A pot bellied man heads towards his office. A drop of sweat upon his brow. The man was tense. He had no reason to be feeling this way tonight. It was actually a time to be happy., or at least satisfied. His daughter was coming to visit tomorrow.
He was a senator, but not quite the truly rich one in the family. his wife, whom he divorced only left her wealth to everyone but he. He was someone who put rules into law. She was one who could pay for it.
He entered his office. It was a home office that had a cozy atmosphere. He didn't see his dogs around. He had two dogs. Both were good guard dogs. Usually if not outside they were hanging around his office. Once one slept on his desk!
Walking through the room, he spoke to Nexia, the AI assistant.
'Open channel 4."
He sat and took out a box of donuts from under the desk. No matter how bad the habit, he had to have just one a night....
"Nexia I said open channel 4."
"It is open."
The voice was that of his wife. She would hate him for doing it but that's his preference.
"Damnit, where is that idiot? Where are my dogs?"
He took a bite and booted his pc.
Lightning..
Darkness.
With a huff, the man put down his sugary guilty pleasure and saw that everything was out. Luckily he had a b-
He heard a sound and got up. The strange tension from earlier returned. Pulling out his phone as a flashlight He headed for the door.
The phone wouldn't turn on.
"What?"
A soft laugh.
The man immediate y headed for his desk again, Looking around for what he swore he heard. Another lightning strike, the only illumination.
"Why so tense? Isn't this your home?"
Turning back he saw the door open and...
"How did you get in here? Who...wait...."
"Oh you recognize me?"
The young woman swayed into the room and seemed to shimmer in and out of view as the lightning lit her white garments.
"You know... it gets exhausting to travel around. Looking for you left overs. Especially the lucky ones like you in government. It makes me really want to make each encounter meaningful."
"I'm done with all that."
"Say whaaaat? Oh nooooo.... You're not the one with the chart. I know that. I got to spend time in a white bright room, ya know?. It was nice to think about what I wanted.... and the kind of friends I want to keep."
The man slowly sat in his chair and his hands disappeared beneath his desk.
"Oh dear, I hope you're not doing anything naughty over there!"
How can she see where my hands are to even make such a ridiculous assumption? The man thought. He could barely make her out at all.
Another lightning flash and she moved swiftly up to the desk but not too close. She kept some distance and started to rock in place.
"It's like red light, green light."
The man feigned nonchalance and settled into his chair more.. One hand under his desk as he took a bite of his donut.
"How did you get in here. Where are my dogs? My security? Tell me. Girl."
She froze and tapped her lip with a slender finger before shrugging.
"Why not have your wonderful Nexia tell you? Oh... you can't?"
She ran her hand up her head and towards the decoration of a knife literally rammed into her head. Above that were various more hair pins shaped like knives in her hair.
"Tech this tech that... blip beep boop. More important than your ability, hmmmm? You're pooches were nice. They liked what I fed them! You're guard... well... he was nice too kehe....."
The man's veil of bravery faded but he grew angry now.
"My fucking dogs?! I have a fucking backup generator and have you're face! I just-"
"Bluffffffing. I like it."
She pulled one of her hair pins out. the steel gleamed as more lightning flashed.
"You have nothing, nada, zero, capisce? You're just a fat oaf in his chair.. One that needs to do me a solid."
Somehow she was able to possibly kill his dogs and his security, shut off all power sources and the internet connection, even his phone?
So what he thought as a mere jest was true.
"You're a real special case Grim Alice."
"Aww you used my nickname I'm so honored! Things are a lot easier when you have the friends I've made kehe! Friends you could have made if you chose correctly!."
His hand moved. the grip on his gun strong as it was brought up and then....
Pain.
The gun fell from his hand as the long hair pin was now through his hand and the fine wood furniture beneath it. Blood gushed forth as he struggled to remove it.
Another in his shoulder, keeping him from moving his other arm. The pins held strong as she drew another and shook her head with a smile. The clicking of her tongue obnoxiously loud in the dark.
"Looky, guns! The great go too in times of need. Almost as sad as the techy shit!"
The smile turned to a smirk.
"I love me some guns. But this is more fun."
"Goddamnit bitch what do you want?!"
"Oh that."
Grim Alice threw another and pined the man's ear to the chair. He screamed as she leaned on the desk picked up his gun looking it over with a bored expression. The flesh of his ear had separated and only partly remained to his tilted head.
"You're an important guy. cheesy ears. You have a certain vote tomorrow. Right before you meet your kid right?."
"She... isn't a child... anymore... l-leave her alone! ...what about the vote?. I thought this was about me leaving the cult back then?"
"Oh that might matter too but this one is for work."
Someone hired this monster?
"Now.. You just need to not vote. Simple."
She made a pouty face and nodded in agreement with herself.
"I can't be bribed, Why does it even matter? This is just a simp-"
She sat on his desk one last hairpin at his throat.
"Nothing is ever simple in politics. That's what's dull about it. I like simple. So how about this? Ever been to wonderland♥?"
He wouldn't dare speak.
His eyes fell upon a photo of his daughter on the desk. That long blonde hair,, just like her mother. She was so beautiful... he wished her well.
The rest of the night was
grim.
