Parallel: Avalon's Journey

Chapter 3: Slumbering..

Xander woke up to the sound of his phone ringing. Groggily scrambling for the device blaring jazz, he managed to catch it as it fell off his side table. Punching the talk button with all the energy of a sloth, Xander murmured "Hello?"

"XANDER YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT, HOLY CRAP ON TOAST WITH JAM!!!" "............."  "....Xander?"

Xander carefully replaced his phone by his ear, having extended it at arms length to prevent his ear from being blown out by the energetic teen. "John, what the hell man?!" Glancing at the clock, he continued "It's 2 in the morning, why the hell are you calling me?!" Hearing the sleepy annoyance in Xander's voice, John put a check on his enthusiasm before Xander attempted to strangle him through the phone, an unfortunately common occurrence if he was awoken at a time he deemed unreasonable. 2am was definitely in that time span. "Okay, sorry. I just got off the phone with my cousin James, and I figured you would want to know what was going on ASAP." Xander calmed, reminding himself that Japan was 13 hours ahead of them, and John was a bit of a night owl, easily forgetting the local time when he got excited. "Sorry bud, didn't mean to snap at you, what's the scoop?" John's enthusiasm emerged again, though he kept it reigned in a bit. "Well, like I  said, I was just talking to James about my idea, getting you a VR drive? You'll never guess what he suggested!!! He told me that they actually have a position for Alpha tester open, here in the local branch of Genaco NorAm!!! Best part is, you'll be able to play with the other testers & original players!! Xander felt his mouth slowly open in astonishment, he couldn't believe his ears!! An Alpha tester? Someone who made sure everything was good in the game, and tried to find problems? Who got to be the first to try out the newest features? "Damn! That's freakin' amazing!!" Xander exclaimed "How do I apply?" Xander could hear John's smile in his voice as he replied "No need! James is going to contact the branch directly and set it all up! Just don't be surprised if he calls you first, to ask you some questions he said, before giving you the job." Xander felt his heart skip a beat. Genaco's CEO contacting him, personally?! When did that ever happen?! He had never heard of a CEO contacting a new employee directly, especially not for an interview...

John chuckled, startling Xander. He realized he had said the last bit of his thought process out loud. "He's not your average CEO bud" John told him, still chuckling, "And Genaco's not your average company either!" 

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A/N

Hey guys! What did you think? Does John sound like anyone you know? So, this chapter may be a bit on the late side, sorry! IRL stuff sucks sometimes... Anyway, soon we'll be getting into the actual game world & see what mischief we can create! Mwahahahaha!! *taps fingers together evilly* Feel free to let me know if you spot any problems, typos, grammar, plot holes, anything! Also, if anyone wants to guess what race Xander is going to be in Live No Evil, let me know in the comments! Hint: You haven't seen it in the regular Parallel series yet, though you might have seen something like it! 

Thanks guys! 

--Merlin