"Project Sleeping Beauty? What is that?" Arthur asked the tall Russian as they walked down the hall.
"Not what, but who Dr. Kirkland." The purpled-eye man said opening up a door to a room with a few computers and neatly stacked papers in the front but in the back of the room was a glass wall cutting the room in half and in the corners of the room were flat screen TVs and a giant screen in the back. The real thing that caught the Brit's eye was what was in front of the screen. A young woman with long brown hair was sitting in a white chair. From what he could see there was a type of machine in the woman's back.
"If you don't mind me asking Mr. Ivan but, what is that in her back?" The blonde gestured towards the strange thing.
"That right there is our Sleeping Beauty, Catherine Edelstein and that machine there is Maleficent." The Russian said giving the shorter man a creepy smile. Arthur moved away from the man and looked back at the woman.
"Why did you choose her?"
"That is classified information, ."
"Oh...Then what does Maleficent do?"
"Maleficent is controlling our Sleeping Beauty's unusual powers."
"Powers?"
"Da, she can move objects with her mind and can feel others emotions. Well I'll be leaving now. These papers go over what Project Sleeping Beauty is, as well as more information on Catherine and Maleficent." The Russian said handing the Brit a stack full of papers then turned to leave. Arthur watched the man leave before turning his attention back to the brunette. He sighed and set the papers down near one of the computers and sat down to start reading the papers.
Arthur was reading the last page from the huge stack of papers. After reading that giant stack of papers I still didn't figure out exactly how they got her here. The blonde was brought away from his thoughts when a young man with shoulder length brown hair walked into the room with a tray of tea.
"Hello Dr. Kirkland, my name is Toris Lorinaitis." He smiled setting the tray down next to Arthur.
"Oh, Hello and thank you for the tea." The blonde said smiling back. The computer screen lit up and a message box popped up.
Hello.
"What is that?" Arthur said looking at the computer screen.
"Oh that's Catherine. This is her way of communicating because she can't talk to us but Mr. Ivan doesn't want us to speak to her. Well, I need to go back to work. I'll talk to you later." Toris said walking out and shutting the door. Her way of communicating but isn't she supposed to be asleep. Arthur thought standing up to look over the computer to look into dark sapphire eyes. He jumped back a little not expecting to see the woman awake.
Hello, I'm Catherine Edelstein. What's your name?
Arthur looked at the message for a minute wondering if he should reply or not. It wouldn't hurt if I just say hello, could it? He thought about it a little more before sitting back down at the computer.
Um.. Hello, I'm Arthur Kirkland. It's a pleasure to meet you.