to the walkway from the
garage to the mansion." he explained.
Niles thought for a moment and turned a
camera on another monitor. It focused on the garage and a part of
the walkway came into view. "I think that's the best we have on
it."
"You should adjust a camera to get a better
view." James pointed out.
"Yeah, you're right. I'll get Virgil to
adjust it" Niles agreed, walking over to a drawer. He pulled out a
box and handed it to James. "Don't take this off. Replacing it is a
bitch."
James opened the box and found a ring
inside. It had a cat's eye gem with a letter "S" inside it. James
remembered seeing it somewhere before. If he remembered correctly,
Lisa had one similar to it.
"That is your GPS tracking device. It also
opens the gates and garage door when you are one half mile away."
Niles informed him. "It also represents your employer, so others
know you are legit."
It wouldn't fit on any finger but his pinky.
He put it on while Niles programmed it into the system. Getting
James straight on the security, and access card, and how to prevent
accidently tripping an alarm somewhere, he handed him a smart phone
with the phone number of it stickered on the back. This was his
phone; the calendar had all the appointments. His old phone would
forward his calls to the new one, but Niles told him to give
everyone who needed it the new number.
The new phone rang and James answered
puzzled, "Hello?" and it was his roommate and best friend Mike.
"What the fuck is going on?" he sounded
scared.
"Well, I really don't know about your end
but mine has taken a turn for the Twilight Zone." he stated.
"Some guy was here and made me sign papers,
paid the rent off, paid my college and had me fill out an
application for your workplace and…" he spat out.
"Look, just go with it for now, whatever
they want just do it." James interrupted, "You'll thank me for it
later." and hung up the phone.
Niles led him to an elevator set inside the
wall of the hallway between the kitchen and parlor room.
James noted the four floors listed in blue
and two floors listed in red. Niles pressed a red L2 button and
they descended with a hum. James asked what was on L1 and Niles
only offered, "Servant Quarters."
Exiting the elevator, James found himself in
a carpeted hallway ending with a metallic door. He was led to a
door on the right and used a card James had been given to open it.
A bed was the first thing James saw. The room had to be twenty by
twenty at least. The closet, shelving and dresser drawers were next
to catch his eye. A remote was on one of the dressers. James picked
it up and looked at the buttons. It seemed a little complicated.
Niles explained that it was for the vents, door, intercom, alarm
clock, and TV hidden in a cabinet above the largest dresser. He
explained that this was staff quarters, handed him the swipe card
he had used to gain access, and informed him it was his room to
use.
"I'm not sure what I would do with it, but
thank you." James said, puzzled.
Niles looked at him funny, shrugged his
shoulders while shaking his head and continued down the hall.
Pointing with his left hand, Niles informed
him that room was Lisa's to use. Then on down two more doors, Niles
pointed at his room, then his partner "Virgil's" room. Two more
rooms remained, which belonged to two other guards named Harry and
Phil.
They reached the metallic door where no lock
kept it from opening. Upon entering, James discovered a rec room.
Complete with a sunken level with a couch that filled half the
circle, it certainly provided all the comforts of home. A projector
TV was mounted on one wall. A pool table sat on one raised side and
ping pong table on the opposite side. A bar aligned towards the
end.
"During any leisure time, you may spend it
here. The bar and kitchen is stocked daily." Niles continued with
the tour. Opening yet another door, it had the same hallway and
bedrooms as the previous one. Without entering, Niles explained
that the rooms were