Picking up from day 6 on this blog. Are we doing this first person or third? I'll start in first and we can change it later.
"Go get em!" Yells Hank with a sudden laugh. The green light stays a few doors ahead of me as the hallway gradually curves to the right and down. I pick up speed, hurtling downhill as the angle of the floor increases. If I can just go a little faster... but no, the light keeps pace with me, remaining a door or two beyond my reach. I glance back over my shoulder for a second to see how far I've come, and immediately run full speed into a door at the end of the hall. How the hell did that get there? There was nothing but hallway a second ago, and yet here it is, solid, a bright green light above it. I pick myself up off the floor and reach for the handle.
As I open the door I am blinded by a white light. There seem to be spotlights all around the room that are trained on the door. Raising my hand to shade my face, I make out the silhouette of a man sitting behind one of them in a chair.
ReplyDelete"Welcome Gene!"
By this point I am not surprised, everyone knows my name and I will just be in the dark—whatever Viv pushed into me works well.
ReplyDelete“Allow me to introduce myself, I am Giorgio Jimenz.”
The introduction was a pure formality. Everyone knew of the Jimenz family, with the brothers Salvatore and Giorgio, their sister Monica, and the grand patriarch of the family…
, Sebastiano. The Jimenz family were the exception to the changing times. While most people’s fortunes we radially altered by the crash they only became slowly and steadily more powerful and influential.
ReplyDelete“Nice to meet you, sir.”
“I imagine you are wondering why you find yourself here? Let me explain for many years alongside my other business in the world in charge of the operation that you see here before you. I know it may not look like much but let me explain…”
...We are in the midst of a serious transistion Gene. As hard as it may seem to believe, the era of the Bearers is nearly at an end. I know this because my brother, Salvatore, the head of the Bearers, is sick--he doesn't have long.
ReplyDeleteI have access to much... Well, let me rephrase that, I have access to ALL information. You could say it sort of...runs in the family.
Regardless of my power the important thing for you to know is that I am in the process of my own retirement. Which brings us to why you're here.
For some time now, Monica, my sister, and I have been putting the final touches on an organization that is to be more powerful then the Bearers ever were.
You see Gene, the time for bearing has passed. What the world needs now is an assignment..."