It's been a few months sense I first started this story, and in that time, I had thanksgiving, Christmas, new years, and a whole lot of work. even though its late, I wanted to post the next chapter and continue my story. I hope you enjoy the story and stick around for more.

Chapter 2

It had been 17 years since Lily decided that she wanted to join the ranks of G.I.A. and in those years, she definitely did all she could to make her dream come true. And THEN some.

In high school she graduated with straight A's as an honor student. Collage, she flew through at the top of her class earning a master's degree, majoring in criminal law and criminal justice. Her biggest challenge was the G.I.A. Academy. And yet, she managed to surprise everyone by graduating as valedictorian of her class earning her a starting promotion. Most of the recruits after graduating the academy earned their first rank as Lieutenant. Very rarely, when individuals showed advanced skill and dedication to the force, they earned a promotion to the rank of Captain. Lily was that individual. At her graduation ceremony, she stood proudly up on the stage as she received her promotion. She also felt a little giddy knowing that the one awarding her promotion was none other than her childhood hero, Nicholas Cain. She hadn't expected him to remember her, seeing as it was so many years ago and she definitely didn't look the same as she did when she was 8. But to her surprise, he remembered exactly who she was.

"I know that it was only a matter of time before I got to see you on this stage, Lily. Congratulations on making Captain." She had a big smile full of pride in her face, but couldn't hide the small blush in her cheeks.

"Thank you sir. I promise I won't let you down." She had said as she saluted him.

He smiled and gave a light chuckle as he saluted back. "I have no doubts about that."

As the ceremony came to a close, Lily, her parents, and her now 10 brothers and sisters drove home so she could get packed and ready to move to the capital, Raven City. This would be her first time officially moving away from the family farm. The academy had been just on the outskirts of the city and she had spent the last 6 months there for training, but Lily didn't feel that really counted. Now she was really going to live there and live her new life as an agent of G.I.A. As excited as she was, her parents had been just as nervous. Lily was the first of their children to move into the city, and although they had never lived there themselves, they knew all too well that the city could be a very dangerous place. So the least they wanted to do was worn her about those dangers before she left. The only problem was they were letting there fears get the better of them.

As Lily was packing in her room, her parents decided to come by and check on her. They stood in the door way for a few seconds, hesitating to confront her, then looked at each other for confirmation. George took a deep breath then looked back to his daughter ready to confront her.

"Hey sweetie, how's the packing coming?" he said while holding a weak grin. Lily turned suddenly to notice them real quick then turned back to her bags.

"Great. I think I'm almost done."

The two stepped in to the room as Susan spoke. "Oh that's wonderful dear. We just wanted to come by and say once more how proud of you we are."

"Ya, I never thought the day would come when…when our little girl…" he started to have a little trouble speaking while also trying to hold back the tears. Lily noticed this right away. "The big city, can you believe it Sue?" he continued as he managed to compose himself.

Lily could that something was wrong with them. "What's wrong you guys? Why do you look so upset?"

"Oh don't mind us. You know how emotional your father can get." Susan tried to cover for her husband, but he couldn't help but to speak up. "It's just that….the city can be such a dangerous place. The streets always have big cars passing by, there are violent crimes that happen when you least expect it, not to mention all the shifty characters that are all around you."

Lily looked at him with a half-smile and reassured him. "Dad, I'm an officer now. Chances are I'm going to run into a few shifty characters eventually, and when I do, I have been trained to handle then."

George quickly retorted. "Yes I'm sure you can sweetie….but just in case, I got you some things to help defend yourself." Immediately he reached over behind the door and came back with a small bag. Everyone looked into the bag as he pulled the items out one at a time. "I got you some pepper spray, in case you need to make a brief getaway. Oh and check this out." He said as he pulled out a small, yet very loud Taser. Lily covered her ears for a second to block out the noise of the Taser, and then kept looking through the bag.

"Oh for goodness sakes George, she's not going to need a Taser."

"Come on, when is there not a need for a Taser." As they bantered back and forth Lily pulled out a strange looking tube.

"Hey, what's this?" her father looked over to her and said, "oh, that's a whistle. In case someone tries to….you know…ra-"

"OOKAY! Well thank you for the gifts you guys," she said trying to abandon the subject, "but if you don't mind, I need to finish packing." She turned back over to her bags and started folding more clothes to put in. Susan walked up to her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Lily, sweetie, please understand. Your father and I are just worried about you and want to make sure that you stay safe." As irritated she was with the last subject, Lily couldn't be made at them for caring about her.

She sighed with a smile. "I know ma. And I really do appreciate it, but you don't have to worry. I'm going to be just fine." George then stepped forward.

"Lily, we are your parents. We are always going to worry about you." This made everyone in the room laugh and Lily pulled her parents in for a big hug.

"I love you guys."

The next day, the whole family was at the train station, ready to wave Lily off as she left for the capital. As the train arrived, she gave her family her final goodbyes and hugs then rushed into the train. She looked up the train schedule beforehand and found out the ride was going to take a good 12 hours before she got to the capital. So she prepared herself by bringing food, music, and a pillow just in case she got tired. The train was one of those fast bullet trains that got you places with in a few minutes. She use to watch it fly by all the time growing up, but she never got to ride in it. So this was completely new to here, and she enjoyed every second of it. She got to watch all the farms she grew up with wiz past her, feeling a little nostalgic with every orchard that past. The nostalgia soon passed and got replaced with excitement at seeing the big city. So distracted with her thoughts, she hadn't realized that the 12 hours had already passed and she was at the capital. Her eyes grew wide and her face beamed with joy as she watched as the tall buildings passed by her. As soon as the train pulled into the station, she leapt out of the train and got a good look at her surroundings. She had never seen so many gigantic buildings before in her life. Not only that, but now she was surrounded by all kinds of different species from all over the universe. She was so excited, she wanted to introduce herself to everyone she met, but she knew that would seem rude and a little awkward. So instead she just kept a big smile on her face and kept walking.

After a short cab ride, she had arrived to the apartment she had registered for and skipped inside. She approached the front desk to find a elderly female Grox behind it with a nametape that read 'Mrs. McKreedy'. The Grox are a species from the Toqus Nebula on the planet Ineubus. There most notable qualities are there single large eye and there squid like appendages. Generally as a species they are very kind and polite to others. This one, however, didn't show those traits.

Lily approached the Grox and spoke. "Hello there, I'm here about a room I had registered for?"

the Grox was reading a VR book when she looked up at the young woman standing in front of her desk with a big smile. She wasn't very amused as she rolled her eye and groaned as she looked into her registry book.

"Name?" she said with a groggy voice. Lily didn't let the actions faze her as she answered quickly.

"Lilian Kattswell."

The Grox looked through her book flipping pages till she found Lily's name. she reached over to her lock box and pulled out a room key. "Room 212 on the second floor, There is on smoking or no pets aloud in the building, any damage done to the room can be repaired by calling the maintenance number on the emergency contacts list in the hallway." She held out the key to Lily but pulled it back before she could grab it and continued, "It costs $30 and takes 5 business days to replace a key so don't lose it." she said sternly as she tossed the key to Lily.

Lily looked a little surprised at the tone but shook it off and continued to her room. "Thank you very much. Have a nice night." She exclaimed as she ran up the stairs. As she got to her front door, she unlocked it with her key and opened the door. The room wasn't much, just a studio with a bed, kitchenette, and a bathroom. However, to her it was the greatest thing in the world. Her first place all to herself. She wanted so badly to start decorating and making it more homely. But she remembered she had work in the morning so she decided to wait till tomorrow after work for that. For now she just laid out her uniform for the morning then hoped into bed. Tomorrow was when the real fun started.