-Shard's P.O.V-

I yawned as I plodded over to the dining room where I set about making myself some breakfast, it was school today and I hoped that Mike would understand if I fell asleep in the middle of my shift. I got dressed in my usual attire; white jumper and white jogging bottoms then set off for the local college that was ten minutes walk from here. As I entered the complex I was greeted with the usual insults; nerd; geek; brat and a few more that I dared not mention.

School was the same as usual, apart from getting a couple of bruises from the college bullies, slipping over when I went to use the restrooms and getting an A in my last art test on digital drawing. I couldn't shake a paranoid feeling that someone was watching me, I was proven right when I saw a flash of black and white in one of the tallest trees when I went for my lunch break.

I walked home, failing to notice the group of bullies tailing me or those black eyes watching me from afar. Silently planning revenge.

-Mike's P.O.V-

I yawned as I got out of bed, I looked at my battered clock and saw that I'd slept through both the day and the next night! I panicked as I thought that the guard had been stuffed, so I used the vents and got into the bosses office. I stole the paperwork that the new guard had filled in and saw that she was still alive but she was in college. I sighed with relief and put the papers back, I'd better go visit her, it had been a long time since I left the pizzeria. I wonder how much the world had changed since 2002...

Turns out that it had changed a lot, it wasn't easy to find the college but when I did I was careful to keep myself hidden, I allowed myself to be seen by her only once. When she got in loads of adults began calling her names and trying to trip her up but she just flipped them off and jumped over their legs. I clenched my hands into fists as I saw a group of male athletes kick her to the ground, she spat out some blood and judo flipped two of them, hit their pressure points and walked to the bathroom in order to clean herself up.

I watched her as she went through the school day, when she left I saw a group of those same bullies following her, she sped up and broke into a run. I cracked my knuckles, it was time to teach those kids some manners.

-Shard's P.O.V-

I ran into an alleyway and found a dead end, I felt the leader throw me to the ground and kick my legs, I knew that no one would help me. Then the leader was pulled out my field of vision I saw, through blurry eyes, a figure dart across and solidly hook one of them across the jaw. They regrouped yelling in confusion and fear as the figure advanced, a black fuzz seemed to pool out of the figure, it blasted the group backwards and sent them out the alleyway. The leader was trapped by the figure in a half nelson.

I closed my eyes to the sounds of flesh hitting against flesh as I tried to minimise the chances of being found, I heard silence and a shadow passed infront of me. I flinched only to have warmth seep into my face as it was cupped, I opened my eyes and recognised those black eyes anywhere. "Are you hurt?" Mike asked, I winced as I tried to nod my head, he gently picked me up and I felt a light sensation all over my body. We were now in the secret room in the pizzeria, Mike placed me onto the couch and climbed up into the vents, he returned with a first aid kit. He dabbed at my bruises with some antiseptic cream, that stung like a needle jab, wrapped up my scrapes in band aids and rubbed my back to soothe my aching sholders. I purred in content and leaned against him, he smiled and allowed me to sleep on his chest while I waited for the pain to go away.

I fell asleep to the beat of his heart and the rhythm of his breathing...