Deadline
The room was dark and cold. Small lights eminated form the empty control panels and a dim fog flooded the floor. A door in the far right wall opened seemingly on it's own, sliding into the wall that held it. A young man stepped into the room. Quickly he hurried across the room and went up to the contol pannel. He glanced at the buttons, he's eyes trained to see one and one alone. In sheer delight, he pressed his target. The door opened again. The lights came on to reveal at commanding woman. Her build was small and her hair cascaded down her shoulder in an imacualte braid. The young man jumped and cowered before her.
"I got the coffee going," he said as his voice trembled. She didn't even ecknowledge his presence. She went staight to the panel and rapidly hit a complicated sequence of keys.