Zero looked himself up and down in the mirror, already decked out in a museum security uniform, from his tan button up shirt to his pitched black pants and his black security cap.

"Well doesn't someone look spiffy" Xero said as she walked into the room also wearing a uniform. "Who's the lucky lady" she asked sarcastically.

"Well, you never know. There might be some pretty women tonight.

Xero just stood there and rolled her eyes.

"You know women just go crazy over a man with a sewn on badge and a flashlight" he said.

"Ok, come along James Bond, Mole's already in the surveillance room" she said as she took his arm and lead him to Mole.

Mole watched as people started to trickle into the museum, not a single one aware that there safety could be in danger, or that an unknown organization known as the Modifyers were watching over them. 'It's too bad' Mole thought.

He turned as Xero and Zero walked into the room. "All right, we're all here, let's review the agenda."

Zero and Xero both rolled their eyes, already knowing the procedure up and down. Zero spoke up, "I'll be on the balcony over watching the diamond."

"I'll be on the ground level keeping an eye on the mayor and making sure he, or anyone else don't just disappear" Xero said.

"And you'll be the grand birds eye view" Xero and Zero said in unison to Mole.

"Right, and you both have your communicators on?" Mole asked. They both tapped their inner ear until they heard 2 beeps.

"How long is this shift" Zero asked.

"From 6-10, then you two get a 2 hour break, and then from 12-5" Mole said nonchalantly.

"I think we're going to need something a lot stronger than tea" Xero told Zero as they left the surveillance room, both going to their separate positions.

Xero watched the clock click away like a chisel on granite. "7 minutes down, so many more to go" she said bored.

She looked up and saw Zero at his position, leaning on a nere by pillar trying to get into a comfortable position.

Xero turned towards the doors as she heard cameras clicking. Instantly she recognized the center of the crowds attention.

"That's mayor Warheart?" she heard Zero ask over the communicator.

"Yea" she comformed.

They both looked at the 5'9" sized man in the blue suit. His hair parted to the side, with light gray streaming through his dark chocolate colored hair.

"So are we guarding him or is he guarding us" Zero said still shocked by the mayor's appearance. "You know I thought we were protecting a very old, old, old man."

"Technically I'm more guarding him and and the civilians and you're just instant back up" she said jokingly.

"ahhh, I'm your wingman" he said back.

"Well, you're the best, best wingman that is" she said.

"That's what I'm here for, to make you look good. Easiest job ever" he said.

Xero felt her face turn red and hot. She looked around and saw a refreshments table. "Well I'll talk to you later, after you're done crying" she said as she left the communicator conversation and walked over to the table.

"Can I have a water" she asked the table manager. The man handed her the water bottle that she chugged within a millisecond trying to cool her warm face.

"Can my friend here have another water" she heard a woman's voice say.

Xero turned and saw a woman in a long black dress, probably in her early 40's sitting next to her.

"O. Thank you" Xero said as she was handed another water bottle.

"No problem" the woman said "It's just that your face is as red as a fire hydrant."

"Well there are a lot of people here, making the room very warm" Xero explained.

"O, I just assumed you were red from crying or laughing" the woman explained.

"Crying?" Xero asked surprised that someone thought she was crying. "I'm more happy than anything else."

"And why are you happy?" the woman asked sincerely

Xero was silent for a moment, unsure if she should tell the stranger more. "I have good friends" Xero finally said "they know how to make me happy about coming to work everyday."

"I guess you need good friends with great attitudes for a job like this" the woman said.

"Yeeaa" Xero said agreeing to the half truth.

I use to have friends like that" the woman said as she reminisced of another time.

"Who are you?" Xero finally asked breaking the woman out of her memories. "You look familiar too me."

"My name is Susan Shadows" Xero looked at her shocked.

"Susan Shadows, as in tv star character Lady Shadows?!"

"The very same, you know I only got the role because of my convent last name" Susan said.

"I use to watch your show when I was a kid! What have you been up to recently" Xero asked as though she was catching up with an old friend.

"Retirement, and of course a few selective appearances."

Before Xero could ramble about her childhood Susan cut her off before she could even start. "Hey, before you go all fan girl on me, let me impart some hard learned wisdom to you…"

Xero leaned in intently to her what she had to say.

"Life can sometimes be awful and ugly like a desert, but the right friends can make your life as beautiful as an oasis" Susan said.

Xero pondered over what she had been told. She turned a s Susan got up from her seat.

"Where are you going" Xero asked curiously.

"Gonna go talk to a few other friends. As should you" she said as she walked away.

Xero sat their and just smiled. 'If what she says is true, then my life is already an oasis' she thought as she reactivated her communicator.

"Yea" Zero asked from the other side.

"I spy with my little eyes something blue."

She held her breath as she heard only silence from his end.

"Is it the mayor's suit" he asked.