(Next day; Athena's POV)
Chase and I took a taxi to Dwayne's office, when we got there Chase pressed the button to Powers Tower.
"Go away!" A man, who must've been Dwayne, said through the speaker.
Chase pressed the button again.
"Don't you understand?" Dwayne asked.
"Mr. Powers? Mattie Jensen sent us to see you, about a jobs as extras." I said.
"I'm sorry, I'm in suite 101- come in." Dwayne said.
A loud buzz went off and we walked in. We went down a set of stairs and to Dwayne's door, Chase knocked.
"Come in." Dwayne said.
We walked in and sat down in front of Dwayne's desk.
"I apologize for my abrupt greeting. You must understand that if I opened my door to every struggling actor in this town, I'd never be able to get my work done." Dwayne said.
"Well, we just started out in the acting business. I hope our lack of experience won't hurt our chances of getting jobs as extras on Light of our Love." I said.
"Oh, that's okay, Athena. It's Athena…Drew and Chase Nickerson, right? Mattie spoke highly of your abilities, and I am more than happy to give two young actors a chance if I can. Normally, I don't do this, but seeing that you're friends of Mattie's, I could pull some strings for you. You see, Worldwide uses me almost exclusively for hiring their talent. Not only did I provide them with Mattie Jensen, but Rick Arlen, as well." Dwayne said.
"You're Rick Arlen's agent?" Chase asked.
"Yes, I was, but I must confess that the man has no talent. Were it not for his good looks and charm, he'd never have gotten to where he is now. You see, Rick foolishly believes acting is a status symbol not an art form. He's a ladder climber who'll use anyone to crawl his way to the top- a ladder he's sure to fall from one of these days. Well, Athena, Chase, you two must be anxious to start this assignment. I'll call right now and have a pass waiting for you at the reception desk. Now, if you'll please excuse me I must get back to work. It was a pleasure meeting you two. Please call on me for any other needs you may have." Dwayne said.
"Nice meeting you as well." I said before Chase and I left.
"That was easier than I thought." Chase said as we walked to the exit.
"Yeah, he must really trust Mattie." I said.
When we left the building we took a taxi to the studio. We went inside and walked up to the front desk.
"Can I help you?" Ralph asked.
"We've been hired as extra's for the Powers Agency." Chase said.
Ralph gave us passes, "Here you are. You'll need to sign for them." We signed out names, "Thank you and uh, good luck."
We walked further in the building, "Let's see if we can try talking to Lillian again." I said.
"Actually babe, I was thinking we should look around the prop room." Chase said.
"Why?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"Well, you never know, there might be something in there that could be useful." Chase said.
"I highly doubt that." I said.
He smirked, "I seemed to recall you saying the same thing in Florida when I was messing with that puzzle box."
I blushed then rolled my eyes, "Fine, fine, we'll check out the prop room."
He wrapped an arm around me as we headed to the prop room, "You're so cute."
I pouted, "Shut up." I said causing him to chuckle.
When we got to the prop room I knocked on the door.
"It's open!" We walked in, "Yes, dears." the woman said.
"We need to get something for Mattie from the prop room." I said.
"I see. Well, I just don't let anyone enter my prop room without showing me that they're clever enough to take on the responsibility. Listen to my riddle, and when you know the correct answer, I'll let you in. When you look at my face it's easy to see, you're looking at you when you're looking at me. What am I?"
"A mirror." Chase said.
"Well that was pretty easy. Let's try another one. I run all day and never walk. I tell you something but I do not talk. What am I?"
"A clock." I said.
"Let's see if you can answer one more. Soft as a petal that falls from a tree, the more I'll dry the wetter I'll be. What am I?"
"A towel." Chase said.
"That's it! I have stumped many people with my riddles, but you are quite the sleuths. You may go and enter the prop room now, while I go and 'unpowder' my nose. Achoo!" she then left the prop room.
"Let's get started." Chase said and we split up.
I started looking through some shelves, the only thing I found that could be remotely useful was an oil can and some pliers.
"Hey babe, found something!" Chase said.
I went over to him to see he was holding a clock hand.
"The missing hand to the clock." I said taking it.
"And once again, I'm right." Chase said causing me to smack his arm.
I went over to the woman's, Millie's, desk and looked through her log book, "Look's some items were taken." I saw some writing sticking out of the corner of the back of the book and lifted the paper. It said: Millie WWB1958.
Wonder what that could be used for.
"Hey Athena, look. This type writer drops it's y just like in the threats Rick got." Chase said.
"Which means someone must've snuck in here to use it. I think this is all we can look at, let's go to Lillian now." I said.
Chase nodded and we left the prop room, we went a little further down the hall way to Lillian's door. I knocked.
"Ah, I see Mattie's friends are now working as extras for us. So, are you trying to get discovered, or are you just hard-up for a job?" Lillian asked.
"We're working with Dwayne Powers' agency. We heard he's a really good agent." Chase said.
"Oh, please. Don't get your hopes up too high. It's not like you're working for Commercial Artists or Edison Talent! We use Dwayne whenever we need someone right away- usually extras or gophers. If we really need talent, we call someone else." Lillian said.
Wow, what a bitch.
"Well, we just thought you'd be interested to know that we found a light clamp on the set. It looked as if it had been sawed off. That was no accident on that set- it was a deliberate attempt on Rick's life." I said.
"Well, it looks like we've got ourselves a little Sherlock Holmes on the set! Look, we didn't hire you to play Junior Detective, so don't be sticking your nose where it doesn't belong, OK?" Lillian said.
"We'll let you get back to your business." Chase said.
"Buh bye." Lillian said before closing her door.
"Cold hearted bitch. Come on, let's see what happens when we put the hand back in the clock." I said.
"Alright." Chase said putting his arm around me.