Sorry for the Rewrite, I'm really looking forward toward getting to the real action part of this story. This is a rather short chapter for some reason.
God I hate alarms, I managed to get home from my midnight shift at the gas station and my clock just had to wake me up 12:00 in the morning for my interview. I was applying for a job at the local power company that need technicians for the new wind turbines they had put up in the outskirts of town. Oh, I forgot, my name is Travis Kline and I'm 19 years old and I live in California. It's a weird name, I know because I had several people asking me if I was related to some random guy they knew.
Well I dragged my sorry butt out of bed, got dressed, grabbed a bagel from the fridge, and hopped into my into my 1992 Ford truck. To you guys think this is a regular story, but it gets weirder for here on in. Anyways I'm driving down to the power station parking lot when some random gal was waiting at one of the crosswalks that I was at. Obviously by the way she dressed, this lady was some business person that was chatting away on her cell phone. I gestured for her to go across, but the second I blinked she was gone! Damn, I must really sleepy from last night; I thought about it for second and just drove on.
When I got there the place looked like something out of sci-fi book, the buildings were shaped like domes made out of Hexagons welded together. I checked the address to make sure this wasn't some government facility. So far I was at the right place, but I didn't see any company signs near or around the complex. I walked up to what looked like the sliding doors to the main lobby, but the minute I walked inside it was an indoor garden and lobby. My doubts were finally laid to rest when I saw a sign saying "Core Engineering and Company" with smaller text underneath saying "The best humanity has to offer". Yup this is the right place, I thought as I head over to the receptionist desk…
1 hour later…
Finally something has gone right in my life! I walked out to my truck with a smile from ear to ear. I have the job and now I can quit my old one! Good bye brain rotting gasoline fumes, hello high paid alternative energy technician. I made a quick detour to drop off my rented copy of Mass Effect 2 at the local gaming store. I realized I could just rent Mass Effect 3 while I'm there, I really want to see if what my Shepard's decisions from 2nd have affected in the 3rd game. I had parked right outside the entrance and made my way through the revolving door, when two other people ran right into me from behind.
The first few milliseconds of the collision passed slowly as the world began to twist and warp in front of my eyes. Then I watch as the warped image began to rip apart like a piece of paper as I rapidly plunged into a never ending black abyss. Now it got even crazier, as ribbons of white light began to shape into a grid of hexagons that filled my view. I realized I was free falling to my death towards the Crysis 3's Nanosuit training grounds. Just as I was about to splatter all over the ground, some weird Matrix movie physics kicked in.
Orchid's POV
I watched as our engineer named "Travis Kline", no older than 19 years old landed gently on his feet in the grouping area of the C.E.C. VR training arena. I greeted him as I did to all of our previous employees "Welcome Engineering Specialist Kline" "What? Where am I and who are you?" he said.
"Glad you ask. I am Orchid, an A.I. construct made by C.E.C. Organization to recruit, order, and supervise the operations.", "Ok, First off what operations? Second you mean C.E.C. the company I'm working for? Finally an Organization like secret organization?" he said, "Yes somewhat like that." I replied. "So what has to do with me?" He asked, So far The chairman allowed me to tell him what he was supposed to know, but he managed to take it rather well considering he was in a coma in the real world. "You will be accompanied by sever other soon on this operation. I request that all of you head over to the armory and suit up for your deployment."
Get ready for "Unorthodox Arrivals" chapter coming soon some time next week...
