Hello peeps. I'm back from vacation. It was very refreshing. I think I needed it. Got a lot of new ideas for other fics. Anywho, thanks to those who reviewed last chapter. EXTRA COOKIES FOR YOU! LOL! Okay, I am so glad you all are loving it! Now, the drama comes in becasue...guess what...IT'S MELINA'S FIRST DAY! *random noises* The title for this chapter was going to be "Melina's First Day, Everyone's First Nightmare," but I couldn't think of names for the other chapters. You're probably sick of my rambling now, so without further ado...DA NEXT CHAPTER!
Disclaimer: Don't own, don't sue...that's what people say on youtube...
Jenny decided to head to the ARC early in the morning so she could work without being disturbed. As soon as she was in her new office, she laid the files out that she had acquired.
"Andrew Terrance, medic. Juliana Hensen, second in Technology, Andrea Melina Anderson, new head of technology, June Cho, assistant medic, Sean McRady and Drew Simpson, SAS. Among many others," She sighed, time to rule them out by checking back history and such.
Sarah entered the ARC around 8:00 the next morning. She entered the facility without problems and made her way to her office in a very tired manner. She ran out of coffee at her flat and was too lazy to go out and buy some before work. She was so groggy that she didn't notice a piece of paper folded like a note on her desk. Hastily dropping her bags and such on her desk, Sarah lugged herself out of her office and into the kitchen to get her coffee.
Becker was waiting in the hub by one of the lab doors very impatiently. Every few minutes he would check his watch and grunt in frustration.
"Where is she?" he whispered. What Becker didn't notice was James Lester crossing over to his office and hearing his outburst.
"I'm sorry? What was that?" he asked.
"Nothing sir," said Becker, straightening up and sounding professional.
Lester shrugged it off and continued making his way to his office. Becker sighed in relief and looked again at his watch.
"Hurry up," he said. "I don't have much time.
After Sarah drained her cup of coffee she grabbed another one and went back to her office. She sat down in her chair and took another sip. Then, sense knocked into her and she slowly started remembering that today was the day that she was suppose to show the new chick the technology and stuff.
"Great, just what I need today."
Suddenly, she heard her mobile go off. It was a text from Becker.
Sarah, Ms Anderson has entered the building and is ready for you to show her around.
Sarah sighed and got up from her desk and walked down to the hub.
Just as Becker sent the message did Melina enter the ARC. Becker groaned and tried to sneak away, but Melina spotted him before he could get away.
"Oh Captain!" she called as she strutted towards Becker.
"Ms Anderson," said Becker nodding towards her but not making eye contact.
"I thought I told you, you could call me Mel, Becker."
Becker tensed up a bit at this but Melina didn't notice. She slowly made her way closer the Captain, trying to catch his eyes.
"You know Becker," she said. "My friend's having a party tonight and...if you're not doing anything..."
Melina was inches away from his body, but stopped there, knowing it would probably not be a good idea to go any further.
"That's very kind of you...Mel, but I'm afraid I am a bit busy tonight. Maybe some other time."
"Hopefully that time is soon," she said in a flirty voice.
Becker strained himself to force a smile on his face so he wasn't being rude to his new colleague. What he didn't know was that Sarah saw the entire thing from a door window. Tears started to fall as she saw Becker smile at...her. She really didn't want to show Melina how everything worked, but she had better get this over with. Sarah quickly whipped the tears and pushed opened the doors, trying her best to make it look like nothing was wrong.
Jenny had also witnessed the interaction between Melina and Becker from the upper balcony, and her heart cried out for her friend Sarah.
"Oooh, if I was Sarah, I would give him what for." Seeing Becker smile at Melina, she made a decision. "You know what; I will give him what for!"
She prepared to walk down the ramp when she saw Sarah enter the hub.
"Oh no, I hope she didn't see what I just saw."
Her heart dropped to her stomach. If she was in Sarah's place, she would definitely be in tears. She thought about Nick and wondered how many times Nick wished she was Claudia. She wiped away a tear of her own before joining her colleagues down below.
Becker blanched when he saw Sarah enter the hub. But nothing seemed wrong, so he casually walked away from Melina and over to Sarah.
"Hey." He said.
"Hey." She replied stiffly. "Melina, I'm ordered to show you around the ARC, and how the ADD works, along with the ASD and the AHDs." She said quickly, hoping to confuse Melina.
"The Anomaly Research Center, the Anomaly Detecting Device, the Anomaly Sealing Device, and the Anomaly Handheld Devices." She stated smugly.
Sarah rolled her eyes. Jenny slyly took out her notepad and jotted down that Melina knew all the acronyms on her first day. Either she had very good memory and deduction skills, or she knew certain things about the ARC before she joined.
"Aright Melina, if you will follow me, I will start your tour of the ARC. As we tour we will come across the ADD, the ASD, and the AHDs. I will show you how to work those as we pass them. In the end, I will hand you off to another worker in the Technology field who will direct you in updates of the ARC's Technology Updates and such. So if you will follow me, we'll start with the hub," said Sarah, starting the training session with Melina.
"Excuse me... Dr. Page," said Jenny, coming down from the balcony from above. "I want to ask Ms Anderson a quick question before you start. Ms Anderson, did James Lester already tell you what you will be specializing in?"
"As a matter of fact he did," said Melina. "He also told me what each acronym stands for so Dr. Page here couldn't confuse me."
Jenny nodded. "Alright then, you may continue Dr. Page."
Jenny waited until Sarah and Melina left to face Becker. When they did, Jenny marched up to Becker and got in his face.
"You really have some nerve Becker," she said then left leaving Becker all confused of what happened.
"Wait, what?" He was confused, but quickly spun into action. Grabbing Jenny's arm, he spun her around.
"What is wrong with everybody today? What is going on?" Jenny's face turned red in anger.
"You don't even see it do you?"
"What are you talking about?" He growled at her, feeling his own anger rise.
"You're so blind! And you're supposed to be a soldier! Don't you have any feelings for the people around you? If I was her I would give you what for right now!" She poked his chest hard with her free hand. "Now let go of me!" She roughly pulled her other arm away from Becker's grip and walked away, leaving Becker even more confused and angry than before.
Sarah was too busy showing the ADD to Melina to notice the fight between Jenny and Becker, but Melina had noticed. She smiled. This is working out perfect.*
Okay, I know, shorter than the last, but it makes the rest of the story make sense. PLEASE REVIEW! Makes Katy and I happy! Thankies
~Logan ;)