BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!!

Slam!

Jared wakes up to the alarm clock. "oh shit!" he shouts. The clock reads 7:12. Jared only has 18 minutes to get dressed and get to work. He stumbles out of bed noticing his messy room. he makes a mental note to clean up when he got home. He puts on his suit and tie, grabs his suitcase and bolts out to his car. Jared, watching the clock intently, rushes off during rush hour to get to work. the highway is filled to the brim. he curses to himself as he inches his way along the 2 mile trip to work. he might as well have walked! Finally, around 8:30 am, Jared stumbles into work. as he enters he does everything possible to hide from the sight of his boss. he sneaks into his small cubicle. The small cubicle had barely anything on it. except for a 5 inch stack of papers that needed to be sorted by the end of the day. Jared groaned to himself as he looked through it.

"looks like another 12 hour day huh?" said a voice behind him. Jared jumped at the sound of it. it was his boss.

"Heh, yeah it does." he said nervously

"alright i think we need a talk here Jared. step into my office."

Jared walks slowly after his boss and slumps down in a chair.

"now, I've noticed your performance record. it seems to be declining with every week. is there something going on at home?"

"what? no nothing is going on at home what would make you say that?"

"well, sometimes when once has issues at home, they usually show a decline of performance at work."

"well, sir, I don't have any problems at home."

"THEN THERE IS NO FUCKING EXCUSE FOR YOU NOT TO BE GETTING YOUR WORK DONE!! I have been watching you. these past two weeks, you are always arriving later and later, getting less work done. now if you ever want to succeed in the business world, you need to sack up and start doing some work! or else i will send you off planet and force you to work at the citadel in city 17!!"

his boss was furious! Jared rushed out and dove into his cubicle. He punched in his security numbers and out of the desk, a holographic screen popped up out of a small panel. Jared started pushing different buttons on it until a small helmet like device popped out of a drawer and the papers on his desk all were programmed into the system. Jared put the helmet on and he slipped into the computer program that controlled all the activity on earth.

"welcome Jared, or shall i call you GMAN?"

"hello Ava."

Ava was his artificial intelligence in this world. Ava would protect him, give him new client info and job opportunities. He and Ava were a very great team.

"late again today i presume right?"

"yeah, the alarm clock didn't go off at the right time."

"Okay, well today we have a few things to do. first, we need to find this ... Gordan Freeman and bring him to our benefactors for employment. We have seen his potential and all the things that he is able to do could really be helpful in the future if we need him again."

"alright then, lets find this guy."