Fired

The first day

Sam woke up and it was already seven. He went to the bathroom and changed his clothes , brushed his teeth and went to the big central lab downstairs. He saw Diana and Oliver working on something . Diana was holding a tab and was dictating a series of numbers and Oliver was typing it on the computer.

While staring at them, he mistakenly bumped into William.

"Oh, hey Sammy!",he said , cheerfully,"Did you sleep well?"

"Yes thank you Mr William! I slept well",lied Sam, it had been a long time since he had been able to sleep anywhere but home. He had only been able to sleep for 2-3 hours.

"You see, Diana and Oliver here are working on a force field, strong enough to contain a bomb. We think that the time travel problem you are dealing with, can be cured by my team. They are really talented. Especially Diana and Oliver. There's almost nothing they can't do together. You know , a couple of years ago , I was trying to build this gun that emitted ultraviolet radiations, and i failed again and again. And then these two came along and they volunteered to build it. I could not refuse at all, so i gave them the tools and you know what ,Sam?",said William , excitedly," They build the gun, and it was better than I had imagined , technically, much much better than I could have ever made. And it worked perfectly. I could not have been any prouder"

"Well, it seems they are quite unbeatable as a duo..... But Mr. William, why would need a gun that radiates ultraviolet radiation?",asked Sam

"Well, you see,this world is not as safe as it seems to be.",said William, suddenly getting serious.

"What do you mean?", Sam asked

"Dear Sam, what do you think we do here? We help!", exclaimed William

"But help who, Mr. William?",asked Sam

"We help those in need! There are not just normal criminals in this world. Ronald for example. He is a human. But what he is trying to make , and what he is trying to do, is not good, right?"

"So, you are saying that Ronald isnt the only one?",asked Sam

"Yes boy, but till now, whatever we have faced, is not as bad as what we are going to face now..... Ronald is creating a team, or like an empire , to be precise, of humans whom he will have injected with his serum, and we have experimented on the serum , it's very bad. We are trying to make a counter vaccine, but we can't. We don't understand how he is doing it "

"But Mr. Bolan said that he had infiltrated his team of doctors,who were making that serum",piped up Sam

"Yes boy, but do you think that Bolan is stupid enough to hand over everything to the doctors. He does all the major works. The doctors just do the background work. It is getting harder to work on that serum. The doctors that Bolan had placed in Ronald's Lab, send us the reports and sample of the serum every week, as it progresses. It's getting harder and harder"

Sam looked at William and knew how helpless he might be feeling.

"It will be okay Mr. William. You and your team are going to do it. And I know it",said Sam, encouragingly

"And how do you know it chap?"

"I just do! I believe in you and your team"

"Well, that's..... something... Alright though, you must go and have breakfast , Bolan is there, you both can have it together",said William , moving forward

"And you ? You won't have breakfast?",asked Sam

"Well, lets say, I have this habit of waking up quite early and getting done with all of my morning stuffs", William said , while smiling,"And after you have had breakfast, I would like you to come with me and I will take you to Diana and Oliver and we will have a nice chat about your 'time-travelling' problems"

"I would like it very much, thank you Mr. William"

Both Sam and William went their ways.

Sam went the way that William had showed him to the 'eating area' as he had mentioned earlier. It was big and airy , with a couple of big round tables and chairs. There was a large wooden counter and a fridge beside it and food scattered on the counter. One of the tables was decorated with food and Bolan was feasting on it .

"Hey ! Goo' mornin' I wa' havin' breakfa' come joi' meh",said Bolan, with his mouth stuffed with bread.

"Yes, I am definitely interested",said Sam sitting down.

In a few minutes, both of them were full, and good to go.

" So, you are going to work with William's team today?",asked Bolan.

"Yes", answered Sam

"Good luck then, Sam",said Bolan, smiling at him and then he wiped his hand , stood up , sighed and went towards the fridge, and started looking at the Stickers on its door 

With him, Sam too got up and went outside ,on his own.

He saw Mark standing by the corridor, holding a tab.

"Hey Mark",said Sam.

Mark gauntly stared at Sam, as though processing him, and then said," Hey Sam", and went past Sam.

Sam confusedly turned back and said,"Mark , everything fine with you?"

Mark turned around and said, " Everything great Sam, why?", this too was said blankly.

"Ummm.... No offence .... But you seem quite off.....",said Sam uncertainly.

"Well, Mr Sam , if you see any problems in my work, then you can complain about me , but I am doing my work just fine and I am perfectly well by health",said Mark.

Sam was a little shocked at this," But I am not complaint Mark, I was just-"

Mark didn't wait for Sam to complete his sentence. He turned around and continued on his way to wherever he was going.

' Is everyone going to be as strange as him, here…', Sam thought worriedly. He didn't have any friends except Bolan who was more like a boss to him.

He saw Diana and Oliver sitting and laughing hard on something. As they saw Sam ,Oliver said," good morning Sam! Did you have your breakfast? Make sure to taste canberry jelly, it is so delicious that you could lick your fingers all day long"

'Maybe not everyone is like Mark',thought Sam

"Yeah good morning Oliver! I had breakfast...... Sure I will taste it",answered Sam awkwardly.

"Hey Sam, I am Diana, we have already been introduced , but I thought we could do it our way, by the way, you know what? I and Oliver completed the force field , we have been working on, since the last three weeks!",said the excited girl to Sam

'Maybe , no one here is as bad as Mark here', Sam thought to himself again.

And as they both offered Sam to sit down with them and he did, he knew that these two people were going to mean a lot to him in future.