Blood Halo: Comic!Miguel O'Hara x OC Imagine

The Habe Project

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   What does the shock Ty wants now? I hope it isn't about Rapture or Spider-Man, or else I'll throw myself out of the window with him. I enter his office, and there he's with Raymond... Oh Shock...
   - Good morning, Mr. O'Hara - Soraia says with that apathetic voice.
   - It's Miguel only - I correct her and look to Tyler - what do you want?
   - Sit down... - he gestures to the chairs in front of his desk, me and Soraia sit down - you probably don't know, Mike, but a project at the Euromax, specifically at the Berlin Cell, caught our attention and now we're willing to move it to America, where it could be developed faster.
   - Which project..? - I ask.
   - The Hebe Project - he continues - it's developing an anti-aging serum, and it has shown a lot of progress and potential for sales.
   - And who's the head of the project? - I ask.
   - You'll know soon... - he hand us both VR glasses, I grab one an put it on, wating for it to load at the VR.
   It starts all black, but the place starts to materialize: It's like an old office with many darkold shelf with books, a dark old dask and an ogive window with some parts of stained glass. Next, someone enters in the room: A short and slim woman with skin darker than mine, blond curtly hair with darker roots and brown eyes. She looks like she's on her 40's and very tired, her glasses are very pointy.
   - Hello, Miss Van Helsing... - Tyler says - these are Soraia Raymond, HR Director, and Miguel O’Hara, Director of the Research and Development Department.
   - Glad to meet you... - she says with a soft husky voice and a bit of accent as she sits down on a chair in front of us - let me introduce myself to you: I'm Henrietta Harker Van Helsing, genetic engineer and head of the Hebe Project.
   - Can you tell us more about your career? - Soria asks.
   - I have an advanced degree in genetics by the Alchemax University - Van Helsing shows Raymond a bunch of holographic papers - I've worked at the Euromax since I graduated, starting as a simple lab assistant, but I was able to grow inside the company, now having my own project.
   - Admirable... Do you have any relation with Doctor Joanne Harker? - Soraia questions. I know her... A truly admirable person on the medical field...
   - She's my mother - Henrietta replies - she was the one who instigated my interest in science and genetics.
   - Right... - Soraia mumbles.
   - Could you say more about your project? - I ask.
   - Sure... The key of the anti-aging serum is avoiding the wear of the tips of the telomeres, which cause aging - she shows me some files about it, and it say they use components found in some animals' blood that avoid the wear of the telomeres - the early and current stages and tests have being a completely success in such short amount of time, and if you accept moving this project to the US, the progress will be much quicker and with a better quality, and will probably be a great success among the consumers since, along history, many people tried to find a cure to aging, and if this turns out right, we might have found the new Fountain of Youth..!
   - I see... - I mumble. This project may have good intentions, but if greed takes over it or if it falls on the hands of the wrong people, something similar to what happened that day might happen again...
   - Great... - Ty mumbles - you two can get out now - he looks at me and Raymond - you're no longer necessary here.
   Me and Soraia logout the VR, now it's too shocking-bright in here... I walk out of Ty's office and go grab a coffee. Well, Van Helsing's project might give Ty a lot money, and I'll be keep stuck in the project that turned me in what I'm today... I don't know what to think about her, she's ok, but I remember Carmilla saying about how a Van Helsing tried to kill her, he has some sort of connection with Henrietta... I'll talk about this with Selene later.
   - Good morning, O'Hara... - I hear Kron's voice... Oh shock... My day's ruined.
   - What do you want? - I mumble as I turn to him. He's so rich but he dresses up like a homeless person. And stinks. His eye is also purple, there're dressings and bruises all over his face.
   - Nothing... - he says with a smirk.
   - You should do something more useful than annoying everyone here, you can't relie on nepotism forever - I say sarcastically.
   - At least I can, while you don't, little bastard - he says angrily. How I would love to throw him out of that shocking window and then myself...
   - Don't fight, kids... - Ty comes and puts his hand on Kron's shoulder while looking at me like I committed a crime - don't be so harsh on my son, or you'll be without what you want... - he looks at his son - let's go, son - he turns around with Kron - and also, Van Helsing will be your co-worker from now and on... - he walks away.
   I sigh and walk away. I hate them all, I hope Van Helsing isn't like them...