To say my life has been crazy is a drastic understatement. Here's a brief rundown for anyone interested. In January I'm getting my Bachelor's degree, and about 2 or 3 months after that I'll be starting the program to get my Masters. But in the past month or so I've met a guy, got interested in him but found out early that we'd be better as friends then anything else. So bit of a let down there. My parents adopted another kid so now I have another little sister. She and my adoptive brother will be graduating high school this year so I've been trying to be super cool big sis and give them real world advice. Lesson 1, who ever said you only have to go to school for 4 years flat out lied. But on a super cool note I've actually been offered some government jobs. I can't tell you exactly what they are, kinda on the secret side. I mean full out I need a special badge, on a secret site, my own guards posted at the door (here's hoping they're fans of my work so they'll be more inclined to keep me safe). Yah the government is trusting me with their personal information. Beware 2013, beware. The only downside is I'll be having to move soon. The only question is if it will be to McLean VA, or Savannah GA. Routing more for Savannah, but if anyone is familiar with either area I would appreciate the insider facts.

It's kinda funny. At this very moment I'm degree-less, job-less (well I work at a convenient store but the bastard of a boss doesn't give me enough hours so I might as well be jobless), and single. But literally in a month or so that will all change.

So to everyone who has helped me become a better writer, here is a special 2013 hug just for y'all. (^-^)

And like I said still single, so if anyone is looking for a last minute or late new year's kiss let me know ;)

(keep in mind I'm 24 so please no creepy super young or super old guys. Sorry girls I don't swing that way but will give you a big ol' southern bear hug if you'd like)

So enough with my ramblings, guess I just wanted to vent there, on to the story! Originally I was just going to add this onto the end of 14, but the more I wrote the longer it got and I didn't want it to be so long you got lost in it.

Tears fell from Naomi's face. Her eyes still gleamed with their bright colors, her right eye shimmering with a deep fuchsia and her left with a bright teal. Her mind felt itself splitting, half of it being flooded with images of one Master while the other half filled with another. It was like forcing two great entities threw a very small passage, neither one giving lea way to the other. Her hands gripped the dirt beside her as she shock on the grown. Lydia tried to hold her head stead, making sure her seizure like state did not inflict too much damage on her body. Jade went to hold her arms before Ratso held her back. With her look of confusion he pointed to the dirt. Strange symbols and letters were taking shape. Too much information was trying to pass threw her brain, yet it somehow was simultaneously translating that information to her fingers. With a finally convulsion Naomi slumped into a still form. Lydia did as much as she could do from watching too many soap operas, making sure Naomi at least look fine. Her body began to give off a slight indigo blue shine to it, her healing powers beginning to natural act. Jade studied the strange markings in the grown, trying to understand where they were meant to go. The only thing she knew was that they would be somewhere close bye. But for how long? What if they were heading to a plane right now that would take them clear across the world!

"75th street, I'm guessing some sort of flower shop?"

"What?"

Jade was brought out of her panic while Lydia stared at the symbols to Naomi's right.

"Look here, and an S. I'm guessing she didn't finish the T. Plus doesn't this look like a flower?"

"Does 75th even have a flower shop?"

"No clue. It's the more expensive district, I sell a few art pieces there but never could just go shopping."

"Worth a shot. We can grab the animals and just take them there, look for any signs of a flower thing."

"Ok so what about this one. It just looks like a big oval with STS in the middle."

"Is that some or logo? Or is the oval sappost to be a building?"

There was a moment of urgent silence. Paco, Frank, Charlie and Rocko just waited helplessly as Ratso, Lydia and Jade thought. The boys were still too new to the city to know where anything was. They silently all felt equally helpless, and a tint envious. They dear friend Jade was part of something huge, something they could never be part of or even begin to understand.

"ST. Sebastian!"

"Say what now?"

"St. Sebastian Arena! The big sports arena downtown!"

"Duh Jade. How did you figure that out?"

"My dad use to take me there all the time to see the San Francisco Sliders."

"You're a baseball fan?"

"Fifth generation. Never missed an opening game."

Jade would swear she saw tiny hearts fly from Ratso's eyes like small balloons. Had he not been head over heals for this goth/punk Master already, he surely was now.

"Alright I'll call Jackie and tell him to get the animals. Let's see fuchsia was the rabbit it think. Teal was the snake, no. The monkey talisman, no not that either."

"It was the sheep."

"The sheep! Right thanks Ratso. I'll tell him to grab the animals, take the rabbit to 75th and the sheep to Saint Sebastian. Chances are Hei'an or at least his cronies are on their way. If we don't start their powers up fast, we could all be in real trouble. Ratso you take Naomi back to Uncles, Lydia you head to 75th and I'll head to Saint Sebastian. Since you're older you can get in to the high end buildings a lot easier than I can."

"Oh yah, cause those kinds of stores love to let in people with blue hair, skull shirts and my special brand of personality."

"Just one problem, you've got the animals mixed up."

"What are you talking about Ratso?"

"The right hand is controlled by the left side of the brain. So left eye, right hand means the sheep is at 75th and the rabbit at Saint Sebastian."

Lydia, who was already built with adrenaline for the coming mission, lost control of herself. How could they have missed such an obvious clue, if they had gone threw as plan the wrong animals would have arrived and either the rabbit or sheep Master could have died. The very fate of the world could have been sealed because of a stupid oversight. Before she knew what she was doing she found her arms wrapped around his grey neck and her lips firmly placed on his. When she finally released him, she had to hold his head for support as he lost all control for his legs. Jade smiled as she began to dial her phone for her Uncle.

"I think we can all agree he earned that."

"Right, well just consider it a one time deal. Come on Mickey, a small light grey rat head popped out of his Master's skull shaped bag, we'll head off to 75th and see if we can figure out the building."

Without another word Lydia was off as fast as her non-athletic legs would carry her. Jade motioned for a cab to take her, looking back to see Ratso still in la-la land. With a loud sigh she turned to the old man still watching them.

"Will you make you he looks after her, feel free to knock him once or twice with your cane if he doesn't come round in the next five minutes."

With a sturdy grin, the old man tipped his cane from his head to salute his understanding. Paco and the other boys began to run from the park, waiting for Jade to show them exactly where they were going. Normally she wouldn't want to endanger her friends, but the thought of crowd control came to mind. At the very least they could help get people out safely before things got too crazy. Jade sprinted forward as her uncle finally answered his phone. She explained the situation, Jackie began gathering the animals and Scruffy and set off to contact the other Masters. They would have a mental inclination of a new master but would have no clue as to where they were. All he could hope is that they could get there before Hei'an or his warriors.

"Ugg why is this so hard!"

"Because you actually care about how you'll look for the evening."

Gwen twirled around for what felt like the fifty-ith time that day. The dress was a gorgeous red gown that wrapped around her curves perfectly and shimmered with the countless stones that danced on the fabric. It was beautiful, it was spectacular, and it was completely all wrong. Gwen had tried every color, every style she could think of and nothing seemed to work. Her mind was having an inner dialog, or she feared that maybe it was her two tiger sides starting to form their own schizophrenic personalities, about why each dress wouldn't work. Why work so hard for something that would be in the dark of the theater most of the night. Because for the time she wouldn't be she wanted to look perfect, for him.

"CCCCCRRRRRAAAAAPPPPP!"

Gwen cried out as she slumped to the floor. Dante laughed as she approached her best friend.

"Very mature, I can only imagine how you were when you went prom dress shopping.'

"My prom was a costume theme, I lucked out by dressing up like a female pirate."

"Hmm, wonder who got that booty that night."

"Ha ha ha, you're not helping."

"Oh I wouldn't love to torture you if I didn't love you. Ok well I do have one last idea on what you can wear."

Before Gwen could ask, the sound from her cell phone began to chime. As she went to answer it, Dante snatched it and turned it off.

"Nope, sorry Jackie this is girl's day."

"How did you know it was him?"

"Caller id my dear. Now I'm sure it was nothing important. Let's head down stairs, theirs a fashion show going on today and I'm sure we'll find something perfect for you."

Gwen went to change while Dante held her phone hostage. She couldn't help feeling a strange twinge in the back of her mind, like something was trying to tell her something. Perhaps it was her inner thoughts telling her she would find something great down stairs.

Lydia stood at the end of 75th street, franticly looking around for anything that resembled or represented the flower that Naomi drew. There were no flower shops, or gardens, or even a flower mural on a wall. Suddenly the world became very heavy, what would happen if she couldn't find the right spot and soon. Mickey let out a loud squeak as he leapt to the railing behind her. He pointed his little pink nose to the sky. Lydia looked up to try and see what he was seeing. With a few steps back she saw it, DeRose High Rise. Their clear logo, a large red rose under their name. Lydia scooped up her beloved partner, telepathically promising him a very thick grilled cheese sandwich later. Now the only problem was trying to figure a way in. Lydia entered the first door into the building. The receptionist at the front desk was franticly typing away while different people scurried threw out the building. It was well known that DeRose High Rise was home to many artists and designers. Their exclusive galleries and shops occupied different levels of the building, it was a who's who of the flaunting art of the world. Lydia tried to blend in with her fellow artist, but these were not her kind of people. Some of them were so peeled and pumped they looked like walking characacher.

"Can I help you?"

"Huh?"

Lydia had been so distracted she seemed to have walked straight to the front desk. The receptionist looked nice enough, nice but serious about his job.

"Uhh yes, I'm here to see, I'm here for the.."

'Damn jade and all those spy movies made sneaking in look so easy. How do they just make up stories right on the spot like that.'

Lydia fought in her mind for the right answer. She had been so obsess with finding the right location she had completely forgotten what she would do when she got there.

"RRRRRROOOOOAAAAARRRRR!"

A loud roar echoed threw out the building. A beautiful white tiger

Bared her sharp teeth at man cowering on the floor. with a swipe of her mighty paw, she sent the top of his shoe flying until it shattered against the wall. Two women stood behind her, one with long tiger stripe hair and the other with spiked gold tipped hair. Behind them stood a small army of armed guards.

"And just why exactly do you have a camera attached to your shoe? What were you planning on taking pictures of."

"I believe it's more of where he was planning to take pictures of. I'm guessing under the models' skirts."

"Nnn..noo. I wasn't planning on that. It's all a big misunderstanding."

"Just like it's a misunderstanding that Sasha here saw you trying to take a pic under my skirt!"

Without another word the guards took hold of the man and began to lead him out. A full investigation would need to be launched. He had been there for some time, who knows how many of Dante's contracts he had pictures of in compromising poses.

Lydia could hardly believe her luck. Before she turned away, she called out 'Gwen' as loud as she could.

Gwen looked back to see Lydia trapped behind the front desk. She waved to the receptionist who handed Lydia a pass to let her threw. Gwen looked confused as Lydia sprinted to her, Mickey then jumped out of his master's bag and sat promptly on Sasha's head. Sasha seemed rather calm, licking her paws and grooming her face. She was all too proud of herself for 'saving' her master.

"What is going on Lydia?"

"It's the new master, there's one here! Didn't Jackie call you?"

"He tried."

Gwen shot Dante a stern look which seemed to go unnoticed as Dante found the planted fichus near her to be far too interesting.

"What would do you mean 'one' is here?"

"Apparently Naomi is having twin visions. One should be awakening here, another in St. Sebastian Arena. I think Jade said it was the Sheep who should be here today."

"Ok. So any idea who it is?"

"Just that it's some woman in the building."

"Sweetie, this is a high end art and fashion building, and there is a fashion show going on in the next five minutes. Do you have any idea how many woman are in the next room alone!"

Lydia tried to think of away to narrow down the search when it dawned on her, the golden spiked lady was right there. She had heard everything! Lydia decided right then that her spy career was indeed over. Gwen saw the look of worry on the Rat Master's face. She placed a hand on her shoulder to try and settle her nerves.

"It's ok. Dante here knows about my magic. She knows I'm involved in some crazy save the world stuff but I haven't told her everything. She may know you're involved but not to what degree nor what your own secret is."

Lydia felt relieved, at least she hadn't blown their cover completely. Suddenly the room echoed with a repeated ringing of a brass cow bell. When the women turned to see it's source they saw a very big, very wooly creature calmly walk threw the front office.

"Crow takes flight!"

A blur of red passed by as an extremely muscular man leapt past the front desk. He saw the familiar stripped hair of the Lady Chan and landed to her side. Dante was taken back by the sudden entrance, but more so by the rippling muscles showing threw the man's tight ensemble.

"Hak Fu?"

"Jackie sent me here while he took the rabbit to Jade. Where is the dark warriors, I am ready to test my skills."

"Sorry, but no warriors yet. We still need to find the Sheep Master."

"That may not be so hard, since y'all just let the sheep walk into the model's dressing room!"

Gwen and Hak Fu turned to see that the noble sheep, or Bob as he was named, had slipped into the dressing room for the upcoming fashion show. A slight blush crossed Hak Fu's face, he may have done a great deal of questionable things in his life but the thought of invading a woman's dressing room didn't sit right with him.

Lydia felt herself regain control of the situation.

"Ok Tigers, red and white. You three head into the show and keep an eye out. I'll head threw the dressing room, pretty sure I can pass for some kinda artsy fartsy position in there like a make up artist. Let's try to find her quick, something tells me things won't stay quiet for long. Dante snapped out of her drooling fantasy long enough to lead Gwen, Sasha and Hunk Fu into the viewing room. They easily found their seats near the front with Hak Fu taking a familiar position as a body guard. His gazed covered the crowed as he looked for any sign of trouble, or for a reason he would need to cause some.

Lydia made her way threw the endless maze of bare breast and ass. A sight she knew was truly wasted on her. The models changed into their outfits without even noticing her, they must have grown accustomed to not 'seeing' the help. She could faintly hear a man's voice over the music, no doubt the coordinator of the event. Suddenly the music got louder as the women made their way onto the runway. Gwen could hardly see past the fabric and accessories. A long feather poked her in the eye causing her to fall backwards and tangle her foot in a stray scarf. She felt gravity take hold as she fell forward. Suddenly she felt something snag the back of her shirt, saving her face from colliding with the cold floor. The force then proceeded to left her back up steadily on her feet. Gwen turned to thank her savior, but was overcome by a blinding radiance. There before her stood an angel. She was tall and lean, her long flowing blond hair cascaded down her back as her long golden gown gently blew in the wind of rushing models. She was the very opposite of herself. Where she was short, pale and dark in hair and eyes she was tale, tan and fair. Her pale green eyes reminded her of green tea, both in the color and the serenity it brought. Suddenly it dawned on her, she knew this woman. Yes this was Sophia Walsh, one of the top models in the country let alone the world. Her face was plastered all over town from time to time, but there was something specific about her. Some sort of fact or trivia that was nagging in the back of her mind. Sophia then began moving her hands towards Lydia, motioning some forms with her fingers. It wasn't until she repeated the motions a third time that Lydia remembered, Sophia was a mute. Lydia assumed she was asking if she was alright, sheepishly sighing an 'ok' to her savior. Sophia gave a simple smile as she headed towards the runway entrance, the crowd applauding before she took her third step. Lydia looked on in envy, why couldn't she be that confident, why couldn't she look that bright and happy, why couldn't people look that happy when she entered a room. The applause then began to die down. Lydia looked on to see that was happening. A large ram was making his way down the runway and towards Sophia. She turned in surprise at the beast, what was a farm animal doing at a fashion show? Was this some sort of theme no one told her about. The stood before her, bleating happily as he wagged his wooly little tail. Sophia knelt down to pet the simple creature, something compelling her touch the creature and that it was safe. Before her hand could touch his soft wooly hair, a booming crash was heard from behind. Broken glass covered the floor as strange black creatures scrambled into the room. Sophia turned to see the monsters, they reeked of decay and spread fear in a mass hysteria. She tried to asset the situation, to decide what to do next. The then felt a shiver as cold nose touched the back of her left shoulder. The cold shiver was replaced by a wave of warmth as her body began to be engulfed by it, and radiate a strange teal glow.

Dun dun dunn!

Well there is part 2, I guess my original idea is turning into a 3 parter. But is anyone really complaining? And before anyone has any ideas, Lydia is not falling for Sophia. It's more or less like a bro-mance mixed with a dash of envy. She see this bright happy yellow daisy and all her life she's been looked at like a piece of deadly night shade. She's literally seeing her opposite in the spot light and for a moment feeling some self doubt about herself.

Or maybe I will change all that next chapter. Ah ha see I got yah, now you'll have to tune in. :D

Like I said please leave me a comment on what y'all think. The reviews have really helped me.