Bright are the Stars[Fely]

[Dark Strider]

((Just so you know… I’m taking from the part after Leon and Somni had the large dance. I want it to begin on a happy note, not the fight with the two assassins on top of Leon’s house and Somni going bananas.))

It had been several months since the party. Leon was much happier now, Randal had found a girlfriend who was as much into him as he was in her, Greg was now out and dating again, like old times, Alice was seemingly nicer to those who Leon talked and worked with, and Somni, dear Somni, was a much closer friend than ever before. Leon regularly had her up to the house to visit, but knew that he would have to make it seem like friendly visits. It was a common occurrence actually. Somni normally came up and stayed for hours on end, talking, laughing, and sharing time with Leon and the other people whom he had come to know better.

Leon kept up his training regiment, practicing his swordsmanship everyday and working out, keeping his mind and body both ready for the next job or assignment that came his way. Mion kept Leon busy, giving him recommendations of books almost every day, telling Leon different stories of his childhood, which was fairly interesting in its own. Leon shared many of his own stories, his time in the military, of his childhood, that which he remembered anyway. It was weird not telling Somni or Randal that Alice was his sister. It was even more awkward when she added things that Leon forgot about his adventures as a kid. Leon hoped that it wasn’t blatantly obvious that the two were related, as it would come as a gigantic shock. Leon wanted the time to be right and for it to have the smallest shock value possible.

Leon had come into good fortune over the last few months, as well. Many different jobs had been popping up, many of which were high paying and exciting. Some, arduous and long, requiring careful planning and strategy. Others, action packed, hair-raising, explosive fights that ended up in large shootouts and sword fights. Those were the fun ones. Leon loved adventure and danger; he lived and thrived on it. Meeting strong opponents on the field was one of the few things that actually brought joy into his life, aside from Somni and his sister. Oh, and his other friends as well.

It was getting more and more common for Leon to throw parties, all of which brought large droves of people to his house. Dances and gatherings were common-place at Leon’s house, many people beginning to know and work with Leon closer as he was more sociable. Somni was always the one that Leon was with, dancing, talking, even drinking. He never left her side, unless, well… a few things a guy can’t be there for. No pun intended.

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[Felypsa]

oOc| fine with me ^^

It really was the springtime of her life. With everything going so perfectly, Somni was half-expecting a huge disaster that would ruin it all. But hopefully not. She was bound to be wary but at the same time, felt entitled to this happiness. Maybe this was just what her new life was going to be like from now on. The life of a normal person who had no worries about money, who wasn’t condemned to loneliness because of an unusual skin condition. She had even found a new talent and love for dancing, which she enjoyed every time Leon threw a party. He seemed to be hosting a lot of them, but he never neglected her, no matter how many people attended. She was getting to be just as well-known as he was…which was something she had to get used to!

Her stance with Leon seemed fairly unambiguous to her, but nothing…official ever developed from it, and Somni wasn’t going to push the idea. Especially not with Alice around. She wasn’t outright cold to Somni anymore—perhaps realizing that she would be fighting a losing battle that way—but she did maintain a very protective attitude when it came to Leon. So Somni was always very diplomatic about it. Enjoying Leon’s company was good enough for her. And it was great that her brother was also so happy with Lauren. They were all just one big ultra-happy crew.

Tonight, though, at one of the parties, Somni had excused herself to go to the bathroom, but then afterward, took a step outside on the balcony. It was a beautifully cool night, and she inhaled the fresh air deeply. There were enough stars peeking out from the big black carpet of the night sky to hint at the endlessness of the universe. Yet Somni no longer felt alone in such a cold world. She was smiling as the breeze played against her face, making strands of her long hair dance. So much had changed for the better. She wanted this time of her life to never end.

[Dark Strider]

"Enjoying the night air, m'dear?" Leon said, walking up quietly behind Somni. He wore his now customary smile, a perminant attachment to his body. The work and the time with Somni for the last few months, solidifying their friendship, and even developing a sort of deeper understanding of eachother. Leon knew that Somni was fascinated with the night sky, like a calling to her that moved her deep in her soul. It was the same thing with Leon. The mysteries of space othen made him stop and question the insignificance of his existance, when compared to the limitlessness of the universe. So many things out there left to be descovered and studied, begging to be seen and told to everyone.

Leon wore, that night, dark blue jeans, his ever present combat boots, a white tee and over it an open short sleeved shirt, deep red and striped with black and grey vertically on the fabric. He had on his sunglasses and his hair was brushed back out of his face. He walked up next to Somni and looked up into the night sky, the entirety of the expance drawing him into a deep contemplation. The breese was coming in, a soft one that was dry from the few days of dry-ish weather the area had been getting. Leon broke himself from his contemplation and reached into his shrit pocket. He took out a pack of cigarettes and pulled one out. He placed it between his lips and lit it. He took a small drag from it and returned his gaze to the sky.

Leon stood there for quite some time, stairing into the reaches of the sky, looking at the faint lights coming from the multitide of stars. Leon smiled even wider. Suddenly, a younger man walked out onto the balcony and tapped Leon on the shoulder. "Excuse me, Mr. Deltova, but some people are wondering if you would do them a favor." He said. He was a young businessman, reciently got into a prestegious office and a powerful branch of tradings with other nations and states. "That depends, son. What're they askin me to do?" Leon said, letting out a bit of southern drawl. "They want to know if you would be willing to play a song with the band. Several people want to hear how good you are with a guitar, seeing as there are quite a few people who say that you are amazing with it." The young man said. Leon only laughed and nodded his head. "Alright then. Somni, wanna come and see me rip a few cords? Blow people's minds?" Leon said, laughing and moving off after the youth.

Leon didn't stop where the young man was, however, as he continued into the living area of the house. Leon went up to his room and over to the closet. He reached in and pulled out a masterfully crafted guitar case. Walking back to the large hall where the young man was, wondering where Leon had gone to, Leon moved past the group of people who wanted to stop him and talk. He simply said that he had a prior engagement, which was partially true, and moved to the stage. Leon smiled widely when he saw Greg on the drums and another three of Leon's old Marine buddies on the bass and backup guitars. There was one person that Leon didn't know, but he was on the keyboard and gave Leon the thumbs up. Leon waved them all to get close and whispered to them, telling them the songs he had in mind. Greg and the others smiled and laughed, nodding their heads with the set selection.

Leon walked up to the mic and laughed. "Good evening ladies and gentalmen. First of all, I want to extend my thanks for coming to my party!" Leon said, spreading his arms out. A round of applause and cheers came up. Leon placed his guitar case on the stage floor and opened it. he reached in and pulled out a shiny black Gibson SG, beautifully carved and designed, the wings of a dragon spawling down the base of the guitar and the scales of the dragon as it coiled up the neck, reflected different colors of light. Leon tuned the guitar and made sure it was ready to play. "Alright... who's ready to get their faces melted!" Leon called out loudly to the crowd, not bothering to speek into the mic.

And with that, as well as another round of cheers, screams, applause, and yells of random things, Leon started off with Audioslave's The Worm. The band picked up perfectly, the music thundered and the stage lights went with the music, throwing people into strobe lights as well as the multitudes of flickering colors and sparkles of light. As soon as the first song was over, the band went right into the next song, Metallica's Battery.

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[Felypsa]

Leon found her, and Somni had no trouble moving aside for his company. He had the same deep connection to the night sky and the stars, those wide, blinking eyes to the unending world above, as she did. A smile danced across her lips as she glanced over at him. Even when they said nothing at all, she felt nothing but relaxed and comforted in his presence. The tranquility of the moment was broken, however, when some young businessman approached them, with an invitation to play guitar. Somni raised an eyebrow at this. She had heard Leon rock out before but she hadn’t thought that this particular party would be the right atmosphere for it.

She was definitely proven wrong about that. As she followed Leon back, and their makeshift band was setting up. Somni looked around and found her brother, going to stand by him. And that was when this uppercrust cocktail party turned into a metal concert. She had to laugh as everyone started feeling the music, and someone was expertly working the lights enough to make everyone feel dizzy. She laughed again as she let herself get caught up in the whole thing, just like everyone else was. Oh this was not how she expected the evening to go, but she couldn’t complain, right? Besides, that guitar of his was frigging sexy. Dragons ftw.

Starshadow was up insta-programming the lights. Since this concert was so impromptu, nothing was especially well coordinated, but with this kind of the thing, the more chaotic, the better. She always enjoyed tech for theater or concerts, because it appealed to the spy in her…she was the one behind the curtain, controlling everything, and observing everything. Nothing escaped her close hawk-like eye. Even with all the fast-flickering strobes and bright colors dancing everywhere, she had a close eye on everyone in that crowd. Just to be sure. She could never be too careful.

[Dark Strider]

The band played smash hit after another, rocking the crowd and making the ground thunder with the vibrations from the amps. Leon sang the songs perfectly, the band played the songs exaclty as they were written, and the people rocked and moved with the music. Leon smiled when he saw people headbanging and rocking out to many of the songs. All of the songs Leon loved, many by big name bands, including Avenged Sevenfold and Audioslave.

It was quite a bit later as the band was winding down. Sweat rolled on Leon's cheek as the continued to play his sick guitar. Cliffs of Dover, an instramental piece written and preformed by Eric Johnson. A close favorite of Greg's as well as Leon's. The song came to a long drawn out end as the crowd erupted in cheers and applause. Leon stood before everyone and indicated the band, giving then a large round of applause. Greg stood up and bowed, as did the other's. Leon walked over to the mic and laughed. "I'd also like to thank our lights artist, my firend Star. Star, cmon out here and get your moment!" Leon said, looking off stage.

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[Felypsa]

After a while, it was all over, and Starshadow was also wiping her brow from the heat. When she was called on stage, a grin cracked her face and she headed out to give a wave and hug Leon. It was a very special concert and everyone was energized and filled with good spirits. It was just one of those crystallizing moments when everything was perfect.

Somni was clapping and cheering along with everyone else. What a performance by everyone. She was beaming as the guests started to gather around and praise the band and Alice for the improvised concert. She thought that all the band members could use a good drink of water, though, so she went to fetch some refreshments. As she reached the kitchen, though, a sudden bright flash caught her eye out of the window. Blinking, Somni turned and realized it was a shooting star…but unlike most shooting stars, this one seemed to land right on earth, somewhere on Leon’s estate. The impact caused a very slight tremor to ripple through the house, and she could only stare.

Pulling away, she hurried over to Leon, Starshadow, and the rest of the crew. “This is going to come as a shock, but I think a meteor…may have landed on your property, Leon,” she said quietly as she handed the drinks around. “It sounds crazy, but I saw it out your kitchen window. It’s far out there but I thought you should know.” Things like this didn’t happen every night. Though she had to wonder why none of the technology caught the approaching missile from outer space. “I think we should check it out.” Yeah actually Somni was going to go out and look whether Leon would or not.

oOc| lol this doesn't really have to be anything serious, I just thought it would be a random thing to throw in there...but if you don't like it we can just ignore it

[Dark Strider]

oOc: I rather like the idea. Im going to go with it and see where it lead us!

Leon looked around, seeing all the people who had come up to praise and talk with the band as well as him. Questions were fired off, left and right, many putting a smile on his face. He answered them in turn, answering multiple ones with a single question in some cases. Questions about his guitar skills, about how he came to know the songs, random little things about the concert. Greg was getting his fair share as well as the other two. More people seemed to be attacted to Alice, however, as her masterful playing with the lights and the sounds caught the eyes of a lot of people. Some of the people there were captivated by her beauty, men who knew the values of women, or so they said.

Leon laughed and smiled, gave thanks and whatnot, but constantly looked for Somni. Leon finally spotted her, but the look on her face told Leon that something was up. When she came over and told him about the meteor, Leon's intrest was instantly piqued. A piece of rock or ice falling from the heavens, eh? A scientist's chance of a life time! Leon was a die hard science geek and he didn't care who knew. He loved studying the cosmos, looking at everything he could possibly get his hands on. "Sounds interesting Somni. Lets head out to where you spotted it." Leon said, taking her by the hand and moving off towards the kitchen.

Leon lead Somni into the living quarters of the house and stopped at the front door. Leon pulled on his jacket and hat, as well as his combat harness and his katana and sheath. "No sense in being unprepared." Leon said, looking with a boyish look in his eyes. He was excited to get out there and see what it was. Once he was set, Leon lead the way out the door and into the night. "So, which way did you see it fall?" Leon asked Somni, ready to get going to the sight. It was strange, however, that HARVY didn't alert Leon on the incoming object. But, then again, it was a space object, possibly a dense electromagnetic field around the object, obscuring the scanners. But then again... back up scanners, thermal imaging, and optical moniters were running. Why didn't HARVY let him know?

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[Felypsa]

It was strange and seemingly inexplicable…but that was the best kind of mystery, wasn’t it? Somni was glad that Leon was interested, and eagerly went along to investigate. Leon got his weapon just in case, and Somni had to grin, giving her own leather gloves a tug. She’d be ready just in case too. And then they were outside, and she quickly lead Leon over to the site of the landing. There was a faint smoky substance in the air, marking where the meteor was.

It had created a small crater, of course, but nothing overly large. Just a great big hole. Somni carefully stepped up to the lip of the crater, peering down. It was a good thing it was nighttime because the rock was as smooth and as reflective as a mirror. In spite of having been burned up by the atmosphere, hit by tiny missiles in the air, and, of course, crashing into the earth, the meteorite was completely polished and unblemished. It had to have been at least as hard and sturdy as a diamond…but Somni was sure no diamond existed in the world that was this big. Well, duh. It came from outer space.

“Well, at least it wasn’t aliens,” Somni said, with a slightly uneasy laugh. There was something equally as creepy about this as it was exciting.

With all the flatterers coming out of nowhere demanding her attention, Starshadow was too flushed and self-conscious to notice that Leon and Somni had slipped away. Not at first. But a quick look-around the room and she couldn’t find them anywhere. A small frown settled over her features at that, but she couldn’t chaperone her brother everywhere, she supposed. Damn.

[Dark Strider]

Leon followed Somni to the impact sight and looked down into the crater with her. He whistled and hopped down into the crater. The area around the object seemed only blasted out of the way, as if by an explosion or detonation of sorts. The thing that bewildered Leon, however, was that the ground around wasn't scorched or burnt at all. No heat in the crater at all. Instead, a kind of cold, a permeating cold that broke through Leon's coat and shirt, down to his bones.

Leon squated down and looked carefully at the meteorite. Polished smooth, seemingly perfectly spherical and a deep color, a mix of white and crimson. Leon moved closer to the object and reached out. He tapped it with his knuckles, getting a solid note from it in responce. Leon's eyebrow rose as he rapped on it with his knuckles several times, getting the same note from the "rock". Curious, Leon reached around the rock and hefted it up into his arms. It was heavy, being nearly four feet in diameter. Leon lifted it up, the servoes in his arm making the job much easier. With a quick turn, Leon turned towards the house and placed the rock onto the grass of the lawn. He jumped up and over the rock, landing on his feet and turned to face the object.

"Damned biggest rock i've ever found around here. Seems to be the same texture of a diamond too. Hard as all get out. Wonder what'll happen if we shine a light into it." Leon said, more to himself then to Somni. He took out a pocket flashlight and clicked it on, and shone it on the rock, wondering what would happen.

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[Felypsa]

When Leon brought up the enormous thing—by himself, of course—Somni could feel the unsettling chill move through her as he set it down near them. Leon was muttering words to himself, and Somni was equally fascinated and slightly disturbed by this discovery. He got the idea to shine his flashlight onto it. At first, it seemed like nothing was happening; but then, Somni’s eyes caught movement. “Hey…” She bent down, looking more closely at the surface of it. Where the light was bouncing off of it, there seemed to be a slight shimmer…almost like a liquid wave.

“Hang on,” she murmured, reaching out carefully with her finger. Yeah, she knew it was a bit of a risk, but she hoped that wearing her gloves would be enough protection. She poked the part of the rock that was shimmering, and blinked in surprise. As she pulled her finger away, a bit of the substance clung to her finger, like glue; but as soon as it was out of the light, the tiny piece hardened and rounded, becoming perfectly spherical. It fell off of Somni’s finger, and her other hand shot out to catch it.

“It looks like it…separates from itself when light’s directly on it,” she mused, holding up the miniature clone of the original rock. It was as small as a ball bearing, but still as hard as the original. “And the surface of the first one isn’t even disturbed.” Indeed, once the light stopped shining, there was no indication that this little piece had been pulled out from it. Somni shifted her gaze from the little rock to Leon. “We’ve found something pretty phenomenal here, I think.”

[Dark Strider]

oOc:Sorry for the long wait. Been really busy lately and I've barely had time to come on and check out the site.

Leon nodded his head and placed the flashlight back into his pocket. He looked from the large rock and then to the small clone of the rock. The large rock seemed perfectly whole, like the smaller varient of itself hadn't even come from it. Leon shook his head and picked up the small rock. He placed it in one of his pockets and lifted up the larger rock. "Well... being the lovers of science that we are, m'dear, we should probably take it inside and study it. HARVY, kill the interior lights and get a transport crate in the living room." Leon said into a little lapel mic. Almost immediately, the lights in the living area of the house went out. Leon smiled and nodded towards the house to Somni.

Leon, carrying the large object, walked briskly towards the house. Leon, hoping that Somni was in tow, moved through the front door and over towards the crate that had been moved up from one of the underlevels of Leon's house. With care, Leon placed the large stone into the crate, as well as the little stone that came off of the orriginal. Leon closed and sealed the crate, which hissed and presurized, a clean and air-tight seal. Leon punched a code into the onboard computer, locking the "specimen" into the crate. As soon as he had done it, the floor beneith the crate opened and the crate sank down into the floor. Soon, the crate had disapeared from sight and the floor returned to its normal resting position. The light clicked back on and Leon looked at Somni with a large smile. "Not bad for a night of stargazing eh?" He said jokingly.

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[Felypsa]

Leon was taking care of it, and Somni just followed along to the house, giving askance glances to the crate every now and then. They went back inside, and HARVY, as usual, took care of their findings. She looked back at Leon and returned his smile. “I’d say so. And for the first time, the stars gazed back at us.” She let out a silvery laugh. “Come on. Let’s go finish out the party before they start wondering about us.” And she was sure with how protective Starshadow was, she would be curious about where they had gone. Somni didn’t want to give her any more reason to dislike her. Nothing she ever did seemed to please her, but…oh well. Grinning at Leon, Somni took his hand in her gloved one and pulled him back out toward the main rooms.

Meanwhile, the meteorite below, locked into its crate, shimmered one last time…dun dun dun…

oOc| Not a problem x3 I understand. Sorry for the short post, but I do have a small idea of what to do now...though of course if you have ideas of your own, we can just wing it =D and you can continue with the party or we can skip to the next day or something...doesn't matter to me

[Dark Strider]

oOc: Personally, I'd like to hear, or work with your idea, if you don't mind. I was planning on having Leon return to the party, but keeping it short, skipping ahead in time till the end of the party, if that's ok.

Leon smiled at Somni and followed along after her, throwing his hat, combat holsters, sheath with the sword in it, and his coat, onto the couch as they passed it. Leon allowed himself to be guided back into the brightly lit hall where all the many people mingled and talked. The regular band had set back up and was playing waltz music again. Several people came over to talk to Leon and Somni, asking where they had been and the like. A few girls even gave Leon a hurt look, which he winked to them, throwing them a mischievous hint at them. A few of them giggled and moved off, while others looked after with daggers in their eyes.

Leon laughed and moved along through the crowd with Somni leading him. He saw Alice, Nightshade, Greg and other people around, moving to different parts of the party, enjoying themselves. People where everywhere, enjoying themselves and relaxing at Leon’s massive estate. Smiling, Leon followed closely behind Somni as they rejoined the party.

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Several hours later, after the last of the invited people, whom Leon didn’t know as well as the few that were still at the house, had left, Leon and the others were kicking back in the living area of Leon’s house. Leon and Greg were both at the bar, laughing together about old times, Nightshade was sitting talking quietly to Lauren, his girlfriend whom he had met at one of Leon’s parties. Leon knew Alice and Somni were around here somewhere, but he was laughing too hard to be able to see clearly anymore. Greg had been telling one of his many different experiences with women, through laughs and drinks, throwing Leon into the rolls of laughter.

The storied that Greg told were always funny, no matter who heard them, sending people who didn’t even know him into laughter that one could probably pass out from. Leon was getting there, but was able to keep it together enough to be able to drink without the alcohol coming out of his nose. Greg soon finished the story, leaving Leon’s sides aching from laughing so hard, and darn near falling out of his chair.

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[Felypsa]

oOc| all right then -cracks knuckles- let's do it

The discovery had been long forgotten by the time the end of the night rolled around. Somni had been a bit tipsy too, giggling at just about everything that was said, regardless of whether it was actually funny. She was very affectionate too, even giving Starshadow a hug one time and telling her that she admired her very much. The gesture had irritated Alice as much as it had flattered her. But now Somni had crashed, curled up on the couch, fast asleep. Alice, who was probably the most sober one at the time (which wasn’t saying a whole lot, considering the state of everyone else), thought it would be a good idea to take Somni upstairs to her bedroom. Having a feeling Leon was too distracted to mind, she went ahead and did so, before going back downstairs and joining the boys, listening to the tales and being highly entertained by Leon’s hysterical laughter.

Meanwhile, downstairs, the meteorite of unknown substance seemed to tense up and then loosen, shimmering like liquid as it had done before. The tiny piece that Somni had held jumped right back onto its “mother” form, becoming re-absorbed. The whole thing then glowed and melted, dripping out of tiny crevices left in the crate. This process took a while, but soon, the entire substance had eased out of its cage, not leaving a single molecule behind. The liquid began to reshape, then, becoming taller, straighter, and then forming curves and crevices. Finally, color flushed the creation, every possible shade and tint.

Standing there was a perfect copy of Somni.

The meteorite was no rock…it was more than that…it was alive.

The being from outer space swayed a bit on the two legs it had created for itself, adjusting to the its new shape. One gloved hand went up to hold its head, as memories rushed in. Not only could it instantly copy DNA, it could absorb thoughts and feelings, everything that made that person who they were. The only difference was that fake Somni knew she was a fake. And that she could become anyone else in the world she wanted.

Now the creature knew where she was (Earth). She held up a gloved hand, watching as little silver globules formed at her fingertips. They dropped from her hand and rolled around in the four directions: tiny scouts. She stood, waiting. This place was enormous, and her four small spies weren’t enough to cover the whole ground. She would have to go explore on her own. She understood that the form she had chosen would be accepted here. It was enough. She could decide what to do and where to go as she went along.

The little silver balls rolled back to her, and she re-absorbed them into her skin. Pushing back her hair, the alien—for there was really no other way to describe her at the moment—started to walk, trying to find her way around this huge mansion.

[Dark Strider]

Leon had nearly laughed himself horse. Greg was on a roll, aside from the large amounts of different alcohols that they had put into themselves, they were very much sober. But, Leon loved to hear the stories and the jokes that came from his old Marine buddy. Leon had to clear his throat several times, and take a few drinks as well to get his voice back to normal. He had noticed, as well as Greg and Randal, that it was getting late into the... morning. They had spent the entirety of the night and part way into the morning telling stories and laughing. Leon looked over at Somni and smiled. She was a bit wasted, buzzed at the least.

Alice came up and walked Somni away soon, taking her up the stairs and to a room for her to crash. She was going to be feeling that one tomarrow, that was for sure. Greg caught the idea that Leon was giving out and nodded his head. "Mind if I spend the night as well?" Greg asked, looking at Leon down his nose. Leon laughed and smiled, rubbing his throat and nodding his answer. He nodded at Randal as well, who voiced a near echo of Greg's question. Leon turned to look at his sister and nodded his head upwards, indicating that it was officially time to kick back and get a bit of shut eye. Leon directed Greg, Randal, and Lauren to their rooms, and went to his own. Mion lay, curled up in a little ball on Leon's bed, dead center in the covers. Leon sighed and reached down to pick the little fox up. He placed Mion in his bed, amazingly not desturbing him at all. Leon kicked off his boots and fell into bed, taking a large breath of cool air as he slowly fell to sleep.

As welcoming as it was, it was short lived. Leon woke up soon, to the alarm that he had pre-set for six thrity in the morning. Leon only had gotten about five and a half hours of sleep, more then he had had in a while, admitantly. He streached and got up, walking over and pulling out new, fresh clothes. Into the bathroom and into the shower. Leon cleaned himself up and got dressed, even taking a few minutes to carefully clean his neatly trimmed beard. Leon knew that Somni liked it when he had it like that, as well as Alice, who didn't like it when Leon looked like "a lumberjack who had gotten into a fight with a bear." A messy, unkept beard was something that Alice didn't like. Their father, her biological father, had a beard much like Leon's.

Leon finished in the bathroom and walked down stairs. He got his morning cup of coffee and read over the news. Once he had finished with it, Leon took his coffee into the elevator and pressed the button for the lab level. The car hummed as soft music played through the speekers. Leon gave the little computer screen a look and HARVY laughed over the speekers. "Couldn't help myself Leon." He said to Leon's look.

The doors dinged open and Leon walked into the lab. The crate sat exactly in the center of the laboratory, machines and instraments surrounding the area. Work tables, computer teminals and the like stood here and there, cabinates with assortments of tools, and a hygenic tile floor that shone from the lights. Leon walked over to the crate and typed in a few commands onto the lid control. Leon turned and placed his coffee onto one of the tables and turned back to look into the crate. His expectations were shot when he looked into an empty crate. Leon's eyes widened as he reached into the crate, hoping that the rock turned invisable. No such luck. "Damn..." Leon swore as he punched an alert signal. The lights flashed red and an alarm rang out through the house, waking anyone who was asleep. Leon picked up a phone and interrupted the alarm. "Everyone up and atom! We have a potential hostile on the loose on the premise! Be advised, hostile has unknown capabilities. Be on the lookout for anything." Leon said into the phone. His voice was picked up and transmited to the upper floors only, definately cutting back the chances of the hostile knowing that they were on to it. Leon picked up his cup of coffee and moved back into the elevator. The doors dinged closed and Leon rode up in silence. Great.... Freaking great. Perfect way to start a day, Leon though.

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