Caleb series (Paintball day 1,2, and day 3 part 1 and 2)M/M
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 3:16 pm
This story has quite a twist to it but I wanted to venture a little out of my comfort zone. The guys start playing paintball with a drastic turn of events. Hope you all enjoy. As always try to check out the other stories in this series. I may repost them as a few years ago people seemed to like the original stories I did. Thanks!
“Caleb, grab that bag. I have some things for you. I have some of my old clothes. Not totally body armor but I have some camo cargo pants, a camo shirt. Sorry it’s long sleeves but it’s all I had, and I want you to try on these boots. Those’ll be a lot better than those trash shoes you have. We still need to go buy you some clothes.”
“Thanks! So you planned all of this? You know that means once you’re healed I’m brutally kicking your butt right?”
“You can try bro but you’re too nice to do very much that’ll scare me!”
“Let’s get this started. Has everyone been playing yet?”
“Nope! We were waiting for you to show up. I still have to brief everyone on the rules. Let’s go little man!”
“I really hate it when you call me that!” Caleb said as he walked away not helping his brother. He then turned around and helped Blake get up.
“Ok here are the rules of the games this weekend. Unfortunately, Caleb has to leave tonight. When he says he has to go let him go, whether he’s a prisoner or not. We’ll be having a capture the flag game going today. There’s one on the far corner of the park, and There’s one right on the opposite side a few hundred yards away from here both are marked on the map. The first team to bring the opponents flag back here wins. If you’re shot in the arms or the legs you’re still in the game. Shots to the chest or back, You’re a prisoner. If you shoot someone in the neck, throat, or head, you become a prisoner. If you’re captured, the person capturing you ties your hands behind your back and you go to the jail over here once there Kyle will retie your hands around one of the poles in the building, then tie your feet. Your feet will be tied up in the air so Kyle can let you enjoy the torture that’s coming to you. This is the only time we’ll be able to do this. Once this palace opens prisoners will be taken, and tied up, but no torture. There will be referees on the course but not today. This is all about integrity this weekend. If you’re taken prisoner own it! I would say the winning team has the option to torture the prisoners as well as release their teammates if they choose. Any questions?”
“They’re are nine of us. Since Kyle isn’t on the field, what do we do about even teams?” Cody asked, raising his hand.
“Blake, how big is this place,Can we hear each other from each side?”
“Yeah I would think so if you have a couple people that can yell loud enough.”
“Let’s choose an odd man. That person goes to the middle while the teams get set to defend the flags. Once it starts if that person is captured, they get tied and come back here. Everyone gets tied with the rope they’re carrying. If the odd man captures someone he takes over on the team that the person he captured was on.” Caleb suggested.
“Ok, but how do we identify the teams, and especially the odd man out?” Weston asked
“I have some blue tape in my truck. It doesn’t stick the greatest, but one team can wear that on their arms. Only question is that weird guy or whatever.” Jack said
“I can be that guy. I have cargo pants, and I can carry it with me. If I join the blue team I wrap some tape around my arm the same as the rest.”
“Alright let’s choose the teams. We need captains. I suggest Jordan and myself since we’re the oldest.” Jack said
Jack ended up with Cody, Weston, and Tyler. Jordan had Vaughn, Luke, and Ryan. Jordans team took the blue tape. Blake flipped a coin as Jack called heads to see who went to the farthest end of the field. Jack's team took off as they lost the coin toss. Caleb went for the middle to his position. He had a lot of good options and decided on a spot in some rocks to wait for a victim. He was still hurting from being shot at earlier. When everyone was set he heard Jack, then a moment later Jordan yelled they were ready. He kept an eye out but nothing. After a while he saw who he thought was Ryan coming towards him. As the new kid drew closer to him he came out of the rocks and hit the boy about three times in the chest. Before he tied his hands Caleb had Ryan helphim wrap the tape around his arm. He decided to stay where he was. He had a good view of the field except for not being able to see the ends; he could see the middle pretty well.
The next one he saw was Jack, but he was too far away to shoot at. He tried to think of a way to get closer and went for some trees nearby. He was able to make out Vaughn who was right in front of Jack about 50 feet.
“Get down you idiot!” He thought. Vaughn was in plain view from what he could see. Jack started lifting his gun and Caleb fired a shot at him hitting him in the arm making him take cover and giving Vaughn a chance to find another place to hide. Luke snuck up behind Caleb scaring the crap out of him.
“Jordan is watching the flag. Where’s Vaughn?”
“Somewhere over there. Jack took cover. I can't see him. Keep trying to get to that flag, I think I have the middle covered.”
About this time Ryan was having his bare feet pulled in the air by Kyle. Who was itching to get himself some entertainment. He didn’t waste much time sending the bound new kid into hysterical laughter as he found out how ticklish he was. Blake watched on kind of happy he wasn’t at the mercy of Kyle's fingers.
The next person Caleb saw was Weston. The boy was coming right at him. When he was close enough Caleb stood up and fired, hitting Weston multiple times. Weston grabbed the rope from his pocket and handed it over. After his hands were tied he headed off towards the jail holding his gun in his bound hands. Caleb turned to find a spot to hide again and was hit square in his face mask. He had paint over his eyes and couldn’t tell who hit him. He just started shooting, forgetting the rule that was made.
“STOP, I give up! Dang dude!” He pulled off his mask and saw Cody walking toward him. Cody was already pulling the rope from his pocket. “You scared the hell out of me! Turn around.” Caleb said as Cody put his hands behind his back and his gun put in his hand before he walked away. Caleb wiped off his mask the best could and went for another hiding spot. Just then he heard a bunch of shots come from the direction of his team's flag. A few minutes later he saw Vaughn walking towards him with his hands tied. He decided to head that direction to help Jordan. He figured it must be Jack since he lost sight of him.
He started moving slowly toward the spot he thought the flag was and saw Jack getting close. He couldn’t see where Jordan was. He had a clear shot so he went to take it as he was hit in the back of the leg. He turned around and saw Weston. All he could do was start shooting. He hit Weston in his leg and chest. He stayed low to tie the hands of the first kid he met. When Weston was gone he went back to trying to find Jack again. He looked down and saw the flag standing with nobody around.
He decided to try to make his way towards the flag to figure out where his only remaining teammate was then he heard a pop. When he looked in the direction it came from he saw Jordan handing rope to Jack. He took the opportunity to sneak closer to the flag while Jack was distracted. He hid behind a tree, then looked on as Jordan walked off with his hands tied. He was in a good spot to watch Jack. As the oldest player of the group got close to the flag Caleb started firing. Jack didn’t have a chance he took multiple hits to his arms, legs, chest, and back. Caleb had gotten him totally by surprise.
“Have a nice walk, man!” He said as he finished tying Jack's hands.
“Tyler! Hey Tyler, can you hear me!?”
“I hear ya! What’s up!?”
“It’s just the two of us! What do you think about a race to the flags? If we run into each other we start shooting!”
“No way man! Mine is a lot closer than yours to the endpoint. Which means I have farther to run!”
“Ok! Let’s forget the flags and hunt each other down. This has to end somehow!”
“Deal! Let’s go for the outside of the tree line. Should be my right, your left!”
“OK let’s do it!”
Both boys started picking their route Caleb had a better idea of the layout from being that odd man. No one had thought to let everyone check out the course first. Caleb had to travel a little more uphill which meant Tyler had the high ground. Caleb knew he had to get higher fast. He reached the top of the hill near where he was to begin with. He wasn’t seeing Tyler anywhere. He kept making his way along the tree line when a paintball exploded right by his head. He dropped to the ground and got on the opposite side of the tree that was hit. He caught sight of the new kid and waited for a clear shot. Tyler wasn’t moving. Caleb still had paint smeared on his mask from before which made it harder for him to see. He heard something to his right and heard the gun go off. He was hit in the shoulder, but turned and started shooting. Both boys were firing multiple shots at each other, Caleb got hit in the mask twice again, but Tyler hit the ground with the wind knocked out of him as Caleb’s shots hit him in the stomach.
A few minutes later Caleb led Tyler into the jail where everyone else was tied up. He was surprised not to see Kyle torturing anybody. They were all tied up with their bare feet in the air.
“What’s going on, Kyle, why aren’t you having a field day right now?”
“I just decided not to. It was enough fun just watching everyone's feet struggle in the air like this!”
“Little bro! How did you do this? You owned everyone!”
“Trust me it was just luck! Kyle, get Tyler here tied up for a bit! I hope this isn’t the only round for the day. I still have a few hours before I have to leave. We can keep them tied up for a while though! I never did call Samson and thank him for today. I’ll be back!” Caleb went to his truck and was having fun but couldn’t think of how weird it was seeing 8 guys tied up with their bare feet in the air.
“I’ll be back as soon as I can I need to go home and change clothes!”
Caleb entered the building again to see Kyle getting back at his torture techniques on Tylers feet.
“I have to go guys! The other driver got into an accident. Looks like his car is out for awhile. I have to make deliveries!”
“I thought he said it was cool if you took the day off. He has more drivers than that doesn’t he!?”
“The only other guy is 3 hours away with his family for the weekend. I really had a good time and don’t forget my revenge isn’t finished on any of you for scaring the hell out of me this morning, This is just the beginning! Oh, I want a full report on how everything goes. Have fun guys! OH wait I almost forgot, Kyle get over here!” He took out his camera and took a picture with his phone of the 8 teens. “Ok Kyle, get in the middle and strike some kind of evil pose.!” Kyle got in the middle on his knees and held up his hands like he was going to tickle the crap out of someone with an evil grin on his face. Caleb went around and took pics of everyone individually as well then said goodbye one more time and walked out the door.
“Hey Caleb, wait up! You really did good today bro. You actually handled that joke better than I thought you would.”
“I’ve learned a lot over the last few weeks. You taught me most of it. I just wish you’d given me the address for this place so I could be prepared for what I might be walking into!”
“Well I couldn’t ruin the fun now could I? Besides, it was my idea to order the food to surprise you. It was Weston’s idea to play that joke!”
“I’ll get him back! I have to get going though. Have fun, and I want a full report and lots of pictures!” He said as he jumped in his truck.
Caleb got home from work after another driver arrived. It was about 7 PM. A few minutes after he got home his phone went off. It was a text from Blake showing a pic of the new kids Tyler and Ryan. Kyle was tickling Ryan's bare feet. Brutally from the looks of it. That told Caleb that at least Ryan was more ticklish than he thought he was.
“That’s sweet! Hope you guys are having fun. I’m going to bed soon, I have work in the morning. I’ll see you when you get back!”
It didn’t take Caleb long to take a shower and put on some sweat pants and get into bed. He was asleep soon after. A while later He was woken up by someone standing over him. He tried to get up out of surprise but the man quickly jumped on him, pinning his arms down and covering the boy's mouth with his hand. The man was wearing a black face mask, hat covering most of his face. Caleb couldn’t tell who it might be. His eyes were wide with fear. Everyone he knew was somewhere else, so he was pretty sure this was no joke.
“I’m going to take my hand away. You aren’t going to say a word and open your mouth. Understand?” Caleb nodded the best he could. When the hand came away The terrified teen opened his mouth and watched what looked like the two ankle socks he was wearing that day get shoved into his mouth. The man then held up a roll of duct tape and started wrapping his victims head in tape sealing the socks in. Caleb could still taste the sweat on his socks. He was too scared to worry about that though.
“OK, I’m going to get off of you I want you to turn around and put your hands behind your back. If you do what I say everything will be fine. If you don’t it won’t be good for you, got it?”
Caleb nodded and turned over on his stomach and crossed his hands behind him. As the man wrapped the boys wrists multiple times with the duct tape, he couldn’t help but think all these stupid games he played were becoming a reality. He never cared about getting tied up by friends but he was now literally being held against his will. After his wrists were done the guy pulled his bare feet together and pulled his pant leges up wrapping his bare ankles in tape as well. After he was done with the ankles the burglar took the teens pillow case off the pillow and put it over his head and wrapped tape loosely around Caleb’s neck to hold the pillow case on. He also found Caleb's eyes and wrapped more tape around that area. Caleb was starting to cry. He was so scared he couldn’t think.
“Ok you stay put. I have to grab some things here. Like I said if you cooperate you’ll be fine ok?”
Caleb could here the guy grabbing things from his room and also other areas of the house. He had no idea where the guy was and it was quiet for a while. Caleb thought his captor left and started trying to scream for help. He knew he had to get to the kitchen or somewhere he could get something to cut the tape. He tried breaking it but there was too much. About the time he tried to get off the bed a hand pushed against his bare, shirtless chest and he fell back on the bed. He heard more tape and then it was being wrapped around his knees, followed by his upper, then lower arms he couldn’t move at all. Then he felt himself being lifted and realized he was over his captors shoulder. He felt his feet hit the ground and he was pushed back into a vehicle of some sort. Either an SUV or a van.
“I’m going to have to take you with me. If all goes well I’ll let you go tomorrow.”
“MMMMMMOOOOO HMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHM!” Caleb started yelling and then balling out of fear. His legs were pushed in the vehicle and the back closed. He couldn’t even fight, he was so scared. He heard the vehicle start and start to back up then began driving down the road. The vehicle kept driving for what seemed to Caleb the whole night. He heard paved roads, a couple of dirt roads and the ping of the gravel hitting the vehicle. Then he heard a paved road for a few minutes and another gravel road for a minute then the vehicle stopped. The back opened and he was carried into a room and sat down in a chair. More duct tape secured his upper body to the chair. The man left and he heard a door close. He got the courage up to try to get loose and he figured out the chair must be secured to a pole or something as it wouldn’t move. After what he thought was maybe 10 to 20 minutes the door opened. About a minute later the captor approached Caleb
“I’m going to untie you ok? Now after i untie you and you hear that door close you can take this off your head ok?” The guy took all the tape off and Caleb winced in pain the whole time the tape was being pulled from his bare skin.
A minute later the door closed and he went to work getting the tape off the pillowcase over his head.
20 minutes earlier…..
“Did you let him go, where is he!?”
“We have to talk first, everyone gather around! He is scared to death. He has no idea this is a joke. He thinks it’s real! He was literally balling when I put him in the car, I almost ended it there and told him!”
“Brian what the hell did you do to him!? He’s not going to trust any of us now!” Blake yelled
“Hey it’s not my fault! You’re the ones who wanted it to look like a burglary!”
“He’s not going to let any of us tie him up again!” Weston added
“Ok, let me think! This isn’t a funny joke anymore guys this is serious! He’s got one hell of a temper, and when he finds out about this it may not be pretty. We need a way to break this to him easily. Any suggestions?”
“What if you go in before we untie him and talk to him? He’ll still be tied then give him time to cool down?” Cody asked
“He may be mad enough to struggle. He's tied with duct tape and not wearing a shirt. It's going to hurt like hell if he gets mad in that chair. The only tape on him that’s not touching skin is his knees. I grabbed his clothes but obviously I wasn’t going to make him put on paintball clothes!”
“Maybe we do that. Take his clothes and put them on the floor. He'll take the blindfold off and recognize the room and see the clothes. Maybe leave the door locked until he has time to cool off?” Luke added
“No, he needs to be talked to right away. OK here it is. We all go in there. Brian you untie him he still doesn’t recognize your voice. Have him take the blindfold off. When he sees all of us he’s probably going to be mad. We may have to tie him back up, so someone have some rope ready. Be as quiet as possible when we go in. Take off your shoes if you need to. Let me do the talking first.”
After Caleb got the pillow case off he looked around the room still gagged as his eyes adjusted. All the boys were standing about 10 feet in front of him. He was stunned, and didn’t know what to think. He started taking the tape off his face and pulled the socks out of his mouth. He was cold, tired, scared and relieved all at the same time.
“What the hell is going on here!?”
“Caleb let me explain. Ok!”
“No! What the hell is going on! Is this some kind of joke!? Do you have any idea how terrified I was!? Who was it? Who came into our house, woke me up, tied me up, terrified the shit out of me and kidnapped me!? I want an answer now or I’m gonna kick the crap out of everyone of you!” He said as he fell to his knees and started crying.
“Everyone give us a minute. Brian, Jack stay here. Calm down man. I’ll admit it was a bad Joke to play. Very bad! Samson called me earlier and he found a driver for tomorrow and wanted you to have fun with us. He asked if he should send you on another food delivery to surprise you again. Cody thought it would be funny to just go kidnap you tie you up just jokingly. It was me who came up with making it look real. You haven’t seen Brian for a while so wouldn’t recognize his voice. Unfortunately it was a little too real for you. I’m sorry!”
“I’m sorry to bud. I thought about ending it when you lost it in the car. I should have.” Brian said, patting the kids bare back.”Man you’re freezing! We have a fire going out here and I brought your paintball clothes and some other stuff from your house. I even have a sleeping bag and pillow for you. They heard the door open and it was Cody.
“Uh guys, can we come in for a minute? The rest of us were just talking about something out here.”
“I think we’re good, what's up Cody?” Jack asked
“Well we thought about what happened and Caleb! We were all in on this. It was My idea, and Blake wanted it to look real, and we all put our input in on how things should go. I know we all deserve some payback. We thought maybe you could put us in front of a firing squad with you holding the gun. You tie us all up in here with our hands above our head and shoot us a few times.”
Blake jumped in “I have a better idea! It’s getting late and if you guys want a full day to play tomorrow we need to get some sleep soon after Caleb warms up. Caleb hunts you all down tomorrow. He’s the only one taking prisoners, and at the end of the day you all go in front of the firing squad. You can even shoot at each other as a free for all, but Caleb is the only one who takes prisoners!”
“What! That means I’m getting shot all day!”
“Well everyone here played three more rounds after you left today. Consider it catching up with the rest of us!” Weston Jokes.
“OK, but what time do we leave tomorrow?”
“About 6pm why?”
“If you’re taken prisoner you stay tied until we leave and Kyle, you better tickle the hell out of all of them, and if everyone is captured I help Kyle!”
“I might even help with that myself!” Blake said
“It doesn’t stop there though! You are all going to owe me after this one, and don’t think I won’t collect! Brian where are my clothes?” Caleb said, shivering.
A couple minutes later Caleb was given the bag with his clothes. “I have your paintball stuff, and other pants, shirt, shoes, socks and a sweater. I really am sorry I should have stopped!”
“That’s ok, I’ll get over it. You scared the hell out of me though. I was really crying!”
“I know you were. You’re taking it better than I would expect. Anyway, your sleeping bag and stuff are in my car. It's unlocked. There’s also some shower stuff and all in there to if you need it. Shampoo, toothpaste, all that. Hopefully I grabbed the right toothbrush.”
“Thanks, it’s good seeing you again Brian!”
Brian was a very smart guy. He was the same age as Blake and made a reputation for himself as a nerd in high school. Not many people liked him because he was always bragging about how smart he was. After Blake got to know him a little he realized he wasn’t so bad. They’d been friends for a few years. Brian was about as tall as jack, and almost as skinny. He didn’t get into the games the guys played and would avoid them as much as he could. He wanted Blake to help with the prisoner stuff when it came to the paintball business.
Caleb went to a locker room to change. He got changed into his pants, sweater and shoes to join everyone by the fire they had going. Right after he put his sweater on he broke down in tears. He was so relieved that he hadn’t actually been kidnapped he didn’t know how to act.
“Caleb, grab that bag. I have some things for you. I have some of my old clothes. Not totally body armor but I have some camo cargo pants, a camo shirt. Sorry it’s long sleeves but it’s all I had, and I want you to try on these boots. Those’ll be a lot better than those trash shoes you have. We still need to go buy you some clothes.”
“Thanks! So you planned all of this? You know that means once you’re healed I’m brutally kicking your butt right?”
“You can try bro but you’re too nice to do very much that’ll scare me!”
“Let’s get this started. Has everyone been playing yet?”
“Nope! We were waiting for you to show up. I still have to brief everyone on the rules. Let’s go little man!”
“I really hate it when you call me that!” Caleb said as he walked away not helping his brother. He then turned around and helped Blake get up.
“Ok here are the rules of the games this weekend. Unfortunately, Caleb has to leave tonight. When he says he has to go let him go, whether he’s a prisoner or not. We’ll be having a capture the flag game going today. There’s one on the far corner of the park, and There’s one right on the opposite side a few hundred yards away from here both are marked on the map. The first team to bring the opponents flag back here wins. If you’re shot in the arms or the legs you’re still in the game. Shots to the chest or back, You’re a prisoner. If you shoot someone in the neck, throat, or head, you become a prisoner. If you’re captured, the person capturing you ties your hands behind your back and you go to the jail over here once there Kyle will retie your hands around one of the poles in the building, then tie your feet. Your feet will be tied up in the air so Kyle can let you enjoy the torture that’s coming to you. This is the only time we’ll be able to do this. Once this palace opens prisoners will be taken, and tied up, but no torture. There will be referees on the course but not today. This is all about integrity this weekend. If you’re taken prisoner own it! I would say the winning team has the option to torture the prisoners as well as release their teammates if they choose. Any questions?”
“They’re are nine of us. Since Kyle isn’t on the field, what do we do about even teams?” Cody asked, raising his hand.
“Blake, how big is this place,Can we hear each other from each side?”
“Yeah I would think so if you have a couple people that can yell loud enough.”
“Let’s choose an odd man. That person goes to the middle while the teams get set to defend the flags. Once it starts if that person is captured, they get tied and come back here. Everyone gets tied with the rope they’re carrying. If the odd man captures someone he takes over on the team that the person he captured was on.” Caleb suggested.
“Ok, but how do we identify the teams, and especially the odd man out?” Weston asked
“I have some blue tape in my truck. It doesn’t stick the greatest, but one team can wear that on their arms. Only question is that weird guy or whatever.” Jack said
“I can be that guy. I have cargo pants, and I can carry it with me. If I join the blue team I wrap some tape around my arm the same as the rest.”
“Alright let’s choose the teams. We need captains. I suggest Jordan and myself since we’re the oldest.” Jack said
Jack ended up with Cody, Weston, and Tyler. Jordan had Vaughn, Luke, and Ryan. Jordans team took the blue tape. Blake flipped a coin as Jack called heads to see who went to the farthest end of the field. Jack's team took off as they lost the coin toss. Caleb went for the middle to his position. He had a lot of good options and decided on a spot in some rocks to wait for a victim. He was still hurting from being shot at earlier. When everyone was set he heard Jack, then a moment later Jordan yelled they were ready. He kept an eye out but nothing. After a while he saw who he thought was Ryan coming towards him. As the new kid drew closer to him he came out of the rocks and hit the boy about three times in the chest. Before he tied his hands Caleb had Ryan helphim wrap the tape around his arm. He decided to stay where he was. He had a good view of the field except for not being able to see the ends; he could see the middle pretty well.
The next one he saw was Jack, but he was too far away to shoot at. He tried to think of a way to get closer and went for some trees nearby. He was able to make out Vaughn who was right in front of Jack about 50 feet.
“Get down you idiot!” He thought. Vaughn was in plain view from what he could see. Jack started lifting his gun and Caleb fired a shot at him hitting him in the arm making him take cover and giving Vaughn a chance to find another place to hide. Luke snuck up behind Caleb scaring the crap out of him.
“Jordan is watching the flag. Where’s Vaughn?”
“Somewhere over there. Jack took cover. I can't see him. Keep trying to get to that flag, I think I have the middle covered.”
About this time Ryan was having his bare feet pulled in the air by Kyle. Who was itching to get himself some entertainment. He didn’t waste much time sending the bound new kid into hysterical laughter as he found out how ticklish he was. Blake watched on kind of happy he wasn’t at the mercy of Kyle's fingers.
The next person Caleb saw was Weston. The boy was coming right at him. When he was close enough Caleb stood up and fired, hitting Weston multiple times. Weston grabbed the rope from his pocket and handed it over. After his hands were tied he headed off towards the jail holding his gun in his bound hands. Caleb turned to find a spot to hide again and was hit square in his face mask. He had paint over his eyes and couldn’t tell who hit him. He just started shooting, forgetting the rule that was made.
“STOP, I give up! Dang dude!” He pulled off his mask and saw Cody walking toward him. Cody was already pulling the rope from his pocket. “You scared the hell out of me! Turn around.” Caleb said as Cody put his hands behind his back and his gun put in his hand before he walked away. Caleb wiped off his mask the best could and went for another hiding spot. Just then he heard a bunch of shots come from the direction of his team's flag. A few minutes later he saw Vaughn walking towards him with his hands tied. He decided to head that direction to help Jordan. He figured it must be Jack since he lost sight of him.
He started moving slowly toward the spot he thought the flag was and saw Jack getting close. He couldn’t see where Jordan was. He had a clear shot so he went to take it as he was hit in the back of the leg. He turned around and saw Weston. All he could do was start shooting. He hit Weston in his leg and chest. He stayed low to tie the hands of the first kid he met. When Weston was gone he went back to trying to find Jack again. He looked down and saw the flag standing with nobody around.
He decided to try to make his way towards the flag to figure out where his only remaining teammate was then he heard a pop. When he looked in the direction it came from he saw Jordan handing rope to Jack. He took the opportunity to sneak closer to the flag while Jack was distracted. He hid behind a tree, then looked on as Jordan walked off with his hands tied. He was in a good spot to watch Jack. As the oldest player of the group got close to the flag Caleb started firing. Jack didn’t have a chance he took multiple hits to his arms, legs, chest, and back. Caleb had gotten him totally by surprise.
“Have a nice walk, man!” He said as he finished tying Jack's hands.
“Tyler! Hey Tyler, can you hear me!?”
“I hear ya! What’s up!?”
“It’s just the two of us! What do you think about a race to the flags? If we run into each other we start shooting!”
“No way man! Mine is a lot closer than yours to the endpoint. Which means I have farther to run!”
“Ok! Let’s forget the flags and hunt each other down. This has to end somehow!”
“Deal! Let’s go for the outside of the tree line. Should be my right, your left!”
“OK let’s do it!”
Both boys started picking their route Caleb had a better idea of the layout from being that odd man. No one had thought to let everyone check out the course first. Caleb had to travel a little more uphill which meant Tyler had the high ground. Caleb knew he had to get higher fast. He reached the top of the hill near where he was to begin with. He wasn’t seeing Tyler anywhere. He kept making his way along the tree line when a paintball exploded right by his head. He dropped to the ground and got on the opposite side of the tree that was hit. He caught sight of the new kid and waited for a clear shot. Tyler wasn’t moving. Caleb still had paint smeared on his mask from before which made it harder for him to see. He heard something to his right and heard the gun go off. He was hit in the shoulder, but turned and started shooting. Both boys were firing multiple shots at each other, Caleb got hit in the mask twice again, but Tyler hit the ground with the wind knocked out of him as Caleb’s shots hit him in the stomach.
A few minutes later Caleb led Tyler into the jail where everyone else was tied up. He was surprised not to see Kyle torturing anybody. They were all tied up with their bare feet in the air.
“What’s going on, Kyle, why aren’t you having a field day right now?”
“I just decided not to. It was enough fun just watching everyone's feet struggle in the air like this!”
“Little bro! How did you do this? You owned everyone!”
“Trust me it was just luck! Kyle, get Tyler here tied up for a bit! I hope this isn’t the only round for the day. I still have a few hours before I have to leave. We can keep them tied up for a while though! I never did call Samson and thank him for today. I’ll be back!” Caleb went to his truck and was having fun but couldn’t think of how weird it was seeing 8 guys tied up with their bare feet in the air.
“I’ll be back as soon as I can I need to go home and change clothes!”
Caleb entered the building again to see Kyle getting back at his torture techniques on Tylers feet.
“I have to go guys! The other driver got into an accident. Looks like his car is out for awhile. I have to make deliveries!”
“I thought he said it was cool if you took the day off. He has more drivers than that doesn’t he!?”
“The only other guy is 3 hours away with his family for the weekend. I really had a good time and don’t forget my revenge isn’t finished on any of you for scaring the hell out of me this morning, This is just the beginning! Oh, I want a full report on how everything goes. Have fun guys! OH wait I almost forgot, Kyle get over here!” He took out his camera and took a picture with his phone of the 8 teens. “Ok Kyle, get in the middle and strike some kind of evil pose.!” Kyle got in the middle on his knees and held up his hands like he was going to tickle the crap out of someone with an evil grin on his face. Caleb went around and took pics of everyone individually as well then said goodbye one more time and walked out the door.
“Hey Caleb, wait up! You really did good today bro. You actually handled that joke better than I thought you would.”
“I’ve learned a lot over the last few weeks. You taught me most of it. I just wish you’d given me the address for this place so I could be prepared for what I might be walking into!”
“Well I couldn’t ruin the fun now could I? Besides, it was my idea to order the food to surprise you. It was Weston’s idea to play that joke!”
“I’ll get him back! I have to get going though. Have fun, and I want a full report and lots of pictures!” He said as he jumped in his truck.
Caleb got home from work after another driver arrived. It was about 7 PM. A few minutes after he got home his phone went off. It was a text from Blake showing a pic of the new kids Tyler and Ryan. Kyle was tickling Ryan's bare feet. Brutally from the looks of it. That told Caleb that at least Ryan was more ticklish than he thought he was.
“That’s sweet! Hope you guys are having fun. I’m going to bed soon, I have work in the morning. I’ll see you when you get back!”
It didn’t take Caleb long to take a shower and put on some sweat pants and get into bed. He was asleep soon after. A while later He was woken up by someone standing over him. He tried to get up out of surprise but the man quickly jumped on him, pinning his arms down and covering the boy's mouth with his hand. The man was wearing a black face mask, hat covering most of his face. Caleb couldn’t tell who it might be. His eyes were wide with fear. Everyone he knew was somewhere else, so he was pretty sure this was no joke.
“I’m going to take my hand away. You aren’t going to say a word and open your mouth. Understand?” Caleb nodded the best he could. When the hand came away The terrified teen opened his mouth and watched what looked like the two ankle socks he was wearing that day get shoved into his mouth. The man then held up a roll of duct tape and started wrapping his victims head in tape sealing the socks in. Caleb could still taste the sweat on his socks. He was too scared to worry about that though.
“OK, I’m going to get off of you I want you to turn around and put your hands behind your back. If you do what I say everything will be fine. If you don’t it won’t be good for you, got it?”
Caleb nodded and turned over on his stomach and crossed his hands behind him. As the man wrapped the boys wrists multiple times with the duct tape, he couldn’t help but think all these stupid games he played were becoming a reality. He never cared about getting tied up by friends but he was now literally being held against his will. After his wrists were done the guy pulled his bare feet together and pulled his pant leges up wrapping his bare ankles in tape as well. After he was done with the ankles the burglar took the teens pillow case off the pillow and put it over his head and wrapped tape loosely around Caleb’s neck to hold the pillow case on. He also found Caleb's eyes and wrapped more tape around that area. Caleb was starting to cry. He was so scared he couldn’t think.
“Ok you stay put. I have to grab some things here. Like I said if you cooperate you’ll be fine ok?”
Caleb could here the guy grabbing things from his room and also other areas of the house. He had no idea where the guy was and it was quiet for a while. Caleb thought his captor left and started trying to scream for help. He knew he had to get to the kitchen or somewhere he could get something to cut the tape. He tried breaking it but there was too much. About the time he tried to get off the bed a hand pushed against his bare, shirtless chest and he fell back on the bed. He heard more tape and then it was being wrapped around his knees, followed by his upper, then lower arms he couldn’t move at all. Then he felt himself being lifted and realized he was over his captors shoulder. He felt his feet hit the ground and he was pushed back into a vehicle of some sort. Either an SUV or a van.
“I’m going to have to take you with me. If all goes well I’ll let you go tomorrow.”
“MMMMMMOOOOO HMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHM!” Caleb started yelling and then balling out of fear. His legs were pushed in the vehicle and the back closed. He couldn’t even fight, he was so scared. He heard the vehicle start and start to back up then began driving down the road. The vehicle kept driving for what seemed to Caleb the whole night. He heard paved roads, a couple of dirt roads and the ping of the gravel hitting the vehicle. Then he heard a paved road for a few minutes and another gravel road for a minute then the vehicle stopped. The back opened and he was carried into a room and sat down in a chair. More duct tape secured his upper body to the chair. The man left and he heard a door close. He got the courage up to try to get loose and he figured out the chair must be secured to a pole or something as it wouldn’t move. After what he thought was maybe 10 to 20 minutes the door opened. About a minute later the captor approached Caleb
“I’m going to untie you ok? Now after i untie you and you hear that door close you can take this off your head ok?” The guy took all the tape off and Caleb winced in pain the whole time the tape was being pulled from his bare skin.
A minute later the door closed and he went to work getting the tape off the pillowcase over his head.
20 minutes earlier…..
“Did you let him go, where is he!?”
“We have to talk first, everyone gather around! He is scared to death. He has no idea this is a joke. He thinks it’s real! He was literally balling when I put him in the car, I almost ended it there and told him!”
“Brian what the hell did you do to him!? He’s not going to trust any of us now!” Blake yelled
“Hey it’s not my fault! You’re the ones who wanted it to look like a burglary!”
“He’s not going to let any of us tie him up again!” Weston added
“Ok, let me think! This isn’t a funny joke anymore guys this is serious! He’s got one hell of a temper, and when he finds out about this it may not be pretty. We need a way to break this to him easily. Any suggestions?”
“What if you go in before we untie him and talk to him? He’ll still be tied then give him time to cool down?” Cody asked
“He may be mad enough to struggle. He's tied with duct tape and not wearing a shirt. It's going to hurt like hell if he gets mad in that chair. The only tape on him that’s not touching skin is his knees. I grabbed his clothes but obviously I wasn’t going to make him put on paintball clothes!”
“Maybe we do that. Take his clothes and put them on the floor. He'll take the blindfold off and recognize the room and see the clothes. Maybe leave the door locked until he has time to cool off?” Luke added
“No, he needs to be talked to right away. OK here it is. We all go in there. Brian you untie him he still doesn’t recognize your voice. Have him take the blindfold off. When he sees all of us he’s probably going to be mad. We may have to tie him back up, so someone have some rope ready. Be as quiet as possible when we go in. Take off your shoes if you need to. Let me do the talking first.”
After Caleb got the pillow case off he looked around the room still gagged as his eyes adjusted. All the boys were standing about 10 feet in front of him. He was stunned, and didn’t know what to think. He started taking the tape off his face and pulled the socks out of his mouth. He was cold, tired, scared and relieved all at the same time.
“What the hell is going on here!?”
“Caleb let me explain. Ok!”
“No! What the hell is going on! Is this some kind of joke!? Do you have any idea how terrified I was!? Who was it? Who came into our house, woke me up, tied me up, terrified the shit out of me and kidnapped me!? I want an answer now or I’m gonna kick the crap out of everyone of you!” He said as he fell to his knees and started crying.
“Everyone give us a minute. Brian, Jack stay here. Calm down man. I’ll admit it was a bad Joke to play. Very bad! Samson called me earlier and he found a driver for tomorrow and wanted you to have fun with us. He asked if he should send you on another food delivery to surprise you again. Cody thought it would be funny to just go kidnap you tie you up just jokingly. It was me who came up with making it look real. You haven’t seen Brian for a while so wouldn’t recognize his voice. Unfortunately it was a little too real for you. I’m sorry!”
“I’m sorry to bud. I thought about ending it when you lost it in the car. I should have.” Brian said, patting the kids bare back.”Man you’re freezing! We have a fire going out here and I brought your paintball clothes and some other stuff from your house. I even have a sleeping bag and pillow for you. They heard the door open and it was Cody.
“Uh guys, can we come in for a minute? The rest of us were just talking about something out here.”
“I think we’re good, what's up Cody?” Jack asked
“Well we thought about what happened and Caleb! We were all in on this. It was My idea, and Blake wanted it to look real, and we all put our input in on how things should go. I know we all deserve some payback. We thought maybe you could put us in front of a firing squad with you holding the gun. You tie us all up in here with our hands above our head and shoot us a few times.”
Blake jumped in “I have a better idea! It’s getting late and if you guys want a full day to play tomorrow we need to get some sleep soon after Caleb warms up. Caleb hunts you all down tomorrow. He’s the only one taking prisoners, and at the end of the day you all go in front of the firing squad. You can even shoot at each other as a free for all, but Caleb is the only one who takes prisoners!”
“What! That means I’m getting shot all day!”
“Well everyone here played three more rounds after you left today. Consider it catching up with the rest of us!” Weston Jokes.
“OK, but what time do we leave tomorrow?”
“About 6pm why?”
“If you’re taken prisoner you stay tied until we leave and Kyle, you better tickle the hell out of all of them, and if everyone is captured I help Kyle!”
“I might even help with that myself!” Blake said
“It doesn’t stop there though! You are all going to owe me after this one, and don’t think I won’t collect! Brian where are my clothes?” Caleb said, shivering.
A couple minutes later Caleb was given the bag with his clothes. “I have your paintball stuff, and other pants, shirt, shoes, socks and a sweater. I really am sorry I should have stopped!”
“That’s ok, I’ll get over it. You scared the hell out of me though. I was really crying!”
“I know you were. You’re taking it better than I would expect. Anyway, your sleeping bag and stuff are in my car. It's unlocked. There’s also some shower stuff and all in there to if you need it. Shampoo, toothpaste, all that. Hopefully I grabbed the right toothbrush.”
“Thanks, it’s good seeing you again Brian!”
Brian was a very smart guy. He was the same age as Blake and made a reputation for himself as a nerd in high school. Not many people liked him because he was always bragging about how smart he was. After Blake got to know him a little he realized he wasn’t so bad. They’d been friends for a few years. Brian was about as tall as jack, and almost as skinny. He didn’t get into the games the guys played and would avoid them as much as he could. He wanted Blake to help with the prisoner stuff when it came to the paintball business.
Caleb went to a locker room to change. He got changed into his pants, sweater and shoes to join everyone by the fire they had going. Right after he put his sweater on he broke down in tears. He was so relieved that he hadn’t actually been kidnapped he didn’t know how to act.