DISK 1 (LATE NIGHT ENCOUNTER)

New York City Downtown

In a used book store downtown ,Tom Corvis was finishing to arrange the books on the shelves before closing.

He had just come out of high school and enjoyed doing this part time job.

He especially enjoyed reading through some of the books, especially the ones related to mystical creatures and dragons.

This would worry Ms Campbell, who was the owner of the store, since sometimes Tom would stay in the library until late hours reading and then he would ride his bike back home.

- Tommy. It's getting late. I don't want your folks to get worried. - called Ms Campbell turning off the lights to make Tom look away from his book.

- Sorry Ms Campbell. - replied Tommy feeling startled by the interruption. - I was about to leave.

He got up and got his backpack and put on his wintercoat. It was November and was very cold outside.

- Are you sure you don't want to call a cab? - said Ms Campbell very worried.

- I always bike to midtown at this time without problems. I'll be fine.

- Ok. Tommy. Be careful. Say hello to your folks from me.

- I will Ms Campbell. See you tomorrow. - waved Tommy putting his reading glasses in his pocket.

Then, he walked out the door of the old store, put on his winter hat and unlocked his bike from the near light post.

Few minutes later Tom was pedaling into Central Park South; a chilly wind blew in his face. It was darker than usual so he accelerated the pace.

He could hear distant sirens blaring in far away and then after a few minutes there was silence.

He rode through the wooded area up the hill and the slowed down when he was on the top.

As he pedaled to the bottom he could hear the leaves rustling but no other sounds.

Suddenly, from the darkness a shadow pounced on him and made him fall off to the grass. His heart accelerated to the point he felt it was going to stop.

The man who pounced on him was gasping for breath. Tommy looked down and realized that his abdomen was covered in blood.

The stranger crawled to Tommy who dragged himself backwards in incredible fear until he leaned his back on the nearest tree.

- Ple...aseeee... - called the strange man who his wrinkled face could tell he was in his 50s. He had something in his hand and wanted to give it to Tommy. He resisted thinking that it was a knife and wanted to stab him.

- Take it...- pleaded the man gasping forcing Tommy to open his hand. He put in his hand something that felt like plastic.

- Please...don't hurt me...- stammered Tommy terrorized at the man noticing the plastic card was stained with blood.

- Don't let them get to him...- gasped the stranger and then he turned his face around when he noticed that far behind people were coming with flashlights toward them. He got up and without saying another word ran with a limp away.

Tommy got up and without saying anything else and rode his bike like the wind out of the park. He felt numb all over.

When he got home, he removed his coat before entering. If his parents saw he was stained with blood they would have made a complete drama scene.

He sneaked quietly and got upstairs where his room was.

- Tommy! - called the mom in the hallway startling him almost to the state of shock.
- Mom! - you scared the heck out of me.

- You scared the heck out of me young man! - replied the mom. - You know what time it is?
- I know. I am sorry. I got carried away. I swear It will not happen again.
- Well, it better be, because if it happens again, I will put you in a curfew like a little kid, Is that clear?
- Perfectly. - said Tommy leaping to his room closing the door.

He was still shivering when he put the hand in his pants and took out the object the stranger gave him. Not a big deal, just a thick dark blue plastic card. It had a stripe on one side like a credit card but this was bulkier. He looked at it from an angle and could see that there were holographic security seal on it. Across the bottom, the letters GTC Corp could be read.

- Oh man!. - said Tommy lying on his bed and immediately he fell asleep.