Well? How did you like chapter one? I changed the story to a different kind of narration than in the first chapter so you could get a better picture of Shauni. For those of you asking: What the heck is a homunculus? All will be explained later. Promise.

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Shauni walked up to the registration desk at a hotel on the outskirts of Jump City. It was near dawn and the young woman at the desk looked quite tired.

"Welcome. How may I help you?" she asked politely.

"Yes you may. I need a single room for a few days. Are there any available?" Shauni asked. Her voice was soft, clear, but eerie. It sent shivers up the woman's spine. Shauni smiled at her as she narrowed her blood red eyes hidden behind contact lenses.

"Um, yes. One moment," the woman typed on her computer and handed Shauni two card keys. "I hope room two seventeen will do. It's on the third floor and has a nice view of the river,"

"Thank you," she walked down the hall to the elevator with an old sack slung over her shoulder. The woman watched her leave and began to dial on a phone. Shauni waited patiently for the elevator doors to open. An old, but well-dressed man with a patch covering his right eye was already in the elevator when the doors opened for her. She hid her annoyance with a blank face. She didn't like sharing small spaces with humans. The old man stepped to the side, giving her room. Silently she walked in and pushed the 3 button. The man looked at her through his left eye. She returned his glance not moving her head to do so. He scanned her visually with his eye and noticed a red stone hanging from a string on her neck.

"That's an interesting stone you have on your necklace," He said in a deep, foggy-like voice. Shauni looked down at the red stone handing between her breasts. She tilted her head up slightly to get a better looked at the man.

"Is it?"

"Indeed. Is it a type of jewel or a crystal of some sort?" He asked casually.

"A crystal would be more precise I believe," Shauni was started to wonder if the elevator could move faster. This conversation was getting to long for her liking.

"May I see it? I wish to inspect it further," He held out his hand.

"I would rather you not. This stone is very precious to me. I don't like to take it off," She said as she furrowed her brows slightly. She most certainly wouldn't let some stranger touch the stone around her neck.

"No need to take offence dear child. I meant no harm," The elevator stopped at floor three. Shauni hastily got off. "What's your name child? Perhaps we will meet again," The man smiled at her.

"I am called Shauni. And you?"

"Wilson. Slade Wilson,"

"Well, Mr. Wilson our paths may cross again someday, but until then farewell," Shauni said as she tucked her short, black hair behind her ear.

"Until then," He said as the doors closed again. Shauni walked down the hallway to her room and set her bag on the single bed. She took out her contact container and headed for the bathroom. She took them out and let out a sigh of relief. The contacts annoyed her but they were necessary when coming close to humans. Her blood red eyes would make them ask more questions.

"Humans and their questions," she mumbled as she blinked her eyes a couple times. Shauni cracked her neck and inspected herself in the mirror. Her hair was very short and straight until the end where the tips curved upward. She washed the filth off of her pale skin before walking out of the bathroom.

She wore a black, long-sleeve, form-fitting shirt and dark blue, flare jeans and her black boots. Shauni covered her mouth as she yawned. It had been a long walk to Jump City and she hadn't slept for a week yet. A homunculus doesn't need to sleep as much as humans when they posses a proto-philosopher's stone. Shauni's was the red stone hanging around her neck. She had several more in her sack, but the one she wore was her first one. The one her master gave so long ago. She her things by her bed and lay down to rest. Looking through this city was going to be a difficult task indeed.

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Well, that was chapter two. R&R