[center][h1]One week later.[/h1][/center]

A week has past since Matt and Athena opened their home to the roaming aspiring heroes of La Vida with the hopes of helping the neighborhood, however, they were having a tough go of it. Not only had they not found the people responsible for the Blake family murder, there were also bodies piling up. The night the team had investigated the murder eleven Hell-Fire gang members turned up dead. Police had publicly blamed it on the Black Spider though they had their suspensions and so did Matt and Athena. 

Due to the Hell-Fire killings La Vida’s gang fights were popping up all round Los Angeles, with whole blocks becoming battle fields with gun fire. The police had their hands full trying to keep the city from completely falling into chaos. Most days everyone, at least those who didn’t have day jobs, had been out taking down gang members and protecting innocent lives. However, it wasn’t just gang violence, people that wanted to take advantage of the police being distracted had started looting stores.

With the Queen Industries tech show taking place soon, police desperately were trying to get a handle on things. They even looked the other way when they ran into one of the Wayward team, they were just happy to have one less scum off the streets. Every now and then the team would run into a group of bad guys tied together and a few red arrows about.

During the chaos a new meta started to make an appearance, he was quick and effective and made sure not to hurt his targets more then he had to. Matt had noticed the man approaching the house on a couple occasions but was ultimately turned away by the “ward” system that protected the house from unwelcomed guest. Athena would approach the man and get a feel for him before inviting him into the house.

Though Athena and the others were busy, any down time she could manage to find she spent at the animal shelter with Ashlyn. She enjoyed working with the animals and the other people that cared for them. Though it made her feel uneasy seeing that the richer part of La Vida had remained nearly untouched. Private security and constant police protection made sure it would remain that way. 

Athena had tried to get to know James, but he seemed so angry all the time, she was tempted to read his mind though she felt that would do the opposite of bringing them together. Regardless, Athena went out with him on patrols and she felt that she could at least rely on him in a tough situation.

Matt had been busy with his project he was presenting for the Queen’s tech show, but he was always available to back the other up with information gathering and tech support. He basically lived in his work shop and if Athena didn’t remind him to eat or sleep he would have went with out both. Later in the week the A.I. Aliya took on Matt’s role of back up, she was sometimes difficult as she had the personality of an angsty teen.