DISCLAIMER: I do not own most of the essential ideals of this particular fan fiction, although that'd sure be awesome though…
June 6 1991_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Jeremy sat there on a bench in the blazing hot sun, drinking his recently purchased water that was unreasonably priced, just watching other MIT graduates stroll by him happily. They were the lucky ones, they were the people who found jobs. There was no job that Jeremy was particularly interested in, and knowing he only had two great options didn't make the decision any easier. He was currently at the park attending the annual "Local Community Science and Industry Corporation Festival" which was ,in other words, Black Mesa and Aperture Science battling for more MIT graduates to join there science teams. Booths after booth filled the park and many men in bright white lab coats occupied each of them. The park was now separated into two groups, Black Mesa booths and the other side had Aperture science booths. He had never heard anything good or bad about either company from someone that hadn't already gone full tilt and closed their mind to the other option.
So his now he was left with only a few minutes before the festival ended to find a suiting career for himself and he imagined that all of the good ones were taken. He would hate to be the only MIT graduate with a janitorial job. Jeremy simply gave a large sigh and tilted his head back. When he had lifted it back up, he jolted as he noticed a man staring at him intently with a slight grin on his face. He was a well dressed man, wearing a blue suit and a purple tie, his face though was almost as pale as the moon and just as wrinkly with bright green eyes that glared at him.
"Hello Mister" he put his head down and paused or a moment to think" Springs, it is great to see that you are… available for a special position that I have, er… secured for you" the man croaked.
Jeremy felt his muscles tense up. He felt that he could only sit there and either not pay attention to this mysterious man or take him up on the offer. He decided to listen as the rest of the world seemed to blacken out of his vision.
"Now I bet you are wondering who you might be… working for. Well I can tell that you don't seem to prefer one association to the other so I saw it fit to have you technically be working at both of the… facilities. Instead of giving me a simple yes or no answer I'll just tell you what to do, so you can either do what I say or… take the hard way of life" the man's face turned from a gentle smile into a glaring, evil smirk. "There is a man at the booth furthest to your left, his name is Eli Vance. When you see him ask him if there is any… special… positions left… if you do that I will just take that as a 'Yes'" the man informed him. "It will be a long while since we see each other again so, farewell Dr. Springs."And just like he came, he shaded out of reality.
Jeremy ran as fast as he could to the end of the line of booths and there he saw him, Eli Vance, he somehow just knew was a middle aged man, maybe in his forties, with a dark yet grey beard. He was sitting on a bench much like the one he had just been on eating a piece of cake. Jeremy rushed over to talk to him.
"Are you Dr. Eli Vance?" he blurted out in-between breathes.
" Um yes" Eli said in confusion.
"Do you possibly know if there is any special positions left?" Jeremy exhaled.
"You must be Jeremy" Eli stated.
"Okay… What do we do now?" Jeremy asked although the man seemed to be as oblivious as he was.
" I think he wanted you to sign up for a job."
"At Black Mesa?"
"No, Actually, at Aperture Laboratories." said Eli.
"Why would, um, he tell me to come here if you want me to work at Aperture Science?" Jeremy, confused as ever, asked him.
Eli simply handed him a card with the Black Mesa ensignia and a phone number on it and told him "You'll report back to me whenever you get information on their experiments."
"You want me to be a spy?" Jeremy asked ,in utter disbelief.
"No, he wants you to be a spy, listen I'm about as befuddled as you are, son, but whatever he has us doing seems to be very important, listen if you don't want- " Eli was cut off.
"I'll do it" Jeremy said with more determination than ever. He didn't know why but he seemed to be doing what was right. Without a doubt he knew something great would come from this.
There you have it, the prologue/very first chapter, review if you'd like and I hope you enjoyed it.