The next morning Warren showed up for work, wearing a dress shirt, a tie, a pair of khakis, and dress shoes. "Hey, I'm here…I hope this isn't a bit much?" He asked.
"No, it's not too much…here; I'll show you your first job." Elliot told him, bringing him into the kitchen area. "Your first job will be washing dishes…sound simple enough?" Elliot asked him.
Warren looked at the pile of dishes already there and looked at his clothes, then looked at Elliot and said, "I guess I shouldn't have dressed so nice."
"Yeah…I guess." Elliot told him, "Well I'll leave you to your work."
It was about 20 minutes later that Elliot saw Warren having a cup of coffee; he walked over and asked, "What do you think you're doing?"
"Having a cup of coffee, I brought the mug from home; you can take it out of my paycheck—." Warren told him, Elliot cut him off and said, "What about the dishes?" Warren looked at him and said, "Already finished boss-man."
Elliot looked at him and said, "You couldn't have finished that quickly."
"Check for yourself boss-man." Warren told him, Elliot walked back into the kitchen then came back out twelve minutes later looking rather surprised, "Elliot…are you okay?" Wesley asked.
"They were spot-less Wes, spot-less." Elliot told him.
"Well…if this flaky pseudo-drama is quite finished I'll be waiting for more dishes to come back to me." Warren told them, Elliot and Wesley looked at him as he stepped through the double-doors.
When the place really opened for business and the girls arrived, Warren really learned what work he had ahead of himself, "Come on Htarw…every reconnaissance mission has its ugly parts." Warren thought to himself.
Elliot was rather surprised with Warren's productivity, it seemed that for every three dirty dishes or glasses that came in to him, five clean ones were ready to use…and Elliot still couldn't figure out how he was doing this. "He's either a laid-off factory worker, or a robot." Elliot thought to himself.
About three hours later Elliot found Warren at the stools drinking another cup of coffee, Warren looked at him and in a stern voice said, "I'm taking a 30 minute break…boss-man."
Warren then looked around the dining area, he saw almost all the girls were busy seating and serving tables, all save for Corina…Warren just shot her a stern look at her then just shook his head in disappointment.
If Elliot thought Warren's productivity with dishes, bowls, and glassware was impressive…then silverware was the true test, for it seemed that for every 7 dirty spoons, knives, or forks that came in, another twelve clean came back out.
Warren could hear Zoey and Corina arguing out in the dining area, he could help but smile a bit, "CAT FIGHT, CAT FIGHT, CAT FIGHT!" was what went through his head, but then he heard Wesley break up the argument.
At the end of the day Warren got his paycheck, "Seventeen bucks…not a bad start." Then he decided to make his move, he took off his watch and slipped it into his pocket then said, "Oh shit, my watch…where's my watch?"
He looked at Elliot and Wesley and asked, "Elly, Wes, I afraid I lost my watch somewhere in the restaurant…if you could allow me to go back in and look for it, I promise to lock up after I leave, please?"
"Okay, you just make sure that you do lock-up." Wesley told him, handing him the key, "Oh and another thing or two, first: don't call me Elly, and two: It's a café…not a restaurant." Elliot added.
"Tomato-tomoto…same thing." Warren said to them as he went in, and came back out about ten minutes later, then reached into his pocket and said, "Oh…here it is, forgetful me, I put it in there to make sure it didn't fall into the sink on accident."
Elliot and Wesley gave out both an angry groan, then they left and went their separate way, Elliot and Wesley one way, Warren/Htarw the other.
Htarw then reached into his pocket and pulled out a funny looking computer chip and smiled at it, "If those girls think a regular Predasite is powerful, well…then they have no idea what real power is." He whispered to himself.
