Emily got the girls out of the car and into the house before flipping on the lights. She had Alannah to sit on the couch and hold Marlie while she went back out to get the animals. She got Hunter (the dog) out of the car, and held onto his collar as she led him into the fenced in back yard and let him loose. She had to make two trips to get the two cats, hamster and the rabbit in.

It was getting dark around this time, so Emily only brought in the coolers and something to cook for tonight, they would have to settle on mac and cheese tonight, as that was all the energy that she had for the night. And after baths, she put them to bed, since she hadn't had anything set up, she put them in her bed. While they were sleeping, she walked around the house a bit, trying to figure out where she would put each kid.

There was a separate apartment area upstairs with three bedrooms and a bonus room. Emily figured she could put Alannah up there, and the bonus room right outside one of the bedrooms could be used as her playroom. She then came back downstairs, inspecting another bedroom, one with two closets, a small one that had no use and another decent sized one. This room would be for Belle. The smaller closet, she could turn into a doll house of sorts, for Belle's Barbies.

The bedroom next door to hers would be the one she would use for Marlie. She sighed as she shook her head and walked back into the kitchen and opened the back door to let Hunter go out one last time. He did his business and came back in and curled up on his dog bed.

Emily headed to get her shower and went to bed. She didn't get any more than five hours because she simply could not sleep. She sighed and rubbed her face before glancing over to see her niece and daughter still sleeping. She glanced over to the pack and play, where the baby was still sleeping as well. She looked at the time on the clock of the bedside table and lightly groaned to herself seeing that it was only 5:30 in the morning.

Shaking her head, Emily got up out of bed, leaving the girls and decided to get the day started. She walked to the kitchen and got the coffee started, before going to start bringing boxes in, try to get as much put up as she could before the kids decided that they were up. She started by finding furniture sets in the garage and started setting that stuff up. Starting with Alannah, then Belle and lastly, Marlie.

After that, she started bringing in stuff from the trailer. She started off by putting stuff in piles, one pile for each room. She focused on getting the food in the pantry and the pet food put up.

Emily heard feet shuffling and turned to see Alannah. "Morning." She glanced at the clock, it was 8:00.

"Morning." Alannah rubbed her eyes.

"Do you want breakfast?"

She nodded.

"Waffles?" She nodded again. "Okay. Just sit at the table, and I'll be right back."

"Okay."

Emily went back down the hall to her room and turned on the lights. She looked at the bed where Belle was stirring. She gave her a small smile. "Morning Belle."

She yawned. "Morning mommy." She stood up on the bed and walked over to her mother. Emily picked her up and put her on her hip. She grabbed the baby monitor on my way out as Marlie was still sleeping. She put Belle down on the chair when she got back to the kitchen and started on the waffles. While she was waiting for them to bake in the waffle maker, she poured juice in a cup for Alannah and in a sippy cup for Belle.

She gave them their juice and went back the waffles. "Who wants syrup?"

"I do." Alannah said. She nodded and put syrup on her waffles before looking at Belle.

"Belle?"

She shook her head. She handed her her pancakes and she heard a noise through the baby monitor. Marlie was awake.

Emily went back to the bedroom and picked Marlie up out of the pack n' play and changed her before coming back into the living room. By that time, the girls had finished eating, so Emily settled them with a Disney movie on DVD.

The doorbell then rang, and she sighed. "I get it!" Belle squealed and ran over. She loved answering the door when she heard it.

"Wait Belle!" Emily got up with Marlie and went over and answered it. She was surprised by who she found there.

"General Kane." The general had been her CO when she got my first assignment. She had enlisted after she graduated high school at 16, and went to basic on her 17th birthday. She pulled Belle back away from the door, so he could step in.

"Lieutenant Dalton." He said. "I have to say, it is really good to see you." He said, as she let him in and closed the door. He studied Belle. "I have to say, I can tell this one belongs to Frankie Dalton. She looks just like him."

Emily smiled a bit. "This one does too." She said, as she placed Marlie in the swing and made sure she was secured.

"I take it that Frankie fell under the epidemic?"

Emily nodded, more like he embraced it, but she didn't say that. "Yeah, he did."

He nodded and was silent for a moment before speaking again. "A few soldiers in your former platoon have arrived. And they will be back under your command. I will meet with you all on Monday, I'll give you and them the rest of the week to get settled in."

"Okay, thank you."