by Androidus
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Rebecca had just about recovered from her gruelling adventure with Androidus and his Korean hide away trap. She had found later, on her return to the States, that she had a couple of fractured ribs, which accounted for the pain she had been in for quite some time. It was also an indictment to her strength and fitness that she had recovered so quickly. Most people with such injuries would have had to rest up for a month; not Rebecca, she was up and about and planning a long overdue vacation to europe.
The glossy brochures made it almost impossible for her to decide where to visit first. She knew she wanted to see Paris - that was a certainty! The problem was she wanted to try to fit a few other countries in too, and co-ordinating flights, ferry crossings and train journeys was beginning to knock a bit of the enthusiasm out of her.
Finally, Rebecca decided to do a round trip, flying into London Heathrow to begin with. From there she would spend a couple of days in London, then travel south to the coast to spend the rest of the first week in Brighton. A train across to Dover would get her on the tunnel to France, a car's drive from Paris, a week there followed by, finally, another couple of days in London on her way back. Her hert raced as she left the travel booking centre with her tickets booked and ready to pick up at JFK airport in a day or two.
The trip wasn't entirely as a result of a whim. A few days after her return from her run in with Androidus, she had received an e-mail from a 'pen pal' in Brighton, England. Perhaps 'fan' was a closer description, because in the short amount of free time Rebecca had at her disposal - when she wasn't being called out to beat up a few criminals - she whiled away the evenings maintaining her website which was devoted to her number one fantasy: Superheroine bondage!
One might have expected that,
as a costumed crime fighter in real life, Becca would have had her fill
of being tied up and being left to struggle in various kinky situations,
even deadly ones. But her fantasy was really quite different to her real
job. On her website she could explore the facets to her 'dark side'. Occasionally,
Becca had quite enjoyed being tied up as Flaxen, especially if the villain
was a particularly handsome one! Her fans wanted to see her ( they had
no idea she was really Flaxen, in fact most of her overseas fans hadn't
even heard of her ) in many and varied bondage situations, some extremely
hazardous, some very sexy and some just plain stupid. Rebecca had done
her best to accommodate all their fetishes and had had a great time doing
them into the bargain!
This particular fan from
Brighton intrigued her. He had written stories and had manipulated some
of the pictures on her site for her, which she loved, and all throughout
he had reinforced his desire for her to visit him sometime - whenever she
wanted to come was perfect for him. He'd described himself as being in
his mid to late twenties, just over 6'1" tall, single, with a career in
art and design of some form or another. He'd also described himself as
having a crush on her the size of the National Debt! Rebecca had been flattered,
especially that a total (virtually) stranger, possibly slightly younger
than herself, should be going to all this effort to get her to go and see
him. It made her feel strange inside, like a warm 'gooey' feeling in the
pit of her stomach.
Anyway, she had always wanted to go and visit England and France, and taking full advantage of her convalescing period away from C.A.T. (Covert Action and Tactics), she was all set to go. Rebecca typed up another e-mail to her mysterious 'fan', it read:
"Dear 'A',
As a result of your incessant whining and pestering, you may be pleased to
find out that I will be visiting your shores during the week of 6th to
the 13th of May - Is it still okay to pop over and visit?
Love Becca"
She went to pack her suitcase and made herself some lunch before returning to the website to see if she had any more requests. He must have been checking his e-mails around the time she sent hers because Becca noticed he had already replied with an ecstatic 'Absolutely!' She smiled to herself, wondering what on earth she was playing at. For all she knew, he could be 60, 5'4" tall and barely able to stand. In any case, it would be interesting finding out....and there was always Paris!
Is Rebecca's idolatrous fan all that he seems?
What could go wrong with looking up a total stranger in a far away country?
More importantly, will Rebecca live to regret it if there is?
London. Becca could hardly believe her first few days were almost at an end. Since arriving at Heathrew three days ago, she had gone to great efforts to see as much of the city as she could. She was beginning to feel ready for another holiday! Having taken in all the sights, the galleries, some theatre and quite a few clothes shops, the time had come for her to drop in on her 'fan' at brighton. It was the weirdest feeling arranging via e-mail where to meet, how to recognize each other ( although he would no doubt have recognized her in a garbage sack!) and at what time. Becca felt as though she was on an adventure to search out a long lost relative, or something of the kind.
Weighed down with a ton of luggage and shopping, Becca somehow managed to negotiate the London Subway, not famed for its user friendly layout or for its regularity. Still, she was able to get across to Victoria station and onto the southbound express which would take her all the way to Brighton.
Arriving fifty minutes later in a drizzly, overcast, cold seaside town, bogged down with all her luggage left Rebecca feeling a little less enthusiastic than she thought she might have been. She hailed a taxi and was driven to her guest house overlooking the sea front, which at the moment seemed to be just a slab of wet grey. No telling where the sky met the sea. At least her hotel room had cable, so she settled down to watch 'Barbarella' for a giggle whilst she unpacked some of her things.
"Hope tomorrow's better," She mused. Wondering what it would be like meeting this guy and whether or not the whole thing would be a wash out.
The next day was far removed from how her first impression of Brighton had been. The sun was out, which totally transformed the place. Only a small town in comparison to London's sprawling suburbs, but almost as multi-cultural. The diversity and variety of people, places to go and things to do totally bowled her over.
She made her way slowly to the pier, meandering this way and that, taking in everything that she saw and now quite enjoying herself. It was almost 1 p.m., the time she was to meet the guy from 'cyberspace'. She realized she didn't even know his real name, he always just signed it 'A'. No matter, she made her way up the length of the pier and sat on the designated bench just outside the donut stall. She pulled her compact mirror out from her purse and checked herself over quickly.
"Looking good, Becca," She thought.
A gust of seaside breeze made her skirt blow up her thighs slightly, but she managed to maintain her dignity and not expose too much to the interested teen aged boys walking past. Rebecca blushed slightly as the boys carried on past, checking back to take sneak looks every few steps.
"Hello, Becca." The use of her name startled her a little.
"Are you, um, 'A'?" She enquired, feeling a little foolish .
"'A' for Andersson, my Grandparents came from Norway, but I'm all British." He smiled.
Becca looked him up and down and smiled through a slight frown.
"You haven't been telling me the whole truth, Andersson," She said. "You told me you were 6'1" and in your late twenties!"
He beamed back a charming and disarming smile.
"Well, would you have jumped across the Atlantic for a 5' 10" 'boy' of 23?" He said.
Rebecca thought about it and shrugged.
"Can't say I'd thought about it that much," Now it was her turn to lie a little. "In any case, you're hardly a boy and you seem kinda cute."
He laughed and motioned back towards the entrance to the pier.
"Do you want to get a burger or a hot dog before we go?"
"Go?" Rebecca asked. "Go where?"
"Well I thought you'd be dying to see some of the new illustrations I've done of you - some of them are too big to e-mail, and I was thinking perhaps you could see my house."
"You own a house?" She sounded impressed.
"If you can get the work in this field, it pays!" They both walked back towards the pier entrance and across to one of the waiting taxis.
"Who knows, whilst I'm here I might even be persuaded to pose for you." She mentioned cheekily, hoping he would take the bait.
"My camera is loaded with a film already at home, and I've taken the liberty of setting up an area to photograph you, but I wasn't going to force the issue unless you said anything first." Andersson opened the door for her and followed her into the back of the cab.
"Well it would be a shame if I had come all this way to visit one of my biggest fans and not pose for him - especially if it's going to benefit my web site into the bargain!"
The taxi drove off, taking the pair of them along the coast road and slightly out of the centre of Brighton to a quaint little village about a mile out. The taxi drove up a dirt track to a small looking house, almost a cottage, sitting on its own in a field. The nearest other house was 400 metres away back down the track.
"Thanks, mate, and keep the change." Andersson paid the taxi driver and Becca watched it slowly move off back down the drive.
"A little secluded, isn't it? Do you value your privacy?" Rebecca asked, a wry smile playing on the corners of her lips.
"Oh, the town is terrific, but I wouldn't want to be in it all day and everyday. Besides, there are a lot of nosey people in this part of the world, everyone wanting to know everyone else's business. Out here nobody bothers me. I can go days, sometimes weeks before I see anyone else. If I want company, I visit friends in town....and actually," He looked at her as he opened his front door to let them in. "We wouldn't want anybody to disturb us if we were taking pics, now, would we?"
Becca smiled and followed him into the house, closing the door behind her.
Who knows what could waiting inside for our unsuspecting heroine?
Is this just a harmless fixation Andersson has on her...or is there more to him than meets the eye?
The final chapter is on its way even as you mull these questions...