This is the first story I have written here that is not based on actual adventures that I have had, this one is fiction and I do not condone these types of actions unless agreed upon by everyone involved.
It is near the end of the day and the downtown streets are bustling with people heading home and finishing their day. I am one of them but one last stop before I can call it a day, I need to do some banking. This always makes me nervous when I have to do this as there are so many weirdos out there and not to sound conceited but I consider myself an attractive woman and a potential target.
My work attire is definitely different from how I dress outside of work. I am wearing a white button up shirt with a long black skirt that goes just below my knees with black pantyhose. I have a cardigan on as the temperature seems to drop quite a bit in the afternoon and my favourite knee high boots. I have my long blonde hair in a messy bun, my hair style of choice when I am in a hurry in the morning and keeps it out of my face while I am working.
The bank is extremely busy, I approach the long line. Shit, only 2 tellers open and there has to be a dozen people in front of me. This time of day everyone is doing business banking so it takes a while. I check the time on my phone, I think about leaving it until tomorrow but then realise I have thousands of dollars of cheques and I don't want to go home with them.
I am at the end of the line and it isn't moving at all, I am a little more than impatient at this point. There is a larger woman in front of me who smells of a repulsive combination of stale perfume and BO, god I want to get out of here. A well dressed man with a fedora and sunglasses gets in line behind me. I am literally trying to think of anything other than what is going on in front of me.
"Wow, this is really slow huh?" A voice from behind me comments, it is the man who just joined the line, not sure if he was thinking out loud or speaking to me, I simply nod in agreement.
The next thing I know I feel a warm breath on my neck and something sticking into my lower back.
"Don't make a sound or try to get away, my gun is nuzzled in you and nobody would hear the shot"
"What do you want?"
"Shut up and listen. We are going to walk out of here together and get into the car and have a discussion, understand?"
I am fighting back the tears, scared for my life "Okay," is all I can get out.
He leads me out of the line and out of the bank and he guides me to a car, opens the passenger door and tells me to get in. I know better than to fight and I do what he says. He gets in the driver's seat and for the first time I see he really has a gun and is still pointed at me. He grabs my purse and briefcase and throws it in the backseat.
"Put your hands on the handle" there is a handle in front of me attached to the dashboard so I put my hands on it. He pulls a zip tie out of his pocket and binds my hands to it and then lays a towel or sweater or something over my hands to conceal them. Oh shit, this was planned, has he done this before, is he going to kill me? Is he going to rape me? Is he going to rape me then kill me or kill me then rape me? Maybe he just wants the money and will let me go.
He drives in silence with the gun sitting on his lap, I no longer fight back the tears but let them flow. It seems like forever but it was likely about half an hour drive into a residential area of older homes. He pulls into the garage of one and my heart sinks as the overhead door closes behind us, great this is it I think to myself.
He gets out of the car and comes around to the passenger side. He takes the towel or whatever it was away from my bound hands and he tells me to open my mouth, which I comply with. He shoves a rag in my mouth almost making me choke and I feel a piece of duct tape put across it pretty much from ear to ear.
"That's so there is no screaming," he taunts me and pulls a butterfly knife out and cuts the zip tie. Relief is short lived as he grabs my arm hard and yanks me from the car, leading me into the house, leaving my purse and briefcase behind, shit this isn't a robbery.
Down into the basement we go, surprisingly well lit, into a small room. It is a freighting site with a hook and pulley contraption hanging from the roof and a video camera aimed at the middle of the room, nothing else, literally white walls.
Another zip tie comes out of his pocket and my hands again are tied together, he attaches the zip tie to the hook and adjusts the cable to force my arms over my head. He looks at me for a minute and releases the cable so my arms drop down. Has he reconsidered what he is doing, he is letting me go?
"Get on your knees," my next order comes out of his mouth.
I do as I am told, way too scared to not as I know he has a gun and a knife at the very least. Then he again pulls the cable and my arms are again up over my head. He admires his handy work for a minute and then leaves. What the hell now, he's just leaving me here?
He returns with a chair and sits down about 2 feet from me and in a soft voice asks "Are you cold?"