Thanks to everyone who review/alerted Chapter 1! Katy and I appreciate it. PrimevalChick- I'm not going to say anything to your review, except glad you liked it! Okay, here is the next chapter. I'm going to try and update this about once every other day. If not, earlier or later. Depends on my schedual. ENJOY!
Andrea Melina Anderson gazed around the ARC in wonder, before remembering she was supposed to look professional. She pulled down on her black suit jacket and flipped her head to straighten her fiery red hair falling in cascades down her back and shoulders. She passed by a female worker who was wearing jeans. She had long blonde hair and brown eyes.
I guess I don't need to worry about dressing up," she thought.
"Good morning," said the worker. "I'm Juliana Henson. I work in the Technology Department on fixing the electronics when they are broken or if they need updating. You must be Ms Anderson."
"That I am," she said. "It's nice to meet you Ms Henson. I guess I'll be working with you a lot if I get the job."
"That you will," said Juliana, "the old head and I spent a lot of time together on the computers."
"Old head?" wondered Andrea, "wonder what happened? Probably got fired."
"Well, it was nice meeting you," she said.
"And you as well."
Her incredibly high heels made a rather loud tapping on the hard floor as she continued down the long corridor. She was met by a man in a suit jacket and a pink tie.
"James Lester I presume?" She said.
"Yes, welcome to the ARC Miss Anderson."
"The ARC, what does that mean?" She looked at him.
"First things first, the interview." He walked up a ramp on the far side of the room. Andrea followed confidently.
"Ms Anderson," started Lester.
"Actually, I prefer to be called Melina."
"Ms Anderson," said Lester again, pretending to not have heard Melina. "Do you know what you will be doing here while working with this project?"
"Yes," said Melina. "I'm the Head of the Technology department."
"No," said Lester. "You're being INTERVIEWED to see if you will become our new Head of Technology department."
There were those two words again; new head. Melina decided to ask what that was all about.
"New head?" she asked.
"Yes, unfortunately our last one has…well….disappeared and not returned but that's beside the point."
The two came up to Lester's office. Lester opened the door for Melina and quickly followed her inside.
"Ms Anderson," said Lester while sitting down in his chair. "You asked earlier what the ARC meant. It stands for Anomaly Research Center."
"What research center?" she asked.
"Anomaly," said Lester. "Basically, as our old leader would put it, rips in time that are doorways in time to worlds we can barely imagine."
"Old leader," she thought. "Either these people quit, got fired, or really did disappear…wonder what happened." She was awestruck.
"So basically we are time traveling through these portals called anomalies."
"It's a lot to take in at once, but you'll get use to it."
"So, what do you need me for?" asked Melina.
"Well, as Head of Technology, you take care of the ADD, anomaly detecting device, and when it goes off; find out where the anomaly is located. You are also in charge of the ASD, anomaly sealing device."
"What do I do with that?" she asked.
"You go to the anomaly site with our call team and seal it."
"Seal it?" she asked. "How do I do that?"
"Dr. Page will show you how to work the ASD and the ADD. Oh, and you will also have to check on the call team's AHDs."
"Let me guess," said Melina, "anomaly handheld devices."
"Very good," said Lester. "So, are you up for the job?"
"Oh course," she said. "I'm not backing out now when I got this far. Plus, I need the job."
"Splendid," said Lester. "You'll start tomorrow, give you the day off."
"Just one question," said Melina.
Lester gestured for her to continue on.
"What's the pay like?"
"Close to nothing," said Lester simply.
Melina nodded.
"Sounds good enough," she said.
After Melina left Lester's office, she decided to get acquainted with the rest of the crew. Lester had mentioned a call team and a Doctor Page. She wanted to check it out. Walking into the main room, she caught a glimpse of a man in a black uniform standing in front of a large computer in the middle of the room. Looking intently, Melina decided to get better acquainted with this man.
"Hello." She said sweetly. The man turned his head in surprise at the woman with the bright red hair.
"Uhm, Hello, and you are...?"
"Andrea Melina Anderson."
"Oh yes, our possible new recruit. Did the interview go well?"
"Yes, I start tomorrow." She smiled at him.
"Well good, I'm Captain Becker, representative of the SAS crew on the Anomaly Research Team."
"Wow, that's quite a title, Captain." She smiled again.
"Thank you Andrea."
"Actually, I prefer Melina, but you can call me Mel." She said flirtatiously. But Becker completely missed her intense interest. He beckoned a black-haired woman over to meet her.
"And you must be Doctor Page, I'm Andrea Melina Anderson." Her speech was more formal than it was with Becker.
"Hey." She said simply. Sarah had been watching Melina and the Captain and she had noticed the flirtatious behaviour. To say she was jealous was an understatement. But she couldn't let Becker know, she didn't even know if he felt anything for her. She automatically didn't like this Melina, and dreaded the next day when they would start working together.
After introductions had been made and Melina had been filled in on the history and technologies in the ARC, she grabbed her stuff and prepared to leave. On her way out the door she nearly collided into a woman with dark brown hair, but she saw a few streaks of dark red in there.
"Excuse me." Melina said simply before departing, wondering why the other woman was in such a rush.
She then passed by Juliana's office again. She decided to go in and tell her the good news.
"Juliana?" she asked while letting herself in.
"I'm here," she said. "So how did it go? Did you get the job?"
"That I did," she said. "I start tomorrow."
"Wicked, tomorrow, Sarah Page will show you how things are done."
"Why not you," asked Melina. "I don't think the doctor takes a liking in me."
Juliana laughed.
"I only work Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays," she said. "And Dr. Page is just like that. You two will be best of friends in no time."
Melina smiled.
"Thank you Juliana," she said. "I'll see you Wednesday then."
"That you will," said Juliana.
SO, the first new worker has come. Melina has now officially taken over Connor's job...oh crap did I just say...PLEASE DON'T HURT ME! So, what do you think of Melina? What about her character? What are Becker's thoughts on all of this? Only one way for you to tell me and for me to answer that last question; REVIEW! I like to hear what you all think. Thanks for reading :D
~Logan ;)