`s a real, fully equipped torture chamber!“
Then, Kilian saw that Heinrich had removed the clothpegs and his eyes became angry. However, he did not burst out with anger – Kilian never did. Instead, he took Heinrich with him to „help him with the well“. When they were some yards away, he told Heinrich:
„Heini, you must not be gentle to that woman unless Pedro and I have agreed to it. I am not telling you that because I want her for myself. It`s not even the fact that I want her to suffer, although this will maybe quite funny, at least for me. But we are three men, together with one pretty woman. If one of us get`s too attracted by her, we may break up, maybe even fight for her. And since our mission is dangerous under the best conditions, I will not take any risks. Do you understand that, Heini?“
Reluctantly, Heinrich nodded. Kilian padded his shoulder and they carried two buckets with water in the shadow of the tree. Pedro, who was obviously more than a bit interested in Elisabeth`s boobs, greedily drank. Kilian sat down and said:
„Heini, since you have already started to comfort our guest a bit, you maybe want to make her feel a bit more comfortable. But please, don`t fully free her.“
Heinrich understood. Kilian wanted that he could be nice to their captive, but now with his and Pedro`s permission. So, he had to find a way to comfort Elisabeth, but to also ensure that she still was helpless and properly restrained. Also, he was sure that Kilian wanted their victim to stay naked and exposed.
He took his knife, cut her crotch rope and pulled it from between her legs. Elisabeht squirmed and let out a deep groan. Then, he freed her big toes, allowing her to move her lower legs, but kept her thighs bound to the cross. Since her wrists were bound to the cross, too, Heinrich also loosened the thong through her armpits and freed her elbows.
„Uuuhhhhhhmmmm!“
Elisabeth stretched her aching body and weakly moved in her bonds. She still was bound to the cross and could neither cover her boobs nor close her splayed legs, but now, she had no longer to thrust out her breasts and could relax a bit.
Now, Heinrich began to unwrap her head. He pulled off the cloth hood, then the pair of knickers that were now totally soaked with Elisabeth`s sweat. When he removed the blindfold, the girl blinked at him with her brown eyes. She seemed exhausted and frightened, but also showed some spirit left.
„Mmmhhmmmmm! Uuhhhhhmmmm!“
He cut the leather thong securing her gag, loosened the cloth tied over her mouth and carefully removed the sodden cotton wool. Looking at Kilian, he wanted to remove the cleave gag, too, but his comrade shook his head.
„But, she will be thirsty. We can`t let her die.“
„Yes, but she can drink with her gag in her mouth. Although she might not like sucking some water through her maid`s used knickers, she sure will. Just wash her body and sooner or later, her thirst will be stronger than her sense of modesty.“
Elisabeth stared at him with widened eyes and shook her head no, but Heinrich obeyed. Assisted by Pedro, he moistened Elisabeth`s body with water. Both men were gentle and at least Heinrich touched her breasts only occasionally, but Elisabeth tried to fight them in vain. She thrashed about with her unbound lower legs, screamed into her gag and squirmed like an eel. Her face was red like a beetroot. Finally, Kilian grabbed her scalp with one hand. With the other, he took a ladle and poured some water into her mouth. Some of it ran over her chin and on her heaving chest and Elisabeth coughed and grunted. But as Kilian had said, her thirst was overwhelming. Though she died from embarrassment and disgust, Elisabeth was also greedy to get some water into her stomach. Finally, the men could see that she was swallowing, closing her eyes in self denial whilst doing so.
„That`s nice, Lizzy. Maybe, now you know how to behave.“
„Uuuhhmmmph!“
Elisabeth stared at him and even found the strength to look angry because he dared giving her a nickname. Though it had been the most humiliating thing in her life that she had to suck water through her maid`s used underwear, the water had also revived her a bit. She was still frightened to death, but she decided not to give in too easily.
„Well, now that we all have had some water, we will go to sleep. Lizzie, you will sure be pleased that we have a bed for you that is not in our sleeping room. After all, we don`t want to sleep in a torture chamber.“
Laughing, the three men carried the bound and gagged Elisabeth inside the building.
***