1 Playing Games (Part 1)

It all began when he was six years old.

Jerry sat on the couch watching old chinese martial arts movies. The heroic main character had just met the villain for the first time. Striking a martial arts pose, he was prepared to beat the bejeezus out of the villain who seemed to always be portrayed with an evil mustache and messy gray hobo hair.

As the hero posed, the villain responded with a ridiculous villainous pose of his own and even one up-ed the hero with a sinister laugh. The villain spoke, his clearly crazy demeanor was also reflected in the way he spoke.

"Mwahahahah! You think I would be so naive to come alone? Why don't you say hi to my underlings… and your little girlfriend!"

He flicked his sleeves as three equally evil looking thugs stomped out with a pretty looking girl. Her slender hands had been crossed behind her back and tied together. Extra rope wrapped around her torso, making her chest puff out while also comfortably securing her arms to her torso. A white cloth was tied over her mouth, preventing her from making any noise.

She didn't stay still. She squirmed and attempted to free herself from the ropes. Her hands, which were still tied behind her tried to feel for a loose end to untie, yet in the end the villains had proven their skill with rope. No matter how hard she struggled, she was unable to escape.

Her struggle became even more intense. The camera panned over to the surprisingly sophisticated knots that the barbaric thugs tied. Her pretty hands were unable to leave any noticeable unraveling on the knots. The ropes around her torso and arms outlined her curvy body and she squirmed and struggled.. Her futility and desperation was shown as she remain tied. She was completely helpless.

Jerry raised an eyebrow. It was at that moment that little six year old Jerry didn't think playing Pokemon on his gameboy and pretend house with his playmates was enough anymore.

Okay, maybe Pokemon was still bomb. But that's besides the point. He had been exposed and developed a fascination with tied up damsels.

For the rest of the movie, his mind wasn't on the actual movie, but constantly reflected back on that scene. He didn't think anything strange or perverted about it, but there was a lingering thought about that scene that left an impression on him for the years to come.

The next day, his mother's friends brought their kids over to have their play-date. Alicia Bright was an eight year old with long blonde hair, and pretty blue eyes. She was a few inches taller than the six year old Jerry. There was also, Jenny Li who had black hair hazel eyes, and wore giant spectacles for a six year old. She was a few months older than Jerry and also a few inches taller. It was summer, so both of them came in flip flops and sundresses.

Jerry didn't really care who was taller because he knew his growth spurt would come in time. He had read up on it. At that point, it would be girls that would be comparing their heights and not him.

They met as usual in their treehouse in the back. Jerry's father was a businessman who owned his own construction company. As guilt for almost never being able to be home, he had constructed a treehouse for his beloved son. Jerry understood his dad's busy schedule and never thought about it too much. It gave them a cool place to hang out in Jerry's vast backyard.

Jerry's mom waved to them from the inside of the house. She made sure there were snacks and refreshments on a table outside for the kids before she and her work friends had to go to their meeting.

"Alicia you're oldest so make sure if anything happens, call me. The phone is on the counter with the phone number."

"Of course! You won't have to worry about anything here Mrs. Bui, I'll take care of it!"

"Jenny, look after Jerry for me, he can get kind of crazy sometimes. I wish my son would behave like you."

"I'll try my best, have a nice meeting Mrs. Bui."

"Jerry my little baby boy be a good boy, okay?" She smothered him with kisses as she hugged him tightly.

"...Mhm bye mom."Jerry's face reddened with embarrassment as the other two girls watched him get smothered with kisses by his mother. He could feel Alicia's mischievous grin boring a hole through the side of his face. But he ignored it since he couldn't free himself from his mother's bear hug anyways."

They watched from the tree house as the car left the driveway. As soon as the car left, they returned to the middle of the treehouse with little cookies and juice pouches.

"So what do you guys want to do today?" Alicia was always down for anything. She loved even just running around pointlessly in the backyard.

"Jerry, you're the host, any ideas?"

"I have a game." Jerry said very nervously. He wasn't sure if his friends would think he was weird for proposing it or not.

"Coolio! What is it? Jenny, you have to play too cmon."

"Well, it's called cops and robbers." As Jerry saw that Alicia had already committed to playing the game and even dragged Jenny with her, he had no more worries.

"I'll be a cop, and you two will be the robbers. If I catch both of you, then I win. If you can avoid me, or escape from captivity in the one hour, I lose." Jerry was trembling in excitement. He wasn't sure what it was but imagining capturing the robbers made him excited. But he pretended to stay calm. He looked at the other two girls waiting for a response.

"That sounds really fun! What do you think Jenny?"

"Uhm… wouldn't it be unfair to just have Jerry on one team by himself?"

"It's okay, I'll be fine." Jerry reassured.

"If that's so, then I suppose it's alright." Jenny pushed her straight black hair behind her ears.

"You have thirty seconds to run, or hide. One, two, three…" Jerry closed his eyes as the other two girls dashed out of the treehouse.

"...twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty… Ready or not, here I come!" Jerry strolled out of the treehouse. He didn't immediately go looking for the girls however. He went into the living room and set up the jailhouse, since the captives wouldn't be just looking at nothing the whole hour.

He then headed for his mom's closet and took out a bunch of her old scarves.

Hehehe. Let the games begin.

Jerry headed for the treehouse again. Before he went in, he checked the time to see that five minutes had already passed.

He noticed a shadow in the corner behind a cabinet.

"Jenny I know you're in here. Come out with your hands up."

Typical Jenny thing to hide in the very treehouse that we began in he thought to himself. Jenny was bummed that things were over so quickly for her already. She immediately walked out with her hands in the air while pouting and surrendered to Jerry.

"Hands behind your back." Jerry instructed her. She obediently crossed her hands behind her back.

"Walk. We're going to the jailhouse." He took her inside the house to the living room where the TV was on and there was a pile of scarves on the sofa.

"Lay on the floor here with your arms behind you." He instructed. Jenny was still pouting but lay on the carpet, facing the TV. Jerry took her arms and tried to tie it like those robbers did in the movie. He realized he wasn't good enough with knots yet to tie that. He had a newfound respect for those robbers. Such skill was not just randomly acquired.

Jerry broke down the knots by crossing Jenny's small wrists together and then tying a square knot with a scarf. He used the rest of the scarf to tie her elbows together. And then another to secure her arms to her torso.

If I leave her legs, untied, she'll be able to stand up and run away.

He realized he should play something on the TV to keep his captive entertained. He turned on a movie which Jenny started watching. She had totally forgotten that she was being tied up.

Jerry took her smooth white legs and tied her legs together at the knees. He then tied her bare feet together with another scarf, using the excess to hogtie to her hands, so that she was unable to get up and hop away. With her hands and feet bound together, Jenny was completely helpless.

"Is it okay if I gag you?" He made sure Jenny was comfortable and okay with it. She nodded as she watched the movie.

He used another scarf, tied a ball into it and secured it in Jenny's mouth.

"Mmphh" Jenny said in surprise as she tested her bindings. She wiggled a little testing the bindings but was unable to escape them. How did Jerry get so good at knots? She wiggled her bare feet and hands playfully. The bindings didn't loosen. She gave up on them and continued watching the movie.

Jerry watched Jenny as she wiggled in her bindings. There was something about it that made him feel weird. Did he enjoy this?

He couldn't wait to capture Alicia.