Of Turks and Scientists
"Vincent Valentine reporting for duty ma'am. I've been assigned your protection." The young turk stated with a salute. Doctor Crescent simply stood there in shock as the words hit her and brought into a deep abyss of old sorrowful memories.
"What? How could they have sent his son?" She said, barely above a whisper.
"I beg your pardon?" The young turk asked, leaning forward slightly. His voice broke Lucrecia out of her thoughts.
"What?-Oh my apologies…Doctor Lucrecia Crescent. Pleased to make your acquaintance." She said with a small smile and extended her hand out. He shook it and returned an unsure smile back. An awkward crescendo of silence fell upon the two, and so the story began…