The Reaper

"Why me...why now...I am. I was so young" Nicole asked, it was the first time she said anything since she was told that she was dead "Everyone has their time on earth laid out for them...some were meant to die at birth...some were meant to die at the age of 99 some go off and die in war, or other things, and tonight was your time" Jessica informed her, she gave Nicole a sideways glance and turned to face the other way and started to walk. Nicole took one last look at her body; the Medical examiner was gently placing the corpse into a body bag.” were are you going?" she had to run to catch up with Jessica "to the Department of Death, we have to tell them that you arrived in the after life" She looked over, Nicole had caught up to her, she gave her a small smile.
"The Department of death?" Nicole rolled her eyes, here comes that feeling again...she thought to herself "...Yeah you know like the Department of Defense, or security" Jessica finally stopped "oh I see" Nicole stopped before she walked into Jessica "Here place your hand on this" It was a large staff with a rather sharp curved blade at the top, she wasn't holding that before Nicole thought, she was totally freaking out "were did that come from?" She said, not to eager to touch the thing "I made it appear, I will explain all of the wonderful rules and benefits of being dead in a minute, now would you please just put you hand on the damn thing?"

Nicole reluctantly placed her hand on the staff, and when she did that same white light from before came around her and Jessica, and she once more had the feeling of being lifted off the ground, she closed her eyes tight. When she felt like she had landed on solid ground again she opened her eyes and looked around. This placed looked like a regular office space, with different offices and everything, same boring colour off egg shell white, there were random plants in some spots, people running from office to another some with large stacks of files, phones were ringing, Nicole looked up and saw a large sign "WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEATH" and below the large welcoming was a small sentence "serving the world since the start of time" Nicole thought to herself..."now I've seen it all"

"JESSICA WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN" came an angry voice "YOU WERE SUPPOSE TO BE BACK TWO HOURS AGO" the source of the voice appeared right be side Jessica. He was a tall man dress in all black except for his white dress shirt under his black jacket he was dressed very much like Jessica. He had black hair that was short and spiked on top, with grey eyes and pale skin as well, he looked overworked and tired, even if he was dead. Nicole looked at Jessica, she rolled her eyes "Nicole I'd like you to meet Mark Wilson, my boss, Mark this is Nicole she just died" Nicole winced at the statement; she still couldn't believe she was dead. Mark held out his hand for Nicole to shake it, which she did "Nice to meet you Nicole, now Jess why are you back so late, you were suppose to bring her back two hours ago" he asked her again in annoyance (sp) "I know I know, when her car crashed, it took her awhile to come to the after life, and such" Jessica started walking away from mark and singled for Nicole to follow, so she followed. Mark said something else to her but she just waved him off and turned a corner. "Who was that?" Nicole asked still looking around "My boss, he's the one who gives me my assignments" Jessica stopped in front of an office door, on the door it read "Jessica Myers: Grim Reaper"
"Wait, you wouldn't happen to be the same Jessica Myers who was a teacher back in the 1800's" Nicole asked as Jessica opened her door and led her inside. It was a simple office, painted in all white, no windows, two lamps, one on the desk and one on the wall. There was a computer, and a phone (both black) a book shelf filled with books. And there was a green plant in one of the corners. There were two seats on one side of the desk while on the other there was a big comfy black leather one. "Yeah that’s me, I was a teacher before I died, and why do you ask?" Jessica moved over to her chair and motioned for Nicole to take a chair, she did so. "whoa this is so strange, I went to the school with your namesake 'Jessica Myers' high" Jessica gave her a small smile as she brushed some of her curly hair behind her ear "wow that is strange, I didn't know the named a school after me" Nicole gave a small simile back, she was sitting in the same room with the same women her high school was named after freaky. She thought.

"Now" Jessica said more business like voice"... now that you dead you have to pick a job" "A job?" Nicole never would have guessed that she would have to get a job after she died "What types of jobs are there?" "Well you have three choices...you can be a Ghost, a Reaper, or the very popular Zombie, the kids go for that one all the time" Jessica said clicking on her mouse to get her computer started. Nicole thought it over "I think I will go with..."