Tristan Knight's Story

Elle sat perched on the window sill, gazing outside. A cool morning breeze blew through her blonde locks. The sun shined high over the horizon, giving the sky a pink/orange hue. She had been up for hours. Needing only a few hours of sleep, she laid in bed and read, or took a jog in the gym. She did both this morning with time to spare, so there she sat on the window sill. Deciding to get ready for the day, she took a quick shower, brushed her teeth, and dressed for the day. She wore cut-off denim shorts and a plain white tee.

She closed the door quietly behind her, as not to disturb her roommate. She made her way down the stairs and into the kitchen for pancakes and orange juice. Opening the door, she met up with Erin and Tristan. She smiled and settle down nect to Erin. "Good morning," she said to the two.

Jeong Ji rubbed the sleepiness from her eyes. She had a photoshoot late last night and didn't sleep very long. The photographer wanted her to change outfits every 3 pictures, which was quite annoying. On top of that, she recorded her new song and had to go finish the choreography for the back up dancers. Growling quietly, she pulled on her white tank top, black shorts and her blue and black, spiked hoodie. She grabbed her signature face mask and clipped it around her neck.

Now finished, she slipped out of her room and down to the kitchen. Waving at her co-workers, she got her usual, a sweet egg sandwich, some bean sprouts and a bowl of rice. She plopped down near her co-workers and began eating. She was not a morning person and what few hours of sleep she got she didn't feel like wasting them on talking until she was well awake.

Peyton woke up at the squeek of the door, she was one that woke up at the slightest noise. Stretching she looked around the room and saw that Elle already left the room. She grabbed a pair of jeans and white blouse, making her way to the bathroom she took a shower and got dressed. She brushed her hair and kept it down for the day. Putting her pajamas on her bed after she made it and headed downstairs to the kitchen.

She was hoping she would be sent on a mission soon its been a couple weeks since she has been on one, and really itching to get out. She saw Elle, Tristan, Erin, and Jeong at the table and smiled. "Morning everyone! how was your night? Oh how did the mission go Erin? Was it succesful?" she asked as she got a couple pancakes and some chocolate milk. Peyton was always somewhat cheery even in the mornings, she always felt starting your day in a good mood was always the best. Grabbing some silverware she sat down near Elle and started eating. She saw Erin reading a comic "ohh what comic is that Erin?" she asked curiously.

Aaron snored lightly as his face was smashed against the keyboard, his computer screen still zipping away as if nothing had changed when he fell asleep. His roommate had already left for breakfast without so much as a twitch coming from Aaron. That was one thing that made Aaron an easy roommate was, if he was sufficiently tired, he would be able to sleep through nearly anything; and last night he was very tired. He had spent all night working on a new firewall for Slade Industries and by the time he was nearly done and just had to test it out, that's what the computer was doing right now.

A small, happy ting came from his computer, shaking Aaron out of his sleep. He looked up and saw the results of his firewall. He smiled at his little victory of, once again, outsmarting the computer. He stretched and quickly pasted the new design onto flash drives, or FOB's as he liked to call them, for the other two techies he'd recently met; Cassandra and Faith. He figured this out years ago that it was best to have two techies who are also mastermind hackers look to see if they could get through because computers could be manipulated so easily if done by the right person.

While the FOB's uploaded his firewall, Aaron went and pulled on a grungy T-shirt and brushed his teeth, leaving his messy hair and untrimmed beard for all to see; he really didn't care either way, it was morning and after a long night of working and all he wanted was some black coffee. After he figured himself decent enough and checked the status of the uploads, they weren't quite done so he left them wired to his computer while he went down to get some breakfast.

Aaron came into the dining hall, barefoot as always because he found shoes to be a ridiculous invention, and went straight to the food bar, there he plopped a blueberry scone onto his plate and went to the coffee where he proceeded to mix his black coffee with two shots of espresso, and the good kind from southern Italy he was very clear about that to the people who imported the coffee. When this was done he got today's newspaper and walked over to everyone else seeing his roommate Tristan there, among others his half asleep brain couldn't comprehend. He gave everyone and nod and began to drink his coffee and read today's events. He liked to keep up on the political events of day and see if there were any suggestions he could give them. After he and his ma had moved to America, she told him all about how America was made by the people, for the people, and that if there was something the government was doing that they didn't like they had the right to over throw them. Aaron took bit of information seriously and since then has been looking for all the government's mistakes in order for him to correct them. This annoyed the government greatly because he had, somehow, broken through all their defenses and is now able to be on the Conference Calls with them on video chat; and they don't know how to block him. Today there was nothing new, so he would let the president be free of him for today.

He looked up from his coffee, "So how is everyone today?" he asked, now that he had a decent amount of caffeine, some would say too much, in him, he was ready to talk and be human.

It had only taken a few minutes for Erin to be surrounded by people. Not that she disliked them, it was just that she felt too tired to be social at the moment. She yawned at turned to Tristan. "Hey, last night. How about you? No missions lately?" She was just starting to feel herself wake up a little more, but then Elle showed up.

She groaned, and cupped her face in her hands, telling herself over and over that the walking ray of sunshine wouldn't get to her today. Erin put her hands down and turned to Elle, smiling. "'Morning." Now that that was over with, Peyton showed up. She didn't understand how 'morning people' even existed. "It went well, completely successful." Erin stretched and yawned. "It's Green Arrow and Black Canary."

Jeong had already been there for a while, but no one had said anything to her yet. It didn't take long for Aaron to show up, asking how everyone was. "Dead." Erin rested her head on the table. She wasn't normally a whiner, but she just felt like shit today. Her body ached and her head was ringing. It was a miracle that she was even able to get out of bed.

Jeong noticed that both her team members were down and alive. She grumbled and finished her sandwich. She began to eat her rice when Tristan, her long time crush, short time team mate, talked to her. She shook her head and looked up at him. She pointed with her chopsticks at the door to the library. "Not yet... Charles was suppose to call me with something but I've got nothing so far... I was gonna head to the library for a bit before heading to to my other job... Wanna come with? That is if you have something else to do..." she wondered if her motorcycle was out of the Lab yet. It was getting an speed upgrade again after her last mission with an extremely fast spirit.

Jeong set her rice bowl down and got up. "I was gonna go check right now. My poor Sogdo was so battered..." she muttered, faking a sniffle. She looked at him and smiled. "Come on then. If they're done with him, we'll take him, if not, I'll call my boss and he'll bring a ride around." She looked at Lucas. "Hey, Lucas! If someone comes in with a mission for us, call or text me! You have my number, I know you do!" she called at him before heading to the Receptionist Desk.

"Ah, Ms. Moon! Your motorcycle is still being worked on." She was told, much to her grief. She pouted and sighed.

"Do tell me when he's done..." The Receptionist nodded and she went to the front door. "Time to call my agent..." She flipped open her phone and hit 3, her agent, Lulu was on speed dial. "Hi, Lulu! Mind bringing a ride around my apartment?... Thank you!" she chirped and waited.

Peyton was watching everyone she smiled to Erin when the girl said "It went well, completely successful.It's Green Arrow and Black Canary."She smiled "thats great Erin..oh and I love that comic" she smiled though noticing Erin looking tired "You look exhausted Erin, maybe you should get some more sleep". She got up putting her dishes in the sink then making a cup of coffee "Im so ready for a new mission, its been awhile since my last" she said as she jumped up and sat on the counter facing everyone. Peyton was pretty much a laid back girl, she was pretty naive when it came to relationships and stuff, though she thought some of the guys here were cute, she never really put any thought to it.

Sipping her coffee she kicked her legs a bit then looked to Tristan "hey Tristan later on when you ain't busy do you want to do some training?" she asked. There was only a few psychics and usually Tristan and herself did some training just to make sure they still could keep there abilitys stable.

Elle sipped from her orange juice as more and more people entered the room. First Jeong Ji, then Peyton-she guessed she had woken her- then Aaron and Faith joined Erin, Tristan and her. The group was happily chatting, other than Erin, who seemed somewhat annoyed. Elle didn't blame her. Before she changed, she hadn't been much of a morning person either. She was an everyday-for-the-rest-of-eternity kind of girl now.

Lucas walked in and sat down the long table, farther away from the group. She felt his eyes on her briefly, but she noticed when he dropped his gaze. She wasn't sure what she felt about him. She wasn't sure if it was friendship, or something more. She shoved her thoughts aside for the time being. The missions ahead were more important.

She listened to the quiet chatter and occasionally chimed in, but usually just kept to herself. She was thoughtful today. She didn't know why. Today was probably the day where she spent all of her time in the gym or swimming. A workout day. She enjoyed those, always quiet, but she wanted a partner. Elle dug into her breakfast and listened to the happy chatter of her fellow agents.

Jeong was humming her hit song, "Please Don't Go" when Lulu's white limo rolled up. "Well, we're heading to the studio for a small choreographing for my back up dancers then a recording of my new song. I'm sure there'll be some time for lunch, my treat!" She allowed the limo's door to open on its own before climbing in. She patted the seat beside her for Tristan. "After all, you're coming with me. Normally I make this trip alone... This huge thing gets lonely." she winked at him before pushing a button. "Hi, Alex!" she chirped. The driver grunted back and shut the door once both were seated. "To the studio!" she cried, the limo rolling away.

Jeong merely giggled. "Consider yourself lucky then! You are of three, count 'em, three people that aren't of the studio that have. Or you will be, once we get inside and junk." Once Alex stopped, the doors opened again and they saw a back door of the studio. "Come on! We gotta hurry! Or my fans'll swarm us! It's never fun!" She grabbed his hand and pulled them to the door, yanked it open and got them both in before the pounding began. And the yelling, never forget the yelling. She grinned at Tristan before hesitantly letting his hand go. "See? Sucks being this cool."

Jeong laughed at Tristan. "Trust me, I've lost most of my hair from them, it's nothing... And no one but Lulu and she only knows that I work a lot and it's dangerous. Speaking of Lulu, here she comes! Hi, Lulu" A tall white woman ran up to them and tsked, brushing dirt off of Jeong's hoodie.

"Owle! Where have you been!? The dancers are restless!" she scolded before noticing Tristan and handing him a pair of sunglasses. "Someone from 'work'? No matter! Come, come! And tell your friend to keep those on! For his safety!" She hurried off while Jeong rubbed the back of her head.

"Come on... I'll get the dancers to teach ya a few things..." she winked again and followed after Lulu, humming a different song.

Jeong turned to see Tristan giving The Sign. "Hey, Lulu! We'll catch up! Work and all!" she called over at the agent, who huffed again and took off. She turned to Tristan again and waited. She hated visions, really. They rarely meant anything good for her team or Slade. Her phone buzzed in her pocket and she glanced at it. The Lab texted that everything was finished and ready for their next mission. She nodded and texted back thanks and closed the phone. She merely watched Tristan do his psychic thing.

Jeong had her journal on her and handed it, along with a pen, to Tristan the minute he called for paper. She watched with worry as his hand moved across the paper. she began thinking about all the times she nearly lost Lucas, her rival or Tristan to a mission.

"It was a residual spirit. Nothing to worry about."

She was jolted out of her thoughts. "R-right..." She took the journal and pen from his hands before he held his head. She saw the building. She put two and two together and closed the journal. "Just tell me when you feel alright... You don't have to stay with me here... I can get Alex to take you back..." she told him, taking her hoodie off and looking back at him.

Jeong merely nodded at Tristan and began walking. "I do, don't I..?" she smiled at him and walked backwards. "Sorry..." She turned and opened a door. Many guys were standing around talking. "Sorry, sorry, everyone! I got a call and I had to take it!" The back up dancers merely chuckled at their leader's silliness. "This is Tristan, a friend of mine! Now! Who's ready to get started?" The guys fist pumped and cheered. They quickly got everything ready. Jeong pointed to a chair. "You can watch from there." The boys were in position and ready. She hit play and the music began playing. "5, 6, 7, 8..!" The boys began dancing to Jeong's commands, like little puppets, which was the jist of the song, "Game of Life". Then Jeong joined them, dancing her part as the puppet master, her mouth moving with the song as she mock sang.

The song ended and Jeong and grinning from ear to ear. Danncing or singing always made her feel better. She saw Tristan's eyes flutter off to the side and the seed of worry was planted again. She quickly covered it and turned to the dancers. "That was awesome! Everyone get the moves down?" the all nodded or something to that effect. "Good! I'm gonna take Tristan and head to recording! Keep practicing!" She tugged on Tristan's hand and moved them to the door. She threw the door open and there was Lulu with a towel and a bottle of water. Jeong merely took the towel and whipped her face off.

"Are you heading to Recording?" she nodded and drank deeply. "So you do listen to me... Well, head out. I'll meet you over there." Jeong donned the hoodie again and grinned. She saluted Lulu and went down the hall.

Jeong laughed at Tristan and grinned. "She drives me insane, well more insane, but she's good at what she does. She's a very good stick in the mud, I'll give her that..." She slung her arms over Tristan's neck and pulled him into a headlock before dragging him into a room. "Alright, so, seeing as how Howe isn't here, lazy bastard... You get to push the record button!" She released him and pointed to a switch. "Just hit that so the song starts and it'll flip back when it ends." she told him before opening the door to the recording booth. "I'll give you a thumbs up when I'm ready"

Jeong merely walked over and moved his hand to the correct switch before smiling. "This one, Tristan..." she murmured before walking into the booth and standing by the mic. She slipped the headphones over her ears and took a deep breath. She focused on the song, which was "Iroha Uta", one of her Japanese songs.

(Sorry... Writer's bloooooock...)

Jeong began singing, her voice rising when it needed to. The song was beautiful but Jeong's voice added to it. She felt the little pinpricks of tears against her closed eyes but continued.

(Gai si! This is horrid!)

As usual, Cassandra wasn't sleeping at five o'clock in the morning. Since she could only ever manage a whole four hours, maximum, of sleep per night she had a tendency to use the time she should have been sleeping to play around with her computer. Like now, for instance, she was still sitting at her desk, tapping on the keys lightly with her fingertips and scrolling down each page she came to, in an attempt to cure her boredom as her room mate moved about in the room around her. After a few more minutes of this she felt her stomach growl in protest, causing her to realize it had been quite some time since she had eaten last, and she closed the browser and turned the computer off.

Her room mate, Skyler, tended to meditate at least once a week, which she was doing now. It was something Cassandra found easy to ignore as she got up from her chair with a sigh and, after placing her earphones in her ears, she blasted her music. She carried her iPod around as she found a simple outfit to wear for the day; a pair of dark-washed skinny jeans with a white belt and a black tank top to match her jeans, not bothering to shower for the second time within the hours as she knew it was a waste of water and time. Cassandra pulled on a pair of mismatched ankle socks, hardly noticing the blue and purple polka dots on one sock nor the green and white stripes on the other, before she shoved her feet in her plain white sneakers. She ran a brush through her long wavy golden hair before closing her laptop and tucking it into her bag as she left the room to go find something to eat, leaving Skyler to mutter in Korean to herself.

She took the stairs, as usual, but arrived to the cafe a mere two minutes after closing the door to the room she had to share. She said nothing as she walked in and found a seat, taking another few minutes to decide what on Earth she wanted to eat.. Finally settling on a piece of toast topped with strawberry jam and some yogurt, preferring to enjoy the simple things in life.

The 'techie' listened to the goings ons around her as she nibbled on her toast and spooned little portions of vanilla yogurt into her mouth, enjoying the mixture as her eyes glanced around. There was Faith and Aaron, the other 'techie's. The rest she didn't usually bother much with, preferring to stick to what she knew, though she was polite enough to them all.