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Written in the Stars: A Destined Romance

Chapter 17: The Visitor

X and Elle sat in Zed's office awaiting Kay and Jay, AND their next assignment. They didn't have to wait long before the two agents came in and took seats next to them.

"Word on the street is that the two illegal aliens that Elle and X were tailing were killed in some sort of explosion yesterday." Zed began briefing them, "If this turns out to be true then we've got an EVEN BIGGER problem lurking out there---"

"Were there any eye witnesses?" Kay asked.

"None that are willing to talk." Zed replied.

"What about leftover wreckage from the explosion?" Elle inquired.

"There was none, this leads us to think that the murder was a professional job." Zed responded with a trace of worry in his steady voice.

"So how EXACTLY are we supposed to track this homicidal maniac down?!" X demanded.

"By getting some key information from our 'political informant'." Zed said, making reference to a certain alien talking dog by the tabloid stands.

"Right. Let's move," Kay got up and hustled over to the door, "time to pay Frank a visit."

Before Elle or X could get out the door a woman's voice called out, "Laurel?! Is that YOU??"

"Huh?" Elle gasped. Kay, Jay, and Zed froze when they heard someone use Elle's real name. X groaned and covered his face with his clawed hand.

"Who in the world is that?!" Zed demanded.

A woman around Elle's age ran through the door and embraced Elle as if she were some sort of old friend that she hadn't seen in years---which, in fact---she was!

"Chassidy?" Elle and X both gasped.

"You know her?" Zed asked them.

"Yeah," even in that hideous human suit, X could still recognize his LITTLE SISTER! "she's my younger sister."

"Then how do YOU know her?" Zed asked Elle, "and how does she know that your birth name's Laurel?!"

"Long story," Elle muttered, still…it was good to see Chassidy again.

"Well??"

"Oh," Chassidy chuckled as she released Elle, "when I was like 8, I hopped onto the WRONG transport, luckily I was wearing a human suit, we were gonna visit Earth (the vacation planet) on the next trip, but anyways---I wound up stranded here and wandering around in the woods until I got exhausted and fell asleep. The transport had attracted AREA 51's attention and they managed to track me down. Elle stumbled onto me first though, and kept those jerks from getting their hands on me. We've been friends ever since!"

"I see…" Zed stated, still baffled. "And did you know that X was her older brother?" Zed asked Elle.

"No," Elle moaned, "my Uncle 'Chris' helped keep the whole thing a secret so no one would get in trouble, not even Chassidy's family knew the WHOLE story. I knew Chassidy had a brother, I just didn't know that out of all the JeeDangians in the universe---it was X!"

X was a little shocked by all this, but it did explain his sister's fascination with Earth, and why she'd insisted on her mother allowing her to return there every so often. (For summer breaks, Earth holidays, and stuff.)

Zed stared at Elle for a moment, "You definitely lead a very interesting life Agent."

Elle just shrugged.

"So," X turned to his sister, "what exactly are you doing here?"

"Can't a girl come visit her brother?" she asked as she ran a hand through the short reddish-orange hair of her human suit.

"Mom would've written and told me that you'd be coming."

"Uh, mom knows, she's just, busy now. Babysitting our little cousins and all." Chassidy's voice began to waver. She looked over at Elle with a worried and pained expression. This confused Elle, but she decided not to say anything.

"Well, I can see that you three have a lot of catching up to do," Zed turned to Kay and Jay, "you two handle Frank." Kay and Jay nodded and slowly left the office.

Chassidy followed X and Elle back to the living quarters.

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