Haven

...Enigma...

"Sometimes things appear strange. Not because they really are, but because of your ignorance."

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Stephan walked into the room and as he set his eyes upon agent 42 he smiled.

She had figured it out.

They walked out the door and back down the corridor they had walked before.
The walls beside her were made of translucent glass which travelled up to meet a ceiling of great height.

She looked to the side and saw her reflection.

Her straight black hair and her slender body covered in the clothes Stephan had given her.

They reached an elevator and they stepped in.

Just then a voice spoke loud over the speakers (speaking of which, weren't present anywhere).

'All new borns report to section 7'

42 looked up at the ceiling of the elevator to grasp where the sound was coming from but the walls of the elevator were smooth from top to bottom and the only things that stood out were the elevator buttons.

The announcement was repeated continuously.

Stephan looked at agent 42 and smiled.

"That's our cue"

The elevator opened and they stepped into a large hall buzzing with activities.

The walls were a dark shade of grey and the ceiling was almost completely covered in white light.
The high walls had no visible ventilation system but somehow it was cool.

'Follow me'
Stephan instructed.

The hall could comfortably contain roughly a hundred people. The sides of the hall were lined with white coloured chairs with black arms. When they entered, the hall appeared empty except for the other new borns but soon enough a strip of the floor that ran across the hall and divided the hall into two, parted with both sides moving apart to create a 40cm space as a line of devices slowly emerged vertically.

The hall was commonly referred to as MORPH.

There were programs put in place that enabled the hall to change appearance such that if you weren't aware you would enter the same hall twice and not notice.

The devices appeared as black rectangular boxes with a screen on the top of them. Several of them where aligned to form a straight line.

As people crossed the hall they placed their hands on one of the systems which could be measured at an average table's height.

The surface of the devices held a blue screen.

As they passed and placed their hands on them, the screen turned a dark shade of red. The way it was constructed, a person couldn't get across the hall without going through the devices.

There were 15 lines gradually being formed and the people on the lines wore the same outfit as 42.

Stephan nudged her to join one of the queues and she moved towards the line.

They moved slowly and when it finally got to her turn she placed her wrist on the device as others had done and moved over to the other side of the hall.

'Agent 12, 46, 23, 94, 55, 68, and 42. Follow the men in grey suits'

The same unknown voice over the unseen speaker spoke.

42 looked around her and saw the men in grey suits scattered around the hall. 

She followed them as she was instructed and they entered another room.