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Kican awoke with her small little sister in her arms. Sleeping safely and soundly. How did she get here? She remembered...she remembered.....she remembered nothing! She could only remember a few things...a pair of loving arms encasing her....protecting her sister and...pain? She looked down at her left arm and her eyes widened. A flower? She touched the tattoo and hissed at the sudden throb that ran down her arm. Her worried eyes traveled down her frail limb and saw yet another mark. Another flower... Burns and dried blood encased the delicate design. Wanting to ease the pain in her neck, she rolled it but groaned at the stubborn tenderness that threatened her every move. Placing her sister down on the soft grass of the abandoned barn they somehow magically appeared in, Kican pushed aside the agony and stood up. She stretched her legs and arms, cracked her back, and ran her fingers through her hair, enjoying the subtle actions quite a bit. Spotting a cloth in the corner she walked over to it carefully and forced it off with one swipe, coughing at all the dirt and dust that came flying off of it. Once the grime settled she walked up to the thing the cloth had been hiding and wiped the leftover dust away only to reveal an antique mirror. Dropping the cloth, she walked up to the mirror and tears started forming behind her eyes. A tattoo started at her eye and hid underneath her shirt. She rolled up the dirty jeans she had on and quiet sobs poured out of her dry and cracked lips. The same tattoo ran down her leg and onto her foot. Gently, she lifted her shirt and whimpered seeing the line connect to the one on her leg and neck. Darting her eyes back up to her neck she saw yet another mark on her but it wasn't a flower but just an abstract design of some sort.
"Ngh..K-Kican..?" Peani said rubbing her eyes. Kican wiped away her tears and ran over to inspect her sister’s frail body. At this time they were 13 and Kican, technically being the oldest, had to protect what she had left of her family.
"Hey! Are you alright?" Kican was confused, frantic, and desperate all at the same time. She had so many questions to ask; 'How did we get here?' 'Why do I have tattoos and marks across my body?' 'Why doesn't Peani have them?' And lastly 'Why can't I remember anything?' But she had no one to interrogate. Their mother had abandoned them and gave them to a close friend of hers. The woman's face was blurry in the shred of memory she did have.
"Yes I am fine but" Peani paused to look over to her sister "You have..illustrations coating your skin? When did you get these?" Looking up, Peani then asked "And where are we?" Apparently she knew her older sister didn't hold the key to this mystery so she stood up and walked to the now uncovered antique mirror. "When did I dye my hair blue?" She mumbled lightly under her breath. Her hair used to be black but now the hair that framed her face perfectly was a lovely navy blue that transferred into black and grey. Her hair had added length too! What used to be a bob hairstyle was now resting lightly on her collarbone.
"Oh Kican, your hair is green by the way." Shocked about how she didn't notice it before hand, she ran up to the mirror and looked at her once jet hair now forest green. Her hair was always long but now it reached the back of her knees. Examining it more closely, Kican saw the forest green turn into a lighter green, turn into an even lighter green, and that pattern repeated all the way to the tips of her hair.
"I think I look quite fetching don't you think dear sister?" Kican said in a fake British accent, trying to lighten the mood. It was then something caught her eye "Purple? Why do you have purple in your hair?" Both walking back to the old mirror, they looked closely and without a doubt there it was, strands of purple rested along with the other locks of multi-colored hair.
"Can we go now?"
"Most definitely"
~Time Skip to 3 years in the future~
"Oh please! Do shut up!" Kican yelled. She was a meteorologist at the age of 16. People gasped when they heard the news of someone so inexperienced entering a profession that required a lot of smarts. She had just that. Top of her class, along with Peani of course, her teachers didn't need to teach them anymore! They were doing 12th grade trigonometry in 6th grade. "Why do you complain so much? Just get your work done and then you can go home to your ignorant boyfriend! You incompetent fool!" She was yelling at a sassy new intern that refused to do anything and when she did do something it was done poorly and Kican made sure to tell her everything she needed to know about her internship. Like where to be, what to say, what to do. But nothing! She just sat around on her phone texting her arrogant boyfriend. Every now and then Kican would peer over her shoulder and read their conversations and they were absolutely pointless. "Just get out of here! Alright?" Kican hated it when someone didn't take something serious. Especially when it came to her job.
Once the intern had left, Kican went to the employees lounge to just take a break. It was hard work after all, trying to get a perfectly good intern that wasn't doing it for the money. The internship payed 14 an hour for 2 weeks. And if they did good work, they'd work with Kican. One of the best in business.
"Ms. Kican?" Just looking up and nodding in response to her co-worker, she continued to relax while she was debriefed. "We have one last intern for you to meet if that is alright?" Noticing her look she continued hesitantly "His resume is outstanding! His record is clean except for loud noises complaints from neighbors. He graduated a valedictorian at S.E.T and both male and female co-workers loved him! I think he's going to be the one! And he isn’t half bad looking either." She winked.
Interested in him, she glided past her colleague and walked at a steady pace to welcome the man. She'd never known that someone so talented could exist! Besides herself and Peani of course. (She always bragged about her family, even in her own mind). She thought of a fond memory until she saw a man with dirty blonde hair and captivating green eyes talking to another one of Kican's partners who was currently giggling at something he had said.
"Excuse me sir?" Kican asked the man, trying to procure his attention.
"Yes?" He turned his head so that she could see the entirety of his face. Kican, mentally swooning (She’s still a woman of course), just gave a slight grin and continued.
"Are you" She looked to the sheet "Nathaniel?" 'That's an adorable name!' Kican mentally face palmed herself for even thinking that. "If so, I'll be your boss. My name is Kican Sphinx. Please, call me Kican."
"Ah! Yes that's me!" He bowed slightly, grabbed her hand and kissed it. "I didn't know my boss would be so beautiful". Kican just stood there staring at him with a harsh glare. Her magenta eyes boring into his emerald ones. "Let's go Nathan" she said gently pulling her hand away and giving a light smile before turning and walking down the hallway to her office.
"Wow." Nathan muttered before hurrying after her.
He continued to follow Kican through a series of hallways before asking "How old are you?" and she replied with a "16". 'Shot down' Nathan thought. "How are you 16 and a meteorologist?". He stopped when she turned around, almost bumping into her.
"Do you want to know me? Be honest." She asked, venom lacing her voice.
He visibly gulped "Ye-Yes ma'am".
"Okay. So! I have a twin her name is Peani but I'm technically the oldest by 20 minutes! Our mother abandoned us by giving us up to a close friend. I'm extremely smart! So smart to the fact where I could tutor Stephen Hawking himself!" She paused to breathe. " I got this job because I'm a 16 year old that's smarter than the average 25 year old that has been to college. I didn't even need to go to college. These marks" Pausing to point at them "I don't know how I got them! I was 13 years old when I woke up in a barn with my sister in my arms and she had blue hair instead of black and I had green hair. Our hair magically grew and grew until mine needs to be cut constantly" She took out her ponytail and showed how long it was " In fact I need a trim already! So! You don't have to ask me any personal questions in hopes of getting to know me because you already do." Turning around, she peered over her shoulder and asked "Now, you coming or what?" Once that was said she walked along leaving Nathan to stare in awe of her. "What a woman" he muttered.
When they finally reached her office after what felt like ages to get to, Kican was welcomed by her very own sister. "Peani!" Kican breathed out "How'd you get in here without me seeing you? I was just by the front door." Peani pointed to the window which was now fully open. "I wanted to exercise while coming to see you." Peani just stared at Kican. Kican being the loving sister she is, gave Peani a big hug and asked "Wanna go to lunch with my new intern, Nathaniel, and I?" Peani just nodded and walked around Kican to the wide eyed blonde. "Are you Nathaniel? If so please follow me." She turned to leave but said "Oh and don't try anything. 'Nate'."
He just nodded and looked back to Kican who just shrugged. Once he took a while just standing there she just shooed him along.
They went to a friends small cute cafe that was secluded which Peani and Kican liked to go to if work had been stressful. Which it had been. Kican picked their usual booth and sat down near the window, tapping the table in boredom. Peani sat next to her and Nathan sat across from them both. Kican thought now would be a perfect time to interview him since Peani was a great interrogator.
"So what can I get you today? Coffee?"
"Ah yes I'll take a cappuccino with extra whip cream and strawberries" Nathan said "Oh and of course I always like a beautiful ladies number" he kissed her hand. 'Is that his signature?' Kican wondered. The waitress giggled and Peani shook her out of her dreamland "Please take up all of our time with your pointless girly behavior. But if you are willing to work, I will take a black coffee. One sugar, one cream. And my sister will have a latte with a K drawn in it." If looks could kill, the waitress would have dropped dead. "Uh, um yes I'm sorry! I'll get that right away." She scurried along to get their orders ready.
Not wasting a second, Kican jumped right in.
"So, Nathan, how old are you?" Kican figured what he'd say but she needed definite proof.
"I'm 17. I decided to go to early college and my professors said I should go ahead and apply for jobs because you see I too am very smart. I want to go back to college and get my masters but I wanted to get a job also. You see I am a very serious person when it comes to my studies but still I don't want to be all work and no play" he winked over at Kican who rolled her eyes.
"Do you desire to work with me or is this just to make ends meet?" This was the key question to which they had to tell the truth or else it was to the door with them. (Peani always gets on her about telling that question because people lie but her sister is kinda naive)
"I do desire to work with you." Kican was surprised but let him finish "I've always wanted to make an impact and help people. Like when a hurricane comes I want to alert communities instead of lounging around playing video games. I want to make a difference but I want to be the one gathering information and not the people in the spotlight. "
Although it was two short questions, they were important. Only few exceeded her expectations but this one just might do.
"Alright! You got the job. You start on Monday, 9 in the morning to 9 at night. A very simple schedule if you ask me. Your pay is 14 an hour and for two weeks you have to prove you can work with me. Each week you'll make 700 dollars making a total of 1400 dollars for both. Don't be late and alert someone if you are sick. Don't infect us. Also! Unless you are on your break or multi-tasking don't flirt." Kican paused and said this carefully. "You have to have lunch only with me because you are my responsibility and I have to keep my eye on you always. Alright? You don't get a say in it."
"Here you go" the waitress had arrived with their drinks. "Any food?"
"Yes I'll take your Bagel Sandwich. Extra bacon please" Nathan ordered
"I'll have the Greek Salad. No tomatoes please." Peani said, her eyes boring into the waitresses cerulean eyes.
"And for you ma'am?" The waitress looked over to Kican "I'll have your berry fruit salad with both yogurt and granola! Oh and just add your other fruits in there for me?" Kican was a fan of fruits, she always liked natural. "Right away" and with that the waitress scurried off to alert the cook. And to make it quick.
~Meanwhile In The Kitchen~
"They're here, aren't they?"
"Yes, they are."
"Get the others. They aren't going down without a fight."
"But boss! They haven't discovered it yet. The time is not now!"
"Well, then take them at a moment of weakness. We need to let them discover it so she can rid of them."