„I say, they are meeting with some men!“
„Maybe, they have just found a place where they can chat without the General being around?“
The other three girls laughed at Bessie`s last remark. „The General“ was the nickname they had created for their strict teacher Miss Eleanor Rant. She had forced them to clean up the instruments again and again and so, it had been close to midnight since they Fhad been allowed to retire for the night. The four student nurses had always lamented among themselves about the easier life the four senior students had and the day before, Molly had found out that they had a secret place i the cellar where they met on a regular base.
„Maybe, we should just go down and look what`s going on. If they are drinking and smoking in secret, we might ask them to let us participate. If not, we will tell the General!“
For a while, curiosity and tiredness were having a fight, but soon, the four girls put on their bathrobes over their nightgowns and sneaked downwards to the cellar. Molly had seen Emma disappear in the boiler room and so, they went in there. However, the room just looked what they could have imagined before: there was the boiler, a few cupboards and little less. Not the place one would chose for a cosy secret meeting. They were about to go when suddenly Sally started to search the floor. She was a great fan of the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and so, she started to scan the room methodically. After a while, Sally had seen traces telling her that one of the cupboards had been moved before. With the help of Nelly, she pushed it aside and revealed a wooden door.
„Gotcha!“
However, the door turned out to be locked. But this, and the fact that an electric cable was leading inside the hidden room, told the four girls that indeed something more than dust was behind the door. Sally, who had read every detective novel she could get, started to work on the lock with a safety pin and soon, the door sprang open.
After only a few moments, the exitement about their discovery had calmed down. So, their four colleagues had a secret meeting place, but there were neither liquor bottles nor cigarettes and only an empty plate was on the table. They searched the cupboards and suddenly, Molly let out a gasp. In one of the cupbpoards, there were a straight jacket, some chains and two pairs of handcuffs.
„M-maybe, the school has been a l-l-lunatic`s asylum in earlier times“, Bessie presumed and the other girls shivered. Since they had been little girls, the house had been a school for nurses, but of course, the manor was some 400 years old. The thought that frightening madmen had been kept here was both creepy and intriguing.
„Hm, these things look as if they are quite new“, Sally meant, giving the straight jacket a closer look, „maybe, the lunatic`s still here!“
This made the others scream and Sally felt a bit uneasy about her joke, too. In the following silence, they suddenly could hear a faint sound, barely audible. They first thought it were some mice, but then, they tried to concentrate and to localize the origin of the moaning.
„There is something behind that wall“, Molly said and Sally started to examine the cupboard standing at the said wall. After a minute, she smiled triumphantly:
„This cupboard has been locked to the wall! I could not find a lock, but there are iron clamps connecting it to the wall and I am quite sure this has not been done to keep it from toppling over!“
All together, they tried to dislodge the heavy cupboard, but they failed to move it. So, Sally`s conclusion was right. There was something – or someone! - hidden behind this barrier – something that could only make small sounds, but was obviously a living thing.
Nelly concluded that it could be a hidden pet, but it was quite unlikely: both the housekeeper and the cook had dogs they were friendly with and there were some cats around, too. The director was known to love these cats and even Eleanor had been seen caressing one of the dogs. So, whatever it was, it was not just a normal animal.
„Perhaps, it`s a hidden vampire, yearning for the blood of a maiden!“
This idea caused another panic attack and the four girls ran for the safety of their sleeping room. Panting, they calmed down until Bessie said:
„W-we forgot to c-close the door.“
Of course, no one was dying to get down to the cellar once more, but if the housekeeper would find out about where they had been, he would tell Eleanor and then, cleaning the instruments was their least problem. Finally, Sally stood up. It had been her idea to mention a hidden vampire and so, she felt guilty. The others wished her well, but no one offered to accompany the frightened girl.
Sally sneaked down the two stairs and could see the lightened square of the open door. So, they had let the light on as well. Well, it would take her just a minute to remove all traces of their visit to the hidden room. At least, that was what she thought when she was grabbed from behind and a hand clamped her mouth shut.
***
„There, that must be the hut Luise mentioned!“
Dorothea had to admit that the air ship had dropped them almost exactly where they had planned to go. It had been less than a mile of walking till Anna had found a gravel path that she followed for another mile until they could see a lit window in the dark. Dorothea thought that it was a bit careless by Luise to expose herself like that.
„Now, I will have to look into her eyes once more“, she thought. Though Luise had been the guilty part, she felt uneasy about seeing her former friend, too. However, this was business. But when Anna wanted to knock at the door, Dorothea stopped her:
„Let me have a look inside before“, she whispered and sneaked over to the window. Her intention had been to prepare for the view of Luise before meeting her, but what she saw was taking her breath. There were two women inside and none of them looked like Luise. There was a tall blonde with shoulder length hair talking to a small woman with long black hair and glasses. When Dorothea listened closer, she could hear them speaking in French.
Anna had approached beside her and so, they both tried to follow the conversation inside the hut. Of course, the two women did not uncover their entire plan just for them, but they could understand that Madeleine (the blonde) and Chloe (the raven) were about to enter the nurse school the next morning, too.
In the corner of an eye, Dorothea could see that Anna had raised her gun. Then, she took her colleague`s arm and pulled her away from the window.
„It looks like France has got the same idea like we had. Well, there`s only one way to find out!“
„Y-you want t-to k-k-kill them?“, Dorothea stammered. She had just got used to secretly entering a foreign country by night and she definitely wasn`t ready for that! However, Anna shook her head and said:
„You will knock at their door and pretend that your car broke down some mile ago. Meanwhile, I will get in from behind. And then, we will overpower them and see what this is all about.“
Dorothea was not at all happy about that plan, but her colleague had already disappeared behind the hut. So, she approached the door and knocked. When the blonde opened, Dorothea half burst in and gasped:
„Please! My car! I need help!“
She stopped when she saw that the small one was holding a gun in her hand. The blonde closed the door behind Dorothea. The same moment, the German recognized her mistake: the fact that she had had a car accident was quite convincing and so was her English. But the fact that she was still wearing trousers and a pullover was more than suspicious.
„Well, whom have we got there? Is it a man or a woman? I just can`t say the way she is dressed.“
„Please, I was on a hunting trip, I-“
Dorothea was thinking of a plausible explanation for her outfit, but now, she could see that the blonde was holding a gun, too.
„Whoever you are, you are not someone who has had an accident. Maybe, there are more of you outside. We will have to look for that. But before – strip!“
Dorothea gasped for air. She had been distracted by the fact that the blonde was speaking English without any accent, just like her. So, she maybe was a spy, too! But now, the order given by Madeleine was shocking her.
„We just want to see if you have any hidden weapons at you. And besides, you will be less likely to run away when you are naked!“
Fearful, Dorothea looked for the back door. Where was Anna? But then, Chloe waved with her gun and she reluctantly began to undo her boots. Then, Dorothea slowly pulled her pullover over her head. Up to now, nothing too much had been revealed. She still was wearing her bra and camisole.
However, Madeleine ordered her to get on with her trousers.
Looking desperately for Anna once again, Dorothea unbuckled her belt and undid her trousers, revealing her black stockings whilst the hem of her camisole just hid her garter belt and panties.
„So, it`s indeed a woman we have just caught.“
„And it`s another woman that has just used the time you have been distracted.“
Both Madeleine and Chloe spun around, only to see Anna pointing at them with her gun. It was clear that she could shoot both if they tried to fire at her and so, the two French women dropped their guns.
„Doro, please get the weapons of our not-so-gentle hosts“, Anna ordered. Dorothea thought of telling Anna that she hated that nickname, but she obeyed. When she had stepped beside her colleague, she complained:
„What took you so long? Or did you enjoy the show?“
„Oh, indeed, I did, but it was also good for distracting these two. Besides, we will have to change clothes anyway. And speaking of that-“
At gunpoint, she forced Madeleine and Chloe to remove their boots, followed by their jackets. Both French agents were dressed in a casual style, wearing plaited skirts and white blouses. Madeleine tried to argue when Anna told them to take off their skirts, too, but the German just laughed:
„Since you wanted to see my colleague naked, you may be glad that you will be allowed to keep your underwear on.“
As implied, both had not only to remove their skirts, but also their blouses. Now, Chloe was dressed in a knee-length slip and stockings under which Dorothea could see the contours of her panties and bra. Madeleine was wearing a camisole over her bra that went only to her waist, revealing not only her garter belt, but also a pair of pink frilly knickers.
„So, at least one of you French women is wearing Frech knickers“, Anna mocked, causing Madeleine to blush slightly. Then, she told Dorothea to have an eye on the two scantily clad captives whilst she was looking for a place to store them.
The hut consisted of just a single room and there was little furniture in it. There was a narrow bench on which a man could sleep in case of need, a table, three chairs and nothing more, except for two suitcases that obviously belonged to the two French.
„Well, we have to keep you two out of our way for a day or so. that means that you will have to stay here. If our business is done, we will come back for you. If not, hm, you better should pray that we are successful.“
Smiling sardonically, she told Madeleine to sit on one of the chairs. From her bag, she had taken a coiled rope and a knife. Anna cut a piece some two yards in length and tied Madeleine`s wrists together and to the horizontal bar between the chair`s rear legs. This stretched the blonde`s arms and the edge of the backrest pressed into her armpits, making her ache. With two more ropes, she tied Madeleine`s ankles to the chair`s rear legs, forcing her to open her legs and to reveal more of her silk-clad crotch.
Then, she cut two more ropes and tied Chloe`s arms at wrists and elbows. The black haired girl did not utter a sound, but Dorothea was fascinated by the way this made her thrust out her breasts.
„Time to get to know each other a little better“, Anna purred and forced Chloe to sit astride Madeleine`s lap before tying her ankles to the chair`s front legs. Now, Dorothea could see a glimpse of the woman`s white, plain panties and that her stockings were gartered directly to these. However, she was distracted by Anna padding her shoulder.
„Now, that I have done all the work, it will be your turn to gag these two. After all, you shall learn something on your mission!“
The two French women promised not to scream, but even Dorothea knew that it would be better to make sure. She reached into her bag and took out the adhesive tape. Then, thinking twice, she also took some of the cotton wool. When she approached Madeleine, she clamped her mouth shut and turned her head away. Dorothea looked for Anna, but obviously, she wanted to see if Dorothea could stuff the French`s mouth on her own.
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Dorothea now became angry. She had no experience with things like that and now, she was treated like a silly pupil! She grabbed Madeleine`s scalp and yanked back her head, forcing her to gasp with pain. This she used to get the wad of cotton wool between her lips.
„Uuuhhmmmm! Mmhhhmmmph! Mph!“
Madeleine fought and even tried to bite Dorothea, but she finally managed to get all of the wad behind her teeth and to wrap the adhesive tape around her head to shut her mouth. She didn`t do a proper job, but she tried to compensate that by using more tape and finally, she had wrapped half the roll around the lower half of Madeleine`s face. The blonde grunted and moaned and shook her head, but it was obviously that she would remain gagged until she had her hands free or someone would help her. Anna nodded and then, she took the tape from her colleague`s hands.
„Hm, not bad for the first time. However, let me show you how it can be done without putting up such a fight!“
Chloe said something in French, but Anna just ripped five pieces of tape, each some six inches in length, an carefully put them to the edge of the table.
„First of all, you should prepare the tape before you are applying it. Then, you did well by stuffing your captive`s mouth before taping it shut. However, you can use about twice as much packing as you did. You would be surprised how much you can get into a woman`s mouth if you are really determined.“
Dorothea shuddered and now, Chloe was squirming like mad and crying for help. Anna grabbed her long hair and forced her head back. Then, she protruded a clothes pin.
„Sometimes, it seems that you need three hands: one for keeping her head still, one for getting the gag in and one for preventing her from closing her mouth.“
Without warning, she used the clothes pin to shut Chloe`s roman nose. This forced her to gasp for air through her mouth, allowing Anna to stuff more and more of the cotton wool in it, making her cheeks bulge. Then, she firmly applied one of the pieces of tape over it and inforced it with the four others, preventing Chloe from spitting out her gag.
„There, now she`s quiet and still and I needed only a fifth of the tape you took. Oh, sorry!“
The last was meant towards Chloe who now, with both her mouth and nose blocked, was about to suffocate. Quickly, Anna removed the clothes pin and the girl greedily sucked in fresh air through her nose.
„A last thing is to ensure that your victims can`t make loud sounds. And there is a pretty sure way to find out about that.“
Without warning, she pinched Madeleine`s right nipple.
„Mmhhhrrrrrrr!“
The blonde mewed with pain and bounced from her seat, nearly causing Chloe to fall from her lap. Then, she blushed from embarrassment and stared daggers at Anna who had now started to look through the French`s bags.
„It seems that they have arrived by train this very evening. So, it seems that wherever Luise is, they have nothing to do with it. Unfortunately, her radio set is gone, too, and our friends here haven`t brought one either. But they have got something else.“
She handed a letter to Dorothea who read it quickly. It was an invitation from Dr. Catherine Moore, the director of the nurse`s school – obviously a respond to a letter of application sent by the two women. In the bag, there were also papers, a letter of recommendation from a hospital in London and some money. Obviously, the French had planned their mission better.
„So, we will get in using their disguise. Maybe, our mission will be done the next night.“
Dorothea was less convinced:
„But, what if we need more time? And what if they haven`t come alone or will be able to get free? And most of all, how shall we inform the headquarter without the radio set?“
Anna, obviously a bit annoyed that Dorothea blabbed their problems in front of the enemy, took her aside and hissed in German:
„If we need more time, then they will have to be our captives for a while longer. At night, we will find a way of feeding them if we need to. And if they get free or have found some allies, it`s still our word against their`s. And if we can`t find either Luise or her radio set, we will just go to Inverness ansd send a coded message. But now, let`s get into their clothes, they look even more convincing than what we have brought.“
Without hesitating, Anna took off her pullover and opened her belt. Reluctantly, Dorothea reached for Madeleine`s blouse. It was still warm and it felt strange to her to put on another woman`s clothes. But now, Anna had reminded her of the fact that she was still only wearing her underwear and so, she put on the skirt, too. The fact that both women had about the same height and size helped her to look quite good in the French woman`s dresses. Anna, however had the problem that Chloe was some two inches smaller than her and so, her skirt looked a bit short. However, her colleague didn`t seem to care. Instead, she took the glasses from Chloe`s nose.
„Mmhhmmph!“
„Oh, I just want to save them from breaking if you struggle too much“, Anna said and put the glasses on the table. Then, she took the rope and threw it over a beam at the ceiling.
„Just to keep you from too much struggling“, she said and tied one end around Madeleine`s neck. Then, she pulled until this rope was rather tight before tying the other end around Chloe`s neck. She took care that the noose could not become too narrow, but now, both women would have to be careful not to topple over whilst trying to get free.
The two German agents now packed their belongings into the two French`s suitcases, also taking their discarded clothes with them.
„Just relax and pray for our success. If we are really good, we will be back even before you lost control over your bladders.“
Anna`s laugh was overtoned by the frantic moaning of the two bound and gagged women they left behind for long hours in bondage. Dorothea did not feel that light-hearted, but she followed her colleague and tried to ignore her fears and sorrows.
***
„So, we hope that we have understood each other. Do as we told you and your friend Sally will not be harmed and soon be back together with you.“
Bessie, Molly and Nelly nodded, too frightened to say anything. They had been more than surprised when a while after Sally had left, Emma and Helen had entered their room, the latter holding a gun. Then, the redhead had explained to them that she and her colleagues were members of the Secret Service, entitled to take care of the Italian doctor`s safety. For different reasons, they needed a secret hideout – the rooms the girls had detected. To assure their silence, the agents had grabbed Sally and would keep her in their hands until either the mission was over or the Government decided to move Dr. Cortese to another save place.
„We will just say that Sally has caught the flu and that she has to be kept in a separate room. And since you three will have more to learn, one of us will take care of her. Of course, Sally will be completely healthy – as long as you behave. But if you try to tell anything to anyone, she will suffer. And maybe, not only her. After all, we are working for the Government and so, the local police will sure do us a favour if you manage to inform them. So, if you don`t want to celebrate your next 20 birthdays behind bars, you better keep your pretty mouths shut!“
Fearful, the three student nurses had talked about the situation as soon as the two agents had left. But they had soon come to the conclusion that they had no chance but obeying their orders if they did not want to put Sally`s life into danger.
***
„Mmmmhhmmmph! Uuhhhhmmmmmm! Mmmmhhhrrmmmmmm! Mph!“
Luise could not see Sally, since their captors had once again switched out the light, but she had seen how she had been trussed up by Helen and Emma. They had taken the bathrobe from Sally and forced the straight jacket on her. Since she had only been wearing her nightgown, now the tight crotch strap was only upholstered by the crumpled linen of that garment.
Sally had been gagged with a rag stuffed into her mouth and then, three strips of tape had been plastered over it. Then, they had taken a pair of handcuffs and tied Sally`s ankles to one of the bedposts. It was a simple, but effective way of restraining the girl.
However, it seemed that Sally didn`t see it that way. Luise, who was still lying hogtied on the sheer iron bed base, could her her constant rustling and sometimes, she felt her pulling on the bed she was tied to. In addition, the girl had screamed through her gag until exhaustion had finally forced her to calm down a bit. Now, Luise could hear a grunting and she waited that her fellow captive would finally accept her fate.
Suddenly, some scratching sounds, accompanied by a retching, could be heard. Luise was afraid that Sally was choking, but suddenly, she heard a coughing and panting and then, she could hear Sally say:
„Phew, that was hard, but I could rub off that tape! Hi, I am Salome Dirk, but call me Sally!“
„Mmhhmmmph!“
„Oh, of course! I will try to get closer to you!“
„Yeah, breathe in and the straight jacket will fall off!“, Luise thought sarcastically. Anyway, she had to admit that Sally had managed to at least ungag herself, something she had not been able to do since she had been captured.
„Uuhhmmph!“
Suddenly, her bed literally made a little jump. Obviously, Sally had managed to lift up one corner long enough to get the chain of her ankle cuffs free from it. More rustling and some panting followed and after a while, the light went on. Smiling, Sally was leaning at the door, trying to blow her dishevelled long brown hair from her face.
„So, now I can see what I`m doing. Let`s start with your gag!“
Sally hopped over to Luise, but then, when she had sat on the side of the bed, it turned out that she could not work on Luise`s gag with her hands. The straight jacked had sleeves that ended in tight canvas mittens and so, Sally could not use her fingers.
„I will try with my mouth!“
„Mmhhmmph! Nnnggg!“
Luise protested and tried to turn her head away when Sally`s face came close to hers, but the girl scolded:
„Hold still, I would prefer being that close to a handsome man, too!“
Much to Luise`s embarrassment, Sally began to lick and kiss one of her cheeks until she could pick an edge of the adhesive tape with her teeth. Then, she ripped away the tape. Luise worked the gag out and after some panting, she croaked:
„Thank you! I am Luise!“
She had not taken care in hiding her accent, but either Sally had no sense of languages or she just didn`t mind. Instead, she now sat close to Luise`s bound hands and with numb fingers she tried to open the tight belts at the back of Sally`s straight jacket. However, she could not reach for the final strap between Sally`s legs, no matter how much both girls squirmed and wriggled. Panting, Sally finally stood up and tried to get her arms free, but it turned out that this final strap was keeping the jacket fixed.
„There is only one way to get it off: You will have to try with your mouth!“
„No!“, Luise said impulsively and turned her head away from Sally`s crotch. The other girl blushed violently, but she insisted.
„P-please, it`s our only chance!“
After some hesitating, Luise turned her head back to her companion and looked for the end of the strap. It was resting directly over Sally`s pubic mound and Luise could smell her womanhood as she slowly worked on loosening the belt with her tongue and teeth. Sally did her best to assist Luise by thrusting her pelvis forward. When she uttered a sigh, Luise stopped.
„Really? You like that?“
Sally now blushed even deeper and violently shook her head. Luise continued her work. A wet spot caused from her saliva began to build at Sally`s crotch, but finally, the strap was loose. Sally jumped backwards and began to wriggle out of the straight jacket. With a triumphant aching, she threw it away. Then, she staggered and nearly fell to the floor, since her ankles were still cuffed.
Now, she could free Luise from the hook holding her to the ceiling, but now, they would not be able to do more without a key. Luise still was tied hand and foot and hogtied and Sally had quickly found out that the iron door was locked.
Sally, leaning against the door with her back, sank to the floor and started to sob. She now was totally covered with sweat and a wet spot in the middle of her nightgown gave evidence of how Luise had removed the crotch strap.
„All that effort for nothing! We will have to wait for them to come back and then, they will punish us!“
Luise tried to console her companion, but the fact was that she was absolutely right. Even if they had been able to get rid of the handcuffs, they still would have been locked inside the windowless cell. Of course, they could scream for help, but they could not be sure wether it was the housekeeper or one of their captors who would hear them first.
„If only I had my bathrobe!“, Sally sobbed. Luise frowned. Since they were close to the boiler room, their cell was quite warm and Sally didn`t look that indecent either. Her nightgown was opaque and it covered all parts of her body that mattered.
„In the pocket, there is a safety pin. With that, I could open the handcuffs and maybe even the door!“
When she saw the look at Luise`s face, she smiled wryly and added:
„I have been great fan of detective novels since I could read. And so, I have tried some of the things described in these.“
Now, Luise smiled, too. If a safety pin was all that Sally needed, she could help the girl. It would be a bit embarrassing, but after she had had to breathe into Sally`s crotch, she would survive that, too.
„Sally – I-I have a savety pin on me!“
Sally looked at her with a mixture of disbelieve and growing hope. Now, it was Luise`s turn to blush when she told her companion:
„The only thing is that it is the safety pin I used to fix my garter belt with.“
Sally`s cheeks reddened slightly, but then, she hopped over to the bed and began to pull up Luise`s skirt. She tried to avoid looking directly at the German`s white panties and finally found the safety pin. Luise bit her teeth when Sally removed it from her. Then, she watched with interest as Sally began to work on her ankle cuffs.
„Good luck, girl“, she thought.
***