inside your brain

Another day I get up to get on with my horrible work life, half amused I realize it's 7:45 in the morning.

"Damn, I forgot to set my alarm clock."

Realizing how late I am, I quickly go out to shower, get dressed, get in my car and drive as fast as I can to the office.

I end up arriving at about 8:30, half an hour late.

I get out of my car and try to sneak into the office as quietly as possible so none of my co-workers notice.

"Nick COME TO MY OFFICE NOW!"

Damn.

"S, yes, boss."

I pathetically replied to my boss, Emily Tang. emily is a young Asian woman about 24 years old, long straight black hair that reaches her back, beautiful slit eyes totally symmetrical, big lips, small breasts and slim waist.

"Follow me!"

when i hear the sound of her heels clicking on the floor, i wake up from my daze. as i walk behind her i can feel the stares of my coworkers. some look at me with mockery, others with pity, and the rest is cold indifference.

emily's office is a minimalist office, gray and white, with a large black desk in the middle. emily sits down in her large black leather chair and directs me to sit in the chair.

"Mr. Nick, this is your third warning this month, I hope you have a good excuse for being half an hour late," she says.

"Miss Tang, there was a lot of traffic and it was impossible for me to be on time."

Yeah, bullshit excuse.

"Mr. Nick, that's not a valid excuse. You will have to come in at the end of the day to determine what your punishment will be, now get out of my office."

SHIT.

"Excuse me, miss."

With that said, I get up and walk out of the office, head to my desk and turn on the computer to begin my horrible work schedule.

I guess it's time to introduce myself, my name is Nick Brown, I'm 42 years old and I work at this small IT company.

Everything had been going well in my life until about 7 months ago when a Chinese company bought the small IT company where I worked.

the company called tang technology, that's right, our boss's family bought a small IT company, why? Well, there is a rumor that emily's father gave this gift to his daughter when she graduated from business school.

from day one emily had marked her dislike of the staff and decided to change them because they didn't fit her "company image".

And for the past few months she has been replacing the staff with younger people.

Basically, I'm the only one of the old staff still left.

I have been thinking about changing before they replace me, but basically because of my age, no company thinks I can get in.

I have no close family members to depend on.

So, at this point, if I lose this, my life would fall apart.

"Well, let's not think about that for the moment."

I say as I get up for breakfast.

* * *

* sigh*

"Done for the day" I say as I shut down the computer. I quickly get up and head to Emily's office.

TOC Toc Toc Toc

"Moving forward."

I hear from the other side of the door.

emily looks at me sitting behind her desk, I quickly walk over and sit down.

As we watch, Emily opens her mouth and says.

"Mr. Nick, I've been thinking about that all day and I don't think I have any place in this company."

That one...

"so I've made the decision to fire you..."

wait this can't be happening....

"Come by tomorrow to pick up your stuff and get your severance pay."

"p But Mrs. Emily's, if you fire me now, I won't be able to find anything in time for the end of the month."

"Well, Mr. Nick, as far as I'm concerned, that's none of my business. The company will pay you the salary you are owed, but no more."

"you should go."

I am... numb as I stand up at a loss and walk to my car.

* * *

Somehow I make it to my house.

I go into my room and throw myself on the bed.

Lying on my stomach I think about what I'm going to do.

Should I report them? No way, Tang Technology is the most powerful company in town, even if I report them for wrongful termination.

They'll have an army of lawyers to stop me.

I'm... I'm very tired, I'll sleep for a while and then I'll figure it out.

* * *

after an unidentified period of time I wake up groggy. When I open my eyes and come to, I realize what a strange situation I am in.

First of all, the room I am in is not my room. this room is pure white. I wake up and realize that I am lying on the floor and I can't see my bed anywhere.

I quickly go in and examine myself.

I'm wearing a white suit...this...this is too weird.... Could it be that while I was sleeping I went crazy and was taken to a psychiatric hospital? Scared I start to examine the place.

I quickly realize... behind me there are several things that stand out at first glance.

First a large screen embedded in the wall, underneath is some sort of panel with buttons and levers. in front of it is a chair with a strange looking helmet hanging over it.

As I try to figure out what all this equipment is, the big screen comes on and what I see surprises me.

"EMILY!"

What I see on the big screen is a recording of Emily looking at herself in the mirror while brushing her teeth.

note: hello I am the author I would like to say that English is not my first language that's why I am using a translator to write, any mistake you can tell me and I will correct it.