You're woken up

You are woken up by an alarm. And a voice. It takes you a few second to realise that the voice is coming through your headpiece, and belongs to Eva. Before you can process what she's saying, the alarm suddenly turns off and your connection to Eva fails. The last you can make out before Eva's voice gets cut from your earpiece is "Hack in progress. Intruder alert."

You quickly sneak out of bed and put on some pants. You consider putting on a bulletproof vest, but considering the circumstances it would probably just get in the way of sneaking around. You don't skip on grabbing the pistol you kept in a compartment under your bed. After finishing getting equipped for a home invasion, you quietly open the door and enter the hallway, after which you make your way to the top of the staircase overlooking the living area.

The fireplace was still burning, and in the flickering light of the flames you're able to make out three intruders. Two large males and a smaller female, it would appear. They're wearing tactical gear and have their faces covered. These look like hitmen. You still had time to sneak out of the house, if you wanted to. If your tried to fight back, you would have the surprise advantage, but the odds weren't in your favour without Eva online to support you.

It didn't matter much though. Before you could decide what do next, you were spotted by the intruders. A sharp, female voice cuts through the darkness, calling for the men to take aim, and for you to not move a muscle or have your bodied turned into a sieve. Pretty simple instructions, really. And so you comply.

"Weapons on the ground and hands up. If you do as we tell you, no one has to get hurt." the voice continues, easily reaching you on the other side of the dark room. "If you play nice, no one has to get hurt." she adds. That seemed unlikely to you. But if she was telling the truth, that would mean they weren't actually hitmen. You decide your best option is to do as they say, and so you drop the gun and raise your hands above your head.

"You have something that doesn't belong to you and we are here to take it back." she says. "I think you know what we're after, so you have two options. You can either give us what we want and forget we were ever here; or you can make this difficult and be the one who is forgotten. Up to you. Which one will it be?" she asks you in an almost playful tone. She had done this before and was clearly enjoying her line of work.

You take a moment to consider your options. You really didn't have many, but you at least wanted to delay the inevitable for as long as possible. And so you do something risky and lower your arms, which is answered by the click of two automatic weapons ready to fire. "I think I might know what you're referring to. Don't worry, it will still be there when we're done here. Before I let you guys move on with your night though, I'm going to have to ask you how you got in here." you respond. The woman seemed to enjoy putting on a bit of a show, so you really hoped she would take the bait. And she did.

The woman laughs at your request. It's not a funny or happy laugh. In fact, it was an extremely unnerving sound. "I wouldn't be able to tell you how. I just know how to hire the right people." she tells you seductively. You feel a chill run down your spine at her words. She doesn't stop there though. "I understand your morals might stand in the way of your better judgment, so let me make this simple for you. Life;" she starts walking towards you. "or ****?"

Then the lights in the room suddenly turn on and during the short moment of blindness you hear three gunshots.

After your eyes finishing adjusting to the sudden brightness of the room, you are greeted by the warm voice of your robot assistant Eva informing you of the situation through your earpiece. "Four hostile intruders neutralised. Two lethal shots fired. Two tranquilised. 7 minutes and 32 seconds of E.V.A. downtime. Good morning, sir. Did you sleep well?" she informs you, slipping into morning protocol without skipping a beat.