It was a beautiful spring afternoon and Jay didn’t have a care in the world as he walked home from school! The sun was shining brightly in the clear blue sky and his thoughts were on maybe going for a swim in the old quarry pit on the other side of town when out of the corner of his eye he saw a middle aged woman falling down on the steps in front of her house! 

He raced to her aid and while helping her to her feet asked, “Are you all right, ma’am, that was a nasty spill!?!” “I-I think so,” she replied obviously a bit shaken, “that was stupid of me, I’ve never done that before, but thank you for helping me up!!!” “No problem,” Jay replied as he turned to leave, “I was happy to do it!!!” He was halfway down the front walk when she called out, “Say, would you like to step inside and have a glass of lemonade, I just made a pitcher full out of fresh lemons!?!” He was a little dry, and after giving it a moment’s though nodded his head and answered, “Sure, that would be nice!!!”

“Wow,” he said as they walked through the living room on the way to the kitchen, “this place is really fancy!!!” Why thank you, uh I never did get your name,” she replied, “I’m Linda and you’re……….” “Jay,” he shot back quickly, “I’m a senior at Central High, I’ll be graduating in another month!!!” “Well,” she said while pouring their drinks, “here’s to the future graduate!!!” “Thanks,” Jay replied as he took a long drink of the ice cold liquid, “mmmmm, this sure tastes good!!!” They drank for a minute or so in silence when all at once Jay began to feel a little light headed, he steadied himself on the counter, and after staring at his drink, he slowly slipped to the floor and passed out cold!!!

The next thing he remembered was waking up with a spitting headache and the sensation of having his arms and legs being stretched hard in spread eagle fashion!!! He shook his head from side to side trying to shake the cob webs from his brain, and when he finally was able to focus he was stunned to find that he was in a dark basement and locked in a device that kept him immobile and completely vulnerable!!!