Alright so, time for some of Millie's time to shine! Also to introduce her love interest. Enjoy!

New home new lives, chapter 3

Millie paced around her desk, she was shaking, unable to think of anything clearly. Mina had pulled one of her disappearing acts again. This was the worst one yet.

After coming home from working late, Millie found the house ransacked and the culprits, those thieving raccoons Shifty and Lifty,dead on the floor. One was strangled the other having his throat slit ear to ear. And Mina was nowhere to be found. After the boys were resurrected the next day Millie immediately interrogated the twins. Neither made any sense. She dropped it, figuring they would only lie, and put up missing persons posters and informed the authorities.

It had been a month. One month since she'd seen her friend. And everything was going so well; no disappearances, so self harm, nothing then -bam!- she was just gone.

"Hey, you're wasting both our times and we're losing money. Sit down and help me organize these photos," A voice snapped at her.

Millie glared at her companion, god she hated him so much.

Sitting at her desk, glaring at her was a blue squirrel with red framed glasses. His usual hat was left at his desk. He wore a white dress shirt with a red tie and brown khakis. His red eyes stayed on her, he was annoyed. He hated her as much as she hated him, but sadly they were always forced to work together. Millie wanted to grab him by his a ponytail at times and slam his face off of something.

She never did though because she'd be in a lot of trouble.

Walking over to the desk, she took the photographs from him. He protested, attempting to snatch them back, which resulted in a few ripping.

They glared at each other, silently.

After a few moments, "Great job, Splendid. Now we're short and don't have anytime to get more shots!"

"You're blaming me," his voice was rising, "maybe if you would work instead of daydreaming we wouldn't be behind!"

"Well I'm sorry that my best friend disappeared! I have more to worry about than work!" Millie shouted in response.

The argument was drawing a crowd of their co-workers but neither noticed.

"Then don't come if you're that fucking unconcerned! I don't need you holding me back!"

Millie clenched her teeth, her whiskers twitching, "I wouldn't if I didn't have bills to pay and I'm not going to mooch off my friend's earnings!"

"Stop it!"

Both turned to see a purple beaver in front of them, his violet eyes showed uncharacteristic annoyance. His arms crossed over his chest. With his a freckled cheeks, overbite and short stature he could be mistaken for a child.

"Toothy-"

He silenced Splendid with a glare.

"Lumpy said this would be easy, but all I hear are complaints about you two fighting constantly. If I'd known I wouldn't have taken charge while he was sick."

Millie and Splendid looked at their feet sheepishly.

Brushing a purple strand of hair out of his eyes, Toothy took out a clipboard and wrote something down.

He looked at them, "Go home. I'm docking your pay. Both of you."

The squirrel and cat glared at each other, seeming as if they were going to get into another argument.

"Out!" Toothy shouted before they could continue.

Millie grabbed her jacket and purse, marching out to the elevator. She hit the button and waited, not caring that she looked like a child. He started it.

Speak of the devil, he was standing next to her now.

'Stupid elevator hurry up.'

They both stole glares of each other, looking away when they realized the other was glaring.

Splendid hit the button and looked at his watch.

Finally the doors opened. They entered and stood on opposite sides of the space, Splendid hit the button for the first floor.

They waited, the hum of elevator music in the background. Each stole another glare at the other. Suddenly the elevator shook and stopped, Millie yelped and dropped her purse.

Splendid seemed unfazed. On the inside, however, he began to freak out. Why, why now? God, he hoped it wouldn't last long. He couldn't exactly save anyone. There was a witness. An annoying tight assed witness whom he despised. Trying not to shake, ignoring all his hero instincts the bluenette hit the emergency button. He seen that Millie was picking up her belongings.

Kneeling down to help her, not touching any of the obviously personal items. Millie gave him a slight glare but softened realizing he was only trying to help. She gathered the feminine objects quickly, a blush on her face.

Splendid handed her her cellphone, "Its cracked," he muttered.

Millie assessed the damage, sure enough a large crack displayed across the screen. She sighed and Mina had just bought it for her right before they moved to the cursed town.

Pocketing her phone, she noticed Splendid had just finished tucking her wallet into the purse. Millie gave him a smile of thanks, he nodded back.

Now to sit and wait. And wait. And wait.

'What's taking so long?!' Splendid screamed at himself.

'I could have gotten us out at least 20 times by now!' The squirrel was growing extremely impatient. 'No wonder this town as so many problems; public services are shit!'

He stood, resisting the urge to just pry the door open; keeping his identity hidden was top priority. He hit the emergency button, again. He instantly realized he'd hit it too hard when it sparked and the lights went out.

To his surprise, Millie didn't scream or make a sound; his eyes adjusted to the light and she was giving him an annoyed look. "Good job, Einstein, have anymore things you want to screw up?"

So much for the hospitality they'd shown each other.

"At least I'm doing something instead of sitting on my ass."

Millie rolled her eyes, hugging her purse close.

Leaning against the wall, Splendid closed his eyes. He assessed the situation. Alright, so, he could get them out and reveal his identity to at least one person or wait for god knows how much longer for the fire department to arrive and not reveal his identity.

There was only one issue with either. One of them could die.

If Splendid were to get them out of there Millie could die. He honestly hated to admit it but the squirrel could never fully master his powers. But if the fire department arrived, they, along with everyone in the general vicinity of the building could die. Aside from being inefficient, the town's services often lacked the ability to save people.

As much as the hero in him hated to admit, him getting them out of there could resolve in less death. Even if it meant revealing himself and the possible death of a civilian.

The best option was what he had to follow suit with.

"Millie," he opened his eyes, looking at her, "I know a way to get us out of here, but we need to put our differences aside for once."

Millie rose an eyebrow, confused. However her confusion turned to anger, "All this time-"

"Don't start arguing, save it for later."

Millie frowned, standing she crosses her arms, "Fine."

"Close your eyes."

"Excuse me?"

"Just do it," his frustration with her was growing again.

"I swear if you ditch me again, Splendid," her voice trailed as she closed she eyes.

Confused, but deciding to save the questions for late, Splendid quickly changed in his super suit, he always wore it under his work clothes. He pulled his mask from his pocket, placing it over his face.

Millie started to open her eyes.

"Not yet, keep them closed until I tell you otherwise."

The she cat grumbled in response, but complied.

With his super strength, the bluenette pried open the doors with ease.

It showed the elevator had stopped just as they were about to exit a floor.

Turning to face Millie, he froze. She was glaring at him. "You son of a bitch!"

His brow furrowed, that was most definitely the first time he'd ever heard her curse. "I'll explain later, come on."

He climbed out of the elevator, gripping the top with his hands and pulled, repositioning the elevator so it was on the level. Millie stepped out, cautiously. Once she was out of the elevator, Splendid released it. At that moment the cord snapped and it plummeted down the shaft, crashing at the bottom.

Splendid felt his stomach turn, if he hadn't made up his mind would it have snapped while they were still in?

Millie cleared her throat, behind him. The squirrel turned his attention away from the now damaged elevator shaft and looked at her.

"You have a lot of explaining," Her voice wasn't the usual malice she usually gave him. She sounded hurt, confused and even a little scared.

Sighing, "I'll fly you home and explain."

Millie's cheeks turned a shade of pink, "Huh?"

"I don't make that offer a lot, I'm not a taxi service, but it will be easier to explain that way. Less people in earshot."

Millie nodded, seeming to understand.

"And carrying you out would make good image."

She smacked him, which he expected. Though the playful smile was a shock.

He couldn't help but chuckle and picked her up bridal style. Using an eye blast to open a path, he then flew out.

"Show off," Millie giggled.

Splendid smirked, proudly, blasting off toward the cat's home.

He'd been there for work related things before so he knew the way. Work related meaning the two times Shifty and Lifty attempted to rob the house.

"So are you going to be silent now or do I get my explanation?"

Splendid sighed, having hoped the view would have captivated her attention,"What exactly do you want to know?"

Millie seemed taken aback for a moment, "In broad perspective, everything but in specifics you're going to have to give me a moment to figure that out."

As he was about to tell her to take her time a question of his own came, "When did I ditch you?"

"Do you remember my first day, when we were assigned to work together and Lumpy sent us out to do a story?"

Splendid nodded, silently.

"When Handy's tow truck nearly hit us after Mole ran him off the road I thought you took off and left me there to die. I see now though that you didn't though."

Splendid remembered, that was definitely one of his record changes with minimal casualties. He'd felt quite proud.

He also remembered after saving Millie and changing back that she was absolutely livid. Then after that the two just kind of hated each other.

"Sorry, I suppose."

"I'm not upset about it now, seeing that it was you who saved me," she was quiet for a moment, "I'm sorry for how I've treated you."

"I've been kind of an ass to you, myself. I apologize."

He landed at her door and set her down, helping her keep her balance. Millie blushed, "Thank you for saving me then and now, Splendid."

Chuckling, "It's what I do."

They stared at each other for a little while after that in an awkward silence.

"Uh, am I interrupting something?"

Splendid turned to face the voice and Millie peeked around him, her face lit up with excitement, "Flippy!"

Flippy smiled back, "I, uh, just wanted to see if Mina came back at all."

Millie's smile faded, "You still haven't seen her either huh?"

The military bear shook his head sadly. He'd been helping her look for Mina, which as, Mina boyfriend, Millie expected him to. Splendid felt awkward amongst the forlorn.

The superhero cleared his throat,"I should get going, someone in this town most-definitely needs saving."

"Hey, Splendid," Millie started, solemnly, "I know you help more with crime but could you please help us? We've done everything we could but we've had no luck."

"If you need help that badly, then I suppose," Splendid smiled at her.

Flippy looked between the two, then smiled slightly, "I'm going to get going."

Millie tilted her head in confusion, her ears flattening, "Huh?"

"I'm going to look around a few places, then head home," he paused a moment, then smiled,"Besides he gets antsy if I stay in one place for to long."

Millie giggled, realizing he was referring to his other half. She'd met him once during an search about a week prior.

Millie and Flippy had been putting up more posters since someone had been ripping them down. Mime was making a balloon animal for a child across the street. It popped. All hell broke loose. Flippy didn't stop sending apology texts until Millie demanded he did after 3 days. Getting him to stop verbal apology was a more difficult task.

"Again, sorry about last week! Let me know if she turns up," the bear waved, then ran off. Millie sighs. Still apologizing.

" So I guess it's true about his problems?" Splendid asked.

Millie nodded, "Yeah, I figured you'd know that."

"We've never actually met, I've just heard things," Splendid explained.

"Maybe after Mina is found we could all go out together to get acquainted better."

Millie's eyes widened and her face felt like it was on fire, "I-I mean-"

Chuckling, "I know what you meant. As friends."

Millie nodded, though confused at to why the statement hurt, her ears flattened. Splendid noticed the change, "Or maybe more?"

The blush returned full force, causing Splendid to nearly burst into hysterics but he restrained himself. He continued to speak though, chuckling under his breath, "I'll stop by Saturday."

"Wha?" Her face was still red.

"To help with finding your friend. We both should be off then."

Millie nodded, and watched as the squirrel took off into the sky. A blue streak was left behind, though it faded seconds later.

Millie unlocked her front door and stepped in, relocking it behind her. She flopped down onto the couch, still in her work clothes. All the excitement of the day catching up to her made her exhausted, she fell asleep.

I'm impatient okay? But I've decided against a complete smut story like I was planning. So I hope you all enjoyed! Meana and Fliqpy may or may not be the next chapter. I may decide to keep the spotlight on Millie and Splendid for a while. Its all in what you guys tell me and what I feel.