"We'll be in California in less than seven hours." Chase heard the flight attendant talking before he places his headphones on.
They are going on a private jet that was rented by SSL's responsibles for getting the doctors safe to the base of the lab.
There were 12 other doctor with them on the plane, and they have never seen them before, definitely because they don't work in the same hospital.
The seven hours passed more than fast in Chase's opinion because he fell asleep almost the entire flight.
After landing which was at 10 PM in California, Chase and the rest of the doctors were led by their guides to a hotel where they can stay the night and leave the first thing in the morning tomorrow.
" We are going to start a new life tomorrow." Spoke Noah as he laid down on his bed in the same room as Chase who turned the lights off and went to his bed " I can't wait."
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"Chase Meredith, you and your group as well as 12 other doctors will be transferred to SSL, Swift Science Laboratory, one of the biggest laboratories in California, as I said before this laboratory is very secretive which is why if you accept to go, you won't be allowed to go back any time soon. So think about it."
After waking up at 6 AM, each doctor found a guy, dressed in a suit, well-fixed hair waiting for them outside of their room.
And out of these men, there was Chase's guide that was talking and asking him to rethink since that's part of his job.
"I don't need to think about it. I have studied my whole life for this opportunity." Chase who was sitting on his bed inside his room spoke, he even heard Noah who was on his own bed in the same room, accepting the offer right away and letting his own guide know his response.
The two guides nodded and grabbed some papers from their bag and handed them to Noah and Chase who looked at them in confusion.
This is when Chase's guide spoke again " You need to sign these papers with your fingerprint. These papers are the agreement for joining the SSL."
Chase and Noah nodded and signed the papers right away.
The guides took the papers from their hands and put them back inside their bags before asking the two doctors to follow them.
As they walked out of their hotel room, they were met with their friends and the other doctors.
All the doctors seemed to agree to sign the papers.
After this, they were all led to the Coach bus that was waiting for them outside of the hotel.
Chase was biting his lower lip, trying his best to hold back his excitement as he followed his guide to the bus where each doctor sat next to their guide as the bus driver started the bus and began moving toward their destination.
" How long will it take to arrive at the lab?" Chase asked as he took the food that was given to him by his guide who answered monotonously " Seventeen minutes, sir."
Chase just hummed, feeling weirded out by the guy's behavior but quickly forgot about it because his dream is finally coming true in less than twenty minutes.
This is why he took a bite of the cupcake and a sip of his milkshake.
They took off very early, that's why none of them had the chance to have breakfast.
Ten minutes into the ride, the buildings started to disappear and the only things that they could see were trees and grass.
This is when the bus driver took a right turn, there was no path, he just kept driving inside the woods until they arrived at some series of mountains.
" Where are w..?l" Before chase could even finish asking about where they are, the words got stuck in his throat when the bus stopped in front of a wall that seemed to be higher than 328 feet (100m).
That wall suddenly cracked and opened, letting the bus in, only to close right away.
All the doctor's in the bus, were so impressed.
Whispers such as 'This is so cool' 'Is this real?' ' I can't believe it.' '(someone's name) would have loved this place' and many more was everything that could be heard inside the bus along with gasps of surprise.
" Oh my Goddess." Chase whispered, unable to breath as his mouth was wide open impressively.
After entering that wall, there were only trees in their sight for less than two minutes, and after that, Chase and the others were able to see the super clean streets, there were some buildings, less than 200 buildings all white and all in the same shape and size.
There are parks and some lakes that were too organized and clean.
This town looked like it came straight out of some fictional movie because it seemed too good to be true.
It's a whole entire secret town hidden behind that wall.
There were not many people around, only very few of them who were around their houses.
The bus did not stop, it kept moving, giving the doctors an opportunity to watch this unbelievably beautiful secret city.
Almost all the doctors' excitement vanished when they arrived at an isolated, deserted area.
Two of the many armed men, opened the gate for them, and closed it again.
The armed men were all over the area, as the bus stopped in front of a small abandoned house which confused all the doctors including Chase, especially when the guide asked the doctors to follow them inside the abandoned house.
Noah quickly grabbed Chase's forearm whispering " What the fuck? I expected some skyscrapers or something not an abandoned house in the middle of the desert."
Chase shook his head in confusion as they followed the guides inside the abandoned house.
One of the doctors suddenly opened her mouth asking, attracting everyone's attention " So, where is the lab?"
Her guide turned around to look at her answering " Right under us, Ma'me."
Exactly after he answered her, the guides pulled the doctors away from the center of the house, only for a circle on the ground to crack open, revealing a ladder on the side and blue circled board that was only 6 feet away from the house's floor.
This place won't stop surprising Chase and that only makes him more excited for the actual lab.