Blue

Chapter One

It had been three months since Exhibition 3, an aquatic research group, came back with the subject known as 456. A simple series of numbers given to a creature that no one had a name for.

The aquatic creature was kept in an underwater facility in their Atlantic Research Center off the coast of Florida. It was an enclosed glass area built underwater where the researchers could see in from a large window in the lab.

Not that it was much of a lab these days. Not since the scientist known as Blue was brought in to gather what information he could on the creature.

Outside the Atlantic Aquatic Center, Blue is known as one of the best, and it was said he would be the one to bring the AAC their greatest breakthrough.

The hype of Blue being there lasted all of one week, ending when the other scientists learned that Blue had taken over the observation center where they kept the strange creature and had moved all of their equipment out into the hall.

One of the scientists on Project Great Wave, which referred to the group of people who were aware of 456's existence, had found the equipment in the hall that morning and was now leading the charge as the rest of the scientists also on Project Great Wave stormed down the hall towards the observation center where Blue was holed up in.

"Blue!" Sullivan knocked against the door, disgruntled from being locked out of his own laboratory. "We must speak right now!" He raised his voice but was careful to not yell, god knows he would never let Blue tell him once again to keep his voice down because he was 'interfering with their progress.'

He even spoke like him and the creature were one! Like they were old friends working on a project together!

Well, this was his project, and once Blue admitted he was really accomplishing nothing behind this closed door, it would be his project once again, and it would be a relief for all of them when Blue, the oddity he was, was gone. Hopefully he would go back to bothering their Pacific location.

Sullivan would write the Pacific Aquatic Center himself if it meant getting Blue out of their hair.

"Blue!" He was just a notch from yelling, a group of angry muttering scientists were at his back, and the longer Sullivan went staring at this closed door, the more he was willing to just break it down.

He was just about to knock again when there was a series of small beeps and the metal door slid open.

"Doctor! You're creating a ruckus," Blue stood in the doorway, his legs crossed over each other and one arm holding him up against the frame.

His glasses were low to his nose and lowered father when he leaned his head forward, speaking quietly like he was trying to tell Sullivan he was doing something stupid without embarrassing him to his colleagues.

Sullivan pursed his lips, straightening up and running his hands over his white lab coat like just the appearance of Blue had ruffled him.

"I'm not a doctor" He muttered, clearing his throat. He leaned to the side to try and look past Blue into the lab.

"Really?" Blue asked. He tilted his head to obstruct Sullivan's view, grinning easily when he gave Blue a disgruntled look. "Then what was all that stuff I threw in the hall?"

Sullivan inhaled sharply, he had to grit his teeth to keep his voice level, "That stuff was very high grade research equipment. I'm a scientist, Blue, not a doctor. Maybe you ought to come back when you know the difference"

Blue took a step forward, obviously backing Sullivan out of the doorway so the door could close behind them. "Come on Sully, I know the difference. What do you say about lunch?" He moved from the doorway and started walking down the hall, ignoring the muttering crowd of scientists trailing him.