DISCLAIMER: I has no portals
She was magnificent, simply put. With her bright blonde hair, her cutely askew glasses that sat upon her beautiful face, and her perfectly pale skin she instantly lit up the room. He couldn't help but stare into those deep blue eyes that peered at him awkwardly "Oh, uh yeah the bags!" said Jeremy, almost oblivious to the fact of his awkwardness. He plucked the bags from the inside of her arms and set them down on the desk next to the two large boxes that contained cakes. She then took the two bags in her hands and sat them next to the ones he had set down then took the one hanging by her mouth out to place them aside along with the others. The room was more silent than the nothingness he was floating in earlier today. Then she finally spoke up after giving him one more glance and a small smile.
"Alright, so you guys must be part of the new gang so, to welcome all of you I brought us some snacks!" she stated with a hint of nervousness in her voice "Is this everybody?" she asked seemingly hoping for more people to join their 'gang'. She received only a shrug from one of the two furthest from her. "I'm gonna go… check" she said and with a quick turn around she was out of the door she recently pushed aside. Jeremy realized that he was then sweating immensely, and probably blushing also, so he silently walked out of the room to find the nearest bathroom.
On his way to the unknown location to the restroom he spotted a man wearing a dark blue jump suit, and a bright red baseball cap holding on to a mop, probably a custodian who seemed to be looking around for someone or something. Right as Jeremy looked at him once again just to make sure he wasn't doing anything dangerous, the man seemed to be looking directly at him and waving his arm for Jeremy to come to him. Jeremy looked around just to make sure the janitor was waving at him and he indeed was. Jeremy swiftly walked to the man still wondering what he wanted.
"Are you Doctor Springs?" the man asked in a quiet and suspicious voice.
"Uh…yes that's me, can I help you?" he asked in reply.
"You better come with me" he said in the same whispering voice, then he noticed Jeremy's clueless expression on his face "Let's just say we're here for the same reason". Jeremy nodded to comply. The custodian led him to a door randomly in the side of the wall that was labeled 'Construction workers and custodians allowed" in all caps. The man swung open the door and held his arm out signaling for Jeremy to go ahead of him. He was led into a strange hallway lit with dim, reddish-orange light. The hall had cages for walls that were to protect the many pipes that were beyond them. He walked in then the man soon followed, closing the door behind him.
"Alright, I've got this whole entire place mapped out." The man stated to Jeremy who had no idea what was going and as he also pulled out a tiny flash drive "The room you're going for is number three seventy-one…" he was cut off by a flood of questions.
"Okay, who the hell are you, what am I doing in this damn hallway and what in the name of fuck are you talking about?" Jeremy blurted out with a bit of frustration.
"I'm Kyle, we can't exactly discuss this shit on a podium in front of all the staff, and we're discussing the plan, for the thing, that we're doing" said Kyle answering all of Jeremy's questions in sequence.
"Okay, thank you that clears a lot of this up, but what do exactly mean by 'the plan'?" he asked Kyle.
"I don't know!" Kyle shouted "There's something in that room that the dude wants you to get, I don't know what it is and I don't need to know so just take whatever might be in that room an get out!"
"So you talked to that guy too?" Jeremy asked in a soft tone, even mentioning that man made his hair stand on edge.
"Yeah it was … weird" he replied as an awkward moment took place in the dim hallway.
Jeremy decided to break the pause "Listen let's just do what we have to and be done with this whole mess".
"Alright, well in this flash drive there are several possibilities to getting into that room which is pretty heavily guarded, and only few scientists are allowed in, so either go with one of the suggestions or start working on an important project so you can move in and out of there easily" said Kyle, who was now calmed down.
"Sounds great" said Jeremy "Well, I better get back before they start looking for me". Kyle simply nodded and opened the door to look and make sure the cost was clear and when it was he practically shoved Jeremy into the plain white office and closed the door behind him.
By the time he found his way back to the glass room it was filled with many more scientists than before. He managed to squeeze in and everyone was mingling with each other and had a plate and fork eating a piece of cake which, sadly, there was no more of. Everyone seemed to be having their own elaborate conversation except for one person, who was sitting at the corner all by themselves, either writing or drawing on something. Jeremy made his way to the corner and peered over their shoulder to see their art. On the paper that lay in front of them there was an elaborate drawing of a cube. Jeremy's train of thought was interrupted by a sweet, soft voice.
"Err, do you mind, sir?" the blonde haired, blue eyed woman asked with a blank expression on her face.
"Oh, sorry, that's a really awesome cube you drew there. Did you draw the ones on the middle desk also?" he asked kindly.
"Yeah, they're all just kind of little doodles I drew" she responded.
"Doodles?" he said while he picked up the piece of yellow loose-leaf looking at the professionally drawn cubes in shock "That's much, much more than a doodle, this is friggin' art!"
She gave a small laugh "Thanks, but I could do much better if I actually tried."
"If you actually tried you'd be making millions" Jeremy stated positively with a big smile.
They talked for about another hour about art, technology, and even politics, eventually learned her name was Stacy, and then it was time to announce the big project to the new science team. She made her way to what seemed to be the front of the room and stood up on one of the desks, and since the attention was now focused on the crazy lady in the front, she could now make her announcement.
"So I bet most of you are wondering what our new project is going to be" She said excitingly to the crowd. We are going to be working on an advanced form of electronic brain function!" everyone was wondering whether or not to believe her or take her seriously. They were all new to their field of work and the expected us to create a new innovation for computer technology?
"Not only that, but we also get to make it into a genetic life form and disk operating system!" She practically squealed with excitement that seemed to overflow in her body. "So next thing tomorrow we get to have a jumpstart on this new project! So go home and get a good night sleep, cause you're sure as heck are gonna' need it!"