AcademyMen: Cold Steel

Playing soldiers: agreed to learn what it’s like to be captured. He said: “I can disable you just like they would do in real life. A single piece of cord.” 

He showed me the cord. “OK”, I said, a bit more doubtful.

Slip knot over one wrist and pulled tight before I could get out a word. Cord pulled round under my throat and back down to the other wrist.

“Fun huh?”

It was fun. And secure. Fun, even the long cord round my ankles and yanked back and tied to my wrists. That sort of burned. Made me search and try to stretch back my legs out straight but the knot was already in place.

“Now you know. Single cord, Jamie boy. But of course there’s a next stage. They want to now where the rest of your unit are.”

“Come on Chris. Untie me.” “Sorry Jamie. In real life, the bad guys don’t play fair. They make you talk. Or maybe have fun just making you beg.” 

It happened so quickly. About halfway, he came across two other runner… big guys, “definitely built” he thought to himself..didn’t look like typical joggers”.. he thought…

“What are you doing way out here, bro?”..the bigger guy asked, running up along side Johnny…

“Ya know.. wanted a change from my routine, buddy…”

The two men jumped him.. he remembers struggling…a strong chemical smell as a rag was forced over his mouth and nose…

..as he slowly came to “…uhhhh….uhhhh?!”….a voice he recognized…