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Chapter III
Clarke spent the rest of the weekend dreaming about those damn eyes. They slightly haunted her. They didn't scare her but they didn't bring comfort to her either. Like in the depths of those eyes was a terrible secret. She tried to remember what the boy looked like but her mind came up blank. All she could remember was that knowing smirk and his intense gaze.
Clarke's thoughts were interrupted as her phone loudly rang and she saw a text from Finn. Clarke rolled her eyes, of course he was late and now she was going to be late for her first day on the job. Almost all her annoyance with Finn disappeared as he held up the familiar coffee cup. Almost. As she sat in the passenger seat of Finn's Prius she sipped her coffee. She was a bundle of nerves but Finn seemed calm.
"Aren't you nervous?" Clarke asked
"No, not really. I think the hard part was getting in. I just hope we get partnered up. We could spend our mornings like this. Cruising around, sipping coffee and talking about how stuck up Commissioner Kane is, " Finn said jokingly. Clarke rolled her eyes but laughed. Apparently, Clarke wasn't the only one who noticed the commissioner's icy demeanor. She liked how Finn could always get her to laugh even when she was nervous or scared or mad. He always knew what to say and she found comfort in it and in him.
Clarke hummed a reply finding contentment that this could be her daily routine. Although her plan was to get access to the police department and the information inside, she still wanted to remain a cop after her plan was completed. She still believed in the oath she took and she fully planned to live by those rules. There was just going to one exception. Clarke had a long time to plot out her revenge and if everything went accordingly then she would be able to get away scot-free.
But, of course, nothing every goes according to plan.
Clarke and Finn walked into the police station with only 5 minutes to spare and headed into the locker room to change into their uniforms.
Raven was already there looking stressed until she saw them walk in, "What the hell you guys? Cutting it kind of short. I thought I was going to have to the report to the commissioner by myself." She said in an annoyed tone while stifling a shiver, "That guy gives me the creeps."
Clarke simply shrugged, "Blame Finn, I was ready an hour before he even got to my house." She gave him playful punch to the shoulder.
Finn put his hands up in surrender, "Sorry for thinking you guys would want some coffee!" he said while handing Raven a coffee that Clarke didn't notice he had. Something in Clarke's gut tightened but this was no time for her to be jealous. They only had 2 minutes to get the hall where they were supposed to meet Commissioner Kane.
As they walked into the hall it was empty so they stood awkwardly in the middle of the room not knowing what to do. Commissioner Kane came out of the door, a few minutes later, on the opposite side of the room. They needed a keycard to get to that part of the police department so none of them had seen what lay behind it.
Walking towards them beside Kane was a young deputy. As the commissioner came to a stop in front of the new officers he said in a bored tone, "This is Deputy Murphy. He is a last minute addition. We now have four deputies in this class. Now time for the tour."
Clarke took a quick glance at the newest addition to their Deputy class. He had a look on his face like he was disgusted at everything and everyone. She wondered if he even wanted to be here. By the look on his face it was clear he didn't but maybe it was just the way his face looked. Clarke didn't really care and moved her attention back on the commissioner.
He handed Clarke, Finn and Raven shiny plastic cards that must be what opened the doors the commissioner and Murphy just walked out of. Commissioner Kane must have already given Murphy his. As he handed Raven hers, he took her coffee and took a sip. Raven looked like she was about to say something but held her tongue. Although there was a slight scowl on her face.
Kane started walking to the doors he and Murphy had just walked out of, saying, "These are you key cards, please don't lose them because it's a pain in the ass to replace and we don't want them getting into the wrong hands. You have Deputy ranked key cards so you won't be able to get through a lot of the doors but as you move up in ranks so will your access to other parts of the facilities."
He swiped his keycard in the slot and the doors opened. He walked through the doors and Deputies followed suit. There was a long, dimly lit hallway. Typical cop cliché, Clarke thought. Next they're going to enter the break room and find bitter coffee and donut crumbs. She rolled her eyes.
At the end of the hallway there was an elevator leading down. This was not what Clarke was expecting at all. These facilities must be a lot bigger than she thought.
As they all piled comfortably into the elevator Commissioner Kane said, "The main entrance is in a location I will show you momentarily. This is just a quick access door if we need to meet in the Ceremony Hall but we hardly ever use it. You'll find that the building you came from isn't where you'll really be working from all that much" Before Clarke could ask what he meant, the elevator doors opened up. Commissioner Kane went on about how the Ark City Police Department building was actually just where they put the interns and small crime prisoners. But Clarke was barely paying attention and from the silence from her peers she knew they were as distracted as she was.
The elevator had led them into the main lobby of what must be the real Ark City Policed Department. The walls and the ceiling were all made of glass. The floors were made of white marble. The ceilings must have been 50 feet high or more and the sun shining through the glass lit up the whole place. Everything was bright and perfectly lit but it wasn't hot. There must have been some special tint to the glass to make sure nothing got burned up. It was truly the most beautiful thing Clarke had ever seen.
There was huge stain glassed door that must have been the main entrance Commissioner Kane was talking about earlier. Each person entering through the main entrance had to swipe their keycard and scan their fingerprints and their eyes and go through a metal detector. All of them seemed in a big rush and rather annoyed but once through all split in random directions trying to get where they were going.
In the corner nearest to the entrance was a reception area, which of course was made of glass. There was a pretty, thin woman behind the desk taking calls and making appointments. There was even a waiting area! With sleek white leather couches and tablets for guests to use while they waited.
On each side of the huge lobby were staircases going both up and down. There was no telling how big this place truly was. There were people running up and down the staircases. Everyone seemed to be in a big hurry including the commissioner.
He led them up the staircase closest to the elevator they got off of and what seemed to be the only elevator in sight. Clarke noticed how the elevator they came from wasn't made of glass but of the same marble that covered the floors.
As they made their way up the stairs the commissioner started talking again, "You all were specially chosen to be a part of this department. We didn't choose you for your grades or your physical talent. Each of you possesses a skill or talent that we see as an asset to our agency. The ACPD is a lot more than just a police department,"
"You don't say," Clarke thought to herself sarcastically.
Kane stopped them after only climbing the next level above the lobby. There was a balcony that they stood on overlooking the lobby. When Clarke looked up she noticed she couldn't see anything above her. She guessed that there had to be some way of keeping things hidden or secret.
Kane disrupted her from her thoughts as he continued, "Now before you ask me or anybody else what your skill is just know we aren't going to tell you. Most people don't even know. Some people figure it out and some people don't. It could be anything from your kind heart to your intellect to your physical endurance. We have placed each of you in special departments where we think your talent will be most useful. Some may even have more than one talent and some might not even have the talent we thought they did." He paused briefly then signaled for a woman standing a few away to join them. Once she did he stalked off to god knows where. Clarke was happy to see him go. She had a feeling that they weren't going to get along.
The woman was dressed in a long lab coat. She looked like a doctor or researcher of some kind but that made sense. They obviously were studying Clarke and her classmates if they were being told they had a special talent. What does that even mean? Clarke didn't think she had a talent besides being sad and angry all the time. Maybe they found out about her plan..no there was no way they could. She planned it all in her head there was no evidence of it anywhere. Slightly relieved Clarke realized the woman had began to talk,
"Hello deputies, my name is Dr. Glass. We are going to give you a new title while you're working for us in the Ark City Agency. Each of you has been assigned a department to work in and each has it's own ranking system. I know this may all be a little overwhelming but just wait to ask your questions until you meet with your superior officers. In these folders I have your schedule, rules, location of your new department and any other information you need to know about where you'll be working."
She handed us all folders with our names on them. "Now report to your department and I'm sure I'll see you all around. Best of luck." She gave a quick smile and retreated down the staircase to the main lobby.
They all opened their file. In Clarkes there was only one page.
Clarke Griffin
ID #: 0011
Department: ?
Upon receipt of this folder please make your way down the East Staircase until you come across the elevator. Take the elevator to your new department.
That was it. She bid her fellow classmates farewell as she heard Raven moan "engineering, what the hell? I think they made a mistake," and Finn mutter something about political reform or something along those lines. She was too far away to hear exactly it was.
She made her way down the staircase until she saw an elevator. It looked exactly like the she entered the lobby in. It was made of marble but there was something strange and ominous about it. Like it wasn't used very much.
She slid her keycard and the machine didn't open. She tried her keycard again and still nothing. Maybe there was another elevator or they gave her a dud keycard. But then she saw that there was another form of security. She bent over and had her eyes scanned by a blinding blue light. It was silent for a second until Clarke heard the ding of the elevator and the doors opened. She quickly stepped in and saw that there was only one button to press and she was grateful because she would have had no idea which floor she was supposed to head to. She didn't even know what the name of her department name was.
Clarke was clutching her folder for dear life as the elevator slowly slid further and further into the ground. She must have been at least a mile underground from where the Ceremony Hall was on street level. It gave her the Goosebumps thinking she was so far underground or at least that's what she thought it was. A shiver went down her spine as the elevator doors opened to dimly lit room,.
And the first thing she noticed was the intensity of the familiar dark eyes staring straight at her.
*This was my longest chapter. It just got away from me. I couldn't keep the words from flowing! I hope you guys liked it! Let me know what you think! Until next time!*
