77. The Right Thing To Do

        Clutching an arm full of drawings, revisions no less, Zara hurried out onto Main St, hopped on the train and rode up the hill toward the pyramid construction site. The fall breeze made the dust extreme, the final push to finish the pyramids was apparent from the extra noise, it was all hands on deck both above and below ground. 

        She hurried into the bustling site, always hurried so as to catch the train on its reverse trip. She knocked on the site office door and pressed her ear to the door, listening through the din... Nothing.

         She knocked again, harder. Again she pressed her ear tightly to the door, her free hand covering her other ear, trying so hard to shut out the din... Still no answer.

         She looked around, unsure of what to do, it was like this almost every time she had to deliver the plans, it was so stressful. Just looking at all the activity made her panic, Foremen seemed to appear out of nowhere, she had no time to wait and there was nowhere else to leave them. There were no Foremen in sight, but she dared not venture into the office...
         She knocked again. Again, there was no answer. She scanned the yard again... She had no choice but to go in, she was OBLIGED to deliver the plans, as quickly as possible so as to catch the return trip. It was a god's order, after all… Doing the right thing was the right thing to do, wasn't it?
         She took a deep breath and opened the door, bracing... To her relief, the Foreman's office was empty. Panicking, she hurried across the room and slid the plans into the inboxes, one by one. 

        But unbeknownst to Zara, Ra-Ku had spotted her entering the office from outside. He exploded into the office shortly behind her, enraged. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?"

         Zara froze. "I... I'm so sorry... My name is Zara, I’m from Infrastructure." She felt herself backing into the wall, fidgeting nervously, catching her slipping wig as it caught on the edge of the bookcase. "There was no answer when I knocked!"

         "ARE YOU STUPID OR JUST STUPID?" His rage was terrifying, he slammed his fist so hard on the file cabinet, it knocked over the jar of chalks onto the floor. "I said WAIT OUTSIDE!"

         Zara felt the fear grip her throat as he inched closer, his fists clenched knuckle white, his face expanding like a sweaty red balloon, the veins in his neck popping out of his skin, bulging in violent rage.

         "HOW MANY GOD DAMNED TIMES DO YOU NEED TO BE TOLD?"

         His breath stunk in her face, she just wanted it to be over. "I… I brought you some revised plans" she bravely reasoned, trying to sound cool.

         But Ra-Ku snapped. Fist clenched tight he lunged at her face, sending her backwards into the filing cabinets, toppling the bookcases over, knocking her out before the shower of heavy books, tablets and rolled up plans crashed down upon her head.