It was a cold and damp warehouse, yet the floor was covered in random bits of junk, parts, and cables. An underground city can get rather cold and damp because of it's nature. Sera often got annoyed that many things around here would short out because of the moisture, but at least it kept her busy.<br/><br/>This time she was standing on a bumper of a large delivery truck, her long purple hair tied back in a ponytail to stay out of the way as she dug around in the engine. Spare parts and tools gently bobbed in the air around her head and she periodically reached up to grab one, only to toss another over her shoulder which would take it's place with the others in their slow and quiet dance through the air. Her wifebeater shirt was smeared with grease and the mechanic's suit coated in dust, the sleeves tied around her waist to keep it from falling to her safety boots.<br/><br/>She kept digging, totally engrossed in her work and the silence of the warehouse was nearly deafening. She didn't even notice the mouse sitting on her shoulder, until she hit a button to start the now working engine and she straightened up. It had been there for nearly twenty minutes, going unnoticed to the mechanic until now, when she felt something furry brush her earlobe.<br/><br/>"Gaahh!" she cried, trying to brush off the rodent, yet lost her balance and her grip on the hood of the truck. She began to fall backwards, flailing wildly in the air, when something cold and oddly dry grabbed her wrist. When she got her balance, she looked down to see the tail of a snake wrapped around her wrist, the other end wrapped around an oil pipe.<br/><br/>"Rowan! That was gross!" She exclaimed, "What the hell is wrong with you?!" The snake let go, causing Sera to vigorously wipe her hands on her jump suit pant legs, like that would make them cleaner than they were for some reason. The snake slithered off the truck, dropping to the concrete floor out of sight for a moment, then a Grey haired boy stood up in it's place.<br/><br/>"Wow, that's focus. I was there for ages before you did anything." he laughed.<br/><br/>"It's not funny. You almost gave me a heart attack!" she retorted, hopping off the truck.<br/><br/>"You did get the truck fixed, right?" he asked, trying to change the subject. Sera was distracted by anything technical so it oddly worked.<br/><br/>"Yes, the capacitors were blown in the primary transformer. I had to replace them all and fix the main generator but it's working now." she said, her anxiety slowly fading.<br/><br/>"So what's next on your to do list?" Rowan asked.<br/><br/>"Are you bored or something? Why are you bothering me?" she asked.<br/><br/>"Just curious. Not much to do here unless you're in charge of something." he said, "I don't really have a job here yet." The tools and parts took their place around her head once more, surprisingly not falling from the air even through her fright. She walked over to a table and they gently laid down on it's surface. Her eyes darted to a locked room across the warehouse with her name on it. It seemed to be her personal quarters, but curtains blocked the windows to the room and a large storeroom beside it also remained locked with a key code. On the other side of the warehouse, behind them, was a large machine with a metal railing around it. He remembered when he first came here he was in San Fransisco one moment, then standing inside that thing the next. He had no idea where the hideout was physically on the planet, but he knew this machine brought him here, and it was Seraph who pulled him out of it when he nearly passed out. She said it was a teleporter of some kind that ran on magic instead of technology. This way, it was undetectable by VIKKI and her androids. It was a cool idea, but he couldn't remember a thing about what it felt like to go through it, nor did he ask who made it.<br/><br/>"You thinking of getting some shut eye?" he asked, noticing her eyeing her room, "How long have you been awake?"<br/><br/>"I'm not sure." she glanced at her watch, "Almost twenty five hours. Give or take."<br/><br/>"Go to bed." he said, shooing her away, "I will go bother someone else then." Maybe he would go see what was going on in the main building. He figured he would try and get into the intelligence core area, but since he was new, he doubted he would have access.<br/><br/>"Good night." Sera said, yawning and turning to head to her room. She glanced back only to see a fleeting sight of a cat's tail into the shadows.