Come for a Visit, Stay for a Lifetime
Note to the reader: This story contains a female superior theme and involves the abuse and rape of a male character. If such things are not to your taste, please move on to a different story.
The ad in the Travel section of the newspaper promised warm, sunny days, no telephones and the potential for female companionship. It sounded like exactly what I needed. I was at a breaking point in my mid-life crisis; bored, over stressed with my job and lonely ever since the death of my spouse of 20 years. I needed a break and an open ended trip to some exotic local seemed to offer exactly the sort of medicine to sooth my soul.
The ad was skimpy on details and an Internet search added little in extra information. There were photos of tropical beaches and Tiki huts and a vague description of the place as being cut off from the world's distractions. Getting there was not all that easy; you needed to apply or a visa and wait for an invitation. The exclusiveness of it really appealed to me so I sent in a request and received a lengthy application in response. It wanted the basic information such as my personal data, passport number and nationality but then it went on to inquire about my financial, marital and family status. I found this a bit odd but I figured this country did not want deadbeats or folks running from legal problem to be landing on their turf and causing them problems, so I filled in everything requested. A month later I received my visa and some instructions on how to make air connections to get there. There was even a handy list of things to pack and what I could just leave at home.
The cost of just getting there was well over ten thousand dollars and I would need to make three connections as I hopped around the globe before getting on a seaplane in New Zealand for the final leg of my journey. I sure hoped it would be worth the money and all the effort.
I was met at the airport in Auckland by a middle aged woman in a bright yellow uniform holding a placard with my last name on it. She easily one handed my somewhat heavy bag and led me to a vehicle just outside the arrival terminal. She was polite and chatted easily enough about my journey so far but always seemed to change the subject when I tried to probe for some details on this place I was going. The most I was able to learn was that we would be driving the east coast where we would be catching the seaplane that would take us to our final destination. We were scheduled to arrive at our destination sometime the following morning. She said, "just picture the plane arriving at Fantasy island without some miniature person standing there shouting, 'da plane, da plane!'" She went on to say that the place was a tropical paradise and that I may never want to leave it.
She was right about the Fantasy Island analogy. Palm trees, a majestic volcanic mountain in the background and scantly clad women scattered about could be seen as we made a flyover prior to our final approach. If there were any men about I did not seem to notice, although the women seemed to be a mix of every shape, size and shade in creation. My yellow clad escort was hustling my bags down the dock before I even set foot outside of the plane and a cold drink in a coconut cup was placed into my hands before I could take my first few steps. Welcome to paradise!
One thing that was different from the Fantasy Island of TV fame was the appearance of the women. Apparently there was no casting director around to screen the inhabitants to a uniform, fashion model standard of perfection, not that I was a snob about such things but the women who gathered to greet my arrival were even more a cross section of the human race than was visible from the air. Still, they were friendly and all seemed quite interested in personally meeting me. Quite the ego boost but with an underlying purpose that I was to to discover quite shortly.
The drink I had been given must have had quite a bit of power behind the fruity flavor and that, mixed with the tropical heat, made me somewhat light headed. I had slept very little on the plane overnight and jet lag coupled with a large time zone difference made me quite fatigued. As if this was the normal reaction, I was taken by the arm and led to a golf cart and quickly whisked away to a hut with a bed, so soft and inviting that I was asleep before I can remember resting my head on the pillow. When I awoke, I was in a different world.
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I was given a sign with the new arrival's name on it and told to expect him on the evening Qantas flight from Sydney. Brian Wentwood was described as being fourtish, around 5'-9" with brown hair, so about as unique as every second or third guy to get off the plane. While I would be hard to miss in my bright yellow uniform, I made sure I was nearly blocking the exit and I held my sign at eye level and tilted it around at every face that seemed a possible match. My guy was face number nine. After a quick introduction, I grabbed his bulky bag and headed to the company shuttle.
Unknown to Brian I was not just his chauffeur, I was also there to evaluate him. He was full of questions and that was a bonus for my primary mission as it got the conversation going allowing me to probe without seeming nosy. A skilled interrogator can learn a lot without being intrusive if the conversation can be kept casual. Over the course of a few hours I learned the following:
-Brian was not currently married