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It was like any other day when you walked across the base to your office, enjoying your new short hair as it bounces in the wind.
“Hey Jun,” you say as you sit at your desk.
“Oh hey Y/N,” he smirks as he stretches, “Ready for head office’s visit?”
Your eyes widen, “Head office?!” you rifle through the drawers for your calendar and sure enough, today was circled in red. Jun laughs, “How could you forget? Weren’t you the one that wouldn’t shut up about it for the last week?”
“No! That was Jacob. You know he’s desperate for that promotion.”
Now focused on frantically cleaning your desk, You didn’t hear the footsteps approaching behind her.
“ARE YOU EXCITED?”
You yelp, dropping the pile of papers you had gathered. “Jacob! What the hell?”
“Come on, Y/N, cheer up! It our last day together,” Jacob chuckles as he sits at his desk.
“How are you so sure that you’re the one getting the promotion?” Jun crosses his arms, leaning back in his chair.
“Oh come on. It just makes sense,” he scoffs, “Like you two have been working your asses off doing the extra paperwork and filing everything after hours. I’ve been here longer than either of you.”
You ignore them as you finish straightening up your desk. Promotions were rare nowadays since the new subjects came in last year. Until then, this office was full with at least eleven biologists running tests, trying to find a way to create the “perfect super soldier serum”. The head office decided to promote anyone that had any kind of knowledge as to what those subjects were and now it was just the three of them.
Lately though, the base has gotten quieter. Workers aren’t allowed to talk to anyone outside of their projects and even then, it doesn’t seem as though they talk amongst themselves. With the sudden news of another promotion happening, another subject must have been found.
You didn’t care though. You liked your job and didn’t want to know what was going on in the lower levels of the base. You didn’t want to know what was causing the lights to flicker randomly, the building the shake when there were no reported earthquakes. Again, Jacob was the one who worked hard these past few weeks just to get the attention of head office. You chuckled to yourself under your breath. ‘He hasn’t worked that hard for the past year.’
“What you laughing about?” Jun looks over at you.
You look up, “Oh, I just remembered a video I saw last night. It’s nothing much.”
~~~~~
Right after lunch as you were all typing away, the officials walked into the office. After everyone greeted each other, Director Kim stepped forward.
“So it’s no secret as to why we’re here. We’re looking to promote someone as we receive another subject. Now you three have maintained good work ethic and the consistency that we look for in all of our employees, but one of you stood out to us.”
Out of the corner of her eye, you see Jacob subtly start to stand a little more proudly.
“Miss Y/F/N Y/L/N. You have been selected due to your ability to get your work done not only efficiently and accurately, but you have maintain a consistent flow during your entire here,” the Director smiles, “Please meet me at the front door to Building 12 starting tomorrow morning. As you three were,” is all he says before the group leaves.
You just stare at the door, shocked.
“What the actual fuck, Y/N?” snaps Jacob.