Behind the counter, besides the stairs leading up to her tiny bedroom and bathroom, was a door at the base of the stairs--like Harry Potter's cupboard, she remembered fondly--that was converted to a small laundry room, and a door on the wall that lead to her small kitchen. That's where Olive was.<br/><br/>She wasn't good with cooking. And that was okay, since she, as a half-panda, could happily live off bamboo all her life, and she had a few types growing in her garden. Humans didn't really eat bamboo.<br/><br/>Olive fortunately knew the basics of cereal, and had an instant coffee machine on the counter. Fiddling with it with one hand, she brought her attention to the collection of letters and mail she'd recieved the day prior. Mostly bills, a magazine or two....and then her heart plummeted.<br/><br/>A pink envelope lay smack right in the middle of the pile, covered in doodled hearts in a sickeningly sweet fashion. And at the top was a name in the stamp.<br/><br/>Liat D'Becque.<br/><br/>Her sister, the family favorite, the main reason she'd wanted a duty on earth just to escape her, had left heaven to do her next job here. On earth. In Los Angeles.<br/><br/>And she was coming to visit her baby sister.<br/><br/>---------<br/><br/>Nathaniel, after only a few short hours of sleep, was at the hospital, helping soothe concerned families and loved ones, giving directions to interns and others who needed help. It was funny how much they admired him. But the cover he held as the respected, polite, dare he say handsome--and unattainable--Dr. Forbusche was one of the strongest personas he'd created in all his years.<br/><br/>Now then. To get to actual work. On his break, instead of going out for a little 'bite', Nathaniel had arranged it so he could have a little check in the mortuary. To see if that Billis kid was ready yet.<br/><br/>When he entered the room, a wave of unease hit him. And he wasn't quite sure why. Opening the door to Emile's body, Nathaniel's eyes widened. No. No! Someone had tampered with the body! Although his skills at finding auras were not so precise as some others, he had enough ability to realize there was a strange blend of angelic and human prescence there over the now stirring body.<br/><br/>But that was impossible! The only way that were possible is if the someone tampering with his claim had been a....Nephilim.<br/><br/>Why oh why, couldn't they go back to simplicity? Keeping track of angels was hard enough, but oh, add in Nephilim, pesky human authorities and whatever-that-was on the docks last night....<br/><br/>He was getting to old for this.<br/><br/>Nathaniel swore under his breathe and felt anger bubble up inside. He had two choices now. Destroy Emile before he awoke, or take the chances that he might turn to the enemy for guidance.<br/><br/>The choice was quite simple.<br/><br/>When he got back to work, Nathaniel was in the bathroom, washing the blood off his hands. The body was little more than several pieces of limbs and chunks of flesh, thrown in a bag and now at the bottom of the sea.<br/><br/>Wings were helpful. He'd been able to travel very quickly, just in time to get back to his shift.<br/><br/>--------<br/><br/>Liat admired herself in the mirror of her small shoe-box apartment. Cute, and professional! After using some 'heavenly' influence, she'd managed to get herself a job at a nearby school as a teacher. She loved kids! Also, being around them 24/7 meant she could easily document any weird behavior with parents, the students, staff body, blah blah blah....<br/><br/>She was taking over some history class of some sort. Just as a sub for now, but hopefully as a full-time teacher! From her understanding of the curriculum, she was just to grade some presentations today for their finals. And who better to grade but Liat, considering she was probably there for whatever event they were discussing?<br/><br/>Tying her hair off in a ponytail, Liat nodded to herself and checked the calendar. Oh, shoot! She also planned dropping in on her little sister after work. They hasn't seem each other in a whole year! The entire reason she'd wanted to come to grungy LA was to see her!<br/><br/>Liat was psyched. Olive was probably dying to have their touching family reunion, too!