"Wow. Um... a laundry matt" I stood still, nodding slowly, trying to pretend to be amazed.
"Angel's laundry matt," Jayden added. I looked at him. I was surprised he was talking to me! Well, not really me... but, you get it.
"Yep. Now, follow me. We will be starting you're new jobs working here." The girl in black said, loudly, causing a few people to look over.
"Whaaa? I don't want to work here!" I exclaimed, as I ran after them.
We walked into the main office, and Landon opened a window by the desk. He climbed through it.
"What the...?" I started. What that heck? Why's he outside?
"Skylar, Jayden, you guys go next." Brianna ordered, and locked the main door. Jayden didn't move.
"Ladies first," He said, motioning for me to go.
"Nuh uh! You first!" I argued. He glared at me, but I could tell it was those playful glares we sent each other sometimes. The thought made me smile. We weren't in an actual fight.
"Okay... I'll go first," I said, with a goofy smile on my face. I got on the desk, and climbed through it. We we're standing outside. Jayden then climbed through, and jumped down, beside me.
Landon started walking away, so we followed. We both took a step and all of a sudden, the green grass was gone. The blue sky disappeared. We we're now standing in a hall way. A long, skinny, gray hallway.
"Whoa... are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Jayden asked aloud. I nodded.
"Yep," I answered, and spun in a circle. I couldn't see the window anymore. But then the girl in black and Brianna stepped in through the wall.
"How'd that happen?" I exclaimed, confused and a bit excited that I wouldn't have to work for a laundry matt...
"That, Skylar, was a hologram." The girl in black said. She began walking, and we all followed down the narrow hallway. "To start off, I'm Angel Fusco. But call me Agent California."
"Agent?"
"Yes, Jayden. Agent. We are secret, undercover special Agents. We're here to help you and Miss Skylar." Angel stated, and didn't even glance back at us. I raised an eyebrow, exchanging a confused look with Jayden.
We arrived at some doors, and Angel pushed them open, revealing a whole bunch of people walking around with papers, and some people on computers. It was a huge room, with a huge glass, round roof.
"How come I've never seen any of this? I used to drive past this all the time to go to McDonalds." Jayden said, and smiled. I rolled my eyes. Fatty.
So are you.
My conscience is a retard. Still is.
"Like I said before, all of this is a hologram. Therefore, only we can see it. Once you enter my office, your eyes are scanned to make sure your not one of the bad guys." She explained.
"Awesome!" He yelled. Landon looked at Angel.
"Should I take him to the questionnaire?" He asked her. Angel nodded, and Jayden and Landon walked away.
"Brianna, take Skylar to the other questionnaire." Angel ordered. Brianna nodded and looked at me. I looked at her. She glared at me, and started walking away. I followed her.
"So, this place... how long have you knew?" I asked her, as we walked around, trying to get to the other side... I guess. This place was huge! It looked like there we're a thousand people in here. Brianna nodded at some people.
"I've known since our 6th grade teacher announced we we're having a new student named Skylar Roberts." She answered, not bothering to look at me. What?
"Why am I involved in this then?" I asked. She sighed, probably annoyed with my sudden questions.
"You're parents, Skylar. Christiana and Christopher Roberts. But it's weird... whenever I search your name looking for a profile, I can't find anything. I can't find anything on Christiana or Christopher Roberts either. No profiles at all for your family."
I felt my eyes widen. I know exactly why she can't find anything. Better change the topic... fast.
"Um... so, you're the good guy then?" I asked. What? I'm confused with the good guy, bad guy, and all this!
She smirked and glanced at me. "Yep, and want to know who the bad guy is?" I nodded. "Alexa, Alex, and Josh,"
I shot my eyes up at her. "What?" I exclaimed. She smiled, as we entered approached someone sitting on a chair at a computer.
"Hey Lopez, I have Skylar." Brianna said to the person on the chair. He looked over. He had light brown hair, and dark brown eyes. He looked like he was about... 13 years old. He nodded.
"Muy bien, voy a empezar a probar de inmediato." He said. My eyes widened, and I looked at Brianna. She looked at me, and furrowed her eyebrows.
"What'd he say?" I asked. She stared at me.
"Wait, you don't speak Spanish?" She asked. I stared back at her and blinked.
"What made you think I did?" I exclaimed. She groaned, and looked at Lopez.
"Lopez, translator please. Do the questions, and take her to her room." Brianna said, and then walked away. Lopez looked at me, and motioned for me to sit down. He handed me a little thing. It looked like the end of a headphone that goes in your ear.
I slowly put it to my ear, and he nodded. I knew that's what I was supposed to do, so I stuck it in my ear.
He smiled, and typed a few things on the computer. He then slid out another chair, and motioned for me to sit. So I did. I was sat in front of him now.
"Bueno vamos a empezar." He spoke, but in my ear, I heard an English voice speak in my ear "Okay let's get started."
I nodded and he started explaining what I have to do.
"Esta es una prueba sencilla. Lo que estoy haciendo es que algunas preguntas y todo lo que tienes que hacer es responder a ellas. Lo tienes?"
"This is a simple test. What I'm doing is asking you some questions and all you have to do is answer them. Got it?"
I nodded and he scrolled down on his computer.
"Full name?" His voice asked from the ear phone in my ear.
"Skylar Lana Roberts, but I changed it when I moved here when I was 11. Before I changed it, my real name was Allison Lana Church." I answered. He typed it down on his computer.
"Alright. Parents names?" He asked.
"Christiana and Christopher Church." I answered.
"Birth place?"
"Texas."
"Birthday?"
"June 19, 1994."
"Okay, that's all the questions. Thank you, Allison." He said, and turned to me.
"You can call me Skyla-" I started saying but he cut me off.
"Actually, people will be calling you Agent Texas." He corrected me. I raised an eyebrow, confused.
"What? Why?" I asked.
"Because, here, with our Agents that are on field which is you, we call them Agent blah blah blah wherever they're from. So in this case, you're Agent Texas." He explained. I nodded slowly.
"And what's on field?" I asked.
"On field is when your trained and have the skill to fight the bad guys; the Freelancers. You will go out with Agent South who is known as Brianna to you, Agent Wyoming who is Landon and our new Agent, Agent Washington who is Jayden." He said, and stood up. I stood up too, still confused.
"Okay... well, bye Lopez. Thanks for explaining." I said, and took out the translator in my ear. I handed it to him. He motioned me to follow him, so I did.
We walked out of the big room, and into another long hallway. We walked for a few minutes, until he stopped at a room. He opened it, and motioned me inside. I stepped in, and saw Brianna, Landon and Jayden. There we're 2 bunk beds. Lopez left the room.
"Hey Skyl—I mean... Agent Texas," Jayden said. I crossed my arms.
"This is our room," Brianna said, motioning to the room with the bunk beds in it. There was a hall, so I walked down it. It wasn't as skinny or long as those other ones. It led to a kitchen, where there was an island to sit at, a dining room table, and a TV area.
Brianna walked up behind me. "You're gonna live here now until your done training." I spun around to her, grabbed her hand, and dragged her back through the hallway.
"Where are you taking me?" She asked, as I continued dragging her. The boys looked at us, and I marched out the door. I dragged her down the long hallway, when I came across some stairs.
I entered, and pulled her up the stair case. I opened the door at the top, and let go of her hand. My eyes widened at where we we're. We we're on top of the building and it had a beautiful view of the sky and the park across the road. I slowly walked to the edge, and grabbed onto the railing. I looked down at the road.
No one could see us up here. They couldn't see the building.
"Pretty, isn't it?"
I nodded, and looked at Brianna. She raised an eyebrow, standing beside me.
"So, why'd you bring me here?" She asked, and put her hands on the railing as well.
"I had some questions." I responded, and looked at her. She wasn't looking at me, but smiled.
"I thought so. Everyone does when it's their first time. So, shoot."
I sighed deeply, and looked out at the world before us.
"First, why am I here? Why do you need to protect me?" I asked. She looked over at me, causing me to look at her.
"Skylar, no one knows why. Angel is the only one who knows but she won't tell us. But, I think the reason is because of your parents." She explained. I nodded.
"Alright. Next question; why does Lopez speak Spanish?" I asked. She laughed and looked away. We we're actually having a nice conversation. Not like the ones at school where she's mean.
"Lopez isn't a human. He's a robot." She said.
"Why do you need him?"
"He just comes in handy. He's also really smart. And attractive," She said.
"Okay, ew! He's like 12!" I exclaimed. She laughed again.
"He's actually 14. And I know, but it's true. If I we're 3 years younger, I'd be dating him." She looked at me, with a smile. I grinned and rolled my eyes.
"Okay then. Next. Alexa, Josh, and Alex. They're 'bad guys'? What do you mean by that?" I asked. She looked away when I mentioned Josh's name. I noticed she was frowning and biting her bottom lip.
"They're bad guys. What don't you get about that?" She asked, and glared at me. It was my turn to frown.
"So, they're not technically my friends." I said quietly. She looked down at her shoes, and back up at me with a softer expression. She nodded.
"Sorry. I know they we're close to you. But you got us now." She said and smiled. I groaned.
"Oh great..."
She laughed.
"Also, what are they called then? Just the bad guys?" I questioned. She thought for a moment that opened her mouth.
"We call them the Freelancers." She answered. I nodded.
"Makes sense. And finally, what does Jayden have to do with this?"
"Again, Angel's the only one that knows. And the Director, of course." She rolled her eyes at mentioning the Director.
"The who?" I raised an eyebrow.
"The Director. He's in charge of the Freelancers. We call him the Director of Project Freelancer. No one knows his name, and no one from our agency has talked to him in person. Only over the phone. He remains a secret and same with who he put the Alpha and Epsilon in."
"The what and the what?" I raised my other eyebrow. She sighed, and then laughed, realizing she has a lot to explain.
"Epsilon and the Alpha. The Alpha is an AI unit. Artificial Intelligence program. Meaning, the Alpha is a computer program based on Epsilon. And Epsilon is a memory fragment. It's this thing that's safe away in the Freelancers HQ. It has all the memories based on the Director. The Director made it himself.
People began torturing Epsilon and the Alpha, trying to get to the Directors secrets... but they both soon just shut down. Now, whoever has Epsilon's memories and the Alpha in them could sometimes go randomly crazy. And they won't die from mostly everything.
Whoever the Alpha is inside, when they go near Epsilon, they'll start getting memory flashes of the Director's past. But Epsilon only has the memories of the Directors past love, who died. And that's all he remembers of her. So whoever Epsilon's love is in this life, they'll keep failing at whatever they try to do. Due to their death. Also, during the torture part, Alpha broke apart making different AI's. Not just itself. There's Delta, and many others."
"Wow. The Director sounds like someone crazy." I said, still trying to take everything in. She sighed.
"Yeah, but no one will ever know. At least for now. We should head back. Landon and Jayden are probably waiting for us," She said, and turned around. She began walking away.
"Wait, Brianna. About my parents... why are they involved in this, and how does it involve me?" I asked, and furrowed my eyebrows. She stopped walking and stayed quiet for awhile.
"Let's just say... they're not actually dead." She said quietly over her shoulder, before walking through the door into the stair case.
I stood there, my mouth hanging open a bit.
A slow smile curved on my lips.
They we're alive.
I could find them while I'm here.
And then maybe, just maybe, everything will be normal again...
A/N: First authors note! Alright, well, I guess the "Alpha" and "Epsilon" is already confusing you. Just read over the parts Brianna explained, and it should make sense soon enough. Thanks!
-ChristianBeadlesGirl