"What in the hell is this!? NO! Get away from me!" The bolts holding Alan faltered a moment as he tried to flash out to no avail. Still backing Alan f...elt the hard, cold rungs of the ladder he had descended. Grasping one Alan started to pull himself up. Suddenly the floor felt as if it were electrified! Pulling with the last of his strength Alan hung over the rungs just inches off the floor. Problem was his skin was crawling from the shock that he'd just received."Yes! I see that you are far. The golden point of flame danced gracefully atop the candle like a fiery ballerina in a soft breeze drifting in through the slightly opened window. ‘It’s tuberose,’ Joey said softly to the air around him. ‘I know it was one of your favorites.’ Shrugging sheepishly, he spared his shadowy reflection a glance in the glass, watching the sky darkening with each passing second. This isn’t going to work, he thought as he returned to the kitchen. But the way I’m stumbling along now isn’t going to work. ..Is paradise city dangerous? Well.... not exactly. Violent crime is virtually nonexistent, theft and burglary are also nonexistent, that’s good right! Well... kidnapping and abduction is.... highest in the entire continent. In paradise city, it’s really easy to disappear. It’s even easier to get bondage tools, latex, masks, anything you need to grab someone off the street and make them your new plaything. That may sound bad... and we’ll be honest, it’s not great. But think of it as a new. The numbers were running higher to the left so that was my direction. The sidewalks were thinning out as most of the people were returning from lunch. A little further walking and I noticed a very large construction site coming up on the side of the street I was walking. Should I cross over or not? I told myself that the new me just needs to take things in stride. To my horror as I got closer I saw that the sidewalk had been modified to an elevated four foot high open walkway for several.