Survivor

A Shift Of Power

March 2040

TIFFANY

Tiffany walked into the cavernous office, the clack of her heels echoing off the walls. Her red satin dress swept the mahogany floor, like blood on fresh snow.

She was about to open her mouth and throw a tantrum but stopped short when her father turned in his armchair to face her, dangling a pair of keys.

"Guess who's pink i8 just arrived and is waiting in our garage?", he singsonged as he threw the keys at her.

She squealed and rushed over to him to give him a hug but remembered her purpose of coming to his office and retracted her outstretched hands. 

"I'm here to throw a tantrum so if you have any more gifts, hold it until I finish getting mad at you." Tiffany holds up a hand and clears her throat.

"I heard about the deal from Forbes because they wanted to write an article about the power transfer of our entertainment company, our Smith & Millard, to a government linked broadcasting company, that stupid old WonderLever, and how that will change our Survivor game show.

So I was laughing and said I have a few surprises, like I should, right? But inside I was clueless and I'm scared now and I don't know what they're talking about.

So I call our finance team and they said it's true. So, explain. Are you trying to push me out of the company?"

Her father rubbed his temples and sighed.

"$10 billion. The government paid us 10 BILLION. 

I don't see the issue. Do you want another i8? Do you want to give everyone in the office an i8? You can now."

Tiffany placed a hand on her chest to steady herself from screaming.

"I have never joined Survivor because you controlled the game. The whole country wants to see the ambassador of the game play and that has never happened because. YOU. PROTECTED. ME. FROM. IT.

But now, the government owns it so you can take a wild guess on who they're going to pick soon.

So take this stupid car key-", Tiffany places the keys on his table,

"-because dead people don't drive."

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KAI, TAECYEON

The locker room reeked of the sweat and victory of 12 boys and their coaches and a few naughty cheerleaders. They won the final basketball game of the season, maintaining their status as the champion high school.

Taecyeon was trying to pull Kai's basketball shorts off to embarrass him but was slapped away when the PA system buzzed loudly in the room.

"Hello everyone, Mrs. Choi here. I would like to express my congratulations to our Tigers  for winning the final basketball game and kindly remind all students to please remember to take your trash out of the stadium when you leave-"

The PA system went silent mid-sentence and the noisy celebration ensued until stopped again by the familiar buzzing of the speakers.

"Will the Tiger captains please make their way to my office now? Thank you."

Kai and Taecyeon grinned at each other, assuming the office trip their about to make is one to collect their prize money. They try to pull of each other's shorts and run out the locker room to race to the office, and unbeknownst to them, their coaches try to push down the anxiety steadily building up in their throat.