That was something.Shanna's eyes again went to the trees and plants around her. They weren't normal. She hadn't realized that, in the dark. A pine tre... was a pine tree. In the light, though, with the growing knowledge that things were horribly wrong, she could see and accept that this didn't seem to be Earth. Or it was a very strange part of Earth. That weed sticking up by her foot, for example. All the leaves were on one side of the stalk, sticking straight out, with two small flowers. Disclaimer for the stupid: No, don't go out kidnapping and stuff. I don't condone it. It's bad mkay?Entrapped, EnslavedChapter 1) Carpe diem. It all started in the autumn of my career. I had done quite well for myself, starting a few startups, selling them and keeping stocks in the more successful ones. As I was always able to keep my interests ( IT, chemical engineering and law) at the center of my professional career I was able to build quite a few successful companies. At the age 40 I was. Garrison doing in the gym equipment cage room away from prying eyes.?While I was working in an adjoining room to equipment cage I pulled out a brick that was sticking slightly out of the wall. I could not have imagined what I was about to see. I felt a chill run up my spine as I watched Ms. Garrison grab a teen boy's right arm. Our principal held one of his arms it the center of his back which steadied the gyrations of the boy's bottom for the proper placement for a paddling.? Ashley. "You bellowed?" Can the cutesy stuff, Tolliver," he said, talking around the chewed up stogie clutched between his teeth. "I have an assignment for you." I can hardly wait." So far my assignments, if you could even call them that, had been covering society functions and gardening club shows. Here in the south, society ladies loved their garden parties. There were, however, only so many different ways you could write about mint juleps and magnolias."Are you familiar with the Dastardly Duo?" Are.