Disclaimer: I own nothing in the Halo universe, which is the property of Bungie Studios.
However, originial characters belong to me.
Note: To people who don't like the story, PLEASE DO NOT READ THE FAN FIC AND LEAVE.
Author's Note: Like I had said at the chapter 19 if this chapter was to random it wouldn't be canon to the story. But guess what, I only managed to sprinkle a little bit of randomness in it so it will be canon to the story.
The reason why I called this a Christmas Special is because this is a very long chapter and I'm introducing a couple of new characters. Nevertheless I named it that, for the reason that it is December.
Chapter 20
CC: Life: Christmas Special
The next morning Nira stirred awake only to find the Zen still asleep, one arm draped over her. With a light sigh she nuzzled him lovingly, prompting a faint moan from him, before laying her head down again. She knew she should get up, but she felt too comfortable right now, laying in bed with her mate and feeling the warmth of his body against hers.
Nira vividly remembered the events of last night. Last night they finally showed each other just how much they loved each other. She had worried about the great difference of their bodies between them and, from the look in his eyes at the time, he had the same concerns. However those worries, those concerns proved to be for nothing, as last night they had the time of their lives.
It had been wonderful and in truth, she would not mind another round. However, her rumbling stomach reminded her of something that was just as important. She remembered about N'kev and Jessica, that they might be hungry as well. With a sigh she forced herself to sit up, where she stretched for a moment before standing up. She was about to approach the dresser to get clothes but before she could get their though, she gave a squeak of surprise as someone pinched her ass and a hand grabbed her arm.
"Where do you think you are going?" Zen said with a mischievous glint in his eye.
"Breakfast, I have to cook for us." Nira replied with a giggle, only for him to pull her back into the bed and wrap his arms around her.
"Breakfast can wait." He said huskily as he nuzzled her neck affectionately.
"Are you becoming an addict?" She asked playfully.
He chuckled, Nira feeling it in her chest as well as hearing it. "Maybe…" Nira smiled and nuzzled him.
"C'mon now, we have to get up." said Nira pulling away from Zen. He smiled and let go.
The 2 head to the showers and washed up. It was early in the morning around 7:00AM and the kids weren't awake yet. Nira, headed downstairs towards the kitchen and started making breakfast. Zen on the other hand, went to the garage. He was surprised to see that the van was at the driveway along with the motorcycle. There was a note on the car, clamped by the wipers. It was from Johnson:
Hey, brought the car back earlier this morning. I and the Chief are just at the corner of the street. We're in a big house, can't miss it. Anyways, I just wanted to tell you that the shops at the community center open at around 8:00 AM. I and the Chief are going to there today for the Gym.
Thel and the boys may come as well since we left a note for them. It will be nice to see you guys there. BTW my friend, (The ink was smudged), invited you for dinner tonight.
From your alien ass-kicking pal, Johnson.
Zen smiled as he read the note. They were actually planning on buying some clothes for him and his family since they practically have little. But he was left with curiosity of the name of Johnson's friend. He placed it off his mind for now and looked at the van. It was a big van, ten-seats. They didn't need that kind of size for a van so Zen had to modify it.
He touched the car with his preferred design and it instantly molded to the size he wanted. It glowed and shape-shifted to a white family sized sedan. He molded just right enough that it didn't look to big but big enough to allow a Sangheili to be comfortable.
He looked to his Motorcycle. Right now it looked like a machine for war so immediately started thinking on how he could remove the SML, Machine Guns and the Plasma Shooters. After a few moments of tinkering he managed to remove the 'heavy' equipment and placed it at a storage cabinet in which he labeled with an exclamation point. He then modified the cabinet's keyhole to have a special lock that he only has the key. After all that he touched both vehicles for one last time and added an alarm.
Going back inside, he could smell the faint aroma of breakfast being placed on the table. He went to the dining room and was surprised to see Stahn sitting on the chair. Stahn turned around and noticed Zen.
"Good morning." said Stahn. Zen raised a brow and sat next to him.
"What are you doing here?" he asked in a casual stone. Stahn looked at him innocently.
"Ok you caught me, I was hungry, your wife cooks great and I wasn't in the mood to cook breakfast." Zen chuckled. Nira came out of the kitchen carrying two plates, one was filled with eggs and the other was sausages.
"Hello boys." she said smiling as she placed the plates down.
"Hi Nira." greeted Stahn. Zen stood up and helped Nira place plates, spoon and forks while Stahn took a pitcher of water and some glasses from the kitchen.
When they all sat down that's when N'kev and Jess came down the stairs.
"Uncle Stahn!" both them cried in as they saw Stahn sitting in the chair.
"Hey kids." said Stahn standing up as he received two hugs. All of them sat down and began eating their breakfast.
"So we're going to get clothes today?" asked Jess. Zen chuckled.
"Yep, since you two only have those clothes, and you've been wearing them for a long time now already." N'kev and Jess nodded.
"Did you get the note?" asked Stahn, drinking water.
"Yeah, we're supposed to meet them at the Community Center at around 8:00. Where is that?" asked Zen.
"Oh, I know where that is. I'll drive you there." answered Stahn.
"Oh, Thanks." said Zen.
"Don't mention it, it's the least I can do." replied Stahn.
"Um… Stahn?" asked Nira.
"Yes?"
"By any chance do you know the name of that friend of Johnson's?" asked Nira. Stahn scratched his head.
"I remember him, but I can't seem to remember the name. Why do you ask?" he asked.
"Well because the guy invited us for dinner tonight." answered Zen. Nira looked at him surprised. Both of them asked, "Really?"
"Yeah." answered Zen.
"Wow that guy is sure nice…" said N'kev.
"Nah, its normal behavior for him." said Stahn. Zen and Nira shrugged.
After the group finished eating breakfast and cleaned up, they went to the garage and entered the white sedan. Zen took the shotgun and Stahn was at the driver's seat. Nira and the kids were at the back. They took off down the road. The sun was rising over the mountain which was called Vastor Mountain. The group headed down the street which was already showing some signs of activity. There were a couple of people who were jogging, alien and human, and some were walking their dogs. There were also some cars along the street now, obviously people going to work; it was still Friday after all.
"Stahn, this neighborhood is relatively new right?" asked Zen as they stopped on a stop sign.
"Yeah, it's quite new. I think this neighborhood was built right after the alliance was made." answered Stahn.
"What is the Community Center like?" asked Nira.
"The Community Center or as the people refer to it as 'The Hub' is actually a district; it has a few shops and restaurants. It's actually the perfect place for people to stop at, since almost everyone goes there; either to shop or socialize." Zen nodded.
"How do people get around here if they don't have cars?" asked N'kev.
"Easy, they have these shuttle stops at the intersection; the shuttles past at every important area, like The Hub or a long street such as Bonn Street." N'kev nodded.
* * * * *
A few moments later, they turned right into an intersection and they entered "The Hub". It reminded Zen of one of those Outlet Stores they had backed at his dimension. There were a couple of brands that he didn't recognize but there were some he did. A few were Bass, Nike, and Bench. There was also a couple of diners and café that the names he also recognized. There was Mcdonalds, Dominoes, Pizza Hut, Star Bucks, Subway and many others. A few were opening, whilst others were already open and were serving customers.
Stahn found the parking lot and headed in. The parking lot seemed to be the only parking lot in the area. Luckily enough the parking area was surrounded by the shops. The parking lot sported a big tree in the center which undoubtedly was a Christmas tree. It was quite beautiful at the open area; it swayed merrily as the wind breezed.
They stepped out at the car and were greeted by a cool breeze which made everyone shiver. They walked ahead and went to The Hub center. The Hub Center was practically the drop off point of the shuttles. Stahn said they should wait there because Johnson and the others were bound to be there. To Zen's curiosity the shuttles were only a small sized bus. You couldn't call it a bus since it wasn't big but you also had to since it looked like a bus only smaller. They walked ahead and saw that Johnson and John waiting for them along with Thel, Z'jo, Zide and a man which Zen took to be Johnson's friend. They were all in civvies, John and Johnson both sporting black track pants and a white t-shirt that had a small UNSC symbol on it. Thel was wearing some jeans and a jacket; Zide, with a yellow shirt and some cargo pants; Z'jo wearing only knee high shorts and a black shirt; Johnson's friend was wearing a cap. He wore jeans and a jacket. He had black hair and was had a fair body build. He wasn't tall though only average.
"Hey guys." greeted Stahn.
"What took you so long?" asked Johnson.
"Traffic." said Stahn jokingly.
"Hi Zide, Z'jo Th-"but Thel immediately placed his finger to his mouth, making Zen stop in his words.
"Please call me V'rey 'Evanam in public." said Thel. Zen nodded.
"Identity must be secret?" asked Zen. V'rey nodded.
"Well this must be Stahn Zeban?" asked Johnson's friend. Stahn nodded.
"You must be Zen Black?" he asked Zen.
"Yes I am this is Nira 'Evanam and our kids." answered Zen. He nodded.
"Zen, Nira I would like to introduce to you my friend, Viperwatcher." introduced Johnson.
"Nice to meet you, call me V." said V. Zen and Nira nodded.
"Well we gotta go now, we have to buy ourselves some clothes." said Nira.
"Well me, John, Stahn, V andTh… I mean V'rey, are going to go to the gym." said Johnson.
"Ok let's meet up here again in, say 9:00" said Johnson then they left.
"Zen we're going to come with you, we also need clothes." said Zide and Z'jo.
* * * * *
"How about this?" asked Nira. They were in a shop called H&A (Humans and Aliens) Clothing store. Nira showed Zen a white dress that was similar to a human woman's dress, both sides were cut open for leg room, but there were vertical thin openings down the front and back. It revealed the muscles, very slight abs were faded on her stomach, and her toned spine looked formidable.
"Its… ok." said Zen in unsure voice. He wasn't really the type of person to have, what you say, fashion sense, since he was always comfortable to wear anything.
Nira looked at Zen annoyed, "You're too modest sometimes Zen." Zen just chuckled. Yeah it was true; Zen was a modest man with a modest life. He himself was finished with choosing her clothes. He had gotten a couple of shirts and jeans; 2 jackets and a lot of socks and underwear. Jess was sitting beside her, giving tips to her mother on what to choose. Zen stood up and walked to the next aisle, which were for men's.
"N'kev you should wear this,-" said Zide as he showed a piece of clothing to the child, "If you want the girls to notice you." Z'jo just smiled, ignoring his brother who was giving tips on what to wear and not to wear when looking for a mate.
"Don't wear this, since it doesn't show your muscles." said Zide showing another piece of clothing. N'kev just nodded trying to take in the information. Zen on the other hand heard this and quickly understood what Zide was teaching the child. He sighed and called to them,
"Zide, what was that you were telling my child?" he asked raising a brow. Zide quickly turned around, hiding the clothing behind him and turning to Zen.
"Nothing." he smiled. Zen snorted as he approached N'kev who was looking at Z'jo's choices of clothing.
"Son, don't listen to Zide ok, listen to Uncle Z'jo instead. Zide is a bad influence." N'kev nodded.
"Yes, father." he answered. Zide who heard what Zen said spoke,
"Zen, I'm not a bad influence." he said annoyed. Zen crossed his arms on his chest, "Yeah? Why the hell were you telling my son pointers on what to wear to attract mates? Hmm?" he asked.
"Well he should know about this stuff in advance. Z'jo back me up." he answered.
"No can do, your on your own on this one." said Z'jo grinning behind Zen, "C'mon N'kev lets help your mom find some clothing." he said holding out his arm to the child. N'kev took it and said, "Ok." and the 2 walked out of the aisle.
"C'mon! Z'jo?" exasperated Zide. He looked at Zen who still had his arms crossed. He sighed.
"Ok I'm sorry. Happy?" he asked. Zen just rolled his eyes and relaxed.
"C'mon lets go." said Zen turning around. "Ok." replied Zide.
"What the hell were you showing him anyway?" asked Zen curiously as they made their way back to the counters in which Nira and Z'jo were lining up.
"You know Lingerie and all that stuff." Zide said in a casual stone.
"What!?" Zen exclaimed.
"Jeez, I'm kidding." said Zide chuckling to Zen's reaction.
* * * * *
After the group did their clothes shopping they separated. Nira, N'kev and Jess went to the grocery store to pick up some hygiene products. Z'jo and Zide went to the arcade to have some fun.
After making some a few requests to Nira, Zen came along with Z'jo and Zide. He wanted some fun for a change so he came along with them to the arcade. It was kind of odd to have an arcade open so early, let alone have it partially have players. The arcade which was titled 'The Zone' was filled with players which were aliens and humans alike. Zen saw many odd looking games which sported a different way of playing.
One game titled 'Extreme Board' showed that to play you stand on a board which floated allowing you to fully do tricks like you would in a skateboard. There was also the typical on-the floor videogame consoles; except they really used controllers. But Zen managed to recognize a few of the games but they had different titles a few of them were: "Guitar Hero: Ultimatum", "Dance Dance! Infinity', 'Time Crisis: Bullet Time' and 'The House Of The Dead: Zombicide'.
"What do you like Zen?" asked Z'jo.
'Well Guitar Hero would be nice." answered Zen. Z'jo and Zide looked at one another then Zide asked,
"You any good?" Zen smiled.
"A little?" Zide smirked.
"Let's see it then." challenged Zide. Zide went to the counter and bought themselves a couple of tokens. He handed one to Zen and placed it on the slot. Z'jo and Zide watched beside Zen as he chose his song. The Zen's surprise some of his favorite songs was still there. It was Through the Fire and Flames. He chose it and then picked the difficulty expert. Zide saw his choices and asked,
"Are you sure you want to put it in expert?" Zen smiled.
"I can do this." he said confidently. In truth he really was confident. When he was young he had manage to full combo the song with no problem. But the thought was also making him worry, he was young back then; he didn't actually know if he could still do it. The screen then faded and showed the familiar screen of your character and his band. The staff for the notes appeared and the score meter. It was now or never.
* * * * *
TIME FRAME: 5 Minutes earlier.
"Uh… V'rey I think that's supposed to be the other way around." said Viperwatcher with worry. V'rey was laid back on a bench; with minor effort he lowered his feet which supported a barbell; placing it back again on its supporters. V'rey turned around, smiled at Viper and used his hands this time to lift the barbell.
The group was in The Hub Gym, where the residents of Bonn Ridge go and take a workout. John was on the treadmill, Johnson was lifting dumbbells, Stahn was lifting heavy weights. V was laid back on the bench as well lifting weights the same with V'rey. There were relatively few people in the gym today which was quite good. It meant that most of the equipment could be used with no problem.
After their workout, John got themselves some towels and distributed it to them.
"So V'rey, is your Sangheili gyms the same as ours?" asked Stahn.
"Not quite, ours have more equipment." answered V'rey.
"Can't imagine why?" said V remembering that the Sangheili managed to lift the barbell using his feet.
"Dang, V'rey you must be equivalently strong to John here." said Johnson.
"Yes we are." said John.
"Well we need to go now. It's already 8:30 AM." said Viper.
A few minutes later the boys stepped out of the gym and headed for The Hub Center where they all agreed to meet up again. Along the way they passed by 'The Zone' in which a large crowd was gathering.
"Hmm… I wonder what's going on?" asked Viper curiously.
"Lets go and see." said Stahn. The 5 went to the crowd and noticed they seemed to be watching a player. When they got close they were surprised to see what they saw.
* * * * *
TIME FRAME: 2 Minutes earlier.
"Mom, where's dad?" asked Jessica. They were walking down the halls of The Hub. They just went to the grocery store and bought the things they needed to buy such as cleaning supplies, soap and detergents for the washing machine and a couple of personal hygiene products.
"Jess, they said they were going to go to the arcade? May I ask what is that?" she asked curiously. Jess giggled. N'kev listened curiously.
"Mom, the arcade is a place where people go to have some fun; like they would play videogames." Jess answered.
They turned around the corner and saw The Zone. They also saw a large crowd of people seem to stop and watch something.
"I wonder what's going on?" asked N'kev.
"Let us see shall we." said Nira. The trio moved to the grounds and approached the crowd. After managing to squeeze through it they managed to get close, they found themselves beside Johnson and the others. They seem to be looking at someone seriously. Nira turned her head to the player and was surprised.
* * * * *
Zen was using his hands like he never did before. The intro was intense but he still managed to get it all right. So far his combo wasn't interrupted yet. He continued on to the song like there was no tomorrow.
When he was actually a kid he was inspired by GuitarHeroPhenom, a user in Youtube who posted his videos about himself full combo-ing some of the hardest songs in the game; when he saw them, he was inspired to do the same. He was now ¾ to the song and still going at it.
Unbeknownst to him there was actually a crowd behind him watching. It seems that the people of Bonn Ridge, human and alien alike, has never managed to see someone play so good at Guitar Hero let alone full combo it. Zen didn't even know that his family was watching him as well because he was too focused on the song in front of him.
As the final notes of the song came, he felt finally relieved. His fingers were aching very badly. As he pressed the final note, he removed the guitar from his shoulder and hung it back on the stand. The screen faded and showed his stats, which showed 100%. He flexed his fingers and turned around.
"Hey guys want to pla….." he trailed off. He noticed that Z'jo and Zide had both their mandibles agape. He also noticed that the same reaction with Stahn and Viper whom were standing in front of a crowd. He also saw N'kev, Jess and Nira whom were smiling at him. Johnson smirked at him and John had both eyebrows raised. Zen just smiled as the people looked at him. He actually remembered when he was a kid that he managed to attract crowds whenever he played at the arcade but never this big.
After the incident at The Zone that group dispersed making their way back to their homes. But before all of them went home Viperwatcher invited them to come over for dinner. Zen and his family went home along with Stahn driving them back again.
* * * *
It was 7:00PM and Zen was now waiting for his family to come down from the second floor; he was waiting with Stahn.
"C'mon we have to go." said Zen. Then N'kev, Jess and Nira came down the stairs wearing the new clothes they bought.
"Ok, let's go we don't want to be late." said Zen.
"Zen, it's not a formal dinner." said Stahn.
"Yeah, Stahn's right." said Nira.
"Well I still don't want to be late." said Zen.
The group then headed down the street towards Viper's house. They passed by some houses that had Christmas lights that illuminated the way. Zen could see that there was some mistletoe hanging in some of the doors. From the window's they could see some a Christmas tree decorated with Christmas décor. It truly was becoming the season of Christmas, but Stahn had mentioned that snow doesn't land until the end of December in which it would be next week.
They passed the last house on the block and turned around the street.
"There's the house." pointed Stahn. The house wasn't that much huge nor was it small. It was a 2-story that featured a garden. There was a balcony that had a telescope. Along the roof can be seen a chimney and a satellite dish. Lights were shining out of the windows and were spilling onto the sidewalk which illuminated the street even further.
At the front door, Zen could see a man was standing. The man noticed them and waved. Zen waved back. They crossed the street and approached the house. Viperwatcher approached them.
"Hey guys, glad you could make it." greeted V.
"Yeah…" Zen nodded.
"Let's get inside while we wait for V'rey and the others." Zen and company went inside the big front door.
The house was bigger than it would seem outside. There was a staircase that led to the second floor on the side; the front door leads into the Living room where there was a TV and a piano at the side. There were some bookshelves on the side. There was the fireplace which cackled as it burned.
"Please make yourselves at home. Please." said V as he stepped outside again to wait for the others. N'kev and Jess were about to go and explore the house when Nira said to them,
"Don't break anything ok." the 2 nodded, and ran off. Nira approached some of the bookshelves and started reading. N'kev was looking up at a globe which was placed on an end table. Jess was warming herself at the fireplace. Zen walked to one of the hallway that extended from the living room. He turned and saw the dining room where, Johnson was setting plates on the table. Johnson looked up and noticed Zen,
"Hey Zen." Zen waved.
"Where's the chief?" he asked.
"At the kitchen, cooking." answered Johnson. Zen raised a brow. Johnson noticed this and added,
"He has Cortana to help her." Zen nodded. He started walking down the hallway and passed down the kitchen. He could hear Cortana's voice giving instruction to John.
"That's it Chief, cut those up." he smiled and continued on. He approached a room where he could here a computer running. Plain curiosity, he went in. The room was simple; there was a desk with a laptop on top. The desk was illuminated by a small lampshade. At the laptop he saw that Microsoft Word was open. By curiosity he looked at the title of the document. It read, Kasaysayan ng Manlilikha: Buhay. He didn't quite understand the language but he knew it was Filipino. He was about to scroll down, the pages to see some of the texts that were written when he felt someone was watching him.
He quickly turned around but saw nothing. He had a somewhat sense of Déjà vu as he felt this before but at that time it was a Sangheili that was carrying an energy sword. It was war back then. But now he was inside the house of Viper's. He looked at everything and scrutinized. When he was sure it was nothing he slowly turned around but then he saw something moved at the corner of his eyes. He had a quick glimpse of what it was.
It was 4 legged thing. It ran out of the room and out to the hallway. Zen quickly ran out and saw glimpse of its tail slip into one of the rooms. Its tail was quite long for a dog he noted. He went to the room and slowly opened it. He flipped the light switch and the room was flooded with light. He was now in a bedroom, perhaps Viper's bedroom. There was a closet there at the corner and a door that led to the bathroom. The bed was at the middle.
"Is anyone in here!?" he shouted feeling a little bit anxious. There was silence. He was sure it was an animal, but Zen didn't notice any pet stuff that V had. He carefully walked in and scrutinized the area. Nothing out of the ordinary; he stepped over to the bedside and noticed it. Apparently whatever animal it was, it was hiding under the bed. Zen saw its tail poking out at the other end of the bed. He carefully knelt and approached the underside of the bed. With a deep breath he looked under the bed.
It was to dark to see anything particular but there seemed to be a large mass under the bed. He ignored it thinking it was just a chest or something until it opened its eyes. Aqua blue eyes stared at Zen like it was melting him. He stood transfixed at what he saw. So there was an animal in here. But it seemed too large to be a dog let alone a cat. They both stared at one another when it growled. The growl somewhat reminded Zen of a wolf.
"Zen there you are!" said a voice behind him. He turned around and saw it was Viperwatcher. He quickly stood up and said,
"V, I think there's something under your bed." Viper raised a brow and he seemed to notice the tail poking out at the other end of the bed. He sighed.
"It seems you found the 5th resident of this house. Colde come out of their please." Zen raised an eyebrow. The bed moved slightly as something shifted under it. Then a Zen saw Colde coming out below the bed. He couldn't say if it were to be a dog or a cat, because it seemed to share traits evenly. Its size was huge. How it managed to fit under the bed seemed a big mystery to Zen. When it stood next to Viper it somehow vaguely reminded him a game character which was Red XII from Final Fantasy 7. It was like a mutated wolf. Its fur color was oddly colored faint blue. It walked on 4 paws which had claws. Its underside was black. Its head was somewhat feline as it had visible whiskers. It had pointed ears which were moving about like it was scanning the area.
"Zen this is my, you could say, pet Glytrol." said Viper patting it in the head.
"Colde this is Zen Black, a friend." he said to it. And to Zen's shock it spoke,
"Hello Zen Black, my name is Colde Fulgoso." Zen was taken aback by this and replied, "It can talk!?" Viper chuckled, "Yes, yes it can." Then the doorbell sounded,
"That must be V'rey, I'll go get them." and with that he left Zen and Colde alone in the room. The 2 stared at one another.
"Zen let us come to the living room; I can sense you have a lot of questions." Then Colde left. Zen followed it. It calmly strode into the Living room which was met with a gasp by Nira who dropped the book she was reading. Colde positioned himself in front of the fire and lied down. Zen saw Nira who was looked like she was going to faint.
She saw Zen and asked carefully,
"Zen… What is that?" she asked. Zen sat next to her and answered her question.
"His Viper's pet. His name is Colde Fulgoso; a glytrol." Nira looked at him with mandibles agape. Then N'kev and Jess came out of one of the hallways.
"Wow, I didn't know Uncle V had a dog." said Jess. Colde head snapped up and looked at Jess, "I am not a dog." he said calmly. Jess was flabbergasted. Then Nira spoke,
"It can talk!?" she cried. N'kev and Jess approached Zen, carefully making distance from Colde.
"Father what is that?" asked N'kev curiously.
"I honestly don't know exactly." answered Zen.
Then Viperwatcher came in along with V'rey, Zide and Z'jo whom had same reactions to Nira. Viper just chuckled at their reactions.
"Food's ready!" shouted which sounded like Chief from the dining room.
"Let us eat. I'll answer your questions there." said Viper to Zen and the others.
* * * * *
"So let me get this straight, Colde here is a Glytrol that you adopted?" asked Zide.
"Yes, a man came to me one night and gave me him as a pup." answered Viper.
Zen looked at Colde who was playing with the N'kev and Jess at the living room. N'kev and Jess look small when near Colde. Colde was lying on the floor where N'kev and Jess were rubbing his belly.
"I never saw this kind of species before." commented V'rey.
"That's because Glytrols nearly went extinct even before the Human-Covenant War. There were scattered evenly amongst planets, a few were here in Earth, up at the Vastor Mountain." said Cortana.
"How come we don't see them?" asked Z'jo.
"It's because Glytrols are being placed in nature reserves such as the one up in Vastor Mountain. I am the only resident here in Bonn Ridge that has one." answered Viper.
"Why?" asked Johnson.
"Well it's because the government have very strict requirements if you want to legally own a Glytrol. Like you must have a steady income for a job, respects the law, has a steady job and what not." answered Viper.
"Speaking of jobs, I'm gonna need one." said Nira, Zen, Zide and Z'jo at the same time that made them chuckle.
"You're hired then!" said Viper.
"What?" asked the 4 of them turning to Viper.
"I'm actually hiring 4 people for my business venture. You 4 look like you could do It." said Viper.
"It depends, what's your job anyway?" asked Z'jo.
"I'm the editor in chief of the Canyon Messenger. I'm gonna hire you 4 as my photographers and writers."
"Ok, but what do you want us to photograph or write about?" asked Zen.
"It depends… like I got myself the tourism department of the city wanting to advertise Vixofi Ruins as a tourist spot." said V.
"Vixofi Ruins?" asked the Chief.
"Yes Vixofi Ruins. It's actually a Forerunner Ruin. Scientist have been there and found nothing quite important, so they turned into a tourist spot." answered V. "have you've been there?" Zen shook his head.
"Well it's settled then. We're going to go there tomorrow for sight-seeing and at the same time for your first assignment" said Viper.
* * * * * *
After the dinner they finally parted and left Viper's house. N'kev and Jess seemed reluctant to leave Colde but complied. They walked down the streets of Bonn Ridge with the moon casting its radiant light down to them. When they reached the house, Stahn bade them farewell and stepped in to his house.
All of them were completely tired once they got in. The kids had to wash up since they got some of Colde's hair in their clothes. After changing his clothes Zen jumped into the bed along with Nira who was wearing her nightgown. The 2 of them cuddled together and slept in the nice warm bed.
Author's Note: Didn't expect me to pop up didn't you? Well anyway I portray myself here as a different person except for a few subtle hints about myself. Like the MS word in the laptop. I obviously don't own a Glytrol in real life. But anyways, my character or me, will now be a part of the story. Don't worry I won't be doing anything important, I'll just be a supporting character for what lies ahead in the story.
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