Kristina led Daniel throughout the first floor of the house. The first floor held a kitchen, bathroom without a shower, living room, and laundry room. The kitchen held no visible cutlery such as knives. The living room had a couch in the center of the room with a holo-projector TV above a fireplace. The laundry room had an automatic washing and drying machine which would almost everything for washing and drying clothes.
After the first floor was shown to Daniel Kristina led him upstairs to the second floor. The second floor had four rooms and another staircase at the end of the hallway. One room was a full bathroom, another was Mr. Quinn's room/study and rarely anyone else besides him would go in there. The other two rooms had plaques on them clearly showing that the rooms are separated by gender.
"You will have to view your room after the tour as the opposite genders cannot enter the other room if so you will be punished by Mr. Quinn," Kristina says as she goes to the staircase leading up. She stops and does not go up the stairs as she turns around to face Daniel.
"Now than no one is to go upstairs unless given authorization to do so if not you will be terminated once found out. Also, all members here are to guard the staircase and prevent anyone from reaching the third floor in the event of an attack, understood?" Kristina asks Daniel
Slight disturbed Daniel only nods at Kristina while glancing at the stairs while wondering what could be upstairs that needs to be protected so badly from almost anything. They both head downstairs to the first floor and enter the living room. Standing in the center of the room are two maids and Mr. Quinn.
Looking at Mr. Quinn he seemed to look different than before. Before Mr. Quinn had a feeling of wisdom and respect that seemed to follow him everywhere but now it seemed to have disappeared completely. Now, Mr. Quinn, had his shirt untucked, was slouching over and seemed to be mildly depressed. The two maids looked to be twins as they each were the same height, build, stature, and size of small breasts that were barely visible from their outfit. The only feature that could separate them was their eyes. One of the two had blue eyes and the other had brown eyes.
"Daniel let me introduce you to Krystal (blue eyes) and Synthia (brown eyes)" Kristina says as she points to each of the twins who each do a slight curtsey.
"And this is-"
"I am Hector and thank God another guy is in the house" The man breaks into what Kristina was going to say earning glares from all three of the maids while extending his hand to Daniel who shakes.
"I am Mr. Quinn's physical body which he uses sometimes when he needs to do work in the real world. Mr. Quinn does not like to use the girl's bodies since he is a guy so maybe he will start to use yours and I can finally get a break from body usage" Hector is talking to Daniel as he gets pulled into the living room and given a chair to sit in. Once he is in a chair everyone sits down and goes quiet before looking at the holo projected TV expectantly.
A few seconds later and the TV turns on and the image of a man in another living room appears before everyone. The man was sitting in a red throne chair with gold trimming (look up the design if you need to). The room he was in was an old-style living room that had a fireplace which was near the man who was close to the fireplace so much that one could think that he was going to start reading or have a fireside chat. Above the fireplace was a painting that depicted a waterfall but for some reason, the painting was moving?
The man himself looked to be in his mid-thirties and was wearing a bathrobe and slippers while he sat in the chair with his legs crossed. The man had jet black hair with slightly tanned skin and blue eyes. There were no blemishes on the man's skin which gave the impression that his face could have been sculpted to make him look perfect. The man was looking directly at everyone.
"Daniel allow me to introduce myself I am Mr. Quinn," The man says as he looks at Daniel and flourishes his hands.
"Now then I am sure you have some questions about me buying you. To tell you the truth you will be my fighter" Mr. Quinn says as he looks at Daniel expecting a reaction. Daniel does not understand what it means to be a fighter. Seeing no reaction of shock or joy but confusion Mr. Quinn speaks.
"Now than Daniel, I am going to explain a few things to you now so you can gain some understanding of what it means to be a fighter. You will be a fighter and as a fighter, you will represent me and the company I bought you from. As for your job well you will have to fighter others of the same job as you"
"What jobs are there?" Daniel asks Mr. Quinn
"Well, there are a variety of life occupations but with the limit of humanity being low very rarely are fighters chosen, but the job has many benefits and risks that you must partake in whether you like it or not. Also in regards to your occupation, your first fight will be in two months so I suggest you take your fight seriously"
With that, the TV turns off before anyone else can say anything. Daniel looks just as confused as before while everyone looks concerned at what they heard from Mr. Quinn a moment ago. Hector stands up and goes over to Daniel and puts his hand on Daniel's shoulder.
"Well I thought I had the crappy job best of luck to you dude you are going to need it"
What Hector says scares Daniel a little bit as he did not know why his job was so bad or why he was getting looks from everyone now. Everyone was staring at Daniel as if he was just given the death sentence and was about to kick the bucket.
"What's so bad about being a fighter?" Daniel asks
Kristina looks at Daniel before saying "Being a fighter grants great benefits to the individual some examples are greater freedom, better food, a chance to have a partner, and for the champion they actually can gain access to the Network for a short amount of time"
"I don't see what is so bad about that I mean the way you guys act it is almost like this is a death sentence"
Hector buts into the conversation "Actually it kind of is a death sentence for people"
One of the twins punches Hector in the head and he yelps in pain before getting the message that he should not talk. Kristina continues explaining the risks of being a fighter.
"The risk is that fighters always fight to the death in any fight unless both parties agree to not kill but disable the other fighter"
At that moment it hit Daniel why everyone was looking so grave at Daniel. He was going to have to put his life on the line every time he fought and all for what! For the amusement of the sick and demented pieces of junk that run the world. Daniel would have no part of this.
Daniel runs up the stairs and tries to beeline to the third-floor staircase. Daniel sprints up the stairs before anyone can react and everyone desperately tries to run after Daniel to try and stop him. Daniel had a head start so before anyone is on the first-floor staircase Daniel is on the second floor and booking it towards the third story staircase before a metal wall falls down blocking access to the third floor. Daniel cannot react in time and runs straight into a metal wall at full speed effectively hurting his shoulder a lot. Before Daniel can react two gun barrels extend from the ceiling and take aim at him. Daniel backs up while holding his hurt shoulder.
Suddenly Daniel feels a sharp pain in his neck and he feels a dart at the base of his neck. Turning around Daniel barely sees Kristina holding a gun before he falls to the floor blacking out again.
***
Kristina lowers the dart gun before walking towards Daniel.
"Well I don't blame the guy for wanting to kill himself I mean being a fighter is the riskest job for a human," Hector says as he casually walks back downstairs seeing that the situation is now resolved.