Binding

Jessica managed to sit on her knees, wherever she was and rubbed her left eye as she sniffled. The blonde genie, unable to keep herself from crying anymore, her eyes red and puffy, her body still in the nude, but worst of all, the feeling of being unable to face him.

Her face scrunched as the genie curled herself into a ball and squished her breasts against her knees. That was the worst feeling of all of them. The voice in her head, and the voice of Jessica Myers, would probably tell her she was nuts, a freak, for thinking about someone else after being put through everything, but the blonde couldn’t help it.

Failing Simon, failing her Master, was the worst feeling in the world. It was something she wasn’t able to accept. Put up with. Her hands clutched both sides of her head as she tried to shut the image entering her mind.

That look. Jessica could remember that look on his face when he was younger. How upset he was. How sad he must’ve felt. Back then, she cried and couldn’t bear to look.

She felt this before.

The genie wanted to escape the pain as her head shook.

“This ends…Now….”

Her emerald eyes snapped open in the void as she heard her Master’s voice echo in the darkness. He was angry. Very angry. She could feel it getting colder in the emptiness around her. Simon’s feelings of anger, pain, protectiveness, possessiveness pounded into her from all sides as if crashed into by a wave hitting the beach.

She could still hear him. Feel him, even in this place.

Only now did the genie spin her head around and realize the vast emptiness she now found herself in. Where the hell was she?

This place wasn’t a dark broom closet or anywhere like that. The teenager could see herself, but everything else was pitch black. Empty. Almost as if she was under a spotlight of some kind. All the blonde bombshell could remember was wanting just to hide and not face Simon out of shame when she touched the ring on his…

Jessica froze as she suddenly let her eyes widen at the realization. She hadn’t escaped only the High School, but everything else. This void wasn’t any ordinary hideout.

The teenage genie was inside her ring!

The blonde suppressed the urge to yelp as her body jumped in fright. She had reached the acceptance of being born a genie, but something like this still could shock her. Her hands pressed down on the floor, but there was no floor, yet she could still stand up. There was no sun in the sky or sight of anything, no horizon, nothing.

“How did….”

“At last….”

The blonde suddenly squealed in shock as she spun around in her nude form and covered herself out of instinct. A voice echoed from inside and all around her as Jessica’s emerald orbs darted around the darkness. Her nose continued to sniffle the excess snot from her recent crying as the tears stained under her eyes.

“Who’s there!”

Her body began to shake as her sudden question was greeted only by silence. The lack of response made the genie gulp as she looked down at her bare breasts and feet. Finally, she closed her eyes and attempted to take a deep breath. Today was enough of an overwhelming day already, so the last thing the once-popular cheerleader wanted was another voice inside her head.

“How strange….”

The voice echoed again, but she couldn’t make it out who it was, boy or girl; they were too composed for her to figure it out. At least she didn’t imagine it, but there was another voice talking to her. Before the young beauty could figure out anything else, a sudden burst of light appeared in a bright emerald glow. A small light spun around her and above her, then hovered in front of her.

“You are not at all what this one was expecting, young one…you do not seem as panicked by your first arrival…this one expected more resistance to your confinement…yet you have sought this place….”

Jessica could feel her face go blank as the ball of light spun around her head again and then hovered in front of her off-guard naked form. Her Master’s influence showing as she tilted her head, confused by the strange voice’s statements,

“Um…what?”

The light swirled in front of her,

“Let us see, hmmm….”

The genie rubbed her forehead and wiped stray tears from her face as she shook her head, still confused by the strange ball glowing in front of her,

“I’m sorry, but who…what are….”

Before the blonde could finish, the emerald light flew right into her chest, causing the naked genie to squeak in slight terror loudly. Unknowingly, her vision showed her eyes glowing as the teenager could feel the light moving up into her brain and rushing in one lobe and out the other. The experience made the heiress’s eyes flutter and roll back as it soaked up her memories like a sponge. _This one…needed to learn? _Finally, the ball of light bounced out from her head and appeared back out in front of her.

“That was most enlightening! This one had not expected such a turn of events after the binding! It had happened so quickly that this one was concerned!”

The ball floated and spun around her as the genie squinted at the emerald green light wanting to smack it for invading her brain. Jessica was already frustrated enough trying to figure out what this thing was and why it was so interested in her.

“This one must know more of this Master of Ours. Truly, this one is at a loss!”

“That makes two of us….” The genie mumbled under her breath as she crossed her arms and legs with a pout.

Her emerald eyes watched as the light suddenly disappeared up into the vast darkness above and all around her. The blonde suddenly realized it was leaving her behind and stuck in the void. The teenager attempted to chase after it,

“Hey, wait! Where are….”

In an instant, it was gone again, leaving the recently-disgraced cheerleader to collapse and curl into a ball on the vast emptiness once more. She had more questions and concerns than any answers.

What was going on? Why was there a voice inside her ring? And what was that ball of light just now?

She did not have long to wait, fortunately. The voice, the echo returned, their voice sounding concerned,

“Oh, dear. This Simon Harris…he is hurting…such distress…anger…pain….”

The genie felt her ears perk up at the revelation. Then, her entire body shifted upward with sudden worry and panic, “Wait! What? What’s wrong with Master!”

Her own sadness didn’t matter if Simon wasn’t okay. Master’s emotions had run cold again, and she felt her body shivering in the dark. He was angry. Almost immediately, the concern and worry on Jessica’s face turned into shame and sadness.

“It’s my fault…he’s upset because of me again, isn’t he?”

She failed him, again. That was what hurt the most.

“Curious…Most Curious….”

The voice seemed more preoccupied with something than the question asked of it than an upset genie. It was aloof and confused. The more it spoke, the more Jessica felt angered by them overlooking her.

“This one does not understand….”

“Hey! Don’t ignore me!” the blonde cried out, “Is Master in trouble or not! I need to know! Is it my fault!”

“Silence,” the voice hissed suddenly.

Jessica’s voice fell silent again as she looked down at her nude form and shivered in the dark. The teenage jinn not knowing what was to become of her, only that she was now trapped inside her binding. The one her mother made for her…

“M-Mom?” she asked hesitantly, “I-Is that you?”

“…This one is not the bearer...not Mother….”

The blonde gulped and nervously nodded her head with her eyes bowed to whatever floor she found herself standing on. The echo and voice sighed as it sounded unamused now as the excitement waned from it.

“Why have you come here, Jessica Edwards? For what purpose?”

The dethroned cheerleader shrank her body further, slumping her shoulders as she looked down at the blackness beneath her in shame,

“I…I didn’t want him to see me….”

The genie winced as the green light once again hovered from above, curious of her motives,

“Who?”

Jessica sighed as she held herself and frowned, “Master…I didn’t want him to see me. I wanted to hide.”

“You were hiding from Master…because you were afraid of him?”

Tears stung her eyes as she clenched her hands into fists in front of her naked thighs and shook her messy head of golden locks in denial, “No….”

“But you are afraid….”

“Of failing him!” the young bombshell choked out in a sob, “I couldn’t do it anymore. He counted on me! I couldn’t beat them. I failed…he…he believed in me, and I failed!”

The genie wiped her stinging eyes and sniffled again as she seethed with her teeth clenched, “I can’t fail him anymore. Don’t you get that? I don’t want to fail Master anymore! I want to be there for him…so he…”

She choked back another sob as the once Queen of Eastlake High finally let her feelings out, “So he can be there for me again! I missed him! When we’re together, I can stop with all this bullshit! All the secrets! All the lying! I just want it all to stop!”

The voice remained soft and quiet as it acknowledged the painful emotions flowing out of the blonde, who muttered at her inability to stop crying and shivering.

“I see…so you do not fear your Master, then?”

Jessica had to let out a loud laugh at the idea, “Afraid? Of Master? You obviously don’t know him! He wouldn’t lay a finger on me unless I told him to!”

The sudden burst of energy and defiance faded quickly as the blonde held her bare shoulders again as she turned away with a worried gaze, “I fear for him, though…I don’t want to see him get hurt…he’s too important. Master needs me, and I need him.”

“Then…you wish…to please your Master?”

“What kind of a stupid question is that?”

Jessica turned her head back up in resentment as she removed her arms from her chest as her nipples hardened and her skin grew goosebumps from the exposed feeling of cold emanating from Simon outside,

“I already know that a good genie is supposed to obey her Master. And because of this stupid ring, I get ‘rewarded’ for my wishes! I just want him to be happy…and in control! And…watch him take charge…have him smile at me like he did when we were little….”

Her arms wrapped around her upper torso crosswise once again. Then her emerald eyes looked down and to the left. The genie’s face becoming downcast once more, the thought of a little blonde girl running and hugging an oblivious boy from behind while laughing, then holding hands,

“So if you think that means that I want to please my Master, then yes. Fine, I do. I just…”

The blonde sighed, further depressed by the way things were going, “…I just want him to be with me. Is that so wrong?”

Her fingers clenched down into the skin of her shoulders as she frowned, “Can’t I just be with Master? Why is that so hard?”

She gripped tightly to herself as her mouth grimaced, her teeth clenched, and her body shivered under the waves of continued cold pressure coming from Simon’s feelings outside the ring. Her eyes grew distant as the genie knew not to expect an answer. Why would it answer her anyway? The voice acted like it didn’t even know what was going on itself.

“…you are…not what this one expected, Jessica Edwards….”

What would Simon say at a time like this? Not what a voice expected….expected…

…expectations.

“Why should I be?” the blonde girl asked up with a soft voice that turned defensive, “And what were you even expecting?”

Her hand clenched over her heart as she could feel the words being said, “What does a voice in a ring expect me to be? What expectations could you, who asks more than answers, possibly have of me?”

Jessica found herself met by silence again as she sat on…whatever floor there was in a void. She curled up her body as the once-popular Queen of Eastlake tried to figure out what was going on from her sudden prison.

“I’m going to deal with all of them…you’re never going to do that again….”

What was wrong with Simon? Was he angry with her? No, she thought. Her emotions began to clear from her mind as she could think for a moment. That wasn’t who Simon was to her. He would only get angry like that if someone threatened her, hurt her. Kevin and Brad were the most prominent examples. First, his friend had scared her half to ****, making him angry. Then her ex had threatened her and his sister in front of her Master.

Her eyes widened as the cold, and the echo of his words explained themselves. Whereas Brad had claimed ownership, Kevin had threatened her with the truth, but Tiffany went further than both of them.

She had hurt her. Simon swore to protect Jessica, and anyone who broke that was in his sights.

The Monster inside her Master was awake again. The genie knew it: her squad and anyone else who had just destroyed her reputation and humiliated her was marked.

Jessica felt her lip tremble in fear for what Simon would do, a meltdown apparent, and she needed to stop it.

But on the other hand, Master would have **** on them; he would deal with them. It was hard to ignore the excitement of knowing her Master was fighting for her.

“Does Master…react like this often?”

The reappearance and hesitation in the voice above her made Jessica’s head tilt up toward it. She genie crossed her arms and shrugged, “Only if someone hurts someone he cares about. Mostly me…he gets really upset if I get hurt…he loves me.”

Her emerald eyes turned downcast, and her lips pursed together as she thought about how Simon would react. Jessica pouted, knowing that only she could be the one to trigger something like this within her Master.

“This one has seen inside his soul. He has grown in ways and yet not in others…but his feelings are…genuine…powerful…he is not one for deception against us?”

She had to softly scoff at that one, her eyes rolling, “Please. Master’s a terrible liar. He can’t ever get one past me…he’s lousy at it…Master doesn’t lie to me….”

The blonde sighed and closed her eyes as the regret and sadness returned, as she knew her auburn-haired friend was hurting from seeing her run from him. The guilt of having run from him made her chest tighten. If she hadn’t wanted to hide and just stayed, she wouldn’t have to deal with this; he’d be comforting her, now he was about to lose it, while she remained trapped inside a golden piece of jewelry on his finger.

She let out a depressed sigh, feeling hopeless,

“Just like how I’m a lousy genie…I want to be a better one….”

Her face grimaced as she repositioned herself on her knees and held her hands out with open palms in her lap, defeat evident in her voice,

“Who am I kidding? I don’t even know what I should be doing to help Master…I need to help him…he needs me…but I don’t even know how to get out of here….”

She closed her hands and gripped them into fists. That part was as genuine as anything now.

“If your desire is true…this one shall aid you…”

The genie’s eyes widened as she looked up, confused in the dark at the single green light now hovering above her again.

“What?”

“I WISH JESS WAS OUT!” Simon’s voice suddenly roared out across the ring.

The genie felt herself begin to feel the familiar pleasurable spike as the voice spoke,

“But now you must go….”

The light turned green again as Jessica felt herself thrusting back out and up the same way she entered. Her back arched as if a geyser had shot out suddenly beneath her. A familiar sight appeared as the emerald took over the whole sky above her as she made impact.

He set his sights on the gym doors; the auburn-haired teenager marched forward in a cold fury as a hand that had been following him suddenly latched onto his shoulder weakly. The sound of his friend desperately screaming at him and saying the words that stopped him in his tracks,

“Simon, wait! Wish her out!”

Kevin was in noticeable pain when he snapped his head toward him. Simon hadn’t seen what the results of this process would do to either of them, and he was angry. Furious. The cold and hard void had once again opened up within him.

Anyone who made her cry, or hurt her, they would pay for it. The angry young man was her protector…

And he failed. People had hurt his Jess.

The feeling made his eyes sting as he remained cold in demeanor, shut down, and isolated inside himself. Then he looked to see at his friend, the one who had gone off the rails with what he had done with the power he gave him. When he saw him, Kevin looked possessed, his eyes blacked over, his skin paled to a chalky white hue, and his face twisting and writhing in an **** pain coming from the changing amulet around his neck. The nerd’s body shook and tremored as if he was freezing to ****, overburdened by a weight that dragged him and strained every muscle.

The auburn-haired teen growled, “Do you really fucking think I want your help now?”

The nerd was paralyzed on the ground, gasping for air as his knees collapsed, “Just…wish her out!”

His wheezing and breath labored as his glasses had trouble staying on his face, but Kevin still managed to speak,

“Simon…please…I’m…sorry…fuck! Fuck! I’m sorry! But-Damnit…just…she’ll have to obey you…just…just do it…”

He really didn’t want to listen. In fact, the once-dorkish photographer was finished, he had enough of everyone acting the way they had today. This stupid game may have been his idea, but perverting and transforming the staffs until they were all whores? Cloning his girlfriend from Brad Myers, and avoiding all of that only for Jessica’s friend to torment her? Kevin had no real ground to stand on at this point.

“Y-You…You have to protect her, right? Protect your fucking genie…then…then see if she’s okay!”

Okay? She had just disappeared into a ring in a crying mess because of things he had done. And the nerd had the gall to tell him what to do.

“Simon…think…you always think…think about her…get her out….”

The usually awkward teenager relaxed his body and closed his eyes, his fists clenched in anger. They all needed to pay; they were Jess’ friends, her teammates, and they had made her so distraught. Betrayed the cheerleader in ways Simon would **** his way into figuring out.

He should deal with all of them. Now.

But…Kevin was right. Jessica came first; she always came first. Simon knew he couldn’t just leave her in her ring without knowing what had happened to her.

The blonde he had known his whole life had been sobbing uncontrollably. He couldn’t go ahead without knowing she was safe.

His hazel eyes, darkened by the energies of the amulet, his veins blackened, stared into the emerald. The stupid ring that bound the girl he loved to him as a ****.

He felt angered by the sight of it but barked loudly at it as if it would obey him as much as the genie it bound itself to,

“I WISH JESS WAS OUT!”

His eyes widened as it all happened in an instant. First, the emerald on the golden band began to light up in the same green glow that Jessica’s eyes and illusions created. Then, a swirl of smoke appeared followed by a ring of energy; the image of a feminine form appeared and became familiar as it turned to gold.

First, her face and hair, then her breasts and torso, her arms, and waist formed. She floated above with a tail attached to the ring at one point. The bottom was then detached from the emerald and split into the blonde’s shapely legs and ass. The familiar appearance of Jessica’s naked flesh and skin, the green light of the choker forming around her neck as the teenage genie gasped for air as she collapsed and fell in the hallway.

Simon quickly ignored his anger and instinctively slid to grab her before she could fall on the floor, wrapping his arms protectively around the naked blonde. His anger quickly gave way to an immense feeling of relief upon seeing her. His worry and concern were still at an all-time high as he cradled her,

“Jess!”

His girlfriend looked disoriented at first, her emerald orbs in a daze as she felt her hands on her breasts and then down her body to make sure it was all there. His hand held the back of her head as the genie remained somewhat lost as to where she was. Then her eyes locked with his hazel eyes, and she whispered out his title breathlessly,

“Master….”

Simon cradled her head until he could hold her with both hands, making sure she could see him. Finally, her face scrunched in realization at what had happened, and fresh tears poured down her face as her eyes remained red and puffy. He felt her head bury itself forcefully into his chest as she straddled him on both sides of his waist and clung to him tightly. Simon felt his heart break as he held her tightly and stroked her head. His shirt quickly became damp under the muffled cries and tight grip as she clung onto him,

“It’s okay…It’s okay….”

She sniffled and began babbling incoherently, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Master! I-I tried…I did b-but…I…they were so….”

“Don’t be sorry!” he snapped as he clutched her tightly, refusing to let her even move from him again.

“I’m sorry,” the young man announced to his genie shamefully, “I’m so sorry, Jess. This was all my fault! I wasn’t there for you…and you got…I just…just…tell me what happened, okay…I’ve got you now. You’re safe now.”

His eyes remained dark as he held her tightly and stroked her back to soothe her, even as he remained changed in appearance, “Just tell me what happened, and I’ll fix it. I’ll fix all of it, okay? I promise. Tell me what happened. Take a deep breath and tell me what happened. I’m here. What did they do?”

He stroked her ass lovingly as a way of reminding her that she was safe. Jessica gripped tightly as her body began to relax somewhat. The blonde bombshell sniffled in his arms and nodded quietly.

“M-Myers…Ti-Tiffany…they….”

She became more upset as tears flowed again and told her boyfriend and Master of her plight. How her clothes were stolen, the long agonizing walk to the showers, being ganged up on, **** to practice naked until the final indignity. Kevin left forgotten as he lay off in the background listening as Jessica became more and more despondent as she recounted the robbery that finally took place at the end, “Th-They kicked me out…I’m not a cheerleader anymore….”

Simon felt the cold void within him grow once more as he glared toward the direction of the gym doors close by them. He rose to his feet and glared at it. The occupants inside, without a clue of what was about to be unleashed on them,

“M-Master…wh-what are you going to….”

“I’m going to make them pay, Jess.”

He gripped her hand tightly and pulled her off the floor as he had one objective. Kevin cried out in agony as Jessica snapped her head and finally noticed the tortured nerd on the ground in shock. Immediately, the blonde pressed her naked body into her Master to stay away from the other young man and locked onto the angered boy she wrapped around as he spoke to her resolved,

“I’m going to make sure this never happens again.”

The genie nodded and quickly gripped onto his hand tightly, “You’re not doing it without me. No way.”

Simon turned toward the door and snapped his fingers. Then, repeating the words again as Jessica's eyes widened,

“Enforce Penalty. Level Two.”