In the Living room of the house a woman sat on the couch and picked up the remote turning the television channel to the Cities only news station.
"Hello lovely viewers of the TCWTMN City!
I'm your New anchor and Host Natalie Cole and welcome to Crystal News!
This is your 1pm news broadcast!
Earlier this morning at 10:39pm the Azalea Science Facility exploded in what the police suspects to be a terrorist attack.
The police had found multiple bombs planted in every single room all around the facility.
Before the explosion, CEO Vivian Oaklynn was Inside the building for a visit and when police arrived on the scene after the explosion they found her unconscious in the facilities locker room near the main lab where most of the bombs were planted along side a scientist of the lab, and part of the Azalea Betterment project Emily Jones.
Scientist Emily Jones has been rushed to emergency surgery and CEO Vivian Oaklynn had been rushed to a private hospital.
When attempted to get updates on Vivian's injuries our reporters were told by Vivian's wife, Famous Fashion Designer and Model, Seraphinia Priscilla Amaryllis, and her cousin,Priscilla Seraphinia Clementine, that they would not be making any comments at this very moment.
Police has reported that all employees of the building have died in the explosion and they have contacted the families of said Employees and shared the unfortunate news.
The police has stated that they will be working tirelessly to find the Bomber and for the first time in years are willing to work with the Vigilante Conscio to find the criminals.
This is it for the major news of today.
Less breaking news!
The mayor of the city had made a public announcement prior to the explosion expla-" the television was turned off and the woman who was watching it left the living in a panicked worry and went to her house phone to make an urgent phone call to her husband.
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On the hospital's bed, laid an unconsious Vivian. Her short brownish orange hair with dyed purple ends spread out on her pillow. She was wearing a hospital gown.
Vivian awoke to the a throbbing pain on her head and to the sounds of a heart monitor, she took a deep breath in and attempted to sit up. She managed to do so on her second try and she could instantly tell where she was at.
She's in the Gemstone hospital and she closed her eyes and let out a sigh of relief. The hospital is a private hospital and there were a certain staff here that delt with her since her birth and lesser amount of people like her before. She opened her eyes and she saw sitting on the chair next to her was her Darling.
She scanned her attire before confirming that it was in fact Seraphinia.
Seraphinia had her black hair in a hair bun and had a dark pink bow on it with a diamond shaped ruby on the center of the bow. She wore long dark pink coat that matches the bow and a light greyish red sweater with a greyish red skirt, red stockings and red kitten heels. She also wore the red and gold heart jewelry set Vivian got her for Christmas over 3 years ago.
Vivian could tell from her peaceful facial expression and the fact that she hadn't woken up yet was from the fact that her Phinia was in a deep slumber. The chair was really close the the bed so Vivian moved her to with best of her abilities to the bed.
Seraphinia was laid on Vivian's lap and Vivian rest her hand oh her cheek and wiped awake the tear marks mixed with her mascara from her face. It wasn't long before a doctor came into the room and Vivian was glad it was someone she knew even though they didn't know of her condition.
"Good Afternoon Vi, how are you feeling at the morning" The doctor asked her.
"Afternoon Mr. Azalea, my head was hurting earlier but it's stopped now."
"Again you can call me Iris kid, you don't need to be all formal with me."
"mmh" Vivian and Iris looked down to her lap and saw that Seraphinia was waking up.
When Seraphinia opened their sky blue eyes and saw Vivian's face, their eyes widened and welled up with tears and they dove and gave Vivian a tight hug clinging to her like a lifeline.
"THANK THE CRYSIODS THAT YOUR OKAY!" they yelled feeling emotional. "do you have any idea how scared I was when I got called by father saying that you were caught in an explosion and you were being send to an emergency surgery! Thank the Crysiods that your okay!" they sobbed.
"Im so sorry I worried you I didn't mean to, I really didn't" Vivian hugged her wife and waited for her to calm down. Iris had long left the room giving his daughter-in-law and his daughters privacy and then he returned with two glasses filled with water and gave them the duo.
"father is Vivi going to be okay?" Seraphinia asked quietly asked him.
"She will be alright dear, I recommend for her to stay in bed and rest for a few days to recover her strength alright" he said to ease his daughters worries, he would talk to Vivian when they were left alone.
Then the quiet atmosphere was disturbed by Iris's phone and when he looked at the caller ID which had the name Dahlia on the screen he sent a sympathetic glance at his daughters before answering and putting the phone on speaker.
"Iris? Is our daughters near you right now?" His wife asked tensed and when Seraphinia heard their mother's voice they realized what they had forgotten to mention to her. "Hi mum..?"
" PRISCILLA SERAPHINIA CLEMENTINE! SERAPHINIA PRISCILLA AMARYLLIS!" Dahlia Azalea yelled in the phone.
Seraphinia had to move the phone away from their ears with a wince from the angry tone of their mother. "I'll go and get Cilla" and she walked outside the room.
Iris used this as an opportunity to speak to his daughter-in-law.
"There going to be busy for a bit getting scolded by their mother so why don't I make this quick for the both of our sakes." He simply said and that made Vivian nervous.
"There was an explosion in the the science lab which was coincidentally was where the Betterment project was being worked on. Bombs in every corner of that building and when it went off it killed everyone including my younger brother. When police and fire services arrived they found you and another scientist under the debres and you were found on top said scientist as though you were shielding her from the explosion. The scientist, Emily had to be taken to emergency surgery where she died halfway through the process meanwhile you who had less injuries when you had the blunt force of the explosion is still alive and is not suffering any of the effects we thought you would suffer from. You were in a coma when you were found and less than 4 hours you woke up." He continued and Vivian did not like where this was going.
"As happy and glad as I am that you lived and that your not seriously hurt it just makes no sense. So how in Crysiods na-" '-me did you you survived that' was left unsaid as Iris seemed to have made a connection with the way his eyes widened like he just discovered something spectacular.
"Crysiods how did not think of that" he mumbled and at that very moment the door opened and entered who at first Vivian thought was Seraphinia but was actually Seraphinia's identical, older cousin, Priscilla.
Priscilla wore the same outfit as their cousin but their hair was in a singular braid hanging by their back, they didn't wear the bow and their jewelry were different. Priscilla's were upsidedown diamond hearts. Another difference between the two were the eyes. Seraphinia had wide and expressive blue eyes like Simon did meanwhile Priscilla had narrow and expressionless blueish green eyes like Dahlia.
Priscilla handed the phone to Iris and he walked out the room talking to his wife.
Vivian saw the hopeful and disbelieved look in Priscilla's eyes and she motioned for them to move closer and hugged them tightly like Seraphinia did earlier. Priscilla eyes glistened and they mumbled Vivian could only hear certain words like Crysiods, thank, Phinia and okay.
They stayed in the peaceful silenced until Priscilla spoke.
"Dahlia sent Seraphinia on an errand and I brought clothes for you to change into. Iris will come in two hours to drop you home, I have a flight in an hour that I have to leave for so I, unfortunately cannot stay." They simply said and they stayed for ten more minutes before they had to leave for their flight and Vivian decided to sleep for the two hours until Iris came and she got changed and left the hospital.
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When they both arrived at the house both Seraphinia and Dahlia were in the kitchen cooking. Dahlia had short black hair and bluish green eyes along side her white glasses and her signature green dress. Iris wore a royal blue dress shirt and black pants while Seraphinia wore a teal dress and had a ponytail.
They sat at the dinner table and ate the carbonara pasta that Seraphinia cooked and the fruit cake that Dahlia baked and an hour later Iris and Dahlia left leaving Vivian with instructions on her taking the pills Iris prescribed to her.
Vivian got in the shower bathed and washed out the dust in her shoulder lenghed hair and she laid on the bed in her pajamas waiting for Phinia to finish her bath. Soon after Seraphinia got on her night gown they both got ready for bed and Vivian gave Seraphinia a deep and passionate kiss before they both slept.
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It took close to 3 hours for Vivian to convince Seraphinia to allow her to go for a walk. As stubborn as Seraphinia is she was correct it was dangerous for her to be walking in the middle of the night while the terrorist who bombed the lab is still on the loose but Seraphinia also knew that Vivian was very bored and restless especially since she was on bedrest for a week now with out being able to move to the kitchen without Seraphinia being there as to not get them worried again. But she managed and she was given an hour any later and Seraphinia is going to look for her.
Vivian walked around the neighbourhood before entering the alleyway for a quick smoke break. Vivian doesn't smoke often only times when she's really stresses so like only once in like a few months before stopping so Seraphinia does not that she even smokes at all which is what Vivian prefers her not knowing.
She got out her lighter to light the cigarette but it was not working.
"Need a light?" Asked a familiar voice. Vivian whipped her head to where she heard it and above her ontop the wall of the alleyway stood the cities vigilante, Conscio. He been doing his job to protect the city for over twenty years now and he has succeed. The city used to be a death trap for newcomers and tourist if they didn't know it by the back of their hands. The Six houses were at large at the time either trying to stop the violence in their areas or actively supporting it but when Conscio came about the cities became much more peaceful and the Six Houses are still dangerouse but they don't actively try and destroy the city from the inside-out.
"Sure" he jumped down and handed her a light and she huffed and blew out the smoke. Now that he was in a brighter light it was easier to see him. He was taller than Vivian over 6 feet she had to suspect had dark blue hair two glowing horns, dark blue eyes that was covered by the greyish blue mask and his suit was a greyish blue colour aswell.
"What brings the Conscio here?" She asked
"I have an offer to make with you" he plainly said
" An offer? Well what is it? what can you offer to me?" She asked
"What I can offer to you is an opportunity to find and catch that bomber" now that peaked her interest but there had to be a catch to this deal.
"I get something out of this but what do you get from this deal? What's the catch?"
"The catch is that I need the help of Aóratos" Vivian hand momentarily froze before he took a drag of her cigarette.
" Why come to me then if you need Aóratos's help?"
"Now don't play dumb, I know what you can do and I know if your past crimes. When you were a teenager you and your two other friends got together and decided to play hero. You were Aóratos the stealthy one because of the superhuman ability you were born with. The ability to turn yourself and any object or person you wanted invisible."
"...you know more than you let on fine... But why do you want me to be Aóratos again I stopped years ago." She asked
"There's a gang rising in the city I have belief that it has something to do with the bombing and I must admit their hard to find the only crime that I can actually pin point for certainty that was caused by them was that bombing and I have been trying to stop them for 2 years their getting to strong and the some of the Houses are getting aggravated for some reason. I fear for the worse." He explained
"Fine. I'll do it. I'll be Aóratos again." She agreed taking a last drag before stomping the cigarette.
"Thank you. Meet me at the Crystal Era lake by the new station next week on the same day. I have to find a way to get the other to agree aswell"
" Your going to be offering the others aswell. I suggest you go with Xory first once you get Xory to agree you'll be able to get Quartz as well."
"Alright then" and they both parted ways leaving Vivian to contemplate alot of new things.