The sound of footsteps started to thunder from the direction of the doorway, followed by the loud, clumsy noise of a metal door being unlocked. However, Scarlet would've paid it no other mind, as she knew that it is not anything that concerns her…
Until the speaker behind her came into life once again and addressed her with the following words.
"Time to work, 02. Do not disappoint us."
Scarlet remained motionless for a while as the cryptic message that the voice had given her sinks in. It wasn't, by any chance, an extraordinary occurrence, as she has been given the same command before, ever since she was placed in this kind of duty. In fact, she has already lost count on how many times she has been made to answer their call.
Then, slowly, she stood up from her seat. At the door, two men in white uniforms, armed with stun and tranquilizer guns, were waiting for her. Taking her approach as a sign of her assent, they nodded to each other and stood aside to let her through. Scarlet passed through them without a word, her small lithe feet picking up the pace as she wandered along the hallway, heading towards the place where she could feel the shadows are most active.
It was time, yet again, for her to prove her worth.