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An explosion of fireworks outside her window woke Jules up in fright. Moving her hair from out of her eyes, she turned to the window to see a vast array of explosives colours dancing in the distance. "Fucking hell," Jules muttered as she rubbed her eyes while containing a yawn. "Do they go all out every year?" Though Jules considered herself to be a party-goer, she didn't feel bothered to attend to New Years Eve party. The work she has in Shadow has been overwhelming in the last few weeks. It doesn't help that they're the leader. Firstly she has to fill in paperwork concerning recent developments of new projects next week, and she has a meeting scheduled with Ocean and Agent Jonsey of the IO tomorrow.
Agent Jonsey, Jules remembered that day like it was yesterday when he appeared into their world with bounty hunters and IO guards, with the mission to keep everyone inside the loop. Jules didn't know much about the meeting she was going to be attending tomorrow. All she knew was Agent Jonsey was going to discuss plans on having Ghost and Shadow work for the IO to help keep people inside the loop and maybe show off the bounty hunters he brought to their world. Jules wasn't sure. The only bounty hunter she knew was Lexa, and that was because Skye befriended her. The rest were a mystery to her.
The sound of a mechanical squawk snapped Jules out of her thoughts. Looking to her left, she saw Ohm in a panicked state, flapping his wings in the air while emitting a low panicked squawk. "Ohm? What's wrong, buddy?" Jules questioned as she hopped out of her bed and slowly walked to her pet. A bang and a flash of the fireworks outside made Ohm squawk louder, his wings still flapping. Jules put two and two together, resting her hand on his head while shushing him in reassurance. "It's alright, Ohm. It's just the fireworks outside. They're not going to hurt you or me." Ohm looked towards his creator, his wings slowly moving to a halt while making a mechanical chirp. "As long as I'm here, you're safe, ok?"
"Chirp, chirp," Ohm replied in a sing-song tune. He snuggled close to Jules for comfort, slightly jumping at the sound of another firework going off.
"Do you want me to adjust the volume on your hearing so they won't scare you as much?" Jules questioned as one of her hands began to trace around the volume button. A hoot and a nod from Ohm gave Jules the answer she needed. Without hesitating, she grabbed onto the knob and began twisting it away from her. "Sleep tight, Ohm," Jules whispered close to him. "We got a big day tomorrow, so get plenty of rest, alright."
"Chirp," Ohm replied in a sleepy tone, his eyes slowly closed before moving into a comfortable position on his porch.
"Goodnight, Ohm," Jules smiled. Once she was sure that Ohm was fast asleep, she walked away from him and towards the curtains, pulling them closed, leaving her in complete darkness. A yawn escaped her lips as they snuggled back into bed, her eyes slowly fluttering to a close. "Happy new year," She muttered to herself, letting her mind drift into slumber. From the looks of things, 2021 might be her best year yet. For one, she's the new leader of Shadow, sure being the leader can be stressful at times. But it feels nice being in control of something that used to control you. What else was that she had the chance to live a peaceful life with her brother. The war between Ghost and Shadow was over, and Midas is no longer the leader of Ghost. The two don't have to worry about people hurting them anymore. Jules smiled, excited for the future ahead of her.
*Beep, Beep, Beep!*
The sound of her notifications going off made Jules open her eyes wide. Her eyebrows pulled down while her eyes gave a glare into the darkness. "You have got to be kidding me." She thought to herself, pulling the colourful duvet off her body, her hand reaching to her phone on the bedside table. "I thought I left it on silence." Opening up her mobile, Jules saw a text message from her best friend, Spark Plug. Attached to the text was a five-second video. "Why is Spark Plug texting me in the middle of the night?" Jules thought to herself, opening up the text. Nothing could prepare her for what she was about to see. The video attached was from the New Years party in Lazy Lake, there she saw Midas drunkenly dancing with Zoey. The two taking a break to kiss before dancing again.
"Why didn't you tell us? Did you know?" Spark Plug's message appeared below the video as Jules continued to watch it, her eyes growing wide while her eyebrows raised.
A second later, Jules received another text, this time from Sunbird. Just like Spark Plug, her message had a video attached to it. It was Zoey and Midas' dance from a different angle. "Bro, Midas is wasted! LOL!" The text reads under the video. Jules couldn't help but watch as tons of messages and videos began to pop up on her phone. Every single video was of Zoey and Midas either dancing or kissing. One by one, Jules read the texts.
"Midas has a girlfriend, what?!"
"Who's the girl dancing with your brother? Do you know her?"
"Holy shit Midas has a girlfriend!"
"Can't believe the first big news story of the year is Midas getting a girlfriend."
"Wait. Is that Zoey?!"
The straw that broke the camel's back for Jules was a message she got from her frenemy, Freestyle. The text, short, but infuriating. It simply read; "How does it feel knowing your brother got pussy before you?"
All Jules can do at that moment was cover her face with her pillow as she let out a surprised yet frustrated scream. "Midas, what the fuck!"