The Story That Never Ends

Chapter 3: The Office

Billy turned to his father to demand some answers, but his father had already wrapped him in a tight hug. He made eye contact with his sister as she stared at them in shock and confusion. "Dad?" Billy asked, "Who was that? What did he mean by recruiting me?" Mr. Perfect didn't respond and instead pulled his son closer to his chest.

Sue made her way over and pulled them apart "Answer him dad! What is going on?!"

"It doesn't matter," their father murmured as he made his way back to his wife, still out cold on the couch. "Forget about all of this. Go to bed, please." He said, his voice breaking on the please.

The siblings stared at their father, their always composed, always happy, perfect father. They looked at their perfectly normal and comfortable home. Then they looked at each other. Sue stared into her big brothers eyes, and knew that their perfect household was about to be one member short.

"Go." She whispered.

Before his father could stop him, Billy raced back out the front door to catch up with the man in the top hat. He was waiting just outside the door, the glowing orb floating around his head.

"I knew you'd come, you really are quite like your father."

Before he could say a word, the man grabbed him and the next thing Billy knew, he was outside a large office building in the middle of nowhere. The building looked to be 6 stories tall, with large glass doors at the entrance. Billy turned around and saw no roads leading to it. There were just trees and boulders all around. Suddenly the glowing orb sped into the building and the man in the top hat began walking towards the entrance.

"Wait!" Billy shouted, grabbing the man's sleeve, "I didn't agree to anything yet! I don't know who you are, where we are or what's going on!" He started to breath heavily "I just wanted to know what the team was, then you just brought me here! Sir you need to give me some kind of explanation before I follow you anywhere else."

The man turned to Billy 'We are at The Office, and we are here because you have been recruited to join The Team, and by following me out of the house you accepted the offer. I told you I'd catch you up on what you missed, and I will, but first you need to come inside. It makes things much easier to explain." He stared down at Billy with an almost amused glint in his eyes. "So please follow me into The Office, and I promise you will get answers about everything."

Billy looked from the man towards the building, weighing his options. On one hand, the man in the top hat had only given him empty answers, and what was that glowing orb? Billy knew nothing about the situation. What reason did he have to trust him? His father clearly didn't, why else would he have left? On the other hand, he was in the middle of nowhere, and he didn't have much of a choice.

With a deep breath, Billy started walking to the doors.