Greetings! Today we begin the more interesting and longer chapters. The first one was mainly introduction, now we get to see how the characters interact with each other.

POV: Viro

Valerie's van was nearing a large house. As I waited for us to arrive so Valerie could explain just what the fuck was going on, Lika, who was sitting next to me, began to caress my leg. I nearly fucking slapped her right there. "Oh, what?" Lika smirked as I glared at her. "You enjoy it."

"No, I don't." I reassured her.

"Ah, playing hard to get, huh? I suppose I'll have to try harder~." She whispered that last part to me, which went shivers down my spine.

"If you two are finished with your relationship issues for the day, I think Cora would appreciate it." Ellie laughed next to us. Indeed, Valerie had let Cora take a book from off of the van's floor to read.

"It is getting rather distracting." Cora sighed, the first time I had heard her speak with a tone other than fearful.

"Hey, I'm sorry that Viro denies his feelings for me." Lika smiled.

"So you two have met before?" Marcel asked from the front, his voice gravelly and tired.

"You could say that. I'm... I'm not willing to talk about it." I looked down. Lika, unfortunately, spoke up for me.

"I found him at this really nice party we both went to. He was so handsome and funny that I decided to kidnap him and force him to fuck me." That made pretty much everyone in the van to silent.

"That's a bit of a jump from, 'you could say that,' isn't it?" Marcel chuckled from the front. Before I could fire back with a witty response, the van stopped. Valerie spoke up.

"We're here." She got out of the van, and everyone else followed suit. She gestured to the house. "This is where you'll be staying until we decide that we're done with you."

"What are we even doing here, Val?" Ellie asked.

"The Warden and I had a meeting just a few hours ago. We spoke about the underground crime circles popping up recently around town. And we decided that we needed people who could think like the ones who are a part of the circles in order to shut them down. And that's what you're doing here." Valerie explained. Lika yawned at her before asking the question Valerie seemed most prepared for.

"What's stopping us from killing you and walking out of here?"

"Glad you asked. Aside from my many years of training, the one thing that is stopping you from killing me... is this." Valerie held up an extremely small machine. "These are implanted into your legs. If you take a step out of line, if you go too far from wherever the mission is, you get a specially designed blast of energy. It's different depending on your type. Viro gets a fiery blast consuming him, while Marcel gets ice running through his veins. I'm sure you can make the connections for your specific types, others. And we made sure that the machines would be safe even if we considered putting an electric Pokemorph on the team. These things can't be short-circuited or disabled. Until we're done with you and cut them out, you're going to be doing what we tell you. Now, get some rest. Tomorrow comes the real fun part: explaining the missions." She proceeded to list off what room we were in and, if applicable, who we were roommates with. "Before any of you ask, harming anyone else on the team classifies as stepping out of line. Whether physically..." She looked at Marcel and Ellie, "mentally, or emotionally." When she got to my name, she revealed I was roommates with Marcel. Joy. This will turn out well. I headed inside and up to my room while Valerie read the rest of the names.

POV SWITCH: Lika

As I watched my darling Viro rush off, I faintly heard Valerie calling my name. She revealed to me that I would be her roommate. Not surprising, really. She wants to keep me away from Viro, I'm sure. But no matter how many times she tries to stop me, I will be with him. No matter how many times Viro tells me off... I know he wants it. I mean, or course he does, it is me, after all. Who wouldn't want it? Regardless, I watched Valerie finish the list, confirming Ellie and Cora as roommates while Bruce got a room to himself, before heading inside and immediately going to Viro's door. "Oh sweetie..." I called inside to my property, "let me in so we can... 'talk.' Please?" No answer. "Boy, let me in...!" This time, I got an answer.

"Fuck you, Lika."

"Ooh, sounds like fun. Let's do it!" I fired back.

"I gotta choose my words more carefully..." I heard Viro mutter. "Just go away! It's not happening!" As I prepared to respond, I yawned. Sighing, I got the last word in before heading off to my room.

"Fine. Maybe not tonight, but that is only because my tiredness stops me. See you tomorrow~!" I opened the door to my room and climbed into my bed. I saw Valerie watching me from the other side of the room. "Like something you see, Val?" I smirked.

"I don't like any of what I see." Val sneered.

"You should get some rest, Val. Long day ahead tomorrow." I smiled.

"And risk you getting out, getting into the coffee supply, and just looking at Viro all night? No chance." Val glared.

"Fine. Have it your way." I sighed. I could almost feel Val's eyes glaring at me as I drifted off to sleep...

And that's it! Next chapter is going to introduce the daily life between missions, and we'll get more character interactions between the main four and the side characters on the team.

Also I said that this chapter would be longer than the first one, so... now it is longer than the first one. Ta-da! Leave a review if you want!