[center][h3][color=lightyellow]'Star' Heart[/color][/h3][/center]
[b]7:30PM outside of Police Bar & Driving[/b] 
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It had been a long day managing McDonalds - it always was, and it was hard for Emily to remember a day where she'd been truthfully happy at her job.  College students and high-schoolers came and went, and yet there she remained taking care of the endless complaints, requests, and rudeness from both sides of the counter.  If she hadn't just got off, she'd probably have told the next customer that complained the food wasn't up to their standards to shove it up their ass - it was MickyDees for crying out loud, of course the food was garbage.

Just because the job was steady and paid just enough to get herself and her daughter by didn't mean she had to enjoy it.  Now though?  She was off, and after a quick stretch she hopped in the car with a relaxed sigh.  [i]Finally.[/i]  She hopped in her well used car - a sweet sixteen present from her parents many years ago, and twisted the key in the ignition.

Emily prepared to drive home but paused just before she hit the gas - Lily had recently moved in, and her moving in meant giving her rides home from the bar.  Her [i]little[/i] sister got tipsy a [i]bit[/i] quicker than she believed she did, and Emily didn't want her to get in trouble in some drunken stumble to her new home.  And besides, Lily typically finished about the time she got off work.

The traffic was surprisingly light given the hour, and Emily glanced up in the rear view windshield to check on the traffic behind her.  For just a moment her eyes widened before she forced herself to calm down.  It wasn't like she could stop in car in the middle of the highway to deal with it.  And besides, there were simply far too many people around even if she could.  So she instead hit the gas, trying to arrive in her destination as soon as possible and hopefully gain a bit more time before they caught up.

A bit more driving, and Emily pulled in front of the tavern and scanned the crowd of leaving police officers for the shortest figure among them.  [i]There.[/i]  The fast food manager tried to roll down the window to call out to her, but the damn thing jammed.  A tired arm reached across the cabin, opening the passenger door as she shouted at the eternal twelve year old.  [color=lightyellow]"Lily!?  Over here, you drunk."[/color]  It was possible that in spite of herself a little bit of worry would translate through her voice - her little sister would probably notice, along with any prior members of Justice Heart who happened to be drinking that night.

If and when her little sister finally stumbled in, she'd find a guiding hand pulling her into the car quickly and the door being slammed before the mom hit the ignition one more time.  [color=lightyellow]"How was work Lily?"[/color]  Emily tried to give a semblance of a normal conversation before giving up.  [color=lightyellow]"Don't turn around, but something is following me."[/color]  The girl looked into the rear view mirror an amended her statement.  [color=lightyellow]"[i]Somethings[/i] are following [i]us[/i]."[/color]

If Lily bothered to look around despite being told not to, she's see the dimly lit large outline of a well armored-figure moving in the shadows of buildings as they drove by.  And from the direction of the bar, there was only the movement of a quickly moving thin fleshy serpent wrapping from around the bars outside and wiggling into the Stormdrain at a surprising speed.  Emily worried a bit more.  Firstly, monsters weren't [i]supposed[/i] to come after them.  And secondly, these seemed to be the exact sort of monsters they'd each individually be weakest against.

[color=lightyellow]"Get Fiona on the phone, Lily.  NOW."[/color]