Location : Garden State, Area : Newark

   Date : 5/13/86
Location : Garden State
   Area : Newark

       Moon teleported the two of us away, and in a flash, we’re at our Headquarters. I opened my eyes, and realized we weren’t on the right floor of the building. I sighed. Typical of Moon to not take us to the exact destination we’re supposed to go.
   “Are you gonna let go yet?” The pre-teen asked. It was then that I realized I was still hanging on to her.
   “Sorry,” I apologized as I let the girl go. “Is there a reason you teleported us to the wrong floor?”
   “What, don’t feel like walking?”
   “There was no point in taking us to this floor.”
   “You’re just being lazy.” I sighed, and decided not to let my annoyance get to me. As we neared the elevator, I heard someone calling us. I turned around to face a teenager with light blue hair and eyes the same color as Moon’s.
   “Oh, hey, Snow.”
   “Snow, what are you doing here?”
   “What? Can’t see my baby sister?” Moon ran over to the boy and hugged him. Snow picked her up and swung her around.
   Yep. That’s right. Moon has a brother : Snow Crystal. Tho he says he’s gonna change his last name to Flake or something. ‘Cause he thinks Crystal sounds too girly. Or something.
   “How’ve you been, Moony?”
   “Great! And you?”
   “Just perfect! How’s it going, Heatwave?”
   “Fine, just fine. It’s nice to see you again, Crystal.” I smirked, knowing that I’d spite him. Snow frowned, then shook his head at me.
   “Yeah, go on and tease me, Ace.” I frown at this.
   Ace. ‘A’, ‘C’, and ‘E’ are the first three letters of my last name. And I don’t like that nickname.
   What’s that? You want to know my last name? Um...Why don’t I tell you later?
“Don’t call me that,” I replied.
“Don’t call me Crystal,” Snow retorted. I sighed again.
“So, did you come to visit, or for business?” I asked.
“Both.”  
“I see. What are you doing today?”
“I’m teaching the newer trainees to attack using their abilities.”
“Oh, I remember doing that! I was the first one in my class to get it right!” Moon boasted.
“You don’t have to brag about it.”
“What’s wrong, Heat? Were you the last of your class to do it?”
“No. I remember. I was one of the first to understand how to do it. It was pretty fun.”
“Heh. You were only one of the first. I was the first.” I rolled my eyes. That girl is so conceited sometimes.
“So, Snow. Is training the children fun?” I asked the big brother.
“Usually, yeah. Unless the kids are misbehaving. Then nothing’s fun anymore.”
“Of course. Misbehaving kids is never a fun thing to deal with. I know from experience.” At this, I looked straight down at Moon. Her mouth dropped in surprise. She then glared at me in anger.
“Hey! I’m not a kid!”
“I know. But I knew you when you were one.”
“I didn’t misbehave! Much.” I finally found a reason to roll my eyes at her. Snow shook his head at us.
“So, Heat. You working on a new mission?”
“Yup. And Moon is my partner in justice.” The younger sister looked at me strangely.
“No one says that.”
“Shut up, child.”
“I’m not a child!”
“You are younger than seventeen. You are, in society’s eye’s, a child.”
“Before you guys go into a full blown fight,” Snow started. “can I at least know what your mission is?”
“We have to save a twelve-year-old girl named Rain Puddle.” Moon and I stared at Snow in wait. The teen’s mouth twitched upward.
“It’s-it’s not funny. It’s not-oh gosh!” Snow burst out laughing. “It’s seriously not funny!”  
“Yeah, Snow. It’s so not funny you just have to laugh.” I shook my head at the teen. “Well, we should really be going now. It was nice seeing you again, Snow.”
“Same to you, Heat. See ya later, Moony.”
“Later, Snow!” And so, we parted ways.
“Your brother can be pretty funny, Moon.”
“Yeah, I know.” At this point, the two of us were in front of a large, important looking door. This was Boss’s office. I opened the door, and we stepped inside.  
In the office was a desk, a computer monitor, a bunch of gadgets that don’t exist in your time, and countless family photos. Most of the pictures were of the Boss and his twin daughters.
The Boss himself was seated on a (floating) chair, hunched over his desk and writing something down. Even tho he knew we entered the room (which was obvious - Boss knows when someone enters his office), he hadn’t yet acknowledged us. This was our queue to wait.
See, if we were to go up to him and interrupt whatever it is he’s doing, he’d explode in anger. Which would cause things to fly around the room. Which, in turn, would cause someone to get hurt.
Boss doesn’t like being bothered.
Finally, Boss looks up at us. And then he just stares.
Boss. Real name? Snake Venom. Hair color? Dark green. Height? How should I know? Don’t ask me! Eyes? Yellow. Personality? That’s a little hard to explain.
See, while sometimes the Boss will seem chipper and happy doing whatever, other times, he’ll be mad at everyone and everything. It only takes one little thing to get Snake mad, and a whole lot to get him happy.
The fact that Boss is just staring blankly at Moon and I shows that he’s not as cheery as he was when we were speaking to him through our communicators. Which wasn’t that long ago.
Chin in his hands, Snake stares at us a while longer before letting out a long sigh.
“Alright. Let’s get this over with.” I raised a brow.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing. Nothing important.” Our boss stood up and walked in front of us. He towered over me. I stared up at him, no emotion on my face. After a few minutes passed, I raised my eyebrow again.
“Do you need something, Boss?”
“Yes. I need you two to get going on your mission. Grab whatever surprises from the surprise closet and get out of my office.” He turned back to his desk.
Now, I knew better than to correct Boss’s mistakes, but apparently, Moon didn’t.  
“You mean supply closet?”
“Moon-” I started, but I was interrupted.
“That’s what I said.”
“No, you said ‘surprise’. It’s ‘supplies’.” Boss turned around slowly, and took a step with each word he spoke.
“That’s. What. I. Said.” He stood over Moon. “Got it?”
“Yup. Got it, Sir.” I pulled Moon away by the arm.
“Are you trying to get fired from a job you haven’t even been hired for yet?” I hissed.
“What did I do?”
“Boss makes those mistakes all the time. Don’t fix them. That’ll get him mad.”
“Seriously? I was only trying to help…”
“Look, he’s already in a bad mood. Don’t make things worse.” I let go of Moon’s arm and went over to the green-haired man. He was lighting a cigarette. That wasn’t a good sign.
“Snake, what’s troubling you? You only smoke when something bad happens.” Snake looked at me with eyes filled with complete sadness, and I felt a wave of emotions flood my chest.
Dang empathy.
“There’s another rip in the ROT.”
Rip in the ROT. This means that the Ripple of Time (AKA ROT) has been disturbed again.
“What happened this time?” Moon queried. Snake turned away from us. And he said one word. And that single word made my world freeze into a world of Icy Darkness.
“Mirror.”