Turn on the TV and See What's Happening

Jenny was in to to much shook to really process what was going on. Without knowing why she flicked her TV on navigated to the Hunt's site. She groaned as she saw her picture highlighted in the center of the screen. The caption read: "Jenny one of our newest Hunted learns the Hunts on NOW". She couldn't risk tuning in to the feed.

A commentator was talking, Frank something she thought, that was bad, he didn't show up for most of the streams, only the ones they thought would be interesting. This wasn't just going to draw in the locals. While Jenny knew she should be doing something, coming up with a plan, she found she couldn't do anything but keep watching

"Welcome to our new viewers," Frank was saying in his calm authoritative voice as he smiled into the camera. "As always we have live footage of a hunt in progress to share with you." The feed jumped to a wide view of Jenny's apartment building. With a conspicuous crowd growing at it's base.

"Jenny is a 19 year old college student going to New Bern State." They switched to a quick shot of campus. "She also works part time at a local pizza place: Scholar's Conner." They cut to the logo. Somebody was had set up these shots. That spoke to planning and effort and Jenny didn't like it one bit. "Jenny and a coworker were discussing the Hunt. That's when you girls signed up for the Hunt, right?" Frank continued.

Jenny saw where this was going but was no less furious when Laura answered in her best, and most infuriating to Jenny, peppy tone, "Yes, Jenny decided to challenge me to a Hunt and obviously I couldn't refuse" The camera snapped to a scene form Laura's Hunt, She stood in the middle of a field with an assortment of hunters arrayed around her. She held a gun in one hand and a bright pink dildo in the other. Jenny had watched this before, seething, so she knew how it went.

Laura's voice rang at loud and clear in the early morning air. "How's it hanging guys?" she asked as she spun on the spot "Here's how it's going to go," she continued as the Hunter slowly edged closer. "I have a gun, I might not be able to get all of you, but by God the first man to take another step forward isn't moving again for a while."

Everyone stopped but then some kid, he couldn't have been more than 19, giggled behind Laura, "What I'm supposed to be afraid of that, a stun gun? I'll take that chance." He took a very deliberate step forward and Laura whirled around with with more agility than Jenny would have credited her with and pointed the gun.

"So you see I was worried one of you would say that," Laura announced menacingly as she stuck out the dildo spinning around again so all could see. "That's why I brought this. Way I figure it you all have a hole of one kind or another this thing could fit down and most of you strike me as the kind to not want things shoved where the sun don't shine, especially live." She waved up at the hovering drone. "I don't know how long I can keep it up, but I promise to make it interesting" She said, turning to face the kid, "Oh and kid this thing doesn't stun, I wanted you awake" and she squeezed off a shot.

The feed cut back to the studio, Frank was talking, "So that's how Laura did, how's Jenny doing on her side of the deal?"

The scene panned out and Laura was exposed sitting beside Frank at the big desk. Jenny could barely contain her furry as Laura laughed slightly. "Not well at all, she tried to be all smart and tricky. Thinking she's the smartest..."

Frank cut her off, "Yes she blocked her collar's signal with foil." They showed a video of her carefully wrapping the collar up. "For those viewers," he paused and she imagined she could hear a chuckle, "like Jenny who may not have been aware, our system automatically starts the Hunt if the signal is lost for any reason."

Without warning the feed jumped to a close up of the entrance of the apartment building. Frank murmured, "We take you live to new developments". Her building's manager was out on the front steps addressing the crowd. "I understand your all her as part of the Hunt?" He said with just a hint of a question in his voice.

There were a few murmurs of agreement.

"Well come on in then," He announced in a booming voice, "What's the room number?"

Jenny felt like she was going to be sick as she watched the stream of humanity make it's way in through her apartment's front doors. She was only on the third floor it wouldn't be long till they got up. Most were taking the stairs she noticed.

As if to pound the point home, the feed switched to a live shot from the drone outside her window. Her panicked face could be seen a moment later peering back.

As she got up in a stunned haze she heard Frank talking back in the studio, "So she knows they're coming. What do you think her next move will be?"