-gasping- WHY, RANDY?
"Here it is," Samus declared as the four reached the doors of the Anglica. They automatically opened up for them as they got close.
A small man was sitting at the front desk of the large room. It probably took up the whole floor, except the elevators that were along both the left and right walls.
The man looked up at them, "Yes?"
"Helo," Justin greeted. "We're here for a... well, I'm pretty sure it's a meeting, but, it might not be... And, our friends must've already-"
"Fifty-seventh floor," the man interrupted.
Justin's mouth gaped, and then he peered at Samus. She shrugged, and so Justin said slowly, "Thanks."
The four walked into the closest elevator to the right, which happened to already be on their floor. It opened as Paff pressed the button with the arrow pointing upwards.
Yvon pressed the button that read '57' and the elevator began rising immediately.
The door opened again to reveal an office room. Justin was just tall enough to see that the room was clustered with many cubicals, filled with computers, desks and file cabinets.
However, the room was completely empty.
"Manus?" Yvon called out. "Manus!" He turned to the others,"Where are they?"
"I dunno," Justin answered.
"Violet!" Samus called.
"Kailee!" Paff called.
"There's nobody here!" Yvon exclaimed.
"Well, maybe they're on the other side of the building," Justin said. "They'd never be able to hear us from there."
"Good point," Paff said.
The four walked down the side of the cubicals, checking each door. The first was empty, but the next door had a sign on it that read, 'Private'.
Justin turned the knob, but then the door flew open, but, it was just an updraft from the window. The office inside was empty, and very small, actually.
Justin shut the door as Samus tried the next; nothing.
Paff knocked on another door that was locked, but nobody replied.
Eventually, the four reached the back wall, where there was but a single door. Upon opening it, a long, stretched room appeared.
Three of the four walls were 75 glass, as it had seemed from the exterior of the building. On both sides, there were elevators, as well as regular wooden door that probably led to offices.
The room was probably a lounge area, because there was a TV, coke, coffee and treat machines, as well as couches and chairs that seemed very comfortable.
Beyond the windows, there was a view of some roofs of other buildings. Samus and Justin knew that they'd be able to jump to that roof nearby. Only a narrow alleyway stood between.
The other walls had views of the large freeways beneath, carrying many people to their destination as fast as possible.
"Wow," Paff said in awe. "What I wouldn't give to lounge here for a few hours."
"I'm sure the managers mostly get in here," Samus commented. "The workers themselves don't get much break time, and I'm sure there's a seperate floor for breakfast or lunch."
"Yeah, she's right," Yvon said. Paff huffed.
"Hey Justin," Samus said. "D'you think you could jump to that roof over there if you had to?"
"Hell yeah!" Justin exclaimed. "That wouldn't be far! Although... if these windows were shatter proof, you know I wouldn't be able to."
"Yeah, I know that," Samus said. "But, I'm just saying."
"Could you do it?" Justin asked Samus.
"No duh," Samus answered.
"Gooooood," Justin put his fingertips together. Then, he turned away from the widow to examine things on the opposite wall.
"Where are these people, anyways?" Paff asked finally. "This looks like a good meeting spot."
"Yeah," Yvon agreed. "This is a good spot! Why don't they meet us here?"
"Well," Justin said while examining all the company photos printed on the wall. "They did say meet late. What I'm wondering is where Violet, Manus and Kailee are."
"Yeah!" Samus exclaimed. "If the meeting was late, they should've gone back and told us!"
"Yeah," Justin agreed. "They must've gone with-" Then, Justin saw a picture that he'd probably never forget.
On the picture, were four teenagers, whos faces Justin hadn't seen in many years, but had only begun to think about recently. The four were smiling, making a funky matrix pose. If it weren't for the circumstances, Justin might've actually chuckled at the photo.
In the picture, on a grassy scene, were Sora Kamikachi, Matt Quilinni, Sonya and Manik Hedgehog.
