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"Move it, move it! Keep on going!"
"GGGMMMPHHHH!" Dave felt as if he was living a nightmare. He had been in the library all night, grading papers, and he knew that he had to get some fresh air, or he would fall aXXXX. He couldn’t believe the work load that Professor Jamieson had dumped on him. The good professor was a star, or at least he liked to think that he was, and was always on the road – giving lectures and attending conferences. As a result, Dave ended up teaching the majority of his classes and grading most of his papers, for a pittance. He barely had time to work on his dissertation, which he had the feeling was going to make HIM a star. He had uncovered some previously unknown correspondence between two major 19th political figures, which was really going to rock some boats. He vowed to himself that once he had finished this lot of grading, he was going to take a couple of days to do some more research. Jamieson could go screw himself!
Dave took a couple of deep breaths of the fresh air. Ah, that was much better. He decided to stretch his legs a bit since he was outside. He would take a quick walk, and then go back to his drudgery. There were still a few people around, so he didn’t pay much attention to the sound of footsteps behind him. As he passed into a pool of darkness between of the lights lining the pathway, he heard the footsteps begin to speed up. He felt a frisson of apprehension and began to turn around, sensing the presence of someone too close to him. As he turned a hand went over his mouth, and an arm went around his chest. As he began to struggle he heard a gruff voice saying " Come on, grab him and pull him into the bushes." Someone else grabbed his legs, and he was dragged off the path and into the bushes. His face was pressed down into the dirt as his arms were jerked behind him, and his hands bound behind his bag. Dave tried to scream for help. He received a slap to the back of his head and a mouthful of dirt for his efforts. Then his head was pulled up. Before he cry out, something sticky was pressed against his lips, muffling his yells. A musty smelling sack was pulled over his head and shoulders, and then he was dragged to his feet. Strong hands grabbed his elbows and he was propelled forward. He tried to go XXXX in an effort to slow down his attackers, but then didn’t faze them. They just dragged him along, his feet scuffing on the grass until he felt the grass turn into in something harder.
"Toss him in he back seat, quick, before anyone see us. Get in with him, and keep him out of sight." Dave was picked up and thrown into a car, were he was XXXX onto the floor in between the front and back seats. A foot was pressed onto the back of his neck. "Don’t try to move kid, and you won’t get hurt."
After a short drive, the car stopped. Dave was pulled out of the car and dragged up a flight of steps. He felt like he was suffocating, the musty canvas sack over his head letting in little air. He was shoved down onto his knees, and sack was removed. He blinked in the sudden light, snorting and choking as he was able to breathe freely. Two scruffy looking men stood in front of him.
"You wait here, junior. A friend of yours is coming to visit you. I suppose we had better fix you up so you don’t try to run away before he gets here. He’d be real pissed if you weren’t here – he paid us good money to fetch you for him."
Dave was shoved against a wall as the two men tied his ankles and knees. He attempted to kick out at them, grunting through his tape up mouth, but he was no match for the burly pair. Within a minute he was trussed up.
"Come on Charlie, lets have a beer while we wait. The kid isn’t going anywhere."
Both men laughed, and one of them shoved Dave with his foot, XXXXing the grad student over onto his side. Dave lay on the floor, stunned. Who were these guys, and what did they want? He didn’t have any money, nor did his family. Why had he been XXXX like this? And who was the mysterious ‘friend’ who had paid these men? He whimpered in fear. He knew he had to get out of here, but how? He could hear his XXXXs in the next room, laughing, talking about what they were going to do with all of the money that they had been paid for grabbing Dave. It sounded like they were getting deep into the beer very quickly. They weren’t paying any attention to Dave at all. He rolled over onto his stomach and began inching his way towards the door through which he had been brought. It hadn’t been closed properly, and he could tell that it opened onto the street. He could feel the fresh, rather chilly air flowing through the door. As he made his way along the floor, he rubbed his taped mouth against the carpet. If he could get rid of the gag, and make it outside, he would be able to yell. He knew that he didn’t have much chance of getting free of the ropes – they were far too tight and too professionally knotted for him to loosen them. He was getting closer and closer to the door, building up a sweat as he went, pausing every now and then to try to catch the edge of the tape and pull it loose.
"Hey, kid, where the hell do you think you’re going? "
"GGGGMMMPHHHNOOOO! MMWHYMMDOINGMMTHIS?"
Dave wailed in frustration as one of his captors grabbed him by the feet and pulled him back into the room. Ugh, the bottom of his chin was going to be raw from carpet burn. But that soon turned out to be the least of his worries.
"So you think you’re a smart guy, do you? Trying to get away from us, and screwing up our business. You’re going to regret this, asshole. Here we were being nice to you, leaving you in a comfortable position. Too bad you weren’t satisfied with it. Charlie, get me some more rope.
"MMMUGGGH. MMOUCH! MMMNOOO!"
Oh Christ, Dave thought, he HAD been a lot more comfortable before. The pain in his muscles was look fire, the strain on them was so intense, now that his hands were tied to his feet. This position was incredibly painful. Every time he tried to move, pain shot through his body. His hands were becoming numb from the increased pressure. His fingers felt like fat sausages. Then he heard noises at the front of the house – a different and familiar voice was added to those of his two captors. He heard footsteps crossing the floor, and then a pair of highly polished and expensive shoes stood in front of him. He could see perfectly creased, beautifully tailored trousers above the shoes. He tried to lift his head up to look further, but he didn’t need to see more to identify the man standing above him. One of the beautifully shod feet went beneath his chest, and nudged him over on to his side.


 "MMMPROFSOR!!!MMMHEEELPMMEEE!"
"Dave, Dave, Dave" purred Professor Jamieson. "You have been a bad boy, haven’t you? Holding out on me the way that you have. Were you going to wait until I had published my book on Tipton and Sharp, and then release your paper? You would have enjoyed making a fool out of me, wouldn’t you? Well, it’s NOT going to happen, young man."
Dave shuddered as he listened to Jamieson’s voice harden, becoming suddenly vicious. Jamieson’s face was almost unrecognizable as it turned red, spittle hanging from his lips as he harangued Dave. The fastidious and elegant Professor Jamieson seemed to have been transformed into a different person. Dave thought of Jekyll and Hyde, and he shuddered.
"NOBODY makes a fool out of me, least of all a graduate student. You’re going to rue the day that you were born, my boy. It’s lucky for me that you are so careless and forgot to lock your carrel last week. Thank God I found your work in time, before my book went to the presses. I can incorporate your research into the book, and with my name on it, it will be a hit! The Dean will be most impressed. It will be another triumph for me! You’re going to stay here for a week, or two. My friends wiltake excellent care of you. I believe they have a lovely dark, dank cellar which is perfect for entertaining guests. Adios, my friend. And thanks for your work."
As the two thugs dragged Dave away, he took some comfort in the fact that he had beXXXX to entertain suspicions that the correspondence was a forgery. If that turned out to be the case, he was going to have the last laugh.

THE END

Dave played by Brett
Photography by Caitiff

Date of Production: 01/14/2004