What a thing to see

The morning was dark and muggy and John Bishop just made his way into the office. He had stopped at Daffy Donuts for his morning bear claw and cup of tea as he always does and was just about to enjoy his meal before the day started. John found himself to not have an appetite. He never had a problem eating anything let alone a gooey sweet Bear Claw, but today was different. While John was stuck in thought thinking about the task for today an how much responsibility has been placed in his hand, he was quickly snapped back into reality by his co-worker Matt. A short and chubby man, matt always seemed to be in the best mood. He lived with his mother, never had a date and was broke, but still had a permanent smile. Matt leaned back in his chair and pulled up his tight belt, " So john are you ready for the big job?". John stayed looking at his computer and gave little attention to Matt's question, but he was excited, more excited then he had ever been before and at work of all places. John without moving an inch slumped his shoulders and made it seem to matt that he saw nothing special about the task ahead. A few minuets later a radio lit up the room with a loud raspy voice. " Over, Over, this is Mini Van, Over, Over, this is Mini Van". Matt and John both jumped out of their seats and raced the short distance to the control station. Matt somehow beat out John in the race and swiftly slid into the chair. He put on his headset and spoke into the radio mic, " We hear you loud and clean Mini Van, The Bee Hive is awaiting your arrival, what is your ETA Mini Van". The Voice came back over the radio speakers and let it be known that they would be arriving to the location in 10 minuets. John was still nervous at the undertaking he was about to be apart of. It was nothing new to him, nothing he could not handle. It was just strange to him that the small metal shop he worked at was contracted by the government out of all the others around the area, let alone the country. Matt then stood up and looked out the window which looked over the main floor of the metal factory, " They are going to hate us". The comment struck a chord with John and made him look over at Matt and ask why? Matt turned his head and told Matt that the amount of time this job was going to take the shop would force the workers into almost working a half week worth of hours more then they usualy put in. We can't even bring any more workers on because of the stupid security clearance bull shit. How much time do we even have to finish all of the coins?" John was now getting more nevus because matt of all people was getting nervous. John spoke softly," Matt, relax, they told us we have as much time as we need and the money will change both of our lives." Matt looked at John and smiled, " You are right, we will be fine and the money makes the stress more then worth it. So, John, How many pounds is the first shipment?" John looked out the window and over the factory flow with Matt, he put his arm around Matt and with an excited voice told him 750,000 pounds!" The two man smiled and at the same time herd over the radio, " Over, Over, this is the Bee Hive, we are pulling into the main gates now, Over, Over,his is the Bee Hive, we are pulling into the main gates now"………

More to come........

The main gaits swung open, Matt wiped his hands off on his pants to get the mix of rust and dirt off his hands. The man driving the truck was dressed in full armor and John looking on from inside the factory did not understand why he would not get out. Even matt had a dumb founded look on his face. Another man from the passenger side got out of the truck and ran around to the drivers door and another stumbled out from the back door. The one guard knocked on the driver door and yelled, " Clear" Then following the guard that exited out of the back and the driver also yelled, " Clear ". The Driver got out of the truck and walked over to matt, put his hand to his head and saluted matt. Matt not being the most formal guy just threw his hand up quick and wound up hitting himself in the eye. As he was recovering from his overshot salute the guard rolled his eyes and yelled out, " Where should we drop the load son?". Matt still rubbing his eyes in a cracking voice told him, "around back, the doors are open, just lay it out in the large space cleared out." Matt threw his hand up to salute the guard for a proper dismissal, but the guard just chucked and walked away.

It had been over two hours and the three guards were still emptying the gold out of the trucks. John had been watching the whole time. Piece by piece he would watch them stack. He had never imagined even being in the presence of so much gold let alone in charge of it. He knew that he couldn't watch them another minuet without them saying something, it was obvious he was starting to annoy the guards. He walked over to his desk and told Matt that they should start going over the design codes for the machines that would be minting the coins. Matt picked up the samples that were hanging on the bulletin board by the window and gasped, then mumbled with immature voice," It is so boring, why not have something cool like a spaceship!, John lets put a spaceship on the coins!" John threw a rolled up paper ball at Matt and told him to shut up, " We are not just going to put whatever we want on pound pieces of gold dumbass, we are going to follow the orders we were given." The plan for the face of the coin was a picture of Jason Docks, the first and only Mexican Chairman. He was strongly disliked when in office but as the years went on people understood many of is ideals more and realized the good he did for the nation. Matt stood up and yelled, " Scew Docks! That guy was a little girl and did nothing but embarrass this nation."
Matt had a strong hatred for Jason Docks, Matt did not have the most tolerance when it came to Mexicans in Amero and had no problem letting people know. Matt then while looking back out the window at the guards, That is why there has not been another Mexican Chairman since him! I mean come on, look at these guards john, two of them are Mexican, and look at what they are doing. John knew the three guards where high up in the AIA.(Amero Intelligence Agency) He also knew matt was picking on them too because they were mocking him about his weak salute earlier while they were on break. " Matt Docks is what is going on the coin, The codes are all uploaded and ready to kick in, go check the machines and make sure we are clear to go." Matt got up opened the door and went down to the main floor of the factory. As he was finishing the last step, a woman named Debb who worked the machines yelled out to Matt, " Matt, what the fuck, Docks!?Docks is on the coin, why are we putting him on the coin! I refuse to put him on the coin Matt! Matt walking to the first machine without even looking at her, flipped open the op board and check the first machine. He leaned over and looked at Debb. " I know Debb, I hate docks more then you so stop giving me shit. But we do not get paid to pick who gets put on the coins, or to even voice are opinion. go get geared up and ready to work." Debb, gave matt a snub look and walked into the woman's lockeroom. As Matt was on his third machine, he heard Debb scream again, "Fucking Docks!", Matt just looked down and with a whimpering voice said,"Frickin Docks".