It was a large concrete building designed to blend in with its surroundings, a drab gray land that had once been a small town of 35,000: The town of Alton before it had been burned down by a forest fire. Most of the wreckage had been cleared and the only buildings left were a grocery store, a strip mall and a boarded-up Exxon station with a payphone that had a Sunoco logo on it. The roof of the grocery store had been caved in and surprisingly, there was still an old sign that had miraculously survived the fire that read: Tuesday's "Bargain" Day, 50% off. Meanwhile, the headquarters of Reeger looked more well-maintained than the town itself. See more