A Locked Box

Chapter 19

   Kat was exhausted when she returned to her long shift at the shop. She snuck a glance at the envelope as she moved into her kitchen to put the container of Kimchi that Nuzum had given her in the fridge.

   "I see you got your paycheck." the steely voice sneered from behind Kat. Reacting, she elbowed the man in the gut, turned on him with a kitchen knife, and brought it to his throat.

   "Get out! Get out now!" Kat roared, all of her exhaustion being transformed into adrenaline to fuel her anger. Her knuckles on the black handle of the knife were bone white. Her teeth were bared in anger.

   The man held up his hands in surrender. "Calm down, I'm only here to give you your next assignment. You can take your time on this one. No deadline."

   "No! Not in a million years! I am not hurting another human being!"

   "What are you doing right now?" The man asked in mocking tone.

   "You aren't human," Kat growled, pressing the knife closer to his throat.

   The man shoved Kat, disarming her and pinning her against the wall. He twisted her arm painfully but she wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of her showing it. He leaned down into her ear. "You will listen to me!" He twisted harder when Kat tried to struggle. She yelled in pain, stopping immediately. "You will complete your assignment like the good little kitty you are or your friends will suffer!" He growled in her ear. He disappeared before Kat could defy him anymore. When she looked up from her throbbing arm, the man was gone, her front door unlocked. Locking it, she slammed her head against the wooden surface. To her right was the yellow envelope. It took all of her willpower to control her anger. In the end, she couldn't.

   With all of her bottled up anger, she tore the whole envelope in half then ripped both of those into halves as well. "I won't do your dirty work ever again!" She screamed, knowing he was still somewhere nearby. But even if he wasn't, it felt good to release all of that negative energy.

A/N

So, I gave this story thing some thought and have decided to try and post every other day instead. But even that might change depending on how much I write. Sometimes inspiration doesn't come often enough. So I apologize in advance if I don't follow this schedule.

Another thing. I have a little bit of a stressful event this week and probably won't write tomorrow so there might not be a post on Thursday. So I apologize if this happens now. Don't worry, I'll be fine but stress can hurt as it does right now :). Almost every person has experienced stress and knows the effects it can have. For example, chest pains and headaches. But it passes like most things.

Sorry about that. I have a scattered mind and I rant over stupid things quite often. It's surprising I can form sentences at all hehehe. Anyway, I hope you don't mind my weird and uncertain schedule. Have a nice day!

Author out!