Flashback!

"Let's go nail this piece of shit to the wall and get our lives back."

Mark started to get out of the car, but Jen grabbed his arm. "Not yet, buddy. I've got a plan." Mark was so glad to hear that! He was pretty sure they were both gonna be Grink's slaves forever. That would be so much fun for him, but that's not what Jen wanted.

"So Mark, tell me - what do you look for in a partner?"

He thought. "Grink!"

"Yeah, but you've already got a Grink. What about a new partner, a girlfriend just for you?"

He hadn't thought about that. "Um, well, I like big titties. Like as big as mine. Ooh, or bigger! And a nice juicy ass, too. Someone who likes to get high with me and Grink!"

"So you want someone who likes to get high, right? So your girlfriend should know a lot about **** and stuff. She should probably know all about Grink's secret stash so she can help you find the best ways to get high even when he's not around."

That was such a good idea! "Yeah, I want somebody who knows **** as well as Grink!"

"And all that stuff about your parents - that was really sad." He tried not think about it too much. It hurt just to talk about it the first time. "Probably a good partner would go tell them nice things about you so they don't wonder what happened to you." She was right! If he had a good girlfriend she could make sure nobody missed him too much.

"Your girlfriend ought to know what's good for you and help you. You're real pretty now, Mark, but you're not so good at looking out for yourself. That's why you need a good girlfriend who's always gonna help you. A girl who's there for you. A girl who loves you, Mark."

He liked all of that. Jen was so good to him. She kinda tricked him into being like this but now she was helping him think about all the things he needed his girlfriend to be for him. He realized something. "Those pills - they're gonna make you like that, right?"

She nodded. "That's right, buddy. I can't wait to be your special girlfriend. But I need to figure out what was in that box to help me. Can you help me go through the box?"

He dutifully went around to the backseat and brought the box out. They placed it on the console and started rooting through it. Jen was already feeling familiar with the contents of the box. She was able to identify coke, LSD, 2C-B, and 2C-E along with several strains of weed. Then she found what she was looking for - those evil black capsules that had started this whole thing. She pulled one out and handed it to Mark. "Here, take this. Grink gave you something that made you stuck like this, but this'll unstick you."

He popped the pill and dry-swallowed it without question. "Thanks!" She looked at him with a deep affection. That was good, the influence was already starting to work.

Jen continued going through the box, her knowledge slowly growing. She was aware of all the weird experimental stuff that Grink had gotten, though not where he gotten it - she would find that out later. Her eyes finally seized on a small baggie and grabbed it.

Now they were ready.