Supers Incorporated by Scot C Morgan

Author:Scot C Morgan [Morgan, Scot C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hero Street Press
Published: 2020-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

THIRTY-FIFTH FLOOR.

Thad felt both excited and nervous as he rode the elevator up to the thirty-fifth floor. He'd worked extra fast all morning, finishing his mail deliveries entirely before his lunch hour, something he'd never done before. But he didn't want to feel any pressure to excuse himself from Allison's company, should their lunch run long. In fact, he allowed himself a little hope the two of them might wind up spending the entire afternoon together, getting to know each other better.

He nodded to his reflection in the elevator doors. "Looking better today, Thad."

Talking to himself, at least aloud, wasn't a habit, but nothing about the rest of the day would be his normal routine. So, he went with the urge to give himself a little verbal boost. He noted that his shirt didn't have stains all over it like the one he wore yesterday when he talked with Allison. "Not too shabby." He glanced at his shoes. Shoes today. He decided wearing replica hero boots, as much as he liked them, might come across as a little silly in the eyes of an actual superhero.

"You're ready for this."

You've been ready for this for a long time.

The elevator settled and he heard the ding, indicating he'd arrived at his destination. He glanced at the display above the buttons, just to make sure, especially after what happened yesterday.

Thirty-five. Good.

He checked his hair in the reflection in front of him just before the doors slid open, revealing the thirty-fifth floor to him for the first time. He stepped out of the elevator.

The room looked like a lobby straight out of a fancy hotel. A sitting area took up the center of the room. Two overstuffed, long couches sat opposite one another. The other sides of the square space was framed by mirrored sets of chairs with a small table between each pair. All of the furniture rested on an expensive-looking area rug, which extended a few feet past the backs of the couches and chairs.

The dark green marbled floor was exposed over the rest of the expansive room. More chairs and a couple of high-legged decorative tables lined the side walls. Elegant, soft lighting in the form of clouded, semi-opaque bowls suspended from the high inlayed ceiling by thin copper rods provided comfortable, relaxing illumination.

Jazz music filled the air, but at a low volume, evidently coming from recessed speakers in the ceiling throughout the room. A man and two women, dressed in civilian clothes but presumably supers, sat in the middle of the room, the blond woman on the couch with the dark-haired man. The red-head sat in a chair just to his left. Thad thought he recognized the red-head as Tatiana, formerly with the Bolshoi Ballet, now working for Supers Inc as one of the company's most savage and skilled hand-to-hand fighters. He couldn't match the man or the blond to supers he knew. He figured they might be from out of town, part of one of the new overseas branch offices.

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