„The last time we saw, it was the other way round!“
Dorothea felt a wave of glee when she looked down on the naked, bound and gagged Nymphadora. Now, she could make her pay for what she had done to her, she could-
She could ask her about Sally`s whereabouts.
Of course, she had considered who had kidnapped her friend and left her tied and gagged in a trap, but with a fair chance of escape. Nymphadora had been her number one suspect, since it was very unlikely that any other of the persons she had had problems with would play games with her.
However, it seemed that the blonde Russian was only a pawn in that game, too. And besides, she was the only one who could give her further information about who was behind all this.
„Now, perhaps, I should correct the mistake your partners have made: placing you in that tube with your feet down instead of your head!“
She grabbed Nymphadora`s feet and pulled her closer to the well, but the Russian did not squirm or squeal and her look showed no sign of fear. Sighing, Dorothea let her go and crouched beside her head.
„Unfortunately, I need to know a few things from you and I am afraid that you demand your life in exchange.“
„Mph!“
Dorothea was impressed how Nymphadora managed to express contempt, anger and impatience with a simple grunt. She peeled the tape from her face and slowly pulled the panties from the other`s head. When she looked at the undergarment, she realized that it were Sally`s, or at least they looked the same. Underneath, a coloured scarf was bound over the lower half of Nymphadora`s face, covering her mouth from nose to chin. The cloth billowed, telling Dorothea that there was more gagging underneath.
„Mph! Mmhhmmm!“
Nymphadora moaned with impatience when Dorothea tried to undo the knot of her gag, causing her to pause and to reach for her crotch rope.
„If you want me to continue, you should accept that I am in charge, you got me?“
She gave the crotch rope a sharp pull, causing Nymphadora to squirm and groan. Then, she nodded slightly, but if looks could have killed, Dorothea would have died a painful death.
Satisfied, Dorothea loosened the scarf. A wadded cloth fell from the Russian`s mouth and Dorothea could see that a third one was tied tightly between her lips, keeping a big wad of cloth in her mouth. Whoever her opponent was, he did not do things desultory.
When she had completely ungagged Nymphadora, the still bound woman licked her lips and after some panting, she said with a hoarse voice:
„Now, you expect me to thank you, but my gratitude will be to tell you everything I know once you have freed me.“
Dorothea hesitated. Nymphadora was taller and physically stronger than her and could perhaps overpower her once she was free. On the other hand, it seemed that she was not in the mood to help the person who had left her like that. So, she untied Nymphadora`s wrists and elbows and waited whilst the other removed her other restraints.
Once she was free, Nymphadora jumped up and tried to run away. Hastily, Dorothea grabbed a stone and threw it after her, hitting her leg.
„Stay, or the next one will hit your head!“
Nymphadora stopped and turned around to Dorothea who held a bigger stone in her hand. Then, she shrugged and, looking at the other with an expression of contempt, she crouched and relieved herself.
„I just wanted to hide behind the bushes, but obviously, you Germans have strange preferences.“
When she was finished, she went back for the pile of ropes and cloths.
„Am I right that you haven`t brought a second set of clothes with you?“
Dorothe, who had to fight down a growing admitation for Nymphadora`s cool attitude, shook her head and Nymphadora reluctantly picked up the panties that had hooded her.
„Are these Sally`s?“, Dorothea asked.
„Yes, but unless you have some German shepherd`s genes in you and can take her scent, you may allow me to forget about that fact and to borrow them.“
With an expression of slight disgust, she stepped into the black panties and pulled them up her long thighs. Then, she draped the scarves that had gagged her over the ground for drying. Dorothea now lost her patience.
„Where is Sally? And what is this all about?“
Nymphadora sat down and began to tell about her cooperation with Brahim, leaving out the humiliating things she and Sally had been forced to do.
„However, I don`t know where she is now. He narcotized me and when I woke up, I was inside that tube over there, watching the water to get higher and higher.“
„So, there is a chance we might find Sally in his house?“
Something told Dorothea that it would not be that easy, but it would be the obvious place to look. However, there was still Melina who was still bound and gagged in her bathroom. Of course, she could just leave Dr. Poularsky to her fate until the room service would find her, but she had a feeling that she would need her captive to free Sally. Besides, it could be useful to have Nymphadora`s help, although the Russian would have no reason to help her further.
„All right, here`s the plan: we are close to the beach and from here to the hotel, it`s just half a mile if you swim. Use these scarves to cover yourself and swim to the hotel`s beach. I will wait there for you with a bathrobe and with a little bit of luck, no one will recognize that you are not wearing a swimsuit and that you are not one of the guests. Then, we can go to my room and I will borrow you some of my clothes. I am sure you want your revenge on that Brahim as much as I want to free Sally!“
Instead of answering, Nymphadora took the scarf that had stuffed her mouth and was the biggest of the four. It still was crumpled and wet with her saliva, but she tied it over her breasts. Then, looking down at Sally`s panties that looked skimpy on her, she took another one and slung it around her hips, covering her a bit more.
„You better jump on that bike and hurry up, I am a good swimmer.“
Then, Nymphadora went to the sea and Dorothea, who saw no alternative than trusting her former enemy, cycled back to the hotel.
***
About an hour later, Nymphadora reached the shore at the hotel. At the beach, she could see Dorothea with some clothes over her arm. Close to her, she could see three other women who were obviously training synchronous swimming. There could be no doubt about the three girls`s nationality: their swimsuits were black, red and gold and since they were wearing no bathing caps, Nymphadora could see that their hair was also matching the German flag.
Once she was in the shallow water, Nymphadora quickly went to Dorothea and put on the bathrobe she handed her before anyone could see that she was more than scantily clad. Then, Nymphadora recognized that Dorothea seemed nervous.
„M-melina Poularsky. The-the woman Brahim forced me to abduct. She is no longer at my room!“
When she had entered her room, Dorothea had looked for her captive, only to find the bathroom empty. Her first thought had been that either Melina had freed herself or that, despite the sign, the room service had detected her. However, there were no discarded ropes and the room had been cleaned. On the bed that had been made, the tape and the handcuffs were lying. Obviously, Brahim was one step ahead and had been able to get Melina from her room.
Dorothea`s first reaction was to storm to the house Nymphadora had told her about, but her description had been rather vague and besides, she would need some help and so, she forced herself to wait for the Russian.
The two women rushed for Dorothea`s room where Nymphadora quickly toweled her body. She would have preferred a shower, but she knew that time was on the agenda. So, she took the dress Dorothea handed her, but refused to take the bra, too.
„I don`t want to squeeze them, we might need to run or fight!“
Dorothea had to admit that Nymphadora`s boobs were perhaps a bit bigger than hers, but this was not the time for measuring their busts. Instead, she handed the Russian a pair of her sandals. Then, she took her handbag and packed the cuffs and tape, together with all her money and her passport.
„Sooner or later, they will find out that Melina is no longer here and if the police is here, we better stay at Brahim`s house!“
The two women walked the few streets to the little house where Nymphadora found the patio`s door unlocked, with the key sticking on the inside. Carefully looking around, the two girls entered and closed the door behind them.
„It seems that he is waiting for us – or that he has left forever!“
Armed with a shovel and a pair of shears, Dorothea and Nymphadora went inside, trying to give backup to each other. The first floor was empty, but from behind one of the doors upstairs, they could hear the buzzing of the electric generator. When Nymphadora pressed her ear against the door, she could also hear some faint moaning.
„There is a gagged woman inside!“
The door was locked. Nymphadora lifted her skirt to give the door a kick, but Dorothea stopped her, remembereing the crossbow Brahim had positioned before leaving her. She spied through the keyhole, but a cloth hanging from the doorknob on the other side blocked all sight.
Both women rushed for the patio and there, Dorothea folded her hands and allowed Nymphadora to step on them to reach the ledge. Since the window was open, Nymphadora had no problems in getting inside. Dorothea ran back upstairs, since there had been no sign that Nymphadora had discovered a bomb or any similar trap. The Russian was waiting for her in the open door.
„Am I right that this is the woman you had talked about?“
Dorothea pushed her aside and her eyes fell on the bed. Melina Poularsky was looking at her with widened eyes. She was tied to the bed posts with four pairs of handcuffs, leaving her spreadeagled, and her skirt was crumpled around her hips, revealing the tops of her stockings and her garters. Melina`s lower face was covered by some 20 rounds of tape wrapped over her mouth and she let out a moaning, barely audible over the generator who this time was only keeping the fan running.
„I found these on the bed, too!“
Nymphadora was holding two envelopes, one with her and the other with Dorothea`s name written on it. She wanted to hand the latter to Dorothea, but the blonde grabbed her shoulders:
„Brahim`s boat! They must be there! Quick!“
Nymphadora had to run to reach Dorothea who was heading for the harbour. Then, she took the lead, since she was the one who knew the boat they were looking for. Panting, they reached the jetty where Brahim`s boat had been moored, only to find the place empty.
„Fuck!“, Dorothea breathed. Nymphadora uttered something similar in Russian. They looked at the open sea, but there were several boats at the horizon and even if they had known that one of these was the one they were looking for, they would have had no chance of reaching it.
Dorothea felt tears build in her eyes. Suddenly, she felt Nymphadora`s hand on her shoulder.
„Let`s get back to the house. Maybe, these envelopes will tell us what to do to get your friend back!“
Dorothea cleared her nose and nodded, looking at her new companion with an expression of gratitude.
***
„So, they have guessed right, also a bit too late!“
Brahim held the binoculars to Sally`s eyes, but she didn`t want to look at the beach and see Dorothea who had not been able to free her. She had to concentrate on hiding her emotions and to at least pretend to be strong.
Little after he had made her climax, whilst she and Nymphadora had been left guarded only by Elisa, Sally had been overflooded by feeling guilty. It had not been her fault that Brahim had touched her. Bound and gagged, she had had no chance of fighting him off. But she had responded to his caresses and her orgasm had been all too real.
Sally had never been „hard to take“, but she also had never been promiscuous. Okay, she had been about to spend the night with Dorothea when they had been overpowered, but she had never betrayed Wladimir with another man. And now, this Brahim had only needed a bit of handwork to make her scream for relief through the panties stuffing her mouth.
Sally was sure she would not fall in love with him. Not because he had sexually abused her – her relationship with Wladimir had more or less started under similar conditions. But there was some aloofness in his behaviour, as if he was only doing what had to be done instead of really enjoying what he had done to her.
„At least, he knows how to find the right spots!“
So, Sally had decided that she would try not to worry too much. Sooner or later, her captors would make a mistake and then, she would need all her strength to take her chance of an escape.
She had tried her cuffs, but without some wire and with her fingers taped, there was no chance of opening them and besides, the black haired girl wasn`t taking her eyes from her. Elisa looked as if she didn`t like the fact that Brahim was kidnapping women and keeping them naked, bound and gagged, but she obviously didn`t dare to release Sally or Nymphadora.
After some time, Brahim and Maja came back. He was carrying a large suitcase and when he opened it, Sally`s eyes fell on a small, petite woman with dark blonde curls. She was bound and gagged and since she was breathing, but not moving or trying to make a sound, it was obvious that she had been narcotized. Sally mmphed questioningly, but Brahim now poured some liquid on a cloth and pressed it over Nymphadora`s mouth and nose. The Russian had struggled and protested through her multiple gags, but after a short while, she had twisted her eyes and passed out.
Despite her struggles, Brahim then had narcotized Sally, too. When she had come to herself this time, she had been on the boat, though she had only been able to guess that from the constant moving of the planks she was lying upon. Sally hadn`t been blindfolded, but a tarpauline had been pulled over her body. She still was gagged, but they had wrapped an ace bandage over her plastered lips and around her head. Above, some rounds of tape further secured that gag, forcing her to bite down hard on Nymphadora`s vile tasting panties and cutting off almost all noise she could make.
The handcuffs were still around her wrists and elbows, her fingers were still taped and the collar around her neck had been tied to an eyelet in the floor. Her legs had been stretched out and were fixed to two other eyelets with cuffs, forcing her to lie with her legs spread wide. A belt around her waist was holding her to the planks, too.
The tarpauline had been draped loosely to allow her breathing, but when Sally heard people talking around and tried to make herself noticeable, she had to find out that this also prevented her from moving the heavy cloth. She had screamed her lungs out and even banged against the planks with her heels and with the back of her head, finding out that the wood had been upholstered with some blankets and that the harbour`s noises had been too loud that anyone took notice of the helpless girl.
Then, a roaring sound and some vibrations had told her that the engine had been started and that the boat was leaving the harbour. After only some quarter of an hour, however, the boat stopped again.
The tarpauline was pulled from Sally`s body and the girl felt the warm sun on her body and could smell the salty fresh air, greedily breathing after being covered with the tarpauline.
She was lying inside an open boat that seemed to have no deckhouse and had long benches near the railing. In the stern, Brahim was sitting, holding the tiller. Beside him, there were Maja and Elisa. All three now were wearing sunglasses and whilst Brahim was wearing a straw hat, the two girs had knotted silk scarves over their hair.
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Brahim stood up and looked at something with the binoculars that dangled from a strap around his neck. Then, he went to Sally, gently streaked some sweaty hair from her face and loosened the leash that held her head to the planks. He helped her to sit up and then, he tugged the end of the leash under the belt around her waist. Sally mewed with protest, but Brahim worked the leather thong between her splayed legs and fixed it to the screw holding the belt to the planks. Now, Sally was crotch roped again. The thong wasn`t applied too tight, but if she would try to lie down, she would pull the leather band deeper between her labia. She knew that sooner or later this position would be more than inconvenient, but for the moment, she was more interested in looking around.
As she had expected, they were on the open water. Some distance away, she could see other boats, but they were too far away to recognize her in her predicament and also, they would not hear her if she screamed through her gag. Looking at the stern, she could see the harbor of Funchal.
„Now, since you would recognize that anyway, we are heading for the African coast. It`s some 450 sea miles and since we sometimes will have to sleep, we will need some three days, maybe four. From tomorrow on, we will give you some relief from your bondage, though we can`t free you completely. But for today, you will remain like this.“
„Mph!“
„Of course, we will take care you won`t get burnt by the sun.“
He said something to Maja when he sat down by the tiller again and the girl took a large silk cloth and moistened it in the sea. Then, she draped it over Sally`s shoulders and knotted it loosely over her breasts. The flimsy material clung to her bare skin, but Sally could feel that it indeed helped against the sunrays. Maja now put some sunglasses over her eyes and took another scarf she tied over her hair, knotting it under her chin. She pulled the front over Sally`s forehead to give her nose some protection, too. Then, she sat down again and avoided looking at the captive.
Brahim started the engine and the boat ploughed the waves in a fast pace. Whenever the stern went down, Sally could see the silhouette of Funchal and Madeira getting smaller and smaller at the horizon.
***
Back at the house, both Nymphadora and Dorothea tried to ignore Melina`s pleading eyes and her constant moaning when they opened the envelopes. They knew that now, the woman had seen them both and they would have to keep her captive, persuade her to cooperate - or kill her.
Nymphadora`s message was very short. It said:
„Nympha, I am quite sure you want to have some bloody revenge on me. Well, the best opportunity to meet me again is to support Dorothea in her quest. Of course, you could try to hunt for me on your own, but Morocco is my country and you would have a small chance of even finding me.“
Nymphadora looked over the shoulder of the blonde German who seemed to have petrified when reading her letter:
„Dorothea, though you might feel different, you are doing well so far. Your friend Sally is all well and she will stay like that if you do what I want you to do. the prize for Sally still is intelligence, strength and beauty. You already were successful in getting intelligence and so, I wanted to help you by getting Melina here and by giving you some assistance by Nympha. Once you have strength and beauty, too, get them over to Agadir. Just ask for Hassan the Clown in the harbour, he will give you further instructions.“
„What the hell is that? Some kind of criminal scavenger hunt?“, Dorothea cursed, throwing the letter to the ground.
„Mmhhmmm! Uuuhhhmmmm!“
„Oh, shut up, we have to think!“, Nymphadora blurted and Melina indeed fell silent whilst Dorothea had to oppress a hyteric giggle. This was becoming more and more absurd by the minute!
Obviously, Brahim wanted them to abduct more women for him and to get them to North Africa then. Dorothea hadn`t the slightest idea why the man did not do this by himself – or why he hadn`t just taken her and Nymphadora, too. After all, two tall blonde beauties like them would reach high prizes on the Arabic slave markets.
They went for another room to further discuss what to do. they had more or less three possibilities: calling the police, trying to get to that ominous „Hassan the Clown“ and to prepare a trap for Brahim – or to do what he had told them.
„This man might be mad, but he isn`t a fool. He has sure taken some precautions if we try to fool him. So, we should at least try to do what he wants“, Nymphadora said.
„You may call me a prudish Philistine, but usually, I try to avoid abducting women and to sell them into slavery, even to rescue my best friend!“
Nymphadora shrugged and Dorothea took a sip from the bottle of wine they had detected. Though she had been true about what she had just said, she was already considering how they could manage to kidnap some women that represented strength and beauty. She would have considered Melina not only to be intelligent, but also pretty and strong, but obviously, Brahim wasn`t agreeing with her.
„If only we could be in Agadir before him! They will need at least two days by boat, but even if we get another boat right now, we could never find them on the open sea!“
Nymphadora suddenly grabbed her shoulder.
„That`s it! We will be there before him and then, we will get him!“
Dorothea raised an eyebrow, but Nymphadora quickly explained her plan to her. She had seen that the post office had one or two planes for air mail services. These were rather old survivors of the Great War, but Nymphadora told her that she knew how to fly a plane and since the little airfield sure would not be guarded heavily, they would have a good chance of getting into a plane by night.
„So, you mean we should leave by night and try to find Hassan the Clown? But, what about her?“
Dorothea pointed at the wall to the adjacent room where Melian was trussed up. Nymphadora looked at her and said:
„I mean we should get the other women to Africa! This Brahim has forced us to participate in his game, and he is good in it, whatever he wants. So, if he has prepared for us being in Agadir before him, we should still have something to offer!“
Dorothea still hesitated, but another voice was becoming louder and louder: to prove to this bastard Brahim that she was able to do it – and then get him to jail or, if necessary, kill him and free Sally and the others. It would mean comitting a severe crime, but it also was an adventure.
„Are these planes strong enough to carry such a heavy load?“
„What are you talking about?“, Nymphadora asked mockingly, thrusting out her ample boobs. Then, she explained to Dorothea that these planes had been used as bombers and bombs usually were quite heavy. The only problem could be that women were bulkier than bombs.
„So, since we don`t have the time to search the whole island, we should concentrate on your hotel. If this Melina is the most intelligent woman there, who is the strongest and who is the prettiest?“
Sighing, Dorothea told her about the three swimmers from Germany that Nymphadora had seen already and about Pia, the beauty contest winner. Then, she asked Nymphadora:
„Can these planes carry a weight of some half a ton?“
„Half a ton? Do you want to intend that-“
„I am talking about seven persons, together with our luggage.“
Now, Nymphadora was confused. They were two, and together with a representative for the three demanded virtues, they would be five altogether. But Dorothea smiled and said:
„My three countrywomen are synchronous swimmers. It will be hard to tell who is the strongest and since they are sharing the same room, we would have to overpower them all anyway.“
„You are mad!“, Nymphadora yelled, but her face showed rather admiration than concern. Quickly, she weighted up the advantages and disadvantages. of course, it would be harder to get five women to the plane unseen, but, as Dorothea had pointed out, the greatest challenge was to overpower them all and that, they would have to do whether they left behind two of the swimmers or not. On the other hand, they would become wanted criminals anyway and the number of abductions would not matter much if the police caught them. And if they succeeded, they would be able to cross Brahim`s plans. Nymphadora only knew his two maids, Elisa and Maja, and she was sure that Brahim hadn`t a big group of henchmen. So, he would have to improvise to handle the two damsels more and then, he would make a mistake. A perhaps deadly mistake.
The two accomplices rummaged the house for anything that could help them in abducting a group of four women altogether. However, they had to find out that Brahim hadn`t left much for them. They had the handcuffs and the tape he had given to Dorothea and in one room, they found some coiled ropes. To her frustration, Nymphadora found that Brahim and the women had taken all clothes with them, including her luggage. So, she would have to stay dressed with one of Dorothea`s dresses and Sally`s panties that felt more than a bit inconvenient since she had worn them whilst swimming through the Atlantic.
„So, we don`t have a gun, we don`t have any narcotics and we have to cover some 500 yards from the hotel to this house, not counting another mile from here to the airfield!“
„So, the woman who wanted to get a new Tsarina on the Russian throne has become a coward?“, Dorothea asked with a mocking smile. Reluctantly, Nymphadora smiled, too. Then, for a moment, she seemed willing to hug Dorothea, but shook her hand instead.
„Had you been in my gang, Stalin would be history now!“
***
The next hours passed quite fast till the two abductors were busy in preparing their daring plan. If they wanted to take their tiny chance, they would have to get it all done that night. First, Dorothea had been at the hotel to check out whether Melina`s disappearance had been noticed. She only had learned a few phrases in Portuguese so far, but since there were no policemen around and everything seemed quiet, she guessed that they would have this day without anyone suspecting an ongoing crime.
Then, she had visited the city`s only pharmacy. It would have been suspicious if she had asked for some ether or chloroform, but she bought some Veronal, the strongest sleeping drug available, and some caffeine pills for herself, since she hadn`t slept the last night and would not be able to until they were in the plane.
When she came back to the house, she saw that Nymphadora had removed Melina`s skirt and had ripped open her blouse, revealing a white lacy bra.
„She tried to scream when I gave her some water and when I gagged her again, she even tried to bite me!“, the Russian explained. Melina looked at them with a mixture of fear, anger and curiosity, but Dorothea almost felt relieved. If the woman still was strong enough to fight, she would perhaps stand through her ordeal without lasting damage. Though she was preparing to kidnap four more women, she still felt pity for the poor archeologist.
She turned her eyes from Melina and reached into her handbag she had also taken from her room. She handed a pair of white panties to the surprised Nymphadora.
„I thing they should fit!“
Nymphadora showed a grateful, surprisingly warm smile. Then, she reached under her skirt without hesitation, peeled down Sally`s panties and changed into the fresh ones Dorothea had given her. For a moment, the Russian allowed herself to just enjoy the feeling of the smooth, dry and clean silk on her skin. Then, she balled up the discarded black panties, balled them up and held them under Melina`s nose.
„The next time you are trying anything stupid, you will chew on these!“
Melina mewed with disgust and tried to turn her head away. Smiling, Nymphadora let her go.
„All right, what is the next item on our to-do-list?“
***