"Food delivery!" chirped Adine happily.

Sebastian put his weight on the door frame and looked at the bouncing wyvern in the front of his flat. "But, I didn't order anything?" he said.

"I thought you could use a hot meal at least once a week," smiled Adine. She was exchanging weight from feet to feet. "Will you invite me in? I had to walk half the distance here and my feet hurt."

A small creature in the back of Sebastian's head poked the dragon to slam the doors in Adine's face. She had woken you up and didn't even apologise, it said. Sebastian suppressed the devil's voice, took the food box off Adine and gestured she could make herself at home.

The small wyvern found her place in an armchair, folding the wings to her sides with care to not knock anything over. She still managed to tip over an empty chair with her tail. "Sorry, I am just not used to having so many things around myself," she said. "I must say, you've got a nice place to live in. My and Alex's flat is barren compared to this."

Sebastian opened the food box. Inside of it was some rice mixture with three types of vegetables. He could see an onion, pea and sweet corn. He smiled at the meal as if it was his first in a long time.

"Why don't you and Alex buy something nice then? Is it because you are clumsy?" asked Sebastian.

Adine frowned at the thought, "I am not clumsy. It's just, this place is too small for me. For the second thought, I think Alex doesn't want to get attached to the place and I have to respect that."

Sebastian disappeared for a brief moment to take off his equipment belt and a bulletproof vest. He felt the extra weight chipping away his strength. He returned with a correct tool to eat the brought meal. Adine was patiently waiting for him, her eyes scanning every curve of his body.

"Do you want anything by the way?" asked the peacekeeper before sitting down. "I don't want to feel like the scum of an Earth."

Adine smiled, "You don't have to worry. Although, tea would be nice."

"Why didn't you say so? One British national coming right up." Sebastian spun on one leg and disappeared back in the kitchen.

Adine grinned and looked around herself. He truly had a good taste, although she couldn't live in such a small apartment. Her wingspan wouldn't allow it, as she couldn't afford to even stretch the way she was used to.

In about five minutes, Sebastian was back with a porcelain cup. He put it in the front of the wyvern along with a teaspoon and a bowl with dark sugar. He also brought those small plastic milk boxes, who were usually used in fancy restaurants, in case Adine wanted a true British tea.

Adine smelled the tea and mumbled her thanks. Sebastian sat behind his soon-to-be cold meal and started eating. For his first food of the day, it wasn't half bad.

When he was finished with the rice, a question was laid out by Adine. "I heard you were in a bad mood yesterday. What is going on?"

Over and over again, Sebastian had to wonder why the others were so damn concerned about his mental health. "Nothing was going on," he responded, "I've just remembered someone we've lost on the way here."

"On the way here? Who do you have in mind?" Adine put both of semi-elbows on a table. She had her chin in the three-fingered claws of hers, looking straight up at Sebastian. She looked almost adorable with an open concern in her eyes, ready to hear anything Sebastian would tell her.

The peacekeeper himself wasn't so willing to talk though. The wound he had had to heal or he would be feeling the pain in his heart till the day he'd die. And opening it every time Adine was around wasn't a good treatment.

"It's Anna. I think she is still alive and it doesn't feel right abandoning her like that," he confessed. "It's been eating me away for the last couple of months and I feel like I won't be at peace until I bury her memory."

Adine stood up and sat on the couch next to Sebastian. She put her wings around him in a friendly hug, "I too feel the need to have this chapter closed. Anna was indeed special. A handful, but special."

Adine and Sebastian remained motionless for quite some time. Sebastian was stiff, lost in thoughts regarding the other day. Was he imagining things, or was Lorem somehow tied into the events? As unlikely it seemed, he was the last person to see Anna alive. Then there was Alex, but getting the man to talk was even harder.

Adine was warm, putting half of her weight on the peacekeeper. She had a pleasant odour of an ocean around her. Sebastian wondered if she was doing all of this out of her nature, or to get revenge on Alex for something. From the point he saw it, Alex wasn't an ideal husband, always ignoring his wife, even more so after the kidnapping. Something changed. He wasn't the same man.

Sebastian wiggled out of the hug. He looked down at the grinning wyvern and said, "It's time to clean up and go. I need to visit a few people and I think you've got places to be as well."

"Oh, speaking of people," remembered Adine something, "Bryce wanted to see you in his office. I must say, he's climbing up the ranks."

Sebastian sighed. One of the few happy things that happened over the last few months. "Yeah, he does," he said, "Though I'd prefer fewer stairs to climb every time he wants to see me."

Adine giggled, "I bet you are not the only one." Then her expression changed back to concerned, "Will you be okay? I can't risk losing you too."

Sebastian nodded and hoped this would satisfy the wyvern at least until tomorrow. He could get used to getting his food delivered like that though. Attractive dragon girl was a nice bonus.

Sebastian, in less gear than usual, walked through the streets of the colony. People, humans and dragons alike, were outside going about their business. It was a free day for everyone, so the citizens were catching up with their friends and families, shopping for supplies etc.

Sebastian had a plan. There was one particular person in the colony, who was living with Anna and acted like he didn't know her.

Remy.

Sebastian could wonder why Remy changed his attitude towards Anna. They used to be together and if someone wanted to put him in the same box as Anna, they would do it. Maybe it was because of Amely. The small Remy's and Anna's semi-offspring was a bit strange, but that could be expected given she was just a clone. Sebastian didn't hear about Remy or Amely in weeks. The white dragon kept his job at the Central Office and Amely started attending the academy. She wanted to become a peacekeeper.

Sebastian remembered Amely being small and defenceless. The time was a quick runner and the brown dragon didn't even notice Amely was almost an adult.

The peacekeeper knocked on Remy's apartment. There was no response for a while, but someone was moving inside. Then, a white and red dragoness opened.

"Hey, Sebastian. Is there something you need?" asked Amely with a smile.

Sebastian looked at her and the grin of hers immediately reminded him of Adine. Thank God the yellow wyvern gave this child a good start, or she could be as distant or hateful as Remy or Anna.

"Hey, Amely," started Sebastian, trying to fix his police cap before realising he didn't have it on. "How is the academy treating you?"

Amely let the peacekeeper in. The apartment was barren, most of the furniture had empty shelves. There was a great number of cardboard boxes with various decorative items. Unplugged electrical wires were left lying without any purpose all around the floor.

"It's been okay. I return home only for weekends to look after my dad. He's not doing well," summed up Amely her life situation.

"I see," nodded Sebastian, "Do you want to help cleaning up?"

To his surprise, Amely waved her talon, "No need, thank you. My father is going to toss the stuff all over the place during my absence anyway."

"Is Remy home?" asked Sebastian, because frankly, that was the only thing he was interested in for various reasons.

Amely shook her head, "No. He left this morning and haven't returned yet. He does that, don't worry."

"Strange, Remy was always so organised. What happened?" voice Sebastian his thoughts without even realising.

"I guess stress. Ever since mum got declared KIA, his boss was treating him like a piece of crap," said Amely as if it was an everyday bread for her.

"Amely, watch your tongue," barked out Sebastian and the girl apologised immediately. She didn't look like she was sorry though. The world had to be hard on her as well. Sebastian could imagine, having to take care of your delusional father, keeping up at school and probably paying attention to everything else as well. That was life.

Sebastian returned back to the topic he came there for, "Amely, can I have a look at Anna's things, if there are any left?"

"Indeed. Father locked her room, but I have the key. I am sure he wouldn't mind you going through them though. You are the force of the law," said Amely and departed to get the mentioned key.

It seemed like Anna's room was left undisturbed for the time of her absence. There was her bed, messy as always. Dust was settling on all of the shelves and equipment of her little home laboratory. There was also an open book on the pillow. It was an issue about the weather patterns Anna was talking about. She also mentioned a place she wanted to visit in her lifetime if she got a chance.

Sebastian sat down on the rough bedding and picked up the science book. There was a red bookmark in the middle of it. Sebastian turned the pages until he arrived at the sharp, hand-drawn marker. By design, it looked like a child made it. On one end was a crude drawing of Anna's face and on the other one was the paper cut into a triangle. The whole surface of the bookmark was filled in with red crayon and an occasional stripe of grey here and there. Sebastian smiled at that.

'Here lies Anna in a lizard form.'

He wondered if Amely was the one who made that marker and what was Anna's first reaction to it. He'd bet she hated it and it had to be adorable to look at.

Back to the book. The page bookmarked had an article about environmental processors and how they played a big role in humanity's history. If Anna was alive, Sebastian could bet his life she would try and reach such a device. When he thought about it, it seemed more likely than anything else. There was one weather processor in the wasteland, far on the north. Back in the old days, it was supposed to be repairing local polluted air.

Sebastian closed the book with a loud clap. He had a lead.