"What are we doing at Ace Hannigan's house?" I asked as my buddy extended his hand toward the door bell.
"No worries, bro, I'm just going to have a little fun. Now hold onto my elbow," Josh said.
"Your elbow? What good will that do? Ace hates us! And weighs more than both of us!" I protested.
He glared, but with an evil smile on his face. He said, "Grab hold of my elbow, and don't let go until I tell
you!"
As soon as I grabbed his elbow, he started pumping his finger against the doorbell. I could hear the chimes
clanging away. Less than 2 minutes later, I heard a familiar voice.
"Hol' your horses! I'm coming!" growled the voice from inside the house.
The sound of a chain lock sliding open, then the clank of the bolt sliding back, the knob turned and the door
opened. The door swung open. There stood a sweaty flushed faced Ace Hannigan. He had long blonde hair,
stands 6'2", and is a muscled 275 lb 20 year old athlete. His face showed irritation. The recognition as he
looked at Josh and me. Then his face turned to anger. I pulled on Josh's elbow. Ace opened his mouth, and
froze with his mouth twisted in a snarl.
"Ya, still with me, bro?" Josh asked.
"Yeah?" I whispered. I stared at Ace. His face was contorted his eyes were unblinking. Then I noticed the
antique pocket watch in Josh's hand. "What did you do?"
"Gave Ace a time-out. Now take the box off the dolly, and help me put Ace on it."
Silently, I took the box off the dolly. I had wondered what was in the box when Josh asked me to wheel it.
He said something about a special delivery. Now I was more curious than ever, but that had to wait. I
couldn't believe that Ace was just standing there, as Josh moved his stiff body as if he was a mannequin. We
tilted Ace forward and slid the dolly under the heels of his shoes, and then tipped him back on the dolly. I
grunted as I felt Ace's weight shift onto the dolly. Josh helped me wheel the dolly through Ace's large house.
Fortunately, the floors were covered with smooth hardwood instead of carpet. The wheels on the dolly squeaked
noisily under Ace's weight. I stopped abruptly when I saw Ace's two buddies standing in a room as we wheeled
Ace by. There was Rick Brunner and Rich Parker standing there apparently frozen mid chat.
"We have plenty of time to deal with those two, after we finish with Ace," Josh said, "Now start pushing."
"Okay," I said.
We wheeled Ace into the downstairs bathroom. He had me help him prop Ace up in the shower.
"When will they wake up?"
"Oh, they're not asleep," Josh explained, "I stopped time. The only reason you can move is that you were
holding onto me. For the two Dicks back there, time is standing still. For Ace here, his body is frozen, but
the moment I touched him, his mind became aware."
"You mean he knows we manhandled him?"
"We haven't done anything yet!" laughed Josh. "Now go get that box, and bring it here."
"Uh, okay," I said glancing at mannequin Ace propped up in the shower. I leaned toward him and whispered,
"Sorry, Ace?"
When I came back, Josh had removed all of Ace's clothing.
"Good you're here," he said, and he opened the box and pulled out a can of shaving cream and a pack of
disposable safety razors."
"Why is Ace naked?"
"Well, I had thought he had a longer penis. If he had, I was going to tie it in a knot," Josh said with a
straight face. Then seeing my expression, he howled with laughter. "No, not really. I stripped him, so we can
shave off all his body hair. You wore your swimsuit under your pants?"
"Uh, oh, yeah, just liked you asked me."
"Good, strip off everything except the suit, and join me in the shower. Time to remove Ace's pubes, then we'll
make him smooth all over," Josh said.
"Are you sure about this? You said Ace is totally aware of what we are doing to him?" I said jabbing my thumb
into Ace's upper left pec. Then jumping back when I realized I jabbed him.
Josh laughed.
"You mean he's not aware?"
"Oh, no. He's totally aware, but I can reset his memory to the moment I stopped time, so he'll basically
forget whatever we do to him. Oh, he'll be hairless from the neck down, but he won't know how it happened. But
we'll know, and have photos too."
I don't know why, but hey Josh is my bro, so I went along with him. It was weird lathering up Ace's crotch,
and watching and taking pix as Josh cut away his pubes. He washed off the hairs and saved them in a plastic
baggy. Which seemed a bit weird at the time, but made sense later.