"Hey kid, wake up, I'm going to be late for work."
"Huh?"
"Get on up kid, we have to leave here soon, I don't want the team leader scolding me again."
It was suddenly the morning, the room felt warm, there were no windows in the house,
Len slowly got up, peering at Anderson who was already dressed in a black suit. Len stood up and Anderson suddenly grabbed him by his arm, pulling him along.
"Let's go kid!"
Anderson sprinted out the door and down the street dragging Len along, he ran across traffic and safely made it to the front of the office building.
"This happens everyday! It's a good thing I live pretty close to the office huh kid?"
Len nodded.
"Let's head on in."
The two headed inside, Anderson quickly spotted the team leader and detective talking. He turned his head towards the entrance, spotting Anderson along with Len.
"Ah, you're finally here."
He looked at Len and smiled.
"We meet again, kiddo."
Len waved.
"It looks like you're doing well, detective."
"Indeed I am."
Team Leader Marko approached them, wrapping his arm around the detective's shoulder.
"Morin here was just talking to me about everything that happened yesterday, and so far it seems his suspicions were correct. This kid most likely had something to do with yesterday's abnormal spike on the graphs."
Morin smirked proudly.
"So what are we going to do?"
He glanced down towards Len.
"Well first of all, we are going to need to keep the kid around."
"Why is that?"
Marko coughed, clearing his throat.
"Based on what Morin described, this kid could potentially possess a power that could be of great help to us."
"What kind of power?"
He coughed again.
"As of right now only the kid knows, so to figure that out, I thought it would be best for him to tag along on some of your missions, unless he wants to share right now."
Len didn't speak, even he didn't fully know the powers he possessed.
"You're going to send the kid on missions?!"
"Either that or we send him to the lab. We could benefit from experimenting on him, but that would be too difficult since we don't know if there are any conditions for his powers."
"We don't need to subject the kid to that."
Marko nodded.
"I agree, however, this kid looks fresh off the streets, and we don't know if he's gotten any form of education up until this point."
"Are you suggesting we teach him?"
"It would be better for him to enroll in a school."
Anderson gave him a look of confusion.
"How so?"
Marko coughed, finally clearing his throat.
"Looking at the kid right now, he seems to be severely timid, which won't be of any help during missions," Marko explained, "Enrolling him in a school can help teach him to communicate with others, while teaching him the things he needs to succeed."
"I guess that would be good for him. How should we go about his past though, maybe his parents are still alive, maybe they are looking for him."
Marko shook his head.
"That wouldn't be the case, I saw yesterday his eyes showed nothing, they were completely desolate, no sign of life. It's very unlikely that this kid has people searching for him, and if he did, they would probably only want to use him."
"For what?"
Marko shrugged.
"We'll have to continue our investigation on the organization to figure that out, and right now, we have little on them and their goals."
Suddenly Marko kneeled down in front of Len, setting his right hand on Len's shoulder.
"How was staying the night with Anderson here?"
"g-good."
Anderson seemed confused.
"Why'd you ask him that?"
With a grin on his face, Marko rose back to his feet, looking at Anderson.
"I want the kid to stay with you from now on, you're the one who is going to accompany him on missions, so it's for the best if you two can become close."
"Why my place!?"
"I already knew you were going to be against this so I came prepared."
Anderson gave a look of daze.
"You came prepared, for me?"
His eyes began to tear up.
"Relax, we've already decided on this, so I asked the Director and she said the agency will pay you and take care of all of the child's expenses."
A smile grew loudly on Anderson's face.
"I'll do it!"
Marko laughed.
"You're a greedy man, Anderson."
"I'm not going to argue with that!"
Anderson was ecstatic, finally getting the money he so desired, all he had to do was take care of a kid who seemed to be of low maintenance. How hard could that be?
Marko turned around facing towards the front desk.
"Just make sure he is well fed and attends school, he needs to develop properly if we want to know more about what he is capable of, and even possibly use him."
Anderson responded instantly;
"I'll make sure to do that!"
"Alright, you may leave early today, just make sure to enroll him in a school by the end of the day so we can start as soon as possible.."
Anderson looked at Len.
"Are you ready to go?"
Len nodded.
The two started walking towards the exit, but were interrupted by a man behind them.
"Wait a second!"
Morin shouted from behind the two.
"Come back here for a second, we still need to discuss some things!"
Anderson and Len turned around and walked back towards Morin.
"Kid, I need to ask you a question if that's fine with you. Do you remember anything at all from yesterday?"
"y-yes."
"Did you perhaps remember the name of that man near the counter? We were able to identify one of the men but not the other."
"Doc…"
Morin seemed surprised, as Len responded so quickly.
"Doc? That's his name, just Doc?"
Len nodded.
Morin began to ponder, transcending into his own mind, he stood there for a while.
"Uh, Morin?"
He quickly snapped out of it.
"That seems more like an alias than a name, did he say anything else about himself?"
Len shook his head.
"Is there a problem?"
Anderson suddenly interrupted.
"Sort of, after dropping off the K2W4 sample at the lab, I returned back to where we found the kid, and everything was gutted."
Hearing that, Anderson couldn't help but start to worry.
"Who do you think it was?"
Morin hesitated for a second, then sighed.
"Well… currently we are unsure as of right now."
Morin took a breath, then added on in a slightly uplifting tone.
"But we are positive that they are related to the two men in the room."
"Well, hopefully we can figure it out sooner than later."
Morin shared a slight nod.
"I agree, just make sure you stay vigilant when approaching any mission."
He looked down towards Len, making sure he got the message as well.
"You remember that too kid."
Morin turned around and headed towards the elevator, waving at the two of them. They waved back, and Morin slowly disappeared behind the steel doors.
"I think it's time we head back home now, I still have a lot to do today."
"Okay."
Anderson suddenly seemed bright again.
"Before we do that however, let's head to an electronics store, since the Team Leader said he would start paying me!"
A lifelong quest Anderson strived for, had quickly gained progression. His financial dreams were soon coming to reality…