My day started unusually immediately after I discovered my coffee can was empty.
I could feel my hands shaking as I stared at the coffee shop a few blocks away. It was unreasonable to think they should be open by 6 am but I just couldn't help myself.
I took some juice but it didn't help.
"Oh God", I screamed as I flung the papers I going through in preparation for my presentation.
I went to check the coffee shop again.
"Still locked", I said with anger as I stormed back into my apartment.
I freshened up and left the house immediately but wasn't in the right state of mind to drive.
"Hey Rick, can you give me a lift?", I texted a colleague nearby.
"Yes, will be ready in thirty", he replied.
"Thirty minutes?", I asked
"It is just 6:45 am, George", he replied.
I was at his place in six minutes and sighted a mobile coffee shop on the road.
"Good morning, can I get a cup of coffee?", I asked
"Good morning young man", the driver replied.
A woman sitting behind the truck started attending to me.
The aroma was different and it captured my soul. I snapped out of that feeling and focused on the woman.
"Here is your coffee, young man", she said.
"Thanks, madam", I said as I took it from her.
I stretched cash to her but she rejected it.
"Why?", I asked.
"You are the chosen one, save the world from the future coffee disaster. Swallow the tablet when you are ready, you don't have much time left", she replied.
The truck zoomed off before I could ask anything.
"You are right on time. Let's go, man", Rick's said from behind.
"Your coffee is getting cold. Is everything okay?", he asked while driving.
"I am good", I replied.
I eventually sipped from it and nothing happened.
"Creating wild imagination for customers, is that the new sales tactic? People can be very funny", I murmured
"Are you sure everything is alright?", Rick asked again.
"Yes, I am good", I replied.
"Thanks, man", I said to Rick as we arrived at the office.
I drank the last few drops of coffee as I settled in and felt an object in my mouth.
I quickly spit it out and it turned out to be a capsule.
"What the heck!", I screamed.
Everything the woman said earlier played in my head again.
I was confused as I stared at the capsule. The world running out of coffee someday crossed my mind and it was terrifying.
I examined the capsule carefully and was still on it when the CEO burst into my office and without thinking further, I swallowed the capsule.
I felt a sting in my throat as I greeted the CEO.
"Are you okay, George?", He asked.
"I am fine, sir", I replied.
"You have to be at your best today, the future of Evans Laboratory is in your hands. Let's build that great future together", he said.
The word, future echoed in my head. It sounded like I heard too much of it in one morning.
"I will do my best sir", I replied.
He hugged me and immediately we had body contact, I felt the sting again.
The room spined and it felt like I was been dropped from the sky into a new world. I saw people with placards protesting against Evan's laboratory.
"We don't want scientifically modified coffee", I could read what was written on one of the placards.
"See you at the conference room, looks like our investors are here", he said to me after the hug.
"What's happening?", I asked myself as he left.
My office mate walked in and as we shook hands, I felt the sting again.
"Are you getting married?", I asked him.
"What!, Did you go through my system??", He asked.
"No, I didn't.", I replied.
"Yes, I am getting married but I haven't told anyone", he said
"Could this be the effect of the capsule? Am I seeing the future? Does the CEO have anything to do with the future the woman talked about?", different thoughts crossed my mind.
I went to his office again just to touch him and be sure of what was happening.
"When there is no coffee globally due to the pest attack, the world will accept our chemically modified coffee", I could only see the back view of the person speaking but it was my CEO's voice.
"Don't disappoint me", were the only words I heard during our conversation in reality.
I started connecting the visions and figured out that the new investors will make Evans laboratory wealthy and they will attempt the unspeakable.
"If things go wrong today, the CEO might hate me forever", I said to myself as I ponder on what to do.
"Good morning, everyone", I greeted as I took the podium in the conference room.
The presentation started well but the visions kept playing in my head again.
"Evan's Laboratory is a great company but not a place to invest in. Everything looks great today but there is a huge problem looming that would make any investor regret in the future", I told the audience as I wiped the heavy sweat gushing from my forehead.
The CEO rush to the podium and I could see anger written all over his face.
"What are you doing, George?", He shouted.
"I am sorry, boss. I know about your scientifically modified coffee dream", I replied.
"You have been spying on me and even if you know, this is an opportunity to bring our dreams to reality so don't ruin it", he replied
Little did he know that he was speaking directly to the mic on me, the investors heard our conversation clearly and they all left.
Evans's laboratory made every newspaper headline and his evil plans were exposed, I was sacked but averting the danger ahead gave me so much happiness.