Urban Harvest: #1

Hades Corporation, the two words stood staring back at me. I tore open the envelope with shivering hands. Inside was a letter which said I now had a job at one of worlds’ leading scientific research laboratories as Molecular Biologist.  H.C had always been my dream and now the dream had come 

true.  The confidentiality agreement took me forever to complete; why do they need so many clauses?

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I sat inside one of the posh looking offices, waiting for the young woman at the reception to call my name. We gave each other an occasional glance. When the turn came, she returned my smile with a frown.

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The room was warm and welcoming. I was seated opposite to a panel of four old men but the fifth was an empty chair. We talked for a few minutes. They made sure that I understood my duty well and that I was chosen from thousands of candidates. As the meeting was coming to an end I heard the door open and someone came barging inside.

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“William Hades, just in time,” said of the old men aloud.

The William Hades of Hades Corporation, I looked up expecting a very aged gentleman. But I was taken aback. Here stood man who could be in his late thirties. He stood tall and had a boyish charm to his face. He turned and looked at me with those greyish blue eyes and I already felt my cheek burning.