Fight for dominance

Kin walks over to a painting that is mounted on one of the walls and swings to the side on its hinges and reveals a wall safe. After she inputs a code, she opens the safe and takes out a briefcase before walking over to the desk on the opposite side of the room. She then motions for you to come over to her and you walk up to her. Once you and her are standing next to the desk, she opens the briefcase and reveals the contents.

Inside, right next to each other, is a gun and a pet collar. For a moment, you think over what this could mean look up to ask her, but then she walks over to the other side of the desk and sits down in a chair. She looks at you with a sense of curiosity and interest.

"The other option is to replace me. The people in this company will only recognize someone that gets to where they are with **** and power and the only way for you to be safe from those at the top is to put yourself one level above them. Before you, you see two different ways that this could happen. One scenario has you pick up that gun and shoot me, just like I shot my father."

You look at her with shock and disbelief.

"The camera that is hidden in this room will show that you did it and will take my place as the boss. You won't have to worry about being arrested for my ****. Power gets respect and loyalty. No one, on the outside, will ever know what you did. My disappearance will just be spun as me leaving to spend time with my extended family in Japan."

You motion at the pet collar, with a look of suspicion on your face.

"And the second scenario?"

Kin nods and smiles at your apparent sense of caution.

"The second scenario is you collaring me. This collar is a specially designed one. Unlike the collars you seen on the puppies in the kennels, this one does not erase someone's personality. They will remember who they are and be able to keep their identity. However, the collar has a special imprinting program in it. Whoever puts the collar on the person will become their master. I won't bore with the details, but you won't have to worry about me getting back at you, if the collar ever came off. Once you put it on me, I'll be your pet **** afterwards, with or without the collar. The same rules that applied with the gun will apply here as well. You collar me, you become the one in charge. It'd be put to you if you wanted to replace the collar with another, later on."

For a moment, you stood there contemplating before you look at her suspiciously.

"And you won't try and stop me? I highly doubt that you would just let me kill or enslave you."

Kin smirks and shows you a gun that she is holding in her right hand.

"You're right. I wouldn't. The moment you make your decision, I will fight for my life/freedom. If you go for the gun, I'll use this gun to try and shoot you back. Whether or not you succeed, and not die, will be up to you. If you go for the collar, however, I promise not to use it and instead wrestle you for the collar. Whoever collars the other will be the victor. Now, make your choice before I go for option three."

She raises the gun and pulls the hammer back. You understand what option three is, but you want to clear one more suspicion of yours.

"This is a test, isn't it? There is no way that you would keep a gun in briefcase loaded or have a special collar made with those parameters you mentioned. My guess is, the gun is filled with blanks and the collar is either a mundane, store bought collar or a booby trapped collar that will shock me if I grab it."

Kin laughs and has tears stream from her eyes and looks at you affectionately.

"You're half right. One of those items before you is a deception. However..." She holds up her left index finger. ".....the other is real. I'm glad to see that you didn't just jump at the opportunity and grab one. It might have ended badly for you. I guess you're not as naive as I thought you were. In fact, I'll put option one back on the table. If you want to go with option one, just close the briefcase and you can join me as an equal in this enterprise and maybe even as more in the future."

Suddenly, her face got real serious.

"Just understand that I won't stand for betrayal. If you join me and ever try to betray me, I will make you regret breaking my trust." You barely hear her whisper something else. "and my heart."

She lets out a sigh and refocuses on you.

"Now, time to make a choice. Option one, becoming my partner in crime, or option two, replacing me as the boss with a 50/50 chance of a backfire. Make your decision."

After thinking about for a few seconds, you knew which one to go with.