Perspective
The Beginning — Chapter 11
It was very still for a moment as everyone stared at Penelope. She felt figety with the attention. Suddenly, the girl with the blonde streaks around her face walked up to her.
"You heard the man! Meeting dismissed, get back to work!" The crowd slowly dispersed as the others went back to their different stations around the room. The woman turned back to Penelope. "Sorry about that. I guess its pretty obvious that we dont really get alot of fresh blood." She smiled, holding out her hand. "I'm Diana and I'll be your Yoda this evening."
Penelope aloud herself a little smile. "Penelope, nice to meet you." Diana smiled back.
"Okay..." she started. "I guess its my job to show how things'll work if you decide to stay..."
Penelope interupted her. "I'm staying." she said flatly. Diana looked taken aback.
"Well, lets not be too hasty. You might not be so sure once you understand what we do."
"I dont care if you steal baby puppies from their mothers and skin them for cloths and then eat their felsh raw... I'm staying." Penelope's words brought a frown to Diana's face.
"That's disgusting." She said with a grimace. Her head shook slowly. "Thats just wrong. How did you come up with that?"
Penelope shrugged. "It was the first thing that popped into my head." Diana let out a low chuckle.
"You might just fit in yet." She took Penelope by the hand and started pulling her toward one of the doors. "No, we don't torture puppies. We do something that some would think was far worse." She said as she pushed open the door to reveal what looked like an office break room, complete with vending machines.
"...Babies?" Penelope whispered as she took a seat in a big red couch. Diana laughed as she sat in the yellow chair across from her.
"No... no not babies."
"Then what?" Penelope asked, afraid of the answer. Diana gave a wicked smile as the whites of her eyes slid over the rest, like Ryan's had during dinner. Penelope felt herself freeze and the color drain from her face. Diana smiled wider at her reaction and said the one word that Penelope would have never have expected to hear.
"Angels."