Rebecca's (Dee Dee's) Story

Chapter 1
Before I Was Transported Here

Chapter Description: Rebecca's first diary entry, before she found herself in this weird world.

“Good evening, I’m Rebecca Smith and I will be filling in for Ralph Enslow tonight on the "Enslow Nightly News Report" here on the GNN cable news network. Tonight we will be discussing the mysterious disappearances that have been happening all over the world. Multiple reports have come in over the last 10 years of people disappearing into thin air. Witnesses clam that the missing people had a glowing light around them before they disappeared. Tonight we have special guests….."

Well diary, those were the last words I said while I was still in the “normal world”. What a coincidence, I start to talk about the disappearances, then just like that, I join them. I bet people probably thought it was some sort of stunt, like the news network just wanted to get ratings. Well I wish that was true, but unfortunately I’m stuck in this world, being treated like a baby. Diary, let be back up and explain how I got to be where I am, where ever this place is.

My name was Rebecca Smith, I say "was" because now they call me Dee Dee. (Don’t worry diary, I’ll explain who "they" are in a minute). Trust me, if I had to change my name for some reason, it definitely wouldn’t be Dee Dee! Anyway, I’ve been here in this world for about a month now. It’s hard to keep track because the days just seem longer here. Also, they put you down for so many naps, it’s hard to tell exactly what time of the day it is, not that I can read the clocks here, but I digress.

I was so excited! I finally got my big break, my hard work was finally being noticed and I was finally going to be put on national TV! The producers told me a couple weeks back that Ralph Enslow was going on vacation for the week and I would be filling in for him. The plan was to see how I did on the first day, if I was good I would stay on for the week, if not they would try someone else. I knew it was only for a week at the most, but this was the show everyone watches, or at least in the cable news world. The "Enslow Nightly News Report" was on at that perfect 8 o’clock time slot, people watching at home had just finished dinner and they just wanted to watch a little news before they went to sleep. An estimated 3 million people tune in every weeknight for the show, they would be tuning in and watching me!

Let me go back a little bit more. I moved to New York and had been working at GNN for around 4 years by this point, I had just turned 31 before being sent here and "they" deciding I was only 2 years old. Before that I was a news reporter back home. Originally, I’m from Springfield, Illinois. I was a news reporter for the Springfield Local 25 news. I had been with Local 25 for about 5 years covering all the local stories, but I just wasn’t feeling fulfilled with my work, I always wanted more. I was in my 20’s and I knew that this was as good as it was going to get at this job. I interviewed for a job at GNN, the biggest name in cable news, I got the job and moved to New York City. Sure it was a big move from Illinois, but I knew it was what I wanted to do.

Whenever you go to a new job you’re always the low man on the totem pole. My first few months my main job was getting everyone their coffee and if there was time I could help out behind the scenes with the small stories: a woman winning the lottery, dog rescued from a sewer, etc. These stories made me feel like I was back in Illinois. But I kept with it, I told myself that I was going to report the news to a national audience one day and if that meant I had to report this crap for now, then so be it. After a few years I started to make my way up, started getting the bigger stories and I even got on the air once or twice for about 30 seconds or so.

From there I started to get on the air more and more, then finally after working there for 4 years I got my big break, being asked to cover the "Enslow Nightly News Report". The 8 o’clock time slot, on the biggest news network, this was it. I was wearing a green dress that was appropriate, but showed off my figure. I had my black hair straightened, the makeup woman just finished up on my face and I was wearing my favorite pair of high heels, I looked great. I had my guests, I knew the questions I was going to ask, I was ready! I was so excited, I could feel butterflies in my stomach, but I was calm and collective on the outside.

I just finished introducing myself, then I heard a high pitch buzzing sound. All of the sudden I saw a bright light, like someone turned on the light when you’re sleeping. Then I felt l like I was on a roller coaster that just took off and I was sucked into some weird tunnel with bright colors all around. It looked like that old TV show Sliders! Finally, I fell into a cage