Chapter 16: Sandrock
"Geez, Aunt Neko. I thought you never drank....... uhhh, lemme get that bottle of wine you wanted." - Sandrock


I walked down the hall towards the kitchen. Aunt Neko was pulling an all-nighter working on that 'wad o' snot', and wanted a drink. Actually what she wanted was that bottle of red wine in the 'frige. Aunt Neko's immune to that stuff. I've never seen her drunk after drinking it. It's scary. I turned a corner and, literally, ran into this beautiful girl. She was a couple of inches shorter than me, and had the blackest eyes I've ever seen. There are some eyes that are such dark brown they look black, but hers were black!

"I'm so sorry, I didn't see you." I said quickly as I helped her up. You see, our living area is just a section of The Underground. Most of the time, no one comes here unless it's to use the training room. The girl looked like she was on her way there, then I spotted a folder under one arm.

"It's okay. I wasn't paying attention either. I'm Xian."

"Trent's big sister? That Xian?" I asked. Trent spoke about his sister, he holds her in highest regards because she works with Aunt Neko, who he thinks is the smartest person in the Underground. Truth is, I think Uncle Chaos and Aunt Neko are the smartest people in the Underground.

"Yeah. That's me. Usually Trent's called 'Xian's little brother', or something like that."

"Really? Geez. So we're the only ones that remeber his name? Us being the Shadow Squad, I mean."

"Yeah, I guess."

"I cannot tell you how much that must suck."

"Yeah well, I got the picture awhile ago. So I've been refering to him as Trent and not 'my little brother'."

"Good move."

"I think so. Well, I gotta go. I have to get to the lab and give this report to Neko. I'm about to fall on my face, I'm so tired."

"I have to get Aunt Neko something. Walk with me? I wanna talk more with you."

Xian blushed lightly. Has she never been asked to stay for a conversation? "Alright." She said, softly. I felt my heart flutter.
~She'll stay? She's staying. She's staying to talk to me. She likes me. She wants to marry me and bare my children. Yes. That is a good plan.~