Familiar Situation

You with a sense of deja vu as a bright yellow lamp shines into your face. You're sitting on a cold metal chair in front of a desk with a black cubical box on it. You turn your head away as you angle the lamp light away from your face.

"We meet again, Lasse. Sooner than I expected."

"Sooner than I'd like." You spit out with distaste.

"You have no one but yourself to blame. If you used your heri-"

"I don't want your stupid 'heritage'. I've given it away. "

"We're well aware. That is why we're here. See, one of the terms we agreed to with your ancestor was that you may choose to whatever with the pen, however, you must try it out at least once. After all, if you do not understand its value, you may be making a blunder far too inconceivable."

"I realize its value, and I want nothing to do with it."

"Then are you certain you could reconcile with yourself if it ended up in the wrong hands? You could have buried it way instead of handing it away to... who was it, Victoria? No, Vanessa, I believe."

"Well, it's too late now anyway. Besides, I trust her to do right by it. Now let me go!"

"Tut tut tut, not so fast, young Lasse. We can't let you off without fulfilling our contract. So-"

"The pen is long gone by now. Whatever you're trying is-"

~SMACK~ An invisible **** slapped me in the face, leaving me dazed.

"It's rude to interrupt people when they're talking. Wouldn't you agree, Lasse?"

You seethe with anger, but hold your tongue. He's already used **** against you, you couldn't risk more.

"Yes, that's your situation. We're not beholden to the law. We simply honor our contracts. And this contract is the only thing between you and some cement shoes. I allowed you some leeway since this is very new to you, but now things have evolved to plain disrespect. And I can't take that. No attitude with me. Comprende?"

You nod, begrudgingly.

The cube continues its monologue. "As I was saying, We need to fulfill the contract. So we've taken the liberty of retrieving your heritage from ah.... Vanessa. We took her to, it might have gotten messy otherwise. So now, what happens to you is certain. Vanessa on the other, we can't let her go as is. We might have to off her or at the very least smuggle her somewhere else, maybe Thailand or North Korea. Those places always have a market for sex slaves. But that's also a little bit of excess inves........

He goes on, but you're not listening. Vanessa doesn't deserve that! You can't let that happen to her because you got her involved!