The sound of footsteps went on the long corridor seemed endless. A girl, with brown hair tied, hugged a stack of paper and kept walking fast. Her clogs bumped into the floor. Looking closely, she looked lack of vitality, deep eyes, pale lips. 

In front of her then was a wooden door, still had smell of wood in the air. 

"Come in. " 

She breathed a sigh, opened the door and silently came in. The person inside still looked at the computer screen. He was immobilized on the chair, the sound of the fan was the only sound in the room. She hesitated, half wanted to get back or stayed in. 

“Leave it there.”

He said with a cold voice. She nodded, put all the papers on the desk. 

“Report.”

He continue said, but still locked his sight on the computer. She took a deep breath, try her best to calm herself as much as possible. 

“Doctor…The process is still conducted. All are operating at the highest frequency."

He raised his eyebrows and continued listening.

“However…  The percentage of success is still zero.”

The computer screen went black, the lights in the room flickered. She looked around, stepped closer to check the circuit breaker. 

He looked down. - "Still no progress." - He seemed to be growling more than talking. 

"Excuse me." 

She bowed and quickly left. Back in the long hallway, she called the repair team. This happened quite often. Whenever he got angry, he would destroy the room. That was why the wood smelled new on the door. Too bad it hadn't been replaced for long.

Back in the central hall, she felt much more at peace. Every three days, she had to report, and each time she ended up calling the maintenance team. She walked past his giant statue in the middle of the main hall, straight into Gate C. She entered another room, but her mood was much more relaxed. There were three other people inside. The girl with freckles and oversized glasses jumped up. 

"Elisa, welcome back." 

Elisa, who had been mentioned, smiled and returned the hug. 

"Come on Cindy, you always say that when I report.”

“That's right, Cin, doctor won't hurt Elisa. He's just a little hot-tempered." 

A young man, his head bowed down to the phone, his eyes darting around. 

"At most, Elisa will only get hurt because he's agitated. After all, Elisa has been doing this for almost a year now." 

Barto smiled faintly, smacking his lips. 

"That's Cindy, caring too much about someone. But it can also be considered a good point of hers, don't be so harsh on her Chadd." 

The boy with curly hair like noodles, split in half, smiled and made peace. Elisa smiled wryly, pulling Cindy to sit down on the chair. 

"Stop arguing. You guys know what, I heard that the organization will add more personnel to this project today." 

She said excitedly. - "They will transfer another girl here with us. Her qualifications are beyond question.”

"Little girl.." - Chadd took a sip of black coffee, which Cindy always said was terrible. - "Young huh?" 

"About 19, a genius." - Barto responded immediately. - "Then I'll take a job as her guide." 

Cindy looked at Barto with disdain. 

"Don't you dare play tricks." - She turned to Elisa. - "So when will she come, I'm really looking forward to seeing her." 

"Soon, probably around 5pm this afternoon." 

* 

Elisa squeezed into the crowd gathered in the central hall. The central hall was very, very large, but it was really not a good thing to have almost all the staffs in the organization here. It must be said that the organization's staff must be close to 10,000 people. At the main gate, which was likened to the barrier between life and death, a bus entered.

"Oh, the organization recruited a lot of members this time." 

Barto commented, his eyes still glued to the bus. Elisa held Cindy's hand to avoid getting lost, her eyes still focused on looking around to see the new employee. For the employees here, having a new employee was like welcoming more treasures into the house. To be an employee of the organization, at least one had to have a PhD, an extremely high IQ. 

Cindy held the camera up high, she recorded the moment of the new recruits. She grinned. The whole central hall was in chaos, people jostling to get a better look. Cindy was shorter, being squeezed and falling down, Chadd quickly pulled both Cindy and Elisa away, followed by Barto.

“Does it hurt?" - Barto asked kindly. 

"Just a little scratch, it's really crowded." - Cindy gasped, her face turned red from suffocation. 

"Forget it, we'll see her later anyway, let's go back to the office first, and prepare to welcome the new one." - Elisa wiped her friend's hands and walked with the four of them towards the office. 

"Oh, what a pity. But I can't help it." - Cindy was sad but helpless. 

Just like that, they disappeared behind gate C. They didn't expect that this action would be a stroke of luck from God.... Or not... 

** 

They waited, until the clock struck 8 o'clock. Still no one had arrived. 

"That's strange, why hasn't anyone arrived yet? Or is she get lost? If so, it is going to be tired, it's very spacious here.”

Chadd yawned. - "Is your information correct, Elisa?" 

Elisa nodded and leaned on the table. Her voice was small. 

"I was informed by the manager." 

"Or she will come tomorrow, today she have to meet with the executive board first." - Barto said optimistically. 

The three of them nodded lazily. 

"Then I'll go first, see you tomorrow." 

Chadd gathered his things and walked out the door. 

"Um, bye." 

After that, the other two left one by one. At 9 o'clock, Elisa was still there, not for any special reason, just not wanting to leave yet. The clock struck 9:30. The place was deathly silent. Elisa shivered, forcing herself to go home. 

The hallway was brightly but the hair on the back of her neck still stood on end. It felt like something was very dangerous. She ran away from there, as fast as she could. Because she smelled a scent that shouldn't be here. She ran, ran with all her might, exhausted all her strength to run. 

There was something…

And "something" was chasing her. It was unsafe, full of murderous intent, she could feel it. Tears fell from her eyes, because this feeling of fear made it hard to breathe. It was still chasing, very fast. 

E - L - I - S - A 

It called her. She knew. 

E - L - I - S - A 

No no, it wanted to pounce on her, devour her. Elisa ran, why... the hallway was so long? This was bad. She realized something was wrong. 

E - L - I - S - A 

"NOOOOO" 

It was coming, it was killing her. It was coming, she was going to die It was coming... 

IT WAS COMING... 

VERY CLOSE 

***

I clicked on the screen and selected OK. A draft and a 3D model appeared. I read the draft first. 

Hello. Thank you for trusting us. From the day you arrived, you are a part of this place. Relax and enjoy. 

I. Rules 

° Absolute loyalty 

° Dedication 

° Confidentiality 

° Strictly prohibit curiosity 

II. Preliminaries 

1. Work

You just need to write down everything you see, hear, and know. That's it. Never ask why you have to do it. The rules are very clear. 

2. Organization (hidden) 

3. Structure and distribution 

Basically, the structure of the building is like an atom. That is, the "nucleus" is in the innermost area and the surrounding area is the "electron" working area. It is called an atom but it is extremely vast.   

The staff is called electrons for that reason. The "nucleus" includes Protons - scientists, doctors, researchers... who play key roles. And Neutrons are the sponsors. There are about 10,000 electrons. Divided into separate areas and functions. 

That's all the information. Have a nice day. 

I opened the 3D photo to see, and then was overwhelmed by the massiveness. Another email arrived. I opened it. 

You have completed the first step. Think carefully. 

Confirm..... 

                  [ AGREE ]          [ DISAGREE ] 

I pondered. Then selected agree. 

Confirmed. Please enter the code. 

I tapped the keyboard and wrote down: K 5 9 1 4 

Hello K-5914. You are officially an electron. Work hard and follow the rules. 

Position: Supervisor 

Job: Record - Evaluation 

End. 

I breathed a sigh of relief. I looked at the calendar on the wall. 

29 - 3 - XXXX. 

Let's get started…