Shan was having a few problems with one of the local police officers. She decided to deal with it using one of the girls under her ‘control’…

In a local cafe, PCSO Tanya Brooks was sitting down for some lunch.

She looked up as a young Asian girl entered the cafe, wearing a pretty, patterned cape, with small flowers on it. The cape looked too young for the girl, pink and really girly, and was fastened with buckles at the front.

What surprised Tanya was the dog lead swinging from the collar fastened round the girl’s neck...

The girl walked up to Tanya, then sat down opposite her. She made no attempt to take off her cape, even though the cafe was quite warm, and Tanya could see that the cape was made from a quite thick rubber.

“I need your help”, the girl said to Tanya, breathing heavily. “Please, help me...?”

“What’s wrong?”, Tanya asked.

“Some people are trying to kidnap me. They dressed me up like this. I can’t run any more, and my wrists are chained to my belt.”

“Why don’t you go to the police?” Tanya asked. “Come on...”

“No!”, the panic-stricken girl replied, crying. “The outfit is booby trapped. If I go to the police, my school, or home, the bomb in the collar will blow my head off! Please, the only thing you can do is take me home with you. Hide me.”

Tanya started backing away in disbelief.

Sobbing, the girl got up and tried to follow her.

“I can’t walk far now I’ve ‘met’ someone. Not without someone holding my lead. Please... I don’t want to die...”

In a state of shock, Tanya took hold of the lead swinging from the frantic girl’s collar, and the girl started to calm down.

Tanya walked home, the girl keeping her company. As they walked, Tanya looked at the girl’s outfit. From what she caught glimpses of, under the cape, the girl was wearing a normal school summer uniform, styled like one of the local primary schools. The girl herself, however, looked about 18 or 19...

Tanya unlocked the door of her flat, and they both went in.

“Now what am I going to do with you...”, Tanya said.

“Is this your home?”, the girl asked. “If so, the next thing you need to do is fasten my gag shut, as I’m not allowed to talk when at an owner’s home.”

“I’m not doing that...” protested Tanya.

“If you don’t”, wailed the girl, “the bomb will trigger..!”

Reaching inside the hood of the girl’s cape, Tanya found the straps for the gag. With the girl’s help, she fastened it into place, and it shut with a click.

As soon as it did, the girl started fighting and struggling to get free, staring with hatred at Tanya.

At the same time, the police broke in the front door.

“Tanya Brooks, you are under arrest for child abduction and slavery...”

“What! But I was just... I mean... No! It’s not true! She made me do it! There’s a bomb in her collar!”

All the tests, however, were unable to find the bomb. The girl’s bonds, as well, were Shan’s usual style (i.e. Permanent) so the girl was unable to tell them anything.

When one of the WPCs in the arresting party found out it was her daughter wearing the outfit, she really ‘lost it’....

Tanya ended up in hospital after she ‘accidentally’ fell down the stairs ‘resisting arrest’....