Me: Howdy, dinos! CarnotaurusMan here! I got for you today is a story that I've been wanting to do for quite a while. After reading a chapter from Chains of Love from my dear friend Mausie, Chapter 14 to be precise, I wanted to make a story about a DK character who deserves more love. Minmi, from the DS game! But now, I finally finished the story and she's ready for some readin'. Now for the disclaimer, We have Reese!
Reese: (deadpan) How much am I getting paid to do this?
(I reach into my pockets, pull them out as flies fly out. I shrug at Reese)
Reese: (sighs) Nevermind. CarnotaurusMan does not own anything from Dinosaur King, except for oc's.
Me: Now with that our of the way, let's a go!
It was early in the evening at the Drake house, Zoe is seen watching over Corey and Lily as they're seen slowly walking all over the place. That's when the front door opens. Reese walks in, her hair was all messy, her ahoges were crooked, she was carrying a briefcase stuffed with papers. She drops her brief bag and walks almost like a zombie towards the couch, Reese collapses of exhaustion and plops down face first into the couch.
Everyone sat through an awkward silence. Zoe then asks, "How was work, Reese?" all she got was a muffled groan. "That good, huh?"
"No!" Reese turns her head so she can look at her sister, she shoots a glare, "I had to file 25 reports that need to be done at the end of the month! That's less than three weeks from now, there is no way I can get it done all by myself!"
"Ma ma!"
Corey and Lily have made it to the couch to cheer up their mom. Reese couldn't help but smile as she flips herself over, grabs her two children and embraces them. "Are my little babies trying to make mommy feel better?" She gives Corey and Lily multiple kisses on their cheeks.
"What are you going to do?"
Reese turns her attention to Zoe. "I don't know. I've even been using Droid to help me, but even he's wasting so much energy trying to help me," she says "I'm just frustrated, I'm tired, I just want to stay in bed for a week."
Zoe hates to see her sister in a tizzy. She thinks for a moment to see if she can think of an idea to help Reese.
She gets an idea.
"Why don't you hire an assistant to help you with your work?" She said.
Reese puts a hand over her head. "Zoe, that's the most redic…" She pauses. Reese thinks Zoe's idea over, her eyes open up wide in astonishment, why hasn't she thought of it before? She sits herself up, "Zoe, you're a genius!"
Her sister waves it off, "Oh, it's nothing."
"Zoe, can you watch the twins for a second?" Reese hands her children off to Zoe before running up the stairs, "I got some work to do."
In her room, Reese was at her desk typing away on her computer. She was making a job listing for a lab assistant. Hopefully, Reese can make her life easier at work with an extra hand on board. "There! Everything looks good," Reese was satisfied with her job listing, "and away we go!"
Reese publishes her job listing.
"I'm sure it won't be long for someone to accept the job."
Cuts to morning where Reese fell asleep at her desk, she passed out after waiting for a response. If she could, Reese could sleep for the rest of the day.
But she had to be woken up somehow.
The baby monitor goes off as Corey and Lily are wide awake and want out of their cribs. One of the twins can be heard shaking the gate to the crib and was getting fussy.
Reese shot her head up, she adjusted her glasses as she heard some commotion going on in the nursery. She sighs before getting out of her chair.
She walks into the nursery. Lily was happy to see her mom, she stretched her arms out saying, "Ma ma!" Reese picks her up first.
Corey was the one getting fussy, he just wants to get out and play. As he shook on the gate to the crib, Reese walked up and grabs her son. "Looks like someone wants to play," said Reese, "Let's get you two dressed for the day."
She brings the twins to the changing table, removing their jammies, giving the twins fresh diapers, and puts on matching green and red stripped onesies for the two babies. Afterwards, Reese takes the twins to her room. "I'll let you two play in a minute," said Reese, "Mommy just has to check something on her laptop first." Reese sits at her desk and refreshes the page, but it turns out the website crashed last night when she was passed out.
The blonde scientist slumps back in her seat, "Well, that was a bust," She then turns to the clock on the wall.
The clock reads 7:41…
That's when Zander walks in, "Good morning, my an-"
"I'M LATE FOR WORK!"
Reese rushed past her husband, making him spin and fall on his butt, as she bolts down the stairs. Confused, Zander showed a funny look as his children crawled over to him. "What just happened?" He asked. Corey and Lily tilted their heads in response.
Inside the D-Lab, Dr. Taylor was minding his own business as the doors slammed open. Reese had made it to work. But, her hair was a wreck, dark rings were around her eyes, and she was gasping for breath.
"I made it!" She declared.
"Reese?" said Dr. Taylor, "Are you okay? You don't look good."
Reese holds up her hand, "Get me some coffee and a hairbrush, stat." She walks down the steps and makes her way to her computer. As she logs herself in, Dr. Taylor sets a mug of coffee and a blue hairbrush next to the blonde scientist. "Thanks." She says, "Now, just give me a half hour and I'll be fine."
Dr. Taylor rubs the back of his neck, "Uh, I'm not sure if you'll have enough time to relax." Reese raised an eyebrow while taking a sip from her mug. "What is that supposed to mean?" She asks.
"Excuse me?"
The two turn around to look at the door. The door closed behind a young woman with slightly short brown hair carrying a brief bag on her shoulder. The woman looked to be in her mid twenties, she wore a white dress shirt under a beige vest; a green bowtie; matching green bowtie clip in her hair; a beige skirt that went just above her knees; black leggings; and green high heel shoes. "I'm here for an interview with Dr. Reese Drake about being a lab assistant?" She said.
That one word, 'interview', nearly made Reese drop her mug. She froze for a moment or two as the woman asks, "Is she alright?"
Dr. Taylor waves his hand in front of Reese. "Yoo-hoo, Earth to Reese." said the doctor. Snapping back into reality, she apologies, "Sorry, you caught me off guard. I wasn't expecting an interview this early."
"Yeah. I saw your job listing online and wanted to message you about an interview, but the website crashed last night." replied the interviewee, "But I called a certain Dr. Taylor last night. He had me send you my resume to you, and he said that you'd be able to interview me today."
Reese gives Dr. Taylor a very stern look. "Doctor! You didn't bother to call me before I came into work?!" She scolded in a hushed tone.
He explains, "I tried to call you a few times last night and this morning, but you didn't pick up."
"Oh for the love of…"
"Um, did I pick the wrong time to come?"
The doctor and scientist look at the young woman still standing atop of the steps. "No, no. Just give me a minute to fix this," Reese points to her hair, "and you, Dr. Taylor, please wait outside until the interview is done." She grabs her hairbrush and begins to fix her hair as Dr. Taylor walks up the steps. "You'll do great!" He complimented while walking past the newcomer.
She sweetly smiled back, "Oh, thank you!"
After power brushing her hair, Reese sets down the hairbrush and grabs her mug. She motions the interviewee to come to her. The interviewee proceeds down the steps towards the blonde scientist, the two shake hands.
"Sorry about earlier, I overslept and didn't realize I was running late." Reese continues, "But anyways, welcome to the D-Lab. As you might've guessed I am Reese Drake."
"Nice to meet you, Reese," the interviewee smiled, "My name is Minnie, but everyone calls me Minmi."
"Minmi?"
"Yeah, you know, after the dinosaur. It started as a joke between a few college friends during a museum trip, but it sort of stuck to me."
"Oh, I see."
Reese pulls up a chair for Minmi as the two ladies sit down to begin the interview. "Okay, Minmi, I'm going to ask you a few questions and I want you to answer them truthfully and to the best of your ability," says Reese, "Are you ready?"
Minmi nods, "Ready."
"Okay. What college did you graduate from, what year, and what did you major in?"
"Kyoto University, graduate of 2005, and I majored in computer science and accounting."
"I take it that you have your bachelors degree?"
"I do." Minmi digs into her brief bag and pulls out her degree to show Reese.
"Do you have any pre-existing jobs? If so, how long have you worked at said job?"
"I was a grocery clerk for three years during high school. But I left just as I was starting college."
"Any criminal records to your name?"
"Nope, and I hope not for as long as I live!"
'Oh, just wait until you meet the Alpha Gang.' Reese thought to herself. She says to Minmi, "Last question, and this may seem a bit random, but are you well at multitasking during crazy moments?"
The interviewee seemed perplexed, "Sure, I can multitask. But what was that part about crazy moments?"
"You'll...figure it out, soon enough," replied Reese, her eyes drifting to her right. Curious as she was, Minmi wasn't too concerned about that as she was for getting the job. "So, does that mean I have the job?" she asked, leaning further out of her seat.
Reese turns to her computer and takes a peek at Minmi's resume, "Everything on your resume seems to be in order, and so far what you've told me seems to be true. I think you might as well be qualified for the job," she extends her hand once more, pleasantly smiling, "Welcome to the D-Team, Minmi!"
Minmi's face could tell all, she was overwhelmed with joy. "Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you Reese!" she squeals.
"Don't mention it."
Dr. Taylor pokes his head through the door, "Am I allowed to come back in?"
"Ah, yes. Come in doctor," motioned Reese, "I'd like for you to meet our newest member of the team, Minmi." She and Minmi stand up, Dr. Taylor walks up to the two as she shakes hands with Minmi. "It's nice to meet you, Minmi." Dr. Taylor greeted," I'm the great Dr. Spike Taylor, rushing headfirst into danger defines who I am."
"That explains a lot."
Minmi giggles at Reese's deadpan response. "It's an honor to meet you, doctor. I'm looking forward to working with you." She said.
"So am I. But first, we have something that we give to all new members."
"Oh, what is that?"
Dr. Taylor reaches inside his vest and pulls out a badge of the team's logo. "Here. You're one of us now." He winks. Minmi was surprised with the little gift, she accepted it and placed her new badge on her vest. "Thank you both so much," Minmi said, "you have no idea how happy this makes me!" She turns her attention back to Reese, "So, when do I start work?"
"Are you able to start tomorrow morning?"
"I am!"
"Perfect! We'll see you tomorrow then."
It was the next day at the D-Lab, and Reese was in over her head with a dozen reports scattered across the counter. "How did I ever get myself into this mess?" She grumbles.
That's when Minmi walks through the door. "Good morning!" she says.
Reese looks up from her work, letting out a sigh of relief. "Good morning, Minmi." she greets with a smile, "Ready for your first day of work?"
"Ready as I'll ever be!" Minmi takes her seat right next to the blonde scientist, "So, is this the work we will be doing today?"
Reese covers her face, "Unfortunately," she then lays her head onto the counter and lets out an exasperated sigh. Looking up at her new assistant, Minmi's face was a mix of concern along with puzzled. "Are you okay?" she asked.
"No. I got assigned a total of twenty five reports to complete by the end of the month from my employer, and I'm barely able to scrape by one let alone make it presentable," Reese explains, "Hence, why I hired you in the first place. But I won't force you to take up so many reports at once, feel free to take on one at a time while I try to finish some that I've started."
It was clear why she was needed, and she felt sorry for Reese having to go through this kind of trouble. But Minmi consoles Reese, "Don't worry Reese, I don't care if I have to tackle two or three reports at a time, I'm an expert at multitasking." She continues, "Besides, we're a team now. Let's take on these reports, I bet we can finish these a week before the end of the month!"
"Are you sure you can handle this?"
"Just give me a cup of herbal tea, and we'll be in business," said Minmi.
Reese looks into her mug and sees that she's run out of coffee. "I could use some coffee myself," Reese then calls out, "Droid! I need another pickmeup, and bring a cup of tea!" she turns back to Minmi, "Anything particular?"
"Green tea, please."
"Make sure it's green tea!"
Moment's later, Droid enters wearing a white scout's cap and a white apron, carrying a tray of coffee and tea. He walks up to the two, and he hands out the drinks, "ONE BLACK COFFEE! ONE GREEN TEA!"
The new assistant nearly jumps out of her seat. "Is that a robot?!" gasps Minmi.
"Yep. But don't worry, he's friendly to everyone here." Reese says, "Droid, I'd like for you to meet our newest member Minmi. Minmi, meet Droid."
Droid extends a hand out. Hesitant at first, Minmi warms up enough to shake hands with the robot. "Nice to meet you, Droid." She said. Droid responds, "GREETING! DROID WILL ASSIST MINMI WHENEVER NEEDED OF SERVICES!"
"Wonderful, and I adore your little costume. Just adorable!"
"THANK YOU!"
"Hey, yeah. Droid, what's with the costume?" asked Reese.
Droid turns around, "DR. CRETACIA MADE THIS FOR DROID WHEN SHE NEEDED SERVICES IN COOKING."
"Why doesn't that surprise me." Reese sighed, "Well, I guess we should get to working on these...reports," Minmi nods to Reese, "Thank you for bringing us our drinks Droid, you are dismissed." With that said, Droid bows and walks off to leave the two at work.
As time passed, Minmi and Reese were making progress one step at a time. Minmi was impressing Reese with her skills as she was hard at work doing two reports at once with no trouble. "Finished!" She said, stacking the papers.
Reese was shocked, "You just managed to file up two reports in just a couple of hours! How?!"
"Like I said, give me some tea and we'll be done in a jiffy," replied the assistant, grabbing a new stack of paper, "Oh, looks like I might need a calculator. Do you have one, Reese?"
"I think we have some in our utility closet." Reese stands up, "I'll be right back."
"Okay!" Minmi continues to work as Reese left to fetch her a calculator.
A few minutes later, Max and the others walk in. "Hey, Reese! Are you here?" called out Zoe. They all looked over and noticed Minmi hard at work. "Reese?" Catching her attention, Minmi swivels in her chair towards the D-Team. Everyone was confused one way or another.
Max was the first to ask, "Who's this?"
"I'm sorry, but are you kids supposed to be here?" Minmi asked.
Rex answers, "Well, not really. But we are a valuable asset to the D-Team." Max randomly chuckles at what Rex said, earning him a glare from his best friend. "Max!" scolds Zoe, "Manners!"
By now, Reese has returned with a calculator for Minmi only to realize her sister and her friends have arrived. "Well, looks like I arrived at a bad time." She said. Everyone looks over to Reese as she walks up to the others. "Reese, who is this?" asked her younger sister.
"Our newest member." Reese then apologizes, "I'm sorry Minmi, I didn't realize my sister was coming in today."
Minmi was quite surprised, "Your sister?"
"Yeah, I know. We're nothing alike," she said as Zoe interjects, "Hey!" The blonde scientist then introduced Minmi to the others, "Everyone I'd like for all of you to meet Minmi, my new assistant. Minmi, this is my sister Zoe."
"That's me, I'm Reese's sister!" Zoe greets. She then gets close to Minmi, "I can tell you some of her deepest darkest secrets if you want." Minmi's eyes widened as Reese growls, "If you so dare say anything!" Zoe chuckles before backing off. "Little sister, they're going to be the death of me," sighed Reese before clearing her throat, "This here is Max, a.k.a. Dr. Taylor's son if you will."
"I can see the resemblance." Minmi smiled, shaking hands with Max.
"Yeah, my dad and I are pretty much alike. But I'm more known as the leader of the group!" Max smiled proudly.
"And who decided that?"
A sweat bullet drops down Max's face as Zoe, Rex, and Amy all cast disapproving faces. "Well, I figured since I brought our group together I was the leader," he sheepishly said, rubbing his index fingers.
"Max, you're my best friend and all, but knowing us we probably wouldn't elect you to lead the group. We work as a cooperative group," says Rex with a nod from Amy, "But if we were to elect a leader, I'd say either Zoe or Meena would be given that role."
Zoe leans in close to Rex's ear, "But we both know who'd get the position anyways." Rex blushed slightly.
"Down girl, you're in public," said Reese, in her usual deadpan tone. Her sister glanced at her with an annoyed glare, but Reese promptly ignores her and continues to introduce the D-Team. "Anyways, Minmi, this here is Rex." She says, "He's the brains of the group and my sister's boyfriend, but I see him as Zoe's voice of reason more often than not."
Zoe can be seen puffing up her cheeks as Rex and Minmi shake hands. "How do you do?" Rex chuckles.
"Oh, I'm fine. Thanks for asking."
Reese then points over to Amy, "Last but not least, we have Amy. Quiet as a church mouse, but one of the sweetest girls you'll ever meet." Amy blushed as she greeted Minmi, "Hello."
"Hi there! It's so nice to meet all of you."
"If I had to guess, you're all waiting for Meena to arrive. Right?" asks Reese. Everyone nods, Zoe explains, "We planned on going to the movies today since school is out." Bright lights shine over by the teleporter. "Oh, here she comes now!"
As the lights fade, Meena steps off the teleporter. She says, "Hello, everyone," while walking up to the D-Team.
"Hey, Meena," Max then kissed her cheek, "Ready to go to the movies?"
She nods, "Sure am!" Meena then noticed Minmi. "Oh, hello."
Minmi was right now baffled at what she just witnessed, "Wha...how...you...just…huh?!" she couldn't speak well because of it. A sweat bullet drooped down Reese's face. She says, "Oh yeah, forgot to mention that we have a teleporter."
"I didn't know teleporters were operational."
"Well, they aren't. We, uh...built ours from scratch and it apparently works."
"Wow!" Minmi was amazed, but then remembered about Meena, "Oh sorry, I was distracted. I'm Minmi, the new assistant."
"Hello Minmi, I'm Meena," smiled the Indian princess, "I come from the royal Singh family in India as well as Max's girlfriend." She nuzzles Max's cheek, making him blush.
"Okay, let me get things clear: Reese owns a robot, you all have a functioning teleporter, and Dr. Taylor's son is in a relationship with an Indian princess," Minmi counted with her hand, "What else is there?"
Sky leaps up into Minmi's lap. "Growl (Hi)!" Minmi froze in place, both shocked and terrified. "Is that a dinosaur?!" She squeaked.
The rest of the D-Team grew worried. "Oh no, that's just Meena's dog, Sky," lies Max.
"Last time I checked, dogs aren't bipedal nor do they have so many sharp teeth. Please, someone help before this thing thinks I'm food!"
Reese plugged the bridges of her nose, she knew she had to explain it to Minmi one way or another. "Meena, please get Sky off of Minmi." Meena does just that, she holds her Deltadromeus in her arms without much of a hassle. The blonde scientist lets out a huge sigh, she then tells her new assistant, "Minmi, I need you to listen very closely. Yes, that is a real dinosaur," Minmi gasps as Reese continued, "but you cannot, repeat cannot, tell anyone about this! If we get any unwanted attention with the dinosaurs, it'll spell disaster for the whole lab. Promise me that you can keep this secret."
Minmi eyes around the room, feeling a bit uncomfortable. She answers, "Okay, I'll...I'll try." Reese then nods.
The D-Team could feel the uncomfortable awkwardness in the air. "Um, why don't we get going and leave Reese and Minmi be?" suggested Meena.
"Yeah, let's," Max says, "Come on, guys! Let's go see Spinoberg's newest movie!"
Rex and Amy were surprised. "Huh? I thought we were going to see a different movie?!" Amy said to Zoe.
"Sorry guys, but we lied. We knew you two wouldn't go if you saw what tickets we bought," admits Zoe, "But come on, it won't be that bad! Let's get going." Max, Meena, and Zoe headed for the door. Rex and Amy both collapse dramatically to the ground.
"Amy, please shoot me."
"I'll do it if you agree to shoot me back."
"Hey, no threatening a double suicide you two!" Zoe tells them, "Now, come on." The two whined, but Rex and Amy got back up and followed their friends out of the room.
As the day proceeds, Minmi and Reese were working on the report in an awkward silence. It was so stiff you could cut it with a knife. Reese looks to her new assistant, she felt kinda bad for her since it was her first day working and she's learned the D-Team's biggest secret. But, she remained quiet just to not raise any more tensions.
"Hey, Reese? I have a question for you"
She looks back at her assistant, "Yes?"
"It's about that...dinosaur from earlier," Minmi said, "Are there more just like them here?"
Reese bit the bottom of her lip, she is debating whether or not to tell her assistant. It wasn't a trust issue, but more about how well Minmi would handle the truth. She's way too pure to learn more about the truth. Then again Amy is pure and she learned the truth rather quickly, no thanks to her sister. But what would happen if Minmi couldn't handle the truth and decides to quit? Reese really likes Minmi as her assistant, she doubts she'll ever find someone else like her. There was no telling how she would react.
Well, only one way to find out.
Letting a sigh slip past her lips, she reaches over and grabs a book that she hands over to Minmi. "Look inside," she instructs. Minmi, very cautiously, opens up the book.
Inside, were dinosaur cards and move cards.
Minmi was confused, "They're just a bunch of cards. What does that have to do with…"
"Those cards can activate said dinosaur."
Minmi was astonished, her eyes dilated as she gasped. Looking at the portfolio once more, she flips through the pages saying, "Wow!" She couldn't believe how many dinosaurs there were, "How is this even possible?"
"Rex's parents, Dr. Ancient and Dr. Cretacia, made these a while back," answers Reese, "As a matter of fact, they used time travel to travel to the Cretaceous Period and save a few dinosaurs from extinction."
"Time travel? That's a thing now?!" Minmi wonders.
"Trust me, Rex's parents have their ways more times than not."
"Huh. So, what are these orange cards here?" Minmi points to a move card.
"Those are move cards."
"Move cards?"
"My husband's family accompanied the Ancient's back to the Cretaceous Period, too. They were the ones who created the move cards to make the dinosaurs apparently 'more powerful', at least according to my father-in-law." Reese gestures with her finger.
"That's very interesting," said Minmi, "but not as interesting as your in-laws. Tell me more about them, they seem like fun people to gather with."
Reese chuckled as she rubbed the back of her neck, "They are an interesting sort, but not the way you think. My father-in-law, Dr. Z, is a bit of a nutcase; Ursula, my sister-in-law, is a fame monger who goes ballistic if you call her a certain work about her age; Ed, my brother-in-law, a computer geek who I'd say is the more normal person out of everyone," she continues, "Rod and Laura are quite unique, my nephew is a tech geek like his grandfather, and my niece is quite devious from time to time; Helga, their maid, she means well but you're asking for a death with if you tick her off; and then there's Zander, my husband."
"Is he normal just like your brother-in-law?" Minmi asked.
"Not really. He can be awkward at times, but somehow he always finds a way to swoon me with his charms,"Reese can be seen blushing.
"Really? How is he awkward?"
"Well…"
Suddenly, a güiro can be heard from the other side of the door. The two women watch as Zander waltzed in, güiro in hand, and his aghoes shaped into a heart as Zander begins to sing:
"Oh my angel, I love my dinosaur~"
"But when I look into your eyes I think I love you more~"
"Be my Jurassic valentine~!"
"Falling deep into your eyes I love the way you archiologize~"
"Stay with me forever more~!"
"And love me like you love your dinosaur~"
Minmi was in total shock as she could only blink a couple of times. Reese looks over and replies, "Yeah, that's how."
"Oh…"
"Who's this, angel?" Zander asks.
"This is my new assistant, Minmi." Reese introduces Minmi to her husband, "Minmi, this is my husband Zander."
"Hello there."
"Hi!" waved Minmi, "That was quite the performance you did there."
"Thanks. The song was one that I came up with when I fell in love with my darling angel." He winks at Reese.
She giggles. "It really helps when I'm stressed out, that song makes me feel so much better," she says, "Anyways since you're here, sorry about earlier when I pushed you out of the way. I didn't realize that I was running late."
"No need to apologize, you've been working your tail feathers off recently. Which is the reason I came over and sang your song, but I needed a few extra hands."
"Extra hands?"
"Yep! I brought over two new musicians. Take it away!" Zander points with his stick towards the stairs. The twins, now wearing sombreros, walking around laughing and smiling. Corey was banging on a drum, and Lily was shaking a pair of maracas as the two siblings tried to sing their father's song.
"La la, la, la!"
"La la la la la la!"
The two babies danced around while making their way over to their mom. "Aw, you two are going to make millions soon enough!" Reese laughed as she picked up her two children. Meanwhile, Minmi was just gushing over Corey and Lily. "Aw, those are the cutest babies I've ever seen!" she gasped.
"Thanks, Minmi." said the blonde scientist, "Allow me to introduce you to the twins, Corey and Lily."
"May I hold one of them?"
"I don't see why not." The new assistant reaches over and grabs Corey from Reese. As she cradles him in her arms, Minmi continues to gush. "Oh my goodness, you're even cuter up close!" she cooed, as Corey grabs her nose, "Hey, you got my nose!" The two just laughed and laughed as Reese and Zander smiled at them. "This one really loves to play, doesn't he?" said Minmi.
"Oh, yeah. Corey is our outgoing baby, he'll let anyone hold him and just not care," Zander replies, "and then Lily here is more on the shy side, if you try to pick her up she'll just cry for mommy and daddy. However, give her some time to warm up to you and she'll let you hold her without a fuss."
"Well, not matter what, I think these two are just precious!"
"Says everyone who comes in contact with the twins," jokes Reese, as everyone laughs.
Later on, Zander had taken the twins back home so that Reese and Minmi could continue to work. The two had been hard at work all day, crunching numbers, signing papers, and much more.
It was now early evening, and both Reese and Minmi were just about done with work for today. The two can be seen packing up their stuff. "Oh my, what a day this has been." said Minmi, "I would never have guessed this job was more than what meets the eye."
"Oh, trust me. This job is like no other." Reese says, packing her briefbag with papers.
"Well, I can't wait to work with you again tomorrow!"
Reese shot her head up, taken aback by what she just heard from Minmi. "Huh? Wait, really?!" she asked.
Her assistant smiled at her, "Of course! Why not?"
A sweat bullet drops from Reese's face. "Well, I figured you thought it was too much to keep secret about the dinosaur cards. Let alone everything else you've seen," explained Reese.
"It is a bit to take in," Minmi admits, "But besides that, this job is actually quite fun to work in. A fun atmosphere, kind people, and a ton of surprises. I love this job!" Reese's face can be seen from surprised to happy and relieved. "I'm glad you love your new job," said the blonde scientist as the two shook hands once more, "I'm looking forward to seeing you here again."
"Same! So I guess I'll see you tomorrow?"
Reese nods, "Indeed. But do be prepared for another surprise tomorrow."
"Oh, another surprise?" Minmi tilted her head.
"I think you'll like it, trust me."
The next morning, Minmi is seen walking into the D-Lab. She enters the teleporter room. "Hey, Reese. I'm here…"
"Welcome, Minmi!"
Looking up, Minmi sees everyone from the D-Team and Alpha Gang welcoming her. There were balloons and a banner that says 'WELCOME!' strung up, there were even drinks and some cookies too. Reese walks up to her assistant, "Glad to see you made it."
"Oh my!" She gasps, "Reese, did you plan this?"
Smiling, Reese nodded, "I figured to give you a proper way of introducing you to everyone here. Minmi, meet the team!"
"Hello!" She greets.
"Hi/Hello/Welcome!"
"I figured today we can skip those reports and just have a fun little party," says Reese, "Now let's get you introduced to the others, and feel free to take a cookie or two. Dr. Cretacia has more where those came from." The two chuckle as they begin the party.
Me: Perfect as always, and welcome to the team Minmi!
Minmi: Oh, why thank you!
Me: No problem. I'm really proud how this turned out, I never would've though that this story would be my new longest story that's only one chapter. I say I di a pretty good job! Anyways, I'm going to leave it here. Until next time, CarnotaurusMan out!
Minmi: So, what does my payroll look like? (My face changes to a worried look)
Me: Uh... (pushes Reese towards Minmi) If you have any questions, please talk to my conciliar. Okay, bye! (I run off in a cloud of dust)
Reese: Oh, no you don't! (chases after me. Minmi looks to the audience, confused)