Sent into a trap!

It was a quick elevator ride, Vanessa watched the doors slide open with a frustrated expression. What am I doing here? She asked herself, she knew about the sentence but nobody had given her any directions or anything. She'd been navigating this awful place for no reason far. So far it had cost the former CEO her belongings and her dignity. She'd been caught trespassing into a kids area, the worst type of crime possible..

The elevator had taken her to a small room. Doors to the carnival street were directly infront of her, the daylight that shone through the two windows acted as the room's only light source. The room was completely empty, except for a metal bucket to the right side of the room. Vanessa glanced into the bucket and saw that it was actually an entrance for a small chute.

Jolly music suddenly played loudly through a speaker in the room, Vanessa almost jumped out of her skin. "FUCK ME!" She blurted out and clutched her chest with shock, her heart pounded. "Looks like someone thought they could sneak into the kidz zone!" A jolly female voice echoed around the room.

Vanessa clenched her fists angrily, she immediately shifted the blame to the old man from earlier. "That fucking freak! Knew there was a catch!" She yelled angrily. "Wanna leave? You have two options. Option one, you remove all of your clothes and dump em into the chute over there! Then the doors will open and you get access to your very own street designed specifically for people like you who sneak into kids areas..." The voice offered with mockery.

Vanessa was ready to punch something. There was absolutely no way she was going to do what the voice had just said. "What's the other option!?" She yelled angrily, impatient as ever. "You insert $10,000 into the bucket and the doors open.." The voice exclaimed cheerfully.

Vanessa's jaw dropped in shocked. "10,000!? Are you fucking mad!? I mean I can afford it but still... that's a ridiculous amount to request!" Vanessa shrieked at the voice, she could not believe what it was making her do. "You trespassed into the most sacred and safe part of the carnival, be grateful the police will not be called." The voice responded, this time a more serious tone.

Vanessa wanted to argue, but she knew the voice was right. "Fine! You want ten grand!? Here's... ten... wait what..?"

Vanessa's heart sank as she used her right hand to rummage through her back jean pocket. Her purse was no longer there! She panicked and frantically searched her entire body for the purse. "NO NO NO!!" She yelled and ran back to the elevator doors. Neither door would slide open, meaning her purse was gone!

Vanessa fell to her knees, defeated. She knew she'd be able to replace it but she needed money right now to get out of this place! "Looks like you got no money! Guess it's time for you to get nakey!" The voice chipped in while Vanessa was on the brink of tears...