The deal

"A deal? Why should you want to make a deal with me?" I asked her. I wasn't expecting this from her.

"Because you have something I want?"

"Which is?"

"This potion. I want more of it."

I massaged the back of my head which ached really painfully. I guess this was one of the side effects of getting hit on the head.

"I'm guessing the deal is I provide you with potions or you reveal my plans to these people."

It was kind of obvious. She had the upper hand on me in everything. Power, strength and the position I was in.

"No that's not a deal, that's just blackmail, is it not?"

"Yes it is. So what is the deal you want to make with me."

"I want you to make more of these potions for me. In exchange I will give you a Hyoksi injection."

I felt like my ears were deceiving me and telling me lies.

"What?" I asked with a stupefied expression on my face. Why would she do that? She could just blackmail me for all the potions she wanted and I had no other option except to get them for her. I couldn't even get my hands on the potion as there was no way for me to make them.

A hyoksi injection in exchange for potions. That did not seem like a bad idea.

"For how long?" I asked. I did not want to spend the rest of my life just making potions for her. Not that I could in the first place.

"For however long I want." she replied.

God dammit! She was planning on turning me into her potion making slave. She must have a few screws loose.

"That is really unreasonable of you. You want me to make potions for you with no set time limit in exchange for a Hyoksi injection. Even if I did make the potions for you I would be making a loss as the ingredients and equipments cost money."

Aliza tapped her chin. "Don't worry about the cost. I am not unreasonable enough to make you pay for the ingredients. In fact I will pay a small price for your labour. So what do you say?"

This seemed more reasonable. I had secured a well paying part time job. It's not like I had any other choice but to accept.

"If I refuse what will happen?" I asked. I already had an idea as what was going to happen but it would not hurt to ask.

"I wake them up and they kill you." she replied. Of course she would. "You need money but so do these people, you don't know what they are going through. Some of them could have a sick relative or a debt that they need to pay of. It was really selfish of you to try to steal the efforts of their hardwork and I'm pretty sure they would not like it."

"100,000 dollars. That is the initial investment. I need to buy equipment and ingredients." I had already accepted my fate as a potion producing slave. It wasn't so bad though. I would gain money as I worked, a Hyoksi injection and I would also keep my life. This deal was pretty sweet no matter what way you looked at it.

For all I knew there were people who kidnapped alchemists and pharmacists and made them mass produce potions, drugs or medicine.

"Give me your account information and I'll send it to you." I gave her my account information and a notification popped up on my screen.

𝕪𝕠𝕦 ℍ𝕒𝕧𝕖 ℝ𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕕 100,000 𝔻𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝔸𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕒 𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕞𝕒𝕟.

Aliza Blackman... "Fuck!" I whispered under my breath. Now everything made sense. Aliza Blackman had played a somewhat major role in the character development of one of the side characters. She was the aunt of the main characters friend. She was a war veteran with PTSD and severe panic attacks.

I could understand why she wanted these potions. In the novel she had committed suicide after not being able to take it anymore. If she didn't die then her niece would not go through change. But who cares? It's not like I had to worry about the butterfly effect that much.

I did not care about the plot that much. It's not like there were hidden artefacts or hidden dungeons waiting for me to discover.

"Let's go outside." Aliza said. "I'll give you a Hyoksi injection right now."

"Right now?" I replied. I thought that she would give me a Hyoksi injection after 2 weeks or so when I had delivered the product.

"Do you not want it?" she asked.

"No... I mean yes... let's do it!" I stepped out of the humvee after her. She had put her gun away in her side pocket.

"A Hyoksi injection is not that special at all," she said. "It's a really simple procedure. Even a person whose had Hyoksi in their body can perform it." She placed her hand on my back. It felt really soft and slightly warm.

"Just don't fall asleep otherwise you'll die." That wasn't anything new to me after all, I was the one who created Hyoksi. The way Hyoksi worked was similar to an ocean. The Hyoksi would enter my body and get rid of my natural energy and replace it. Just like rain was formed from the evaporation of the water of the ocean the same happened to the energy in the body.

It would evaporate and turn into Hyoksi but that would leave a person weak and tired and once they closed their eyes they would die. It was important they stayed awake.

Luckily for me I had experience staying awake when I was on death's door.

I felt a warm gentle feeling wash all over my body. Immediately I felt weak and tired. My body that had been bursting was energy was overcome with fatigue.

I felt my eyes slowly closing. I used a small burst of energy to open them and keep them open. As time passed I felt even weaker. Everything suddenly felt warmer. It felt as if I was in my bed wrapped in a heavy duvet like a small burrito.

I did my best to remain awake but... but... it... felt...yawwwnnn....so tiring...I'll just go to sleep... just for a little while.

A loud screech opened my eyes. It had almost burst my eardrums. Luckily for me Aliza was there to keep me awake. Of course she wouldn't let me pass away. I was the only person who could make potions that calmed her down.

Of course she had other options such as drugs but who would resort to that when they could find something better.

"There done." she said as removed her hand from my back.

"I don't feel anything." I said.

"Give it some time, an hour or so."

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