TTM Lobby/No POV

"Wow. So cool." AJ said as he looked around the lobby.

"Yeah." Camellia agreed. "Pretty cool." She smiled at them. "So, how about for starters why don't we introduce each other? I remember you two, Spinner and Sherman correct?"

"She remembers us!" Spinner mused.

"Yes that's us Miss Talent." Sherman said.

She waved a hand at them. "Please, call me Camellia." Her hand motioned to Tyler. "This is Tyler, my assistant."

"Hey guys." Tyler said as he gave a small wave."

"Hey, I'm Vert, this is Agura, Stanford, Zoom, AJ and Tezz and you know those two." Vert said as he motioned to each person as he called their names.

"Hey."

"What's sup?"

"How you doing?" The gang said as they were called.

"Nice to meet you." Camellia said.

Tyler nodded. "Yeah, nice to meet a group of people around our age group here."

"Speaking of which," Stanford started, "why move out here in the middle of nowhere?"

"Cheep commercial lands." Camellia simply answered. "That and it's not too far from home so…"

"Why buy out Spectra Motors?" Agura asked bluntly.

"Well they were going out of business soon anyways, recession and all, so we decided to buy them out and plus we end up with all their equipment and parts which is perfect for our starting branch."

Agura raised a brow and nodded. "Pretty good deal."

"Defiantly." Camellia wasn't going to say that it was here idea to buy out Spectra so she just smiled. "So um, want to start the tour?"

"Yeah!" Spinner and AJ both practically yelled.

"Then follow me." Camellia and Tyler both started to walk towards the elevator.

"So, plan of action?" Tyler asked as they walked.

Camellia shrugged softly. "Starting from the top floor down, ending in my garage."

"Really? You're gonna take them to the garage?"

"Why not? We want them to be our friends correct?"

"I suppose you're right."

"Of course I am." She pressed the button and the door opened wide. The group then stepped into the elevator and she silently thanked that the elevators were being enough to hold twelve people. Tyler pressed the fourth floor button for her and the doors closed. She sighed before she started giving out random building info. "The building has seven floors total, four above ground three below. The elevator to go to the lower floors in inaccessible to customers but since you're with me we'll go down later. Right now we're at the top floor which is the managing and lab floor." The doors opened and she stepped out, the group following her. The floor was literally split in half with one half, the half with the lobby elevator, with the managing and the other with the labs. Right before the elevators is the check in/reception desk and behind it the cubicles for meeting and all that good jazz. She didn't really know much about the managing so she just showed them a cubicle or two and told them that if they wanted to show their inventions they would come to this floor after making an appointment of course. Since there wasn't any questions so she continued to the door that leads to the lab half. She paused and shows them the key pad. "This is a Talent Tech invention that really doesn't have a name yet, we're trying it out throughout the building. It's really tight-knit and secure. Here, let me show you." She pulled out an all-access card and slid it through the slot. She then placed her thumb on the scanning pad which is filled with all employees' fingerprints. Next the small circle above the pad opened and Camellia bent slightly to arrange her eye before it where it was then scanned. She blinked quickly as the door unlocked. She pushed the door open and paused again. "And what makes this even more tight-knit is that the thumb scan self cleans itself after every use." A little wiper appeared and whipped away the thumb prints before recoiling back into the pad. She walked through the door and held it open while the others walked in.

"So why all the security?" Zoom asked.

"Well—"

"Obviously for safety reasons." Tezz interrupted. "With a growing company like Talent Technology there is bound to be those who want to get into the deeper recess of the corporation and completely take over or destroy it."

"Right." Camellia smiled softly as she pushed down her rising feminism. She completely hated when males interrupted females even if the answer is correct, though, his accent is just captivating... "Moving on…" She said quickly knocking the last thought away. She closed the door and it locked automatically. "This is the lab portion where our scientists test out future potential energy sources, chemicals and the works. They walked down the hall where on both sides there were labs with clear glass seemingly separating the hallway and the labs. They pass by the break where the bathrooms and staff room are before reaching the worker-use elevator only. "So any questions with this part?"

"Um yeah." Stanford raised a hand. "What about when the managing half gets too crowded or something?"

"This is most likely temporary because of that. Most likely there will be another one-story building built to house the labs."

Stanford's hand dropped and he nodded. "Why didn't you do that now?"

"Because my parents didn't listen to me when I told them." Camellia said through clenched teeth.

Tyler cleared his throat and smiled faintly. "Still pissed about that?"

"Hell fucking yes. Idiots. In the next two years or so I'm going to be telling them I told them so but oh well. I warned them."

"Yes you did."

She sighed and decided to move on. "Now this elevator is the staff elevator, it goes to floors two through five only." She pressed the button.

"So your workers have to go to level five to get to level two?" Vert asked.

"Well the check in desk is where they sign into work. It's a complicated layout but it very safe for our products." The doors opened and they once again stepped inside for the short ride down a level. The doors reopened and they stepped out of the elevator with gasps of astonishment. "Welcome to the factory floors." The elevator sat on the far left wall and stairs right off to the side. The whole floor had computers and small testing stations for engines and other smaller appliances and to the gang's astonishment, there were people working. "This is where we create most of the inner mechanisms of the vehicles and test them as well." She motioned with her hand for them to follow. She led them down the stairs where the larger equipment sat and where even more people worked. "And this obviously is for the bigger parts. The car body and stuff. We might also later build this floor's own building." Then an idea hit her. "Yeah… Build this floor's own building and put the labs down here, or upstairs." She mused to herself. She shook her head and smiled at her tour group. "Still obviously working out layouts. Try and fail until eventually you win." She walked them past the equipment and was about to lead them outside when…

"Miss Talent!" A female voice called. The group stopped as the engineer jogged over. "Thank goodness you're here. We need your help with the hydraulics system for the HSE."

Camellia nodded and turned towards the others. "Excuse me." She then looked at Tyler. "Led them through, show them the test course outside and then if you're down, down stairs, I'll meet up with you later."

"Sure. Why not." He answered as she walked away with the engineer. He turned towards the group. "Alright with me leading the rest of the tour?"

Spinner scoffed. "No."

Tyler made a face. "Well I don't care."

"Ignore him." Stanford said. "He's just mad that your boss left."

"Oh and you're not?" Spinner challenged.

"… Maybe." Agura rolled her eyes and slapped him in the arm. "Ow! What was that for?"

Tyler blinked and sighed. "Well okay then. Follow me and we'll see if we can't stop some of these guys and asked them how the equipment works." The group moved forward but Tezz couldn't focus well on what Tyler and what some of the engineers were saying. He watched as Camellia helped the engineer fix whatever was wrong with the system. She had a way of figuring out what was wrong. She studied the plans and looked at the actual system very carefully to find anything wrong. When she couldn't find anything she rolled up her right sleeve and pulled a wrench from a nearby tool box. He continued watching and started to feel a bit stalker-ish but he couldn't find himself to pull his eyes away. The girl was just good at anything. He suddenly wondered if there were any faults to her at all. "Hey, hey Tezz. Earth to Tezz." Tezz closed his eyes and forced his head to turn to look at Tyler. "Hello? Mr. Spaced Out dude? Is there something you want to know?"

Tezz swallowed, feeling suddenly very embarrassed. "Yes." He cleared his throat. "What's that?" He nudged his head towards a station with robotic arms with cone like ends.

Tyler followed his gaze and smiled. "It's another Talent Tech trial. Not named yet and it's an assembly line in just one station. It uses laser light of different waves to weld stuff together and it has a multitude of extra arms to do specific things."

"I see you know it well." Vert said.

Tyler smiled. "I want to be a Talent Tech part-time engineer. I'm working on it at school and this job's really giving me a step ahead."

Sherman smiled. "How's it like being her assistant?"

Tyler chuckled. "Being Camellia Talent's assistant can be really exciting or it can be really lame or just the pits. It depends on the day but I tell ya something. It never gets old or boring. There's so much stuff that happen with her hectic scheduling at times and company meetings." He laughed. "The last meeting was at Disney in Florida and once we were done we were able to visit the parks."

"That sounds awesome." Zoom said. "How can I get a job here?"

Tyler shook his head. "It's not easy but you can surely try. Come on, I want to show you guys the test courses." The group continued moving on and Tezz refused to look behind him. They left the building through a set of huge double doors (meant to bus parts in and out) which led to an outside freight elevator which they rode down to ground level. They took a short walk to the observation station where they climbed the stairs and viewed the testing course from above. "Like any vehicle our cars have to run through some really tense testing, especially cars like the HSE. We have to make sure the cars are completely safe. And the tracks are very advanced with cameras all over." He motioned to the monitors above him which were off. "Of course they're not on now 'cause there's no testing going on but you should see the HSE work. Cam's a hell of a driver."

"Cam?" Sherman asked.

Tyler looked at him with a semi-shock, semi-embarrassed look. "Camellia. It's her nickname. We were friends before I was her assistant so sometimes I forget she's my boss on work hours." He grinned. "So shall we be off to the next place?" He got some nods and they climbed down the stairs and back towards the building. There Camellia had just stepped onto land.

"Hey guys. There you are."

"Here we are." Tyler said. "Figured out what was wrong?"

"Faulty lines. Idiots ordered the wrong lines."

"Funny that they can create so many things but can get an order wrong."

"Yeah. Now we have pounds and pounds of the wrong lines." She sighed. "But maybe I can use them for the motorcycle. The damn thing."

Tyler laughed. "Cool it cat. We've still got the garage."

"Right." She chuckled. "Let's go down stairs shall we?" They entered back into the building using the back door and they used that down elevator to ride down one level. The doors opened and she welcomed them into her garage. "This is where I work. You guys can walk around and go explore." She unbuttoned her jacket and shrugged it off revealing a black tank top underneath. "If you have any questions just ask." She walked over to her desk while Tyler walked off with the others. Only Tezz stayed behind. He walked over to her. "Yes?" She asked him as she placed her jacket on her chair.

"I hint an accent to your voice." He declared. "It is Spanish is it not?"

She nodded. "I'm Puerto Rican."

He too nodded. "I had figured. Your accent is not as annoying as a Spaniard's lisp, not as course as a Cuban's, and not as rough as a Mexican's and defiantly not southern American."

The edge of her lips rose slightly to form a small smile. "And you are defiantly Russian." He only nodded. She chuckled softly. "Russian accents are cool."

"I believe so too."

She giggled and shook her head. "You were supposed to say that my accent is cool too."

"Eh… Not really."

"Hey!" She giggled as she playfully pushed him. "Not cool."

Tezz faintly smirked and turned. "I will talk to you later." He walked away and joined his friends.

She scoffed silently as she turned to her computer. Slowly she paused. "Did I just flirt with him?" She asked herself as she looked up to watch him. He stood before the damned Enforcer engine and eyed the plans. He then looked up and turned his head to her. She looked down quickly as a blush started to rise to her cheeks. She looked up with her eyes and watched as he turned and continued looking around. She then raised her head, her cheeks still red. "Hm… I guess I did."

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