Len woke up, his vision was blurry. He looked around, then rubbed his eyes. A man in a black suit appeared in front of him. He suddenly heard a deep voice.

"Did you do this kid?"

Len sat still, and looked around. There was blood splattered all over the walls and the corpses of the two men were still there.

"Not answering? Looks like we're going to have to take you with us… Anderson!"

A tall man, in a black suit came running down the stairs. His hair, a light blonde color, the same as his beard. He wore thin glasses, the lenses acted as windows, opening up his radiant blue eyes.

"Come here and take this kid back to the office, he may be a great help in solving the recent disappearances."

The man put his hand on Len's shoulder and guided him towards Anderson.

"Sure detective, but why is the kid important?"

"It's not the kid himself that's important, but what he experienced. He may be able to give us intel on what happened here."

"Where are you heading?"

The detective flaunted a vial between his thumb and index finger, shaking it vigorously. Inside rippled a fluorescent purple substance that darkened quickly with the fast shaking of the man's hand.

"I'll head towards the lab, I found a vial of a certain liquid, I'm sure it's the same as the others we've found previously."

"Okay, I'll see you later then."

He put his hand on Len's shoulder and guided him up the stairs.

"Hey kid, come with me."

They walked only a few steps before Len's legs began to shake, suddenly they began to collapse.

"You look pretty frail there kid, let me help you out."

Anderson hovered his arm around Len, and picked him up, holding him with one arm across his chest. They continued up the stairs and reached the bedroom. Len began looking to where the mirror was and he noticed the reflection was missing. All he could see was the white wall behind it. Anderson continued through the house reaching the entrance. Two cars were parked outside, and a woman stood next to one of them.

"Who's the kid?"

"We don't know yet, we just found him."

She looked puzzled.

"Where'd you find him?"

"He was in a hidden room along with two corpses."

"Corpses?"

The woman approached Len and kneeled down to his eye level. She patted him on the head.

"Sorry you had to see those, kid."

Len's face was still emotionless.

"We think he may be the one that caused the graphs to spike."

She looked up at Anderson.

"This kid?"

"Correct."

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She looked back down at Len and looked into his eyes.

"I don't see it."

"Well, when the detective looked in the room everything was destroyed and there were two people dead. This kid was the only thing in that room that was unharmed."

The woman sighed and stood back up.

"Well anyways, you two come with me, let's head back to the office and get this kid checked out."

Anderson looked down and put his hand on Len's back.

"After you kid."

***

The car pulled up to a tall glass building, Anderson along with the woman got out of the car. Anderson walked around the side of the car and opened up the back door for Len to get out. They approached the sidewalk, Len looked up at the building. A few words appeared just above the entrance, reading, "Natural Protection Agency." Anderson opened his mouth.

"Welcome to the N.P.A."

The three walked into the building, and Len noticed it was bustling with people all wearing black attire. The three approached the front desk, a lady sat behind it, typing on a computer.

"Hey Luci, is Marko available right now?"

She looked up at Anderson.

"Ah, your back Anderson! Where's the detective?"

"He decided to head to the lab, he's got some business there. Anyways, can you call up to Marko and see if he's available right now?"

"Team Leader Marko? Sure, I can do that."

"Thank you."

The woman picked up a phone and started typing on the pad next to it. The phone began ringing, then it quickly halted.

"Hello."

A deep voice could be heard through the phone.

"Team Leader, Anderson returned and wants to meet with you, do you have time?"

"Why does he want to meet with me?"

"Well, i'm not sure, but he is with Ms. Alex and a child."

"He's with my daughter and a child!?"

"Yes sir."

"What!?"

Lucí let out a small laugh.

"Calm down sir, the kid doesn't look like either of them."

"Well, it looks like some time opened up right just now, tell the three of them to come to my office at this instance."

"Okay, got it."

She hung up the phone, returning it to its original position. She looked back up towards Anderson.

"He said he is free right now so you can go ahead and go up to his office."

"Alright, thank you Luci."

The three walked over to an elevator just right of the desk and entered. There were buttons ranging from the basement all the way up to 24. Anderson moved towards the buttons and selected number 19.

"Team leader is a mean one, so just prepare yourself for the worst kid."

"My dad's not that bad, Anderson."

"Well you are his only daughter, so of course he's gonna treat you kindly. He treats the rest of us like we're just ants."

"Well maybe you should do a better job since you keep blowing off missions."

"I'm not gonna argue with that one."

The elevator slowly went up, shaking Len's already weak legs. A dinging sound could suddenly be heard. The door parted open to a hallway with multiple doors on each side. At the end of the hallway stood two glass doors, and through those doors a man could be seen at a desk. He had gray hair, tan skin, and a huge scar that went down the left side of his face. The three approached the office and opened the glass doors. The man looked at Anderson and Alex, then looked down at the kid. He started to laugh.

"Haha! Looks like I was worried about nothing!"

"Worried about what?" Anderson asked.

"Oh nothing! Haha!. Anyways, why'd you want to see me?"

"Well sir, it's about this kid."

The man dove on his desk and inched towards Len. He began to examine his face.

"Hmmmm. What's with his face?"

Anderson looked down towards Len's face.

"What?"

"There's little to no sign of life in it."

Anderson looked back up.

"Well, we found him in a secret room along with two bloody corpses."

The man pushed his chair back and stood up.

"Corpses? What happened?"

"Well that's why we brought the kid here, to figure that out."

"Wasn't Morin with you? Where'd he go?"

"He headed towards the lab, to run some evidence."

The man looked down at Len.

"Hey kid, what's your name?"

"L-Len." He quietly responded.

"So the kid can talk huh. So Len, what happened?"

Len just stared back at the man, not saying a word.

"You don't know what happened?"

Len shook his head no.

"So you do or don't know what happened? I'm going to need some words from you."

"I-I do."

"So let's hear it!"

Len stood there silently, not saying a word. The man sighed.

"We're not going anywhere with this. So Anderson, why exactly did you bring him here?"

"The detective told me to sir."

"What did Morin say?"

"To bring the kid here."

"So he just left you with this kid?"

"Well he found a vial of a substance that matches the ones found in the other cases."

"Star-Alloy?"

"Yes."

"So that's why he went to the lab. Anyways, I have a meeting in a few minutes so let's continue this conversation tomorrow, when Morin returns."

"Yes sir."

"Anderson, I have one more request of you."

"Y-yes sir?"

"It doesn't seem like this kid has a place to stay, so why don't you let him stay with you."

"Why me?"

"Well, you're the only person here that I have a reason to fire, so if you want to keep your job, let him sleep at your place for the night."

Anderson's eyes opened wide.

"Y-yes sir I'll do it!"

Alex started to laugh.

"That's good to hear. Now get the hell out of here, I have a meeting here soon!"