Kidnap Setup

 He showed the boys some photos of past challenges:

Their wrists and arms were tied behind their backs.

A rag in their mouths was covered with tape.

Their legs and feet were bound.

They lay on their arms..... looking at each other tied up.  "This should be easy, they thought..."

They began to struggle when two more entered the room...

"Ok.  Let's drug them, take them, and tied them up nice and tight.  Sorry boys, this is real.  You're going to be held for ransom or torture."

One grabbed each struggling boy, put them in a
choke hold, and shoved a syringe into their shoulder.....  the struggling slowly ceased as the boys slumped to the floor.

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The ice cold water pour on Ryan brought him back to consciousness.. and stabbing pain in his arms and shoulders.  He had been tied up, but this time it was rope torture.  Now blindfolded as well as gagged, they dragged him to his feet.  

He felt the noose being put around his neck.  He panicked... as it was pulled up... pulling his head back, and standing at perfect attention, he could feel his heart pounding in his chest and the sweat pouring out all over his body.

Alex's numb fingers clawed at the ropes.  His bound wrists were pushed high up his back to his neck.  His elbows and forearms were lashed together.  Ropes, laced between his biceps, pulled them a scant few inches apart.  His shirt was stained with sweat and his neck was raw from the noose.  He knew if he moved even an inch, the noose would tighten around his neck.  He began to whimper in the gag.

The cameras were turned on.  The hoisted Jake a few inches off the floor, as his bound body convulsed and he began to choke.  After a few seconds, the dropped him to the floor and loosened the noose.  Gasping for breath, he was stood up again, hoisted again, dropped, again,,, over and over to he tortured boys.

After the cameras were turned off, they took the exhausted boys, on the floor, removed the noose,

and hogtied their boots to their necks.

There they would lay in a pool of sweat, waiting to see if the ransom would be paid in time, or this would be the place where they would be left to die.