The driving rain beat a brilliant staccato on the roof of the old sedan, inhibiting the man's attempt to identify the woman coming out of the building across the street. Raindrops blurred the windows and transformed the passers-by into mottled bursts of color and light from the streetlamps above.
He cracked the driver side window a few inches to take an unobstructed look at the woman across the street. She wore a heavy raincoat, zipped up tight, and struggled to get her umbrella open in the gusting wind. He admired her hands, her hair, and her legs. Not bad at all, he thought, but it's not her.
He had waited for this moment for quite awhile, so he can wait here all night if need be. She is in there, and she will come out of that door. Tonight he is ready. The rain has come, and he is ready.
He had followed her home from work three times since the weather began to change. It was crucial to know every step of the walk home, and to see if she always took the same route. She did, and now he knew that route intimately. Two days ago, he bought a ski mask, and a gun.
Waiting, and listening to the sound of the rain on the roof, he began to fantasize. He reached down, and began to gently rub his swelling prick. He imagined her stroking his cock with her knowing hands, gently sliding a hand below to cradle his balls, as she placed her lips on the head and gently probed the tip with her delicate pink tongue.
Pants open now, and fully erect, he reached into the glovebox, produced a small bottle of hand lotion, and applied a small amount directly onto his throbbing cock. The sensation quickly intensified as he stroked his glistening dick up and down. He imagined her looking up at him with his cock in her mouth. He can visualize her full red lips sliding back and forth over every inch of his glistening meat, lips parting slightly as she opened for the downstroke, and sucking gently as she pulled back toward the throbbing tip. Squeezing tight, he imagined her tight pink pussy enveloping him, granting him passage, deeper and deeper with every stroke.
Almost there, he gripped his shaft and reached for a handkerchief. With a soft groan he erupted into the fabric, and admired the glistening pearlescence in the ambient light. He hesitated for a moment, and conjuring her clearly in his mind, he dipped a finger in, and closing his eyes, put his finger in his mouth. His mind racing, thinking of her. The rain droned on.
Suddenly she appeared at the building's entrance, looking optimistically for a cab, but knowing they would all be downtown at this hour. Soon, she accepted her fate, crossed Fulton St. and headed south through Golden Gate park. She hoped that the driving rain had driven most of the freaks into shelter. Though she had never made the journey at such a late hour, she was confident. She was always confident. That is what attracted him to her.
He watched her walk down the street until she was almost out of sight before starting the car and slowly pulling away from the curb. He followed her toward the park, pulling ahead for a bit and then waiting for her to walk past. There was a brief moment when he thought she might go around the perimeter of the park, rather than through it, and watched her struggling with her decision. She looked into the shadows, debating whether she should walk the extra mile and a half around the perimeter in the pouring rain.
Watching from the car, he began to panic. If she went around the park, his plan would be ruined. The last three days had been like clockwork. She went right through the park before, but it wasn't pouring rain, and she wasn't two hours late getting off of work. His fingers were crossed.
Her decision made, she crossed her arms against the cold, and headed south into the park. She followed a path off of Park Presidio toward Strawberry Hill.
"That's my girl" he muttered, and sped down the presidio with devious intent.
She was thankful that the dense canopy of trees offered some shelter from the rain, but the darkness and the silence of the park was frightening. There was virtually no moonlight because of the heavy clouds, and the mist that usually hovered a foot or so above the grass, has swelled into a dense fog that blurred the intermittent lampposts into a ghostly pale luminescence.
She could barely see twenty feet ahead, and all the sounds seemed muffled and distorted. Her own footsteps seemed to echo back from all directions, and a few times she thought she heard other footsteps besides her own. Heavy footsteps.
"Hello!" She called out, immediately regretting it.
No Response. She crouched low to the ground and listened carefully. She heard nothing but her own racing heart. Standing quickly, she hurried down the path toward the bridge.
Approaching the bridge, she began to relax a bit and scolded herself for letting her imagination get the best of her. She was over halfway home, and the scariest part was behind her.
"CRACK!!"
Freezing at the sound of a branch breaking, under a large foot, she knew this was not her imagination. She heard a scraping noise, and the sound of footsteps coming closer. Fear gripping her, she ran blindly into the fog toward the bridge.
He watched her running right toward him and smiled. He thought he would have to chase her when he tripped on that branch, but in the darkness and confusion she must have thought he was behind her. He crouched near the wall on the side of the bridge, and waited for her to reach him.
She didn't even see him when he reached out and grabbed her by the waist. Still running, she realized she was falling and rolling down the wet grassy slope along the side of the bridge, and there was a strange man with his arms tightly around her body.
Her first thought was to scream, but by the time she drew a deep breath, a gloved hand came down tightly across her mouth. She bit down hard on one of the fingers and quickly received a sharp slap across the face. She could feel his handprint glowing there, and enraged, she began to struggle fiercely until he placed the cold metal gun barrel against her neck and then she lay still.
"Please don't hurt me" she begged.
He got up, and using the gun, motioned her to her feet. She stood before him getting her first good look at her assailant. He was dressed in black jeans, boots, leather jacket, and ski mask. It was too dark to see his eyes, and she was thankful for that. She didn't want to see the madness that must be there.
He motioned for her to walk in front of him. He gently but firmly grabbed her by the hair, and led her underneath the bridge. Stopping near a small door set into the flagstone wall, he opened it, and followed her inside, shutting the door behind him. For a few long moments, they just stood together silently in the dark. She heard him move away from her, and then there was a flicker of a match, and then the wavering glow of candlelight.
They were in some sort of groundskeeper shed by the looks of it. Though the room was still draped in shadow, she could make out a few rakes and shovels along one wall as well as some other gardening tools on the dilapidated workbench in the corner. A rusty pair of hedge clippers caught her eye, and she mentally made a note of the potential weapon. The opposite side of the room was in total darkness, and try as she might she could not make out any details beyond the dim circle of candlelight.
She turned her attention back to the workbench and the hedge clippers, though she must have looked obvious because the man glanced at her and quickly followed her gaze to the rusty weapon. He laughed for a moment, and shook his finger at her while he walked over and picked up the deadly looking shears. Her blood turned to ice water as he held them up to the light and gazed at them thoughtfully. He stared at her for a moment and then tossed the shears into the corner. She breathed a sigh of relief thinking that if worse came to worse, at least she would be shot instead of stabbed. She closed her eyes and tried not to cry.
Standing there watching her cringing, shaking and holding back the tears, he fought the urge to give up this insanity, and run away as fast as he could. She wouldn't chase him. He could get away easily. It was too late now though, he knew that. He walked to the bench instead and picked up a coil of rope.
She opened her eyes when she heard him approach. He was standing before her uncoiling a length of white silken rope. He wrapped some around his wrist and twisted it a few times as if testing the feel of it. He seemed satisfied, for suddenly he reached out and grabbed her left arm and tied the rope securely about her wrist. He then secured her right hand, and bound them in front of her. With surprising gentleness now, he walked her toward the workbench where he swept the tools and other junk off onto the floor with a loud clatter.