"Teleporter engaged" a voice called out
A circle machine placed on the floor of a pure white room started to flash blue then green. The machine lit up and a pillar of soft white light emerged from the machine and in a few seconds the light died down and a man could be seen
The man was middle aged and a bit bulky with defined muscles, he had a heavy beard with short tidy red hair and his eyes were covered with a pair of shades
"Ha, looks like I'm finally here" the man says as he stretches
The machine he came through was a teleporter one of mankind's greatest inventions
"Sir, the leader would like to see" a man wearing black camouflage attire said as he saluted the man
"Take it easy soldier" the man said "Tell your leader that I'll see him soon"
The man walked out if the white room and into a glass elevator. The elevator took him to the roof of the building which was a skyscraper. He got out of the elevator and took in the fresh air, inhaling deeply
"New Shire huh...I should go sight seeing first"
The man touched his watch once and a blue light was emitted from it and materialized a hoverboard and a helmet
"Here I go!" He says as he jumps off the skyscraper with his hoverboard strapped on as an envoy comes out of the elevator running towards him
"Mr. McGrath!" An aide calls out to him too late
As the aide looks down she sees him weaving through the streets below with the hoverboard
As McGrath moved between the buildings he started to note different things about the city, One thing he noticed was that he was currently in the Noble district where most of the influential figures lived but two things stood out to him which was the the tallest building there, Big Ben the Second which stood in the middle of the city and right beside it an expansive Renaissance styled mansion which had a crest front of it with two bat wings forming a ring around an eye
"The crest of the Vladimir family, never fancied it" he said in disgust.
McGrath zoomed off away from the Nobel district and entered the Entertainment district which had various arcades, Cinemas, restaurants and a variety of bars
McGrath decided to grab something to eat and headed to an ice cream stall beside an arcade
"What may I get you sir?"
"An ice cream sundae with vanilla, strawberry and chocolate flavors with lots of sprinkles" McGrath says while giving his signature pearly smile
"Alright sir, please have a seat there beside those two"
McGrath looked over to the table the vendor pointed out to him and saw two young people talking and a free seat at the table
McGrath walked over and cleared his throat "May I?" he says gesturing towards the chair
"Sure" the boy says
McGrath takes his seat and decides to engage in small talk with the two who seemed a bit intimidated by him
"Hi, my name's William" he says as he removed his shades revealing his gentle sky blue eyes which provided a nice contrast with his hair
"Hi, I'm Damian, she's Shayla" The golden hair introduces themselves
"Nice to meet you" he says as he extends his large hand for a handshake
Both Damian and Shayla shake his hand
"So what's wrong with you two?" William asks them which leaves them a bit surprised
"There's nothing wrong" Shayla replies
"You can't fool me" William says with a serious look "the look in your eyes, the way your hearts are beating, they tell me a difference story"
At that point Damian and Shayla try to leave as they found this man a little strange and suspicious. William seeing this sighs and gets up
"Sorry for being so strange, I know it's weird, a complete stranger just walks up to you and asks what's wrong with you even going as far as saying he can see it in your eyes and the way your heart beats"
William sighs "Please don't mind me but, bear in mind the problem won't leave until you confront it head on"
William then walked toward the vendor who was about to bring William's sundae to him and collects the sundae and pays.
He then packs the sundae into a container and stores it in his watch then hops on his hoverboard then leaves
'Whats wrong with me?' William thought to himself 'Why was I so interested in what was troubling them. It's none of my business yet...why? just why?'
the street where quite busy since it was sunset and people were returning home after a long day if work. Even though the streets were filled it didn't take William much to navigate the streets even deep in thought
'Well I better get back to what I came here for'
William returned to the Noble district and headed straight towards Big Ben the Second. He was stopped by the gate leading towards Big Ben by some guards
"I.D please" the guard asked
William dismounted from his hoverboard and handed the guard his I,D
"Mr McGrath we've been waiting, the Head researcher is waiting inside"
"Alright" William replied as he obtained his I.D from the guard and entered Big Ben
The inside of Big Ben was dusty and the continuous ringing of the clock and grinding of gears could be heard all over but William wasn't there to admire the architecture of the clock
William looked to his right and saw an opened door which he went through and entered a narrow tunnel
Tunnel was big enough for him to pass through will standing but it was still to small to allow complete freedom of movement
He continued his slow journey until he reached the end of the tunnel which opened up to a large room fifteen metres in height and forty metres in width and with lights illuminating nearly all parts of the room
At the back of the room William saw a door as large as the room and many people in white coats using various equipment to examine the door
"Ah Mr. William!" a young boy with greenish looking skin around his face walked up to him in excitement
"Head researcher Alfred sir"
"Come on William, you know I hate people addressing me that way"
William gives a small laugh "So how's the research coming along?"
Alfred gulped "Well there's a problem"
"What problem?"
"You may have to sit down for this sir" Alfred says as a drop sweat trickles down his face