Donna Noble walked into the 12th floor of Leo & Hart's OH&S building, walking past the friendly blonde receptionist she met when she started this job yesterday.
"Morning" She greeted her.
"Morning" Donna replied back.
She walked down to the far end of the room, where her desk and cubicle were located. She placed her bag down on the floor as she took a seat.
"You come in early for a temp" Lisa, the girl who worked at the cubicle next to her, stated.
"I may just be a temp, but I gotta work, same as you" Donna replied.
Lisa just shrugged and started typing away on her computer. Donna booted up the computer. Look at you, she told herself, sitting in a Health And Safety job, on a computer, basically doing jack all. That day she refused that Doctor Martian man's offer was the worse day of her life, she thought as began typing up a report, she wanted out of this boring plothole. So she'd registered on all kinds of paranormal websites, hoping something would come up that she could check out, hoping that he would be there. So far, she'd got nowhere. The first time, it just ended up being a rat infestation in the hospital's kitchen. The second time, she actually got somewhere. There was energy being sensed late at night inside that Haunted House every schoolkid keeps talking about. She'd actually met some ghosts, and helped them crossover. It was a great yet freaky experience and all, but no Doctor to be seen. She was just about ready to give up on her search. She had finished typing up her report as the phone on her desk rang.
"Leo & Hart's Health & Safety Division, Donna speaking" Donna answered it as she clicked 'Print' on her screen.
Donna turned to Lisa, still talking to the customer, and silently asked her to collect her print job. Lisa, who was very skinny and wore red hair tied in a bun and glasses, nodded as she got up and walked over to the printer, which was directly behind them, just five feet away.
"Donna" Donna heard Lisa say.
"Well, I'm sorry it's faulty, but you need to have kept the docket" Donna, who was still facing her screen, continued to the customer as she held up a hand to Lisa.
"Donna" Lisa said again, louder this time.
"What is it?" Donna asked as she slammed the phone down on the receiver, and noticed Lisa walk back to the desk with her printed paper.
"I don't remember" Lisa said, standing there for a few seconds.
"Well, don't waste my time, then," Donna said, then taking a glance at the paper, "Is that my first page?"
Lisa stood there silently for a few seconds, then shook her head, handing Donna the paper, "Yeah"
"Great, thanks" Donna said, taking the paper and placing it down next to her, beginning to type again as Lisa sat down.
The two girls continued typing away on their computers for another half an hour when Lisa broke her silence. She was looking to her right, stiff in fear.
"Donna" She said.
"Not now, Lisa," Donna told her, "I'm concentrating"
"No, but Donna, there's-" Lisa began.
"There's what?" Donna asked, still typing.
"There's a-"Lisa started as she turned to look at Donna, whose eyes were still on the screen, fingers typing away, "Never mind. I don't know what I was going to say"
Donna rolled her eyes as she hit the 'Print' button on her screen. This girl was really out of it today. Forgetting things she was going to tell her. Donna didn't know how she'd managed to keep this job for that longif this is what she was always like.
"Would you mind getting my other page I just printed?" Donna asked her, pointing behind her back to the printer.
"Sure" Lisa said as she got up and walked over to the printer.
Lisa saw Donna had begun typing away again as she got up. She walked over to the printer. And saw Donna's printed page was blocked. The printer read 'ERROR: PAGE STUCK'. Damn ting, Lisa thought, always happens. She tried fiddling with both the printer and paper for twenty minutes to no avail.
Donna was about to hit 'Print' on the third page she'd typed up when, out of habit, she put her hand to her side and only felt the one piece of paper. That was odd, there should be two. Lisa should have brought it back by now. She spun around on her chair to face Lisa's desk to see Lisa wasn't back yet. But that's not what she was staring at. Further down, near the archway of some small stairs that lead to the bathrooms and the interview rooms, was a creature. It was tall, had a rounded head and wore a black suit with a black tie.
"Lisa, are you there?" Donna asked.
"Yeah, your page is coming, the printer's jammed is all" Came the response from Lisa.
"Never mind the printer, I see it" Donna said, staring at the creature.
"See what?" Came Lisa's response.
"That thing you wanted to tell me about" Donna replied.
"What thing? I never wanted to tell you about anything" Lisa answered her.
"Yeah, 'cause you forgot about it" Donna said.
"Forgot about what?" asked Lisa.
"Just look over near the stairs!" Donna commanded.
From her spot, Lisa turned her head in the direction Donna was looking and saw the creature.
"Ohmygod, what is," Lisa began, turning her head back to Donna, "What are you looking at, Donna?"
"See, you completely forgot-" Donna started as she turned her head to look at Lisa but then cut herself short.
"Forgot what?" Lisa asked.
"I don't know. My page, I guess" Donna replied as she spun back around to her screen.
"Printer's working now, here it is" Lisa said as she placed the paper on top of Donna's other page.
Donna scrolled up to the top of her page before she clicked 'Print', making sure to proofread her work. But as she was reading through the letters, something in her brain was fizzing. There was something she was missing. Not in her work, but in her surroundings. She'd met spider-aliens and ghosts,so she knew it was something strange. And she had an urge to look to her right fr some reason. So she did. That's when she saw it again. That round headed creature in a suit. Just standing there. Watching her. She stared at it for a few seconds before getting up, not taking her eyes off it.
"I'm just taking a break, if anyone asks" she told Lisa.
"Break. Got it" Lisa replied, typing away.
Donna began slowly walking towards the creature. Little slow steppy-steps. Then it noticed what she was doing and began walking up the stairs. Oh no you don't, Donna thought, power-walking faster, following the creature up the steps. As she got to the top of the steps, she saw the door of the Men's bathroom swing shut forcefully. Gotcha, she thought to herself, beginning to open the door as at the same time a man walked out. He gave her a strange look. She smiled at him awkwardly.
"Oops, wrong bathroom," Donna told him, "Just new"