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            What was that…?  Derek’s eyelids slid about half open.  Did he hear a noise?
            Something touched his arm and Derek shook his head.  Not now, he didn't want to wake up now.  But something made Derek turn his head around and right away he was sorry that he did that.  There was some kind of a strange man in an ugly ski mask standing beside his bed.  Derek started to cry out in fright, but then a beefy hand clamped itself over Derek’s mouth.

“Don't make any noise and I won't have to harm you,” a dark voice warned Derek.
            Carve…?  Me…?  Derek had never been so scared.
            The next thing Derek knew there were strong hands pulling a folded cloth against his lips.  He opened his mouth to tell the Ski Mask that the cloth was hurting him, but the Ski Mask didn't care.  He just kept on pulling on that cloth until it was filling up the inside of Derek’s mouth.  Then he pushed Derek’s face down onto the bed while he tied the two ends of the cloth tightly behind Derek’s neck.
            “Hands behind your back,” Ski Mask commanded.

 Derek did what the voice told him and tried not to feel the ropes that were now being wrapped all around his wrists and his chest.  Derek was feeling so confused.  This Ski Mask shouldn't be in his bedroom.  He shouldn't be able to see Derek without his clothes on.   And he shouldn't be tying Derek up like this, but Derek didn't know what to do to stop him.
            The next thing Derek knew more of those ropes were grabbing onto his legs and holding his ankles together.
            “Don't go anywhere,” the Ski Mask warned Derek.

Derek held very still and listened intently until he heard the Ski Mask walk out of the bedroom.  Then he sprang into action and soon he was twisting and rolling all over his bed while he strained and struggled to somehow get his hands on the ropes that were hugging him so tight.
            But no matter what Derek did, those ropes just kept on hugging him tighter and tighter.  This was hopeless!  Any minute now that Ski Mask would be coming back, and there was no telling what he might do to Derek then.  He had to get out of here!
            Pretending that he was a snake or at least one of those caterpillars, Derek wormed his way around on the bed until he could finally get his feet down on the floor.
 Then it took all of Derek’s strength to slowly pull his body up until he was finally standing up beside the bed.  Then he waited and listened.
            He couldn't hear or see the Ski Mask, but he could feel him somewhere close by.  Derek took a little hop with his tied feet.  He almost lost his balance, but then he managed to stay on his feet.  Then Derek tried another little hop.
            Hop by hop, Derek quietly made his way toward the door.  Any second he expected that scary Ski Mask to suddenly appear and pounce on him.
            But Derek’s luck held and the Ski Mask stayed away until Derek finally made it to the door.
            Getting the door open was kind of tricky, but finally Derek felt it swinging open.  He was almost free.

            Then Derek suddenly realized that he didn't have any clothes on.  What if someone saw him like this and started screaming?  So what; Derek told himself.  If it wasn't for this nasty cloth in his mouth, he'd probably be screaming himself right now.
            So Derek didn't care what he looked like while he continued hopping and hopping unto he was far, far away.

Derek played by Sammy

Photography by Caitiff