That Friday the Buses for the field trip arrived, the limo was in front of them just like Michel had promised…all the students boarded the buses, except for Sabrina…who got to ride in the limo with her brother. It took about 20 minutes, but soon the buses were on their way. Roderick had been asked to be a chaperone along with Tao Li, both of them dead silent.
Odd and the crew were sitting just a few rows behind them, "Those two haven't said a thing to anyone or each other, what do you think the problem is?" he asked. Ulrick looked over the seat at them and replied, "Maybe they're just enjoying the scenery."
Jeremy looked ahead, he could just make out the left side of the limo as it and the buses turned. "What you thinking about Jeremy?" Ulrick asked.
"I'm just wondering who this Michel Lehnox is, I know he's the heir to LEHNOX CORP., but I wonder what's his story…you know, his background information."
"Well from what I've heard he's supposed to be some sort of computer genius, science and history guru…pretty much a prodigy, finished High School when he was 13, not to mention he has several Swiss Bank accounts loaded to the teeth." came Sissy's voice from behind them, "Geez, thanks for the information." Ulrick responded in a flat tone of voice.
When they arrived Michel stood in front of them, he looked at them all and said, "I thank you one and all for coming, I apologize if I ruined anything your teachers might have had planned…but who knows, a few of you who stand before me now may someday be working here or in one of our other facilities around the globe. Now if you would just follow me through these doors to the main lobby."
The lobby was just as impressive as the exterior of the building (The outside of the building looking somewhat like The Capitol Records Building in Los Angeles), The inside looked very much like a Marriot Hotel with no cafes on the main floor, but there was a main desk extending completely across the west wall, and in the center of the room you could see a fountain with the LEHNOX CORP. symbol in the center (Which was a starburst with a pyramid in the center) and on the fountain was a plaque that read: THE LEHNOX CORPORATION, MAKING SOFTWARE TODAY FOR YOUR EASIER TOMMORROW.
Michel showed them most of the facility, showed them where the software was designed, showing them some of the testing areas, and showed them a door that lead to an EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES TESTING AREA. Some of the kids asked to see what was behind it, but Michel said, "I could…but then I'd have to kill you."
When they returned to the main lobby Michel turned and said, "Okay that's the tour…I'm open for questions now." A few hands went up, Michel pointed to Mrs. Hertz, "What companies does yours mainly cater to?" she asked. "Ma'am, most of the companies our company supplies to are IBM, Microsoft, Macintosh…you could say about 2/3 of the worlds computers have LEHNOX CORP. technology in them, or use LEHNOX CORP. technology…Okay, next question…yes you over there." Michel pointed to Roderick, "How much does your company make per year?"
"Our company makes about seven tenths of what Microsoft makes per year…Okay, I believe our time is up…so if you'd please get back on the buses, I would like to thank you all for coming." As they were leaving Michel walked beside Sabrina and asked, "Okay sis, which one is Jeremy." Sabrina pointed to him.
Just as Jeremy was about to board the bus Michel called out, "Jeremy…wait up."
"What is it Mr. Lehnox sir?" Jeremy asked, Michel replied, "Me and my sister Sabrina wish to offer you a ride back to school, in the limo."
The driver opened the door for them; Jeremy was surprised by how spacious the limo was on the inside. "Yes, big enough to fit several people inside…comes with a moon roof, mini fridge, oh…and did I mention I had hydraulics installed."
"Impressive." Jeremy said, Michel nodded and added, "Indeed."
"Okay let me cut the small talk and get to my point; my sister says you're pretty good with computers." Michel commented, Jeremy nodded. "Well if you stop by our place this Saturday I'd like to set up a test to see how much skill you have…because I have an offer I'd like to hand to you, but I have to see how skilled you are with a PC first before I can make that decision."
As soon as they were back at the school Sabrina opened the door and stepped out, Jeremy was about to exit when Michel grabbed him on the shoulder and said, "And on a more personal note Jeremy…Sabrina really cares about you, so if you do anything to hurt her emotionally……I will hunt you down and unleash the wrath of hell on you, got that."
Jeremy nodded, but it wasn't until the limo pulled away from the curb did he realize what Michel had meant, Sabrina had sent him those notes…she was his admirer.