A Scripta

Angel tossed her hat at the coatrack and missed. "Chah," she snapped.

A man's deep voice chuckled. "[Someday you will hit it,]" he said in Arctican.

Angel looked at the man seated at his desk, his boots up on it in the pose of being very comfortable. He had dark red hair, and was dressed in dark blue colored armor with light blue triangles that looked like fangs at his collar. "[Anything new?]" he asked.

"[I met someone,]" she said, taking off her jacket and draping it on the armless couch.

"[Is that good or bad?]"

She chuckled, went over to the man. "[Good, I believe.]"

The man put his legs down, took her hands and held them to his chest. She smiled at him. He closed his glowing blue eyes, eyes that on another planet would be useful in their ability to see in infrared, but on this planet was too bright. He took a deep breath and breathed on her hands, freezing them.

Angel removed her hands, flexing her fingers, letting the ice fall off. "[Someday we should attempt that the way humans do.]"

"[I understand I cannot.]"

Angel shrugged. "[If there were a pure Arctican female I am sure it can be provided. I understand surrogates may be used...]"

"[We could test it. But not today.]" He motioned to the array of computer screens. "[Kay has abandoned his post - again - to chase...] butterflies?"

"[Small winged creatures that would be no where near here.]"

"[Then why does he chase them?]"

"[Why does he do anything, Blood? I am so glad that the Acceleration Injection did not affect you like that.]"

Another huge man entered the room. "[Sister. Brother.]"

They both saluted him. "Fox," they both said. He looked similar to Blood, but he did not wear armor like his brother. His "armor" was thinner, more like material, that allowed his natural ability to flow through - the ability to create ice around him. All Arcticans had this ability - he honed it and used it in public, especially on Earth, where it was thought to be unusual.

He had black hair, angular features, and green almond eyes. Earth women were jealous of his thick black lashes and enjoyed his easy manner. He was able to easily present the beneficial side of joining the Winters in their work on the Isles. He worked mostly in Paragon City, while his family ran through the Rogue Isles.

"[Been dancing again, Angel?]"

She grinned at them. "[How else do you expect me to gather information?]"

Fox blinked slowly and focused on his sister. "[So you provide your body to any of them,]" he waved his hand absently southward, "[for what?]"

"[Some satisfy me.]" She glanced at Blood.

"[By sticking a part inside you that does not belong there. You enjoy that?]"

"[Just because you do not does not mean that I do!]"

"[She is still half-human,]" Blood said quietly. "[It is possible that it is required.]"

Fox turned slowly to Blood. "[Terran males disgust me. They are wrongly placed.]"

"[They think the same of us,]" Angel said. "[Who are you to tell me what to do? You may be a Frost, but I can command you.]"

He turned to his sister. "[Then do so.]"

She advanced, then pressed her hands against his chest, and Fox gasped, moved backwards. She chased him until he hit the wall, and he shook his head. "[Stop.]"

She hit his chest and he grunted in pain, holding the area. "[For your information, Fox, I have found something out.]"

"Huh," he said, trying to regain his breath.

"[There is someone who has requested my services - other than the human version of pleasure. He wishes me to watch someone.]"

Blood chuckled from the other end of the room. "[And this is important why?]"

"[He seems to be a leader of men.]"

"[We could form a coalition with him.]"

"[I do not think he is open to that suggestion just yet. It is his will and no one else's, I could sense that.]" She glanced at Fox who now stood up, the paleness of his face apparent. "[I will watch this man, it may be that the other man is more important.]"

"Competition, [I believe Terrans call it.]"

Fox only nodded. "[Do as you think best, my Lady.]"

She smiled and walked out of the room. "[Who knows? Maybe he will satisfy me as well as Blood.]"