The New Recruit by kidnaptiegag on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

You joined the army today. You are the new guy in a platoon which was formed a long time ago, so you're kind of shy. The other guys are polite to you, but have their own group dynamics and you feel a bit excluded.

At the end of the day, you and all the other recruits go into the barracks. They play some cards and goof around, but you don't talk to anyone. When it's time, everyone goes to bed and the lights go out. You hear someone saying: "New guy, tomorrow you'll really become one of us.". There are some giggles, but you don't understand what they mean, and eventually fall asleep.

At 6 am, you're in your deep sleep, but feel a lot of weight on top of you and a hand on your mouth. You wake up to see a guy holding your arms, another one holding your legs and a third one handgagging you. Then, another one, with rope on his hands, says: "Welcome to the platoon, newbie. Turn him around, guys.". They do it and tie your arms behind your back. Then, they lift you from bed and tie a lot of rope around your chest. You're always handgagged, until the hand is replaced with a large sock that fills your entire mouth. You feel a lot of tape being wrapped around your mouth and then 2 white cloths are tied over the tape.

They put you down on your knees, laugh and point at you. "Join the army, they say, but they never warn you about the initiation rituals. You may be captured in battle someday, so you better start practicing your escape skills. The lieutenant will be mad if you don't show up on time, and I guess you aren't a snitch, no one here is. Come on, guys, tie his feet to make it a bit more difficult, and let's go.", one of them says. They do that and leave, still laughing.

You try and try to escape, but they clearly have done this before, and you spend the whole morning like a war prisoner, waiting for them to come back.