CHAPTER 3

Tina squinted and strained her eyes to see in the dark.  She finally makes out a silhouette of a huge fellow and slightly to the right, another figure.  Her heart starts pounding.  Tina was now gripping on to the cubicle walls so tight; her fingernails are chipping the paint.

“Where the hell is it?” the smaller man said.

“I don’t know what you are talking about” Bette’s voice came in.

“Don’t toy with me lady!  I ain’t a patient fool” he replied.

The man moves over to Bette, who is held tightly in the gargantuan’s death clamps, pulls out a shiny object that flickered in the light and pushed it towards Bette’s throat.

“Ah!… Christ.  Could you be any more barbaric?  I told you that I don’t know where it is or what the hell you are talking about for that matter!” Bette exclaimed, “I swear, if you dare cut the fabric of this limited edition Yves Saint Laurent, I will shove a lawsuit bigger than Texas up your ass you get it twurp!”

“You don’t know when to shut up and listen do you?” and with one swift motion he flicked his wrist and the blade moved above his head.

At this precise moment, Tina could not believe herself and disregarding all logic and senses she shouted out loud “Stop! I know where it is! Stop!”

All three in the office turned their heads to face Tina.

“You?  Who are you?” the smaller man said moving towards Tina as she started emerging from the darkness.

‘Oh fuck, Tina you dumb twit you could of gone for help instead but no now we are really screwed’ Bette thought to herself.  Her body is suddenly shifted around by her capturer and she shakes back to reality. She then quickly accounted “Her?  Don’t mind her she’s useless around the office, she wouldn’t be able to tell you invoice from inventory.”

‘Bette what the hell is SHE doing?  Doesn’t she see that I am trying to help her out? Despite my effort, she is yelling at me!  I can’t believe that I am trying to save this fool.’ Tina rationed in her mind. “I know what you are looking for, she (pointing to Bette) doesn’t keep track of the minor details in the office so the best bet is me,” she told the men emphatically, hoping that they are dumb enough to overlook her shaky voice.

“Okay, guys, you win, I know where it is now if you would just let me shut her up, I’ll get it for you” Bette replied with bold conviction as drops of sweat are starting to form on her forehead.

“No! I know where it is!” Tina screamed.

“The hell you do, now shut up!” Bette screamed back.

“Quit yelling at me like I’m some kind of bimbo!” Tina screamed even louder.

“Then just stop talking!  No one would think you were deaf!” Bette screamed back just as loud.

“You are one of the most ungrateful and selfish human beings that I know!” Tina manages to yell out with one long-winded breath.

“YOU have no right to call me that, don’t forget that I am still your boss so shut it while you can still use it,” Bette demanded.

Tina feels her last straw begin to snap and then went straight into bitch mode.  Blood boiled and all conscience out the window; she made a flying leap onto Bette.  Both Bette and the gargantuan are stunned as Tina pushed Bette to the floor.  The sudden impact forced him to release his grip.  Dust starts to rise and soon enough both girls were rolling around on the floor battling for the upper hand, scraping and bruising each other like there is no tomorrow.