Prologue
Special Messages
Alex Howard arranged the papers in front of him, it was a tiring day at work and he wondered if he can even go home without accident. He yawned, "Rebecca," he gestured to his assistant, "Please sign these papers for me when you go home, I can't see very well and I might end up signing at the title of the paper." His assistant chuckled, "Very well sir, oh, and take care sir." She gave a nod then went off with the papers in her hand, Howard groaned, what a hard day it was! Some of his students were giving him a headache about what the heck his lesson is all about, a simple problem with a simple solution, he basically told them: "Dinosaurs young man! Dinosaurs indeed!" it was particularly effective, even to the jocks in his class. Howard yawned then settled off, locking the door behind him, as he went out, he gave a nod to the guard at the entrance who gave a small nod as well. Almost automatic, he thought. He made his way to his battered Sedan and managed to go home to his small cottage near the plaza, he considered it lucky, since all he got was scrapes on his car, no injuries. As he scrambled to his bag to find his keys, he noticed something sticking out of his mailbox, The hell? He thought, he reached his hand out to grab them, he noticed that it was a letter with a SciGen crest at the side, the triangle with a box at the middle. He opened it and read it:
Greetings,
We have heard from your university, specifically from your class, that you were a retired paleontologist. We invite you to a special project that is currently being worked on and is near completion after seven years, a special safari, in which special animals thrive. After you have got this, you will receive a call from one of our project supervisors: James Henry.
We hope you could come see us at work.
Scigen,
The hell?, He thought again.