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Rated: 18+ · Campfire Creative · Fiction · Animal · #1933397
Ichabod and Marzipan discover three kidnapped Humanimals and try to free them
[Introduction]
OK People, this is going to be something of a grim story, looking at the news reports of the Ohio Kidnapping it gave me chills to think that a lot of writers on WDC write stories in which women are treated similarly to how the girls in Cleveland were treated, as a female writer the amount of all these female torture and enslavement stories is...Unnerving to say the least. I know most of those erotic stories are just fantasies and everything but it's still really disturbing that these presumably male writers love to glorify the subjugation of women

Well I'm going to take a stand, here is an allegorical story of the Ohio Kidnapping, names and to an extent species were changed to protect the innocent.

A Human Man living on Alderbaren not too far from where Ichabod himself lived has three Humanimals held captive for his pleasure

Sara-A Siamese Cat
Bryanna-A Raven
Samantha-A Horse

While visiting his parents on Alderbaren Ichabod and Marzipan hear a psychic cry for help...This kick starts everything
It was early Spring on Alderbaren but it felt more like summer, Alderbaren Central was going through a horrible heat wave, Marzipan did not feel like cooking, after all she was a long haired cat and cooking over a hot stove felt like roasting alive to her.

So Ichabod and his family had take out that night, Ichabod didn't honestly mind, after all Marzipan did so much cooking most of the time that she deserved a break.

Marzipan was so hot that night that she made herself a fruit smoothie and had that for her supper, she felt to warm even for a hot meal.

Later that night, Ichabod and Marzipan went to sleep in Ichabod's childhood bedroom, they both slept in the buff as they were too warm even with the air conditioning on.

"It's nice here." Marzipan said "But Ichabod...I thought you said your childhood home was burned?"

"One of my childhood homes." Ichabod said "I'm sorry I should have clarified...Since the danger of the child hunters was ever present my parents often moved from house to house to keep them guessing, this was my favorite home...Near the forest."

"Well..." Marzipan yawned "Good night."
In the middle of the night, they were waken by sounds of a horse neighing. Marzipan says "Does your parents still have humanimal slaves?" Ichabod says "No, I don't think they have any humanimal slaves at all." Marzipan says "Then why do I hear a horse?" Ichabod gets out of bed "I don't know but I'm going to find out." He peeks out the window and sees...
Actually not much...The Windows were all blacked out so he couldn't see anything, but he could still hear a ruckus, and he could see that the walls of the old house were shaking, as if something was kicking from the inside.

Slowly however the kicking and neighing died down and all was quiet again.

"This doesn't bode well." Ichabod said "This doesn't make any sense at all!"

"What do you mean?" Marzipan asked

"Marzipan." Ichabod said "You know as well as I do that on Alderbaren, the 'common folk' were not allowed Humanimal slaves, Humanimal slaves were reserved only for the aristocracy and royally and I could tell by the state of repair that house was in that whoever is living there is no aristocrat."

"Well who does live there?" Marzipan asked

"I have no idea Marzipan." Ichabod said "Remember I haven't lived in this neighborhood over seven years."

"I don't feel good." Marzipan said "It reminds me of what I saw when I was enslaved in Duke Vortex's castle...I saw many Humanimal Girls get raped by the soldiers...Many times they would die of despair."
Suddenly Ichabod and Marzipan got a psychic message, starts off as cawing of crows and a mental message "Whoever responds to this message we direly need help. My two friends and I are being held against our will by the most vilest human on Alderbaren. Just think your message to respond."
"Who are you?" Marzipan thought back

"My name is Bryanna, I am a Raven." Said the Voice

"Is one of the other's with you a Horse?" Ichabod thought

"Yes." Said the voice "Samantha is the Horse, the other Sara is a Cat like you Marzipan."

"Who has captured you?" Marzipan responded

"I can not tell you that now." Bryanna thought back "But I will tell you that he impregnated me and I hatched his daughter six years ago...He takes our daughter out of the house but leaves us all trapped in here."
Marzipan thinks "Don't worry, we'll get you out one way or another." Bryanna thought back "Careful, many tried to free us were unsuccessful. Our master is very cleaver." Ichabod thought "But do many of your unsuccessful rescuers part of the Federation crew?"
"Most of them were just ordinary Alderbaren citizens." Bryanna replied "Back when slavery was legal on this planet, back before Alderbaren joined the federation."

"Yes." Ichabod said "I lived here back when slavery was legal."

"I know Ichabod Crane." Bryanna's voice was sounding exasperated "I may have been locked in this house for ten years but I am aware of current events. I am able to see what's going on the news."

"TEN YEARS?!" Ichabod thought and said at the same time "How old were you when you were taken?!"

"I was 18 when I was taken." Bryanna said "Sara was 19, Samantha was only 14. We did not always live on this planet, all three of us were born on Pekopon."

"Oh!" Marzipan thought "You were from a free planet! One that was run by the Neo-Hippies like my home world of Mizzer!"

"Yes." Bryanna said "Our captor was born on Pekopon as well, but as he captured us he took us to Alderbaren because he knew he would he knew he would be able to get away with enslaving us there."

"Can you please tell us who your captor is?" Ichabod asked

"I can not say his name now." Bryanna replied "I can only tell you why ever rescue attempt failed before hand...He...Is...A hypnotist."

Both Marzipan and Ichabod fell silent
Ichabod says "A hynotist you said, well that's a start. I know someone who may help us identify your captor. I'll give him a call in the morning." Bryanna "Then I'll leave you to sleep." Bryanna cuts her psychic link and then Ichabod and Marzipan fell asleep.

The next morning. Ichabod found that his parents are a little grumpy in the morning, no doubt they were interrupted by Samantha's neighing. But Ichabod only goal is to free Bryanna and her friends but first who is her captor and the only person can help is Cooper. He gives Cooper a call "Ichabod, I heard that you and Marzipan are on Alderbaren, keeping your folks in check?" Ichabod says "Yes, but that's not the reason why I'm calling." Cooper says "Then why are you calling me?" Ichabod says "We got a call for help by a raven named Bryanna, it seems that she and her two friends are being held by a human enslaver." Cooper says "Isn't Alderbaren a federation planet? I thought they outlaw humanimal slavery on such planets." Ichabod says "Yes." Cooper says "Did she describe her captor?" Ichabod says "Male, and she says he's a hypnotist and they've been there for ten years."
"Can you give me a little more detail?" Cooper asked

"Well..." Ichabod said "She said all three of her friends were born on planet Pekopon and later taken to Alderbaren when they were teenagers...During my psychic conversation with Bryanna she seems to be in her late twenties so she's older then I am and therefore she was around back when slavery was still legal on Alderbaren."

Cooper was looking through the data files his speedy raccoon paws going a mile a minute

Then he got to Pekopon's Missing Person file

"I'm looking through the missing person file." Cooper said "This Raven named Bryanna are the two females being held captive with her a Cat named Sara and a Horse named Samantha?"

"Yes! Yes! That's exactly it!" Ichabod said

"I'm also looking up Hypnotists, Cooper said "And this article came up on one Mr. Jude Pene, a popular stage Hypnotist on Pekopon but then several girls and women both Human and Humanimal complained that he was hypnotizing them in order to rape them, he then took off without a trace but not before those three Humanimal Girls went missing."
Cooper says "It sounds like Mr. Pene could be trouble. I'll give Captain Tiamat a call and see if we can arrange a visit to his place." Ichabod says "Careful, he could hypnotize you." Cooper says "Me perhapse, but Tiamat? Unlikly." Ichabod says "What make you so sure?" Cooper says "Have you ever tried to hypnotize a 5-headed dragon?"
"Cooper..." Ichabod said "I'm not sure if you have to go through all this trouble after all this crime horrendous as it may be is not a threat to Intergalactic Security, now that Alderbaren is a federation planet I can probobly just call the police."
Cooper says "Okay, I'm sure they'll call the Federation if he prooves to be more trouble then the police can handle." As Ichabod hangs up, his mother Pamela asks "What was all that about?" Ichabod asks "Do you know anything about one of the neighbors? Jude Pene?"
"We don't know anyone by that name." Pamela said

"Apparently he lives in the house right next door to us." Ichabod said

"Well we haven't lived in this neighborhood for over seven years." Pamela said "He might have moved in during that time."

Ichabod slowly walked to the kitchen where Jonathan was sucking miserably on his coffee trying to get the sleep out of his eyes.

"Mum," Ichabod said "Father...If you're wondering why you heard a Horse in the middle of the night I have the answer...Jude Pene the man next door...He has three Humanimal slaves locked up in that house..."

"WHAT?!" They both said at once

"Yes." Ichabod said "Apparently he is a stage hypnotist from Pekopon that is how he got his victims..."

Jonathan scoffed "Stage hypnotist? That's nothing but a cheap parlor trick!"

"Don't be so quick to dismiss." Ichabod said "He's managed to thwart several rescue attempts."

"So he has a Horse in there..." Jonathan says "What else does he have?"

"Well he has a Cat..." Ichabod says "And he has...A Raven..."

Jonathan gave a startled jump "A Raven?" He said quivering

Jonathan had a terrible fear of birds and crows and ravens frightened him most of all.
Bryanna's voice then goes back into Ichabod's head "Did you have any luck?" Ichabod thinks "I'm going to call the police first." Bryanna thinks "That was the first thing we contacted. Our Captor was crafty and made us invisable to their minds." Ichabod thinks "Wow, Jude Pene thinks of everything." Bryanna thinks "So, you found out about him, This is why I called you. You're our last hope." Ichabod thinks "Why me?"
"You have strong empathetic abilities." Bryanna thought "Your mother taught you to love and care for other forms of life, your psychic abilities are not as developed as Marzipan's but you have the ability to sense distress."

"Are you the only one with psychic abilities?" Ichabod thought back

"As far as I know of..." Bryanna said "But one thing you may want to know about...Sara has told me there may have been another..."

"Another?" Ichabod felt worried

"Another who is not alive anymore..." Bryanna said "Sara was locked in a room one time...He almost always locked us in separate rooms...But Sara saw written on the wall R.I.P. and..."

"And what?" Ichabod pressed

"Sara didn't tell me what the name was but she thinks there was a previous victim who died."
Ichabod says "So Mr. Pene had a fourth, the more reason why I should free you three from him." Bryanna says "So, do you have any ideas?"
"Mr. Pene is going to go out for an hour tomorrow night." Bryanna said "At six O clock, you can come over and free us."

"Do you know why he is going out?" Ichabod asked

"No clue." Bryanna replied "Mr. Pene is very skilled in psychic abilities he shields his mind to prevent us from reading his thoughts."
Ichabod called the Alderbaren Police and told them to be on standby

"But how do you know they're there?" Asked the Chief of Police

"One of them sent me a psychic message." Ichabod said

The Chief put his hand over the mouth piece of the phone, he whistled and a Police Horse Woman with dark brown fur, black mane and tail and deep eyes walked over

"Alessandra." The Chief said "This Anonymous Contributor may have given us the tip off to that guy who assaulted you back on Pekopon."

Then he resumed speaking into the Phone "OK, We'll be on standby...But why wait?"

"From what I understand." Ichabod said "This man has powerful hypnotic abilities."
The Chief says "Hypnotic abilities you said, interesting. Then I better call in a Federation agent that can counteract such abilities." Ichabod says "Who will that be?" The chief says "Can't tell you, but she'll show up tomorrow night along with me and Alessandra." Ichabod says "From what she says, their captor will be gone for an hour."
"Uh, excuse me, sir, but don't we have to do anything more authorative than just sneak into his house when he goes out? Like, don't we need a search warrant, court order, or something?" Ichabod qietly asked Chief Hurdy as the quartet swiftly undid the simple lock on Pene's front door and advanced into the coatroom.

" The 'PATRIOT Act' kid, the friendly ol' PATRIOT Act. It's a law that they carried over from Earth-I, and it let's us do this sort of thing without troubling with silly little hassles like giving him a reason as to why we're going through his house. Saves us time." Said Officer Alessandra. "Now, are you getting anything in regards to the three prisoners?"
"Um..." Ichabod said "I'm not sure what you mean by that..."

When the door was broken down a black feathered mass bolted out of the door and took the the sky! It was Bryanna after ten years of being locked in a house and never getting to fly, her instinct took over and she flew three or four times around the house

In the doorway was a tiny black feathered chick, Bryanna's daughter...And Jude's daughter

"I'm so glad you came!" Bryanna said "The other two are locked in a room upstairs!"
As the chief helped Bryanna and her chick out. Ichabod and Alessandra rushed upstairs. The found a locked door and with a good kick of her hoof, Alessandra knocked it down. A siamese cat comes out "Oh, free at last. You must be Ichabod. Bryanna told us about you. Thank you." Ichabod says "Your welcome." Samantha says "Alessandra, I don't know how you got to Alderbaren, but I'm glad you did sister." Ichabod says "Sister?"
"Samantha is my younger sister." Alessandra said "When she vanished ten years ago we were all wondering what had happened to hear, I became a police officer out of my determination to prevent other people from disappearing...I too had been violated by Pene eleven years ago when I was Samantha's age, but he didn't take me."

"We need to get to a hospital." Samantha said "Sara has been complaining of chest pains."

As they walked down the stairs Samantha said "Sara has been pregnant five times and each time Pene forced her to abort, he would starve her and repeatedly punch her in the gut till she miscarried."

"Don't worry." Alessandra said "We're all going home."

Ichabod who was following close behind when he heard of whet Pene did to Sara, the story lodged itself somewhere in his breath, he figured the three girls had been raped but he had not fully grasped the depth of Pene's cruelty...Ichabod felt cold...That any human that had not been born a Wrangler could do that to a Humanimal...Or anyone."

"You look so thin and weak." Alessandra said to her sister "What has he been feeding you?"

"Mostly just hay and oats." Samantha said "And I only got oats if I did what he said...Right now I'm craving a bowl of tomato basil soup with a fresh baked baguette on the side."

"And you will have it!" Alessandra said. She hugged her sister. "Only good things for you from now on!"

Samantha started crying. "I am so happy to be out of there!"
Alessandra asked for the rest of the night off to take care of her sister, Samantha. While Bryanna and Sara are taken to the hospital for examination. The chief walks up to Ichabod "Thanks for all your help, we may have the girls out but I got a feeling Jude Pene isn't going to be happy when he gets home. I left a message for him that we have the 3 girls for questioning, and if he does come to the station to get them back. He'll be quickly arrested and charged for kidnapping and multiple counts of rape. Among other charges." Ichabod says "And what about me?"
"You did a good deed." The Chief said "I suspect you'd like to remain anonymous."

"I would." Ichabod said "If it would be in my best interests."

That night Marzipan and Ichabod sat together and ate potato soup. It was a rainy night so the soup was good. Ichabod had his arm around Marzipan and she was snuggled into him.

"What a day, eh?" he said and she nodded agreement.
Throughout the meal, Ichabod heard a yell from the house he was at earlier. Marzipan says "Who was that?" Ichabod says "I believe that's Jude Pene finding out that he lost his slaves." Marzipan says "You freed Bryanna?" Ichabod says "Anonymously, along with Sara and Samantha." Marzipan says "Ooh, give me the details."
"Wasn't much too it, really. We broke into the house easily enough, and found them being held in the basement and one of the bedrooms. Bryanna was locked in the room upstairs. Samantha- Alessandra's sister- and Sara, a cat like you, they were in the basement. That...That animal had beaten Sara when she was pregnant, and forced her to abort. Bryanna was luckier; she had also had a baby, who didn't seem injured. I-" Ichabod's voice, increasingly swinging erraticly between intense and un-emotional, broke off. Marzipan glanced up at him, tail also stopping it's nervous twitching.
"Ichy?"
"Something just occurred to me, Marzi. Since Pene's technically the father, there could be a risk that'll he'll sue for custody of Bryanna's chick or something. Do you think that there could be a risk?"
"Do you think the courts will think him sutible to raise a child when they learn what he did to those women?" She asked "Kidnapping, raping, beating, forced abortion?"

"I suppose..." Ichabod said "But when a man is charismatic enough he can convince a jury to let him get away with murder..."

He loked at Marzipan and felt a wave of tenderness wash over him

"Marzipan..." He said "I know I have not always been the best boyfriend I can be..."

"Nobody's perfect..." Marzipan said

"I just want to know..." Ichabod said "If I have done something to upset you, or I have not done something you would like me to do...Is there anything I can do to be a better mate?"

Marzipan thought..."Can't think of anything you've done to make me mad..." She said "And I think you are kind enough...But I did think of something."

"Yes?" Ichabod said

"Could you...Teach me how to dance?" Marzipan asked "Your Dad always said you were a good dancer?"
Ichabod says "Sure, I can teach you the Tango." Ichabod puts on suitable dance music they both go to an open area of the room free of furniture. Ichabod takes Marzipan's left arm and puts it on his right shouder while he places his right hand on her left shoulder then he holds her right hand with his left. "I'll lead." Ichabod says as they slowly dance around twirling and dipping to the music.
After the music stopped Marzipan lay her head on Ichabod's chest

"That was wonderful..." She purred

Ichabod had to admit he did feel a little better, but he he still wasn't sure about Jude Pene, how could he be sure he couldn't hypnotize the jury into declaring him innocent.

However when Jude Pene, angry about the loss of his slaves stormed out of the house...

...He found himself arrested...By an extremely ugly Warthog Woman police officer

"What are you arresting me for?" Jude Pene demanded.

"Tax evasion," said Thelma Warthog.

"That's impossible! I don't pay taxes!"

Thelma rolled her eyes. "You just don't get it, do you?"
Jude Pene looked at Thelma with his hypnotic gaze "I don't need to pay Taxes."

Thelma says in a monotone voice "You don't need to pay Taxes."

Jude Pene says "Now let me go."

Thelma says in a monotone voice "I willl.."
Pene snickered maliciously at the blank look on the stupid humanimal's grotesque face. There was nothing more satisfying than dominating a weaker will- accept perhaps dominating a weaker body. "You will now return to the station, and announce that the three slave- 'victims'- are to be taken to another location for their safety. If they all press irresistibly, say they're going to...To a safe-house on the East Side. You will then instead escort them to Whortleberry Meadow on the outskirts of town, after a few hours at the House, if possible. Await me there."

         Having finished his instructions, more detailed than he usually cared for, the hypnotist watched the officer turn and tread back to her squad vehicle. He mopped at his suddenly sodden brow with his sleeve, felt a well acquainted headache beginning its onslaught, and decided to retire to have a drink and prepare for the night.
He thought he was awfully clever doing that, however Ichabod watched everything from the window (Remember the houses were just next door)

"Oh no you don't..." Ichabod said he realized what was needed now was a powerful Mage, as Magic Users are by an large immune to hypnosis.

He called Cooper "Hey Cooper?" He said "Hi...I think we need some help with Pene, but not military style help, we need a Mage...Can you send Trevor Smallhoof? You know, the Dik Dik of Gotham Forest..."
Cooper says "Pene's up to no good eh? Sure I'll give him a call when I finish talking to you. What has he done?" Ichabod says "I just saw him hypnotize a cop and he ordered her to give back the 3 slaves I help free." Cooper says "I'm sending him to Alderbaron and I'm sure he knows a spell to break a hypnotizing spell like that. Then again I'll head to Earth and bring Trevor to Alderbaron myself, it's time that Jude Pene answers to the crimes and this Coon will not be hypnotized with Trevor as my partner."
Cooper found Trevor residing in his hut in the forest

"I know why you're here." Trevor said "I felt a vision coming of those three Humanimal girls."

"So you'll help?" Cooper said hopefully

"Of course I'll help!" Trevor said "But Space shuttles take to long and we need to get their fast, we'll need to use the teleporter."

Cooper followed Trevor to the backyard where Trevor kept his teleporter hidden.

"Looks like an ordinary barbecue grill, doesn't it?" Trevor said.

"If you were going to barbecue an elephant."

"I admit it's large, but who would ever think to walk into it?"

Cooper shrugged. "If it works, it works. Personally, I would have disguised it as a dumpster."

"That's a good idea! But meanwhile, step into my oven said the witch."

Once inside the gigantic barbecue grill, Trevor pressed a hidden switch. A hum filled the air, they both saw beautiful psychedelic patterns floating before their eyes, and then they were at their destination.
Both Cooper and Trevor are in front of Alderbaren police station just in time as Officer Thelma leaves the station, Trevor notices that she has a zombied look in which means she's been hypnotized. Cooper says "Officer, can We have a word with you."
Officer Thelma says. "Can't talk, must check on the 3 girls." In a monotoned voice. Trevor says "This will take a second...."
Trevor grabbed the sides of Thelma's head and pressed his forehead against hers

As soon as Thelma got the dazed look out of her eyes, Trevor let go

"Oh!" Thelma said "Oh...Ow what a headache!"

She then looked around and realized what she was going to do before Trevor healed her

"Goddamn it!" Thelma cursed "That moron hypnotized me!"
Cooper says "Let me guess, you tried to arrest Jude Pene." Thelma nodded. Cooper it's time we set a trap for Pene but first we need to visit Ichabod Crane." Trevor says "I can read your mind, sneaky but I believe we can pull if off." Thelma asks "What are you planning to do?"
"Use a little magic of my own." Said Trevor "As a Mage I'm immune to hypnosis...I'm thinking I'll pull a Bugs Bunny on him, I'll put on a dress and act like a beautiful female to lure him..."

Thelma said, "What if he pulls an Elmer Fudd and aims a shotgun at you?"

Trevor didn't blink. "Then I'll pull a Roadrunner and disappear in a cloud of dust."

"Sounds good. Just don't pull a Mickey Mouse."

"What are you guys pulling?" Cooper asked. He had not been listening closely.

"It's time to take down Jude Pene," Trevor said.
Trevor says "Okay, enough of the Loony Toon metaphors and let's get serious."

(Please, none of the Heath Ledger Joker stuff.)
"Let's see," Said Cooper. "We could just pretend that we never intercepted his hypnosis attempt, and then catch him when he appears to recapture the girls. But... He'll likely hang back for a while and make sure that the coast is clear before coming out for them."

         Trevor nodded. "Yeah. Hypnotism is a tricky science, or so I've heard- unless he's a master, he will probably know that there's a risk the Officer shook it off and then realized what she might have done. If we try to surround the area with enough cops to keep him from escaping when he shows up, he won't come at all."

         "And I don't want to see the three victims involved further in this unless we have too, but- Wait, earlier you mentioned that you would put on a disguise to trick him out of hiding? How good's your illusion magic? We could make it look that everything was going according to his plan with some careful disguises, and then nab him when he comes for the girls."
"Hmmm." Trevor said "Illusion magic...That's probobly a good idea."

"But I will have to be there in the room," Trevor said. "I can't cast an illusion that does not center on myself."

Cooper shrugged. "But you are immune to his hypnosis power so what is the risk?"

"Well, I think the basic risk is that he pulls out a gun and shoots me. I'm not immune to bullets."
Thelma says "What about bulletproof vests? Isn't that standard issue when dealing with dangerous criminals?"
"Uh, Kevlar disrupts the mag-etic field. I think we just should borrow a hand-scanner from the police and quietly scan him when we see him."
"All right." Said Trevor "We'll do that."

Arrangements were made and the trap was laid. Trevor sat in the back room of an apartment, ready to cast the illusion that the girls were there. Cooper and Thelma were near the entrance with the scanner. They couldn't show themselves or get too close because Jude would hypnotise them. The plan was to take down Jude Pene after he entered the apartment. But they had a radio and could warn Trevor if Jude was carrying a gun.

"Here he comes!" whispered Cooper over the radio.

"Got it!" Trevor said, and put all his mental effort into conjuring up a convincing illusion of the girls.
Trevor created an illusion of Bryanna, Samantha and Sara having a discussion when Jude came in "Ahh, there you are girls. Come on, let's go home." Jude tries to grab Sara's paw but his hand only phases through it, he tries again, same story. "What? A trick!" Trevor then shows himself, "It's over Jude, time to close the curtain of this performance." Jude says "I don't know who you are but your wrong on that." He tries to stare at Trevor with a hypnotic gaze "Because you will let me go." Trevor is unaffected, "You can't hypnotize me."
"Oh, uh, crap. Look, whoever you are, don't follow me or-" Said Jude as he backed up, putting more force into his attempted hypnosis as he tried to backtrack towards the door. If this little old humanimal runt knew he was there, the Law couldn't be far away.
         The dik-dik slowly started following him as he retreated, meeting his gaze and then matching it. Two mental struggles emerged, with Trevor's innate magic shielding him, while his lack of training in hypnotism kept him from overpowering the human's mind. Their wills wrestled and writhed, colliding and rebounding without the either managing to get a solid grasp on its' foe; not so much of a boxing match as a wrestling contest in a vat of grease.
         Trevor's eyes flickered to the side as they dueled, before immediately refocusing and once again meeting Pene's stare.
         Suddenly alarmed and remembering his fears in regard to legal enforcement, the rapist swung around on the spot, coming face-to-face with the same hideous policewoman, this time holding a blindfold and a set of cuffs as she stole quietly up behind him.
"This should do the trick." She said as she put the blindfold over his eyes


"And just for some extra insurance..." And she put a ball gag in his mouth

"How does it feel to be bound and gagged?" She asked smugly
All Jude said is "Mmmf Mmmf Mmmf Mmmf."

Cooper says, "Nice, bound, gagged and blindfolded. You certainly closed the curtain on this sick performance."

Thelma says "No one hypnotizes me and gets away with it."
Together, they manhandled Pene down to a waiting cruiser and pushed him into the mobile confinement cell in the back, after making sure his hands were handcuffed in a way to keep them out of reach of his blindfold. "Let's get this trash to the station. I've a feelin' there'll soon to be a rough questioning session when we get to the station."
"Should we have Mages do the questioning?" Cooper asked "You know...Just to be safe."

Meanwhile Marzipan and Ichabod were laying in bed, the night was so warm they were just laying naked in bed to cool down.

"By the way..." Marzipan said "Did you ever find out the name of Bryanna's chick?"

Ichabod realized he never did find out the name, of course he didn't find it an important question at the time...

But he felt that Bryanna was listening in her mind at the time

"A word floated in his mind...A name

"Her name..." He said "Is Wilma."

"That's a nice name." Marzipan said as she fell asleep

Ichabod just lay there and let the cool night air flow over his naked body

"Hypnotism," Ichabod thought. "It's a strange thing. One mind controlling another mind. I suppose it happens all the time but doesn't get called hypnotism. Maybe even falling in love is a type of hypnotism."

Ichabod's thoughts slowed down and became less organized and he sensed he was slipping over the edge into the land of sleep. And then he was no longer conscious of anything.
The next morning during breakfast, Cooper called "Ichabod, good news. We have Jude Pene in custody." Ichabod asks "Won't he hypnotize himself free?" Cooper says "Don't worry about that, we have him bound and blindfolded."
And everyone lived happily ever after!

At least until the next adventure

The End!

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