I ran into the house in a flat panic. Where were Angela and little Nick? I knew this was to good to last, those bast... &quot;Oh, hi sweetheart,&quot; said Angela as I raced into the kitchen, &quot;where's the fire?&quot; &quot;Whu, what?&quot; I said &quot;I thought, the front door was open...&quot;. &quot;Oh, the delivery men must have left it open as they left,&quot; she said brightly. &quot;Here is the package that they left for you.&quot; She handed me a brown envelope, about 6 inches square. I opened it and extracted a DVD with BioWeps branding. Without even checking its contents, I could clearly see the message. &quot;Come work for us, we know where you live, and that you have gone to GlobTrak.&quot; Why oh why did I send them my CV as well? Having one villainous corporation interested in you is bad enough, never mind two. I walked up the stairs resolutely to go and confirm my suspicions. As I plugged the DVD into the drive and the video clip started, I wondered what fate was now going to throw in my direction, and how was I was going to break the news to Angela? 2008-06-23T01:27:32Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/29958 <p>Funny, having one evil corporation after you is bad enough, let alone two. I love that he can read between the lines and knows exactly what the package is meant to invoke.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29958?basename=73183 2008-06-23T01:27:32Z thebetweenspace http://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspace <p>Haha, John needed to do some thinking!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29958?basename=68181 2008-06-05T12:44:21Z PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA) http://ficlets.com/authors/pyropunk <p>Oh man, you totally took it in a different direction. Intrigue without the threat of violence to the family. See, this is exactly what makes this little exercise cool.</p> <p>And great bringing BioWeps back; but in the original story, I thought they were introduced as a different department of GlobTrak rather than a Sprokley Sprokets/Cogswell Cogs type rivalry. Good stuff to work with.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29958?basename=61240 2008-05-09T22:04:35Z John Perkins http://ficlets.com/authors/johnperkins21 <p>I liked the line about two evil corporations, let alone one. Nice tension to the whole thing, especially in the first half.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29958?basename=61224 2008-05-09T21:00:43Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>&#8220;Having one villainous corporation interested in you is bad enough, never mind two.&#8221;</p> <p>Love that line.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29958?basename=61223 2008-05-09T21:00:38Z Trann http://ficlets.com/authors/trann