Chapter One – Belligerent BugCARRIE HATCHETT WAS late. She was trying to find the room where she had been interviewed for her job as a Transgalactic Intercultural Community Crisis Liaison Officer, and the seam of her fluorescent orange jumpsuit was working its way uncomfortably high.
She was walking alongside her colleague and friend, Dave. Dropping back a step or two, she stealthily tugged at the seam and jiggled her leg to ease the tension.
“What are you doing?” Dave had turned and was watching her.
“Nothing.” Carrie cleared her throat. “Now, where is that room?”
“I thought you’d been here before?”
“I have, but I kind of stumbled on the right place by accident. I can remember what it looks like from the outside, but I’m not sure how to get there.”
They were in a set of cream-colour
