The Past Doesn't Care For The Future (for Animefangirl)

[noble_lance]

Clark Bell had always been the one to take chances and risks, some paid off and others didn't as he been lucky and managed to make money on the stock market at 18, not a lot but enough that he was able to go sightseeing and end up getting stitches from base jumping with bad gear. Still he wasn't the kind of person who walked away from any form of challenge, which included spending time and drinking with strangers at a college campus he never had been to before, while he had gotten a massive hangover and lost some money, he ended up walking away with something bigger than he hoped for.

He had gotten photos of a starlet, a rising one Elise Swan, she was a real beauty with a nice body that was in the public as far as people knew a clean cut cutie. However this photo which didn't look photoshopped in anyway showed her doing drugs when she was in high school with older kids. What was worse for her, there was video to confirm it clear as day with her high as a kite complaining about it being taken from her before she drank down a beer. It was a jackpot to end all jackpots, and while he could have made it easy and sold it to the highest bidder he decided to be a bit more personal.

Instead he went and visited Elise, he had gotten her number from the college guys and went out to where she was set to do some recordings for her next album. He'd send her the photo boldly and then tell her he'd meet her in the lobby if she wanted to see about the rest.

[animefangirl]

Elise Swan had a rough childhood. She hadn't been abused, but she had been ignored by her alcoholic mother and she'd had to fend for herself from a fairly young age so she'd naturally turned to less than upstanding friends for some sense of family. Which lead her down the typical paths of alcohol, drugs and parties she was far too young for once she made it to her high school years. She wasn't proud of that part of her life now, and considering her rising star and the fact that the media toted her as a good role model for young girls she was desperately trying to forget that part of her life had even happened.

Unfortunately it appeared that it was coming back to haunt her today. She had just finished working on her new album and was on her way back down to the parking garage when she checked her phone and froze in her tracks. It was a picture of her that she hadn't even known existed, from a number she did not recognize, and she immediately knew that if it got out she could kiss her contract goodbye and her future along with it. She'd be figuratively slaughtered by the media; held up as an example of what happened to "bad kids" when their partying and stupid teenage choices caught up to them!

Alternating between furious and terrified she headed down to the lobby as the text message had instructed, not really sure how she'd recognize the person who sent this photo to her but she was too afraid of it getting out to not show up. She tried hard to act casual as she strode into the lobby, glancing around to see if anyone seemed familiar since she was assuming it would have been one of the frat boys at the party that had snapped the picture whens he wasn't looking.

[noble_lance]

Watching the woman there he smirked as she was so concerned as he smirked at the thought. She was standing there looking a bit nervous as her body betrayed her concern as he grinned and walked towards her slowly but surely. She couldn't tell he was the one as he stalked her like a predator as he grinned a bit more and hunted her down until he was behind her. His arm went around her as he started to guide her a bit.

"Just smile, and nod Elise and keep walking with me. Pretend we are just old friends catching up and we'll talk later in private unless you want me to start showing it to everyone in the room." He warned the woman as he gave her a grin and kept her close with his hand around her side as they kept walking together towards an exit with her. He was going to keep it calm as he was springing his trap on her.

[animefangirl]

Elise really was anxious about this and she couldn't help thinking that she was making a mistake in going down to meet whomever it was that sent her the picture. What if it was some crazy rapist, or serial killer or something? They could want to take her hostage and ransom her back to her label or something. She couldn't really take the risk that this guy would release that photo, or that he'd have even more incriminating things to hold over her head so she was just going to hope to God that nothing bad happened. She just wouldn't go anywhere private with him, if he wanted to talk they could do so around other people, that should be safe enough.

She jumped when someone suddenly came up behind her and put an arm around her, that startling her and she looked at him with sort of wide eyes before obediently smiling when he reminded her to pretend that she knew him. "I'm not going anywhere in private with a stranger. If you want to talk we can talk on the sidewalk while we walk" She said, her voice as strong as she could make it in that moment since she wanted him to realize she meant what she was saying. She did let him steer her out of the building and onto the sidewalk outside though, she didn't want to cause a scene and risk him ruining her career.

[noble_lance]

"Very well then, I wouldn't run off with a stranger either." He smirked and walked with her down the sidewalk away from the studio as he made sure she was wearing a hat or helping cover up her face while he wearing sunglasses as well. "So what's gonna figure out some plans then given the information I have on you." He stated as he looked at her and then back ahead of them as he walked calmly as if there was nothing wrong at all.

"I'll be direct with you Elise, I'm bored I need new challenges and you happened to be a new venture and opportunity with it." He stated while they walked and he didn't look at her. "So here is the premise, risk, danger of this, what I'm doing is certainly exciting me. Which means at some point I'm gonna be bored by this and move on. When I do I'll give you my copy and the name of the people who gave it to me, and disappear from your life. Until then, you are my plaything, you do what I say, when I say and how I say it, failure to do so means you get punished, either with the photo's release or alternative means."

[animefangirl]

Thanks to the fact that she was becoming a well-recognized person, she always wore a fairly big hat and sunglasses when she left the studio so she wouldn't get mobbed by eager fans. Not that she didn't appreciate her fans, but there were times when she wanted to unwind and be "off duty" just like anyone else did after work. So he at least wouldn't have to worry that she would be recognized and ruin his whole blackmail plan before he even got it started.

She frowned when they were outside and he outlined his intentions. It sounded like the man had a few screws loose, and that sort of freaked her out. She knew she could call the cops and have him arrested for what he was proposing, but if she did that then for all she knew he had a friend somewhere waiting to release the pictures and whatever else he may have on her as soon as he was arrested.

She couldn't risk it. She refused to go back to a nobody with no family and no one that gave half a damn about her. Not after working so damned hard to rise above her past. Still, she wasn't going to just agree and go along with a psycho either.

"How do I know you wont just murder or rape me as soon as you get me alone? You're obviously not "normal" if you're willing to blackmail anyone into being your entertainment" She asked in a tone that made it quite clear just how disgusting she thought he was in that moment. Anyone that would so callously call another human being a "plaything" and inform them that they'd be discarded once they became boring, clearly wasn't normal.