I’m blessed with good-legs, as my car is still in the workshop… At least I can enjoy the scenery. Hey, they are painting that rusty McDonald’s sign! It looks so…
Wait, why is it demolished?! Why… why is the
street burning?! What is going on?! Wait... What... WHAT IS THAT THING?! WHAT HAPPENED TO ITS FACE?!
....
.....
“Rand? Rand!! Are you there? Wake up!”
I suddenly found myself being yelled by
Anderson. He was shaking and yelling at me, until I shut him up. I can’t… What
happened?
“You were staring at the McDonald’s like a
complete moron! And you were screaming like a madman!”
I was a bit shaken after that experience. It
was so vivid… It was like if I was really there… That McDonald’s was all
destroyed, like if a bomb exploded on it. The streets surrounding it were all
holed and covered in flames… It seemed like a warzone… And it felt so real… I could
feel the heat, smell the smoke… And that thing... Its face...
I was very dazed to keep going on my own, so Anderson was kind enough to give me a ride to the
office. Life went normally
then, and I felt relieved by the boredom… In fact, I never thought I would look
at my paper-filled desk with bedroom eyes…
Okay, it wasn’t that shocked… But I felt a bit
good to back on planet Earth. According to the time-table, I was supposed to
leave early today… So maybe it was going
to be a good day.
Often, the longest part of my job queue is organizing
the files. It is
highly tedious if there are many files…
But you know? It can be oddly
calming. Seeing so many expedients…
makes you feel a bit powerful. After all, you are the ones taking the important decisions, not them.
After a few hours of mindless organizing,
Anderson reminded me of the break time. However, instead of going to that
boring caffe at the other side of the street, we stayed in the ground floor of
the building. We had a big telly there, and it’s not very often that you see
breaking news…
“In what seemed to be one of the most unlucky
events on this country’s history, at least fifty persons were sent to the
hospital after been diagnosed with an incredibly powerful and virulent form of
botulism in the middle of a charity rally. It is not known how they got the disease, but is highly suspicious
that most of the victims were business tycoons and politicians. We will keep you updated, when more
information is available.”
We stared at each other for some moments… And then, Anderson remembered us that our CEO went to that charity party.... Botulism… My God… What if it’s another of those
processing plant outbreaks? I don’t want to get infected! I better die in a
fire than being slowly paralysed!
Anderson thinks we should pay John a visit….
And so does half of the staff. He’s that amazing
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