I've worked for the government for all my adult life, I lost my only family in the North Tower and spent the next 4 years in the Afghanistan and Iraq trying to make sense of it. When I returned home I wanted to continue the fight so I signed up for the CIA only to flunk partway through the training. Now I serve my country as a security guard.

It had been one of those days, watching pen pushers, scientists and geek's swipe their passes through the electronic barriers. Rarely was there any problem but you still had to watch them. Regularly the company would send in decoys to test the perimeter security so you had to pay attention.

It was mid morning and my turn for a break, I signed off and went to the canteen. I bought my coffee and picked up cream and sugar. As I walked to an empty table I picked up a copy of the internal staff newsletter, SPOOKS! I sat down and started to read the newsletter, I tore the sugar sachets and poured them in and started stirring. An advert on the second page jumped out at me.

And thats how it started, I called the number and was sent to a training/selection facility in Florida. There were lots of people there and they seem to be from all walks of life. After a few weeks the numbers have dwindled, the selection process is similar to that in the farm but more intense.