Sapphire Midnight
Chapter 10
Clearance and Information
I haven't worked on this one for a long time! I almost forgot about this fic. I can't believe I forgot! I'm really sorry everybody! I'll try harder to remember from now on. Well, on with the story, cause I know that's what you really want. This chapter is kind of boring, but essential to the story. Oh yes it is also the first chapter of the year 2004. Happy Reading!
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In the Sapphire Establishment.
At dawn the group began to wake up, Katie and Case being the first to wake up tool it upon themselves to wake everyone else up. The girls had a little tiny problem with it because they were still a little tired, but they were happy to be awake and not caught in a spell that could have kept them in a state of endless reflection forever. The experience that left them with three thoughts, 'if anyone tries to do that again I'll kill them,' 'it must suck being dead,' and 'I never want to fall asleep again!'
The guys however, did not appreciate being woken up at 3 o'clock in the morning, no matter how pretty the person who woke them. Demos and Zin were the least happy about these turns of events. KNIGHTS force officials woke up two hours later than the time they were woken up at. Nobody was really happy about waking up at this time, but Demos and Zin were the ones who let their displeasure shine like the sun.
"Who wakes up at three o'clock? What is wrong with you people?" Demos yelled. It was a good thing the walls were sound proofed because the sheer volume of his voice would have woken the entire establishment.
"I agree, we need more sleep than this. It isn't normal for people to wake up at this hour. Four o'clock is out of the question and even five is pushing it!" Zin argued on Demos' side.
Case and Anna were fed up with this childishness and were angry because they almost lost their hearing. Anna stepped up first.
"Oh for the love of Pete! Hell on Earth used to ignore all child labor laws and wake us up at three o'clock every morning to train and learn so many things our brains would be ready to explode! If you could handle it then, you can handle it now!" she screamed at the two guys who now looked like they wanted to crawl under a rock and die.
Case couldn't help but add, "In case you've forgotten, we are in the middle of an establishment wide crisis. More is at stake here than you beauty sleep. I can't believe someone so selfish would be chosen to awaken us. Your spirit is pathetic!"
Demos and Zin, though obviously shredded by that last comment, refused to give up without a fight.
"If it weren't for these pathetic and selfish men you wouldn't be here right now!" Demos shouted at Case angrily. She didn't even blink.
"We haven't woken up this early since graduation, it takes time to get used to it again," Zin weakly submitted as a defense. Anna just looked at him as if to say 'get over it wimp.'
Case was going to win this argument if it killed her. She was really angry now. Her calm expression didn't fade, but her eyes were like hell fire and her voice was dangerously low and full of will and conviction.
"Get over yourselves. We appreciate that you woke us up from a never- ending nightmare, but if you think that means we owe you something, you are mistaken. You get enough compensation from your deals with the emperors of the establishments. I'm sorry if you had to kiss complete strangers in order to get a chance to escape and run away from everything, and you have wake up a whole two hours early, but you know what? I don't give a damn. All I care about right now is all of those people who are counting on us to win this battle, I'm not worried about what will happen to me in the process or after it; I'll worry about that later. All that counts now is saving those people who believe in us."
With that the whole room went quiet. She was so livid she left the room followed by Anna who was ready to calm her down. The girls stared at their feet while the guys glared at the two who screwed it up for all of them. Demos and Zin wanted more than ever to just drop dead that very instant. They really fucked up this time.
Case was now in her own room with Anna and picking out her clothes for the day. She put on her jeans and a new black T-shirt that had long sleeves that flared at the elbow. As she was lacing up her heeled boots she was fuming to Anna who had been dressing on the other side of the room and was now tying her navy tennis shoes. She had on jeans and a navy blue shirt similar to Case's, but hers had a picture of an aqua pearl flower on it. Case finished and put on a watch and locket. Anna put on her watch and the favorite vintage hat. It was like a beatnik hat. Case and she had been talking the entire time they were doing all of this.
Anna had managed to calm Case down, but she didn't have to do much. Case was still angry when she started talking to Anna, but she was more sad than angry at this point. She had let her anger escape her while she had been fighting with the two guys in the other room.
"I'm sorry I had to say it, but it needed to be said. Do they even realize what it's like to hear that and almost lose your hearing over it?" she asked Anna.
"I don't know, but they definitely feel guilty now. It's almost like they didn't even realize what they'd gotten themselves into before it blew up in their faces. We can relate to that, but that doesn't mean that we should be sympathetic. They're actually getting something out of this deal," Anna replied.
The two girls smiled at each other and got ready to leave when they actually introduced themselves to each other properly.
"I'm Anna Marie Renea Skye, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"And I'm Case Nicoliana Harmony, it's equally pleasurable to make your acquaintance." The two girls laughed at how formal they must have sounded. They hadn't forgotten the custom the Academy taught them. They hadn't had the chance to yet.
"You can call me Anna."
"You can call me Case."
The others had apparently gotten dressed as well. Everyone was wearing jeans of some sort with their secondary color being the main color of their shirt. Katie's was orange, Amber's was Maroon, Mona's was gold, DJ's was Silver, and their male counterparts where the same. Demos and Zin apologized as the group made their way to the conference room. They had been quickly forgiven and it was somewhat of a relief that nobody decided to hold a grudge.
It had been 20 minutes when the group finally sat down to a breakfast of donuts, English muffins with jam, and coffee. The group decided to split into factions to get the work done faster.
Katie, Case, Marcus, and Yokashi formed a group to find out the enemies' possible motives and whittle the possibilities down as much as possible. Heero, Zin, Anna, and Mona formed a group to analyze the attack patterns and find out what would be struck next, where, when, and how. Amber, DJ, Demos, and Miliardo formed the last group who would try to find out who was doing this and what their powers were. Everyone worked until about 3 o 'clock p.m. when they took their lunch break and finally started talking to each other as people eating lunch together. When they were done everyone moved back to their workstations and their work.
The emperor came into the conference room to see where they had all gotten. Everyone was working on a lap top computer and talking in low voices to keep from interrupting a different group from their work. It was really more like an office without phones than a conference. He almost thought he had the wrong room. Sapphire Emperor decided to talk to Case first, since she was really the only one he recognized.
"Guardian, what is the stand point of your group?" he asked rather rudely.
"Well," she began, "If I knew which guardian and which group you were talking about, perhaps I could tell you, Your Excellency."
"Watch your tongue Guardian, what is going on here? I demand to know the progress you have made," Sapphire Emperor said.
"My emperor, we were just about to report to each other the status of our factions' findings. It is only our first day so we might not have gotten as far as we'd originally hoped," she answered professionally.
Case's group went first, "Katie, Marcus, Yokashi and I have found out the following."
Katie continued where Case left off almost as if she had been reading her thoughts.
"The enemies seem to have one thing in common, they wanted the awakening ceremonies disrupted. It is clear that our awakening was not something they wanted. But that caused a strange, yet perfectly reasonable thought to come to mind, what if that's just what they wanted us to think?"
Yokashi picked up with, "It made perfect sense, they wanted us to think that it would ruin their plans if we awakened the guardians, but they knew that the attacks would eventually lead to this. The question is why? What reason could they possibly have for doing this?"
Marcus presented the theories they had come up with, "Possibility number one, the group are terrorists with access to genetic labs, all sorts of technology, and people. We believe that the ringleaders that have shown themselves have been trained by the Academy, and their ringleader must be extremely powerful in order to have that many resources. Possibility number two, these people have something against the guardians and are out for revenge, in which case, they are probably hiding their true powers from us. Possibility number three, the attacks are a diversion, meant to distract us from their real plan. In which case the outcome could be catastrophic for the people of the establishments. So far, this is all we have as far as motives go."
Case cut in before the emperor moved on to the next Faction's findings.
"However, we would like to point out that we don't know much about the attackers yet. We are having a hard time accessing information relating to the attackers. So far all we have is that the attackers have all been women and genetically altered creatures. We know they introduced themselves with the names Io, Europa, and Callista. We assume that these names are false, and we knew that the names were all moons of Jupiter. Thus we have concluded that the offenders are somehow involved with the building projects on Jupiter's moons. We need more time to get a real fix on the problem."
"Hmm, this is very serious. I'll do my best to get you any clearance you may need to anything, but all I can do is give you the key, you need to find the right doors," Sapphire Emperor said thoughtfully.
"Zin, Mona, Anna, and I have found out the following about the attack patterns of the enemies," Heero said.
Mona picked up right away, "The attacks have all taken place at highly populated areas in each establishment, the attackers also chose to attack the temples in the center of each establishment's capital cities. They struck first at the First Imperial Bank chapters near the capitals. This is where they first introduced themselves. They decided to attack places that would effect the people. So naturally, trade, and the economy was affected. Since they have already dealt a blow to the people's morale by attacking the temples, it is only natural that they will next attack food carriers, we have done some research and found that the most highly sought after food market is the Supply Street. Most people in the establishments get their food there, and that is the most likely place they will attack next. The busiest part of Supply Street is the Check out station. We think this is where they will attack next, however there has been no pattern in time, so we cannot estimate when."
"The best we can do now is to wait for their next move and try to be prepared. The KNIGHTS force has come up with no patterns or strategies for this, and it has taken an extremely long time to figure this much out. They are good at making themselves look like amateurs, so we must not underestimate their plans, whatever they may be," Zin explained.
"We need to stay in direct contact with the food suppliers all over the establishments, so we'll need your clearance and permission sire. We also need to have cooperation from the rest of the emperors," Anna said.
"Something will happen soon. We know that the attacks have never been spaced out this far, they must be planning another attack. It is best that we stay on our guard," Daranden added as a final statement.
"You have my permission to start connecting with the food suppliers, and I will immediately get the emperors to follow suit. You must make haste," the emperor said.
With that Zin, Anna, Daranden, and Mona all left the room to complete their mission. It was clear that they were relieved to go, but they spent no time getting jackets, they immediately ran to the supply room for communicators. After that, the group was off with the aid of Daranden to show them where to go, since none of them have ever been in the Sapphire Establishment.
The next group presented their information on the attackers, which was severely lacking, despite their best efforts. They could not find much information on the attackers, but what they did find out was not of much aid.
"Demos, Amber, Miliardo, and I have found out the following about the attackers," DJ began for the group.
Demos cut in right away to show that he had doe his fair share. "The one known as Io used to head a large crime syndicate, they were the culprits of many robberies of the most secure banks in all of the establishments. It was very clear that she was never actually caught. She has supernatural powers, but I have no idea as to the extent of those powers. She is a criminal mastermind, but nowhere near smart enough to operate a genetic lab, let alone by herself. We have therefore come to the conclusion that all of these attackers are working together in this operation."
Amber cut in with the next tidbit of information. "The one known as Europa used to be involved in smuggling operations. She used to also pull off small sabotage jobs. That is all of the information available on this attacker."
Miliardo told the room about the last attacker. "The one known as Callista used to be involved in counterfeit money operations. That is all of the information we have on her at the moment."
DJ added her last tidbit before letting the emperor have his say in the matter. "All of the information that we have gathered on these attackers was taken from the KNIGHTS force data base. The information we got was based on physical descriptions. Those who have fought against the attackers know their powers, but that won't do us much good because the KNIGHTS force doesn't document the powers or if they went to a training facility or not. The fastest way to get what we need is to get clearance to the database of the Academy and do research from there. If we know more about these enemies, we can find out more about their objectives and motives."
The emperor seemed quite impressed with all of the progress the guardians have made with the KNIGHTS. He gave his word that he would contact the guardians the second he had the necessary clearance for the information they needed and the things they had to do. Exactly one hour after he left the missing group returned from their mission. Nobody went back to work.
Conversations about things completely not related to the matter at hand ensued and when they were finally notified that they had all of the clearance they needed to go on working, it was eight o'clock. Everyone except for Demos and Case went to distribute the communicators to food suppliers. Demos and Case stayed behind to continue the research on Io, Europa, and Callista.
The first place they looked was in the Academy database. They looked for the powers first in order to narrow the search down a bit. They entered Europa's power first. This attacker controlled plant life, she could do anything as far as plants went. They found out that precisely 2, 458 people had this power and only 800 of those people were men. Next they entered her physical description. Blonde hair, green eyes, and pale skin. Only 300 females matched that description. The final resort was the name Europa. When they entered this name only 3 women were left to chose from. The Europa that attacked the cities was the third name on the records. They printed out the information and set to work searching for information on the rest of the attackers and anything they had in common.
Meanwhile.
The rest of the team went on distributing the communicators all around the establishments. And as they distributed, they found that they had missed some suppliers, the task literally took them until 9:00 o'clock P.M. the next day to complete. When they returned nobody had enough energy left to talk so everyone went directly to bed. Case and Demos had used their powers of healing on everyone to make the fatigue that they suffered from go away, but the need for rest was still apparent. So they let everyone rest before sharing their important findings with everyone else. The resting period lasted for about 6 hours. It was just barely enough time to let their strength return to them. It was three o'clock in the morning again, but nobody complained this time.
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Wow, that was a pretty long chapter. Five whole pages of this kind of stuff is very hard to write for you people you know? Happy New Year. I hope you all make good on your resolutions like reviewing more! I will try to update more, but that might not be very feasible once I get back to school. I have mid terms coming up soon and a learner's permit to earn. I have a lot of studying to do still. I probably won't be updating too soon, but I'll try to do it more often. Well, good bye for now.
Love ya!
Sapphire
Chapter 10
Clearance and Information
I haven't worked on this one for a long time! I almost forgot about this fic. I can't believe I forgot! I'm really sorry everybody! I'll try harder to remember from now on. Well, on with the story, cause I know that's what you really want. This chapter is kind of boring, but essential to the story. Oh yes it is also the first chapter of the year 2004. Happy Reading!
~
In the Sapphire Establishment.
At dawn the group began to wake up, Katie and Case being the first to wake up tool it upon themselves to wake everyone else up. The girls had a little tiny problem with it because they were still a little tired, but they were happy to be awake and not caught in a spell that could have kept them in a state of endless reflection forever. The experience that left them with three thoughts, 'if anyone tries to do that again I'll kill them,' 'it must suck being dead,' and 'I never want to fall asleep again!'
The guys however, did not appreciate being woken up at 3 o'clock in the morning, no matter how pretty the person who woke them. Demos and Zin were the least happy about these turns of events. KNIGHTS force officials woke up two hours later than the time they were woken up at. Nobody was really happy about waking up at this time, but Demos and Zin were the ones who let their displeasure shine like the sun.
"Who wakes up at three o'clock? What is wrong with you people?" Demos yelled. It was a good thing the walls were sound proofed because the sheer volume of his voice would have woken the entire establishment.
"I agree, we need more sleep than this. It isn't normal for people to wake up at this hour. Four o'clock is out of the question and even five is pushing it!" Zin argued on Demos' side.
Case and Anna were fed up with this childishness and were angry because they almost lost their hearing. Anna stepped up first.
"Oh for the love of Pete! Hell on Earth used to ignore all child labor laws and wake us up at three o'clock every morning to train and learn so many things our brains would be ready to explode! If you could handle it then, you can handle it now!" she screamed at the two guys who now looked like they wanted to crawl under a rock and die.
Case couldn't help but add, "In case you've forgotten, we are in the middle of an establishment wide crisis. More is at stake here than you beauty sleep. I can't believe someone so selfish would be chosen to awaken us. Your spirit is pathetic!"
Demos and Zin, though obviously shredded by that last comment, refused to give up without a fight.
"If it weren't for these pathetic and selfish men you wouldn't be here right now!" Demos shouted at Case angrily. She didn't even blink.
"We haven't woken up this early since graduation, it takes time to get used to it again," Zin weakly submitted as a defense. Anna just looked at him as if to say 'get over it wimp.'
Case was going to win this argument if it killed her. She was really angry now. Her calm expression didn't fade, but her eyes were like hell fire and her voice was dangerously low and full of will and conviction.
"Get over yourselves. We appreciate that you woke us up from a never- ending nightmare, but if you think that means we owe you something, you are mistaken. You get enough compensation from your deals with the emperors of the establishments. I'm sorry if you had to kiss complete strangers in order to get a chance to escape and run away from everything, and you have wake up a whole two hours early, but you know what? I don't give a damn. All I care about right now is all of those people who are counting on us to win this battle, I'm not worried about what will happen to me in the process or after it; I'll worry about that later. All that counts now is saving those people who believe in us."
With that the whole room went quiet. She was so livid she left the room followed by Anna who was ready to calm her down. The girls stared at their feet while the guys glared at the two who screwed it up for all of them. Demos and Zin wanted more than ever to just drop dead that very instant. They really fucked up this time.
Case was now in her own room with Anna and picking out her clothes for the day. She put on her jeans and a new black T-shirt that had long sleeves that flared at the elbow. As she was lacing up her heeled boots she was fuming to Anna who had been dressing on the other side of the room and was now tying her navy tennis shoes. She had on jeans and a navy blue shirt similar to Case's, but hers had a picture of an aqua pearl flower on it. Case finished and put on a watch and locket. Anna put on her watch and the favorite vintage hat. It was like a beatnik hat. Case and she had been talking the entire time they were doing all of this.
Anna had managed to calm Case down, but she didn't have to do much. Case was still angry when she started talking to Anna, but she was more sad than angry at this point. She had let her anger escape her while she had been fighting with the two guys in the other room.
"I'm sorry I had to say it, but it needed to be said. Do they even realize what it's like to hear that and almost lose your hearing over it?" she asked Anna.
"I don't know, but they definitely feel guilty now. It's almost like they didn't even realize what they'd gotten themselves into before it blew up in their faces. We can relate to that, but that doesn't mean that we should be sympathetic. They're actually getting something out of this deal," Anna replied.
The two girls smiled at each other and got ready to leave when they actually introduced themselves to each other properly.
"I'm Anna Marie Renea Skye, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"And I'm Case Nicoliana Harmony, it's equally pleasurable to make your acquaintance." The two girls laughed at how formal they must have sounded. They hadn't forgotten the custom the Academy taught them. They hadn't had the chance to yet.
"You can call me Anna."
"You can call me Case."
The others had apparently gotten dressed as well. Everyone was wearing jeans of some sort with their secondary color being the main color of their shirt. Katie's was orange, Amber's was Maroon, Mona's was gold, DJ's was Silver, and their male counterparts where the same. Demos and Zin apologized as the group made their way to the conference room. They had been quickly forgiven and it was somewhat of a relief that nobody decided to hold a grudge.
It had been 20 minutes when the group finally sat down to a breakfast of donuts, English muffins with jam, and coffee. The group decided to split into factions to get the work done faster.
Katie, Case, Marcus, and Yokashi formed a group to find out the enemies' possible motives and whittle the possibilities down as much as possible. Heero, Zin, Anna, and Mona formed a group to analyze the attack patterns and find out what would be struck next, where, when, and how. Amber, DJ, Demos, and Miliardo formed the last group who would try to find out who was doing this and what their powers were. Everyone worked until about 3 o 'clock p.m. when they took their lunch break and finally started talking to each other as people eating lunch together. When they were done everyone moved back to their workstations and their work.
The emperor came into the conference room to see where they had all gotten. Everyone was working on a lap top computer and talking in low voices to keep from interrupting a different group from their work. It was really more like an office without phones than a conference. He almost thought he had the wrong room. Sapphire Emperor decided to talk to Case first, since she was really the only one he recognized.
"Guardian, what is the stand point of your group?" he asked rather rudely.
"Well," she began, "If I knew which guardian and which group you were talking about, perhaps I could tell you, Your Excellency."
"Watch your tongue Guardian, what is going on here? I demand to know the progress you have made," Sapphire Emperor said.
"My emperor, we were just about to report to each other the status of our factions' findings. It is only our first day so we might not have gotten as far as we'd originally hoped," she answered professionally.
Case's group went first, "Katie, Marcus, Yokashi and I have found out the following."
Katie continued where Case left off almost as if she had been reading her thoughts.
"The enemies seem to have one thing in common, they wanted the awakening ceremonies disrupted. It is clear that our awakening was not something they wanted. But that caused a strange, yet perfectly reasonable thought to come to mind, what if that's just what they wanted us to think?"
Yokashi picked up with, "It made perfect sense, they wanted us to think that it would ruin their plans if we awakened the guardians, but they knew that the attacks would eventually lead to this. The question is why? What reason could they possibly have for doing this?"
Marcus presented the theories they had come up with, "Possibility number one, the group are terrorists with access to genetic labs, all sorts of technology, and people. We believe that the ringleaders that have shown themselves have been trained by the Academy, and their ringleader must be extremely powerful in order to have that many resources. Possibility number two, these people have something against the guardians and are out for revenge, in which case, they are probably hiding their true powers from us. Possibility number three, the attacks are a diversion, meant to distract us from their real plan. In which case the outcome could be catastrophic for the people of the establishments. So far, this is all we have as far as motives go."
Case cut in before the emperor moved on to the next Faction's findings.
"However, we would like to point out that we don't know much about the attackers yet. We are having a hard time accessing information relating to the attackers. So far all we have is that the attackers have all been women and genetically altered creatures. We know they introduced themselves with the names Io, Europa, and Callista. We assume that these names are false, and we knew that the names were all moons of Jupiter. Thus we have concluded that the offenders are somehow involved with the building projects on Jupiter's moons. We need more time to get a real fix on the problem."
"Hmm, this is very serious. I'll do my best to get you any clearance you may need to anything, but all I can do is give you the key, you need to find the right doors," Sapphire Emperor said thoughtfully.
"Zin, Mona, Anna, and I have found out the following about the attack patterns of the enemies," Heero said.
Mona picked up right away, "The attacks have all taken place at highly populated areas in each establishment, the attackers also chose to attack the temples in the center of each establishment's capital cities. They struck first at the First Imperial Bank chapters near the capitals. This is where they first introduced themselves. They decided to attack places that would effect the people. So naturally, trade, and the economy was affected. Since they have already dealt a blow to the people's morale by attacking the temples, it is only natural that they will next attack food carriers, we have done some research and found that the most highly sought after food market is the Supply Street. Most people in the establishments get their food there, and that is the most likely place they will attack next. The busiest part of Supply Street is the Check out station. We think this is where they will attack next, however there has been no pattern in time, so we cannot estimate when."
"The best we can do now is to wait for their next move and try to be prepared. The KNIGHTS force has come up with no patterns or strategies for this, and it has taken an extremely long time to figure this much out. They are good at making themselves look like amateurs, so we must not underestimate their plans, whatever they may be," Zin explained.
"We need to stay in direct contact with the food suppliers all over the establishments, so we'll need your clearance and permission sire. We also need to have cooperation from the rest of the emperors," Anna said.
"Something will happen soon. We know that the attacks have never been spaced out this far, they must be planning another attack. It is best that we stay on our guard," Daranden added as a final statement.
"You have my permission to start connecting with the food suppliers, and I will immediately get the emperors to follow suit. You must make haste," the emperor said.
With that Zin, Anna, Daranden, and Mona all left the room to complete their mission. It was clear that they were relieved to go, but they spent no time getting jackets, they immediately ran to the supply room for communicators. After that, the group was off with the aid of Daranden to show them where to go, since none of them have ever been in the Sapphire Establishment.
The next group presented their information on the attackers, which was severely lacking, despite their best efforts. They could not find much information on the attackers, but what they did find out was not of much aid.
"Demos, Amber, Miliardo, and I have found out the following about the attackers," DJ began for the group.
Demos cut in right away to show that he had doe his fair share. "The one known as Io used to head a large crime syndicate, they were the culprits of many robberies of the most secure banks in all of the establishments. It was very clear that she was never actually caught. She has supernatural powers, but I have no idea as to the extent of those powers. She is a criminal mastermind, but nowhere near smart enough to operate a genetic lab, let alone by herself. We have therefore come to the conclusion that all of these attackers are working together in this operation."
Amber cut in with the next tidbit of information. "The one known as Europa used to be involved in smuggling operations. She used to also pull off small sabotage jobs. That is all of the information available on this attacker."
Miliardo told the room about the last attacker. "The one known as Callista used to be involved in counterfeit money operations. That is all of the information we have on her at the moment."
DJ added her last tidbit before letting the emperor have his say in the matter. "All of the information that we have gathered on these attackers was taken from the KNIGHTS force data base. The information we got was based on physical descriptions. Those who have fought against the attackers know their powers, but that won't do us much good because the KNIGHTS force doesn't document the powers or if they went to a training facility or not. The fastest way to get what we need is to get clearance to the database of the Academy and do research from there. If we know more about these enemies, we can find out more about their objectives and motives."
The emperor seemed quite impressed with all of the progress the guardians have made with the KNIGHTS. He gave his word that he would contact the guardians the second he had the necessary clearance for the information they needed and the things they had to do. Exactly one hour after he left the missing group returned from their mission. Nobody went back to work.
Conversations about things completely not related to the matter at hand ensued and when they were finally notified that they had all of the clearance they needed to go on working, it was eight o'clock. Everyone except for Demos and Case went to distribute the communicators to food suppliers. Demos and Case stayed behind to continue the research on Io, Europa, and Callista.
The first place they looked was in the Academy database. They looked for the powers first in order to narrow the search down a bit. They entered Europa's power first. This attacker controlled plant life, she could do anything as far as plants went. They found out that precisely 2, 458 people had this power and only 800 of those people were men. Next they entered her physical description. Blonde hair, green eyes, and pale skin. Only 300 females matched that description. The final resort was the name Europa. When they entered this name only 3 women were left to chose from. The Europa that attacked the cities was the third name on the records. They printed out the information and set to work searching for information on the rest of the attackers and anything they had in common.
Meanwhile.
The rest of the team went on distributing the communicators all around the establishments. And as they distributed, they found that they had missed some suppliers, the task literally took them until 9:00 o'clock P.M. the next day to complete. When they returned nobody had enough energy left to talk so everyone went directly to bed. Case and Demos had used their powers of healing on everyone to make the fatigue that they suffered from go away, but the need for rest was still apparent. So they let everyone rest before sharing their important findings with everyone else. The resting period lasted for about 6 hours. It was just barely enough time to let their strength return to them. It was three o'clock in the morning again, but nobody complained this time.
~
Wow, that was a pretty long chapter. Five whole pages of this kind of stuff is very hard to write for you people you know? Happy New Year. I hope you all make good on your resolutions like reviewing more! I will try to update more, but that might not be very feasible once I get back to school. I have mid terms coming up soon and a learner's permit to earn. I have a lot of studying to do still. I probably won't be updating too soon, but I'll try to do it more often. Well, good bye for now.
Love ya!
Sapphire