Prologue
I will be fine papa, don't you trust me?," Shai said
Shai looks through her purse for her car keys,
"I do trust you... but I don't trust the world.
Honey," Lefi said
"That I can understand look, papa, I have to go to work I will call you after I get off, OK?" Shai said
"Ok. Be careful honey, I love you," Levi said
"I will love you too papa," Shai said
She hangs up and gets out of the car,
Shai turned to a building finding it quite endearing. Shai walked up to it and opened the door the fumes of baked goods flowed through the air, and a familiar person pulled her into a hug and said,
"Shai you are here," Cherry said
"Hi Cherry, thanks for helping me get this job," Shai said
Cherry lets her go and smiles at her,
"Don't mention it Shai you would do the same for me. Now let me show you the ropes and I will leave you to it," Cherry said
"Whatever you say, boss," Shai said
Cherry chuckled at her and threw her arm over her shoulder,
"I'm not the boss, here you know that... say doesn't your dad know her?" Cherry asked
They walked through the employee's only door, finding a warm kitchen awaiting them, Cherry walked in front of Shai.
"Come on, I will show you the most popular pastry we have!" Cherry said
Shai walks to Cherry but couldn't help but feel a burning glare from behind her,
She looked around to find no one,
"Is there something wrong, Shai?" Cherry asked
Cherry is grabbing ingredients for the recipe and finds Shai acting skittish,
"No, there was just something in my eye," Shai said
"Well, if you're sure then," Cherry said cheerfully,
Shai stands next to her for Cherry to put a bag of flour in her arms and says,
"If that's the case, then help me with this,"
Shai smiles and helps move the flour to the mixer, but something is watching her she can't quit placing it... if only she knew what it was,
"That's all you need to know, if you need help I will be by the cash register," Cherry said
Cherry pats Shai on her shoulder and walks to register.
"Thank you again, Cherry," Shai said
Cherry was about to respond before one of her co-workers yelled for her,
"Coming! Bye, Shai," Cherry said,
Cherry jogs away and disappears from her site,
"Bless her heart," Shai said
Shai hears her name being called and walks to the counter to take an order, a coworker places it on the counter telling her,
"This is for seat fourteen,"
Shai takes the order and walks to the table finding a shady figure,
"Here is your order," Shai said,
She placed it on the table,
"Thank you," the figure said
"You're welcome, do you need anything else?" Shai asked
The figure shook his head, Shai looked at him before starting to walk away, the figure grabbed her arm,
"Be careful," the figure said in a deep menacing tone,
Shai nodded as the figure let her go and she walked back to her station, Shai felt a sharp pain suddenly in her head,
"Hey, Shai are you ok?" Cherry said
Cherry walked up to her before putting a hand on her shoulder,
"Oh yeah, I am alright just a headache," Shai said unsure of what was wrong with her,
"Shai you're pale. how about you take a break, drink some tea, and relax," Cherry said
Cherry walked her to a chair before helping her sit down, Shai nodded, and she turned to look where the figure was to find them not there, Shai sighed in relief but the hairs on her neck stood up,
"Shai your destiny awaits,"
Shai jumps out of her chair and looks behind her to find nothing,
"Shai honey, you scaring people, are you ok?" Cherry said rubbing her shoulder,
"Yeah I'm fine, is my break over?" Shai asked
"No you still have thirty minutes, are you sure you want to get back to work," Cherry said
"Maybe if I work it will keep my mind off it," Shai said
"Mind off what?" Cherry asked concerned,
Shai realized that she had it out loud,
"Sorry sometimes to need to talk to an expert, sometimes it's yourself," Shai said bashfully,
She giggled before grabbing Shai's hand,
"If that's the case I can show you how to make my favorite muffins," Cherry said
She pulled Shai to the kitchen. the figure watched on from outside the window with a small smile before disappearing,
"These are delicious, I didn't know you cooked well," Cherry said
"Thanks, I have been trying to get better at..." Shai said but was cut off,
"Cherry sweetie, can you look up the store for me?" Miss Jackson said
"Yes Miss Jackson, I can do that, this is Shai," Cherry said
Miss Jackson looked at Shai,
"How was your first day?" Miss Jackson asked
"It was great. Thank you for the opportunity, Miss Jackson," Shai said
Shai reached out her hand as Miss Jackson shook her hand she saw flashes of visions and Shai let go of Miss Jackson's hand,
Miss Jackson backed away from Shai,
"Miss Jackson, are you ok?" Cherry said
Cherry helped her hold up and Miss Jackson stood back up hugging Shai
"Be careful Shai something ancient will be looking for you," Miss Jackson said
She left them alone in the cafe,
"What was that about?" Cherry asked
Shai still a bit shaky, answered the question,
"I have no idea. but it felt like there were eyes on me all day,"
"I'm sorry Shai, did you call the police yet," Cherry asked
"No I haven't, I will do that when I get to my apartment," Shai said
She put on her jacket and unlocked her car,
"See you tomorrow Shai," Cherry said
Cherry hugged her before walking to her car,
"Yeah, see you tomorrow," Shai said
Shai went into her car watching Cherry drive away,
"God. what a day, should I call my papa before I go to bed," Shai said
She walked to her apartment door to see it opened,
"Should I go check?" Shai asked herself,
She felt something off in her apartment,
She begrudgingly walked into the apartment to find her furniture destroyed, the vase on her coffee table broken. the glass scattered across the floor, Shai walked farther into the apartment to find the door to her room broken into pieces, before she went into the room she grabbed a damaged table leg, she went into the room hugged the table leg to her chest,
Her eyes widened at what she saw, her bed shattered across the room with a blue and gold portal in the middle of the room,
"What should I do with this? should I call the police or Papa?" Shai thought
She didn't notice that the portal started to grow until she dropped onto the floor,
"What? No!" Shai yelled
She felt the wind starting to pull her into the portal, she felt her grip start to loosen,
Shai saw flashes of her father,
She lost her grip and got sucked into the portal,
Note log 1,
The patient seems to be... Robotic in nature,
Cold and dark until he showed signs of human emotion.
it's new and rendering they say but when I work with the AI it's a different thing,
He acts the way we programmed him to be an AI to help the world for inhuman causes...
He just..... threatened to kill me and...
