(Subplot) Barbie figures it out

Barbie got back to her house around 6:30pm since a shoot had run later than she hoped and almost ran to the shower to get ready since Ken should be showing up in 10-15 mins if he was planning on being early. She had the shower running while taking off her makeup when the door bell rang. Ken was dressed up and holding some flowers with a bottle of wine. Ken spoke and said, “I didn’t want to be late so I apologize that I’m early.”

Barbie said, “Well, you did good, Ken. I will just ask you to wait in the living room as I finish getting ready I just got home about 5 mins ago so I am the one running a bit late now. Make yourself at home while I get cleaned up.”

Barbie left him on his own as she got herself in for a quick 5 min shower and dried herself off. She applied some light makeup while fixing her hair up before coming out. She quietly got out to see Ken looking at one of the fake plants she had. She spoke up and said, “Are you wondering what kind of plant that is? It’s just a fake fern, but I understand it looks real enough.”

Ken had jumped a bit not expecting Barbie to be back so quickly and said, “You had me fooled. I thought it was a fo ficus. Actually change of plans: do you mind if we eat in? I actually ordered us some food and figured you deserved to be pampered at home considering you just got back from your job. I hope you like Italian!”

Barbie sat on her couch and said, “I love when a man takes charge. You just might get lucky tonight, Ken. Let’s pop open that bottle of wine while we wait then.”

They put on a movie and chatted for a bit as it was nice for Barbie to be relaxing as home for once instead of the hustle and bustle of the outside world. Ken was a class act through the night and even washed the dishes. A few bottles of wine had Barbie getting flirty and asking Ken, “So are you smooth down there like the Ken doll? I could have sworn I saw you sporting an impressive woody when we first met.”

Ken was flirting back and said, “I can assure you I do have one and honestly it has been wanting to say hi all night.” Barbie placed her hand on his throbbing erection and gave it squeeze. Ken groaned with pleasure as his dick danced from the touch. Barbie gave his erection kisses through his pants and looked up to see Ken not staring at her but again gazing at the plant.

Barbie spoke and said, “Is there something interesting about that plant, Ken? If you like it so much, I can give it to you. Honestly, I’m a bit hurt that you are looking over there and not at me.” Barbie got up and went to inspect the plant on why Ken was so enthralled with it.

Ken spoke up and said, “Wait, Barbie. I was just really lost in thought about how lucky to even be having this moment with someone like you.” Barbie stopped in her tracks and saw Ken urging him to come back, but her intuition told her otherwise.

Barbie turned back to the plant and looked around to see that indeed it was just her normal, old plant. She was glad to not have found anything and returned to Ken’s side. She looked at the plant one more time and saw the slight reflection of a lens. She got up quickly saying, “Motherfucker! I knew something was off.” She grabbed the tiny camera that was concealed almost perfectly under a leaf and slammed it on the table. “What the fuck is this, Ken? Seems like you planted it! I know a camera lens since I work around them all day, jackass.”

Ken was stupefied as he had been doing his job for years and made a mistake for the first time. He was sweating and changed his approach. “Look…I’ve been assigned here to monitor your status on Naked Ambition.’You don’t want to be naked forever and I can help with that. All you need…”

“Get the fuck out! I don’t care about this stupid app and I definitely don’t give two shits about you anymore, Ken. I don’t want to see you anymore, you got it?” Barbie said as she felt her heart crushed over the betrayal. She just wanted normalcy and Ken seemed to make it far worse with his involvement with the stupid app.

Ken got up and tried to say something but Barbie basically screamed, “Get out, fucker! I’ll call the cops right now! Just leave me alone! There is nothing you can say now.”

Ken finally was outside and turned to say one last thing, “Barbie, we won’t stop coming after you. You signed up for this so be prepared that we will see it through to the end. Don’t think for a second that we aren’t waiting to find the crack in your armor and won’t pounce on the chance when it arises. You are just a temporary glitch in the system.”

Barbie smiled and laughed, “Keep trying to tear me down and I’ll get right back up, asshole. I just might take you and your whole shitty organization down. It may not be tomorrow, but I will find others like myself and I will free us all from whatever the fuck this actually is.”

Ken walked away knowing Barbie was the toughest nut to crack and he had failed to convert her. His best move was to play the long game with her and hope that in the future she could be much easier to take down.

Barbie closed her door and felt the frustration take over. She was ready to fight this to the very end and she began to research everything she could about Naked Ambition while creating a group to find others like herself. She decided that her group needed a name…the Glitches was perfect! She hoped they became big enough that Ken knew he should take credit for their name and know they were coming to destroy everything related to Naked Ambition.