AUTHORS NOTE:
This story has four separate endings, each one getting darker than the last, feel free to read only so far as you are comfortable with.
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Chapter 1 - On The Run
12/6/2036 - BREAKING NEWS ALERT: Controversial federal three strikes law upheld by Supreme Court! With Congress passing the new constitutional amendments last year that allowed for personhood to be revoked for serious crimes, the new three-strike law requires any thrice convicted criminal to be classified as a serious offender.
4/15/2038 - BREAKING NEWS ALERT: Super pop star Trisha Tame convicted of DUI causing damage over $5,000, a misdemeanor criminal conviction.
8/21/2040 - BREAKING NEWS ALERT: Trisha Tame overtakes number one position in the charts for a record-breaking 25th time.
5/22/2041 - BREAKING NEWS ALERT: Pop superstar Trisha Tame pleads guilty to petty larceny after leaving jewellery store without paying for diamond bracelet, still claims it was an honest mistake.
7/16/2042 - BREAKING NEWS ALERT: Trisha Tame declared fugitive from justice after failing to appear in court on a second DUI charge. Judge enters default judgment against her triggering federal three-strike law. Multiple processing facilities have confirmed they have teams in the field for retrieval.
"Fuck!" Trisha said under her breath and tossed the phone on the passenger's seat as she drove in the dark towards the harbour. She knew she was in trouble after the prosecution had trotted out the old lady still in a wheelchair from her supposed injuries from the accident.
It wasn't like it was her fault, well, not really, she'd been paying attention and was sure she was fine to drive, but the other car had just come out of nowhere!
In any case, it was done now, and she needed to get to the harbour so she could get on Harold's yacht and get out of the country ASAP.
Both Canada and Mexico were safe havens now, allowing for those who were impacted by the three-strike law to gain entry unconditionally, but she still had to get across the border, and so she'd chosen Mexico as it was closer, just a few dozen miles away from where Harold's yacht was moored anyway.
She'd grabbed what cash she had on hand, and there was lots of money in her foreign accounts that the authorities couldn't confiscate, as most countries had broken financial ties with the US after the raft of constitutional amendments had basically changed it into a dictatorship.
Trisha checked her rear-view mirror and didn't see any headlights, which was good, she could see the lights of the harbour just in the distance so she hit the accelerator and listened to the whine of the electric motors increase.
She'd had to risk staying put during the day, the hours ticking by agonizingly slowly, until night had fallen and she could go, hopefully, unnoticed. She'd made the best use of the time she could, dying her normally blonde hair almost black, applying heavy makeup to change the apparent contours of her face, and dressing in baggy jeans and a t-shirt. She just hoped that it was enough of a change from her usual stylish appearance that no one would recognize her at the marina.
Finally the marina came into view and she pulled up to the gates, grabbed the phone on the seat beside her and opened up the access app, sending the gates moving to the side to let her in. It wasn't her phone, it was Harold's, he'd given it to her yesterday when she'd confided in him what she was planning. She knew her own phone would have been tracked as soon as she failed to show up in court.
It was Harold's car as well, he was an old family friend and had been a lifesaver many times over the years. She hoped she would be able to repay him one day.
As the gate closed behind her she drove down to the yacht and parked, shutting the car off and looking around nervously, before opening the door and getting out.
"Good evening Miss..." the captain said and then stopped himself from completing the sentence with her name, "...please, come aboard."
She hurried onto the yacht and passed by him, heading straight for the main bedroom as he pulled up the gangway. She entered the hallway that led to the bedroom and almost got turned around in time when she heard the footsteps behind her, almost. Instead she felt something jab into her ass and her knees almost instantly start to give out beneath her. She dropped to her knees, then after another few seconds, collapsed forward onto the floor, consciousness leaving her.
Chapter 2 - Awakening
7/17/2042 - BREAKING NEWS ALERT: Trisha Tame confirmed to be in custody, no details on the processing centre that captured her or what the next steps are.
Trisha moaned as the world slowly started to come into focus, she tried to rub her eyes only to find her arms secured to something that prevented her from moving them. She tugged on them experimentally, but they didn't budge. She tried moving her legs, finding them similarly secured.
She blinked as she opened her eyes and looked around the stark white room, she was seated in a chair of some kind, her wrists and ankles secured to the arms and legs of it.
That wasn't the most concerning thing though, no, that was the fact she was naked and there was a man sitting across from her.
She jerked and tried to free herself, but to no avail, as the man smiled at her, "Listen, I can pay you, I've got money..." she pleaded to the man.
"You mean the money we found in your luggage? That's hardly enough to be of interest... and we already have it anyway." he said with a shrug.
She narrowed her eyes and frowned, "No... I have more..." she said seriously.
"Oh, I know you do Trisha, but honestly, do you think it's enough to buy your way out of this?" he asked.
"Maybe..." she replied, "...just don't report my capture... let me go back to the yacht and I can send you more money than you can dream of."
He chuckled and pulled his phone from his pocket, unlocking it and showing her the latest headlines.
She slumped in the chair, "You bastard!" she spat at him.
He shook his head and just continued to smile.
He then swiped over to another app on his phone and cleared his throat, "Trisha Tame, I hereby inform you that as a duly appointed representative of the Ninth Circuit Federal Judiciary, you have been convicted of three criminal offences and the Federal Three Strike law applies. As such, your personhood has been revoked under the 32nd Amendment of the Constitution. This also serves as your notice that your property interests have been assigned to Reclamation Processing Incorporated, for processing according to the mandates of the 32nd amendment of the constitution."
He then locked his phone and put it back into his pocket, "And to be clear, I'm the sole owner and proprietor of RPI."
She let out a huff and shot daggers at him, "Of course you are, and what's your name anyway?"